Chapter 61: A New Path to Riches, Crafting Potions
Chapter 61: A New Path to Riches, Crafting Potions
Kamiyu walked around and noticed that the players here had formed a routine: running Instance Dungeons, grinding wild monsters, then trading at the main city’s central fountain.
Seeing these people continuously gathering materials for her, Kamiyu felt a bit smug.
Looking at her Storage packed full of materials, and with Bai Zhan’s equipment providing her with a wave of startup funds, she began to feel happy.
She understood the offline trading model here.
It turned out that players were not restricted from trading with each other, but offline trades had to be conducted face-to-face.
In contrast, her Beta Tester-exclusive Trading Post space was more intuitive, private, and secure—just click the trade button.
As long as you had money, items would be directly teleported to your Storage. No one would know you bought them, and you wouldn’t have to worry about being robbed midway.
After listening to the stall owner’s words—”The Crimson Earth will spread to the Real World”—Kamiyu wondered how it would spread. Would it merge? Or overlap?
Would everyone from the entire Real World be transported to this Crimson Earth?
Or would the Crimson Earth connect with the Real World, with monsters flooding into reality?
Regardless, it was still in the Closed Beta phase. She thought her first goal now was to find a suitable location to build a Sanctuary to prepare for the arrival of the Hell Tide.
The Hell Tide referred to periodic events where Aberrant Beasts and Demons would go berserk and become wildly agitated on the Crimson Earth, charging toward various cities, trying to kill all human Players.
At such times, human Players needed to defend the cities.
As for Sanctuaries, they were essentially small “gathering points” or “settlements” established by Beta Tester Players.
They served as footholds for human Players to expand their territory on the Crimson Earth.
The Black Sphere Game did not limit the number of Sanctuaries, but the material required to activate one—the 【Altar of Lilith】—was extremely rare and difficult to obtain.
According to the guidance, Kamiyu needed to run high-difficulty special Instance Dungeons to acquire it.
After reading all this information, Kamiyu felt that this Black Sphere Game was essentially using human Players to kill Aberrant Beasts and Demons.
Location was crucial. She wanted to choose a place that was easy to defend and hard to attack as her Sanctuary.
She needed to start developing it quickly before the Hell Tide arrived.
Having figured this out, Kamiyu headed to the City Gate, planning to try grinding some wild monsters and get a taste of their difficulty.
At the Main City gate.
The number of Players was similarly endless. At a glance, Kamiyu saw nothing but Players.
However, the Players here, like herself, were all wearing clothes from the Real World.
Their eyes were filled with curiosity, confusion, and an eagerness to try.
Just as the Guild Stall Owner had said, one look was enough to tell they were Newcomer Players.
Standing among the crowd, she didn’t stand out at all, blending in perfectly.
At that moment, a Veteran Player wearing Leather Armor with a one-handed sword slung on his back stood on a wooden crate, loudly proclaiming:
“Listen up, you newcomers! This isn’t a real game. Here, if you get hurt, you bleed; if you die, you’re dead.
If you don’t want to die and want healing when injured, buy our Healing Potions. There’s a discount now—you can trade with materials. Normally, you couldn’t buy them even if you had money.”
Kamiyu thought to herself, “So they’re here to promote items. I thought they were going to lead everyone to grind monsters.”
Kamiyu felt that this veteran player from the squad was like a tour guide on a sightseeing bus, exaggerating facts and tricking you into buying things.
Sure enough, not many people paid attention to this veteran player.
Some newcomer players who weren’t fooled walked out of the city alone to start mob grinding.
Other newcomer players saw this and prepared to follow suit.
Little did they know, the veteran squad player wasn’t anxious at all and continued promoting: “A Minor Health Potion that restores 20% health—buy it from me now for just 1 kilogram of Black Iron Ore.”
“But if you come to buy it after getting injured, it won’t be at this price.” The veteran squad player held up three fingers, meaning it would cost three times the price.
That’s right—it was taking advantage of others’ misfortune and kicking them when they were down.
Kamiyu sighed inwardly: “To gather materials for their own equipment, these people really have their own ways—mice have their paths, snakes have their holes—and they’re even exploiting new players.
They’re taking advantage of new players’ unfamiliarity with the game, which makes them prone to injuries and in need of Health Restoration Potions.
By selling Health Restoration Potions to profit from the price difference, they’re truly leaving no stone unturned.”
Currently, armor equipment in this game is extremely scarce. Even frontline assault squads and exploration squads haven’t fully equipped themselves, let alone selling to ordinary players or newcomer players.
Having Health Restoration Potions for sale is already quite good.
As for professions like Priests or healers—these strategic reserve-level roles—they wouldn’t just appear casually on the streets. They are heavily protected by squads, guilds, and clubs, with experts or dedicated personnel guarding them whenever they come and go.
Kamiyu’s mind turned, and a clever idea struck her—she wanted to get in on this too.
She thought seriously: building the Sanctuary doesn’t require herbal materials.
When players grind monsters in the wilderness zone or enter instance dungeons, injuries are inevitable, and injuries require Health Restoration Potions for healing.
If she mass-sold and dumped Health Restoration Potions, she could greatly accelerate the speed at which players gather materials.
Players could heal faster and return to instance dungeons to gather materials more quickly.
The speed at which she earns materials in the Trading Post space would also increase.
Besides harvesting materials with weapons and equipment in the Trading Post space,
she could also use Health Restoration Potions, other Resistance Potions, and Buff Potions at the fountain to exchange for construction materials.
“Rather than letting others profit from the price difference, why not take all the profits myself?”
“Haha, I’ve thought of another way to make money.”
She felt like she had become a ruthless entrepreneur.
So far, Health Restoration Potions and various other potions could only be obtained as monster drops or produced in small batches by players with Pharmacist or Alchemist professions using their skills.
Kamiyu’s Construction Sage talent allowed her to make potions with herbal materials, and it came with a triple effect.
This meant that with the materials needed to make a Minor Potion that restores 20% health, she could produce a Major Potion that restores 60% health.
In this way, her potions would overwhelmingly dominate the entire market.
However, she didn’t know that her plan would stir up another wave of competition.
The veteran squad player on the wooden crate continued to shout, but few paid him any attention. More and more players left the city to grind monsters on their own.
The veteran player also kindly told those who wanted to buy but didn’t have enough materials: “Black Iron Ore can be obtained as monster drops.”
Action speaks louder than desire. She needed to explore the wilderness zone, test the monster strength, and collect some herbs along the way.
Kamiyu walked over and asked: “Hello, do you have any maps for sale?”
This game doesn’t have a feature where pressing the “M” key automatically brings up the Map.
A Veteran Player glanced at Kamiyu in her Cloak and said with a hint of disdain, “Newcomers don’t need a Map. Being able to walk a few hundred meters outside the Main City is already quite impressive.”
“That’s right. Just looking at your outfit tells me you’re a newcomer. Little girl, have you reached level 2 yet? Do you want me, big brother, to help you level up?” a sleazy-looking Veteran Player chimed in, leaning closer.
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She could level you up with the ground man