Tokyo: The Player Behind the Scenes.

Chapter 91, Section 89: Abundant Harvest

"As for the methods to confirm players' identities, I wonder if you have ever paid attention to the palm of your hand."

Uesugi spread his hands, but naturally, nothing could be seen in the player lobby.

"After becoming a registered player, a number and the words 'Regular Player' will appear on your palm. The number shouldn't be a secret; mine is 0120. If everyone's numbers are combined, we might be able to learn some useful information about this game."

Nobi nodded in agreement: "Mine is 0130."

Iwasaki hadn't taken the Reshaping Pill yet and hadn't seen his number, but that didn't stop him from guessing his number based on the two people's information: "0110".

"Then it seems quite obvious. 01 represents that this is the first game, and 10, 20, 30 represent the order in which the players are selected?" This result is roughly what Uesugi expected.

"So, Hao Sang was the first to receive an invitation, and Yue Sang was the second. But isn't the numbering a bit strange? Why isn't it in the order of 01, but 10 instead?"

Nobita voiced his doubts.

“It’s either a simple setting issue, with ‘Unknown’ preferring symmetrical four-digit numbers, or it represents the number of games played,” Iwasaki suddenly said. “The numbering isn’t necessarily fixed.”

Uesugi instantly understood: "You mean, the 0 at the end of the number represents the number of games we've completed? But we've already completed 'Subway.' Do we have to wait until the game closes and the points are tallied?"

Iwasaki hummed in agreement.

After such a long discussion, the atmosphere was no longer as tense as it had been at the beginning. Uesugi seized the opportunity and began to sort out the game's plot, hoping to discuss her conjectures with the two of them.

"I have no interest in the storyline of a game that I've already perfectly completed. Yue, Zhi, would you be interested in exchanging your ranking rewards for it?"

Iwasaki did not join the discussion, but instead stated his own needs directly.

Uesugi gently shook his head: "My reward is a health-enhancing pill, which I plan to use myself."

Iwasaki turned his gaze toward Nobita.

"I'm sorry, ten years of lifespan is also very important to me, but Hao Sang, you can keep an eye on the points exchange that will open in two days. Perhaps there will be similar items there."

Nobita isn't good at saying no, but since it concerns his lifespan, and given his growth over this period, he no longer feels guilty about refusing other people's requests.

Iwasaki didn't show any dissatisfaction, but simply nodded as before: "I understand, I was just asking. If you need a substitute red paper doll, you can contact me to exchange. I just checked the private messaging system, where you can send messages to players, and you should be able to sense it in real life as well."

After saying that, he logged off without waiting for the two of them to say anything more.

The humanoid black mist dissipated back into a ball, and the nickname faded away.

"He shouldn't be angry, right?" Nobita asked, a little worried.

“Zhi-sang, you need to know that in the player lobby, we are all equal. At least until there are new players, we have no information gap to exploit.”

Uesugi doesn't expect herself to be a good person, but she believes it's essential to maintain a healthy gaming community.

Otherwise, the chaotic and disorganized gaming communities on the internet in the real world serve as a cautionary tale.

If you throw a stone down, you can knock out five trolls, three trolls, two trolls, and ten followers who will be stunned.

Nobi realized he had given himself away and, worried about revealing more of his information, didn't say anything more about Iwasaki.

"Are you interested in talking about the plot of 'Subway'? I feel that this game is not that simple. Or rather, it's not a pure game." Uesugi's idea needed to be confirmed, and Nobi, who was also a player, was practically the only candidate at the moment.

Today is the 16th, and she has reached Kisaragi Station and discovered the traces left by those who came before and the train timetable.

If her guess is correct, then there are only two days left.

The thought of what might happen made her breath quicken.

Hearing Uesugi's serious tone, Nobita estimated the time and realized it wasn't that soon before school started.

"Please speak." A bumper harvest!
That night, Shin Higashiyama and Shin Iwasaki almost simultaneously achieved a perfect ending.

Although he actually owns all the progress the players make, he's never been one to enjoy getting carried to victory.

Well, even he himself doesn't quite believe that.

But since they've already reached the end, achieving the perfect ending is a kind of obsession for players.

Ever since Kosuke Iwasaki deleted his progress and started over, he felt that the man had suddenly changed, becoming somewhat unfamiliar, and filled with rationality and coldness.

They overcame all obstacles and made it to the end in perfect condition.

Just then, Shinya Higashiyama had already sorted out his thoughts, so the two of them finished the ending around the same time.

Shin Higashiyama not only directly gained the same abilities as the two players, but also successfully unlocked the Gold and Platinum trophies.

Golden Trophy: Crimson Demon Slayer, a sword that has a bonus against demons.

Platinum Trophy: Escape Cave Token, a token with a strange name and no other explanation. Infusing it with spiritual energy will produce a reaction; the patterns on the characters will light up, but that's all; there are no other unusual changes.

And a new achievement: "Discerning Eye - The first invited player achieved the perfect ending."

The reward is a "Power Amplification Bead", which can enhance the effects of certain abilities, but only one ability can be active at a time.

The enhanced abilities do not include attack power; they are more like fashion skins that only add special effects, making them a paper tiger and somewhat useless.

Of course, there are also the 650 points that cannot be ignored.

Originally, a perfect completion of "Subway" only grants 500 points, but inviting a player increases the reward by 10%, bringing the total to this amount.

Shinichi Higashiyama had to admit that, given the rewards for completing the game, a rate of releasing a new game every month wasn't unacceptable.

Furthermore, players can use points to purchase games. Although the purchased games only offer a single reward, and it's unclear whether there are any rotating rewards for players, at least they definitely won't lose out.

The only thing that made him slightly dissatisfied was that the players received very few points.

Iwasaki: 50
Nobi: 40
Uesugi: 20
The items available for exchange are the same as those in Higashiyama Shin's shop, but he can choose to block certain items and change their prices.

After some consideration, and taking into account that they already had too few points, we decided not to raise the price further.

But we can't let them think these goods are cheap.
Dongshan Shen quietly adjusted the price of paper dolls, which they probably didn't need much, to thirty points, then adjusted the price of pills from thirty points to one hundred points, and gave the Little Longevity Pill and Body Strengthening Pill a 30% discount, "only" 30 points!

Considering that Uesugi only had 20 points, Higashiyama Shin even personally gave each of the three players a "huge sum" of 10 points.

This is used to subsidize the player's first purchase of a Small Longevity Pill.

In other words, players only need 20 points to buy their first Little Longevity Pill.

Each player receives a subsidy of 10 points, so a billion players would receive a subsidy of 10 billion points! He is one step closer to becoming a recipient of Pinduoduo's 10 billion subsidy.

However, if he really had a billion players, he would probably have conquered the galaxy by now.

As for the "random knowledge" that costs fifty points, he decided not to include it for now.

Since he had already tried it once, the randomly generated knowledge was "Magic Power Flush Toilet Design Blueprint," which is difficult to evaluate.

Players are advised not to waste their valuable points on opening loot boxes.

I'll buy the blind boxes he designed himself when I have enough points later!

　Thank you to "Book Friend 20180813091959851" for the 1500 coin donation.
　　Thank you to "Void Heart" for the 500-coin donation.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)