Players are coming, fortunately I have a time travel simulator

Looking at the excited expressions of the players, Zhou Ning was quite calm. This was just the beginning.

Compared to the various scams used by mobile game developers in his past, this was considered quite gentle. Almost every fifth box contained goodies, either blue or purple gear, Death Pills, or Poké Balls. Poké Balls in particular, he wasn't planning on selling them officially. He had about ten of them in this batch of boxes, costing about eight Vekta each. But for players, even 5 Vektas wasn't expensive, a perfect way to lure players into spending money.

He had deliberately placed the ten boxes he'd given Shuidi Shenxing on top. Inside, besides the Coulson bracelet he'd long since discarded, there was also a Poké Ball. The players were right; Shuidi Shenxing was just a shill. Zhou Ning completely controlled the box drop rates, so most of them contained basic alchemy potions and junk materials. As long as Shuidi Shenxing got the good stuff, the other players would naturally follow.

The price he set was just right. Currently, most ordinary players have 2 to 300 Vekta assets. As long as they grit their teeth, they can make a ten-draw without breaking a sweat. Zhou Ning only regretted that he was not strong enough to get an Apocalypse version of Huabei.

At this time, Shuidi Chenxing was still opening boxes, but a group of players had already started to buy boxes tentatively, opening them one by one. The results were mixed. Most of them were garbage, but some players also obtained Death Pills and several mid-to-high-level blue equipment. Some players even obtained new firearms with good attributes. Overall, the explosion rate was pretty good.

At the same time, all the boxes of Shenxing under the water were about to be opened. When he opened the second to last box, he saw that in addition to a bunch of useless herbs, there was also a red and white sphere that looked small and exquisite.

He reached out and took the orb out, squinting his eyes to read the caption on it: "What is this? A Poké Ball?"

When he saw the text description clearly, his eyes froze and he stared blankly at the thing in his hand.

Holy shit, am I reading this right? This thing can be used to catch battle pets!

At this time, other players noticed Shuidi Chenxing's expression and realized that this shill had made another mistake. They all rushed forward to check what was going on. Then they received the same expression as Shuidi Chenxing. One by one, they were frightened and their breathing became heavy.

A Poké Ball? That's pretty awesome, right? According to the description, using this thing gives you a permanent animal companion up to level 50. That's probably even cooler than a purple item, right?

"I want twenty more, no, fifty!" After admiring the Poké Ball in his hand, Shuidi Chenxing put away his excitement and said loudly.

Zhou Ning next to him had a strange look on his face, and couldn't help but give a thumbs up to Shuidi Chenxing in his heart: This person is very qualified.

With his encouragement, the watching players couldn't help but get excited and could no longer control themselves.

"I want ten!"

"I want ten too!"

"I want five!"

In stark contrast to their previous cautiousness, most of the players now had flushed faces and joined the rush to buy as they couldn't wait to do so.

Seeing this, Rich Burke's expression went from shock to speechlessness, then to numbness. He felt his values ​​were challenged. As a participant, he knew the cost of these goods best. They simply packed them into boxes, yet they sold them for tens or even hundreds of times the price. These chosen ones knew they would most likely lose money, but they still rushed to offer their money for a gamble on a futile probability. How was this any different from robbery?

If I had known that the Chosen Ones were so easy to deceive, I would not have become a pirate.

At this moment, even XB couldn't resist the temptation and started spending money. He even changed the title of the live broadcast room to: Change your destiny and open boxes live.

After dying 40 times in a row in various positions last time, XB became synonymous with bad luck. But strangely, with this unlucky persona, the popularity of his live broadcast room has increased instead of decreased, and he is showing signs of becoming the top streamer.

Unlike others, his audiences come to see him get into trouble. Although he is still a comedian at heart, after tasting the sweetness, XB also began to deliberately cultivate his personality.

As a result, after opening 20 boxes, most of them contained low-level materials. However, in the last box, he actually found a Poké Ball, which immediately made the viewers in the live broadcast room feel nauseous and uncomfortable.

Of course, this was also something Zhou Ning had personally done to ensure it would pique the interest of the XB livestream audience. With less than 10 Vectra dollars spent on an ad, Zhou Ning felt it was well worth it. He was prepared to let the rest of the boxes take their own course.

This time the boxes sold much faster than I expected. As the inventory of boxes gradually ran out, some people opened Poké Balls or other goodies. From time to time, I heard cheers and complaints. Overall, some were happy and some were worried.

Zhou Ning brought out a total of 2200 boxes this time. There were hundreds of thousands of players on the scene, and the supply was insufficient, so they were completely sold out in a short while.

Apart from the boxes, the sales of items and skills in his personal store are relatively stable. It's just that he sold too much in the past two days, so he only gained 1.7 million experience points.

"All the boxes I brought this time have been sold out. I will continue to sell them regularly in the store in the future, with a limit of about 1000 per day." Zhou Ning said with a smile.

"Huh? They even have limited edition ones?"

The players who didn't buy any looked upset, while the players who did were overjoyed. The famous spendthrift Shuidi Chenxing started using his money to buy up a large number of Poké Balls:

"1000 Vektas each for Poké Balls. Hurry and trade if you're selling! The competition starts soon. Only 10 minutes to collect!"

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"30 Vektor per box. I sold 2200 boxes this time. If I sell one or two more, I can easily buy even mediocre Silver Super Saiyans and Black Gokus. However, each batch of boxes won't have so many Poké Balls after this. Five at most. After all, scarcity makes things valuable..."

The only regret was that the Shiva Temple bracelet, which he felt was already at a bargain price, was not sold. However, he was not in a hurry. Even if such a good thing was sold at an extraordinary gathering, it would most likely be snatched up.

Oh right, the extraordinary gathering...

Zhou Ning took out the Longan badge from his arms. Nearly a month had passed, and there was still no new gathering place shown on it. It seemed that it was time to find time to contact Nathaniel's circle of extraordinary people.

After a brief thought, he asked Richie Burke to drive back, and he chose to enter the arena to watch the game. In addition to the need to scan his face, he planned to only open the arena for half the game, and then go to Nathaniel's Adventurer's Association.

Today's matches are particularly eye-catching. Not only will the third seed and top-ranked player Jinse debut against SK's meteorologist, Toker, but Xingyue will also face a formidable opponent against Alex's Nirvana. Yidarelang will face a high-rated player from Japan.

The three matches between China and foreign countries were extremely intense, and each game attracted much attention.

The results were mixed. Jinse remained reserved against Toker, and players were stunned to discover she was already level 52, two levels ahead of the other players. Her bonus experience buff had expired last week, leaving them with no idea how she'd managed it. Leveraging her level advantage and suppressive firepower, Jinse, without even using a Devil Fruit, countered Toker's spell with a Psychic Counter in just seven seconds. Then, with a combination of long-range and short-range attacks, a Silver Falling Blade followed by a Honeycomb Shot pushed Toker to the edge of the board. This was the kind of situation meteorologists dreaded.

In the end, Jinse won easily with a total time of 31 seconds, which is also the shortest time record in the individual competition of this year's Apocalypse Professional League.

In another Chinese-foreign match, a stark contrast emerged between a Heatwave and a high-level Japanese cleric named Repekri. The two engaged in a sleazy, run-and-gun fight that tormented the audience for two hours. In the end, Heatwave emerged victorious, reaching full health. Fortunately, the commentators had already cleared their bladders when he was called.