Chapter 343: Chapter 339: Dual Currency System!

Translator: 549690339

Yi didn’t give up and continued to look for a decent nightclub, while Hao was respawning for the third time.

His idea was correct: everyone was a novice, and as long as they didn’t have real-life shooting experience, their skills wouldn’t be much different at this stage.

But he overlooked another important point: when he was ambushed, the bullets came from both sides of the road.

In other words, his opponents were not just one person, but at least two!

After dying two more times, he finally confirmed: there were three people ambushing him…

There was no way to fight them!

If it were an ordinary player, they would probably concede defeat.

Considering the limited time for the closed beta test, most would move on and play something else.

But not Hao!

Hao chose to post on the Vortex Forum and Cloud Dream Gaming Zone, offering paid help to gather a team!

Isn’t it all about outnumbering people?

Within ten minutes of posting, he formed a five-person team.

Not all of them were in it for the money, as players were currently exploring the game and looking for things to do without having any main missions.

When someone suddenly popped up saying they had a grudge and wanted to take revenge, they couldn’t resist joining in the excitement. Money or not, they would be happy to participate!

Hao even went back to the Continental Hotel to upgrade his firepower.

— Lincoln was stingy indeed, as players didn’t have much cash in their wallets upon entering the game, so Super Tomato could only exchange a pitiful few chips.

But players’ game experience still needed to be looked after, so as compensation, Lincoln gave each closed beta test player 20 Assassin’s Gold as starting funds.

These were specifically for players to buy weapons.

As for bulletproof suits, and exchanging money in the black market, players had to find them on their own.

Moreover, the black market had a very limited exchange quota, which would not refresh once used up. It was more like a one-time reward for finding the black market, and players couldn’t rely on this to get rich.

In the previous “Assassins’ Alliance,” virtual currency production had gotten a bit out of control, making it difficult to regulate.

So now, Assassins’ Gold and virtual currency were separated and made non-interchangeable.

As a result, Night City had two distinct currency systems.

Most activities in the assassin industry required Assassins’ Gold as currency.

As for other industries and content in Night City, virtual currency was used for transactions.

This way, limitations could be imposed on virtual currency production, solving inflation issues from the outset.

After all, Night City was different from Metropolis and didn’t have that many banks to rob.

Besides, without fantastical abilities like “Time Stop” and “Gun Slinging,” robbing banks wasn’t easy.

Even with maxed-out “Gunfighting Technique” level, it was impossible to achieve 100% dodge rate. If there were too many opponents, getting shot was inevitable.

And a bulletproof suit doesn’t protect the head!

In Night City, there were plenty of places to spend virtual currency and a high demand for various goods and services.

This meant that making money would be a long-term goal for players in Night City.

As for how to make money? Fred had prepared numerous ways.

Casinos could be considered one, but those offered high rewards with equally high risks.

As everyone knows, the customers’ average winning rate as a group must be lower than 50% for casinos to survive.

In the game world, losing 9 out of 10 gambles might not happen, but losing 5.5 out of 10 gambles was a basic operation.

This winning and losing ratio would be stretched out over many attempts, days, or even distributed among different players.

In this way, players’ single gaming experience could be maximized.

During this time, it wouldn’t matter if a player kept winning, as it meant that there were others who kept losing.

Of course, this was just the simplest rule. Fred’s team had put a lot of effort into designing the casino system.

They even used company funds to build connections with some overseas casino owners to learn about many industry secrets and implemented valuable ones in the game after modifications.

Long story short, if players came to the casino with a mindset to “make money,” the overall amount of virtual currency would certainly decrease!

As long as this could be achieved, it was sufficient for the game’s operation.

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With his team of four players, Hao felt strong and confident as they began their pursuit.

—The fact that they could still catch up now wasn’t because their enemies were waiting for them, but simply because their mission wasn’t completed yet either.

Though Hao has been sent back to the respawn point three times, the “Street Chaos” continued without having much to do with him.

Even without him, the streets of Night City were already in chaos.

What’s even more outrageous was Hao’s mission hadn’t failed yet: he had to “teach a lesson” to the original gangsters who caused the street explosions.

The mission of the three players on the other side was to quell the chaos on the streets.

However, their chosen solution was overly reckless— “Kill everyone involved in the chaos!”

By killing everyone involved in the chaos, the chaos would naturally disappear.

Even though the scale of the chaos hadn’t diminished but rather intensified, they remained resolute.

—Of course, it was also possible that they didn’t care about the mission rewards and simply found it entertaining, wanting to see how chaotic things could get.

As a result, they only had to go to the previous encounter site, chase after the fallen people and cars, follow the gunshots echoing through the air, and finding the enemies would not be difficult at all.