Chapter 319 - 309: Taking the High-End Route

This time, for instance, these people used their vast capital to buy a lot of things in the game.

They had originally planned to buy a large number of Intelligent Brains.

But after learning that each person could only buy an Intelligent Brain once, and that it had to be purchased from an official source, they gave up on the idea.

They had no Soldier Food Rattan, let alone any production lines for nutrient liquid.

But these people used money to buy massive quantities of nutrient liquid within the game.

A lot of it was nutrient liquid nearing its expiration date.

But so what? Nearing expiration wasn’t the same as expired.

After all, even SoySauceDrunkard had sold items nearing expiration, and people had still happily snapped them up.

If Moira Lynch knew what they were thinking right now, she would definitely curse them for being so shameless.

The near-expiration products she sold were always clearly labeled as such beforehand.

But clearly, not all businesspeople were as conscientious as Moira Lynch.

Before this, they had also opened a shop, even modeling its layout after SoySauceDrunkard’s.

However, unlike SoySauceDrunkard’s accessible, common-folk approach, they were preparing to take a high-end route.

This was mainly because they didn’t have nearly as many goods on hand as Moira Lynch.

Besides, they had paid cold, hard cash for their items. Those were real costs, so their prices would naturally have to be much higher.

As for Moira Lynch, well, those who know, know. Even if she sold something for one coin, she’d still be making a profit.

These people had a grand idea: they wanted to create their own version of SoySauceDrunkard and ’Don’t Miss It’.

But for all their planning, they never calculated that they’d be a step too slow and lose their advantage.

Now that SoySauceDrunkard had set the price of nutrient liquid to three copper coins, if they set theirs too high, no one would buy from them.

Their only chance would be to wait until SoySauceDrunkard sold out of nutrient liquid before they started selling.

But was that even possible?

They had a limited supply of nutrient liquid, and more than half of it was nearing expiration. They simply couldn’t afford to wait that long.

Take waiting for SoySauceDrunkard to sell out of her own nutrient liquid, for example.

They had zero confidence that would happen.

At this point, even if someone claimed SoySauceDrunkard had her own nutrient liquid production line, they would believe it.

Don’t forget, the main ingredient for nutrient liquid is Soldier Food Rattan.

And in SoySauceDrunkard’s ’Don’t Miss It’ shop, huge quantities of Soldier Food Rattan were sold every day.

So, after much discussion, the final result they came to was to set the price of their nutrient liquid to be the same as Moira Lynch’s.

After all, they hadn’t bought the near-expiration nutrient liquid by the unit, but by the ton. Even if they sold it a bit cheaper, they would still make a profit, just a smaller one.

To make up for their losses, they planned to increase the prices of their other products.

Meanwhile, the Cathayan side had naturally also taken note of Moira Lynch’s actions.

In comparison, their reaction was much calmer; they were even a little happy to see it happen.

Although they also had production lines, and quite a few at that, the machinery was too complex. And since they didn’t have a cheat-like artifact like Patience, they still hadn’t figured them out.

Furthermore, they were also afraid of damaging the machines through a momentary mistake.

Every single production line was exceptionally precious right now; any damage would be a loss for them.

Because of these concerns, they were somewhat timid and hesitant in their research.

Now, seeing SoySauceDrunkard start to sell nutrient liquid in large quantities, they knew she must have more production lines on hand.

However, this was within their expectations. The most crucial part was that SoySauceDrunkard had figured them out.

After realizing this, they began thinking about going to SoySauceDrunkard to pick her brain.

And this important task was, of course, handed to Redlight.

This was mainly because, besides Redlight, no one else could get any response from her at all.

But the real reason for this was that Moira Lynch felt that having Redlight as a single point of contact was enough.

’The more people I talk to, the greater the chance of being exposed.’

Of course, the biggest reason was that she just didn’t want to deal with so many people every day.

On Moira Lynch’s end, after receiving Redlight’s request, she had originally wanted to make another profit. In the end, however, she had a small pang of conscience.

’Forget it. I got an instruction manual with the furniture I bought before, so it’s only right that I include one now.’

Meanwhile, Redlight was just about to state his terms for the exchange, but before he could even finish typing his message, she had already sent over a detailed instruction manual.

Seeing this, Redlight silently deleted the words he had already typed.

’Does this count as over-fulfilling my mission?’

’Not only was it fast, but I also saved the base a huge amount of resources. For this alone, I have to get two extra pieces of meat for dinner tonight.’

Moira Lynch, at this moment, had no idea what she had just missed out on. After replying to Redlight, she closed the chat window.

She didn’t close the game panel, however. Instead, she opened the shop interface.

Moira Lynch rarely browsed other shops. Ever since she had snagged that one great deal, the nations or factions behind the other shops had become incredibly vigilant to prevent it from happening again.

This time, however, something seemed different.

As everyone knew, Moira Lynch’s shop was always ranked first because it had been the first one opened.

The system seemed to be using her as a flagship for promotion; as soon as you opened the shop list, the first thing you saw was her ’Don’t Miss It’.

The order that followed had always been fixed as well.

Moira Lynch had always assumed the shops were listed in order of their registration.

But when she opened it this time, the name of the shop in second place had changed.

Seeing this, Moira Lynch curiously clicked on it.

"It actually requires registration."

Moira Lynch thought for a moment and entered her fake name. ’I don’t know if this will work,’ she mused. ’If it doesn’t, I’ll just forget about it.’

After clicking confirm, Moira Lynch heard a DING, but she wasn’t taken into the shop.

Seeing the interface that popped up again, Moira Lynch’s eyes widened. "It even requires a verification of funds?"

The interface stated that a deposit of one thousand Gold Coins was required as a guarantee to prove one’s purchasing power. The deposit would be automatically refunded upon leaving.

Of course, the deposit could also be exchanged for a prestigious membership card, which would allow you to come and go as you please and even bring friends.

Moira Lynch thought for a moment and paid the one thousand Gold Coins. ’It’ll be refunded when I leave anyway,’ she figured.

’As for the membership card, don’t even think about it.’

This was followed by a very familiar, "Welcome."

Upon entering the shop, Moira Lynch felt as if she had stepped into a luxury boutique.