God's imitator

Chapter 352 Card Conversion
He Xiaojun was somewhat frustrated because, in the ideal situation, if the five cards a player earns happen to be five different parts, then there would be no need to exchange them with other players.

However, if duplicates occur, they must be listed for sale on the auction platform.

The problem is that the "Auction Tycoon" room has a 100% transaction tax!

When cards are produced in this game, the ownership of the cards is determined according to the room where the revenue is obtained in whole tens of thousands, and the transaction tax of the corresponding room is automatically applied.

Both of He Xiaojun's cards are considered to have been produced in the "Auction Tycoon" room, so they will be subject to a 100% transaction tax by default.

No matter how much money he lists, or whether the currency he receives is visa time or chips, that money will be taken by the copycat who designed the game; he himself will never get any of it.

That's why this room has remained unoccupied for so long.

He Xiaojun actually knew this before, but he had some wishful thinking, thinking that the first two cards that grant immunity from death could not possibly be duplicates, right?

But now, luck doesn't seem to be on his side.

"What should I do? I have to think of another way to sell one of the cards..."

"Equipment forging?"
"Should I list it on the auction house in 'Auction Tycoon's' room?"

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Fortunately, there was still time left in the game. While continuing to play, He Xiaojun bought up items in "Auction Tycoon" and put them up for auction to obtain stable income, and at the same time thought about countermeasures.

At this point, he had a general understanding of the game's situation.

The methods for earning stable income in "Auction Tycoon" are not very well hidden, but they require a lot of time and the 100% transaction tax is very discouraging, which is why many players have not discovered them.

In fact, the auction house in this game room will regularly refresh some items. Players only need to buy these items and then relist them. After a period of time, they will all be bought back by the system.

In addition, if players keep an eye on the 'Auction Tycoon' game table, they will receive extra rewards based on the time spent, but even if they don't keep an eye on it, they will still receive a basic guaranteed reward.

Therefore, once He Xiaojun realized this, he could choose to ensure that the auction house always had the goods he bought listed for profit, while he could get away to do other things.

Of course, due to limited game time, He Xiaojun was unable to fully understand the specific details of the system's buyback rules.

We'll have to study that later.

After hanging up the new items, He Xiaojun first returned to the game lobby for a final test.

He still had a sliver of hope that the first card might have been generated during the "high or low" round.

But the information displayed on the auction terminal ruthlessly shattered his illusions.

Players can view the relevant information when an item is listed on the auction terminal, before the price is set.

Both of these get-out-of-jail-free cards are subject to a 100% transaction tax.

He Xiaojun looked at the product list on the auction terminal again, and the number of products on it had increased significantly.

Not only are there cards that grant immunity from death, but there are also chips in each room, with prices varying widely.

There are already 6 "get out of jail free" cards listed, but 5 of them are traded using visa time, with the highest price still at 2, while the others range from 18000 to 15000.

Even at a price of 15000, it still has no takers.

Clearly, both the seller and the buyer are waiting.

The buyer believes that as time goes on, players will produce more and more "immunity cards," and they might be able to collect all five different card sets without trading. Furthermore, with more cards being produced, someone will inevitably sell them at a lower price to cash out.

The seller believes that, over time, players who have collected all four cards and are only missing one will definitely be willing to pay a high price to buy it. Therefore, it is currently difficult for the two parties to reach a deal.

In addition, there is an invulnerability card that can be traded in Room 6: Equipment Forging, which costs 1 chips in that room.

He Xiaojun was somewhat surprised: "What does this mean? Are the chips in this room also very valuable?"

He checked the "Equipment Forging" room; there were about six players inside, so he was pretty sure the player who posted the item was one of them.

He Xiaojun was somewhat tempted, but he clearly didn't have that many chips to offer.

He looked through the other items and, sure enough, found the "Equipment Forging" tokens among them:

There are several entries with 1000 chips, and the visa durations vary, but they are all around 1500, with some at 1499 and others at 1501.

He Xiaojun was puzzled: "This is outrageous! Do these people think that the bargaining chips in this room are more valuable than the visa processing time?"
"But that doesn't make sense. Players can exchange chips at a 1:1 ratio at the chip exchange station. There's no way that chips could be worth more than visa time, right?"

Clearly, most of the chips displayed on the auction terminal have other uses.

After considering it, He Xiaojun decided to go check out the "Equipment Forging" room first.

Because there are currently no "immunity cards" listed in the auction house of "Auction Tycoon," and transactions can only be made using room tokens.

Even if he puts up this duplicate card, there's no guarantee anyone will buy it, and he's not sure how many chips to put up.

In comparison, directly consuming a small amount of chips to convert a card into another card in "Equipment Forging" is a more cost-effective option.

Of course, He Xiaojun hasn't actually tried using the invulnerability card yet, so he doesn't know if it can really be converted, but since the rules of this room have been recognized by the arcade, it's highly likely that it can.

In addition, the availability of goods on the auction terminal also piqued He Xiaojun's curiosity.

Someone bid 1 "Equipment Forging" chips for an invulnerability card, and someone else bid more than 1:1 for the chips in this room, all of which seem to suggest that the chips in this room are also very valuable.

He Xiaojun also wanted to go and see what the specific situation was.

He arrived at the door of the "Equipment Forging" room and noticed that many other players were also gathering around.

These players all seem to have the same "immunity card," and it's likely that they've all had duplicates.

After all, the last dividend was quite generous.

At this time, four game consoles in the room were being used by regular players, while the remaining two game consoles were being used by players from other rooms.

These players were clearly in a similar situation to He Xiaojun. They probably hadn't played in this room much before, and they all practiced with training cards first before daring to put in the invincibility cards for forging after they became proficient.

Seeing this, He Xiaojun couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

"I came to this room because my immunity card has a 100% transaction tax, so listing it on the auction terminal will not generate any profit at all."

"If the cards were from other rooms, the transaction tax shouldn't be too high, right? Why are they coming to this room?"

"I understand. It's because the transaction tax for the vast majority of rooms should be 30% or even higher, including those rooms that don't display the transaction tax. Otherwise, copycats wouldn't be able to earn enough profit."

"But for players, these transaction taxes are still not worthwhile compared to the chips consumed in the 'Equipment Forging' room."

After waiting for a while, He Xiaojun saw the players in front of him leave, and he hurried over to one of the game stations.

(End of this chapter)