We offered you a summer job, but you went and became a mercenary?

Lin Ye glanced at these messages, pursed his lips, and chose to ignore them all.

His gaze returned to his glittering character.

He always felt that the special effects... weren't dazzling enough.

These wings aren't big enough either.

"100,000 yuan, and this is all the effect? ​​This game company is too stingy."

Lin Ye muttered to himself, feeling that his experience of being a tycoon was still lacking something.

He decided to go all out and do something big.

So, he opened the resplendent recharge interface again and picked up the black card.

This time, he silently typed a "5", and then started adding one "0" after another.

He stopped typing when the number in the input box became "5,000,000".

five million.

Lin Ye clicked "confirm recharge" without hesitation.

【Ding! 】

A notification sound, ten times louder and clearer than before, suddenly rang out from the speaker!

Immediately afterwards, the entire game interface was completely submerged by a nine-colored divine light that descended from the sky, indescribable in its thickness, and so thick that it covered the entire screen!

At the same time, a system announcement written in the largest, bold, scrolling crimson gold font appeared domineeringly above the screen of every player in all new servers of the Chinese version of "Nine Heavens Mystic Demon"!

[Server-wide Announcement]: Congratulations to player [Humble and Unassuming Worker] for achieving a cumulative recharge of 5 million Jade Coins and advancing to [VIP10]! You are also awarded the title [A True Tycoon Who Spends a Fortune] and the mount [Nine Heavens Imperial Golden Dragon]! This divine favor is boundless, and the whole world rejoices!

This announcement was displayed three times in a row.

Each time, it's like a powerful nuclear bomb exploding in the minds of all the players.

At this moment, the entire Chinese server of "Nine Heavens Mystic Demon" fell into an eerie silence that lasted for three seconds.

Three seconds later, the world chat went crazy.

[World] [Sword Sweep Across the Eight Desolations]: Holy crap! Five million in one go?!

[World] [Chasing the Wind]: A new account directly spent five million?!

[World] [Cute Bunny]: Oh my god! Another super-rich person!

[World] [Dragon Wars the World, Overlord Blade]: ...

The entire world channel was instantly flooded with countless "Holy crap," "???," "God descended to earth," and worshipful emojis.

Countless players who were grinding monsters in the wild, exploring dungeons, or setting up stalls in the main city all stopped what they were doing at this moment and opened the leaderboards without prior arrangement.

On the combat power rankings, a name they had never seen before—[Humble and Unassuming Worker]—was skyrocketing upwards at a terrifying speed that even a rocket couldn't match!

Beyond 100,000... 10,000... 1,000... 100...

Top ten!

Ultimately, under the watchful eyes of all players on the server, this name surpassed countless hardcore players and whales, firmly securing second place, second only to the legendary ID that had dominated the rankings since the server opened—【龙傲天】.

Lin Ye had no time to care about the turmoil that was brewing outside.

He looked at the long string of zeros in his game inventory that made him dizzy and nodded in satisfaction.

Then, he opened the online store and directly filtered by "price from high to low".

[Ancient Divine Weapon Treasure Chest], priced at 88888 Immortal Jade?

buy!

[Limited Edition Wings Selection Pack], priced at 66666 Jade Coins?

buy!

[Top-grade gemstone essence], 9999 Immortal Jade each?

Buy it all!

He didn't even bother to look at the specific attributes of these things; his approach was simple and brutal: if it was expensive, he wanted it all.

In less than five minutes, he had completely bought up all the items on the online store's limited-purchase page.

After doing all that, he turned his attention to the most money-grabbing system in the game, which was also the best indicator of wealth.

Equipment Enhancement!

The enhancement system in "Nine Heavens Mystic Demon" is normal up to +8, but once you try to reach +9, the failure rate skyrockets, and if you fail, the equipment will drop back to 3-5.

This mechanism has caused countless players to sell their possessions and become extremely frustrated.

The only way to avoid this is to use an extremely rare item – the [Divine Protection Talisman].

This thing can only be obtained through the lottery system.

On average, it costs over a thousand yuan per piece.

Alternatively, you can challenge high-level dungeon bosses, but the drop rate is incredibly low.

"Spinning around to win a prize? That's such a waste of my time!"

Lin Ye frowned, feeling that the game developers' vision was still too narrow.

Without hesitation, he opened the world channel, edited a message, spent 100 yuan to buy a megaphone, and sent it out.

[World Broadcast] [Honest and Unpretentious Working Man]: I'm buying unlimited [Divine Protection Talismans], 3,000 RMB each, as many as you have, just DM me to trade.

The moment this message was released, the entire server went wild again.

Countless goblin merchants who had stockpiled protective charms, intending to sell them at a higher price later when prices rose, were now completely dumbfounded.

Less than a week after the server opened, people were already buying this item indefinitely with cash and at a premium.

This isn't playing a game, this is doing charity!

In an instant, Lin Ye's private chat window was overwhelmed with messages.

"Hey boss, I have one, I'll sell it to you!"

"Brother Rich, I have three of these; they're all my worldly possessions!"

Lin Ye accepts all offers; as long as someone wants to trade, he transfers the money directly through the game's built-in trading platform without hesitation.

In less than half an hour, he acquired a full three hundred [Divine Protection Talismans].

Then, amidst the envious and jealous gazes of countless players, he opened the enhancement interface.

"Ding! Congratulations! You have successfully upgraded the [Thunderous Judgment Sword] to +11!"

"Ding! Congratulations! You have successfully upgraded the [Thunderous Judgment Sword] to +12!"

"Ding! Congratulations..."

A series of success notifications followed without a single pause.

When the last protection charm was used up, Lin Ye clicked on the final enhancement.

"boom--!!!"

A dark golden beam of light, a hundred times more dazzling than the previous nine-colored divine light, shot up from his character and pierced through the entire sky of the main city!

His character has been fully enhanced to +15!

The light was dazzling to the extreme. Standing in the safe zone of the main city, it was like a 360-degree, 2,000-watt super searchlight, making all the surrounding players' characters appear dim and insignificant.

Countless players flocked to watch, completely blocking the safe zone and causing the server to lag slightly.

······

Meanwhile, at the headquarters of the game company "Nine Heavens Mystic Demon".

The door to the operations director's office was suddenly pushed open.

"Director! Something terrible has happened!" A customer service manager rushed in, his face filled with panic.

"Is the sky falling down? What's the panic!" The director put down the report in his hand with dissatisfaction.

"This is worse than the sky falling down!" The customer service manager pointed at the tablet in his hand, his voice trembling. "In the first server of the Chinese server, a player's account data has shown serious anomalies! We suspect he exploited a bug to maliciously steal over five million in-game currency!"

The director's expression changed, and he immediately took the tablet.

But when he saw the transaction records in the back office, he froze.

It clearly shows that every recharge comes from the same bank account and has been fully credited to the account.

"Investigate! Investigate this account!"

A few minutes later, the technical department delivered the results.

"Director, we can't find anything. The other party is using a top-level anonymous black card from a Swiss bank; our permissions are simply insufficient."

The tablet in the director's hand fell to the carpet with a "thud".

He remained silent for a full half minute before suddenly raising his head and, in an unquestionable tone, issuing a new order to the customer service supervisor.

"Immediately! Right now! Put this player's account as the highest priority! Assign him 24/7 dedicated one-on-one customer service! If he gets disconnected for no reason, your entire department will be docked pay!"

……

In the game.

Lin Ye was happily riding the [Nine Heavens Imperial Golden Dragon], which had full special effects and was so huge that it almost took up half the screen, circling above the main city and enjoying the worship of countless players.

This simple, unpretentious happiness, bought with money, brought him joy.

Just then.

A message, also delivered through a large, crimson-gold megaphone, appeared abruptly at the top of the world channel, drowning out all previous messages.

[World Broadcast] [Long Aotian]: Newcomer, you're quite good. You're qualified to join my 'Dynasty' guild.