501: The increasingly expensive war preparations

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Looking at the golden bust inside the safe, Xiao Yun and Liu Shihhan were both stunned for a moment.

A few seconds later, Xiao Yun first stowed the bust into his large red envelope, then transferred it to his secure container at lightning speed, before turning back to meet Liu Shihhan's gaze.

"Could it be that... Lu Xueqing's good luck is so powerful that even mentioning her name brings us good fortune!?"

Xiao Yun asked in disbelief.

After all, they had just finished looting the Blue Room, the Black Room, and all the free containers in the Presidents Office. It was clearly Confidential Aerospace, yet they hadn't even seen a shadow of a little red despite searching so many containers.

Yet, just as the two were discussing whether they should find a way to summon Lu Xueqing back, Xiao Yun had opened such a big red item worth a million from another safe in the Presidents Office.

He had almost ignored this large safe just now; if not for Liu Shihhan's reminder, Xiao Yun might have already missed this big red.

After all, the loot points in this world's forbidden zone did not refresh randomly like in the games of his past life.

In the games of his past life, apart from the loot that spawned in the open, the items in most containers were only determined the moment a player opened them.

However, a small number of containers, such as the scratch-offs in the Presidents Office, had open-map drop rates.

And in this world where the forbidden zone has descended into reality, the concept of containers randomly spawning loot clearly doesn't exist. There is no system here, no ELO mechanism, and certainly no system compensation after losing money.

Therefore, Xiao Yun was increasingly feeling that Lu Xueqing's luck stat was a bit eerie.

Having experienced so many matches, the difference in drop rates in the forbidden zone when Lu Xueqing was present versus when she was absent was clear at a glance.

But Xiao Yun still couldn't imagine what the mechanism behind Lu Xueqing's luck actually was.

Was it just simple good luck? Or was it a high drop rate for Tang people? Or was there some other explanation?

Xiao Yun couldn't figure it out for now and decided to find an opportunity to ask her later.

"Let's go, let's check out Centrifuge and Buoyancy!"

As he spoke, Xiao Yun sped up his actions, deciding to ask He Yan about the situation once this match ended.

If there was any way to let Lu Xueqing skip the college entrance exam and enter Qingbei University, he could directly summon her over to continue enjoying her high-drop-rate matches.

...

Meanwhile, on the other side.

The three members of Luo Xiu's team arrived at the Trading House, processing the loot they had obtained from the previous match and purchasing the supplies needed for the next one.

"These Tier 5 ammo are getting more and more expensive lately. Even this 5.56x45 Tier 5 ammo for the M4 costs four thousand per round! If this continues, let alone other Operators, we might not even be able to afford Tier 5 ammo ourselves!"

"Sigh, there's no helping it. The Special Operations Department requires boxed drip coffee to craft Tier 5 ammo. You know how low the drop rate for that stuff is in the forbidden zone. It's lucky to even get one after clearing Confidential Aerospace a hundred times!"

"I feel like the GTI Administrator is rigging the game! Of course, I mean the GTI in the forbidden zone world. Do you think he's intentionally choking us? Intentionally not putting the materials for crafting Tier 5 ammo in the forbidden zone so we can't afford to use them?"

"That's true. The acquisition price for this stuff at the official Trading House has risen to 350,000 per box. It should be considered the most expensive gold-quality item, right!"

"That's not quite right. You guys forgot, there's still the Array Server that rivals a big red!"

...

The three of them chatted idly.

Complaining about the high cost of combat readiness had become a daily routine for the Tianshen Team.

After all, this gold ammo at 4000 per round and gold armor at over 400,000 per piece had increased in price far too severely compared to when they had first entered the forbidden zone!

Luo Xiu still remembered that when he first joined the GTI and became a professional Operator seven or eight years ago, the price of Tier 5 ammo was on average around 2,500 per round, and a brand-new gold armor could be bought for just 280,000.

However, he didn't know why. Even though the quality of Operators worldwide was improving and the average Operator level was rising every year—something that could be seen from the average data provided by various countries every year—logically, the price of combat readiness should be getting lower and lower. Yet, now it was the exact opposite; combat readiness was becoming increasingly expensive.

Nowadays, starting with a standard Tier 5 set and a fully modified Gun, plus enough Tier 5 ammo, was enough to actually buy an apartment outside the Fifth Ring Road of Jinghai City.

Most normal people with that kind of money would have long since laid flat and gone to enjoy life.

Only those like Luo Xiu, who could extract nine out of ten times and earn millions in a single run in the forbidden zone, were qualified to bring such good equipment to clear maps.

"Yo, even the Tianshen Team is complaining that equipment is expensive?"

Just as the three of them were preparing.

Song Qiuyun had appeared behind them, they knew not when.

At this time, they were using the dedicated channel for top-tier Operators at the Trading House. However, Luo Xiu and his team were somewhat surprised to see Song Qiuyun appear here.

After all, she was different from other top-tier Operators.

In the Dragon Country's GTI, top-tier Operators are top-tier Operators, and Song Qiuyun is Song Qiuyun.

She was the only Operator in the entire Dragon Country who could possess the status of a GTI Administrator.

Besides that, even setting aside her status, in terms of sheer strength alone, Song Qiuyun was an existence that stood apart from other top-tier Operators.

Therefore, although Luo Xiu had fought his way to the second position on the top-tier rankings, compared to Song Qiuyun, he was no different from a rookie.

"If you think the equipment in the Trading House is expensive, I actually have a good solution."

"Sister Song, what solution?"

Seeing that Song Qiuyun was about to offer them advice, the three of them were all full of anticipation.

Seeing this, Song Qiuyun smiled faintly and explained.

"You guys should have been to Endless Night Dam, right? Although the sky there is very dark, the bots there are very fat!"

"This... but, that Endless Night Dam is very hard to extract from! Last time we encountered a... strange Seyid, and all three of us were almost killed by others!"

At the mere thought of the scene at Endless Night Dam, the Shield Bro in the Tianshen Team wore a look of terror.

Previously, they had only intended to try it out after seeing that the newbie map, Dam No. 0, had surprisingly released a Confidential difficulty.

However, after encountering that terrifying Seyid, the three of them immediately gave up the idea of going in again, which is why they turned back to continue dominating in Confidential Aerospace.

"Who said you should go in and assault? You only need Tier 5 sets. Just go to the entrance of the Endless Night Dam forbidden zone and buy them from those Gun-using Shu Shu."

"Damn! Sister Song, you really are a genius to be able to think of such a method!"

Hearing Song Qiuyun's explanation, Luo Xiu immediately gave a thumbs up.

If they went to the entrance of the forbidden zone to trade directly with players, not only would they not need to pay transaction fees, but they could also negotiate prices.

The Tier 5 armor that originally cost 400,000 per piece might only cost a little over 300,000 to buy from those Gun-using Operators.

After all, those Gun-using Operators coming out of the forbidden zone would certainly be in a hurry to dispose of their equipment and enter the next forbidden zone match. As long as the bargaining wasn't too outrageous, they would likely accept it.

Camping at the entrance of the Endless Night Dam forbidden zone to buy equipment that others brought out was indeed a good way to save money!

"Now that Sister has told you this good way to save money, why don't you do Sister a favor?"

"Sister Song, tell us."

Song Qiuyun smiled faintly, then stated her true purpose.

"I heard you encountered Xiao Yun in the Confidential Aerospace forbidden zone? And you plan to team up with him?"

"Wait, Sister Song, you... how did you know about this?"

Looking at Song Qiuyun's smiling yet threatening expression, Luo Xiu immediately broke into a cold sweat.

How could she even know about something like this?