"Jezi, we're going out. You can keep sleeping."

"Boom!"

The sound of the door closing was like a thunderbolt, waking Xu Jie who was asleep. When he dazedly opened his eyes, there was no one left in the bedroom. He picked up his phone beside the pillow and mumbled, "It's only 9 o'clock, why get up so early..."

"Bang!"

Just as Xu Jie finished speaking, the bedroom door was suddenly pushed open. He turned his head and saw that it was his roommate Han Ye who had rushed in. Seeing him run to the bed in a flustered manner, Xu Jie said nonchalantly: "Where did the three of you go adventuring so early?"

"Peaceful Plateau," Han Ye said, "The next instance is coming soon. You can't go without clearing Peaceful Plateau. Today, the guild leader said he invited some experts to help us. We should go farm for spots now, or we won't have any places left if we're late~"

After walking to the bedside, Han Ye took out his ID card and looked like he was going online. Hearing the words "Peaceful Plateau," Xu Jie immediately came to his senses. This was a dungeon in the game "War Demon," a game Xu Jie had also played before. As soon as he sat up, he asked, "What's the new dungeon like? Is it hard to beat? What's the background story?"

"Aren't you the one who dug the hole? Why are you asking this?" Han Ye said, "If you really want to know, just go into the game and see for yourself~"

"Xu Jie helplessly said, 'Didn't I tell you guys, I deleted my character, how can I get into the game now.'"

"Let's level you up again," Han Ye laughed. "We're all over level 70 now, with the three of us to guide you, your experience will skyrocket! But you have to treat us well first!"

Hearing this, Xu Jie immediately rolled his eyes: "Back then when I left the game, you three weren't even out of the newbie village yet?"

"Heh heh, that's just the flow of fate. Who made you delete all your corners," after a pause, Han Ye suddenly said, "Jaezi, I've always wanted to ask you a question. The day you screwed them over, they all said even the world's number one warrior deleted his account and quit playing. You wouldn't be the world's number one warrior, would you?"

Upon hearing this question, Xu Jie pondered for a few seconds before nodding and saying: "That's right, I was the world's number one warrior back then. Pay your tuition fee, and I'll teach you the details of how warriors fight bosses."

"Haha, I don't believe you. Even if I did, the class I play is a mage," Han Ye turned towards the door and said, "If you really want to play, just go buy an account on the website. I'm going to run a dungeon first. I'll come back and listen to your bragging later~"

After his words fell, Han Ye strode out of the door. With a bang, the dormitory door was closed again by him. Han Ye had just said it casually, and he didn't expect that Xu Jie would be somewhat touched by his words.

Since the day Xu Jie deleted his account and quit the game, he hadn't logged in for over a month. During this time, he didn't even inquire about the game's situation. He thought he would forget about it, but unexpectedly, Han Ye and his three friends kept bringing it up, constantly talking about equipment, dungeons, and other things. Xu Jie was already getting restless inside. Now that he heard they were releasing a new dungeon, his resolve to quit wavered. Looking at the laptop beside him, he muttered to himself, "Could it be… buying one back?"

"The game "War Demon" has been online for over half a year. Xu Jie is a veteran player who started playing since the launch. Although new games keep appearing, this game remains popular. There's even a dedicated platform for "War Demon" online, where players can buy and sell items such as equipment and gold coins. The game also supports the sale of characters, which greatly benefits those who don't want to level up new characters. Just thinking about the days of fighting bosses, Xu Jie's sleepiness disappeared immediately. He opened his computer and logged into the trading website. However, when he saw the prices of the characters, Xu Jie frowned."

Jian Zhenchuan, a level 75 sword master, has five purple-quality pieces of equipment. The rest are all blue-quality equipment. His weapon is a level 70 purple-quality greatsword, priced at 2500 yuan...

In "War Demon", there are five grades of equipment. The lowest grade is white, which only has the most basic attack and defense attributes. Then there's blue, which in addition to basic attack and defense, also adds a lot of attribute points. The following grades are purple, orange, and red. Starting from purple, equipment begins to add special attributes. The higher the grade of the equipment, the better the added attributes, but correspondingly, the better the equipment, the rarer it is, and the higher its selling price. Although Xu Jie still wanted to play a great sword master, seeing the price, he directly gave up on that character.

"Winds sweep the clouds, a level 72 Ice Mage, three pieces of purple equipment, a weapon is a level 70 purple magic staff, the rest are all blue equipment, 1500 pieces..."

"Fatal, level 65 assassin, two pieces of purple-grade equipment that transcend levels, the rest are all blue-grade equipment, 766..."

In the game "War Demon," there's a unique setting: equipment crafted by players, either individually or in teams, can be worn at levels higher than their own. However, purchased equipment can only be equipped if it meets the level requirement. The developers explained this as encouraging players to challenge themselves by killing monsters above their level, but players know deep down that the designers just want them to die...

Li Guang's brother, a level 45 archer, full blue equipment, with a level 40 orange longbow (Wu), 999 yuan. Damn it, are you crazy wanting money? Such a trash account sells for so much, why don't you just rob someone!

Seeing the prices of these horns, Xu Jie's heart sank. If he hadn't deleted his horn, he could have sold it for a five-figure price. Although he wanted to buy a horn to play with now, these prices were too high for him. After flipping through page after page, his heart grew colder and colder.

"Oh well, looks like it's just not meant to be..."

Xu Jie is just an ordinary college student. He doesn't have much money to spend on games. After flipping through more than ten pages of listings, he saw that even the cheapest character cost over 300 yuan, and the equipment for that character wasn't even white. He couldn't believe it and said, "Have game characters become so valuable?"

A flame ignited in Xu Jie's heart, but in the blink of an eye, it was extinguished by the cold water of money. Thinking of his former friends who had fought bosses together, Xu Jie's heart was filled with regret and guilt. Thinking of those who had forced him to delete his account, his heart was filled with resentment. Looking at the character information on the webpage, he prayed helplessly: "God, just give me a cheap one, I just want to play the game..."

"Whoosh..."

With a gentle tap from Xu Jie, a page of selling information unfolded once more. As if heaven had heard his prayer, the moment he looked, a piece of selling information immediately caught his eye. Upon seeing that number, Xu Jie subconsciously placed an order:

Mu Zero Nine, Level 51 Priest, Full White Gear, Selling Price - 10 Pieces!

(The End)

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