UWP - Chapter 24 - Between Illusion and Truth

A lot could be done with one million yuan.

In a normal world, without the threat of supernatural entities, a sudden windfall of one million yuan could ensure that the recipient never had to worry about food or clothing, but since this world was becoming increasingly dangerous, the value of money had dropped.

After all, a rich dead man was still a dead man. What use was his money then? Humans don't enter the world with money, and neither does money go with them when they leave it. If no amount of money could absolutely guarantee one's safety, what use was it all?

This was also the main reason why the game currency exchange rate stayed incredibly high.

There was only one way to acquire items in the game's Marketplace, and that was to buy them with game currency. For the right price, Players could obtain a wide variety of items, ranging from something as trivial as a screw to something as titanic as a space battleship. Naturally, the more expensive items could not be obtained without astronomical amounts of cash.

From the information on the secret forum, Bai Zhi gleaned that the Marketplace, sometimes called the Shop, refreshed its stock of ten items every month. The items could be of varying power levels, and each player got their own unique selection.

There were healing items that could cure various afflictions, wards against attacks by supernatural entities, enchanted dolls that could automatically trade places to take an otherwise-fatal hit for the Player, and many more.

Getting a good item in the Shop was one thing—having enough money to buy it was another thing entirely. Those who joined large guilds could manage, but it was not easy for lone wolf Players to accrue the necessary wealth. Healing and defensive items were always in high demand, and could be obtained on the black market—for an arm and a leg.

I have got to start working out. I can't stand looking at these abysmal physical stats. Not like I'm trying to be Mr. Universe, but I have to have an average physique, at least.

After buying some items off a cer

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Underworld Player Chapter 24 - Between Illusion and Truth

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