Chapter 28: New Game "Minecraft"

[The return customer task is completed, and the mall is now open.

Generating the task of a novice store manager, successfully sell 100 copies of a certain game.

Task reward: Anywhere Door

Customers, when invited by someone from this world, can use the Anywhere Door to cross into other worlds to play games.]

"System, can this Anywhere Door go anywhere?"

"Please refrain from unhealthy thoughts. As long as it's legal, compliant, and doesn't endanger customer safety, the system can deliver."

"Then the question is, some of the things I have in mind are legal in some worlds."

After the system crashed for several tens of seconds, it added, "The system has the final say."

"Don't get me wrong, I'm just being cautious. Oh right, system, let me see what's in the mall."

As soon as the mall was opened, Liu Yuan took a sharp breath.

If the system task was to open the mall, the tasks inside the mall were prerequisites for opening various games and anime.

Like the standard computers in internet cafes, they cost one hundred thousand yuan per set.

Unlocking games, on the other hand, was quite cheap, at ten thousand yuan.

But beware, this ten thousand yuan is not equivalent to the exchange rate of other worlds. It's what the internet cafe earns.

And this price increases incrementally.

The first time is ten thousand yuan, the second time is twenty thousand yuan, the third time is forty thousand yuan, and so on, with a maximum of 102.4 million yuan. And what's bought isn't just one game, but a series. Games like Resident Evil, with many installments, are definitely worth it.

Internet cafe space expansion has a limit, with a maximum of one hundred machines per internet cafe.

More than that? You need to open a branch, with the initial price for opening a branch being one hundred million yuan, capped at 102.4 billion yuan.

At this moment, Liu Yuan fell silent. According to this calculation, he could probably reach the limit after buying ten games.

One hundred million yuan, if he developed his own mobile game with a good storyline, art, and publicity, Liu Yuan felt it would be quite easy.

But looking at this small internet cafe.

From opening to now, including his share and rewards, it was just a little over forty thousand. It wasn't even enough to buy two games.

Even if the scale expanded a hundredfold, he would still only be able to afford five or six games in the short term. Unless he could develop this internet cafe into a multi-world super internet cafe with hundreds of millions or even billions of users, there would be hope for him to buy all the games in his lifetime.

"Boss? Boss?"

Seeing Liu Yuan's abnormal expression, Kisara, who was beside him, became worried and asked.

Had the boss been pushing himself too hard lately? Was he harming his health? It seemed like the boss needed a good rest today.

Deciding to continue playing Resident Evil 2 alone tonight, Kisara planned to play Resident Evil 6 with Liu Yuan when he was rested.

"It's nothing, just a reality check."

Although the games were outrageously expensive, everything else was quite cheap. Movies and anime cost one hundred thousand each. Novels were one hundred thousand each, pick as many as you like.

Liu Yuan looked around and realized there was a lot of profit margin here.

Because not only were there quality goods, but also some rubbish. Even essays written by elementary school students would be put up. If there ever came a day when he could spend as he pleased, he would definitely contaminate the library with these.

But that goal was too far away for Liu Yuan to dare to think about.

For now, he would expand the internet cafe by two machines and then buy a new game. As for the rest, Liu Yuan dared not think about it now. His only goal now was to expand the internet cafe, attract more people, and strive to make the internet cafe popular in every world.

Then he could recruit a few more internet managers, and he could lie flat every day and make a fortune. Wouldn't that be great?

However, when Liu Yuan checked what games to add, he found that a software called "TT" was actually free.

TT, similar to QQ or Line, could chat, post moments, and express moods. But besides these functions, this software could also log into forums and view various information.

The forum would automatically categorize discussions based on content, eliminating the need for personal selection.

With a wide range of functions but extremely simple operation, the benefits mentioned above were not important. The most important point was that it was free.

Or rather, installation was free, but there were a few charges for usage. Customers in this world's internet cafes could communicate for free, but it cost ten yuan for each sentence in cross-world communication, with each sentence not exceeding 150 characters.

That's right, even for just a punctuation mark, it still cost ten yuan in cross-world communication. Images were priced separately, starting at ten yuan with no upper limit.

Establishing cross-world chat groups had higher requirements, and the cost was horizontal, but the requirement to enter the group was to be an "internet cafe premium member."

Everyone currently using the internet was already an premium member, except for Nyaruko, but this was a new user benefit. If the number of customers exceeded ten, the standards for premium membership would increase, and if it exceeded one hundred, it would increase again.

However, the internet cafe couldn't get a penny of this money. According to the system's explanation, this was the necessary cost for cross-world information transmission. Even if the system wanted to take a cut, it couldn't, and if the system couldn't get it, how could Liu Yuan?

"Wow, it's so damn expensive, even sending messages costs money, but this is a must-have."

Looking at it from another perspective, being able to communicate across worlds was such a rare opportunity. This price was very expensive for the vast majority of people. But for tycoons, it was nothing, it was standard for making tycoon money.

As for games? Liu Yuan was still choosing. There were too many options. League of Legends, Journey to the West, World of Warcraft, Dungeon Fighter Online, these classic online games were all available. Contra, Mario Bros, Monster Hunter, Final Fantasy, Mount & Blade.

The games were diverse, but Liu Yuan chose very carefully.

Unlike the initial welfare games where you could bring out equipment just by playing, other games couldn't directly bring out weapons. Only by clearing the game at the real difficulty level could you bring out the props and equipment inside.

In the end, Liu Yuan set his sights on a game that looked very simple and could be played with just your hands: the sandbox game "Minecraft."

Based on Liu Yuan's comprehensive selection, he was sure that this game would be the most practical and well-received by customers, both in terms of usability and gameplay.

At the same time, this game had a very strong general-purpose nature and a very low difficulty level.

The ultimate goal was very simple, to defeat the Ender Dragon at the highest difficulty level. Liu Yuan estimated the strength of the Ender Dragon to be slightly inferior to the Elden Beast, but stronger than the Dragon Lord. Whether in practicality or gameplay, it was first-class. If newcomers didn't like fighting, wouldn't this game be perfect?

"Alright! Let's go with this one."

When the game was selected and installed on the computer, everyone received a notification from the system.

"The new game 'Minecraft' has been launched. This is an open-world game with extremely high freedom. Players who complete the game at the highest difficulty level can unlock the crafting table manufacturing permission."

The new notification made everyone stop their current tasks.

"A new game?"

"Minecraft?"

"Open world?"

"Wait, other people's worlds? Do they have that too?"

Subaru Natsuki, Fujimaru Kaede, and Nyaruko were all familiar with this game and had even played it before.

Now, hearing that the internet cafe had this game, they were excited. Especially the last part, unlocking the crafting table after completing the game.

Those who had played this game knew that there were a few broken stuff in it. The crafting table was one of them.