Realized Game: I Hoarded 10 Billion Defense Towers

He never expected Shen Fei to actually contact him. After returning to the real world, the first thing he did was accept the friend requests from [Succubus’s Tears] and [Young Master Void], so he was surprised when Shen Fei was the one to proactively reach out.

"The Ninth World??"

Seeing the message from Shen Fei, Zhao Li paused for a second before quickly clicking the link. Of course, Zhao Li knew about the Ninth World; he had previously used it to get a [Neutral City Gate Building Stone] from Shen Fei. Now, having been invited in again, Zhao Li was simply dumbfounded. Staring at the dazzling, explosively popular Ninth World, he was completely baffled.

Then, what shocked him even more was that the moment Shen Fei invited him in, he transferred a staggering 2 billion Credit Points to his account. The message attached read: "A thank you for the mandatory quest items."

"Holy shit!"

Zhao Li knew Shen Fei’s Combat Power was Invincible, but he never imagined his financial power was just as Invincible. Seeing the message, Zhao Li instantly realized that Shen Fei must have sent out at least four such payments. Aside from Father Shen, who would have given his reward to Shen Fei for free, it was certain that if he had received 2 billion, then Huang Yi, Succubus’s Tears, and Young Master Void would surely have received no less.

Zhao Li and the others had originally given all their items to Shen Fei because he had basically cleared the previous Game World all by himself. Besides, after experiencing countless Game Worlds, they all knew that without Shen Fei, they would never have been able to clear the mandatory quest. That was why they had given him their rewards—to help him fight better. But Zhao Li never expected to receive a thank-you fee of a whopping 2 billion Credit Points.

Two billion! If you added up all the Credit Points of everyone in Ye City, you probably still wouldn’t have this much!

"A class act!"

"A total badass!"

"Incredible!"

Shen Fei’s gesture made Zhao Li’s heart race with excitement all over again. So much so that his manhood, which had just entered the ’state of a Wise Man,’ stirred back to life.

"Ah!" his girlfriend cried out in surprise again.

* * *

"A class act!"

"A total badass!"

"Incredible!"

A scene just like Zhao Li’s was also playing out for Huang Yi at the Divine Capital’s Tourism Management Office headquarters. After returning from the Game World, sharing a tight hug with his sister-in-law, and reporting back to his superiors, Huang Yi also received 2 billion Credit Points from Shen Fei.

He was deeply moved. Not only had Shen Fei helped them defend their city, but now he had also sent such a generous gift. The gratitude in Huang Yi’s heart was no less than Zhao Li’s.

* * *

"Holy fuck!"

"Damn!"

Unlike Zhao Li and Huang Yi, Young Master Void and Succubus’s Tears, who had also received 2 billion Credit Points each, were simply numb. They had never seen such a sum of money before—not before the apocalypse, and certainly not after. Shen Fei’s sudden transfer completely floored the two of them.

No! I have to go to Qing City too! My specialty is my familiarity with the background stories of many Game Worlds!

Under the bombardment of 2 billion Credit Points, Young Master Void was the first to change his original plans. He knew Shen Fei was strong, but he never thought his financial power was this overwhelming. After returning to the real world, Young Master Void had seen Shen Fei’s heroic feat of defending an entire country by himself on the Forum. Now, having witnessed Shen Fei’s wealth, his decision to go to Qing City was instantly solidified.

No way! I have to leave right now!

In another city, Succubus’s Tears acted even faster than Young Master Void. She had already arranged with Father Shen to go to Qing City. Now, upon receiving the 2 billion Credit Points, she stopped preparing and took action immediately.

Brother Chongtian doesn’t have a girlfriend! That’s where I excel! I can’t believe Hongyi Piaopiao is living with Brother Chongtian! And from the way she talks, it seems she likes Brother Chongtian, too! This... this... well, isn’t this a happy little coincidence!

Succubus’s Tears thought to herself as she moved quickly. The moment she returned to the real world, she had contacted Xiaohong in Qing City, whose ID was "Hongyi Piaopiao," and learned a lot about her situation—including the fact that Xiaohong was unusually close with Shen Fei and even had a crush on him.

WHOOSH!

As she pondered, a pair of wings suddenly appeared on her back. Then, she flew into the air, heading straight for Qing City.

* * *

Holy shit! Is it really this explosive?

In Qing City, Shen Fei had just returned from the Game World. Before he could even take stock of his total gains from the counter-invasion, he was stopped by a frantic Sun Yu.

"Boss!" Sun Yu shouted, rushing over the moment he saw him. "Quick, the Ninth World! It’s too hot! It’s so hot it’s about to explode! We’re out of stock! We’re seriously out of stock!"

To Sun Yu, the Shen Fei in his heart was Invincible. No matter where his boss went, he would always win. Therefore, seeing Shen Fei return, Sun Yu felt his boss was untouchable and had nothing to worry about. He immediately brought up what he considered the most urgent matter.

Before the counter-invasion, Shen Fei had fully opened the [Ninth World], and by coincidence, one of the first branch links he sent out had connected to Sun Yu. Shen Fei had given him a brief introduction and asked him to act as a beta tester to check for areas that needed optimization. He never expected that the moment he got back, Sun Yu would pull him over about the [Ninth World].

With Sun Yu watching, Shen Fei connected to the Ninth World through his personal panel. He couldn’t help but let out a "holy shit" of his own.

He saw that in just two short days, the transaction tax revenue for the Ninth World had reached over four billion Credit Points!

Over four billion! It’s only been two days, and there are less than a hundred connection nodes in total!

Fewer than a hundred people, in just two days, had generated over 4 billion in tax revenue from transactions. Shen Fei couldn’t imagine what on earth they had been trading.

Holy shit! A global, multi-racial trading platform is this explosive? Are these NPCs and Super Bosses in the special regions really this rich?

Checking the transaction records, Shen Fei saw that the lion’s share of the Credit Points had come from nodes linked to special regions.

In the special regions, what’s their method for acquiring Credit Points? Shen Fei remembered that, at the very beginning, Number 0, the developer of Credit Points, had given every human player an initial 100 Credit Points. That was their origin, meaning the total number of Credit Points used to have a ceiling. But after version 4.2, Number 0 lost the authority to issue Credit Points, along with all permissions for the Forum. Now, so many Credit Points were flowing from the NPCs and Super Bosses in the special regions. Shen Fei didn’t understand how they had so much, or why the rules-controlled system would release so many Credit Points into those areas.

He was astonished by the explosive transaction taxes. Looking at his warehouse, Shen Fei saw that, aside from the important items reserved for bartering, all the other non-essential things were completely gone, no matter how he had priced them. Furthermore, the ’wanted’ section was now filled with countless purchase requests, and in the world trade channel, even more people were trying to buy. Countless people were waving around their Credit Points, desperate to purchase supplies. The entire trade channel was clearly a seller’s market, filled with starving buyers chasing too few goods.

Most of the purchase requests are coming from the special regions...

Through the back-end system, Shen Fei saw that the ones buying the most supplies were the entities from the special regions.

This is the perfect chance for a test!

Remembering the six [Heroic Marks] in his backpack, Shen Fei decided to list one for sale. He needed to confirm one thing with absolute certainty: whether the NPCs and bosses in the special regions truly needed Devouring. If they did, then a [Heroic Mark] would be even more important to them than a Resurrection Stone. Although he already had his suspicions, Shen Fei still needed to run one final test.

SWISH!

With a thought, Shen Fei listed one [Heroic Mark] for sale.

"Son of a bitch!"

Then, he was stunned. He never imagined that the moment he listed his [Heroic Mark], it would be instantly bought. He had deliberately set the price at 40 billion Credit Points—ten times the total tax revenue. Shen Fei couldn’t believe it. The item was still instantly sniped.

Forty billion!!