"..." Ponytail female gamer paused, then said softly, "Wait... I don't have any kids to support right now."
The middle-aged man said sadly, "I do! Dammit, I'm about to lose it too."
Rainier Vale coughed, "Alright, let's not talk about this anymore, we should go buy some compounds first, considering we only have one hour to rest."
He also quietly pulled Su Qi aside, "Don't stir them up anymore, even if it's unintentional, it still affects them."
Su Qi didn't respond.
He just wanted to say,
Who said I was unintentional?
The five of them quickly bought the compounds, and Fatty even seriously placed a chunk of compound on a huge plate.
"What are you doing?"
"Just thinking, what if it tastes good?"
Su Qi just wanted to say, you're thinking too much.
Sure enough, after Fatty tasted it... his expression slightly changed: "Why does it have no taste? Although it does give a feeling of fullness, this feeling is so fake."
"That's normal, if they made this stuff delicious, who would still crave high-quality food?" Su Qi said lightly.
He now understood why a lollipop could sell for more than a hundred Cyber Coins.
Food is the epitome of luxury consumption.
"Ah, isn't this the Fantasy Universe?"
"How come it feels like all the illusions have been shattered."
Rainier Vale coughed, "Let's talk about promotions instead, now that we're getting the hang of it, we can speed up a bit and might soon advance to the next level."
"Right, Buxian, do you have any experience to share with us? You're already at Level D, right?"
Su Qi held up two fingers, "First, this technique is hard to teach, you guys better be steady."
"Second, I'm actually at Level C now, earning 500 Cyber Coins per hour."
Everyone's eyes widened, "You're freaking outrageous! You must be cheating."
Speaking so realistically and sadly, yet doing better and advancing faster than anyone!
How is this any different from secretly studying relentlessly in a dorm room? Jerk!
Rainier Vale's eyes lit up instead, "At this rate, Buxian, you might be able to climb the corporate ladder to a higher position, then gain advantages and also help us."
"Well..." Su Qi shook his head, "I'm afraid that's not possible; this position at most could only go up to Level C, Level B positions are usually for minor supervisors, Level A for top leaders."
"And these two levels require status, connections and backgrounds, and payments... only then one might have a chance."
He paused, "In short, all kinds of restrictions, breaking through them isn't that easy."
The three sighed quietly.
"But it's comforting to think that other players are more or less in the same boat as us."
After all, everyone starts at the same starting line; whether you're a dragon or a tiger, you have to stay low here.
Su Qi did not say anything.
This point wasn't easy to mention.
Every company that stands in this cyber city does so because it plays by the rules; most are deceitful to the extreme, and there is also a segment of the elite class, the real capitalist families, forces, and organizations, residing above all.
Some players would choose to sidestep the mainstream and try to contact these elites to see if they could get an opportunity or a higher position.
This was just the first day; the system hadn't announced anything about competitive content yet; currently, it was mainly about letting players gather information, accumulate Cyber Coins, and gain some initial advantages.
Everyone returned to their stations; being late, leaving early, unauthorized departure, and slacking off would all result in a deduction of Cyber Coins.
And Su Qi returned to his district; although he had now reached Level C and was making more money, he was still a delivery person, packaging parcels.
None of that was important.
What was important was that he also managed to meet some high-class clients. Maybe they weren't truly from the elite class, but they clearly had nothing to do with ordinary people.
And the things they bought or sent had obviously changed, although involving many more outrageously dangerous items, there were also antiques, paintings, and even pointless trinkets.
The prices were ridiculously high.
Almost all starting from a million.
"Filthy rich second-generations, now that I think about it... I should give Rainier a couple of punches."
Having just come out of somewhere and preparing to enter a championship, Rainier sneezed.
And these items are also something employees wouldn't dare to steal; once discovered... no, discovery was inevitable... there would be only one outcome: being stripped of citizenship and burdened with a massive debt.
Then being sold to a human trafficking organization.
Su Qi kept on gathering information, learning about the various elite layers within the city, and understanding some organizational powers.
But it was difficult to make deep contact.
After all, as soon as he showed this proactive tendency, he would be detected and warned.
"It's really tightly guarded..." This made Su Qi hesitant to proceed; he could obtain the other party's preferences and interests through "?" and then contact them, but with these restrictions, unless the client made an active request, it was generally hard to continue.
However, a client with the ID [Florence Grace] came online.
Isn't this ID slightly familiar, which rich auntie has logged in?
"Please note, Employee 93123, this customer is extremely important, please watch your language and communication, do not engage in any probing of their privacy!"
He looked at what the other party was buying; it was cosmetics, and the prices were freaking ridiculously high; indeed, it was Florence Grace, who knows how many points could be accumulated from this purchase.
Would robbing a bank be less profitable than robbing rich women?
Although with restrictions.
Still, encountering such a major client, Su Qi wanted to see if he could find some opportunities.