OFR – Chapter 5 Online Consumption

After Mu Bai received the money, he walked out of the Flowers and Plants Exhibition Hall and went to an ATM to deposit the money. While doing so, he checked his bank card balance. After depositing eight thousand and leaving a thousand for living expenses, he found that there were over ten thousand yuan in his bank account now.

Over ten thousand yuan wasn’t much, nor was it little. Mu Bai remembered that twelve or thirteen years ago, when he just started working, the bride price in the countryside was only a few thousand yuan. With over ten thousand yuan, one could marry a pretty good wife. But it probably wouldn’t work these years.

After all, the girls in the countryside now knew the city was better and all wanted to marry into big cities. So, the bride prices in the countryside have been rising over the years. It’s said that it has reached tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands. This made Mu Bai, who was of marriageable age, sigh that marrying a wife was really a money-burning matter.

However, now that he had the Magical Farming App, Mu Bai knew he could definitely earn more money.

He bought a bowl of hot steamed dumplings from a small stall on his way and then hurried back to the basement he rented.

Yes, for Mu Bai, the steamed dumplings were just an extra meal.

The basement was as dark and damp as usual, but Mu Bai had long been used to it, so even though he now had over ten thousand yuan, he didn’t have the idea of moving elsewhere.

After returning to the basement, Mu Bai turned on the small lamp, ate the steamed dumplings, and at the same time, he had a thought and entered the magical space.

Now Mu Bai thoroughly knew how profitable the magical space created by the Virtual Tycoon System was. A half-dead cactus, after over ten hours of cultivation, could be sold for nine thousand yuan.

This was almost robbery speed.

Mu Bai wanted to bring the hanging orchid in the corner into the magical farm for cultivation. After all, although the hanging orchid was also a common plant, its ornamental value was much higher than that of the cactus. Therefore, the market price of the hanging orchid was much higher than that of the cactus.

If he cultivated a top-quality hanging orchid, the selling price would definitely be higher than that of the cactus.

Mu Bai went out directly to bring the hanging orchid into the magical space, but encountered a problem during planting.

“Ding! Unfortunately, planting in the magical farm requires consuming 10 Network Copper Coins. The host’s network currency is 0. If you obtain network currency, please check the ‘Host’ page and look at the ‘Daily’ section.”

Mu Bai looked at the prompt in the magical space. He silently thought of the ‘Host’ page twice, and indeed, several lines of small text appeared before him.

Host: Mu Bai.

Magical space level: Level 1, two planting and breeding slots, time flow speed is ten times that of the outside world.

Network currency: 0.

【Host’s Daily】

Daily check-in: Not checked in today. Checking in once will earn 10 Network Copper Coins. The more consecutive check-ins, the more network currency you will earn. Once interrupted, you will start over from the beginning.

Mu Bai looked at this daily check-in. He didn’t expect that checking in could actually earn Network Copper Coins. After all, he didn’t check in yesterday.

“Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully checking in and earning 10 Network Copper Coins. Tomorrow’s check-in will earn 15 Network Copper Coins.”

Mu Bai successfully checked in, and the magical space popped up with such a message.

It seemed that the more consecutive days you checked in, the more network currency you would earn.

After understanding this, Mu Bai looked at the column below the daily check-in.

Daily Network Consumption: The host will receive 1 Network Copper Coin for every 100 yuan spent on the internet. The host cannot spend for themselves, meaning they cannot shop online for themselves, etc. Money spent for oneself will not be converted into network currency.

“A hundred yuan only earns 1 Network Copper Coin? And it can only be spent on others? This is so unfair, wasting money like this for others.”

Mu Bai looked at this rule and couldn’t help but feel a bit cheated. After all, money is hard-earned. Mu Bai knew it very well. When he used to work at a massage parlor, although it was comfortable and he could appreciate and touch many beautiful women’s bodies, the salary wasn’t high, only a little over two thousand yuan a month.

And now he needs to spend 100 yuan on others on the internet to earn 1 Network Copper Coin, which means he has to give others 1000 yuan to have 10 Network Copper Coins, enough to plant a plant once.

This made Mu Bai feel distressed.

However, he was still making money after all. Spending 1000 yuan, conservatively estimating, he could earn over seven or eight thousand yuan.

“Should I try spending some?” Mu Bai’s heart was a little restless. After all, he needed network currency to plant plants now.

Although he had 10 Network Copper Coins now, it was only enough to plant hanging orchids. The magical space had two planting slots where two plants could be planted.

Just as Mu Bai began to ponder, a daily mission suddenly appeared.

“Ding! Congratulations to the host for triggering a random mission. Within six hours, spend five thousand yuan on others on the internet, and receive sincere thanks from others. After completing the mission, not only will you receive network currency, but you will also unlock Magical Creek in the Magical Farm Shop and receive a free drop of Magical Creek. One drop of Magical Creek is worth 500 Network Copper Coins.”

This mission appeared, making Mu Bai’s hesitant mind firm in an instant.

Although he didn’t know what the Magical Creek was for, it was worth 500 Network Copper Coins, so it must be a precious item.

Thinking of this, Mu Bai immediately began to contemplate where to spend.

As for receiving thanks from others, Mu Bai thought that giving someone five thousand yuan for no reason, anyone would be grateful to him.

But Mu Bai still didn’t just throw the money to anyone. He was still planning to find a kind and grateful recipient.

Although Mu Bai was going to become a virtual rich man, rich people were not nouveau riche. He couldn’t just randomly give tips and show his existence, right?

And there were still six hours left for Mu Bai, so he wasn’t in a hurry. He started to slowly search online for recipients.

During this period, Mu Bai’s data was running out, but because he earned a lot of money today, Mu Bai didn’t feel as distressed as before. Instead, he called China Unicom customer service and changed to a 88-yuan package.

The package included 1GB of national data and 6GB of local data, which was currently the most cost-effective package. So, Mu Bai just directly changed to it after thinking for a while.

Seven gigabytes of data, Mu Bai thought it should be enough for him to use.

With data, Mu Bai began to download a live streaming app called Huajiao. He remembered that a junior high school classmate named Wang Yuwei used to livestream on it. It had been several years since they last met, so she should be in college now.

Thinking of this, Mu Bai couldn’t help but reminisce about the absurd things he did in the past.

Wang Yuwei’s family conditions were actually not good, so Mu Bai giving her tips could also be considered helping an old classmate.

“Oh? I heard her live streaming ID is called Little Star.” Mu Bai pondered for a moment.