Chapter 89: Legend! The First Glimmer of Light!

After more than ten hours of anxious waiting, the restless players of Legend finally managed, after hours of repeated logins, to burst into the servers the moment they opened. The birth of the three ancestral servers propelled the number of online players past ten thousand, and the count continued to soar!

News spread like wildfire, and countless players flocked to the game. Those unable to log in due to overcrowding rushed to internet cafes, hoping for a chance to bypass the hours-long queue to enter Legend. Many who had registered accounts but failed to access the game brought their families and friends, searching every corner of their city for an available computer.

That night, nearly every internet cafe, large or small, was packed to bursting. Not even the lack of air conditioning, absence of tea, broken chairs, or keyboards missing letters could dampen their eagerness. This was the night of Legend's legend, the dawn of the internet cafe's golden age.

After the servers shut down in the morning, Lin Jia and his brothers wisely chose to return home to sleep, planning a night-long battle to maintain their lead in the new servers.

For future prospects, Lin Jia and his brothers had already decided yesterday to transfer their accounts to the Radiance server, which boasted the largest number of players from Hubei. Many high-level veterans remained on the Thunder server, either out of reluctance to deal with the hassle or unaware of the transfer, making up almost forty percent of Thunder's population. Of the remaining sixty percent, about thirty-five percent believed newer servers would be faster and moved to the last server, Blaze. Only twenty-five percent of old players settled on Radiance, leaving it a rich hunting ground.

Everyone knows that the fewer high-level players in a server, the greater the chances for others to shine. Lin Jia's careful consideration came after much inquiry in the public area of Science Internet Cafe's first floor. A larger Hubei population would make selling high-level equipment easier in the future—though that is a story for another time.

This transfer coincided with a game version update: Legend of Three Heroes version 1.00 was upgraded to 1.04. Many new features appeared. For example, the lifesaving potion "Sun Water," once a tiny vial capable of instantly restoring 40 MP and 30 HP, was often insufficient in emergencies. The update introduced "Strong Sun Water," which restored 80 MP and 50 HP. Though the difference seemed slight, for the frail mage class, a single Strong Sun Water replenished nearly half their health—a must-have for player-killing and treasure hunts.

Furthermore, bookstores now offered several new skill books. The days of Fireball, Healing, and Basic Sword Technique dominating the shelves were over. Almost all skill books below level twenty could be purchased, while those above level twenty still had to be sought out by players themselves.

The system also released abundant game information, allowing players to play more strategically rather than blindly. The official website provided extensive details on equipment and skills, giving players a more accurate measure of each item's value.

Ordinary gear aside, the level twenty-two three-class set was currently the highest-tier equipment announced. Some exceptionally rare items also appeared in the rankings, such as the Coral Ring, Frost Condenser, and Skeleton Set owned by Lin Jia and his brothers—all legendary items. The Coral Ring and Frost Condenser, especially, were described on the official site as rare items with drop rates as low as one in ten thousand. Their value would surely increase as the game progressed.

Some of Lin Jia's treasures, like the broadsword "Moon in the Well" and the massive unnamed axe he'd once glimpsed, had yet to be listed, suggesting these were even higher-level items. The mere thought of them made his blood race.

The system announced in red text that item drop rates had been partially adjusted, making it harder in the future for players to obtain equipment from monsters. This news sparked a storm of curses and complaints; the game was already difficult enough—how could they lower the drop rates further? Fortunately, the system also increased the amount of gold dropped, ensuring players would have enough to buy potions, which soothed public outrage.

The warehouse now allowed players to bundle potions and gold. Those with many loose potions could tie them together for storage, avoiding the pain of selling them cheaply just to buy bundled potions. Players could also convert their gold into gold bars at warehouse administrators, preventing problems with excess gold that couldn't be stored—since a backpack could only hold five million coins. Each million could be bundled into a "Little Yellow Fish" gold bar for storage or trading, greatly facilitating high-level player commerce. Most players, however, ignored this news, as gold bars seemed a distant luxury; they were satisfied simply to have enough gold to buy potions and level up.

Recently, the mage player "Solitary Wind," who became rich overnight thanks to Lin Jia's vast supply of equipment, wisely chose to transfer to Radiance with the brothers, laying a foundation for their future.

After some time, veteran players grew familiar with the game's content and developed a general sense of equipment value. Gear below level twenty-two became cheap, standardized equipment. But the influx of newcomers drove prices for these low-level items to a frenzy. High demand meant high profits: the brothers collected massive amounts of equipment from the Centipede Cave, notorious for its generous drops, and Solitary Wind took them to Bicheng, Newbie Village, Snake Valley, and other hubs of low-level players to sell at premium prices. Profits soared between three hundred and five hundred percent, leaving the brothers grinning with drool on their chins and making Solitary Wind ever more addicted to his career as a "professional merchant."

Any item could fetch a price in his hands. Equipment available in stores he sold to low-level players at twenty percent below store prices, while rare gear below level twenty-two sold at two to three times the market price, always in short supply.

Lin Jia saw a lucrative opportunity in the transfer event and glimpsed the tip of an iceberg—a system bug. He hadn't figured out how to exploit it yet, but was sure it would eventually be discovered by players.

The money-making opportunity worked like this: after Solitary Wind sold off all their remaining equipment in a frenzy, he kept urging the brothers to send more gear, claiming the buyers were practically dragging him out of the safe zone in desperation. If they didn't send more soon, he'd need someone to claim his corpse!

But with only three of them farming equipment, how could they supply so many low-level players? Then Lin Jia discovered a loophole in this transfer—a massive gap in the game rules that could make them rich overnight!

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