Salary cuts, layoffs, and factory closures have led to an increase in the number of unemployed and a significant drop in the purchasing power of residents. Purchasing power continues to decline, and store profitability declines. Salary cuts and layoffs are necessary to barely make a loss... In a vicious circle, the situation continues to deteriorate.
There are more and more homeless people on the streets, and people build rudimentary shelters with wooden boards, old iron sheets, oilcloths and even kraft paper. Some people even sleep on the streets and put a newspaper directly on them. Robbery and theft happen from time to time, but the streets are full of poor people. The shops that are still open are heavily guarded, and once a thief is caught, it is easy to fight.
No more throwing away bread left over from bakery sales. Because even overnight, as long as they are willing to sell cheaply, there will be residents lining up to buy. It's just that there are not many people with money in their hands.
In order to survive, people began to eat wild grass roots and dandelions. After eating, he began to dig wild lettuce, and finally even let go of the wild grass that has always been reserved for livestock. Occasionally there are shops offering job opportunities, someone stays at the door all night, someone walks across town to get to the interview site. For a job, there are often hundreds of competitors.
At the same time, in order to stabilize prices, store owners had to reduce the scale of production and destroy a large number of "excess" products.
Giving away for free is absolutely impossible. Once this precedent is set, all residents will wait for the goods to be provided for free and never buy from their pockets again.
It didn't take long for the corpses to spread all over the field, starving and dying.
Zhong Rui specially rented an apartment on the third floor to hide. Seeing the tragic situation on the street, he couldn't help but sigh softly, "No matter what problems arise in the economy, it is the ordinary people who are unlucky in the end."
"Who said it wasn't." Su Han felt deeply.
While speaking, the system's mechanical voice sounded at the right time, "On the 16th day of the game, hunger and poverty made the residents lose their minds, and the order gradually got out of control."
Su Han pouted, slightly dissatisfied, "In the real world, although many people will starve to death during the economic crisis, at least the law and order is good."
Zhong Rui expressed his understanding, "After all, it's a game. All problems can be solved by money, and the last few days are not difficult. What kind of survival game is that?"
That night, a looting spree broke out across the town! Supermarkets, restaurants, pharmacies, convenience stores, bakeries... Almost all the shops that were still open for business were looted.
Su Han couldn't help thinking of the hyperinflation copy. If I remember correctly, something similar happened at the time.
She couldn't help but wonder, "Why do you want to design a similar copy with a lower difficulty?"
Zhong Rui guessed, "Maybe Jin Jiang Group plans to hold the second Endless Survival Competition."
Su Han felt inexplicably reasonable.
The next development is exactly the same as in the hyperinflation dungeon. Desperate residents gathered to search apartment buildings and loot. Gamers, on the other hand, need to escape the remaining 5 days in chaos.
The trial players have experienced hundreds of battles and have experienced similar dungeons before, so they take it easy and deal with it calmly.
At the end of the 20 days of the game, everyone successfully cleared the customs and survived to the end.
The game cabin slowly opened, and Li Yue nodded to everyone, "Thank you for your hard work, I have collected very interesting information."
"Planning to hold the second Endless Survival Competition?" Zhong Rui confirmed to him.
Li Yue readily admitted, "Yes, there is this plan."
"The registration fee is 100 per person. The difficulty of the first few dungeons is lowered, so that everyone can live longer and feel the joy of struggling to survive. The later dungeons are extremely difficult, and excellent talents will be selected."
"In addition, the top three players in the game will receive cash prizes, and the top ten players will have the opportunity to be invited by the group to become game trial players."
Only then did Zhong Rui realize that everything had already been arranged.
"Old fox, treacherous enough, one ring after another." He muttered to himself.
Su Han was poor and white, so he took the initiative to hand in the character card and asked, "When is the next trial?"
Li Yue smiled slightly, "The development speed of the survival dungeon is slow, but soon, there are other games that you need to try."
"No problem." Su Han simply responded.
**
Jin Jiang Group's system is very user-friendly. After the trial is over, employees are given ample vacations to rest.
Su Han was bored, so he surfed the Internet, watched movies, and occasionally flipped through video sites. Then she was surprised to find that it seemed to be red before she knew it.
The number of views of the survival video series easily exceeded 100 million, and with the focus on promotion of the group, the data is still rising.
Lots of good reviews below-
"I love survival videos! I've watched it five times!"
"Ah, I'm so cute! I like to hoard supplies like a hamster, and I can't get tired of watching it!"
"Life is endless, and the hoarding is endless. Just for this tireless hoarding spirit, I have to support my real name."
"Watching with friends and companions, by the way, when will the next Endless Survival Game start? Can you lower the difficulty?"
"Wait for the second Endless Survival Game +1! The money is ready, just wait for the video of the big guys!"
So far, the endless survival game has been known by countless people, and it is completely popular.
Strangely, the first thought that popped up in Su Han's mind was, I don't know how much money will be received in the account next month...
The phone rang suddenly, interrupting her thoughts.
Su Han picked up the phone to answer, and asked casually, "Hello, who is it?"
The man on the other end of the phone was full of resentment when he spoke, "Is it true that if I don't look for you, you don't plan to look for me?"
This person is Zhong Rui.
God knows the phone number or ask Li Yue to come. Leaving the game, someone seems to have lost contact.
Su Han blinked and said innocently, "Just finished the trial, I'll give you a few days to rest well."
"No need!" Zhong Rui replied irritably.
He felt that going out with his girlfriend to go shopping and watching a movie, and going on a date by the way, would make people more energetic and energetic.
When playing games together, they have a friendly attitude, and they turn their faces and don't recognize people when they get out of the copy. O woman!
Zhong Rui's resentment almost turned into substance.
Su Han burst out laughing. After clearing her throat, she asked solemnly, "Are you going to have dinner together at night? Make time for a date? Would you like to try dating?"
Zhong Rui was silent for a long time, and said reservedly, "I think your proposals are very good."
"Then... do you want to agree to everything?" Su Han smiled.
"En." Zhong Rui replied softly, the corners of his mouth upturned.
"There is a nice restaurant next to the company. See you at the door of the company at 7 o'clock tonight." Su Han happily invited.
Zhong Rui happily responded.
After chatting for a while, the call ended and the phone hung up.
Zhong Rui stared at the phone for a long time before realizing that he was being brought to the rhythm. He found that his new girlfriend was a devil, and he casually made people's heart beat faster, full of anticipation.
**
At the end of the holiday, Zhong Rui went to work briskly, each step like stepping on the clouds. At the same time, he smiled all over his face, and he couldn't restrain the corners of his mouth from turning up.
Li Yue was shocked when he saw it, his expression was weird, and he asked with concern, "Is this the jackpot?" Why does the whole person look abnormal
But thinking about it, it's not quite right. This guy treats money like dung. If it weren't for Su Han, he wouldn't want to come to work.
"I have a girlfriend." Zhong Rui proudly announced.
Li Yue was taken aback, "I know, it's not Su Han." After a pause, he showed a sudden realization, "What? Finally decided to go public?"
Zhong Rui, "…"
He has the heart to share his joy with the world. However, in the eyes of everyone, he and Su Han have long been in a relationship.
For a time, Zhong Rui's mood was very mixed.
Next to him, Li Yue was still muttering, "The customs clearance video of the two of you was originally launched in the name of couple players. The whole company and all the viewers who have watched the video know all about your relationship."
"It's not me, the two of you are too obvious, and it doesn't look like a pure companionship at all."
"It's okay if you decide to make it public, and you can communicate freely in the future. Don't worry, our company does not prohibit office romances, especially if you are still serving as trial players."
Zhong Rui glanced at someone, had nothing to say, and walked away quickly.
"Shy?" Li Yue didn't know that he was disliked at all, and thought that Zhong Rui would be shy too.
**
In the office, all the test players gathered together. Li Yue explained the situation to everyone, "The company plans to develop a new holographic online game of the battle royale type."
"When entering the game, everyone has a random occupation, and they have nothing on them. They have to search around to get weapons, food and water."
"The concept of cleanliness is removed, and game characters only have two attributes: satiety and stamina. If satiety is too low, it will still trigger a negative state."
"Using different weapons to attack the target will cause different degrees of damage. If the attack is on a vital part, it will cause a critical hit. Maybe double the damage, maybe triple the damage, maybe more."
"A total of 100 people, divided into black and white camps. All the teammates in the same camp are teammates, but there is no damage immunity between them. That is to say, if the shooting is not accurate, it is likely to kill the friendly army by mistake. The other camp is completely destroyed, and the current survivors get victory."
"There are currently 20 demo players, so 10VS10 will be played, and the map is also chosen to be small."
The trial players nodded, indicating that they understood.
Li Yue originally wanted to randomly draw game cards just like last time. But when he saw Zhong Rui, he stopped unconsciously—what if someone and his girlfriend were in different camps and defected directly
So he changed his mind, and he divided the 20 people into two teams.
After the allocation, the players of the same faction randomly took a game card, then lay down in the game cabin and waited quietly for the game to start.
**
When he opened his eyes again, Su Han found himself standing on the street of a defeated town.
Withered and yellow leaves are scattered everywhere, the walls that have not been repaired for a long time reveal a sense of historical desolation, and even the sky looks rather gloomy.
Su Han tried to check the attributes. Soon, a transparent panel appeared in front of her, which read—
Name: Su Han
Faction: Black (Currently there are 10 members of your own team and 10 members of the enemy team.)
Satiety: 100/100
Stamina: 100/100
Occupation: Medic.
Remarks: It will be better if the medics use medicine to heal the wounded.
Su Han thought to himself, that is to say, if she uses the medicine, will there be an additional bonus
In order to prevent being attacked, she did not think about it, and hid in the nearest house first.
The author has something to say: Part of the data quotes Baidu Encyclopedia
According to the information, the price of asset commodities will drop significantly during the economic crisis, such as gold and silver jewelry, stocks, antique calligraphy and painting, etc. As for the necessities of life, there is no clear statement. It is said that in order to stabilize prices, a large number of "excess" products will be destroyed. So the game setting is that the prices of necessities of life remain unchanged.