Chapter 72

Chapter 72: Purchasing in Large Quantities

After Roland returned home on the public bike, his parents stopped him .

The dazzlingly bright LED home-use light hung high above . Roland’s parents sat across the table from him .

His parents wore serious expressions, their faces stiff like statues .

“I heard you quit? Why didn’t you discuss this with us?” Roland’s father asked with a tone that clearly attempted to suppress his anger .

Roland knew this day would come . He nodded in response .

“What plans do you have without a job? Were you wronged at the company?”

Roland’s mother’s tone was much softer . However, as their son who interacted with them for twenty years, how could Roland not know what their game was?

One played the good cop while the other played the bad cop . As a child, he always thought his mother was on his side . He would tell his mother some secrets after she systematically and patiently guided him to do so . In the end, his father would know in less than two hours . If the situation was optimistic, his father would solemnly educate him on virtues, and if the situation was grim, he would take a boot to the butt .

As he grew older, he saw through his parents’ game and understood their painstaking care .

The majority of parents wished the best for their children .

“It has nothing to do with the company . ” Roland sat across them and replied with a smile, “It’s simply because I found something more interesting . ”

“What?”

Roland’s father questioned as he looked at his unperturbed son, feeling somewhat disappointed . In the past, Roland would definitely appear somewhat panicky when interrogated like this, but now his son appeared calm and collected .

“I’m playing a game . ”

His parents frowned almost at the same time . They couldn’t be blamed for this . In the eyes of the older generation, playing games would never be a proper job .

“These are my current bank savings . ” Roland took out his phone and placed his bank balance in front of their eyes . “All of this was earned within two months of playing the game . ”

Both parents took a look and saw that there were already nearly 300,000 in savings . Honestly speaking, their combined savings were roughly this figure .

A lot of the time, when you claim how impressive you are, other people might not understand .

For example, if you say you’re a level-ten machinist[1]… people who didn’t understand this would assume that it was just a rank evaluation for a kind of technical job, one that paid a little more .

In essence, this understanding wasn’t all that wrong, but in terms of awareness of details, it would be far from the truth .

If Roland said how impressive this game was—how it could subtly increase lifespan, train social, fighting, and learning skills—his parents definitely wouldn’t believe him or try to believe him .

They didn’t understand what an immersive cabin was .

However, once he placed his bank account numbers in front of them, they understood .

Oh… this game can make money, lots of money .

Upon seeing this balance, his parents were both somewhat doubtful and in disbelief, but they trusted that their son wouldn’t lie to them about such an important matter .

“Games are ultimately not a proper path—can you play for your entire life?” Roland’s father thought for a moment and said this .

Roland’s mother also chimed in . “I think it’s best to be more realistic . ”

After some thought, Roland eventually said, “How about this, Mom and Dad: if I don’t have one million inside the bank account within two years, I’ll listen to you guys and take the functionary exam .

The job title of a functionary was one that the majority of parents liked .

The functionary exam in large cities was truly a single-log bridge . It was even possible for several tens of thousands of people to contest over a single popular post .

However, in an eighteenth-tier small city, the functionary exam wasn’t difficult . There were many posts that stayed open for several periods, unable to gather enough exam-takers .

Roland graduated from University of Luo, and he had always been an excellent student as a child; it was a sure bet for him to pass the functionary exam in a small city .

The reason why he didn’t become a functionary right after graduation was none other than the low salaries of functionaries in small cities .

After he returned home from graduation, he made inquiries . The lowest functionary base salary was near 3,000, in addition to all sorts of benefits and wage subsidies, but the total amount still couldn’t surpass 4,000 .

The advantages of being a functionary in a small city were only that it was comfortable and easy and that it provided five types of insurance and a housing accumulation fund .

When Roland said these words, he had a serious look, without a sliver of doubt .

Roland’s father contemplated quietly for a while and said, “You’re an adult now, it’s normal to have your own thoughts, so it’s settled . Remember, two years’ time . ”

“Okay . ”

Roland smiled . He assumed that it would take quite a bit of effort to persuade them, but unexpectedly, his father had agreed so easily .

It was probably the bank balance that played a big part in this .

After speaking with his parents for a little while longer, Roland returned to his own room, opened the forums, and discovered that topics regarding him were still in discussion .

At the same time, many players expressed that in the future, they would find ways to discover bugs .

After all, if one found a bug, they’d be rich and famous—which youngster didn’t like that?

Perhaps only some of the truly rich would be able to view this matter with equanimity .

At night, Roland punctually lay down inside the immersive cabin .

Right when he logged on, he received a system notification .

“You’ve learned a unique specialty: Roland’s Zeal (True) . ”

Roland opened the specialty panel to discover that this specialty truly had its effects doubled .

Then, he went down to the fifth floor to carry out some tests .

He released over twenty consecutive spells, almost emptying all his mental power .

Because there was a special magic array that suppressed the power of spells on this floor, Roland’s spells didn’t cause any damage .

Once he almost emptied all his mental power, he sat down to the side and read a book while waiting for his mental power to naturally regenerate .

During this process, he could sense that there were large amounts of magical elements in the air replenishing his body . Before, he wouldn’t have sensed this so clearly .

After roughly two hours, Roland felt that his mental power had been fully replenished .

One hour and fifty-seven minutes… since I had some leftover mental power, it’s two hours to completely regenerate all magic power?

Since I have double the effect, the other Mages will take roughly four hours to completely regenerate magic power?

This was pretty good . If he had equipment that sped up magic regeneration, this time would shorten even more .

Even without double the effects, Roland’s Zeal was an extremely practical specialty, not to mention the psychological spell resistance it brought .

Because under normal circumstances, the majority of Mages had to wait for at least over ten hours for magic power to naturally regenerate .

People with poor resistance attributes would probably take even longer .

With this specialty, the Mages’ problem of endurance could completely be resolved .

In the future, when selecting Mage equipment, he could simply consider just the number of attributes on it, or focus on strengthening his defensive power .

At this time, Vivian walked up to this floor . Her eyes lit up when she saw Roland, and she walked over and said, “Deputy Chairman, there’s a Golden Son looking for you outside . ”

Roland assumed it was Betta . In the end, he found Hawk when he went down .

Roland brought him to his study and asked him to sit . Meanwhile, Vivian promptly served up pastries and fruit wine .

Hawk watched Vivian leave, and then with an envious look on his face, said, “The secretary takes care of everything, and when there’s nothing… You’re living quite the life . ”

Roland rolled his eyes helplessly at him . “Can your thoughts not be that filthy? Talk, what matters bring you here personally? Did you encounter troubles with the plan to gather beggars?”

“It’s a little related . ” Under Roland’s somewhat puzzled gaze, Hawk continued, “I told this matter to the guild leader, and the leader thinks it has potential, but to gather and establish a force of beggars, a large amount of funds is needed in the early stages . That’s why the guild leader wants to establish long-term cooperation with you!”

Roland asked curiously, “What sort of cooperation?”

“We purchase your gold coins in bulk at market price . However much you’re willing to offer is however much we’re willing to buy!”

[1] A nonexistent level, just a Chinese legend denoting people who have hands that are as accurate and fast as machines