Exploring limits.
It has a significant impact on survivors.
Chen Yu considered that perhaps such conditions were to prevent the gap between survivors from widening too obviously. In cave survival, those with wilderness survival skills would possess a natural advantage compared to city dwellers.
If exploration were unrestricted, they could gain massive benefits in a very short time.
But—
Chen Yu seemed to have no right to say such a thing.
The distance between him and other survivors was now like heaven and earth; even natives of the city-states might not be able to compete with him.
Furthermore, exploration invitations could be circulated.
This left Chen Yu confused.
What was the point of exploration invitations?
The caves would continue to merge, and if nothing unexpected happened, they would eventually fuse into a complete plane. At that time, exploration invitations would no longer be necessary.
In short, invitations were for short-term gains.
Chen Yu would seize the business opportunity to make a fortune, and then see what changes would occur in the future. No one would complain about having too much money.
As the old saying goes, money is everything.
When you grow up, you will realize that money isn't everything; money is, damn it, omnipotent.
"Hey~"
Jiang Yaqing, in the projection, waved her hand.
Chen Yu snapped back to attention.
He grinned and softly smiled at her.
"Don't rush, acquisitions take time. Once I receive them, I'll directly gift them to you. How many do you need?"
"5000+"
Jiang Yaqing held up her fair fingers.
"The more, the merrier."
"No problem, wait for my news."
The call ended.
For Chen Yu, acquiring thousands of invitations was simple. The issue was how much he could squeeze the price. Of course, he didn't need to worry about such matters.
Kailin would handle everything for him.
After giving Kailin a signal to acquire them, Chen Yu refocused his attention on monster subjugation. The skeleton warriors and meteorite guards had already mined out all the lumber and stone, and it was time to explore further.
However, exploring aimlessly like this meant no one knew when it would end.
Ding dong.
Just then, Chen Yu's private message alert sounded.
He opened the private message page.
Jiang Yaqing: If you want to subjugate monsters, you can ask those survivors. They must have encountered some. If anyone has recorded coordinates, you can explore them directly.
Jiang Yaqing: You have invitations anyway, and you're loaded~
Oh.
That's a good idea.
No wonder people always say that two heads are better than one.
Brainstorming.
Chen Yu hadn't even considered Jiang Yaqing's suggestion.
Leaning his cheek on his hand, Chen Yu's eyes revealed a smile as he opened the regional chat channel.
At this moment—
The regional channel was still fiercely discussing the matter of acquiring invitations.
"Cough cough~"
A simple message was sent.
As expected, Chen Yu's message caused the chat in the regional channel to freeze for several seconds. In a channel with such rapid scrolling, the fact that the chat content could be frozen indicated his influence.
"Big shot Chen Yu~~~"
"My goodness, it's been so long, finally seeing Big Shot Chen Yu pop up again."
"Big shot, I love you."
All sorts of messages flooded in.
Looking at the scrolling exclamations, Chen Yu wasn't surprised. He had been having Barbara and Sona keep him focused on meditation during this time, so he hadn't really shown up in the regional channel.
Just occasionally delivering some supplies.
Chen Yu was already accustomed to the sensation of his posts causing a stir. In the beginning, he might have enjoyed the atmosphere a little more, but now—
"Let them fawn over me for a bit longer."
Chen Yu, with his arms crossed, had a smile in his eyes.
"See, it's starting again," a faint whisper came from his ear. Chen Yu glanced sideways to see the demon girl pouting at Sona with a look of disdain, "What a commoner."
"Hmm?"
Chen Yu raised an eyebrow slightly, and the demon girl shrugged without hiding anything.
"I'm talking about you. You're quite happy being flattered by people who can't even get enough to eat. Can't you have some ambition? Why don't you bully a king?"
"Huh?!"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, back in my day, it was kings who flattered me."
"After the Demon King's Castle was conquered, those kings celebrated nationwide, right?" Chen Yu said with a hidden smile. The demon girl, arms crossed, instantly widened her eyes and ran to Sona's side, "He's talking about me again."
During this time, Chen Yu kept a smile on his face.
People.
One must not have weaknesses.
Like Barbara, the great Demon King of the caves, the fall of her castle was a stain on her life. No matter what she said, Chen Yu could provoke her with a single sentence.
Or take our Jade Emperor.
He was beaten by the Monkey.
When the Jade Emperor heard this, his face immediately turned green.
Sona was currently playing the role of a confidante, gently comforting the flat-chested little demoness, while Chen Yu retracted his gaze and looked at the regional channel.
Among the messages from everyone, a mention of him caught his attention.
"@Chen Yu, Big shot, are you the one acquiring exploration invitations?"
Good question!
Chen Yu actually wanted to talk about this matter, and this message provided him with an entry point.
At present—
The city-states' acquisition of invitations indeed made survivors eager, but there would still be those who had reservations. If Chen Yu stepped forward to allay their concerns, his subsequent acquisitions would become smoother.
The volume would also increase.
After a moment of thought, Chen Yu tapped the screen and sent a message.
"No."
Chen Yu gave a direct negative answer.
It was very simple.
He couldn't take responsibility for this matter.
Not only would he be hated.
In the future, when survivors understood the value of invitations, if all of this was orchestrated by Chen Yu, the earlier low-price acquisitions would have a negative impact on him.
It would tarnish his image.
Simply put, he needed to avoid risks.
This was like establishing a company and then setting up a subsidiary for risk aversion. That way, even if the company went bankrupt, the legal person would only bear a portion of the responsibility.
Or it was like a behind-the-scenes player introducing a spokesperson.
Risk avoidance.
No matter how Chen Yu acted in private, his public persona must be flawless.
"It wasn't Big Shot you who did it?"
"Damn, then is it reliable or not? Won't the cave city-states scam us out of our invitations?"
"Doesn't Big Shot know about this?"
"My God, I always thought Big Shot was behind it. Now that Big Shot says he's not, then... I don't trust the cave city-states."
...
Various messages of doubt followed.
Seeing these contents, Chen Yu was not particularly surprised. He didn't arrogantly think that he truly possessed such influence.
Because he didn't do it, others didn't trust it.
There might be some who believed him, but more likely they were just following the trend. In the face of personal interests, others' influence was relatively small.
Survivors would have their own considerations.
Chen Yu knew this very well and didn't take these matters too much to heart, but—
He could be sure of one thing.
That is, it's time for a haircut!