stardew valley world.
Liu Chengfeng, who had just finished his farm work, took a shower, changed his clothes, and then took a bottle of milk he bought yesterday at the town supermarket from the storage box.
He took a sip, and immediately felt refreshed.
At this moment, he opened the door and walked out, and at a glance, he could see his own land.
What was originally a desolate wasteland at the beginning had now been cultivated into several fertile plots.
Crops had already been planted and matured several times in them, and now, a new batch of seeds, planted not long ago, had already grown tender sprouts, full of vitality.
Looking at this scene, which finally resembled a farm, Liu Chengfeng's lips unconsciously curved into a smile.
Initially, his purpose for farming was simple: to earn achievement points as quickly as possible.
To be honest, he was actually still a bit resistant.
However, when he truly built and managed the farm step by step with his own hands, even though it was still rudimentary, the process of going from nothing to something made Liu Chengfeng slowly feel some enjoyment.
He had also adapted to and grown to like this game.
This also made him somewhat look forward to continuing to expand this farm of his in the future.
"It's a good thing I had the boss's game guide; it's truly amazing.
Otherwise, let alone planting, I'd probably be scavenging like many others right now!"
Liu Chengfeng shook his head with some emotion: "But I've been in this world for almost a week, which means the Internet Cafe should be closing soon.
I still need to take care of business first!"
Thinking this, Liu Chengfeng softly called out: "Game Store!"
A virtual Game Store page immediately appeared before him.
He quickly scanned it a few times.
When he saw the large quantity of crop seeds in the store, his heart couldn't help but start to race, and then he immediately selected several kinds of seeds whose cultivation methods he was already familiar with and chose to purchase them.
"Alright, next will be the soil..."
Liu Chengfeng looked again, and when he finally found the God's Soil that the boss had mentioned, he was even more excited.
He was just about to say he wanted to buy it.
But the next moment, when he noticed the price of the soil, his face stiffened, and he couldn't help but stare: "How can it be so expensive?"
Just one bag of this God's Soil cost 5000 achievement points.
And today, relying on the game guide and diligently planting crops to earn achievement points, he only had about five or six hundred.
The seeds were very cheap, but he didn't expect the soil to be so expensive.
Liu Chengfeng couldn't help but frown.
Now, he didn't mind continuing to play Stardew Valley for ten more days, but he also wanted to verify his ideas as soon as possible.
"Oh, right!"
"I remember Pierre from the general store said there were fertilizers and growth hormones that could ripen crops and make the land more fertile.
Does the Game Store have them?"
Thinking of this, Liu Chengfeng started flipping through the Game Store pages again, until he stopped suddenly after several pages, looked carefully, and his eyes lit up.
"Sure enough, it does!"
"Although these fertilizers are different from the God's Soil, which can be used permanently, and can only be used once, I can only afford these for now.
There's no other way, I'll try them first!"
Liu Chengfeng couldn't help but click purchase, and then, relieved, he exited the Game Store.
...
Meanwhile, inside the Internet Cafe.
The players who had just entered the game for the first time occasionally exchanged surprised remarks.
"Hunter, Ancient Dragon, New World, this game is indeed too interesting, so fun!"
"It's fun, it's fun, but it's a bit difficult.
It's so unaccustomed to fight without Martial Qi; even the beginner Thief Wyvern is so hard to beat!"
"Me too, ugh, I died again!"
"Quickly finish the beginner tutorial and let's team up; that should make it much easier!"
"Okay, wait for me!"
While marveling and exclaiming, they were clearly quickly immersed.
They were just getting into the game.
But then the game suddenly popped up: [The Internet Cafe will soon cease operations, players please exit the game voluntarily]
"Huh, what's going on? Is the Internet Cafe closing?"
"I just started playing; why can't I play anymore?"
"Yeah, I thought it was still so early!"
Everyone was stunned.
However, just then, they noticed that the veteran players had already started logging off very skillfully.
In their confusion, they asked the veteran players, and upon hearing that the Internet Cafe closed at ten every night, they again exclaimed that they hadn't played enough.
But seeing that the veteran players were all logging off so voluntarily, they weren't stupid, of course, and could only obediently follow suit.
At this time, Su Ran was at the counter, distributing game items to players who had redeemed them.
Although ever since they saw Su Ran use the Taichi Sword in reality, players had known that equipment and skills from the game world would also be very powerful in the real world, and they were eager to redeem them early.
But unfortunately, obtaining achievement points was simply too slow.
Even Wu Lei and the others, after defeating the three Ancient Dragons, felt it was slow, let alone most other players who hadn't reached that progress yet.
So when they opened the dazzling Game Store and browsed, many players still couldn't resist splurging and buying some items that had little practical significance.
"Boss, how do I use this 'monster hunter Original Soundtrack Collector's Edition' that I bought?"
For example, at this moment, a player asked curiously after unwrapping the package: "I see there's only one small disc like this, with 'Blu-ray' written on it!"
Su Ran looked at him, a little puzzled: "You bought it without even knowing how to use it?"
The player chuckled and said, "It just looked novel, and the price wasn't expensive, so I bought it to play around with!"
Su Ran was speechless.
And he didn't remember that the current Internet Cafe computers had music playback functions.
"This kind of Blu-ray CD requires a device with an optical drive to play!"
Su Ran could only explain: "You'll have to see if such a music player appears in the Stardew Valley Game Store.
If not, then you'll just have to wait until related new game worlds are opened!"
"Ah? No way, so I bought it for nothing?"
"This kind of item is originally game merchandise; its collection value outweighs its practical use."
"Uh, alright..."
Saying that, the player left quite helplessly.
And just then, at a spot not far from the counter, Liu Chengfeng also took off his virtual device, took a deep breath, and fully woke up from the strong virtual immersion.
Then he also walked over.
"Boss, I'm here to pick up my redeemed items!"
"Okay!"
Su Ran glanced at the purchase record in the Game Store, took out a sealed plastic bag from the storage cabinet under the counter, and handed it over: "This is yours!"
"Thank you, boss, goodbye!"
Liu Chengfeng's hand trembled slightly as he took the bag, then he turned and walked away, but after only a few steps, he couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart and quickly tore it open to look.
When he saw that it indeed contained some colorful crop seeds and two bags of growth-promoting fertilizer, the expression on his face became even more excited, and then he couldn't help but quicken his pace, seemingly already a little impatient.