170: restricted area room

“What! Two hundred thousand per square meter!? Is that price serious?”

Outside the fountain at Longjiang Impression City.

Upon hearing the quotes from the two bosses, Xiao Yun was immediately surprised.

He had never seen a house priced at two hundred thousand per square meter, neither in his previous life nor in this world!

Not only had he never seen one, he had never even heard of it!

According to the normal housing prices in Longjiang City, even the best areas in the city were at most thirty to forty thousand.

After all, this wasn't a first-tier or super-first-tier city; it was a third-tier small city like Haibei City, just with a higher GTI ranking, making housing prices a bit more expensive, by one or two tens of thousands.

However, Xiao Yun never expected the price of a house next to the Bakshesh Restricted Area to be so outrageous!

“It’s not too bad, actually. Most of what’s sold here are small apartment units, none exceeding 40 square meters. The majority are around 35 square meters, so buying one would only cost about seven million.”

“That’s still expensive!”

The words of the two bosses made Xiao Yun question his perception of money once again.

Seven million—it would take Xiao Yun five years of renting blade servers just to earn that much back.

He would be more than willing to spend that much money on upgrading his family heirloom or unlocking Destiny Skills.

After all, that would be a tangible improvement to his strength, and he could earn the money back immediately after spending it.

But to spend seven million on a house, and a small 35-square-meter apartment at that, was simply too much!

Xiao Yun, who had originally intended to buy a property directly to enjoy the Restricted Area VIP access, now fell into deep thought.

Was this money worth spending?

“However, this price only applies to agents below Gold Level. If your GTI rank meets the standard, there will be corresponding reductions in housing prices, and the higher-ups will report it for you.”

At this moment, one of the bosses reminded him.

“For example, Brother Jiang Yang is Platinum Level, so he gets a 20% discount on houses here. If you’re a Diamond Level agent, it’s even better—a direct 25% discount! That’s practically a bargain price.”

A 25% discount still meant over five million.

Xiao Yun frowned; the price was still too high.

After all, five million was enough to buy an SS-level skill!

The power of SS-level skills needed no explanation; each one could significantly enhance Xiao Yun's strength, making him more at ease in the Restricted Area.

However, at this point, his strength improvement had also hit a bottleneck.

After all, in both Haibei City and Longjiang City, the agents in the Restricted Area were generally not very strong. Even in Baksh, most of them wore two or three sets of gear and used junk guns. Xiao Yun could easily crush any one he encountered.

The enemies were too weak; he didn't need to upgrade much at all!

And with that thought, buying a Restricted Area house seemed like a good option again.

After all, there were fewer people in the Restricted Area at night, and the sky was dim. After Xiao Yun activated his Destiny Skill to check others' positions, he could completely avoid people, search high-resource points, and then retreat with a full inventory.

While this approach might not yield as much as clearing the entire map, it would make solo runs much easier.

“Then… what if a Black Hawk Level agent wants to buy a house?”

“The subsidy would be huge!”

One boss answered excitedly.

“A Black Hawk Level agent is a talent who has the chance to become a GTI Professional Agent. If they want to buy a house near the Restricted Area, they get at least a 50% discount! Maybe someone might even give it away for free to curry favor with you.”

“Alright, why are you spouting nonsense to them? They couldn’t possibly be Black Hawk agents.”

The other boss frowned, speaking very impolitely.

And this person was precisely the boss who had found a cannonball in Baksh yesterday but had accidentally died and dropped it in the Museum.

“Let’s go, we’ll do a run first. We’ll gear up once Brother Jiang Yang can enter the Restricted Area.”

“OK, wait for me!”

With that, the two bosses walked towards the fountain.

Since it wasn't yet officially open, they were stopped by someone who appeared to be a security guard after only a few steps.

However, very quickly, after the two showed their identification, the security guard quickly called via walkie-talkie, confirmed their registration information at Impression City, and let them in just as quickly.

“How about it? The Restricted Area houses are expensive, but they’re worth it, right?”

Jiang Yang, who stayed behind to escort, laughed.

“Why aren’t you going with them?”

Xiao Yun asked, puzzled.

“I can’t afford a house here! The residents all know each other, so they generally don’t fight much. They can all evacuate together and earn some money. That’s why the housing prices here have been soaring, because you really can make money.”

“I see.”

Xiao Yun nodded silently, not expecting such a thing.

If it were in a game in his previous life, an escort couldn't possibly be broke.

They'd have at least tens of millions on their account, and at least a warehouse full of six-piece sets. Otherwise, if they brought a boss into the map and got slaughtered, wouldn't that be a total failure?

However, this person seemed different. Yesterday, he even entered the map as an escort wearing only a four-piece set. Xiao Yun didn't know if he was overly confident in his own strength or simply unprofessional.

But considering his rank was only Platinum and he hadn't upgraded to Diamond, he was probably just doing it part-time.

Jiang Yang probably never expected that while doing it part-time, he would end up failing so spectacularly!

“So, Xiao Yun, are you going to buy it?”

At this moment, Liu Shihhan tilted her head and asked Xiao Yun.

“Buy it. With a discount, I definitely will.”

Xiao Yun smiled faintly.

“You really have the money to buy it?”

Hearing this, Jiang Yang, the escort standing nearby, was slightly shocked.

In his opinion, Xiao Yun and Liu Shihhan, plus Qian Gang who was on their team yesterday, were complete rookie noobs!

They couldn't even properly ambush someone at the extraction point, which caused the big red they found to be permanently lost in the Restricted Area.

With that level of skill, they actually had money to buy a house?

So Jiang Yang concluded that Xiao Yun must be a second-generation (or even third-generation) runner!

His family had been running for generations, so even if this generation was a bit trash, how could it compare to the efforts of someone from the first generation?

“But, let’s wait a few more days, shall we?”

Xiao Yun thought about it and decided to wait until he completed the GTI Professional assessment.

“Name: Xiao Yun

Affiliation: Haibei City Branch, Yunhai Province, Long Country

Total Matches: 40

Extraction Rate: 100%

Value Extracted: 67249.03 k

Match Records: Omitted

Rank: Black Hawk 5”

Just look.

Xiao Yun’s GTI information, his rank, had now been updated to Black Hawk 5.

With match records, his extraction rate still reached a terrifying 100%!

Upon seeing such a record, the GTI management would likely be shocked, and perhaps someone was already secretly paying attention to Xiao Yun.

And according to He Mo, it would likely be less than a week before GTI sent him an assessment invitation.

By then, if he became a GTI Professional Team member, buying such a Restricted Area house would probably be even cheaper!

The person just now said at least a 50% discount, which meant it could be even lower than 50%.

That would truly be a rock-bottom price!

“Let’s wait a few more days.”

“Mhm, buying it in a few days will indeed be cheaper.”

Xiao Yun said lightly, and Liu Shihhan, beside him, nodded understandingly.

However, Jiang Yang, standing nearby, suddenly snorted coldly.

“Hmph, if you’re not buying, why are you showing off? Acting as if you can afford it.”

“What are you saying! Xiao Yun, he’s…”

Liu Shihhan was about to retort but was stopped by Xiao Yun covering her mouth with his hand.