222: Chapter 222 Hoarding Medicines to Raise Prices? Price Limits Made People Cry

Not long after the world channel quieted down, the trading area exploded again.

Even though the announcement about not going to the Abyss for now was posted, the prices of Dark Resistance Potions and Armor-Piercing Scrolls were still jumping up.

[top-grade Dark Resistance Potion: Official Guide Price 1,000 copper coins]

[Current Trading Price: 3,000 copper coins]

[dark armor-piercing scroll: Official Guide Price 1,500 copper coins]

[Current Trading Price: 4,500 copper coins]

Many newbie players stood at the entrance of the Wanlong City Trading House, their faces turning green as they looked at the prices.

"Is this crazy? Triple the price?"

"I just entered the Dragon Domain, and I only have two thousand copper coins total. I can't even afford a single bottle of potion."

"Didn't they say even Big Boss Lin Zhe said there's no rush? Why is it still so expensive?"

In the trading channel, several merchant accounts were spamming messages rapidly.

[Black Market Old Qian]: Don't complain about the price! There will definitely be an expedition to the Abyss within three days. If you don't buy now, you won't even be able to get them at five times the price then!

[Hoarding God of Wealth]: Insider info: the Abyss event is starting soon, and Dark Potions are the tickets!

[Scroll Tycoon]: Last twenty thousand Armor-Piercing Scrolls. Prices go up once they're sold out!

As these "insider info" messages were spammed, the players' emotions, which had just stabilized, were stirred up again.

Some newbies were so anxious they cried in the channel.

"Do I really have to buy them?"

"If I can't afford them, does that mean I can't go to the Abyss?"

"Can someone lend me some copper coins? I'll pay you back later..."

On the earthen slope of Luofeng Village.

Red lights flashed repeatedly on the rule light screen in front of Lin Chen.

Lin Yueyao sat nearby holding Xiao Jin. Hearing the crying in the channel, Xiao Jin let out a fiercely cute "howl."

Lin Chen's small face turned cold.

"Trying to profit from war again?"

He tapped with his small hand.

Shua!

The trading backend unfolded instantly.

Record after record was pulled out.

Three days ago, Dark Resistance Potions were swept up in bulk at low prices.

Two days ago, Armor-Piercing Scrolls were hoarded by hundreds of alt accounts.

Starting yesterday, these alt accounts uniformly listed high prices and spread fake news on the world channel saying "expedition within three days."

The main accounts behind them were also very clear.

[Black Market Old Qian] hoarded three hundred and twenty thousand bottles of potion.

[Hoarding God of Wealth] hoarded two hundred and eighty thousand bottles of potion and forty thousand Armor-Piercing Scrolls.

[Scroll Tycoon] hoarded seventy thousand Armor-Piercing Scrolls.

Other associated accounts combined had hoarded over a million bottles of Dark-series supplies.

Lin Chen took a bite of a Spirit Honey Cake and said in a childish voice, "Publicize it."

Boom!

A server-wide announcement dropped directly.

[Server-wide Announcement: Upon investigation, players "Black Market Old Qian," "Hoarding God of Wealth," "Scroll Tycoon," and other accounts have maliciously hoarded essential supplies such as Dark Resistance Potions and dark armor-piercing scrolls.]

[These accounts spread false information such as "expedition to the Abyss within three days," inciting panic hoarding among players and jacking up prices to more than triple the official guide price. The evidence is conclusive!]

[Punishments are as follows:]

[1: The accounts involved are permanently banned from all server-wide trading privileges!]

[2: Associated alt accounts are frozen simultaneously!]

[3: All hoarded supplies are confiscated and added to the Public Warehouse!]

[4: All illegal gains involved are recovered and used to compensate affected players!]

Behind the announcement, trading records, screenshots of hoarded goods, and screenshots of the channel where rumors were spread were all displayed.

The world channel exploded instantly.

"I knew it! No wonder the price suddenly tripled!"

"Over a million bottles? These bastards really dared to hoard that much!"

"While newbies can't afford potions, they're laughing in the back?"

"Good riddance to them!"

Several speculative merchants were waiting in the trading house to collect their money.

The next second, the trading interfaces in front of them all turned gray.

[Your trading privileges have been permanently banned.]

[Your warehouse supplies have been confiscated by the rules.]

[Your associated accounts have been frozen.]

Black Market Old Qian's face turned pale.

"My potions!"

Hoarding God of Wealth clicked frantically on the warehouse, but only saw emptiness.

"I put my entire fortune into this!"

Scroll Tycoon slumped directly at the entrance of the trading house.

A few seconds later, a prompt popped up over their heads again.

[You have been permanently marked on the server-wide trading blacklist.]

It was completely over.

No trading privileges, warehouse cleared, and reputation ruined.

They didn't even have the qualifications to continue hanging around in the game.

Soon, the three of them went offline one after another.

Within half an hour, someone leaked that they had deleted their accounts and quit the game.

Lin Chen hadn't stopped yet.

He tapped his small hand again.

A second announcement lit up.

[New Server-wide Mechanism: Price-limiting mechanism for Dark-series essential supplies is officially online!]

[Includes: Dark Resistance Potion, dark armor-piercing scroll, Dark Enchanting Base Materials, Abyss Resistance Cuisine, etc.]

[All trading prices must not exceed the official guide price by more than 10%.]

[Transactions exceeding the limit will be automatically intercepted by the system.]

[Those who maliciously bypass prices, engage in bundled trading, or conduct fake auctions will have their trading privileges permanently banned.]

Immediately after, the Public Warehouse refreshed.

[Dark Resistance Potion: Official Original Price 1,000 copper coins]

[Purchase limit of 5 bottles per player]

[dark armor-piercing scroll: Official Original Price 1,500 copper coins]

[Purchase limit of 5 scrolls per player]

The newbie players who couldn't afford potions just now rushed to the warehouse, their hands trembling.

"Original price! It's really the original price!"

"I bought it!"

"The purchase limit is great, otherwise it would be swept clean by scalpers again!"

Ye Xiaoying also hung up a rule board in the Wanlong City trading area.

"Queue up for purchase."

"Limit per person, no proxy purchasing, no reselling."

Order in the trading area was quickly stabilized.

The world channel was filled with messages of gratitude.

"Lord Lin Chen is awesome!"

"The speculative merchants are crying, and the newbies are laughing!"

"Who would dare to speculate on essential supplies now?"

High up in Wanlong City, Lin Zhe watched the trading curve drop back to normal levels, his expression calm.

Qing Yu said softly, "Sir, the prices of Dark supplies have stabilized."

Lin Zhe nodded faintly.

"Let them remember."

"The Lin family's benefits are not for merchants to suck blood from."