If there were any management offices in Sword Maiden Online that had the most people, it would definitely be the Sword Catacomb Management Office.
Everyone knew that no matter what era it was, the most profitable industry would always be the real estate industry. As Guhan's only home in the game, the Sword Catacomb was just a dilapidated thatched hut. There was only one room in total. It was very cramped to fit Yue Wang's computer table and bed.
Especially now that Yi Tian had joined Guhan's family, Yi Tian, who could not fit a second bed, could only squeeze into one bed with Yue Wang.
In particular, Yi Tian liked to drink. The whole house reeked of alcohol. Every time Yue Wang saw this scene, he would frown. He wanted to chase this tired guy out.
After consuming the 3,000 Essence Sword Pills he obtained from the dungeon, he now had 7,500 quarks of Essence Sword. In addition to the salary that Yao Guang gave him over the past few days, Gu Han's Essence Sword had increased to 8,000 quarks. He was only 2,000 quarks away from the threshold of 10000 quarks for a Famed Sword. If he worked hard and cleared a few dungeons with an SSS rank score, he would be able to gather 2,500 quarks of Essence Sword.
At that time, Guhan would inevitably have to coordinate another Sword Maiden to return to the Sword Catacomb at the same time. This way, the small thatched hut would definitely be filled with three Sword Maidens.
Thus, Guhan decided that he had to go to the Sword Catacomb Management Office today to upgrade his Sword Catacomb. He had to make at least a room with three bedrooms and two living rooms.
As the only management office that had the authority to control the Sword Catacomb in the game, it was naturally crowded. Even though the management office had opened more than 30 service windows, it was a pity that it was still inadequate. Guhan took a quick look. There were more than 30 windows, and each of them had a queue of at least 50 to 60 meters. There were four to five hundred people queuing in front of a window at the same time. If Guhan were to queue honestly, he didn't know if he could finish his Sword Catacomb by tomorrow afternoon.
Of course, Guhan didn't have the time to waste here. He had a mission to complete in real life in the afternoon.
Looking around, Guhan suddenly discovered that there was no one in front of a window. There wasn't even a single person queuing up.
Guhan confirmed that the window was open, and there were NPCs sitting inside. It didn't look like a closed window.
Guhan walked to the front of this window. Only then did he know the reason why there was no queue at this window.
This was because there was a gilded sign hanging at the entrance of the queue. It said, "Players with less than 10 million in assets are not allowed to enter."
Good heavens, the entry standard was 10 million RMB. No wonder this window was empty. It turned out that this window was specially opened for the rich.
Guhan glanced at his personal terminal. At this time, there was already 50 million in his account. It seemed to be more than enough to enter this passage.
Thus, Guhan strode forward with his long legs and entered the tunnel.
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"Dear player Military Governor, welcome to the Official Sword Catacomb Management Office of Sword Maiden Online. Welcome to the Special Sword Catacomb Application Window!" The programmed NPC attendant saw Guhan and took the initiative to greet him.
Guhan's research on the game was focused on things related to combat. There was very little research on sword catacombs … or rather, he didn't do any research at all. Hearing the NPC mention the Special Sword Catacomb, Guhan was confused. What was a Special Sword Catacomb?
"Special Sword Catacombs are rare or unique types of Sword Catacombs that are different from ordinary Sword Catacombs!"
The attendant seemed to have seen through Guhan's doubts and handed a document to Guhan from the window sill.
"Dear player Military Governor, you can take a look at this document. All the Special Sword Catacombs that have been released for sale this week are here!"
Guhan took the brochure from the NPC attendant and opened it. On the first page, there was a vermilion picture of an antique courtyard with annotations below.
[Antique courtyard set of the Ming Dynasty's Jiangnan Tycoons from the Middle Ages. It has a main hall, two kitchens, three public toilets, three large and small storerooms, three independent bedrooms, and a small garden.
Finely renovated and has 1 hectare of land.
Five male and female NPCs will come with purchase, including a housekeeper, two maids, and two servants.
The price is 10 million RMB.
Eight of the ten sets have been sold. There are two left.]
"Dear player Military Governor, this antique courtyard set of the Ming Dynasty's Jiangnan Tycoons is very good. The architectural style and the furniture are completely antique.
The five NPCs that come with it are experts in all kinds of housework. They can provide you and your sword lady with considerate service and ensure that you can enjoy a perfect and comfortable life in the Sword Catacomb.
Most importantly, it comes with a hectare of land. You can build all kinds of buildings on this hectare of land. If you buy it now, we'll even throw in any of the blueprints of the 'Racecourse', 'Central Sculpture' and 'Outdoor Pool'. It's definitely worth it!!!! "
After the attendant's patient explanation, Guhan quickly understood the difference between the so-called Special Sword Catacombs and ordinary Sword Catacombs.
Ordinary Sword Catacombs were similar to apartment buildings. Although one could choose from a small room of 50 square meters to a mansion of thousands of square meters, that was all. The space was limited to the inside of the room. After opening the door, one would enter the game world. That was just a simple residence.
However, the Special Mansion was different. Apart from having a variety of architectural styles and designs compared to ordinary Sword Catacombs, the two most important selling points of the Special Sword Catacombs were the NPC servants and their own land.
With NPC servants, players could enjoy the intoxicating life of a tycoon in ancient times. Meanwhile, players could build all kinds of strange vacation buildings on their own land, ranging from the smallest vegetable farm to the best mountain ski resort. Even the entire Pacific Ocean could be built on their own land. As long as you had the money, and as long as you could imagine it, you could build all these things on your own land.
After reading this, Guhan could not help but sigh. No wonder many tycoons were unwilling to return to the real world. They would rather live in the game and die in the game. It was because the enjoyment of these special buildings was too exaggerated, far beyond the limits of enjoyment in the real world.
In the real world, even if one was rich, without the identity of a sword bearer, one would not be able to live in a house that was more than 600 square meters, let alone a racecourse or a swimming pool.
This was because in the real world, every base city used an extremely limited amount of land to feed tens of millions of people.
This extremely limited land had to be used by the sword bearers who protected the survival of humans. As for the ordinary people who did not have the strength, as long as they did not die, they could continuously produce new people and continue the human civilization.
Before Guhan became a sword bearer, did he not live in a honeycomb house that was hundreds of stories high?
Before he became a sword bearer, even if one gave Guhan tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions, he would not be qualified to live in the core area, nor would he be qualified to enjoy the large space. The law had already stipulated that non-citizens could never live in a house that was more than 600 square meters. Once violated, they would be sent to prison for more than ten years.
Back to the Special Sword Catacombs. These Special Sword Catacombs looked magnificent and extremely tempting, but in comparison, the price to obtain a Special Sword Catacomb was also very high.
In this booklet, the cheapest Jiangnan tycoon-style courtyard started at 10 million RMB. The more expensive [Medieval Knight Glory Castle Set] cost 80 million RMB. The more expensive [Complete Imitation of Yan Jing Prince Mansion Set] directly raised the price to 1 billion RMB.
Finally, the most expensive one was the Six Hundred Years Old Yan Jing Forbidden City Suit, which was worth 50 billion yuan. According to the explanation in the atlas, every grass, every tree, and every building in the Forbidden City Imperial Palace had been meticulously restored to ensure that every detail was exactly the same as the Forbidden City.
There were a total of 9,999 rooms in the Forbidden City set, but only twenty-four of the main rooms were fully replicated. The players had to pay extra to purchase the rest of the rooms … For example, a decoration of the Along the River During the Qingming Festival would cost five million RMB, non-negotiable.
In addition, there were 100 eunuchs, 100 palace maids, 200 imperial guards, 10 imperial doctors, 10 imperial chefs, 20 imperial concubines … What made Guhan want to ridicule the most were the 36 civil and military NPCs. Every morning, they would run to the throne room and shout 'Long live the Emperor'. Then, they would pretend to report to Guhan about all sorts of major events in the world.
By the way, this Forbidden City also had 10,000 hectares of land. If Guhan was interested, he could move to Yuanmingyuan, Summer Palace, Wanshou Palace, Zhongnanhai, Huangshan, Taishan, Sanqing Mountain, Yangtze River, Yellow River, etc., as long as he had RMB.
The reason why the system set these special Sword Graves to be so expensive was because of the pressure of collecting RMB.
All along, the system had been releasing a huge amount of RMB. If it wasn't for the Sword Graves industry, the financial system of the game and the real world would have collapsed long ago.
"Mr. Military Governor, have you chosen? Which one do you want to buy?"
The service NPC looked at Guhan with a smile, but Guhan could feel that if he dared to say no, he would immediately be kicked out by this NPC.
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After Guhan left, Queen Yue, who still had her head buried in the blanket, was probably too tired and fell asleep again. When she slowly opened her eyes, she was shocked. The small thatched room had become an exquisitely carved and antique bedroom. Her bed had also changed from an iron bed to a high-grade wooden bed. There was a layer of pink chiffon hanging on both sides of the bed.
"Do you like it?" Queen Yue turned around and saw Guhan looking at her with a smile. "Do you like our new home?"
Guhan didn't want to line up at the normal window and didn't want his Sword Lady to live in the thatched room anymore. Although he still felt that it was a bit expensive, he still decided to spend 10 million to buy this Sword Grave.
Tsk tsk, the current Guhan couldn't be compared to when he only had 9 million on him at the auction and had to scheme against the pitiful Hui Jian to get the Heavenly Sword's keepsake. Now that he had over 50 million, he casually threw out 10 million without batting an eyelid.