Chen Tang Resting on the Moon

Ke Jin transmigrated into an era where gaming was in utter chaos. Everyone here deeply believed in the notion of buying happiness with money, as game companies ran wild with various schemes to trick and force players to spend.
As a game enthusiast from his past life, Ke Jin felt like he was in a world without sunlight. Luckily, he obtained the Free Game Production System!
Players could get the ultimate reward of the "Complete Collection of All Game Design Schemes" without spending a single cent!
Not spending money? How hard could that be? Heap on the benefits!
Give away 50 consecutive draws during the summer heatwave! Give away 100 draws on the second day after the server opens! Due to the game reaching 50 daily active users, we are issuing a cool skin set originally priced at 999! The planner's niece just turned 17 years and three months plus 7 days old, so we're giving away 50,000 crystals!
My sincerity is almost flooding the players. Surely nobody will spend now, right?
Secretary: Mr. Ke, good news! Our newly launched game has just reached over a hundred million in daily transaction volume on its first day!
Ke Jin: Huh? How is that good news... No, what about the other game? The one where we give full 100-99 discount vouchers upon starting, isn't its sales terrible?
Looking puzzled, the secretary said while anticipating the boss's reaction: They've been shouting things like 'what a conscientious company' and 'if we don't spend, they'll go bankrupt,' so they just topped up. That game sold a whopping one hundred million copies globally. Congratulations on making a billion!
"......"
At 3:30 a.m., lying in bed, Ke Jin was wide awake, unable to sleep. He posted a status: Please, I beg you, stop spending. You guys are really making it hard for me...
Player: Understood, Mr. Ke is hinting life is hard, brothers, let's step up! Charge it!

I Just Want Players to Save Money, They Insist on Giving Me!

But if you're going to splurge on in-game purchases, you have to start drawing from the 1-star pool. Only after obtaining a 1-star can you draw for a 2-star.


Until you reach 4-stars, all the upgrades are purely cosmetic, with no bonuses at all.


An uploader summarized the cost in a video.


Getting a five-star requires an average investment of about 20,000 yuan.


And that's just for the 'hidden attributes' that come with the skin's appearance.


The real character skill attributes were enough to make Ke Jin's head spin.


One of the pieces is called "Knight Feya."


The skill that free-to-play gamers receive is Area Slash.


It deals base attack damage to all enemies within one grid around the user, cooling down once every three turns.


But if you upgrade this skill with money, it turns into "Blade Flame."


It's still Area Slash, but now it adds fire damage to all enemies within one grid, deducting 2 health points per turn for a duration of 5 turns.


Chapter 149: Mr. Ke, Sweating Buckets, Aren't You?_3