Chapter 310: Chapter 198 Upgraded (Part 2)_2
Hearing there was a chance to make money, the Food Lord became interested.
He leaned towards the Octopus boss, resisting the urge to take a bite and taste the fresh, and asked curiously, “How does one make money from it?”
“It’s very simple, download this app, gather some faith, and buy a share. Oh, and if you fill in my name as the referrer, I can get a little reward, and you can cut down on the transaction fee.”
Although the Food Lord was one of the Gods, he had been craving the stir-fried rice of the Maine Coon and hadn’t returned recently, so he was unaware that the stock market was an extension of the commands of the Gods.
He tentatively invested some faith and bought some stocks that looked good to him, and in just a short while, he saw his total faith skyrocket, making his eyes shine with excitement.
“What the meow! The stock market is awesome too! Let’s go all in! Ah, it doubled!”
Within minutes, the Food Lord had struck it rich, his fortune doubled, and he felt like he was born to be a stock deity!
“Pingping, Maine Coon, quickly lend me your savings, I can still win. No, I should be asking my followers for money, let them fund me to buy stocks!”
The Food Lord was almost instantaneously captivated by the stock market, intoxicated by the pleasure of growing faith.
Pingping also curiously approached the Food Lord’s side, then discovered that the game’s stock market was incredibly detailed.
She didn’t know much about the stock market, but she often livestreamed when playing games, and there were players in her stream who understood these things, who were shocked after seeing it.
“[I remember there wasn’t a stock market before, is Fang Cheng Studio doing this to match up with ‘Laboratory’, so they introduced a stock market?]”
“[Seems like it, but why didn’t they notify the players? Oh, Angel Envoys can’t participate, for fear of insider trading. They’ve actually taken this into account.]”n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
And the one to burst this bubble was merely a small report.
Among the Gods, the only one uninterested in this massive special item market was the Skeptic.
Naturally dubious about everything, upon discovering the stock market, he didn’t rush in but instead watched skeptically with his followers, pondering what exactly this thing was.
The greatest enemy of greed is thought, and as contemplation deepened, the Skeptic realized this thing couldn’t create wealth.
It was like a magnifying glass, seemingly enlarging numbers, but the essence of the numbers hadn’t changed at all.
Moreover, speculators were continuously flipping and transferring wealth throughout the process, with the Gods joining in the frenzy, hastening the bubble’s inflation.
Upon understanding its true nature, the Skeptic’s followers began writing reports, and these reports awakened some people, who started to exit.
Had it been just a few people, it might’ve been okay, but speculators who sensed the change in the wind also began to withdraw.
This exodus brought panic, with the false prosperity lasting only a short while, and today it collapsed.
Seeing the stock index, the Octopus bartender became restless.
It watched helplessly as the stock index crashed from tens of thousands, then dropped below the five-digit mark and kept going down to the four-digit numbers.
It didn’t even dare to blink, because each blink meant its wealth was halved.
From millionaire to million-debtor, it only took a few minutes.
After calculating its wealth precisely, it realized it owed a million in debt; it had mortgaged the bar multiple times for a large loan and poured everything into the stock market, and now it had nothing left.