From the moment happy coins became linked to real-world currency, their significance changed dramatically.
This was also Chen Yu's original goal.
The massive game empire he envisioned was gradually taking shape; once other free Dungeons were built, the foundation of the empire would be complete.
After a full day of work, Lina and Effie both looked a bit tired.
The other Bunny Girls, facing such high-intensity work from the start, were also a bit flustered.
Chen Yu saw that only a few people were playing cards in the "Happy Playing Cards" Dungeon, and there were no other Adventurers exchanging happy coins, so he issued an announcement.
"Update and Maintenance: Good evening, esteemed Adventurers. As this Dungeon requires some gameplay updates, it will temporarily shut down for maintenance. Maintenance will begin in 10 minutes. Please complete your current game and leave this Dungeon to avoid any financial losses."
"Note: After this Dungeon shuts down, a separate line will be opened specifically for happy coin exchange services. Adventurers who need to can enter through Happy Chess and Cards Line Ten and conduct transactions at the counter."
As soon as this announcement was released, the Adventurers in the Dungeon immediately let out wails.
"Damn it, why update now? My luck was just turning around, I was about to break even!"
"I just squeezed in, and you're closing!"
"You wicked Dungeon Lord, do you know how hard it is to get in here? I queued for over an hour just to play, and now you tell me you're closing?"
"I'm so mad."
Adventurers only have five daily entries, which usually take two or three hours to exhaust.
However, they often spend a whole day for two reasons.
First, refreshing games.
If a Dungeon doesn't have forum promotion or friend referrals, it might be impossible to even find the entrance, especially for Dungeons in other regions, which are even harder to find due to the cross-system mechanism.
Therefore, the system has a mechanism: refreshing games.
Each time, the system will refresh a certain number of Dungeons for Adventurers, providing some basic data for them to choose from.
This might bring up fun and popular Dungeons from other regions, or it might all be garbage; it's up to the Adventurer to decide.
To avoid entering Dungeons that are garbage or run by new Dungeon Lords, Adventurers are often very cautious.
Therefore, finding a Dungeon can take two or three hours.
The second time-consuming aspect is queuing.
Popular Dungeons are always full.
They basically have queues every day.
Some even require reservations.
Queuing for two or three hours is commonplace.
These two reasons are the culprits that cause Adventurers to waste a lot of precious time each day.
Therefore, Dungeons like the "Happy Playing Cards" Dungeon, where you can use up all your entries and play from start to finish once you get in, are very rare.
Adventurers who come here feel that their day has been very fulfilling.
Upon hearing that "Happy Chess and Cards" was going offline for an update, the Adventurers who were still engrossed in playing immediately felt antsy and protested.
However, the protest was ineffective.
Ten minutes later, the "Happy Playing Cards" Dungeon closed as announced, leaving only a window specifically for exchanging happy coins.
After all, the soul crystal that needed to be earned still had to be earned.
"Lord!"
After the Adventurers left, Chen Yu appeared in the "Happy Playing Cards" Dungeon.
Lina, Effie, and a dozen Bunny Girls stood in a line before him, bowing in unison.
Honestly, with all those deep V-necks, it was quite dazzling to look at.
"Stand up, stand up, it's a bit blinding, making me dizzy," Chen Yu waved his hands repeatedly, telling them to rise.
The girls all covered their mouths and chuckled softly.
The Bunny Girls looked at Chen Yu with a mix of awe and curiosity.
Awe due to the disparity in their statuses, and curiosity about whether this handsome young man was indeed the Lord they would follow for the rest of their lives.
Everything happened too quickly today.
From the two Half-elf Swordsmen finding the village and explaining their recruitment intention to the village chief, to the dozen or so of them passing through the teleportation gate and arriving at this safe territory defended by a protective shield.
It all took merely a dozen minutes.
After arriving at the territory, they weren't given much time to adapt; they were immediately assigned to work as waitresses in the Dungeon.
They had been busy until now, so busy they were a bit disoriented.
However, after this experience, the Bunny Girls had adapted to this kind of work, and after a night's rest, their condition would be completely different tomorrow.
Later, Chen Yu applied the updated content, giving the entire Dungeon a complete makeover.
With the addition of texas hold'em, Mahjong, and some other board games, the overall space expanded significantly.
It was expected to accommodate several hundred people.
This was also to prevent texas hold'em and Mahjong from becoming stagnant, which would cause the overall space in the Landlord area to be insufficient.
Then Chen Yu specifically corrected Line Ten, freeing up capacity for 10 people, specifically for Adventurers to exchange happy coins.
Exchange and leave, no lingering allowed.
This way, there wouldn't be a situation where a large number of Adventurers who wanted to exchange happy coins to play in Dungeons like "Resident Evil" had to wait in long queues.
After completing these tasks, Chen Yu began to personally instruct the Bunny Girls, teaching them about texas hold'em.
The little rabbits learned very diligently.
He only taught a few times, and they learned it.
Then came some other types of board games, big and small, with various rules.
It took a long time to finish teaching them all.
Afterward, Chen Yu told them all to rest, and Lina and the others, who were already exhausted, naturally returned to the castle and went to bed early.
Although the castle was dilapidated, accommodating these people was not a big problem.
After finishing these matters, Chen Yu began to busy himself with constructing the normal mode of "Resident Evil."
At this moment, he suddenly felt that the saying "Dungeon Lords are quite idle" was utter nonsense.
The idle ones should be those who bought proxy rights to other Dungeons; they didn't need to use their brains, relying entirely on family funding to lie flat and develop.
For example, Zhao Hailiang, who was constantly chattering in the Lord chat channel.
Regarding territory, Chen Yu also incorporated the newly conquered Rabbit-Ear Person Village into the territory of the Biohazard Base City as District Two.
Before starting the construction, he also glanced at his panel information.
"Castle: Great Xia Nevernight City (Tier 1)"
"Lord: Chen Yu"
"Residents: Half-elf × 2, Rabbit-Ear Person × 15"
"Buildings: Adventurer's Tavern (Tier 1), Teleportation Gate"
"Dungeons 10/10: Happy Chess and Cards Lines One to Ten (Tier 1)"
"Daily Dungeon Maintenance Cost: soul crystal × 10"
"Daily Shield Maintenance Cost: soul crystal × 18 (Currently in novice protection period, no additional cost required)"
"Novice Protection Period Countdown: 22 hours 42 minutes"
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"Territory: Biohazard Base City (Tier 1)"
"Lord: Chen Yu"
"Residents: Half-elf × 10, Half-elf Swordsman (Level 2/Common ★★★★★) × 2, Rabbit-Ear Person × 20"
"Buildings: Fertile Fields × 4, Dilapidated Warehouses × 2, Teleportation Gates × 2"
"Dungeons 2/4: Resident Evil Lines One to Two (Tier 1)"
"Daily Dungeon Maintenance Cost: soul crystal × 2"
"Daily Shield Maintenance Cost: soul crystal × 34"