Chapter 334: No Impact

Chapter 334: No Impact

When something had no benefit, everyone just banded together to resist it. As for the matter of the Traffic Rules, not only was there no resistance, no one even gave each other much trouble. After all, it was just about using the framework of these rules to manage their own affairs separately. As for the differences in fines, that had even less impact. If the fines were heavy, safety hazards would be lower. If they were light, ordinary people still wouldn’t want to waste money for no reason, right?

People with cars wouldn’t just stop driving in this country because of fines, would they? Or, to take it even further, straight-up move away… Thinking about it, only an idiot would choose that method. Besides, Traffic Rules only applied within cities, not outside, and no one was monitoring it anyway—this world didn’t have things like highways.

All in all, the issue of the rules was no longer a big deal. With all opinions aligned, something that could have dragged on with arguments for a long time was now pushed through at an astonishing speed without even a single dispute. The earlier such things were settled, the sooner the benefits could be reaped. Why drag it out? Of course, the sooner it was resolved, the better.

Tianwang’s Online Store had officially begun sales. Currently, vehicles in the Online Store were consistently out of stock. The popular types of vehicles were out of stock. Some Nobles couldn’t directly go after the expensive high-end Sports Cars or sedans, but ordinary models faced no pressure at all.

As for Buses or Coaches, these were basically monopolized by major merchant groups. Not only were they out of stock, basically whenever there was supply, the major merchant associations snapped them all up immediately. The cake was already divided—how could they allow others to step in at this time? So large vehicles were completely monopolized, and others basically had no chance of grabbing any.

For now, it was like this… This left many large Mercenary Corps extremely anxious and helpless. They urgently wanted these vehicles too—after all, having such Coaches would make carrying out certain Quests much more convenient. As for money? Large Mercenary Corps weren’t lacking in that. The problem was they couldn’t buy them!

This forced them to first choose vehicles like Off-road Vehicles. Though not bad, they weren’t a complete solution. As for those luxurious high-end Sports Cars and similar vehicles, they had no use for them. Those vehicles were just too precious. Even if their performance was excellent, they valued practicality more. High-end Sports Cars and such were for the Noble heirs to play with.

Of course, even ordinary Nobles mostly couldn’t get their hands on such high-end vehicles now. As soon as these cars went on sale, the royal family got first dibs. They might be able to buy them later, but with the current shortage, trying to snatch one now would really be asking for trouble. If they offended someone petty, forget being confronted—just having obstacles thrown their way in many places would be enough to suffer.

In the end, not only would they have wasted money for nothing, but if they wanted to avoid disaster, they’d have to give away the high-end Sports Car they fought to buy. It would be like paying to suffer. Right now, it was just a matter of waiting a bit longer… Nobles weren’t brainless fools. Many of them knew how to act according to the actual situation.

The official release of vehicles also directly suppressed the trending buzz about the Forest. After all, no matter how hot the Forest topic was, it was only temporary. There were many situations similar to that place. While this was happening here, many similar posts were popping up elsewhere. So, things like dominating the forum… that just didn’t happen. But the vehicle sales were currently dominating the forum!

With the appearance of such transportation, while some people who had initially questioned these four-wheeled vehicles still held onto their attitudes, another part directly switched sides. Riding a Magic Cycle might be thrilling, but speeding in a Sports Car had its own unique excitement, and it was more comfortable too. Even some who had once declared themselves staunch Magic Cycle fans now shifted to loving both.

“Argh! I can’t grab one, damn it!” Carlin frantically watched the vehicles in the Online Store sell out rapidly. It wasn’t that he couldn’t buy one at all, but he couldn’t get the model he wanted. Every time new stock was added, someone always snatched it up before him. This drove him crazy. Carlin knew it would be much easier to buy in a few days. After all, these vehicles had been hyped for several days now, and many people had everything prepared, just waiting for this moment to go all out. So, the difficulty of snagging one was very high.

In a few days, once those people had bought theirs, the current frenzy would die down.

But when you really wanted something, it wasn’t just about waiting a few days. If it were a physical store, it might be different, but with this Online Store format, it was genuinely frustrating to watch. Especially when you could scroll through and see all the related textual information—that feeling of itching impatience became even harder to bear.

However, no matter how anxious he got, if he couldn’t grab one, he couldn’t grab one. The car he thought was great, others naturally thought was great too. Even if everyone’s taste differed, with a large enough base of people, there were plenty who shared similar preferences.

“Sigh… might as well wait a while longer.” After trying several more times and still failing, Carlin looked out the window at the nearly dark sky and couldn’t help but rub his stomach. The release of high-end vehicles was staggered, with some stock added each time period. The interval was one hour. So if he missed this round, it meant waiting an extra hour for a new chance.

After trying repeatedly, Carlin had unwittingly dragged the time into the evening. He could only choose to give up completely. He even started doubting his own hand speed, wondering if he should find a chance to practice it extra. What? The hand-speed training method unique to single men?

To that, Carlin just wanted to say: as an adult, a High-Rank individual with some social status, even capable of getting things for free with this identity—to this day, he had never actually been with a woman! Who would believe that?

But the fact was exactly that. Not only had he never been with one, he was even still in a state of never having fired a single shot. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to, nor that he was particularly pure, but with an older sister who existed in a Dual-Souled Being state with him, he never had the opportunity!

Every time he had such thoughts, the moment he remembered his older sister’s presence, he couldn’t bring himself to try. How could he try? Performing some indescribable hand-speed training exercises under his older sister’s watchful gaze? Though others might find it extremely thrilling to hear or imagine, even shouting things like “What’s there to fear? Just do it!”—for people who only knew how to make sarcastic remarks, Carlin just wanted to say: Damn it, this isn’t happening to you guys! Thrilling my ass!

What he felt was just overwhelming inner conflict. Not to mention, his older sister was stronger than him and had such an Aberration personality, which made him even less courageous to seek out any related stimulating activities. Just the thought of his older sister watching him with an expressionless face while he engaged in indescribable behavior made Carlin feel… unable to get hard!

It was truly sad. Fortunately, after getting used to it, he found his self-control had skyrocketed. He no longer had that impulsive urge to soar to the skies at the drop of a hat. By now, Carlin felt that when he encountered such impulses in daily life, he could just endure them and they’d pass… no big deal.

Such a change left Carlin unsure whether it was good or bad… On the positive side, he could ignore things like seduction tricks, which seemed to have no downside. But why did it feel so sorrowful?

All in all, since he couldn’t buy one now, after putting away his Magic Weapon Summoning Book and calming down for less than two hours, Carlin thought: Fine, if I can’t buy one temporarily, I still have my Magic Cycle. I’ll make do with that for now. As for the Sports Car I have my eye on, I’ll think about it later. Maybe it’ll even be cheaper by then.

“Another top post, as expected.” Zheng Yichen looked at the latest forum-dominating post on the Magic Weapon Forum and couldn’t help but let the corners of his mouth curl up slightly. Even though he was using a secondary account, it was still quite an achievement, wasn’t it?

Not even two days after vehicles officially went on sale, a wave of “show-off crews” appeared—posting pictures like showing off their garages and such. Zheng Yichen silently thought about his several garages in the Underground Base… Well, better not do something so demoralizing. At this stage, to stimulate people’s buying enthusiasm, Zheng Yichen didn’t release an unlimited number of the produced vehicles. Though the base’s production capacity was sufficient, there was no need to go that overboard in the early phase.

A slow, steady release like squeezing toothpaste was enough. Being too extreme wouldn’t benefit him either and might actually dampen buyers’ enthusiasm. After all, if something you worked hard to buy became “commonplace” in the blink of an eye, what enthusiasm would remain?

Limited sales of high-end vehicles truly matched these people’s mentality. They wouldn’t become widespread in a short time, and others who wanted them couldn’t buy them. While the performance of high-end Sports Cars was excellent, overall they just had more high-end features compared to ordinary vehicles. The versions of the Magical Engine were actually quite similar. Zheng Yichen didn’t have the energy to develop new, more advanced versions of the Magical Engine right now. The current one would serve for a long time—no need for rapid updates.

The value of high-end vehicles lay more in their design structure and materials. Those cars themselves could be used as Magic Artifacts. So, from Zheng Yichen’s perspective, the pricing was quite fitting to the actual situation, without excessive inflation. As the monopoly leader in this industry, he felt that people as decent as him were rare…

For now, maintaining this mode was fine. After recouping some of the capital, high-end vehicles would remain like this. Ordinary vehicles, however, could continue to have their sales limits lifted. Ordinary vehicles wouldn’t affect this market.