Xiao Ba is a devoted fan of the online game The Evil Martial Emperor of Another World. Ahem… that is, he's one of the many players who grind for a living in online games. From the game's closed beta to its open beta and then its official release, plenty of grinders were feasting every day. While playing, Xiao Ba happened to discover an exploit: after entering a certain dungeon, he could kill all the minor monsters, run up to the boss, let it kill him, and then return to town without losing any stamina. The minor monsters dropped materials and silver coins, both of which were essential and in short supply. Without spending real money, players had a daily stamina cap of one hundred, and each dungeon run cost five to ten stamina. So he set up ten accounts and had been farming for a week, sleeping only four or five hours a night. The returns were quite impressive. He had just listed his in-game currency and materials on the trading house when a big spender snapped them up in less than a minute. Feeling pleased with himself, he stretched, his hand bumped the cup on the desk, and then…
