Later,
I've seen a new project again.
From Singapore.
It's a fishing game.
In that moment,
I surprisingly wasn't cautious in my heart,
But—
Familiar.
Those who have played understand.
That kind of game,
You don't need to learn the rules.
Once inside,
You just know how to play.
Bullets.
Cannon.
Multiplier.
The screen is full of fish,
Coins are bouncing up and down.
I stared at the video for a long time.
Not because it's advanced.
But it's because it resembles something I've seen in reality too much.
This time,
They put it on the chain.
Use NFT as a cannon.
Use NFT as characters.
Use NFT as equipment.
Fish are on the chain.
The reward is tokens.
Withdrawal is real-time.
For the first time, I felt:
"This isn't just talk."
"This is something that can really be played."
What's worse is—
There are already people around me playing.
Not online friends.
are people I know in real life.
Someone told me:
"I play a little every day."
"It's not stimulating."
"As entertainment."
Someone showed me the profits.
It's not a screenshot.
is in front of me,
withdrawing.
I watched that moment,
Somewhere in my heart,
Completely loosened.
I started to find reasons for it.
"This is a game, not cryptocurrency trading."
"Young people will definitely like it."
"NFT + games are very reasonable."
I even thought of a farther place.
If Web3 becomes popular in the future,
This kind of chain game,
Will it become mainstream?
Then I participate now,
Isn't it considered early?
That moment,
I have stopped asking:
"Will it run away?"
What I asked was:
"How much should I invest,
When will I not regret?"
The market at that time,
and it's still hot.
The project team updates frequently.
The community is active.
Various competitions.
I also participated.
Not for the rankings.
but rather to make myself feel:
"I'm not a gambler,
I am a participant.
I started to do the math.
Calculate how much to play every day.
How long until it pays off.
Calculate how much more can be earned if new users are brought in.
Then,
I did one thing.
I opened the bank card.
Inside it,
is the money I saved from working these past few years.
Not much.
But it has a name.
Wife's money.
That's not investment money.
That is:
• Future marriage
• Future family
• Future retreat
But what I was thinking at the time was:
"If this becomes successful,
Those questions,
Then it won't be a problem.
I hesitated.
My finger stopped on the screen for a long time.
But in the end,
I still turned it.
Not just one.
It's little by little.
Every time I turn,
I just told myself:
"This is the last time."
But I am very clear in my heart.
When a person starts to move this money,
He is no longer looking for opportunities.
he is
Take the future,
Mortgage the hope of now.
I entered the market.
The cannon is flashing.
The fish are swimming.
The gold coins are jumping.
Everything looks like,
It's all so normal.
It's even a bit fun.
But I didn't realize:
When it's a game,
It can make you lose track of time,
Forget about the risks,
Forget that this is money—
it has already won.
