Since I got into Alpha on April 25, my daily routine has been to open Binance, skillfully select KMON, which later turned into ZKJ. Then, with the fastest fingers, I set the slippage and fees, placing my order immediately before the price reacts. Because I believe that as long as my ordering speed is fast enough, slippage can't catch up with me.

Just like that, I kept refreshing, watching my points rise every day, feeling delighted, fantasizing that one day I could be selected, and then I could take the airdrop I received and tell the villagers, look, hard work pays off. Aunt Wang, who gave up yesterday because she spent dozens of dollars on fees, would change her previous disdain and ask me for tips, and she would even agree to let her granddaughter Xiaohua be my wife.

But maybe I’m just not trying hard enough; no matter how much I refresh, I still can’t meet the threshold for the airdrop. Gradually, I went from being a few points short to being over ten points short, and the gap kept widening. It seems that Xiaohua and I are growing further apart.

I remember when I didn’t have Alpha, I would just occasionally play on Binance, and one day I would suddenly receive an airdrop, what a surprise. But now it just keeps raising the requirements, and all I can do is bury my head in refreshing, facing disappointment time and time again.

Xiaohua said before that her uncle wouldn’t continue feeding the little pigs that wouldn’t get fat, he would just roast them for meat. So I have to quit Alpha. At the moment I made that decision, it felt like I saw Xiaohua smiling happily, and the air became sweet.