Chapter 26 First-tier Player Strength
October 9th, 4 a.m. Earth time.
Qin Guan, who found out that she had become the public's wife, exited the forum expressionlessly and logged into the game online.
It's already dawn in the game, and the senior NPCs have all gone to work.
Qin Guan came online at the resurrection point and found someone waiting for him nearby...
Although the video released by Qin Guan was flooded with messages from countless uninvited husbands, the content in the video was still very important. The hardcore players who were used to playing all night were very interested in his invitation.
"Vanilla." The first person to greet him was Brother La Hong. This social guy brought a few people over and smiled as he shook hands with Qin Guan. "I saw your video. I'm not very good at it, so I won't get involved. These friends of mine are all pretty good. If you think it's okay, take them with you."
"Brother Lahong, you're too polite." Qin Guan said this, and with the quality of a gamer, he used the identification skill at the people brought by Brother Lahong.
“ID: Addicted to learning”
"Potential value: 48"
"ID: Phantom"
"Potential value: 49"
"ID: Mingfeng Chunpu"
"Potential value: 49"
Although there are many disputes among players about the potential value, which is currently the only game value that can be used for comparison, after all, the potential values of most teams have just entered the 40~50 stage. Only a few people have reached 50 and upgraded to level one, and few have succeeded in changing jobs... So whether you accept it or not, at this stage, the distance between the potential value and the upgraded 50 points is the hardware condition for players to distinguish between masters and fakes.
The three players brought by Brother La Hong were all just one step away from reaching the maximum level of job change, which was considered quite sincere. Qin Guan immediately put on a smile and said, "Thank you, Brother La Hong. Brothers , I will trouble you to work hard next."
"Okay, okay." The player whose ID was Addicted to Studying waved his hand heroically, and his posture was very much like that of a socialite like Brother Lahong.
However, the player's voice is very sweet and tender, like that of a young girl...
Qin Guan was not surprised by this.
Although the game characters in this game are divided into male and female, there are not many players who are good enough to identify gender through skeletons, not to mention that there are a large number of transsexual players... It is very difficult to identify the gender of the players before they speak.
It is impossible for Qin Guan, a player who makes a living by playing games, to think that player ability is related to gender. Not to mention that currently 60% of the players who have reached level one in the entire game are female players. In traditional PC and mobile games, there are also many female players among the middle and high-level players.
"Wait a moment, everyone. Right now, only my friend 'Give Me Medicine' has the right to form a team. I've called him, and he'll be here soon. When he comes up, he'll bring everyone into the team." Qin Guan said with a smile.
The players waiting nearby seemed to be encouraged when they saw Qin Guan accept the three people brought by Brother La Hong without saying a word. One of them came over and said, "Hello, I am a casual fan of yours. Although I have competed with your friend 'Give Me Medicine' to bid for the Fraud Orb, this should not be considered a holiday, right?"
As soon as Qin Guan saw the other party's ID, he immediately said enthusiastically: "Of course not, it's a normal game competition, brother, do you want to do this task together?"
Jiang Wei, whose ID is "Only hard work can win" breathed a sigh of relief and said hurriedly, "Yes, I saw the video. This task is related to the opening of game functions. I also want to help."
"Welcome, welcome!" Qin Guan didn't even wait for anyone to speak, and took the initiative to greet the players waiting near the resurrection point, "How do you say, are you all here to help?"
"Yes, yes!" Tang Jia couldn't wait any longer and quickly pulled her two friends over. "My friends En Bu Zeng and Yang Ying have both reached level one and should be able to help."
Qin Guan glanced at Zheng Qingyue (entropy does not increase) and Yang Ying with shining eyes, and nodded repeatedly: "Of course, of course, thank you so much!"
In the blink of an eye, three players from the first echelon came. Qin Guan was overjoyed - especially Entropy Bu Zeng, this brainy player who had published three short essays on the player forum so far was quite famous.
Soon, Qin Guan’s other two friends, Give Me Medicine and Miao Bi Sheng Hua, came online one after another.
Miao Bi Sheng Hua worked until the NPC got up to go to work, then he logged off. After logging off, he hurriedly went to the toilet and ate something before logging on again. He hadn't opened the player forum yet, so naturally he didn't know that his tragic image had been circulated all over the Internet. He was in a good mood. When he saw that Qin Guan had gathered a group of players with high , he said happily: "Wow, you have gathered the team already, quite efficient."
Give me some medicine without saying anything, and first pull these players who are actively helping into the team...
After triggering the hidden task, you will get a team panel. In addition to the captain himself, you can form a team with ten more people. After adding Miao Bi Sheng Hua, Qin Guan, En Bu Zeng, Yang Ying, Ai Pin Cai Ying, and the three players brought by Brother La Hong, there are still two positions left. After exchanging glances with Qin Guan, Brother La Hong and Tang Jia, who were reluctant to leave after bringing people with them, are also in the team.
After all, they came here to wait because they wanted to help, so it would be bad to disappoint them.
Next, this team of 11 players, consisting of four top players from the first echelon, immediately set out to the cabin where they could trigger the mission to give me medicine...
"Tsk, even my elder sister got involved..."
In the town hall, Yang Qiu, who had been paying attention to this group of players since Qin Guan came online, frowned.
After his elder sister Yang Ying earned more than a month's salary by moving bricks in three days, she seemed to have taken a fancy to this business that could support her family. She quit her part-time job with little pay and much work without hesitation and devoted herself to the business of making money by playing games. Yang Qiu was not surprised at this point... There are really limited jobs that can be found with a high school diploma.
Yang Ying has been a strong-willed person since childhood. This competitiveness is not only shown in words, but is more reflected in her ability to act and her strong mind. She knows that her younger brother has connections with the game production team and can even leave a helmet for her elder sister, but she never says anything like "let her younger brother use his position to open a back door for her to get benefits"; she even never leaks a word to her friends she met in the game, and never brags about "knowing the official uncles".
The exchanges with Yang Qiu on social software have always been like "Go home quickly to let your mother feel at ease", "Don't sign contracts when you are a minor", "If you want to do something, do it well and don't act like a child", "Don't spend money recklessly, save it and go to college later" and so on.
In short, she is a very reliable and reassuring family member, and there is no need to worry at all that she might cause any trouble.
Of course, no matter how reassuring it is, they are his family after all, so Yang Qiu can't help but have some selfish thoughts. Seeing Yang Ying participating in this mission, he began to reflect on whether this mission he personally created was a bit too much...
"Forget it... Yang Ying has been hacked to death by NPCs before, so it's just a matter of logging off and taking a rest for half an hour."
Yang Qiu let out a breath and suppressed the thought of favoritism.
Epic quests cannot be without difficulty and cannot not torment players, otherwise these guys will think that they can play this game to the end by mindlessly grinding, wouldn’t it be a waste of their efforts - hardcore players should play hardcore games!
The upgrade mission of a certain beast is much more difficult than similar games on the market. Which player has not experienced being killed by a small boss in an elite mission? As soon as the nostalgic server was opened, players flocked to it!
As a producer, he was determined to let the players feel how cruel this dark magic plane was, and the players had already arrived at the cabin.
After searching the cabin as usual, the players still found nothing.
"After forming a team, we can all see the parchment we found by taking medicine and this zombie arm. It doesn't make sense that so many of us can't find the clues right in front of us. Since there is nothing here, it can only prove that the only clues to the mission here are a piece of parchment and a zombie arm. What do you think?"
The first thing to say is that you can write beautifully.
"I agree." Entropy Bu Zeng, who is also a brainpower player, said, "This mission is a key mission in the game content release stage. We can understand the content of the letter as the source of Exile Town. Under this background, I think it is very likely that the entire Exile Town belongs to the mission area. We may need to search the entire town... No, search the key locations of this town."
"Wait a minute." Brother Lahong said hurriedly, "So many of us players have been completing the mission for so many days. Except for the ruins in the south of the town that were blocked by rats, other places have long been searched thoroughly and countless garbage has been cleared away. How can we still find clues like this?"
"This room has also been cleaned by players." Only hard work can win.
Brother Lahong: “Uh…”
"Where do you think the key point will be?" Miaobishenghua looked at Enbuteng.
"Underground." Entropy did not increase.
"Huh?" Brother Lahong said in surprise.
"Many houses in this town have cellars and basements. These basements are very small, mostly only one or two square meters. It looks like they were used by the people who once lived here to store supplies." En Buzeng said, "Because these underground spaces are very small, players don't pay much attention to what's underneath the ground."
"Oh..." Miaobishenghua responded, "But if you accept the mission from Lord Yang, you will find that there is actually a large space underground in this town."
"That's right. The cellar of the warehouse behind the town hall can lead to a place as big as a basketball stadium. What about other cellars?" En Buzeng asked, "Could it be that a cellar or basement that looks narrow and small that the players have discovered also has a passage leading to a similar underground space, but it is blocked or collapsed?"
"That's right." Miaobishenghua stroked his chin and said, "If this town was once built by a group of 'pioneers' for living, then correspondingly, the people who once lived here would also consider doing safety protection work for the residence, such as building some defensive measures such as city walls."
"Now we players can all see that this town is in a valley. There are mountains in the east, west and north directions. There is only one exit in the south, and the south is blocked by the giant rat. We can't get out at all. So we can think that... outside the south, there are things more dangerous than that giant rat." En Bu Zeng continued.
"The people who once lived here abandoned the town, obviously because they were attacked by giant rats and the like, and could no longer guarantee their safety. But before they were forced to completely abandon the town, they should have had emergency measures to defend against attackers who, although dangerous, were not as dangerous as those who could drive them away. In other words, evacuation measures," he said brilliantly.
"So, the space under the town hall is unlikely to be the only underground space in this town. There should be other shelters like air-raid shelters." Entropy said.
"In that case, we can search the cellars and basements that the players have discovered again, and we should be able to find clues." Miaobishenghua nodded, "Then let's get started."
The conversation between the two of them made the others stunned...
Qin Guan, Give Me Medicine, Tang Jia and Yang Ying looked at each other silently.
I found that my friends seemed to have more in common with other people's friends... It really makes me feel complicated.
"It would be a waste of time if so many people search together." En Bu Zeng said again.
"Let's divide into two groups, you and I." Miaobishenghua said.
"Assign one more person to your side. Yang Ying has activated the 'Primary Battle Roar', which can make him work as two people at the critical moment." En Buzeng said.
"Well, only those who work hard can win. Join my group with Huanling and Mingfeng Chunpu." Miaobishenghua said bluntly.
"Everyone else, follow me." Enbudzeng turned to his teammates, especially to Lahong Ge and Chenmi Xuexi.
Everyone: “…”
For Lahong, a social person who has always been a gang leader and president in gaming, this was the first time that he was given a clear arrangement in a player activity without even saying a word. But facing Miaobishenghua and Enbuteng, two girls with very strong opinions, he hesitated and kept his mouth shut.
This task is indeed very important. The three veterans of the closed beta test don't dare to form a team to do it, and Vanilla Pudding has publicly released a video to mobilize the experts among the players to participate. It's better for him to be obedient... This kind of holographic game with direct face-to-face communication is not a traditional game that relies on voice tools to assist dialogue. Whoever has the loudest voice has the final say.
The cabin that triggered the mission was located on the central street along the town's central axis. The two groups were responsible for each side. The group led by Entropy No Increase came out of the cabin and went straight to the nearest cellar.
Separated from the other group, Brother Lahong looked at the people in this team. Although he had no ill intentions, he still couldn't help but challenge Entropy: "Since we are going to search the basement that players have discovered, why don't we wait until more people are online to ask?"
"There are a total of 123 wooden houses in the town, 68 of which have basements. More than half of these wooden houses with basements were classified as dangerous and demolished, leaving 32 intact." En Buzeng said without thinking, "With the central axis as the dividing line, there are 13 wooden houses with basements intact in the east, and 21 basements were filled in after the wooden houses were demolished."
"Hey, have you counted?" said the man obsessed with studying in surprise.
"It's not me who has counted. It's me, Miaobishenghua, Ouyang, and Aipincaiying who have all counted privately." Enbuteng explained, "The official website of this game doesn't include the background of the game. It only briefly introduces the setting that the Undead Race Resurrection Instructor specially recruits people to return to the abandoned land of Tarantan to revive the Undead Race. Why does Lord Yang want to revive the undead? What is the background setting of the game? We all speculate that it should be hidden in the mission text as the main quest."
"Because the official website didn't provide a triggering route for the main quest, we all thought that the main quest of this game might require players to meet certain conditions before it can be triggered. We have all speculated about it privately... Counting the buildings that can be seen in the novice village of Exile Town is just a trivial preliminary work."
Addicted to studying & Brother Lahong: "..."
Is this the strength of the first-tier players? It’s really terrifying!
