Volume 2 Chapter 23: End of Public Beta
Because it was a prize given by the company, the artifact cornucopia recognized me as its master without going through a complicated identification task. Recognition of the master is a unique function of Holy Spirit equipment and artifacts. After all, equipment of this level is too precious, and it is inevitable that some people will be jealous. Therefore, in order to prevent someone from maliciously PKing other people's super equipment, all items that have been recognized as their master cannot be dropped or traded. This means that even if you die, the recognized items will not be exploded or stolen by thieves, and generally will not be stolen. As for not being tradable, it is because the transaction price of such items is often more than 100,000 or 1 million gold coins. In order to evade taxes, players will not go through the system auction and trade privately. Therefore, if you want to sell equipment above the Holy Spirit, you must make a special application to the system and go through complicated notarization procedures to change the ownership of the item, so tax evasion is naturally impossible.
I looked at the properties of the cornucopia and almost fainted.
Perhaps the Cornucopia has the fewest attributes among all artifacts, with only three attributes, and no increase in attack or defense, no additional damage, and no special effects. But these three attributes alone are enough to make it worthy of being among the artifacts.
The first attribute is 100 dimensional storage space and 2000 load. Storage bracelets all have this function. The load of the dimensional space is free and is not included in the character's own load, nor does it affect the movement speed. In other words, if you put all the medicines and props in the bracelet, your load correction will be only a little bit of the equipment on your body, and the movement speed can be maximized. However, storage bracelets are difficult to get, and generally only have 20 spaces and 400 load points. Those with more than 30 spaces are considered top-notch. Another advantage is that the items in the dimensional storage space require higher-level thieves with skills above "stealing the sky" to steal, and the success rate is even lower.
However, this attribute is nothing to me. A knight has a mount, which is originally a mobile warehouse. Adding the cornucopia only makes my warehouse more "large".
The second attribute is terrifying, Luck +3! I originally had 5 points of Luck, and now it has become 8 points in total, plus Tiger Soul, it is really amazing, on average I can hit a critical hit once every three swords! And the equipment drop rate when killing monsters is nearly twice that of ordinary players!
But what really makes the name "Cornucopia" worthy of its name is the third attribute: Items gain +3!
For every +1 you gain from obtaining an item , the equipment drop rate, item (including equipment and medicines, etc.) synthesis success rate, theft success rate and all other probability calculations related to item acquisition will all be +100%. Of course, in my profession, equipment only drops when I kill monsters or PK, but my drop rate is 400% of that of ordinary players. Add in the influence of luck, it's actually 720%!
Damn, if I had known I would get a cornucopia, I would have chosen a profession like Bu San or Lao Zhou, such as a forger or pharmacist, and practiced to a high level. Since my synthesis success rate is high, the cost will be a fraction of the average, so wouldn't I have made a fortune? It's a pity that this thing cannot be traded, otherwise I would have lent it to Bu San when he was synthesizing equipment, and the effect would be the same.
But then again, if I hadn’t chosen the combat profession, how would I have had the opportunity to participate in competitions and win prizes?
Well, a person should be content. With this cornucopia, I can produce as much equipment as seven other players. What else can I be dissatisfied with? This thing is worthy of the name "treasure"!
After me, I presented awards to the runner-up. Hehe, there was a difference in treatment. Lawless went on stage, but there was no systematic wide-area broadcasting.
Similarly, the official gave three pieces of equipment for Wufawutian to choose from. Wufawutian chose something that looked like a necklace. The item also emitted light and recognized its owner!
I opened the item ranking list and saw that the Cornucopia was already on it, ranking first, and the number of Holy Spirit equipment behind it had become 10 pieces. The one that Wutan obtained was the newly listed "Horn of the Beast King".
Afterwards, the other two players who entered the semi-finals, Xiao Yi and Phils, also received Holy Spirit equipment as rewards, but it was of a lower level. Of course, it was far stronger than the Dark Gold equipment.
Finally, there are four finalists who did not make it to the semi-finals. Their prizes are each a top-quality dark gold equipment, which is pretty good. You have to know that nowadays, very good dark gold equipment still sells for more than 5,000 gold coins!
In addition, the company announced that all players who make it to the semi-finals will receive rewards ranging from 100 to 2,000 gold coins based on the rounds they win, and they can claim them from a dedicated NPC.
At this point, the martial arts competition came to an end, and at the same time the system broadcast: Please log off, the server will be shut down in ten minutes, and will reopen at 8:00 pm on July 1st. Zero Degree Fantasy will enter formal operation, the game will also be upgraded, the pet system will be opened, the ratio of game time to real time will be adjusted to 1.2:1, and there are other functions. Please visit the official website for details. I hope all players will continue your happy fantasy journey at that time!
The broadcast was repeated three times, and the players around dispersed one by one, finding places to log off. The profiteer was careful and had already booked a private room at Taibai Restaurant. All our people returned to the restaurant, greeted each other, and then logged off.
After exiting the game, I stretched my body for a long time. Time flies! Before I knew it, it has been a month since the opening of Fantasy. After a month of hard work, I have made some achievements. In terms of money, it is 10 times more than what I made in the past six months of playing online games. However, my goal has changed. If I want to succeed, I will have to work harder in the future!
Well, that's all in the past. The real problem is that Wei and I haven't cleaned the room for a month! Now the room is a mess, worse than a doghouse, with dirty clothes scattered all over the place, a layer of dust several millimeters thick on the floor, and instant food bags everywhere...
Most single men's residences are like this, and when two single men live together, it's normal for the level of mess and dirtiness to be doubled. To be honest, our dormitories when we were in college were even messier than this...
However, we have to do a big cleanup. Hehe, actually it won't be a problem if Awei and I insist on it, but tomorrow is Saturday, and Fantasy is shut down for maintenance and upgrades. It's such a rare opportunity, so I made an appointment with Lonely, Swindler, Hanjiang and others to get together in reality, but Xiaoniao took the lead in making trouble, and I will be the host this time...
It's not a problem to take them to visit Shanghai, but they came from far away, so I can't just not let them in, right? It doesn't matter if it's just men, but there are two girls, Xiaoniao and Shuijing... Oh, and Wanxing, I just invited her casually, and she also said happily that she wanted to come, to see if I, the top master, have three heads and six arms. I should have let her host earlier . With Ms. Li's status, her house must be a luxury villa, right? No matter how many people there are, I'm not afraid, unlike here, where four or five people stand, there is no room for movement.
Awei was also forced to do the hard labor with me. Together we cleaned the room, swept and cleaned. Damn, I wish I had the money to buy a household robot.
Because the room was not big, we were too lazy to hire a part-time worker, so we did it ourselves. It took us more than two hours to clean the three rooms with a total area of less than 80 square meters, and we were so tired that our backs and waists ached...
After dinner, we went to bed early because we had to go to the train station and the airport to pick them up early tomorrow morning!
The next day, I rushed to Pudong Airport. The first group to arrive were Lonely and Crystal, who flew from Shandong. Haha, Lonely was from Shandong and had a typical Shandong man's personality, but he was a little thin, more like a student than I was. Crystal was a tall girl from Northeast China, very gentle and generous.
Afterwards, Shi Zhongyu and Huaihuai from Sichuan, Fatty from Hubei, Zui Ai Chi Yu from Liaoning, Bu San Bu Si from Guangdong and Liu Badao who studied in Beijing arrived one after another. Awei called, and Jian Shang, Han Jiang and Wen Xin from Zhejiang also arrived by train. In addition, Xiaoniao was originally from Guangxi, but studied in Shanghai, which was even more convenient. We made an appointment to meet at the Oriental Pearl Tower. The headquarters of the New Era Group is in Shanghai, so Wanxing's family also lives in Shanghai, and she also agreed to wait for us at the Oriental Pearl Tower.
At about 10 o'clock in the morning, everyone gathered under the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, the symbol of Shanghai. Naturally, there was laughter and joy. Everyone was very happy. Evening Star, Little Bird and Crystal hit it off right away and talked intimately with each other. The three beauties stood together, and Evening Star was the most outstanding, attracting many glances from passers-by. However, we men soon became unhappy.
As the saying goes, three women make a play… The women performed hard, so we naturally had to play supporting roles! They asked us to go to Nanjing Road together!
I took the lead in protesting, and Wan Xing snorted, "Protests are useless! Don't forget, you, the top expert, still owe me three favors! My first request is that you carry our shopping bags today!"
I was stunned, but when I think about it carefully, it seems that there was no agreement that the help must be in the game.
Now that I, the leader, have been defeated, none of my younger brothers dared to speak out. They were all silent, fearing that if they opened their mouths, the task of carrying the bags would fall on them. Damn, what a bunch of disloyal guys.
Going shopping with women, especially beautiful women, brings only one feeling: tiredness! The only thing more tiring than this is going shopping with multiple beautiful women!
Fortunately, today is not a special holiday, such as National Day, so Nanjing Road is not very crowded. However, the scorching sun in July is also bearable. The air-conditioning in the stores is cool, but the beauties insist on walking from one store to another... Hey, I don’t understand, don’t they all sell the same things?
By three o'clock in the afternoon, my activity warehouse in the game is now full of items. My two hands are full of packaging bags, and there is one hanging around my neck... Damn, it would be great if I could bring the cornucopia into reality!
Crystal was still like an elder sister, saying that we didn't have much time, and since it was rare for us to get together, we shouldn't just go shopping. We finally got some free time, and we all went to see the Bund and the International Mansion together. Evening Star also took us to visit the New Times Group Building in Pudong... We had a wonderful day and took many happy photos.
In the evening, we treated everyone to delicious Shanghai cuisine, and then everyone went to rest in the doghouse where Awei and I lived… Wow… After spending so much time cleaning up, we still made a fool of ourselves because there were not enough chairs, so some people sat on the edge of the bed. As luck would have it, I don’t know what kind of joke Xiaoniao and Wanxing were playing. Wanxing grabbed a pillow and threw it at Xiaoniao, and found a pair of stinky socks under the pillow that had been stuffed there at some point…
Everyone visited our computer room again. Wanxing asked curiously, "Xue, is this where professional gamers work?"
I said, "Not necessarily. There are many types of professional players. Some are single players like me, and I guess their conditions are similar to mine. Some are Internet cafe owners, and they have plenty of free time and machines, so they work in Internet cafes. Some professional players organize themselves into alliances for better development, and have special offices, just like running a company. There are also professional players of competitive games, who need to form teams, which is even more different."
At 8:00 p.m., Fantasy officially opened for operation. Anyway, everyone had nowhere to sleep and didn’t want to stay in a hotel, except Wanxing who had to go home. So we simply found a large Internet cafe nearby and stayed up all night together!
Entering the game, haha, I didn't feel much change, just that my body's reaction speed was a little faster, but I got used to it after a little adjustment. The ratio of 1.2:1 between game time and real time is not simply that one hour of real time passes, and the game time is converted into 1 hour and 12 minutes, but it is based on brain wave simulation to speed up your actions in the game. Of course, after you get used to it, the operation of the world feels the same as in reality, but what you can do in 6 hours in reality only takes 5 hours in the game!
Well, in addition to the time ratio, Fantasy also opened up a very important function. You can sleep in the game by staying in a hotel, a tent, or owning your own house! By stimulating brain waves through the helmet, it can act as a special sleep machine. One hour of game sleep is equivalent to two hours of ordinary sleep! Isn't this the same as my "Sleeping Magic Skill"? Alas, my advantage is much smaller! But with Tiger Soul in hand, I am confident that I can still maintain my level advantage...
Walking out of Taibai Restaurant, Shenghua City is extremely lively. Many players have already logged in. The first thing we plan to do is to go to Pojun City to inspect our gang’s base!
