Chapter 97: First Day's Data Comparison

Legend's map is huge; in this vast world there are many "small worlds".

These "small worlds" have specific monsters, and these specific monsters have a chance to drop specific treasures.

At this moment, the cave Lin Shen arrived at is actually not a special small world; it's just an ordinary little cave.

Inside there really aren't any special monsters.

At least according to the original version of Legend, that's the case.

But Lu Yu added a bit of his own understanding.

He set some special spots for each place.

Coincidentally, Lu Yu also set up this cave, hiding some minor quests inside and adding a reward that's quite important for early game.

Lin Shen and his teammates naturally didn't know about these.

They only felt the cave was eerily gloomy, danger could strike at any moment.

They indeed encountered great danger.

A sudden swarm of small monsters almost wiped them out completely.

Poison gas that came out of nowhere kept lowering their health bars.

Fortunately, both were well prepared, stuffing their backpacks full of recovery potions.

Finally, they managed to cross the entire cave, and luckily triggered the hidden quest Lu Yu left behind, completed it, and received the final reward—a gold bar!

For Lin Shen, this was practically a windfall from heaven!

He and his teammates were thrilled.

The two walked leisurely toward the town, chatting and laughing along the way.

Suddenly…

Two people rushed out from the side.

These two said nothing and just launched an attack.

Then…

Lin Shen and his companion had used up all their items in the cave, so their health wasn't replenished, so…

They both blacked out.

Lin Shen froze.

He… didn't know that in the game, players could actually kill each other!

This actually isn't even the most shocking thing for Lin Shen.

He discovered… the gold bar had dropped onto the ground!

Then those two players picked up the gold bar and left leisurely.

Lin Shen was as if cursed by Medusa's gaze, his whole body turned to stone.

After an unknown amount of time, Lin Shen finally reacted, his face full of rage, his eyes almost popping out of their sockets.

For Lin Shen, the value of a gold bar in the game isn't actually much; even a real-life gold bar, he could obtain.

But…

This gold bar was something he and a teammate obtained after enduring great hardship!

The whole process took a full three hours!

Now… the fruits of his labor were just snatched away like that!

His heart was bleeding.

…

Lin Shen's character in the game revived and returned to the town.

Lin Shen still didn't move, just stared at the screen.

"What's mine is definitely mine."

"I've memorized your two IDs."

"Wait and see, I'll reach the highest level in the shortest time."

"By then, you'd better hope you don't run into me again!"

Saying that, Lin Shen began controlling his game character to walk out of the town and started grinding small monsters again.

This time, Lin Shen's focus was sharp, his monster‑grinding efficiency high.

His level kept rising.

Then…

Time came to eight o'clock in the evening.

Ding‑ling‑ling!

Lin Shen's phone rang; it was his wife calling, urging him to come home for dinner.

Lin Shen glanced at the computer, stayed silent for a while, then closed Legend.

At that moment, Lin Shen finally realized that Sword and Far Away had already finished downloading.

Or rather, only now did he remember that the game he'd been waiting for was actually Sword and Far Away, not Legend.

"I'll play Sword and Far Away tomorrow."

"No, can't, tomorrow I still need to level up; I must get revenge!"

"Then… let's play Sword and Far Away later."

Lin Shen said that, reluctantly rose from his seat, but his eyes kept fixed on the Legend icon.

…

Today, countless people indeed downloaded Sword and Far Away.

Even, the download count of Sword and Distance is more than twice the total download count of Legend so far, reaching two million!

This is a terrifying number.

But if someone could count the online players of Sword and Distance, as well as the trial play time, they would discover a big problem.

Despite so many downloads, all data for Sword and Distance are frighteningly low!

But...

For now, no one has discovered this situation.

Even the technical department staff of Grand Plan, although they have data analysis, also think this is normal.

After all, with such a huge download count, they basically don't need to worry about anything else.

At the same time, Grand Lu Yu Office.

"Xiao Yu, Legend's activity today...... is super high!"

"Even higher than yesterday."

"I originally thought that today Sword and Distance would be released, and players would all run to Grand Plan's side, but I didn't expect......"

"We succeeded!"

Chen Qiao appeared very excited.

Chen Qiao is the founder of Grand, and he naturally understands what activity data represents.

Today is the first day of Sword and Distance's release, but...... they actually didn't steal Legend's players.

What does this indicate?

The first day, also the day of greatest momentum, yet still couldn't inflict damage on Grand.

So, what about the future?

Anyone with a bit of brains probably knows what's going on by now!

Legend has already secured victory!

How could Chen Qiao not be excited.

Lu Yu lightly nodded, and he didn't feel particularly surprised.

Having seen Sword and Distance today, one can say it and Legend are not on the same level at all!

"Let the operations and technical departments' personnel not let their guard down, not allow any accidents." Lu Yu merely reminded them with this sentence.

Chen Qiao nodded heavily; at this moment, his gaze toward Lu Yu gained several more degrees of admiration.

Looking back at what happened during this period, from start to finish, Lu Yu remained indifferent, as if nothing had happened.

How could such a mindset be something a seven-year-old child could have?

But Lu Yu is indeed just a seven-year-old child.

So...... all this can only be summed up in two words: genius!

A monstrous-level genius.

Inside a certain furniture club.

Wang Xin has already reported today's Legend activity data.

Mr. Qin had originally opened a bottle of champagne, and his mood was good.

After all, today's download count of Sword and Distance perfectly met his expectations, even exceeding them.

But he didn't expect.

Mr. Qin's brows were tightly furrowed, his expression completely sank.

"Is Legend really that fun?" After a long while, Mr. Qin finally said this.