Chapter 1103: Influence and Plan

After hanging up the phone, Su Sheng got up and prepared to freshen up.

Regarding his own speculation, the Blue Dragon chief listened, then nodded in understanding.

He also said that if Su Sheng's speculation is true, then this time Su Sheng would definitely have achieved a great feat.

In this New Energy competition, Ying Jiang's side is the biggest rival; if Su Sheng truly destroyed a permanent Dungeon at the assembly stage, that would definitely be a dimensional‑reduction strike against the Eagle Sauce Server.

Back then, at the town stage, that permanent Dungeon yielded little benefit because its level was too low.

But the 80‑level permanent Dungeon in the Main City stage brings benefits so huge that anyone can imagine.

Of course, so far it's only speculation, but the likelihood is high.

The rest will be known later~

Su Sheng then, after finishing his freshening up, quietly slipped into Huan Jie's room.

But at that moment, Lin Huan was frowning at his computer, clearly dealing with something.

Su Sheng quietly leaned over…

"Ah~ you startled me."

Lin Huan jumped at Su Sheng's scare, turned around and saw Su Sheng's teasing.

"What are you busy with?" Su Sheng reached from behind and hugged Huan Jie.

"Just some club bills, want to look at them together?"

Lin Huan smiled brightly and grabbed someone's mischievous hand.

"Um… I'm really not good at this, Huan Jie, you just look at it yourself."

Su Sheng froze, then pulled back and sat on Huan Jie's bed.

Letting him look at these numbers, you'd be better off having him spar a few fights.

Seeing this kind of thing gives a headache. Otherwise, guess why Su Sheng refuses to resign? He clings to that security guard job.

But… now it's uncertain whether those two little sisters can keep the secret; otherwise, my own job definitely wouldn't be secure.

Thinking of this, Su Sheng asked Lin Huan about handling those two little sisters.

Lin Huan told Su Sheng the outcome, and Su Sheng gave a slight nod, with no objections.

Handling it this way indeed poses no problem.

However, those two girls want to join the Yanhuang Guild; Su Sheng thought… if they can keep the secret, they're relatively reliable. If they truly keep it, there will be slots for them later, which isn't impossible.

Then Su Sheng roughly briefed Huan Jie, saying they could enter the reserve team first.

Yanhuang has just upgraded to a level‑4 guild, with a manpower cap of only 30,000.

A level‑5 guild is still far off; after reaching the Main City stage, a level‑5 guild could add a 20,000‑person quota and open a sub‑guild at the guild administration office in Huangcheng.

But moving from level‑4 to level‑5 will definitely take a long time.

In such a case, when encountering promising ones, you can't just watch them slip away; naturally, a reserve team must be prepared.

Lin Huan nodded, indicating understanding.

But… today Huan Jie was occupied, Su Sheng didn't keep bothering, and when the time was near, he went to work alone.

During work today, everything was relatively quiet, except that midway the two girls came over to say thanks.

At this point, Su Sheng felt a sigh of relief.

It seems that so far, the two girls haven't exposed themselves.

……

Off work.

Go home, eat!

Log in!

Su Sheng logged into the game and saw the Resurrection Plaza of Yanhuang Town.

Beside it were the four members of the Dream Building Squad.

Su Sheng looked left and right; aside from his own experience points resetting to zero, nothing else happened.

After all, Su Sheng's experience wasn't enough to deduct 50%, so it could only reset to zero.

"How's the Chairman?"

Zhu Meng Junjie asked.

Su Sheng shook his head: "No particular feeling, no prompts, just lost a bit of experience."

Zhu Meng Junjie and the others also nodded.

"We're the same, no other prompts."

Su Sheng thought for a moment, then said nothing more: "Fine, let's ignore that for now, ask the Deputy President if they've returned, and we'll each go about our own business."

"Alright." Zhu Meng Junjie nodded.

Su Sheng opened the friends list, glanced, and saw Chen Guan's name lit up, so he knew they had probably returned.

Come to think of it, it's been two days, they should be back.

On the Eagle Sauce Server at Huangcheng, grinding monsters and such, the server is rarely active; as for players, there are hardly any Ying Jiang players, so they really have nothing to do.

……

On Su Sheng's side, there's nothing abnormal.

But the game time had been open for less than five minutes, just when most mainstream players had already logged in.

On the Eagle Sauce Server, a system announcement caused a huge uproar.

Ding~

System Announcement:

Because of a special incident, the Demon Cave in the Huangcheng map lost its suppression and Demon Energy leaked… Due to the Demon Energy's influence, the monsters in the Huangcheng map were contaminated, and all their attribute values increased by 5%.

"Fak? What happened? Our highest‑level players are only around level 70, right? Did someone go to Huangcheng?"

"Yeah, hasn't the Huangcheng map even been opened? How did the difficulty just go up?"

"Who told me what happened? Why did the map's attribute values increase for a map we haven't even reached?"

"Is it a bug?"

"Yeah, how did a map that only opens at level 80 suddenly get tougher? I'll bypass the firewall and check other servers."

"No need, I'm back. It seems only our Eagle Sauce Server experienced this."

"Should we report this to the officials? Is it a bug?"

"I'm already typing."

"I've already submitted it."

…

In an instant, many players on the Eagle Sauce Server went into a frenzy.

At the same time, the forums were filled with this issue.

Almost immediately, the person in charge on the Eagle Sauce side raised the problem to Teng Long Company.

Ordinary players might not notice, but they know the game is critical; a 5% monster attribute boost seems minor, yet when applied across the Whole Server it becomes a serious impact.

Teng Long Company conducted a data audit and ultimately replied that everything was normal.

The incident occurred as part of the normal storyline progression…

Even the Eagle Sauce side's own technicians didn't detect any abnormality.

Although the Zhu Lu Game belongs to Teng Long Company, the overall development and such a massive technological upgrade are almost the product of the world's major powers.

At the same time, for the sake of fairness.

After a year of server operation, the main framework's management will be fully handed over to the AI brain.

Even though it's a basic AI brain, it is a top‑tier masterpiece of modern global craftsmanship, and even the game's production relies on its assistance.

Otherwise, how could it accommodate global players online simultaneously?

Only the AI brain can sustain such massive data processing.

At first, Teng Long Company still retained a bit of intervention rights.

After the game has run for a year, fully stabilized with no anomalies, it will be completely handed over to the AI brain for management and maintenance.

In other words, in cases like Su Sheng's at the start, neither Teng Long nor any national officials can intervene.

Once the AI brain is fully operational, humans can only shut it down completely; we cannot alter anything, the base data is immutable, and all data is wholly controlled by the AI brain itself.

So, regarding this matter, even if Eagle Sauce suspects Huaxia and Teng Long of tampering,

but because of the AI brain's existence, that suspicion cannot be verified.

So this inexplicable loss, Eagle Sauce can only grit their teeth

because according to the AI brain's inspection, everything is normal and no anomalous data appeared.

…

The uproar over this matter is quite big.

After all, in the gaming world… Huaxia Server, Eagle Sauce Server, and Mao Xiong Server are the three biggest servers.

Obviously not the largest maps, but the three most powerful servers, and on the Eagle Sauce side, the Huangcheng map inexplicably changed and raised monster difficulty.

The news spread quickly.

When Su Sheng received the news, it was already five or six hours into that day's game time.

Su Sheng was at the training spot at the far end of the Main City map, upgrading the level‑80 monsters.

Can't do anything; Su Sheng is already level 74.

Gaining this one level counts as a reward from this trip to Eagle Sauce Server, since leveling up is extremely hard at this stage.

If he stayed at the level‑75 training spot, the experience gain would be too low, so Su Sheng simply ran to the level‑80 training spot himself.

Although they are also level‑80 monsters, compared with the Huangcheng monsters on Eagle Sauce Server, these level‑80 monsters are a full tier easier.

After all, the Huangcheng monsters all use Fourth Rebirth Templates, while these use Third Rebirth Templates—a rank lower, so their attributes are naturally lower and lack rank suppression.

At present, only Su Sheng can reach the level‑80 training spot.

On the Domestic Server, aside from Su Sheng, the second place is that kid Shen Wang.

That kid is now level 71, not slow at all, especially since the third‑place Xingchen is only level 69.

Since Xingchen switched to the Beast Tamer class, his leveling speed has skyrocketed.

He jumped from outside the top ten all the way to third.

As a Hunter, Xingchen wasn't suited for solo grinding; he always ran with his guild, so his leveling wasn't fast.

After becoming a Beast Tamer, he leads a pack of pets alone, killing higher‑level monsters, so the experience naturally surged.

Su Sheng was curious about how his experience was being allocated.

He guessed the pet experience distribution must differ; otherwise Xingchen couldn't level so quickly with so many pets.

Anyway, Su Sheng doesn't care about that now.

Reading the Private Chat message from Huan Jie, Su Sheng smiled faintly, surprised by this unexpected gain, which wasn't a loss after all.

Indeed, the news from Eagle Sauce Server wasn't something Su Sheng saw himself; he was so engrossed in leveling that he barely paid attention to outside information.

However, Yanhuang, being a major guild, naturally has people who regularly gather information.

The gathered intel is reported to Huan Jie, who immediately tells him any important news.

After all, Su Sheng had already told Huan Jie about what happened on Eagle Sauce Server.

So now that the news arrived, Lin Huan naturally contacted Su Sheng at once.

Su Sheng thought of the severe impact in that mission description.

Hehe~

Su Sheng couldn't help laughing; this really paid off, even though the mission's final reward wasn't a permanent locked Dungeon.

Right now, this is already hard‑earned profit.

The monster attributes on the Huangcheng map are increased by 5%, which is no small effect.

At this moment, two Private Chat messages came in.

Su Sheng glanced at Zhu Meng Junjie!

Without thinking, he knew Zhu Meng Junjie messaged because of this matter.

Su Sheng immediately opened the Private Chat, and indeed it was about this.

"Chairman, it seems we got lucky this time, effectively causing a stir over at the Eagle General Server."

"Not bad, that counts as a counterattack."

"But... Chairman, you need to speed up leveling and head to Huangcheng as soon as possible."

Seeing the message Zhu Meng Junjie sent, Su Sheng raised an eyebrow, then understood immediately.

"Got it, I'll hurry," Su Sheng replied promptly.

Since they happened to be able to go over to the Eagle General Server's Huangcheng to cause trouble.

It's also hard to guarantee that players from other servers won't coincidentally come to the Domestic Server's Huangcheng.

If, just like this time they went to the Eagle General Server, someone comes to their Domestic Server's Huangcheng and causes trouble.

That wouldn't be fun.

So Su Sheng must quickly raise his level and prioritize going to the Domestic Server's Huangcheng.

Although based on the experience from that mission on the Eagle General Server, Su Sheng alone definitely couldn't complete the mission.

Nevertheless, it doesn't prevent Su Sheng from taking the mission first.

As long as he accepts the mission first, and doesn't do the first stage, there's no time limit.

Later, he'll wait for four other players who have reached level 80, then team up to grind that mission.

But…

Su Sheng's eyes narrowed slightly.

He began to plot in his mind.

If he wants to clear that mission, the difficulty isn't small.

At minimum it requires a top‑tier team, and preferably a Priest.

But currently the highest level Priest…

Su Sheng opened the Level Ranking List and took a look.

In the top 100, there isn't a single Priest.

Su Sheng: …

Su Sheng then thought for a moment and got an idea.

But he couldn't be 100% certain right away.

At this point, Su Sheng immediately opened a Private Chat, contacted Huan Jie, and explained the background and his thoughts to her.

"That idea is feasible."

"It's of great importance, and the short‑term gains or losses shouldn't matter."

Su Sheng nodded immediately; since Huan Jie agreed, he'll discuss it with them.