Chapter 669: Year Beast Battlefield Opens!!

Regarding the old scholar's request, Su Sheng naturally agreed gladly.

Although he is just a scholar, he is still a special NPC, which counts as a different kind of talent reserve.

Moreover, he voluntarily helps me tend the Spirit Tree, so why wouldn't I accept?

…

After arranging matters for that old scholar, the in‑game time was about to arrive.

Su Sheng logged off; tomorrow is New Year's Eve, and today he still has to accompany Huan Jie to prepare the New Year supplies.

Although most items have already been prepared by dad, some scattered things still need Su Sheng and Huan Jie to handle.

At this moment, there were already few people left in the Yanhuang Club; even Chen Guan drove back yesterday—though still in the same city, one has to go home for the New Year.

The remaining ones stay for various special reasons and don't want to go home.

In the afternoon Su Sheng organized a pre‑New Year dinner, and during the holiday he also has to give some red packets to core members.

The game can't be left out either; the game distributes Gold Coin, but that's no big deal—Yanhuang is now a big household, so this kind of thing is easily provided.

A busy day passed, and the game time went online!

There are basically no other plans today; just calmly level up and grind monsters, as the Year Beast Battlefield opens tomorrow.

These past two days, the number of players online seems a bit low; this is a rare large‑scale absenteeism in Deer Hunt.

Mainly because many people are on the way home and it's not convenient to log in.

Thus the recent online player count has decreased.

For the domestic players, there is still a certain obsession with the New Year.

Now the entire Deer Hunt game, whether on the Foreign Server or the Domestic Server, is all about discussions of the Year Beast Battlefield.

But aside from that announcement, the officials are as steady as a mountain; there is absolutely no word about how the Year Beast Battlefield mechanism works.

Su Sheng isn't in a hurry; regardless of the mechanism, strength is the confidence.

The day passed without any unexpected events; midway he encountered a regular level‑58 boss, which Su Sheng killed with a casual pinch, almost effortlessly.

Of course there was nothing valuable—no purple items, only a level‑55 blue one—but the experience was decent; a single boss's experience is still quite good.

New Year's Eve itself was still very lively.

Although the Yanhuang Club has few members now, the New Year atmosphere is still bustling.

And since it's already New Year's Eve, the vast majority of those returning home should have arrived; except for a few special cases, the number of players online tonight is expected to be high.

At least it's a global large‑scale event, and besides, Teng Long's infrastructure for the game interface is quite good, so any location with a network port can connect.

Eight o'clock!

Log in!

Su Sheng checked the Yanhuang Guild's attendance and saw it reached ninety‑nine percent; only a few reported special circumstances in the group, or some remote hometowns lack a game connection.

Su Sheng nodded with satisfaction.

"Everyone, prepare yourselves; this is a global large‑scale event, arguably the biggest since Deer Hunt launched."

"In front of Foreign Server players, we must not lose the face of Yanhuang! And we must not lose the face of Huaxia!!"

Su Sheng posted in the Guild Channel!

"Got it!"

"Chairman is mighty! I'll follow to death!"

"Alright, I'll let the Foreign Server players see what Huaxia power really is!"

Yanhuang members responded one after another.

"Prepare the supplies."

Lin Huan also reminded in the Guild Channel.

Su Sheng roughly understood the purpose of this event; perhaps it's preparation for the upcoming global competition!

Nine o'clock sharp!

System announcement spans the Whole Server!

Ding~

Server Announcement!

Year Beast Battlefield limited‑time opening!

Players can teleport into the Year Beast Battlefield via the event page; the teleport channel stays open for twenty minutes and closes after that.

Su Sheng didn't hesitate and chose to teleport at once!

Swish~

At the same time, in Yanhuang Town, a massive number of players vanished simultaneously.

In every street, alley, and wilderness map, almost ninety‑nine percent of players simply disappeared.

Truly. Ten thousand people, empty streets!

Ding~

Welcome to the Year Beast Battlefield!

At this moment Su Sheng appeared in a barren wilderness, surrounded by emptiness, with a countdown hovering in the sky.

Twenty minutes!

Coincidentally, this is the closing teleport time for the Year Beast Battlefield, meaning there are still twenty minutes before it truly opens.

"Below is the relevant information about the Year Beast Battlefield; players, please read carefully..."

Su Sheng immediately began to check.

The Year Beast Battlefield lasts eight hours, closing at six a. m. the next morning, though the settlement screen will consume some time.

The whole mechanism is… free‑for‑all! Super massive free‑for‑all!

The entire Year Beast Battlefield is boundless; players can PK at will, with no penalties or loot drops, and upon death they respawn randomly on the battlefield.

PK at will!

However, players on the same server can also attack each other, but there is no reward.

Moreover, the Year Beast Battlefield does not allow parties, no channel communication! Only face‑to‑face talking!! Each player's nickname is replaced by their server.

Su Sheng glanced at the four bright red characters above his head: Huaxia Players.

Gone~

Su Sheng chuckled, "I like it!"

Then he kept watching!

Killing a Foreign Server player grants one point; killing a player on the same server yields no reward, and of course no penalty.

Furthermore, the Year Beast Battlefield will randomly spawn small Year Beasts, each kill granting ten points.

If multiple players contest, points are divided according to each one's final contribution share.

Next...

Every hour, the Year Beast Battlefield randomly spawns 9,999 large Year Beast bosses; their strength varies, and the boss level is set to the current average player level.

Level 48!

At present, the closest global average player level is 48!

Also, the mini‑map of the Year Beast Battlefield updates each boss's location in real time.

Killing a lowest ordinary‑level boss yields 1,000 points.

An elite‑level boss gives 10,000 points.

A Commander Rank boss is 100,000 points!

A Lord‑level boss is 10,000,000 points!

An Overlord‑level boss is 1,000,000,000 points!

All earned points can be exchanged for various rewards on the Year Beast Battlefield settlement screen!

Ultimately, the player with the highest points on each server is regarded as that server's Leader!

Leaders are also ranked against each other; a Leader's rank equals the server's rank, and all participants will receive rewards according to their server ranking.

Players!

Enjoy the upcoming revelry!

Super massive free‑for‑all!!

Begin!

Su Sheng finished reading the entire briefing and smiled.

This mode is pretty interesting!