Chapter 56: Brothers Both Made a Fortune

Meng Yuan Chu Altar.

Qi Sheng's consciousness rapidly flipped through the forum content.

Two days have passed since the battle to purify the Dark Cave ended, and the hottest topic among players is the area expansion of Di Zhao Village and the integration of the Dark Cave.

Player mining efficiency has significantly improved, saving the time consumed by traveling.

This successful containment of the domain node also made players realize a problem.

The core gameplay of this game is divided into two parts.

The first part is the growth of one's own strength, which can obtain higher attribute amplification to hunt stronger monsters and evil spirits.

The second part is faction growth, that is, the Di Zhao faction to which players belong; every time a domain node is purified or a Meng Yuan Chu monster is contained, all players within the faction benefit.

After the battle ended, many internal contradictions among players were resolved.

For example, the conflict between the Fan Zui Guild and the Shen Yi Guild.

Before this, players from both sides had clashed multiple times outside Di Zhao Village, in the Ancient Battlefield, and in the Dark Cave; basically, meeting meant slaughter.

But to capture the Dark Cave as quickly as possible, the two major guilds ultimately chose to cooperate against the Black-Armored Soldiers under the mediation of other guilds.

After the mission was completed, the contradictions between the two sides were resolved.

And the end of this battle also gave Qi Sheng the idea of recruiting players again.

After switching to the Di Zhao form, a vast amount of data information floated in his mind.

【Player Count: 10329】

Number of Meng Yuan Chu traits contained: 15

Stone Golem (Petrification), Eagle-Headed Demon (Resentful Chant), Black-Armored Snake (Fierce Poison), Bone Fire (Ink Flame), Strength, Shattering, Sweep, Soul Separation, Nether Ghost, Taunt, Twilight Shadow (Shadow Transformation), Light Shield, Qi Devouring, Resistance, Restraint.

Player Shou Shou Jili output today (commission): 132552 points

Average player monster level: 11.3

Controlled domain nodes:

Di Zhao Village (the place where the last wisp of Di Zhao's origin is buried, possessing the territory rule trait of reshaping life and flesh)

Dark Cave (resource-type domain node, continuously enlightening spirit ore resources)

Shou Shou Jili Pool: 3239480

In this Dark Cave battle, players contained four Meng Yuan Chu monsters for him in total.

They were Taunt, Qi Devouring, Resistance, and Restraint.

Among them, Taunt is a second-generation Meng Yuan Chu, while the remaining three are first-generation Meng Yuan Chu.

The effect of the Resistance ability is to greatly improve resistance to various elemental damages and reduce damage taken; it is an option very suitable for Star Pulse combinations in the eyes of Stone Golem players.

The last one, Restraint, was discovered by players when they entered the fifth layer underground of the Dark Cave; its form is a plant, imprisoned in an ice room built by the Ice Blade Clan, and was focused and killed by the players.

The manifestation of the Meng Yuan Chu trait is to quickly construct an energy cage near the target using spiritual power, restricting the target's movement.

However, the discussion of the Restraint Painful Painful Minghun on the forum is not high.

Using this ability alone can indeed achieve a good control effect, but no powerful Star Pulse combinations have been developed yet.

After players conducted simulated experiences in the Test Tower, they felt that the relatively compatible combination among existing Painful Painful Minghun is the Stone Golem, because the Stone Golem is not a Painful Painful Minghun focused on output, and adding a control Painful Painful Minghun can restrict the target's movement while taking damage.

But at the current stage, player Star Pulse levels are relatively low; compared to Taunt and Resistance, Restraint is obviously not a priority option.

In terms of control effect, Taunt completely crushes Restraint.

The only difference is that Taunt's control attracts hatred, and the controlled target can continue to output, while Restraint is a small-range restriction, and the restricted target cannot deal damage to any target before breaking the Restraint cage.

As for ranged output-type players, they have the most Painful Painful Minghun types to choose from; Restraint is not in the second, third, or even fourth option list.

After checking the information, Qi Sheng opened his eyes.

There are still 3.23 million Shou Shou Jili in the Shou Shou Jili Pool unused; he decided to open recruitment again.

This time he plans to consume 2 million Shou Shou Jili to recruit 2000 new players into the game.

The remaining 1.3 million Shou Shou Jili will be kept for distributing rewards and creating new functions, to be used when needed.

8 PM.

Human Federation - Star Network Security Center.

"Little A, did you grab the download qualification?"

Facing the inquiry, the projection robot on the table shrugged and shook its head, sighing in a very human-like depressed manner:

"I used the method you suggested for high-frequency connection, but the feedback received was all failure, showing that the quota has been distributed and download permissions have not been opened."

Hearing the explanation from the smart brain Little A, Ding Xiu also couldn't help but sigh.

Superiors ordered him to investigate the truth behind the link, but this task has absolutely no clues to start tracking and investigating.

The only download link on the surface is also unauthorized to access; in his opinion, this task is simply impossible to complete.

Every day he asks Little A several times, and the result is always the same.

"Continue working."

Not thinking about this problem further, Ding Xiu prepared to continue throwing himself into the processing of report content.

Just then, Little A suddenly exclaimed:

"Ding Xiu, the access link has different feedback."

"Show me quickly." Hearing this, Ding Xiu immediately became alert.

Little A pointed a finger, and a virtual light screen generated in front of Ding Xiu; in the pop-up window, a line of text appeared:

【Connection failed... As for why it failed, it's because you cheated.】

Ding Xiu:...

Clearly, the controller behind this download link discovered that he was cheating to grab the download qualification by using high-frequency connections.

At this moment, the AI Brain Little A helplessly spread its hands:

"Facts prove that download permissions cannot be obtained via high-frequency methods. It is recommended that you try using manual mode."

At the same time.

Human Federation, Night Lantern City.

In a room piled with clutter, Hearing Tong Xin's eyes were bloodshot, and his computer desk before him was covered with snacks and energy drinks.

He opened the group chat page.

The kindergarten chat group, usually incredibly lively, was now silent; all members had rarely surfaced since that day, and even when they occasionally appeared, it was only because of some revival cooldown, after which they would immediately throw themselves back into the game once the cooldown ended.

"You really deserve to die... how could you leave me alone."

Muttering those words, Hearing Tong Xin continued to frantically click the mouse, trying to obtain download permissions.

But the pop-up always displayed the same content:

【Game download has reached the limit. The publisher has not enabled new download permissions. Download cannot continue.】

"I don't believe it."

Facing the constant failure prompts, Hearing Tong Xin continued to bury his head and click wildly.

To snatch the download qualification, he had quit his job.

A few days ago, Drunk Milk had posted a picture in the group that shocked him greatly.

The image content was a transfer receipt; Drunk Milk had earned 13,000 yuan in revenue by selling game currency from the Dark Lands.

According to Drunk Milk, this was his game revenue for three days, and with good luck, he might even earn that much in a single day.

The worker's Dao Heart shattered right there.

The most painful thing in life is seeing all your brothers get rich while you remain stuck in place.

Thinking of this, Hearing Tong Xin couldn't help but mutter:

"You really deserve to die!"

This feeling was simply more unbearable than if they had killed him.

So he quit his job, stayed home, and started a life of frantic clicking.

By today, he had already pulled all-nighters to snatch the spot for three days and three nights straight; his dark circles were so thick they could scare himself when looking in the mirror, yet he still had no results, and the link remained unopenable.

"I can't accept it! Let me snatch it! Aaaaaah!"

The more he thought about it, the more his heart ached, and he sped up his clicking.

The emotional agitation caused his already weak body to collapse completely; his vision blurred at that moment, and in a daze, Hearing Tong Xin face-planted onto the computer desk and fell into unconscious sleep.

At the same time, a prompt different from before popped up in the top right corner of the webpage:

【Downloading... Progress 0.01%】

(End of this chapter)