Chapter 62: Lottery Event

Meng Yuan Chu Altar.

Qi Sheng was surrounded by multiple glowing tracks, with countless complex characters jumping upon them; he lowered his head to carefully examine the connection nodes between the characters and the tracks, as well as the path variations of energy flowing through the tracks.

The energy tracks and characters were the materialized analytical structure of the "Heavenly Talisman Combat Technique" gifted to players by Duan Xing.

Controlling the Shou Shou Jili energy capable of transforming the characteristics of all things, Qi Sheng could completely replicate the operational trajectory of the Heavenly Talisman Combat Technique, create it into a product, list it for sale, and allow players to purchase and use it.

But there was a problem here: the cultivation system of the Heavenly Talisman Combat Technique was not suitable for humans.

The human body structure differed from that of the Heavenly Talisman race, including the meridians inside the body and the layout of organs.

When the operational trajectory of the Heavenly Talisman Combat Technique was circulated within the simulated test human body, the result was not ideal.

External energy entering the test human body would flow uncontrollably through the meridians, causing intense pain and discomfort; if the energy could not be guided away in time, it might burst the blood vessels, threatening the life of the test subject.

The reason Zhou Xiao could safely use the Heavenly Talisman Combat Technique was that he had absorbed a special energy stored within an information stone; this energy would help Zhou Xiao digest externally absorbed energy, nurture and transform it, then spit it out to nourish Zhou Xiao's body and improve his physical constitution.

It was equivalent to having a simple energy absorption organ inside Zhou Xiao's body that simulated the body structure of the Heavenly Talisman race.

This discovery instantly sparked Qi Sheng's interest.

In his view, replicating this simple organ was not difficult, nor was replicating the fully analyzed cultivation operational path; as long as he analyzed the detailed structure of a thing, he could perfectly replicate anything by consuming Shou Shou Jili.

He could even implant the replication process into the Challenger System in the form of an automated program.

For example, the Spirit Stones sold in Shangcheng were produced after he meticulously analyzed the internal structure of Spirit Stones.

During the process, to simplify the production workflow, he set the Shou Shou Jili-to-Spirit Stone conversion process to be automated.

As soon as a player clicked to purchase Spirit Stones in Shangcheng, the program for converting Shou Shou Jili into Spirit Stones within the Challenger System would activate, then transmit the converted Spirit Stones to the player's hands via the spatial system.

With guidance providing detailed analysis, replicating the simple organ and the Heavenly Talisman Combat Technique were not difficult matters.

What was difficult was that he wanted to create an all-purpose absorption and conversion organ.

The Heavenly Talisman race was merely one of the billions of races and factions in the Monster World, not even a top-tier race; their cultivation Gong Fa held no value in Qi Sheng's eyes.

But besides the body-forging combat techniques of the Heavenly Talisman race, the Monster World also possessed various powerful cultivation combat techniques.

These combat techniques could all, by aligning with the world's operational trajectory, snatch a wisp of heaven and earth energy into the body, nurture it within, and then feed it back to the body, achieving the effect of nourishing the physique.

Among them were many excellent body-forging combat techniques with extremely high efficiency in snatching heaven and earth energy.

Qi Sheng's purpose in studying body-forging combat techniques was precisely to create an "all-purpose cultivation organ" for players, allowing this organ to perfectly adapt to all cultivation combat techniques, so that no matter which race's combat technique a player learned, it could be perfectly circulated through this special organ.

Moreover, the organ could automatically record the operational paths of combat techniques learned by the player; after the player mastered a body-forging combat technique, they could activate circulation with a single button press.

This would keep players in a constant cultivation state, allowing them to gain body-forging experience growth whether hunting or mining.

Of course, he would not open this mode for players to use for free; driving this all-purpose organ would certainly require charging Shou Shou Jili above cost price.

It was equivalent to adding a "burning card points" cultivation mode under the built-in Shangcheng model.

But at the current stage, there were no physical objects available for analysis and reference; relying solely on the Heavenly Talisman Combat Technique provided by Duan Xing, Qi Sheng temporarily had no way to proceed.

Just as he was thinking about how to solve this problem, a guidance water sphere emerged from the void and hovered beside him:

【Boss, Hyper-Dimensional Connection.】

Upon hearing this, Qi Sheng stopped thinking about the problem of creating the all-purpose organ; in an instant, a light screen materialized before him.

In the image, Shou Shou Jili, with vacant eyes, sat amidst lush, growing greenery, merging with nature.

"Boss, the development of the Armed Vehicle function has encountered some trouble."

"Is Shou Shou Jili running low?"

Upon hearing this, Shou Shou Jili scratched his head with a foolish smile:

"Building this system requires implanting a new energy conversion system on top of the existing system, so it requires Shou Shou Jili support; the previous batch of recruits consumed 2 million Shou Shou Jili. Adding the income from these days and subtracting my production consumption, the Shou Shou Jili remaining in your hands is 390,000. If consumption continues at my current speed of creating new functions, it will likely affect your ability to distribute rewards."

After hearing Shou Shou Jili's explanation, Qi Sheng frowned slightly.

After a brief thought, he looked at Shou Shou Jili in the light screen image and nodded:

"No need to worry; continue your research and production. I will find a way to solve this problem."

After disconnecting the connection, Qi Sheng had already thought of how to fill this Shou Shou Jili gap.

Although he only had 390,000 Shou Shou Jili in hand, the total amount in the Shou Shou Jili Pool was 2.48 million, of which 2.09 million belonged to the players.

Although he would not easily touch this portion of the players' Shou Shou Jili, it must be used when the situation called for it.

Directly taking it was not appropriate in his view.

If, for some reason, the player community needed to consume large amounts of Shou Shou Jili, it would lead to the inventory Shou Shou Jili being unable to cover expenditures, seriously affecting the players' gaming experience.

Therefore, the most correct method was to find a suitable reason to make players voluntarily hand over a portion of their Shou Shou Jili; doing so would avoid the potential risk of a Shou Shou Jili run.

Regarding how to specifically implement this, Qi Sheng already had a clear plan in his mind.

He had thought of this plan when building the Challenger System; he was just waiting for a shortage of Shou Shou Jili to put it into use.

That was the Lottery Event!

Before traveling to the Monster World, Qi Sheng had played many games on Earth.

When creating the Challenger System, he referenced many settings from those games.

He discovered that various types of games generally contained a "pay-to-win" mode, using lottery forms such as blind boxes, card pulls, spinning wheels, unboxing, and flight chess to make players recharge and spend money.

This type of pay-to-win gameplay had three advantages.

First, it satisfied players' psychological needs; humans naturally possess a gambler's mentality, becoming curious and expectant of unknown results. The pay-to-win lottery mechanism exploited this point, allowing players to experience the fun of "betting small to win big" through payment.

Second, when players obtained rare or precious virtual items through the lottery, they would receive intense joy and satisfaction; this positive feedback would encourage them to continue participating in the lottery.

Finally, the lottery mechanism usually included multiple rewards, ranging from common to rare; the diversity of prizes gave players more anticipation and surprises during the lottery process, satisfying the needs of different types of players.

It was precisely these three advantages that led game manufacturers to choose the lottery as the mainstream model for acquiring players' cash recharges.

But he was different from game manufacturers; he did not need players to provide cash, only the Shou Shou Jili in their hands.

Launching a probability-based lottery could solve this problem very well; as long as he adjusted the prize drop rates correctly, he could guarantee himself a steady profit with no loss.

After this mode was opened, the Shou Shou Jili in players' inventories would inevitably continuously convert into revenue in his hands.

Compared with other pay-to-win games, the Monster World opening a lottery mode also possessed an inherent advantage.

Players do not question the probabilities, nor do they view the gacha events in the game as pay-to-win or scam tactics by the developers.

Because the Monster World game has no cash-recharge pay-to-win channels, only in-game currency is consumed.

With the idea formed, Qi Sheng immediately contacted Zhiyin to begin designing a virtual gacha event.

That afternoon, a challenge notification rang out in every player's mind, with related details simultaneously posted on the official forum:

【Random Event Activated: This event is the "Lucky Wheel." Players may activate the Lucky Wheel mode via the function panel; this feature will disappear after the event ends.】

Poster: Zhiyin (Verified Official)

Event Description: This event is triggered at random intervals. During the event, players may spend 20 Shou Shou Jili to activate the Lucky Wheel and receive a random reward, with no guaranteed prize.

Event duration countdown: 23 hours, 59 minutes, 57 seconds.

Event rewards are as follows:

This event's prizes are divided into six tiers, distinguished by white tiles, green tiles, blue tiles, red tiles, purple tiles, and gold tiles, from lowest to highest.

Gold tile rewards are as follows:

1. Body Strengthening level +2 (only obtainable if Body Strengthening level is below 10; if already at level 10, receive 20,000 Shou Shou Jili directly)

2. Shou Shou Jili Grand Bundle (opens to instantly grant 18,000 Shou Shou Jili)

3. Star Vein Growth Bundle (opens to grant Star Vein level +4)

4. Growth Power (opens to increase monster hunting evolution points and Shou Shou Jili gains by 15% for 30 days) (Note: Growth Power only boosts hunting gains; offering resources or items yields no additional return)

Purple tile rewards are as follows:

1. Infinite Pickaxe (Shangcheng price: 5,000 Shou Shou Jili, infinite durability, automatically repairs when damaged)

2. Rations Grand Bundle (Shangcheng price: 3,000 Shou Shou Jili, stores 3,000 cans of various flavored rations)

3. Earth Split Slash (Shangcheng price: 3,500 Shou Shou Jili, quality: 39)

……

The sudden game notification immediately drew massive player attention.

They flooded the official post with comments and discussions.

Nightfall Approaches: Huh~ I smell a strong pay-to-win vibe… oh, it's the Dark Lands, never mind—this game has no cash-recharge channels.

Cherry Calf: The event description says there's no guaranteed prize, meaning if you're extremely unlucky, you might get only white tiles every time? I was about to curse, then remembered this game has no built-in cash-recharge system—could the Eclipse Clan really scam me out of my own Shou Shou Jili? (awkwardly scratching head. jpg)

SleepAfterDyingOnce:

Bros, after my analysis, this event is worth going all in. Here's why.

1. Gacha mechanics in other games exist to extract cash from players, but the Dark Lands has no such issue, so the win rates must be legitimate.

2. Besides scamming, gacha systems also commonly appear when in-game currency is inflated, serving as a way for developers to reclaim currency and stabilize prices—but in the Dark Lands, Shou Shou Jili output is terrifyingly low, so there's zero inflation. I actually think currency output is too scarce and needs increasing, so this event isn't meant to reclaim Shou Shou Jili either.

3. The Eclipse Clan's previous game also ran a gacha event, and compared to past norms, the odds were extremely fair and reliable—everyone had a real shot at big wins… though of course, some players are just incredibly unlucky; without guarantees, bad luck isn't the devs' fault.

HateNaming: You guys analyze all this—why don't you just pull first? Come back to the forum after you've pulled and tell us how it went (funny. jpg)

……

Players voiced diverse opinions on this gacha event.

Although most players believed the gacha posed no issues, some remained cautious and dared not try it.

They did not suspect the devs of cheating, but feared losing Shou Shou Jili.

Although Shou Shou Jili is earned in-game, all players regard it as a vital resource convertible to real cash.

The cost per pull is too high to risk blindly.

At that moment, a notification blared across the global channel, sparking heated player discussion.

【Lucky Wheel Event Notification (Global Channel): Congratulations to player "Don't Tell Mom Your Worries" for winning a Gold-tier reward: Shou Shou Jili Grand Bundle.】

This notification instantly exploded in the voice channel.

"What the hell… bro, you pulled too fast! The event just went live under five minutes and you already got a Shou Shou Jili Grand Bundle—18,000 Shou Shou Jili? Are you playing with your lifespan? You really should die!"

"I clenched my fists. If this game allowed cash recharges, I'd scream 'shillers scamming pay-to-win'—you just ruined my whole day. I'm pulling too. If I lose, I'll come back to curse."

"My green-eyed monster won't heal. How come this windfall never includes me? Please, devs, disable global notifications—or change them to show when a player lost Shou Shou Jili, not just their wins. I don't want to hear it."

"I was saving to buy a Painful Painful Minghun, but seeing this gacha, I knew I couldn't save anymore. Gambling addict, here I come—give me gold!"

"Furious—I opened the wheel and pulled twice right after the notification, spent 40 Shou Shou Jili, got two ration cans worth 1 Shou Shou Jili each. Eclipse Clan, you owe me 38 Shou Shou Jili back (throwing tantrum. jpg)."

"Hahaha, lucky me—first pull hit blue tier, got a weapon worth 120 Shou Shou Jili (attached: Frost Sword)."

……

Qi Sheng added a setting to this Lucky Gacha event.

Whenever a player wins a Purple-tier or higher reward, a pinned notification will pop up in the regional voice channel for three seconds.

He did this precisely to lure players still hesitating.

Soon after the gacha launched, everything unfolded as planned—the number of participating players steadily increased.

Although some players got lucky and won high-value items, Qi Sheng's preset win rates ensured he remained consistently profitable.

Total Shou Shou Jili did not decrease—it merely shifted, nominally belonging to players, but quietly transferred by Qi Sheng into his own account through legitimate means.

For Qi Sheng, who fully controlled the Shou Shou Jili pool, he could freely use the players' portion of Shou Shou Jili—even if payment issues arose, he could always fabricate an excuse.

But such deception, in his view, was utterly foolish.

Even if players accepted his excuse, he'd still have to quickly refill the deficit, and he'd ruin their game experience.

So why steal when you can simply deceive?

(End of Chapter)