Quadruple split.

Chapter 2546 Appreciation for both refined and popular tastes
According to the official announcement of [Realm of Innocence] released at 2049:10 a.m. on October 10, 07, there are a total of sixteen areas inside the super-large and only limited-time secret realm [Deep in the Jungle], and only after the secret realm has been thoroughly conquered, the continent-level world mission [City of Innocence] will leave the preview stage and be truly opened.

In the eyes of clubs, studios and even ordinary players with foresight, the mission with a very suggestive name, called "City of Innocence" in the announcement, is far more important than the "Limited Time Secret Realm" which seems more rare in the literal sense.

Just as Qingqing Pingguoxiang, the mysterious president of the Green Apple Chamber of Commerce, who has never made a name for himself in any game in the past but is able to surpass [Golden Baby Studio] and establish trading hegemony in the player circle, said, an area where only players can move freely and truly become an NPC forbidden area is the only top-tier real estate with epoch-making significance.

However, the ownership of this "property" which is clearly referred to as the "City of Innocence" in the announcement is directly linked to the super-large secret realm "Deep in the Jungle".

To put it simply, if nothing unexpected happens, the better the players perform in the secret realm of [Deep in the Jungle], the more deeply they will be able to participate in the initial affairs of [City of Innocence] afterwards. This seemingly vague and abstract connection, which is directly forgotten by most people, has an insane destructive power on the professional circle.

It is no exaggeration to say that although most of the "players" in the professional circle were given a compensatory vacation after the week-long [Guilt Debate], the management of major clubs and studios, as well as members such as Kunou, Lusel, and Boss Sakaki who are also high-level executives in addition to their status as players, are all studying how to gain more say in the process of establishing the [City of Innocence].

In fact, in the eyes of many people, that period was the most tense time for these professional players after they settled in the [Realm of Innocence]. After all, in addition to traffic, the rewards of [Guilt War] probably only had the "Legendary Quest Chain" and "Epic Professional Quest" that could barely catch the attention of those capitalists outside the game. However, the city that was officially announced after the end of the game was of a completely different dimension.

If it weren't for the delay in reaching a consensus with the forces led by the Elf King Court that occupied the entrances to the secret realm, the professional players of each team would probably be dragged into the secret realm to continue working overtime just after finishing their overtime work during the National Day holiday.

Unfortunately, although they were not able to reach an agreement in the first place, they were able to rely on the Green Apple Chamber of Commerce to contact the Elf Royal Court early on. In just three days, the latter reached a basic consensus with all the major capitals, allowing the professional circle to gain an advantage in the race with ordinary players.

In this way, although a considerable number of professional players are still on vacation, they have actually started working.

Take the core professional player of the [Pai Lao] club, for example. He not only serves in the main team, but also has a nominal position in the guild department and the logistics department. After the [Crime Debate], he is famous throughout the innocent circle for his saying, "The north wind blows, the autumn wind is cool, he helps you when you are in trouble, three horizontal lines and one vertical line is strong, he lives next door and his surname is Wang."

Although after the evil system of consecutive holidays was rectified, Wang should theoretically have started his holiday on October 10st and continued to work on October 1th, but because the "card man" went far enough in the "crime debate", his theoretical holiday was changed to start on October 10th and end on October 8th.

Then, because of the official announcement on October 10, Lao Wang, who was listed in the logistics department and the guild department, was urgently recalled to the club during the holiday together with the captain Guo Shi Wushuang and the vice-captain Sase Tongke. In addition, Feng Huaxueyue also appeared inexplicably in the club, so - except for the full house in the game, all members of the [Pai Lao] main team had one less person on holiday.

Then, in view of the fact that they had not yet reached an agreement with the relevant units and could not enter the key areas, although Guo Shi Wushuang and Feng Hua Xue Yue decided to stay in the club and enjoy a half-day leave with three times the daily salary (three times the daily salary, they can play freely during the day, and go to the game cabin to work at night for at least 6 hours of game time), Shengguang Lao Wang and San Se Tong Ke were lucky enough to escape and ran away.

Then, on the evening of October 10, Wang, who was eating heartily at a barbecue stall, received a call from a man named Wu, who said that there had been significant progress in the negotiations and hoped that Wang, as a core member of the club and a member of the main team with a more flexible mind and moral values, would quickly return to the club to work and not be ungrateful.

Therefore, Wang, who owed Wu countless "toppers" for playing cards, flew back to the club overnight, and the next day he went to the temporary camp of "Mimosa" in the east of the Elf Forest as a representative of the "Pai Lao" club.

Then, again, and again, on the afternoon of October 10, the alien gang finally reached a consensus with the Elf Royal Court and obtained official permission and support for this pioneering operation in the Elf Forest.

Finally, Wang completed the handover on the evening of October 10 and returned to his vacation.

After the last eight hours, at eight o'clock in the morning on October 2049, 10, Wang's vacation time was insufficient and he had to go back to work.

So, if we put aside the fact that it is not important and no one needs to calculate the number of days of vacation that Wang had lost and the number of days of salary that he had been compensated for, what conclusion can we draw?

The answer is simple, that is, the super large secret realm [Deep in the Jungle] is really important, so much so that star professional players like Guo Shi Wushuang have to be recruited by the club during the holidays. The management that has also invested a lot of money is not just [Pai Lao], almost all the first-class companies in the professional circle have made the same arrangement.

And the facts have proved that the strength of this super-large secret realm is really worthy of its weight——

For example, the [Purgatory Volcano], which is the first of the sixteen secret realms and should theoretically belong to the category of "teaching level", took all the attackers half a month to conquer.

Of course, the quality and individual strength of this group of attackers are not only relatively poor, but there are also a considerable number of unorganized and undisciplined individuals among them. In order to avoid suspicion, the professional player teams keep a considerable distance from them most of the time and fight on their own, so it is reasonable that the progress is not fast.

However, being slow also has its advantages. With the joint efforts of professional players and individual players, the exploration level of [Purgatory Volcano] has almost reached 100%. If this exploration standard (not leaving out a single brick or tile) is applied to other areas of [Realm of Innocence], even in a densely populated place like Ankh Market, and then combining the relevant information obtained by players so far, it will definitely not exceed 15%.

After ignoring 99% of the complicated content, the relatively clear contents about [Secret Realm] are:
1. The environment is unique. For example, [Purgatory Volcano] is mainly composed of fire and mountains.

Second, there are no normal indigenous NPCs in it, only "monsters" that are more in line with the players' general definition of the concept of "monsters" and are in line with the theme of this secret realm.

3. There are "lord monsters" in the core area of ​​the secret realm. They are usually the superior individuals among the monsters mentioned in the previous record. Although they will not leave the core area, they are very powerful. Only by killing them can the secret realm be suppressed. The lord of the [Purgatory Volcano] is a Fire Bite.

As for what the Fire Bite is, in the eyes of most players, it is a low-level monster that is not as numerous as the Mudkachu, but not too few in number. It looks like a wolfdog and when it is enraged, flames will come out of its mane. There is not a single valuable part on its body.
Even the strongest Fire Bite in the history of [Realm of Innocence] has never reached a high level of strength, just as no Mukkah has ever reached the middle level and no human can grow to 400 centimeters. The upper limit of this species is just this level.

However, in this secret realm, that upper limit seems to have been erased.

As a variant of gatekeeper monsters that accounts for less than 2%, Lord Fire Bite has a leap in all qualities that can be called a dimensional level compared to those mid- and low-level counterparts.

Its size is roughly equivalent to that of a Tiger tank.

Its strength is roughly equivalent to that of a high-level peak. In addition, its physique, resistance, defense, recovery speed, and even attack range are all at the level of a half-step epic.

That's right, although strictly speaking it still belongs to the high-level category, it is about to break through the bottleneck and has one foot already stepped into the epic level. Because a complete breakthrough is only a matter of time, to some extent, it has begun to undergo a qualitative change.

The characteristics of this lord also determine that although it is difficult for him to easily kill a high-level player in full health in seconds, he can persist for a long time in the siege of countless high-level players. Even if the players' attack efficiency is not good, their blood loss rate will be even lower than their blood recovery rate.

what does this mean?
This means that ordinary players can successfully kill this thing and get rewards by relying on their own strength and the strength of the masses. It is a good monster that is not lacking in challenges and is very approachable. It is not a monster that will die if you get close to it, leaving people with nothing but regret and watching those so-called high-level players defeat this bastard BOSS!

To put it simply, if professional players dare to kill the Lord of [Hell Volcano] without knowing the tact, they will immediately be caught in the vast ocean of people's war, and their reputations will explode instantly.

It was precisely because of this that it took a full half month to break through the secret realm of [Hell Volcano]. However, just when individual players began to become arrogant and thought that most of those professional players were just high-level stragglers, the second secret realm [A Thousand Poisons Gnawing at the Heart] taught them an extremely crazy lesson.

Less than five minutes after entering the second secret realm, the number of players who were directly poisoned to death by the environment because of ignoring the character panel exceeded three digits. If it weren't for the timely reaction of [Yingyingyan]'s Fu Lijing, who immediately took the initiative to order the vanguard army to retreat as the person in charge, the final losses would probably have multiplied several times.

Later, it was only after professions such as Liuju Manguan risked their lives that they barely found a few suitable places to stay in this second-level secret realm. They also established a small camp with the supplies provided by the Green Apple Chamber of Commerce, which could be considered a place to stay.

From finding a place to stay to breaking into the core area and finding the lord, it only took everyone four days, which is less than one-third of the first secret realm.

However, the number of players sent by [Heart of Ten Thousand Poisons] to rebuild their characters during these four days was more than thirty times that of [Hell Volcano].

It is in this situation that people realize that clubs, studios and their professional players are more like good partners who can help them avoid creating a new account rather than stealing credit.

It is also because of this that someone has the opportunity to intervene in the final battle of Secret Realm No. 2.

……

Game time AM02:17
[Secret Realm Codename: Ten Thousand Poisons Devouring the Heart], Central Forbidden Zone
"Ha~"

The brilliant crimson phoenix wings like flowing flames spread out behind him. With his hands hanging in the air, Xinglong turned around and waved to the hundreds of players behind him who were forced out of the poisonous miasma by him using [Raw Flame] + [Nine Turns of Vermilion Flame], revealing a clean, confident and energetic smile.

In response, he was greeted by a thunderous cheer, inevitably mixed with a few strange cries.

So the question is, why do those people have such a positive performance when they were obviously isolated from the final battlefield by Awakening Dragon and destined not to get a high proportion of rewards in this lord strategy battle?
You know, unless you are an ultimate fan like Rebecca Hopkins, even ordinary fans can easily feel dissatisfied with their idols in this situation, so it obviously has nothing to do with the fan circle stuff.

The reason is actually very, very simple.

That is, if Xinglong had not attacked without warning just now, 90% of these people would have been poisoned to death on the spot.

As for the reason——

"Haha, to be honest, I can't tell whether this 'second stage transformation + explosion' is cliché or novel."

Xinglong laughed loudly, then slowly fell to the ground where some ominous green mist was surging. He smiled at the human beside him, the Eternal priest Holy Light Old King, who had a very high resistance to poison, and said, "Brother Wang, what do you think?"

"Gan."

Lao Wang first made a brief comment, and then said in a dry voice: "You say it's cliché, but it has such a powerful trump card in this secret place that relies on the environment to suppress invaders. You say it's novel... I have seen at least four digits of BOSS entering the second stage in my life. Alas, why don't we just enjoy it directly."

[Is this how the term "refined and popular" is used? 】

Xinglong muttered to himself as he turned to look at the third person 'in the field'. Unlike the Holy Light Old King, who he had no influence on, this heavily armored swordsman who was originally in the crowd was hit head-on by [Raw Flame], but he was not pushed out directly by him like the others. Instead, he used his Qi to shatter it before [Nine Turns of Vermilion Flame] took effect, and stayed in the poisonous miasma. This made the top-notch star player look at him with admiration.

Of course, after watching with admiration, Xinglong immediately showed a friendly smile to this intruder who looked like a tin can, even his head was covered by a heavy mask.

"Long time no see, Miss Hopkins."

"Haha, it's only been a few days, Dragon."

Chapter 2537: End