Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 116 Anti-addiction System

Phil Holden looked at the crystal screen and saw that the crystal monster that had tortured him for three hours finally shattered after he had used all his strength to play the last attack spell card.

"Haha! Damn stone monster! Now you know how powerful Grandpa's fireball is!"

He sat at his desk, raised his arms and cheered, and his excited shouts echoed throughout the study.

"Teacher..." A mage apprentice, who was usually very fond of him, pushed the study door open a crack and peeked in. "What happened?"

"It's none of your business, get out!" Fair's expression immediately changed from excitement to anger and shame. He turned around and quickly drove his favorite student away.

He breathed a sigh of relief and turned his gaze back to the image on the crystal screen of the "Magic Brain" instrument. Suddenly, he felt a little emotional.

This kind of excitement and fun was just like the strategy game called King's Chess that he often played with his tutor when he was a child.

It requires both skills and luck!
Every floor of this illusory magic tower is filled with unknown dangers and monsters, as well as randomly appearing spells or magic weapon cards, which have given him unexpected opportunities to make a comeback many times when he was on the verge of failure.

"This game is even more fun than chasing after the fleeing demon soldiers and throwing fireballs at them in the Evil Moon Mountains."

Although he could only rely on the bunch of tricks provided by the forum, which he usually disdained to fight the enemy, wasn't this where the wisdom and strategy of the spellcaster were tested?

The real power of a spellcaster lies in his brain, not in high-level spells.

Fair was still in the excitement of successfully defeating the monster and couldn't help but look back and forth at the conclusion screen of his adventure game.

"Hmm... the reward for clearing the second level is a spell card you can choose from three. I'll have to think carefully before making a choice..."

At this time, the clock on the wall of the study just passed midnight.

A text notice board with a golden border instantly popped up on the game interface of the Magic Tower.

[Today's Magic Tower Challenge Rankings: First Place - Kel'Thuzad, Cleared Floor - 5... Second Place - Scorching Overlord, Cleared Floor - 3... Tenth Place - Son of Flame, Cleared Floor - 2...]

Fair reached the very end of the leaderboard before he could barely find his forum code. Counting ahead, a large number of people were just like him, struggling to reach the second level. However, because the battle time to pass the level was shorter, they were able to step on Fair's name and get to the front.

"Shit! Why am I only at the end of the line?" He slumped down in the chair in frustration, secretly hating himself for being so slow in understanding this adventure game. "But it doesn't matter. I've always been good at striking back. Once I get used to it a few more times, hehe..."

"However, how come Mr. Kel'Thuzad is so powerful that he could climb to the fifth floor in just a few hours? Does he have any secret to passing the level?" Fair decided that he must contact and communicate with the other party privately during the day tomorrow. Even if necessary, he would pay a certain price to obtain the secret of adventure as soon as possible.

He picked up the water and took a sip, then gathered his spirits and rushed to the "Magic Brain" instrument, ready to start the adventurous battle on the third level.

[Warm Tip: The Magic Tower is currently in the forum testing phase and is only open from 9:00 PM to 12:00 AM daily.]

"This hasn't been officially announced on the forum yet?"

Fair thought about it and felt that it made sense. After all, he was fortunate enough to obtain the test qualification and was the first to experience this fun, exciting and thrilling virtual adventure game.

Because there were so few people participating in the test, I was lucky enough to be ranked in the top ten. If a large number of forum members flock to participate after the official launch, wouldn't I be...

Thinking of this, he immediately became alert. He must not be left behind by others, especially the Frost Giant. If he were lucky enough to make it to the leaderboard and step on his head, who knows what kind of sarcastic words would come out of his mouth.

"It doesn't matter if I can't play it. I'll copy down all these classes and cards, and then find a few members who participated in the test and have a good relationship with me to discuss and study together..."

Early in the morning, Harvey was urged to get up from his warm bed by the beeping sound of the "Magic Brain" instrument in the study.

This is an information reminder device he specially set up so that he can always monitor the public opinion in the spellcaster forum.

Now it has gradually become a magic alarm clock that I want to smash every day.

When I logged into the forum, I found that I had been pulled into a private communication channel with only three or four members.

"How generous! For every hour of use of the private communication channel, one point must be paid to the forum. It's like paying for a small discussion meeting every Friday..."

[Son of Flame: Has Mr. @Kel'Thuzad arrived yet? Oh my god, I've asked three times.]

[Man in the Mirror: I saw his code light up. It must be his arrival. Everyone, please be patient.]

Harvey was a little puzzled. What were these big guys doing today? They secretly formed a small group to find him.

[Kel'Thuzad: Sorry, I barely slept last night, and I only just saw your messages now.]

[Son of Flame: Haha! I know why you didn't sleep last night. Were you up all night studying how to clear the Magic Tower like the rest of us?]

Harvey suddenly remembered that he had just completed the original program framework of the tower climbing game yesterday, and then uploaded it to the forum, and asked the system to automatically select a group of startup members to participate in bug testing.

He simply played for a while, but because he was too familiar with the game mechanics and card data, he lost interest and logged off on the fifth floor and went into the laboratory to deal with other things.

Thinking of this, Harvey immediately opened the game interface and found that the nine code names of the members who participated in the test were neatly arranged on the game leaderboard, and his name was at the top of the list.

"Okay, I know why they are looking for me so anxiously..."

This group of middle-aged and elderly people who are "addicted to the internet" are trying to get the game speed run strategy from me.

[Magic Shield: @Kel'Thuzad, let me get this straight to the point. How did you defeat those perverted monsters so quickly and reach the fifth floor in just a few hours?]

Man in the Mirror: This also constitutes knowledge sharing. Mr. Kel'Thuzad can make requests, and we will jointly satisfy them...

Kel'Thuzad: Everyone, I don't think this is knowledge worth keeping secret or exchanging for profit. The Tower of Magic is just a virtual adventure game launched on the forum. Everyone participates just to pass the time and relieve the fatigue and boredom brought by academic research...

[Son of Flame: How could you possibly think so? This is clearly more than just a game. Things like King Chess and Circle Dog Fighting, which are the kind of things that ordinary people are addicted to, are games. The Tower of Magic is a test of the caster's wisdom and decision-making, but it's just packaged as a game...]

Harvey covered his face speechlessly. "You really think too much. I just want to make a game to kill time. By the way, I want to use the random card draw method to squeeze out your hard-earned forum points..."

It seems that when the game is officially launched, it is really necessary to consider the anti-addiction system.

We cannot indulge this group of middle-aged and elderly people who are addicted to the Internet and have never seen the world.

(End of this chapter)