Calamity Dragon, Starting with the Cultivation of Knight Families

Chapter 85 Forum Noise, Leading the Mainstream? No, It's the Godly Flow! (13)

[The countdown to game launch is 71 hours and 11 minutes.]

[The countdown to the second round of testing qualification draw ends in 17 hours and 11 minutes.]

Upon entering the player forum, Lin Ke immediately saw the sky-blue notification text pinned to the top of the forum.

"So, now they even give you a notification when the server opens?"

Lin Ke was slightly taken aback.

But thinking about it, it doesn't really matter.

There are three days of buffer time, which is enough for Lin Ke to get a good rest.

In the game simulation, being a rock-steel dragon for 500 days had quite a strong aftereffect.

Lin Ke should take advantage of these three days to adjust his state of mind as a human being.

However, it must be said that Lin Ke has gained a lot in these 500 days.

Apart from the fact that the Eagle Kingdom subsequently became his own backyard.

York is now a third-class Yorkshireman, and also holds the title of Viscount.

Meanwhile, regarding contracted magical pets, the Giant Tooth Rat King has reached Tier 2, and the Forest Wolf has also successfully reached Tier 3 because Lin Ke sent the Unicorn Magic Bear to give her 'magic crystals' every 100 days.

Everything depends on Lin Ke logging into the game three days later to claim his settlement rewards.

I wonder how generous the reward will be this time.

Lin Ke is quite looking forward to it.

Of course, that's all for later. Right now, Lin Ke is eager to see the information compiled by the People's Federation's Countermeasures Bureau.

However, it's a bit of a shame that, perhaps because only about fifty minutes have passed since the player's video was released, the Human Alliance Countermeasures Bureau hasn't posted a summary message on the forum yet.

Meanwhile, the two topics most hotly debated on player forums were nothing more than two.

One is about the Rock Steel Dragon and the Eagle Kingdom, and the other is about the Eastern Battlefield.

One of the most eye-catching posts caught Lin Ke's attention.

[That damned top player! I've become the laughingstock of the entire planet, and what about him? He's already at Tier 5!]

Out of curiosity, Lin Ke clicked on it.

Then Lin Ke looked and, good heavens, it was his mount, 'Horse Head Bro'.

"Hello everyone, don't guess, yes, I am the 'legendary mount' that has already topped the trending searches."

"I'm so confused. I was enjoying hotpot and singing, and I could have easily stayed put until the 'finale,' but suddenly I was on the battlefield and dismembered. I just don't understand it!"

"While I know I can't blame the top dragon player—after all, the kingdom war would still break out even without him—what I really want to say is, at least don't advance so quickly! Leave us ordinary players a chance!"

"Last round of the game was level four, this round is level five. Every day that goes by gives us an extra hundred days for the progression! This is really killing us!"

"I just happened to die about four hundred days into the game. If the dragon hadn't reached level five this time, I would have at least tried to survive before entering the game! Even if that old guy whipped me, I would never have gone to the main battlefield!"

"Such a massive battle! If I had survived, even just playing a support role, I could have racked up a lot of experience at the end. Now look what happened! Not only did I miss out on the experience, but I didn't even qualify for a single round!"

"Damn it! I finally managed to reach Tier 3! And now, as a mount, I'm constantly getting flirted with by some old guy. Do you guys think it's easy for me?"

"I feel nauseous just thinking about that old guy. I really gave it my all for that extraordinary power! This is so tough, sob sob. Now I have to start all over again with the second-round players! Thankfully, this game offered compensation for losing players, otherwise, I wouldn't know what to say!"

"I refuse to believe my luck can be this bad. I'll choose a non-human character again when the server opens in three days. I want to see if I can still randomly get a mount! Damn it!"

Well, after reading this post, Lin Ke finally understood.

He was wondering why players could stay on the forum after failing.

As a result, the version update compensated the players who failed this time by providing them with a second round of qualification.

Five hundred days in the game, Lin Ke had almost forgotten about these things.

Lin Ke was also helpless about what this player said.

'How can you blame me?'

The blazing rewards were practically right in front of him; how could he refuse them? Who would want to stay at rank four if they could advance to rank five?
It's the same no matter which player you play.

No one is more noble than anyone else.

So Lin Kechun just treated it as a joke and glanced at the comments.

And indeed, there was a group of rational and objective people in the comments section.

Anonymous: "This can't really be blamed on the top dragon player, but the dragon players' rapid advancement has definitely increased the difficulty of survival for everyone. However, if you put yourselves in the dragon player's shoes, you certainly wouldn't let go of the opportunity to advance either, right?! So, instead of blaming others, think about how to quickly improve yourselves in the game, at least keep up with the dragon players' pace, right?!"

Anonymous: "That's true, but most players aren't as lucky as the dragon players. Putting aside everything else, how many of them actually lead the mainstream gameplay? I saw an elf player leading the Eastern Frontier War, but unfortunately, this player's elf village only had a few dozen people, and it was located in the inner region of the Elf Empire. There was no border environment to fully utilize their abilities. When the Eastern Frontier War broke out, they were only at the second tier, which was really pathetic."

Anonymous: "Among the leading players, there are probably less than ten so far, and most of them are concentrated in the sea tribe. It's just a pity that the sea tribe's living environment is too harsh. Two leading players from the sea tribe were eliminated in the last simulation. After all, there are some powerful sea beasts in the sea. These guys' power is comparable to that of the Monster Forest. They are all strong, even powerful!"

Anonymous: "Sea creature players? Speaking of these guys, I've noticed that there's a player who looks like a sea whale who's been developing really well lately. He's already at Tier 3 and his size is over 200 meters! That size completely crushes the land-based magical beasts! I even think he could easily beat any land-based magical beast of the same tier."

Anonymous: "What good is a big size! The fact that it's only third-tier speaks volumes. It's not tough enough, and it's too big to be a target. How can it possibly crush someone of the same tier? Do you really think that being big can kill someone? It would have to be able to get on land first! Besides, I've seen that guy's video. It's only a mid-tier bloodline. Even a dragon player could easily crush it."

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Sea creature/sea monster player?

A three-dimensional body type exceeding 200 meters?

Lin Ke was quite surprised to see the comments that had gone off-topic. Shouldn't a creature of that size be born at several levels?
If not, then he's a sitting duck!
But considering the reality of whales, well, humans can harpoon them to death, so being big doesn't really make much difference.

As for the question of whether there are many leading players.

Lin Ke also knew roughly that there were really not many leading players in the actual game.

Players who start as lords are actually considered extremely lucky.

It's just that many leading players didn't originate from places as good as Linko.

After all, Linko is a magical beast, while the lord is a human under his blood pact, which gives them a lot of room for maneuver in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

And what about the leaders of other players?

They themselves were lords; elven lord players ruled over elven subjects, and human lord players ruled over human subjects.

Therefore, if everyone is at the border, then there is likely no opportunity for maneuver like Lin Ke's; once a conflict breaks out, it will inevitably be a life-or-death struggle.

And what about Lin Ke?

As a rock-steel dragon, he can navigate the world of monsters, while Lord York can handle the human side.

Only in this way can a balance be achieved, thereby allowing time for development.

Therefore, from this perspective, Lin Ke's leadership style is a variant of the leadership style, since he himself is not a lord.

To be precise, Lin Ke's style of play cannot be called mainstream, but rather "charlatan style".

The special effects upon arrival say it all.

Other players didn't have any special arrival effects at all!
Even some players on the forums have already figured it out.

Lin Ke's playstyle is not the traditional mainstream style at all, but a variant of the mainstream style: the God-style!
Moreover, Lin Ke's god-like playstyle is unique in the game to this day.

They are absolutely one of the luckiest people out there.

There's no doubt that he's incredibly lucky from the start; Lin Ke's gameplay has been a version ahead of other players from the very beginning.

Lin Ke also had some doubts about this.

"So, luck is also a part of ability? As long as it's not off, it's not on?"

Lin Ke has already deeply understood this point.

"Luck is a tricky thing to talk about. Even the most favored sons of heaven are nothing more than this."

"But if I'm really following the path of a deity, why not spread my faith? And why is my gameplay primarily focused on cultivating my family?"

Thinking about this, Lin Ke also began to fall into deep thought.

What is the relationship between cultivating a family and the divine lineage?
After a short while, Lin Ke suddenly felt a jolt of energy.

Suddenly, he understood everything.

Let's say that.

How did the Eagle Kingdom in the game come about in the first place?

Why do they worship only the god of truth and knowledge throughout their kingdom?

That must be due to the close relationship between our ancient ancestors and the gods.
At that moment, Lin Ke completely understood!

"So, the core of my gameplay is to completely transform the swamp territory into a kingdom, is that right?"

Lin Ke's eyes lit up completely, and he finally understood all the connections involved!
Starting from scratch, can you build your own kingdom?
To create a kingdom, or even an empire, that worships only itself?

Lin Ke felt more clear-headed than ever before.

It's not that Lin Ke doesn't have similar ways to spread faith, it's just that the time isn't right yet!
The Rock Steel Dragon was not yet a god, only at the fifth rank.

York is now only a viscount.

"It's true what they say: the onlooker sees more of the game than the player!"

"So, how many players have probably realized how unique their playstyle is by now? Quite a few, and people are already talking about it."

"So, what about the Countermeasures Bureau? Do they know anything about it?"

Lin Ke discovered that the Countermeasures Bureau most likely knew about it.

After all, don't underestimate the official think tank; they are absolutely confident that they can deduce something different from the details of Lin Ke's game videos.

This was already evident from the fact that he could sell a single bottle of medicine for a staggering 1.5 billion!
Even those within the conglomerate have noticed that their CEO is different.

This gesture of goodwill was clearly calculated!

"1.5 billion?! Why do I suddenly have a feeling that I sold it too cheaply?!"

Lin Ke suddenly realized that at least two of his reward items had special properties.

One is a medium-strength healing potion. Similar potions with healing effects are available on the continent of Auckland, but the potions available on the continent of Orank are probably less than one percent as effective as Linko's! Not to mention that the potion bestowed by Linko can directly prevent the failure of the blood transfusion ritual.

Secondly, there are alchemical dolls. In Oling's words, the alchemical dolls bestowed by Linko have no corresponding lineage in the continent of Auckland, or have even been lost!

"So, it seems that these kinds of reward items, whether it's medium-strength potions or alchemical dolls, have stopped circulating in the game world! They're purely lost rewards exclusive to players who specialize in god-like characters?!"

"Did I lose money?! But it seems like 1.5 billion isn't a loss? So did I lose money or not?"

Lin Ke looked somewhat bewildered at that moment.

(End of this chapter)