How Level Zero Devil Destroys Player Experience

"No, I mean, haven't you discovered the conditions required for the exchange?" Yili Qingqiu reminded helplessly.

Hearing this, the two looked under the exchange items and found that they all had special markings - the guild needed to submit green poison ore crystals.

And they didn't notice it before, but now they noticed that the redeemable items in the list are arranged according to the number of green poisonous mineral crystals submitted.

Like the improved Fire Demon Potion that Qingyu had seen before, as well as some other precious potions, they all required at least 100 green poison ore crystals to be redeemed.

The standard equipment of the Nalton army is all in the highest column, requiring 200 green poison ore crystals.

There is another layer above that adds extra attributes to the badges produced by the ruins, which requires 250 green poisonous ore crystals. Although the attributes are just a bonus at most, they do not take up equipment slots, so you should get them if you can.

With such an incentive-based exchange mechanism, those large guilds will undoubtedly work very hard to collect and submit the green poisonous mineral crystals.

“So whether it has a use or not is not secondary. What’s important is whether there are existing benefits that can be converted.”

"That means we have to stay in the swamp as much as possible in the future." Qingyu seemed to have thought of something, "Will this slow down the progress of conquering the second floor of the ruins?"

After all, you can't have both the exploration of the Mist Forest and the conquest of the ruins, so you have to make a choice between the two.

Yili Qingqiu seemed to have already thought of a countermeasure. "It will definitely have an impact, but by then the points of the ordinary members will have increased, so we can let them farm stones in the swamp, and a few elite groups will be responsible for conquering the second floor."

"But now, we still need the elite team to do these hard work." Yili Qingqiu changed the subject, "Otherwise, the time efficiency will be greatly dragged down, affecting the acquisition of resources later."

Like a snowball, the Mist Hidden Evidence obtained by the elite group in the swamp not only involves the acquisition of dark vision bonus equipment, but also affects the exchange of green poison ore crystals for additional military supplies.

If it is not arranged well in advance, it will obviously have a huge impact.

Qingyu and Beibei naturally understood this and nodded, but Beibei had a small request, "Sister Qingqiu, I don't need to go over there. If I, a fire mage, go over there, I will just cause trouble..."

"That's right, you reminded me."

However, before Beibei could breathe a sigh of relief, she was stunned on the spot the next second.

"I just happened to prepare some fire-resistant suits, plus some fire potions, which should ensure your safety in the swamp." Yili Qingqiu blinked, "Now we are short of high-level combat power, Beibei, please understand~"

This is not a question of safety or not, it is a question of psychological trauma. Which designer designed such a perverted terrain?

Beibei complained strongly in her heart.

But no one will be able to hear such complaints, not even a "designer".

Even after hearing this, this guy might even laugh secretly with glee, or he might have been doing so long ago.

After all, this would provide a good excuse for the barrier at the entrance to the first level of the ruins. Otherwise, those players possessed by the Iron Head Baby would most likely fight to the death with him.

There is not much punishment for their death, but we have to use points to make up the hole.

The green poisonous ore crystal that can remove the barrier is actually the material needed for the terrain that one likes on the second floor. Designing such an exchange mechanism can not only increase the player's enthusiasm for conquering the Mist Forest, but also prepare for the layout of the second floor.

Of course, the most important thing is that there is not much extra expenditure on my part.

After all, the exchange of those standard equipment and badges was originally what Isabella and others wanted to do, so that players could better replace the army to conquer the ruins. They just "asked" for this exchange mechanism from them.

And those so-called strengthening potions are naturally special products refined by Rongla. The secrets contained therein are probably beyond the reach of those players.

The item scrolls were also bought from hidden stores, and the prices were only a dozen percentage points lower than the market prices.

This series of arrangements can be said to kill four birds with one stone rather than three birds with one stone. What I didn’t expect was that there were even unexpected gains.

Chapter 103: A period of time

After setting up restrictions at the entrance to the second floor and designing a series of tasks, the players' actions were just as I wanted.

Although there are sometimes some restless guilds, a few of them alone cannot break through the monster group and terrain in front of the entrance. When I encounter a scene of guilds gathering like last time, I did not hesitate to use points to buy more restrictions.

After several failed operations, in order to prevent unnecessary losses, Nalton's Guild completely abandoned this "useless" plan.

So, while the Mihri ruins were peacefully collecting materials for me, most people stayed in the swamp, collecting the Evidence of the Hidden Mist and then helping themselves solve the troubles in the Hidden Mist Forest.

The players were busy, but I seemed to have some free time here.

The Nalton military has the help of Kai and Claire. Don't worry about the potions, leave it to Rongla. Ivan and Cecilia will handle the exchange matters of the Mihri ruins, and Hill will make adjustments in the middle.

There is no need to worry about any problems arising in the ruins area that the two are responsible for. After all, due to the requirement of the so-called three thousand green poisonous mineral crystals, the "barrier" at the entrance to the second level will not be lifted in a short period of time.

Therefore, at this stage, the focus of players is no longer on how to break through the first level, but on how to obtain more Mist Hidden Certificates.

In other words, under my design, very few people would choose Ivan and Cecilia's routes, and even the areas on both sides of the middle that I designed didn't have many people.

Shadow Swamp has now attracted most of the attention, not just from guilds, but also from individual players and studios.

Compared to the previous more surging number of people, there is even an occasional phenomenon of fighting for monsters. The monsters that were originally complained about and despised have now become "hot cakes and pastries" in the eyes of players. The magnitude of the change is really hard to imagine.

Fortunately, I am kind-hearted and could not bear to see these players quarreling with each other, so I used points to expand the area of ​​Shadow Swamp a little bit, which completely eliminated the existence of this phenomenon.

This action, which takes the players' personal interests into consideration, makes people sigh at the Demon King's broad-mindedness.

Although it was a leisurely time, in addition to paying attention to the design of the swamp, he would return to the dark camp every day to deal with a more important matter -

Complete the Hidden Mist Forest.

This is not to complete the copy as quickly as possible. After all, compared with the total number of people, the number of times one has completed the copy can only be considered a drop in the bucket.

It’s just because the reward mechanism of the Hidden Mist Forest includes all participating players, and with those people helping to unlock the progress, why should I miss such an event in vain?

What's more, what he could get were not those minor rewards, but the first place in the activity points ranking.

Although each clearance will be scored based on performance in the dungeon, in reality the difference is only about a hundred points at most, so the most important thing is the number of times.

The rewards for ranking are secondary. Most guilds are aiming for the fame and exposure that rankings bring, and plan to specifically train a few guild members who are on the list, and let them join different elite groups in batches and participate in the clearance of the Hidden Mist Forest.

According to the points of the highest-ranked player in the Bright Faction, he clears dungeons about twenty times a day, and up to thirty times at most, and this is when the entire guild is working hard.

After all, the difficulty of obtaining the Mist Hidden Certification, and the resulting number of teleportation scrolls, limits the player's participation.

Although I don't need to worry about this kind of problem and can play whenever I want, I don't think I will have the time to complete more than 30 dungeons. At most, I can complete it six or seven times a day.

However, even so, the reason why he still firmly occupies the first position is that the contributions received by these players in the light camp are only a part of the original ones.

This is a mechanism adopted by Era in order to completely distinguish the two camps. Players from different camps will have their rewards largely reduced when they go to the opposing camp to accept tasks, clear dungeons, or participate in activities.

Therefore, as the copy of the Dark Camp, although the players of the Light Camp can come to assist in the strategy according to my design, in fact, the points they get from a single clearance are far less than their own.

However, the current players of the Light Camp are naturally unaware of the mechanisms of all this, and in order to perform reasonably, they deliberately only complete the game six or seven times a day. In addition, since the rankings are refreshed every day, the players of the Light Camp are naturally unaware of all this.

Even after seeing the anonymous player currently ranked first, I couldn't help but sigh.

"Where on earth did this expert come from?"

"This is too powerful. I remember that the entire Siren Guild only gets 30 teleportation scrolls at most every day."

"Where on earth did this guild called **Lissa come from? I've never heard of it before."

In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, I naturally set up anonymity, and the so-called guild called **Lise was also created by myself, thinking that it might be useful in the future.

For example, he could attract some famous masters, sub-professional masters, etc. from his previous life, use the special buildings used to complete the attack and defense of the ruins, turn them into his own subordinates, and form a guild that belongs only to him.

At the very least, it will be of some effect when the war between light and darkness breaks out, reducing the chances of being attacked.

At the beginning, there were only Ivan and Cecilia. My aunt and Sister Qiu Ru joined in out of curiosity after hearing about it later. On the logistics side, there was only Sister Yue Changan and a few pharmacists she recruited.

What was more unexpected was that Luoxue Fengye, the warrior sister, after accepting the hidden mission I told her, actually returned to the warrior list with her own efforts and opportunities, and also brought several of her friends into the guild, all of whom were elites with strong technical equipment.

"Didn't sister say that she would no longer join the guild?" I was also a little surprised when I heard it.

"Do you have to keep your word when you speak?"

"Please set a good example in front of the children!"

Luoxue Fengye was in a good mood and explained the real reason to me, "My sixth sense tells me that it's nice to stay with you, and I haven't seen Chang'an so happy in a long time."

"Is this considered returning a favor?"

"Almost. However, my friends and I all have bad tempers, so if you are not happy with this guild, don't blame us for leaving."

"I promise to give my sister the warmth of your home."

Chapter 104: Black Spider Queen

So, a group of elites were lured in.

But even so, compared with other guilds, at this stage it is at most a small organization among relatives and friends, without the substantial framework of those guilds.

After everyone got to know each other, their gaming routine was still the same as before, with no difference.

As for why this guild was named Alice, Hill had also raised doubts at the beginning.

"Because the Demon King respects Alice very much?"

"How is that possible? This scumbag brain, I curse her hundreds of times every day."

"Then why use the name of Alice-sama?"

"Hill, think about it. If we make this guild big enough, we will have a lot of enemies. Then the enemies will curse Alice all day long, saying fuck Alice. It'll be like finding a bunch of people to curse her for free. It makes me happy just thinking about it."

"..."

But when I explained this reason to Satasia, she seemed to have an unusual idea in her head, "When the guild becomes bigger, won't there be people who will praise Alice for being so great? Alice is so great, isn't that also finding a group of people to praise her for free?"

I thought about it and felt that it made sense, so I beat up a certain fire demon.

"Stop talking nonsense and send this copy to me!"

Yes, because there won't be any big problems at the ruins for the time being, so naturally I pulled this guy, Satasia, over here as free labor. After all, although it's a copy for fifty people, there's no limit on the number of people.

Theoretically, as long as the equipment and skills are up to standard, it is possible to pass the level alone.

So, looking at Satasia who was killing monsters instantly along the way, I couldn't help but sigh secretly.

We are both so strong.

With the help of Satsiya, the Mist Forest dungeon, which normally takes at least half an hour for ordinary players to clear, was cleared six times in just about an hour. Moreover, the points he earned easily surpassed the highest record of the players who had worked hard for a whole day to complete the dungeon.

I wonder what expressions those people will have when they find out.

After calculating that my points should still be able to occupy the first place after the refresh, I waved to the other party and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Satasia, you can go back now."

But before Satasia, who was bored with beating spiders, could get a bit happy, my next words made her squat in the corner and draw a curse circle again, "Yivin and Cecilia have something to do today. Remember to take care of them when they come online later."

These days, not only myself, but the two little guys also came over to help with the progress of the game.

After all, it would be a waste if you don't take the reward. What's more, under the effect of the mark given by Alice, the two of them are also equivalent to the identity of the dark camp. Just like himself, they only need to clear the level a few times to get a place on the leaderboard of others. Just to avoid attracting attention, they are asked to play four or five copies every day.

"In this way, the ranking can be hidden in the top 100, and then we can let them rush to the 50th place in the end. The reward is just like that anyway." I thought about it and made plans for the future. "It's time to consider designing the content of the second layer."

Just as I was about to go to Kai to take away the green poisonous ore crystals submitted by the players, and just as Satasia was about to return to the ruins to vent her resentment on the innocent players, the Mist Forest that I had just cleared nearby began to undergo unusual changes.

Rumbling sounds rang out in the forest.

As the trees collapsed to the side, countless spiders rolled out from the mud, like a dark wave constantly emerging in the forest.

Even some of them were coming out of the nearby bushes. Ordinary people would feel their scalps tingling when seeing this scene.

Fortunately, I had the filter in underage mode, so I didn't feel anything. At most, I was a little confused. "Strange, I just unlocked the progress yesterday. It's impossible to reach the next stage so quickly, right?"

But soon, I understood the reason for this change——

A group of small, pitch-black spiders separated from the spider group and gathered in the middle. At the entrance of the forest, they formed a black figure. The upper body looked like a human female, while the lower body was the huge body of a spider. It was the final BOSS of the Mist Forest.

Black Spider Queen [Leadership]: Level 25, HP: 100000/100000

Good man, he has pissed off the boss here. Is he planning to come out and teach him a lesson?

I quickly hid behind Satasia, looking at the figure in front of me that exuded a faint sense of oppression, and the huge black spiders that kept appearing around me, and couldn't help but think secretly.

Fortunately, Satasia's status as a level 20 lord is enough to suppress the Black Spider Queen, so I am not too worried.

However, I didn't expect that the other party's purpose of coming here was not this.

“I’m sorry, did this body scare you?” Seeing me retreat, the Black Spider Queen seemed to have misunderstood and apologized sincerely. She quickly changed into another appearance, “It’s just that I’m not used to this form. Please forgive me, Lord Demon.”

At this moment, the transformed Black Spider Queen is now completely indistinguishable from a human female, with soft and beautiful cheeks, tall and mature figure, and a quiet and reserved temperament. She is unlike the cold and aloof queen as her name implies. Instead, she makes me feel like I am facing the gentle and obedient Yamato Nadeshiko.

Even Satasia next to me felt the same way and whispered in my ear, "Master Demon, this class enemy looks like he's easy to bully."

Snapped.

After giving a slap to a stupid Fire Demon, I also reacted and looked at the Black Spider Queen across from me curiously, "You know me?"

The Black Spider Queen put her hands together in front of her and said respectfully in a clear and gentle voice, "Yes, ever since the Demon King woke up, I have been paying attention to the news from the Demon King's City. It is a great honor for the Demon King to come here specially. It's a pity that I came in a hurry and didn't prepare any hospitality. I am very sorry."

However, I just came here to play a simple dungeon, so there is no need to make such a big deal about it.

I rolled my eyes. "No need to say anything extra. I've been here a few times before, but I never saw you. You must have something to ask for help this time, right?"