How Level Zero Devil Destroys Player Experience

Once this response came out, even if there were still voices of rebuttal, they were suppressed a lot.

The final battle of the Guild Alliance, led by Wenren Shanshui and others, could have been seen as a fight to the death that demonstrated the Guild Alliance's fearless spirit. However, after the arrival of Levis' army to reap the aftermath, it had completely turned into a joke of working for others.

Therefore, this expedition not only brought losses to the guild alliance in terms of member levels, war weapons, and numerous props and materials, but also caused damage to its reputation.

The Guild Alliance still wants to fight again, thinking that they should at least get some compensation, and plans to use the power of public opinion to put some pressure on the Epoch officials. After all, the interests of a large number of individual players have also been damaged in this expedition.

But their plan failed.

Because the news that an underground city called Ankasi was discovered in the Levis war zone quickly spread among the players of the two empires on the third day after the failure of the expedition.

The underground city covers an astonishing area, just enough to include the two towns of Dorothy and Reina where the Orwyn and Constantina Empires respectively reside. After investigating and confirming that there would be no threat to the towns, Levis opened corresponding entrances and exits in the suburbs adjacent to the towns.

The other two entrances and exits are located in the north and south corners of the town respectively.

There are many kinds of monsters in the dungeon, rich experience, and they produce various high-level materials and equipment. In addition, Levis officially released a special cleanup task, which quickly attracted the attention of many players.

The discovery of the Ankasi Dungeon not only expanded the content of the Levis War Zone, but also provided players in the war zone with an additional path choice, especially when they discovered that the mechanism of this dungeon was special, and that a large number of BOSSes that produced high-level materials, skill books, and equipment would be refreshed in the middle area, making them even more excited.

Is there anything more exciting than competing with players from neighboring countries in dark dungeons?

While the development of the dungeon was in full swing and players were gradually forgetting about the failed expedition, the guild alliance did not give up and was preparing to instigate the expedition again. At this time, an even more shocking news was released by the official of Epoch.

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I will go to the hospital for a physical examination tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.

Chapter 93: Competition

On the official website of Epoch, a page titled "Annual Competitive Challenge" was prominently displayed. After being reported by many well-known gaming media, it almost spread throughout the entire Internet and forums.

At the same time, the corresponding information was also released by the official Epoch Times.

According to the information, this competition will be held in the five major empires in half a month and will also last for half a month. It will eventually determine the top 100 masters of each major empire, who will represent their respective imperial camps to participate in the World Fighting Tournament in early October.

Although there are strength rankings among the major empires in the current era, this ranking is simply based on the player's level and equipment.

You must know that as the game progresses, there have been many cases where low-level players with poor equipment have killed high-level players. What is more important in online games are positioning, awareness, judgment and other corresponding abilities. This ranking only reflects "character strength" to a certain extent, and there are many criticisms.

Now, through the competition, we can more objectively present the differences in players' skills. The name of the competition can more realistically reflect the strength, which can also be regarded as a reflection of fame. Moreover, the connection between the two means that this is not only the honor of individual players, but also the collective honor of all players in the empire.

Therefore, when this information was released, the entire era was in an uproar. The player forums were crowded with posts about competitive challenge competitions, and even the popularity of the war zone dropped visibly.

Soon, the simple rules of the competition were released, which immediately aroused a wave of enthusiasm among the players.

Because the rules clearly stated that this competition would be held on a special map, and players could watch all the matches on the official video website of the Era, and key matches would be broadcast live around the world. And from today, registration for the competition could be accepted at the city halls of major cities in major empires, with only one restriction, that is, players above level 105 were eligible.

This level is just above the mainstream echelon of players at this stage.

Because of this, the leveling craze that appeared at the beginning of the server opening has resurfaced. Except for those low-level leveling areas, almost all monster gathering points around level 110 are overcrowded. A large number of players in the level 90 to level 104 range have begun to rush to level up frantically in order to meet the registration requirements before the registration deadline.

Even those players above level 105 are not willing to lag behind. In addition to the corresponding leveling, they also spend a lot of money and resources to buy high-level equipment in the trading house, and bid for precious gems and souls to build their own equipment.

After all, this is a competition for the entire empire. If one wants to get a better ranking in the competition, one will inevitably have to compete with the masters of their respective empires. It would be great if one could have more strength.

A large amount of gold coins were consumed, and a large amount of materials were circulated again, making the market, which had cooled down a little in the era, hot again.

In such a world-class competition, all players who think they have the ability do not want to be just spectators.

To be honest, I was a little surprised when I saw this event on the official website.

As far as I can remember, a similar competition was only launched on the second anniversary of the launch of Era in my previous life, but now it has been brought forward by a whole year. This shows how much of an impact my rebirth has brought.

It’s been a year already, time flies so fast.

I thought with some emotion, shook my head, put other things behind me for the time being, and logged into the game.

Naturally, he would participate in this competition challenge, to make up for the regret of not being able to sign up for the competition due to the mission in his previous life. Moreover, this kind of official competition attracted extraordinary attention. If he got a good ranking, it would bring great fame and reputation to the guild.

In fact, I am not the only one who thinks this way.

As soon as I came online, I received a call from my aunt and sister Maple Leaf. According to the location in the call, I came to the guild meeting hall where Alice was stationed in Hope City.

There are already dozens of people waiting here.

Sister Fengye, Sister Chang'an, Sister Qiuru, my aunt, Mushui, Sister Yeyuan and others, the team of Jiatang Coffee and Shiguang Qian, some students from Class 6 of Grade 1 including Ji Chen and Shi Xuan, hidden professional players including Meng Yi, Makino and Beijiu, and even some of the Extremely Dark Eileen elites led by Zhuoduo and Ye Se Hen Mei, as well as the Deep Blue Phantom elite members of Huilei Liunian, Huilei Fuguang and Zemo.

Almost all of them are familiar faces.

Of course, we can’t do without those little guys.

"An An, you are too slow~"

"Where's Ahri? Where's Ahri?"

He quickly summoned the still sleepy Ahri from the pet space, ignored its resentful look and gave it to a few little guys to help him "ward off disaster". Just then, Sister Qiu Ru came to find him.

"What are your thoughts on this competition?"

"If you have any ideas, of course you can join in the fun."

"Join in the fun, do you mean to accidentally win first place?"

"It's not that easy. Most of the masters of the Orwin Empire will probably participate this time. Who knows, there might be a dark horse."

I stuck out my tongue and looked at Sister Fengye who was presiding over the meeting in front of the conference hall. "Anyway, this is what I think, but it seems that Sister Qiuru and you have more ideas."

"After all, we are not like someone who is a hands-off manager."

Sister Qiu Ru teased.

After Sister Qiu Ru's explanation, I almost understood their thoughts.

The official Epoch Times has revealed the news. Players who enter the top 10,000 of the competition will receive rewards, and the final 100 masters will receive even more generous rewards. Although the details have not been released yet, everyone knows that it is impossible to reward mythical equipment. However, this secret trick can make people more excited.

In addition, as long as you are in the top ten thousand, you can obtain official distribution income from the live broadcast of each game you participate in. The higher your ranking, the more traffic and popularity you will get. The ratio is increasing exponentially. The benefits in between can be imagined. All major guilds are making intensive plans, including Against the Tide and Rose Heart.

According to the news from Baofeng, even the Guild Alliance had to stop manipulating public opinion and put their energy into this competition.

The Empire's Hundred Heroes is a title given to the top 100 players entering the tournament.

This is not comparable to the top 100 on the professional rankings. Every member who can get into the top 100 is a living golden signboard of their respective guild when they walk outside.

The idea of ​​Maple Leaf Sister and the others was to gather the strength of the guild to train a thousand elites within half a month, strive to enter the top 10,000 in the competition, and then focus on training the top 100 members among the thousand elites, and strive to enter the top 1,000 and top 100. This is the so-called Thousand Talents Plan and Hundred Talents Plan. The people in the conference room were naturally part of the Thousand Talents Plan and Hundred Talents Plan.

"Sure. If you have any material needs, you can tell me."

I nodded in approval. If we were to talk about the people who knew the guild's situation best, it would be Sister Maple Leaf and my aunt. It would be better for me, a hands-off boss, not to give any orders.

"Not only this, there is another thing I need your help with."

Sister Qiuru looked at me with a smile.

I was stunned for a moment, but soon understood, "Okay, I will help the guild get a spot in the top ten."

Unexpectedly, Sister Qiu Ru still shook her head, "Not entirely."

Not exactly?

Chapter 94: The Land of Craftsmen

After Sister Qiu Ru’s explanation, I finally understood.

There are also practical factors involved.

The popularity of Jiyuan attracted the attention of many investors, including the group companies of Aunt Yun and Aunt Lin.

The online gaming department originally planned from his father's company has established a new joint venture subsidiary named Huanyu after receiving their investment. The business has expanded to include not only the Glorious Alliance, but also Alice, Black Irene, Deep Blue Phantom, and has cooperative relationships with Against the Tide and Rose Heart. It is also in contact with Star Myth.

The contracts and salaries of the guild's elites are issued by Huanyu, and the guild is mainly responsible for handling rewards and punishments within the game. After all, although the currency system of Jiyuan is popular and orderly and stable under the operation of the official exchange platform, it is ultimately a virtual currency, so it is better to leave it to external management to avoid accidents to the greatest extent.

In the early days of its establishment, the development was very stable. With Alice becoming one of the top ten guilds in the empire, it attracted a lot of funds to expand its scale.

However, the interests are similar. Because of Alice, she soon attracted Yu Wenhao's attention and was hit by many commercial means. Although she did not lose her footing because of the connections of Aunt Yun and Aunt Lin, the company's development space was severely squeezed.

Although the Guild Alliance suffered setbacks in diplomatic and expeditionary events, which gave the company a slight reprieve, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse. What's more, the Guild Alliance is still alive, the consortium is still strong, and with Yu Wenhao's support, Huanyu can't attract much funds and projects.

At the critical moment, this annual competitive challenge competition appeared.

My father felt that this was the key to breaking the impasse, so he asked Huanyu to focus on packaging the top players in Alice and treat them as "spokespersons" to help the company fight against Yu Wenhao's consortium through their performance in the competition. The Hundred Talents Plan and the Thousand Talents Plan were actually the result of Maple Leaf Sister and the others imitating my father's ideas and making additional supplements.

No matter how powerful Yu Wenhao's power is, there are only a few projects he mainly operates. However, through the fame of the annual competition, the company can attract a steady stream of projects and funds.

"Youyou said you can give it a try, but Uncle An probably won't agree. So what are you going to choose?"

Sister Qiu Ru smiled slightly.

After all, few parents are willing to let their children stand in front of the stage. Most of them hope that their children can have a stable and happy childhood, rather than the many troubles that come with being exposed.

But my answer is clear.

"You should have told me earlier."

I sighed. I didn't expect my father to be under so much pressure. My original playful attitude turned serious. "Anyway, it probably won't be much different from now."

The father probably wouldn't have thought that his daughter had already been famous in the era. Although the fame brought by this competition challenge would be worldwide, so what did it matter? She was not a spoiled little girl.

After Sister Qiu Ru explained clearly, everything became clear.

After discussing with Sister Fengye and my sister-in-law about the specific implementation direction of the plan, I contacted my father offline and successfully persuaded him to sign up for the competition as the "spokesperson" of Huanyu.

This means that you not only have to win, but also win beautifully.

It is worth mentioning that after hearing about what I did, Ivan and the others actually persuaded their parents to join the "endorsement", but there is nothing strange about it. In addition to the nature of children, Universal Company also has their parents' investment in it. Even Cecilia is the same. Not long ago, Sister Vera invested a large amount of money in Universal in the name of the studio in order to better cooperate between the two.

If they can get a good ranking in the competition, these little guys can experience what it means to be a child star. But having said that, I am not too worried about Yiwen and Cecilia. It will probably be very difficult for Yunxian and Yunqian to enter the top 100.

Therefore, it is necessary to improve their strength within this half month.

It wasn't just Alice, or it wasn't just Orwin. Players from all the major empires were caught up in a craze to madly improve their strength over the next half month, driving a rapid flow of equipment and props on the market.

……

Seven days later.

Olwen Empire, Gruin region, outside the Black Prison Mountains.

Seeing the bustling coming and going of people in front of me, which is no less than the fortress of an imperial city, I couldn't help but admire it. This should be the first time I have set foot in the State of Craftsmen since it was built. I didn't expect that in just over two months, it has developed to a considerable scale. It can be seen that the management is still very good.

But I didn't come here just for sightseeing. I retracted my gaze and followed the instructions on the map to come to the Xingyue Workshop branch of the Land of Craftsmen.

Although it was called a branch, the size of this building was not much worse than that of the Fines. It was also divided into five floors, with a space equivalent to the size of ten stores, and was decorated magnificently like a high-end venue. Even during the upcoming competition, many people came to buy special potions and props, which was enough to show how lively it was on weekdays.

On the fifth floor of the branch, I also met the real person here.

"You're too slow, Hitomi."

Sister Chang'an, who was sorting potions in the alchemy room, turned around when she heard the noise, revealing a slightly helpless look.

After handing over the main store of Xingyue Workshop in Farnes to Ziluo and Molanyu a month ago, she came to the Land of Craftsmen and concentrated on studying the knowledge of pharmacists, striving to reach the advanced threshold as soon as possible.

"There were a lot of things that delayed me."

I stuck out my tongue.

This is not an excuse. I was busy collecting and repairing epic equipment a few days ago. Silver Wing Lawrence successfully repaired the gauntlets and leather boots. At this rate, they should be all repaired before the competition. There is no news about the other gauntlet of Anlunsa Shadow yet, so I can only hurry up.

During this period of time, he also took the time to return to the Demon King's City. He learned from Hill that the current situation in the Aubenluo Empire is very unclear and turbulent. However, the good news is that Inina has successfully contacted the leader of the Blood Owl Legion, and the plan is slowly unfolding.

Sister Changan didn't say much. She took out more than ten bottles of potions from her backpack and placed them on the table. The bottles and jars were filled with colorful liquids, which looked quite beautiful. "These are all what Ah Feng asked me to do. This bottle of potion that increases hidden damage has rare raw materials, so I only made one bottle specially for you."

I reached out and took a look. Each bottle had various attribute bonuses. Unlike the short-term benefits of ordinary reagents, these were permanent benefit effects.

The annual challenge competition has conditional restrictions. During the competition, except for the recovery potion, other enhancement props cannot be used to ensure a certain degree of balance. However, the restrictions do not include this kind of permanent bonus props.

Chapter 95: Mysterious Passage & Kazan

Although they are just sporadic attribute bonuses, such as fire resistance +5, attack power +50 and so on, don't underestimate the value of these potions. If put on the market, each bottle of potion is estimated to be auctioned for thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars.

After all, the strength of players nowadays is basically based on equipment. As the level increases more slowly, the equipment grade basically stays around dark gold, and the combat power improvement tends to be saturated. At this time, it is naturally valuable to have other attribute bonuses. For the current game masters, every difference in attributes can accumulate a considerable advantage in battle.

What's more, there are many wealthy people in this era, and many of them spend huge sums of money on these potions to cultivate their own guilds, forces, and teams. However, there is often a situation where the price is high but the demand is low.

Only Alice, who had the backing of the Star-Moon Workshop, could be so generous as to refine tens of thousands of similar potions and give them to the candidates of the Thousand and Hundred Plans in the guild as a means of improving their strength. The cost of raw materials alone was estimated to be as much as millions of gold coins.

"Do you want me to help take Yiwen and the others over?"

I used up more than ten bottles of potion, glanced at the attribute panel which had increased a little in all aspects, and asked.

"They have been here a long time ago, they are not as slow as you."