How Level Zero Devil Destroys Player Experience

After lunch and a good sleep, I logged into the game again and went online next to a blacksmith shop on a street in the South City District.

The shops that were once crowded with people and had long queues are now much emptier, but this does not mean that there are fewer players in the entire city. Although the City of At is large, a hundred thousand players is definitely not a large number. It can be said that most of the masters of the entire Orwen Empire have gathered here.

Players who advance can go to the wild to kill monsters and level up, but since the restrictions of the qualifying round have been lifted, players may encounter high-level BOSSes in the wild, which may lead to accidents. In addition, the level cannot be increased too much in three days, so most players choose to stay in the city and leisurely enjoy the unique charm of the cities in the Sky Continent.

This also means that players can be seen wandering around the streets of the city.

I repaired all the rogue and dark mage equipment on my body. While waiting, I looked at my backpack and found that all the props had been restored to their original functions. The nameplate I got in the qualifying round had also been exchanged for rewards through the system panel when I entered the city.

This is also a form of reward.

After all, more points mean more risks, so the official must always give certain material rewards to make it fair.

Even though nameplates can only be exchanged for experience or gold coins, players are obviously happy to get rewards in addition to leveling up, and most of them will choose to exchange them for experience.

I have a magic camouflage panel that can adjust the level at any time. Although I am not short of gold coins, I don’t want to waste the nameplates I worked hard to get, so I exchanged them all for gold coins. In the end, I got 12,000 gold coins, which is a considerable gain.

Because of the end of the qualifying round, the restrictions on game accounts were lifted simultaneously. However, I didn’t pay much attention to the forum posts before going online. I just took a look at the scoreboard.

With 6076 points, he moved up one place in the standings, surpassing Gray Leaf, the vice-president of the Eternal Spire, and entered the top five. The top spot remained unchanged until the end, and was occupied by this uncle with 8761 points. The remaining three competed fiercely among Rongzhe, Zunwang Rangyi and Fazui for two days, and finally ranked third, second and fourth respectively.

Chapter 116: Tavern

There were also obvious changes in the top ten positions. Gray Flowing Years was overtaken by Snow Eagle, the vice president of Empire Epic, while Sister Shuiyan and Yiwen squeezed into the ninth and tenth places respectively.

Among the top 100, many people fell off the list. As the competition progressed in the next two days, at least one-third of the new IDs came into the players' sight.

Among the 75 people on Alice's side, only Xishu was unlucky and encountered several waves of masters who were not easy to deal with. He gained little and fell down the list and finally disappeared. However, Mengyi relied on his excellent skills and the advantages of his hidden profession to successfully squeeze into the top and finally won the th place.

Although individual players have fierce competition in the rankings, they may directly drop out of the list and be replaced by other players.

However, it is basically a rotation of personnel from the major guilds. Members of some secondary and small guilds are extremely rare, and are often squeezed out just after they appear at the end of the list.

After repairing the equipment, I left the blacksmith shop and returned to the street, not knowing what to do for a moment.

After thinking about it, I opened the unlocked friend list. Just when I was about to contact Yiwen and the others to ask where I could find it, I received messages from them first.

Yiwen: An An, why haven’t you come over yet? You’re so slow.

Hey, where are you going?

I was stunned for a moment, and then I looked at the message bar below before I reacted.

It turned out that when I was repairing the equipment before, Sister Fengye sent me a location and asked me to go there, but I was thinking about something at that time and didn't pay attention, which led to what happened to Yiwen and the others.

South City, Black Forest Tavern.

When I arrived, I found that the entire tavern was booked. The official free service naturally did not include this, and the scope of the Golden Business Alliance would never involve this. It would cost tens of thousands of gold coins to book such a large tavern.

There were already many members of Alice gathered in groups of five or six, chatting and drinking with each other, making it quite lively. Some members greeted me warmly after noticing me. There were also many acquaintances among them, such as Meng Yi, Shi Guangqian, Posa and others.

It is worth mentioning that I also saw apricot blossoms inside, and of course a glass of wine next to them.

Seeing the two of them talking to each other like a silly couple, I couldn't help laughing. While responding to everyone's greetings, I found the VIP box under the guidance of the waiter.

Pushing the door open, except for Ivan and the other little guys, there were the management of Alice's main club and branches, Sister Maple Leaf, Sister Qiu Ru, Auntie, Gray Flowing Years, as well as Zhuo Duo, The Night is Beautiful, Zemo, Mi Shui and others.

Glancing at Yun Qian's eager eyes, I consciously sacrificed Ahri in exchange for some peace.

"It's quite impressive. It made us wait for so long."

Sister Qiuru chuckled and teased when she saw me sit down.

My aunt helped out, "That's right, Xiaotong is increasingly looking down on us. Sister Qiuru should quickly assign her more homework so that she can see how powerful adults are."

"I didn't notice it for a moment..."

I stuck out my tongue and glared at my aunt.

This made Ye Se Hen Mei and Ze Mo and the others couldn't help laughing, and Zhuo Duo shook his head helplessly.

Sister Maple Leaf was obviously not convinced by my explanation as a hands-off boss and rolled her eyes, but she still reported Alice the details of the qualifying round and asked Gray Flowing Years, Zemo and Zhuo Duo to summarize the situations of other branches respectively. This was also one of the purposes of asking me to come here.

A total of 5128 people from the Alice main church and all its branches successfully advanced and were selected into the places.

This number is also outstanding among the large guilds, second only to Storm and Empire Epic. However, with the number of participants in the qualifying round being less than the two, this result clearly proves Alice's strength.

All members of the Hundred Talents Plan made it in without any surprises, and the names on the top 100 points list also confirmed the correctness of this investment. Only seventeen people from the Thousand Talents Plan were eliminated early due to some unexpected circumstances. Although it is a pity, there is nothing that can be done about it.

Even if it is a low-probability event multiplied by the number of people, it will eventually happen. It is better to say that this loss is within an acceptable range.

However, the qualifying round is just the beginning, and the subsequent battle will obviously be more intense.

"Of the 100,000 places, only 2,000 people will be left to compete in the top 1,000 in the knockout rounds. I wonder how many of us out of the more than 5,000 will be left in the end." Gray Liunian shook his head, his tone sounding a little solemn.

The rules for the knockout rounds were announced shortly after the qualifying rounds.

But this time it’s no longer a competition between players.

The annual competitive challenge contest has competition and naturally challenges.

Players who have successfully advanced from each empire will be arranged by the authorities to enter the ancient civilization ruins of their respective cities three days later, where they will be tested by the remains of civilization, which is simply a challenge.

Every player who enters the ruins will be assigned eighteen levels of increasing difficulty. The objectives of these levels are different. Some may require killing a certain number of monsters, while others may require escorting designated targets.

All the contents have been calibrated by the intelligent computer to ensure that the difficulty coefficient and incremental curve of each profession are equal.

On the basis of ensuring professional fairness to the greatest extent, the levels and clearance goals that each player enters after the start of the knockout round are also completely randomly simulated, so as to avoid offline communication and mutual communication.

You can be resurrected unlimited times if you die in a level, but the level will be reset.

The rule of the knockout round is to use these levels to screen, and finally decide which 2,000 winners from each empire who have passed the most levels and have the shortest time to participate in the subsequent top 1,000 competition.

Participating players can choose to give up or randomly change the current order of levels at any time, and each player is limited to five times. How to make a choice depends on your own judgment and choice. Because the competition lasts for two days, the settlement will be made when the time is up. Just like a time-sensitive exam, candidates cannot be too entangled in a certain question.

Players can also go online and offline at any time, and offline time does not take up time for level-breaking. However, as mentioned above, there are only two days left for each participating player, and it is estimated that each player will only ensure the most basic sleep and eating time.

"That's up to them, but you can remind them that although the rules state that the levels are completely random, they can still consult with others if they encounter a difficult task. Sometimes others will give them a breakthrough hint."

Luoxue Fengye shook his head and made a suggestion.

Everyone nodded and continued to discuss the knockout round. When I was about to sneak away to bully Ali with Yiwen and the others, the door of the box was suddenly opened and a group of figures entered one after another.

"Xiaotong, come and let your godmother hug you."

"Hahaha, I didn't disturb you, did I?"

Chapter 117: Countermeasures

The people who entered the box were none other than Rose Heart, Against the Tide, Pachinko, and even the president and vice presidents of Starry Sky Myth, Starry Sky Other Side and Zhen Mo, who had just formed an alliance not long ago.

"Hey, uncle godmother, why are you here?"

I looked at Red Rose with some surprise, who had taken the first step and hugged me in her arms, leaving Sister Shuiyan, who was a step slower, staring blankly at the side, and asked curiously.

"The place where we celebrate is right next to us. What's wrong? Why can't godmother come over to see goddaughter?" Red Rose pinched my cheek and explained with a chuckle, "Well, actually it was Maple Leaf who asked us to come over."

"Youyou, take the guests outside to entertain them."

The falling snow maple leaf gestured to his aunt.

My aunt immediately understood and stood up, taking Yiwen and the others out of the box, leaving only the presidents and vice presidents of the major guilds and the president of the Alice branch.

When I was about to leave, I could faintly hear the joking voices of Sister Coral and Sister Hookah.

"Don't worry, hookah, when the president has one in the future, he won't fight with you for it."

"Tsk, that has to be a daughter."

Dolan finished off the enemy from the side.

Blue Ocean and Blade also joined the discussion.

"But I feel like the eldest son likes his son more."

"Seconded."

"There are minors here. Can you explain it in detail later?"

"Protest, why can't we just listen."

"Don't let anyone hear you. Speak softly."

The aunt, the little one, and Alice's other relatives couldn't help but become concerned about the gossip.

This caused everyone in the box to burst out laughing.

The main person couldn't help but cough, "Ahem, they are still high school students talking nonsense, don't take it seriously."

"That's right. What knowledge can a child have? If we are going to have a baby, we'd better have twins, a boy and a girl."

The Black King Caesar, however, sat down next to her without any scruples and chuckled, his tone serious, as if he had made some kind of promise.

Red Rose was startled, and her fair face flushed visibly, "Bah, bah, bah, what nonsense are you talking about? Be serious."

"I think I'm quite serious. If you find it troublesome, you can take care of our daughter, and I can take care of our son."

Although Black King Caesar put on a serious expression, the tenderness and smile in his eyes were obvious.

"Hey, hey, you two should be more careful. This is not the place for you to show off your affection."

Meng Qingying looked helpless and couldn't help but remind him.

"That's right, I'm almost dying from the snoring."

I took the opportunity to run to the seat next to me and also looked like I was going to die.

Red Rose rolled her eyes at Black King Caesar, "It's none of my business. It's all because of this guy who has no shame."

That being said, anyone with a discerning eye can see the happiness that the red rose cannot hide.

In the end, it was Sister Qiuru who told me the reason why several people had come.

"Xiaotong, do you remember what you told Xiaorou before?"

I was stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted, "Are you talking about the incident with the Guild Alliance in the qualifying round?"

After explaining it to my sister-in-law, I quickly forgot about it because the qualifying round was so intense. I only remembered it now that I was reminded of it. I was about to ask about what happened next, but it was Sister Qiu Ru who spoke first.

"After Xiaorou told them about this, Uncle An and his team thought it was a good idea, so they asked a few small media outlets to contact the parties involved. They then slowly built up momentum for these reports over the past two days, and at midnight yesterday, they had everyone move all of the information to the gaming forum and create a related discussion thread."

"It looks like the Guild Alliance has a lot of enemies, and there are some other forces pushing it. The big gaming media are all reporting on this matter, and the Guild Alliance's public relations can't suppress it. And they can't find out who is behind this. Now it's estimated that most of the players in the Orwen Empire know about this little move of the Guild Alliance."

Sister Qiu Ru held her cheeks and chuckled. It was obvious that she had a part in this, otherwise the smile in her eyes would not have hidden such a bit of complacency.

“I asked some old friends to help guide me.”

Black King Caesar stroked the stubble on his chin.

The red rose next to her rolled her eyes and said, "You said that if I hadn't helped to buy some traffic, not many people would have noticed your friends' soft articles."

"It's difficult for me to do it, but Brother Bi'an and I spent some money to find a few columns and video people on the platforms to promote it a little bit."

"Then the blame is all on Starry Sky Mythology."

The other side of the starry sky shrugged, and Zhen Mo said teasingly.

Pachinko retorted, "Hey, hey, be honest. The popularity is still due to you guys, Star Mythology."

"Anyway, the reputation of the Guild Alliance has been affected to a great extent. I think it's time to make preparations."

After hearing everyone finish bragging about their own achievements, Luoxue Fengye put down his water glass and said calmly.

"plan?"

I blinked, somewhat confused.

"You are really good at being a hands-off shopkeeper." Sister Qiu Ru teased, "Liunian, please explain it to our young president."

Gray Flowing Years shook his head. "With the Blue Shadow incident and the diplomatic incident, Alice, Rose Heart, and Counter Tide have probably become the eyesores of Yuwen Hao and his Guild Alliance. Instead of waiting for the Guild Alliance to free up its hands to deal with us, why don't we take the initiative and catch them off guard when the Guild Alliance is weakened by the diplomatic and expedition incidents."

"We, Star Mythology, have boarded your pirate ship."

Starry Sky Beyond said helplessly that originally Starry Sky Mythology did not want to get involved, but during the period of the Kingdom of Levis, he was busy with the incident and had too many connections with Alice, so he became the target of the Guild Alliance, forcing Starry Sky Mythology to take sides.

Of course, there is another option, which is to actively bow to the Guild Alliance. However, not to mention that Starry Sky Mythology has the pride of a large guild, it is easy to imagine what a blow this option will bring to the guild's reputation. What's more, even if it bows, the Guild Alliance may not be much closer to Starry Sky Mythology.

Not taking sides completely means not taking sides at all, which is why he is here now.

"Don't worry, President Higan. If we weren't prepared, we wouldn't have brought it up at this time."

Kashiwagi Morimori, who was standing behind Black King Caesar, smiled.

"Yuwen Jun of the Sky Group is my brother. Yuwen Hao stole Baofeng from him. Now Jun and my uncle have already started to plan a counterattack. Not long ago, they reached an agreement with Yuwen Bozhan, the opposing faction of Yuwen Hao's father. Yuwen Bozhan will send people and transfer funds to support us, provided that we defeat the Guild Alliance head-on at least once."