Chapter 11 Endless Stairs (6)

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"Yi Han, we succeeded... ... " So, Jian Lin, who was breathing rapidly and his face was slightly red due to the rapid descent, turned around and saw the true appearance of his beautiful teammate.

Under the bright moonlight, there is a handsome man with calm eyes...

The outline of her beautiful facial features can still be vaguely seen, but her long hair has become short, her chest has become flat, her waist is narrow, and her legs are long...

…Why is it a man?! And a man who is half a head taller than me???

The color drained away from Jian Lin's face in an instant... He swallowed back the words that were about to come out of his mouth.

“You…you you…”

"What?" The man, who was half a head taller than him, had been holding his arm when he jumped off the building, and asked casually, "What did you want to say just now? Why didn't you say it?"

Jian Lin did want to say something, but now his mind was filled with "QAQ" and "TAT".

He had never seen a girl who possessed so many contradictory traits before: beautiful, smart, cold but polite, gentle but fierce, decisive, fearless in the face of danger, and extremely courageous...

He could have praised the pretty sister 100 more times, but who could tell him why the pretty sister suddenly turned into a man right after leaving the dungeon...

Jian Lin felt as if the world was collapsing, the sky was spinning, and everything in front of him went dark in an instant...

"..."Yi Han's hands suddenly felt empty.

Jian Lin: Disconnected right where I am.

...And as the one who should have been feeling embarrassed, Yi Han remained calm and not at all embarrassed until he exited the level.

Yi Han: I feel like since I started playing this game, I’ve become more shameless and my bottom line has become lower. :-)

[Rewards calculation starts now...]

[Clear level, basic points: +200]

[80% contribution to level clearance, ranked first among all players, bonus points: +100]

[Scene exploration degree 100%, bonus points: +50]

[Eliminate 3 NPCs, Bonus Points: +30]

[Total points obtained in this level: 380]

[Clearance Rating: S]

When settling the one-star level, there is one more item than the novice level, called "level clearance contribution". The app explains this item as follows: "Based on the player's exploration of the level rules, the number of valid clues obtained during the game, and the order of successful escape, the percentage is calculated and then points are awarded according to the ranking of all players. However, if the contribution is 0, points will be deducted." Due to this addition, the original "exploration degree" item has also been concretized as "scene exploration degree" to distinguish it from the "rule exploration degree" in the newly added item.

This made Yi Han feel that in the future, he would not be the only player in the level. This was because the "contribution" item was obviously set up for multiple players to complete the level together.

In this level "Endless Stairs", Yi Han's contribution is 80%, which seems to be very high, but if you think about it carefully, it is actually not quite right.

Because if you think about it carefully, this stage was actually pushed forward by Yi Han himself from beginning to end.

His teammate Jian Lin did these two things before jumping off the roof with him:

1. When entering the level for the first time, two hidden rules were provided. There was no problem with these two rules, and they actually helped the two people pass the level. But they were unlikely to be counted in his contribution. Because of this clearly defined death condition, ordinary players would definitely learn about it during the exploration process if they followed the normal way of passing the level. Jian Lin provided it in advance, which only saved time for the two people, and had no substantial effect on advancement.

2. After knocking on the door where the ghost NPC is, participate in all 3 mandatory tasks. This is obviously not a necessary process for normal clearance, and will not be calculated for contribution.

Therefore, Jian Lin was able to get 20% in the end instead of being deducted 0% points, all because he and Yi Han jumped off the roof at the same time. The system determined that both of them escaped successfully at the same time, and there was no ranking order.

Thinking back to that time, he was determined to jump with me. Now that I think about it, if this was not his first time entering a one-star dungeon, he should have known the rules about contribution points. In that case, his behavior was not the so-called "sharing risks with teammates" at all, but a hypocritical excuse to avoid being deducted points. But on the other hand, if he didn't know, then this person... might really be the kind of innocent boy who was well protected by his family in the legend... People like this basically don't survive long in an escape game, so not being deducted points this time was a blessing in disguise.

Yi Han was too lazy to find out which one it was. Regardless of whether it was 100% or 80%, he would be the first and his score would not be reduced by a single point. And Jian Lin did help him. If it weren't for his lucky knocking hands... he might not have been able to get the 30 points of the three NPCs, and the recipe might have been lost. Therefore, he felt that this result was very reasonable.

After the settlement was completed, Yi Han took a short rest. Feeling that he was not too tired for the time being, he began to study the method of opening the two-star level.

When the one-star level was enabled before, the condition was to clear the novice level and reach a C-level rating. This condition was almost impossible, and as long as the player did not fail in the novice level, they could successfully achieve it. But it is not so easy to upgrade from a one-star level to a two-star level.

[The standard for activating a two-star level is to clear at least one one-star level, reach a B-level or above rating, and accumulate 1,000 points.]

Yi Han scored 179 points in the "enclosed classroom" and 380 points in the "endless stairs", and now has a total of 559 points. The points earned by secretly delivering food are obviously not counted. If he wants 1,000 points, he still has to pass two more one-star levels.

"This is too slow." Yi Han frowned, but 380 points for a one-star level was probably the limit. A ferocious player like him could only get so much. An ordinary player should only get more than 200 points at a time...

"How can I get more points in a copy?" he asked the system directly.

The system answered quickly.

[Players who have passed the same level and have a rating higher than A can try to turn on the "difficult mode". In the difficult mode, the points obtained at the settlement will be multiplied by the "difficulty coefficient" 1.5, and there is a chance of dropping special abilities and rare items. ]

[Compared to "Normal Mode", the game scene in "Difficult Mode" is larger, the clues to pass the level are more hidden, and the difficulty of escaping is doubled. ]

It costs 500 points to activate "Hard Mode".

Although it wasn't much, Yi Han didn't have any. Before the last game, he spent more than 2,000 points to buy a "malicious detector" just to prevent teammates like the novice level. But the teammate in the last game turned out to be a white flower, so he didn't use it from beginning to end...

The "difficult mode" must be turned on. Yi Han first closed the historical clearance record interface of the app, and directly called out the "ghost of the former boss", and started his business of making money again.

Now he already has two dishes in his menu, "braised pork" and "honey chicken legs". Compared with the healing ability of "braised pork", the buff of increasing bounce is not very competitive. But it's better than nothing, maybe some levels just need such a buff. Yi Han put both dishes into the menu of the online store, set the price to 50, and then asked the former boss to open the order channel.

Immediately, a steady stream of orders appeared in the background.

Yi Han once again repeated the boring but happy process of cooking and collecting money.

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This time he again only operated the store for one hour before temporarily closing it.

Having earned another 2,000+ points, Yi Han immediately turned on the "difficult mode" with the system. It would take more than 20 hours to activate, but he would be able to choose the mode on his own the next time he entered a level.

It was already late at night, and it was time to rest and recharge for the next level. However, Yi Han had just jumped over a building and earned several thousand points in a blink of an eye, so he was still in a somewhat excited state.

The small room he was in had no doors or windows, so he could not see the sky outside.

There was nothing to do at the moment, and Yi Han suddenly had an urge to take a look at this main god space, the world outside the room.

"I seem to have seen a prop in the mall before, which only newcomers can buy." Yi Han found it after a quick search.

【Door】

【Quality: Grade C】

【Condition: Brand new】

[Description: Opens a door to the outside world. Can only be used in the room of the main god space. Existence time: 10 minutes.]

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