Fang Zheng had made such a judgment after careful consideration. Indeed, if it was a normal online game, as Ya Wang said, the first beta test players would have some advantages. Their familiarity with the system, skills and task flow could ensure that these players would be more skilled and familiar with the game in the early stages than those who had just entered the game.

However, there are still some solutions to this problem in planning and operation. As Fang Zheng said, the game beta test mainly tests the smoothness of the game itself and whether various data meet the requirements.

For example, if there is a task that requires you to kill ten rabbit hairs to obtain a bandage, then perhaps in the internal test, the player only needs to kill ten rabbits, or it is not impossible to kill one rabbit to get ten hairs. After all, the whole process is just to test whether the player can kill the rabbit hair, whether the rabbit hair can drop smoothly, and whether the task can be successfully completed to obtain the bandage and experience.

However, when it comes to the public beta or official operation, the drop rate will definitely be adjusted. Maybe during the internal test, you may get one hair when you kill a rabbit, but when it comes to the public beta or official operation, it is possible that you need to kill two or three rabbits to get one hair.

Similarly, the natural drop rates of the various props and equipment that must be dropped when defeating bosses during the internal test will also be adjusted.

In this way, it will invisibly hold back the first-place players, making it more difficult for them to stand out.

Not only that, in Fang Zheng's view, even if those first-mover players have advantages of one kind or another, just one shortcoming is enough to wipe out all their advantages.

Fault tolerance.

Maybe in other online games, dying three, four or five times is not a problem, but in this world, you only have one life, which means that when you play this game, the tolerance rate is zero, and any misjudgment may lead to your death without a burial place.

And after you die, there will be no angel sister to resurrect you.

Therefore, if those closed beta and internal beta test players really relied on their foresight to cause trouble, Fang Zheng was sure that there was a high probability that they would not see the sun tomorrow morning.

“Woo…”

At this moment, Fang Zheng had also made Ya Wang speechless. His face was red and his eyes were about to pop out of their sockets. After a long while, he finally managed to say something.

"Stop talking nonsense, how did you know it would be like this?"

“Because I’m a game designer.”

Fang Zheng glanced at Ya Wang with contempt.

"At least I know more about this than you do."

“Woo…”

At this moment, Ya Wang was completely speechless.

But Fang Zheng certainly would not miss this good opportunity. The reason why he wasted time talking to this idiot was not just to attack him. This was a game, an online game. The most important thing about online games was interactivity, that is, communication and trust between people were important. And Fang Zheng just wanted to take this opportunity to leave his first impression in everyone's mind, so that it would be easier for him to do things in the future.

So Fang Zheng looked at the players next to him again and spoke.

"Since everyone is here, I'll give you another friendly reminder. Many of you may be veteran gamers, and you are very confident in your skills and awareness. However, I have to be frank with you. This may very well be the root cause of your failure. To be frank, those who have never played online games, or even games, may live longer than you."

"What makes you say that?"

"Yeah yeah!"

After hearing Fang Zheng's words, some people in the crowd were immediately unhappy. Indeed, many of them were very passionate about online games, otherwise they would not have rushed to buy this game right after it was released. They were also very confident in their experience. Even if they had never played this game, they thought that with their experience in online games, even if they could not dominate the game, at least they should be able to protect themselves.

But now this man actually said that they were not as good as those newbies who had never played the game?

How can this be tolerated?

Hearing everyone's rebuttal, Ya Wang sneered. In his opinion, Fang Zheng was getting cocky and thought he had said a few reasonable words and started to criticize others. However, Fang Zheng was very calm and even a little happy. In his opinion, these players were willing to refute him, which meant that they listened to what he said. Otherwise, there was no need for them to waste their time here.

So Fang Zheng raised his hand first, signaling everyone to listen to him, and then he began to speak.

"Since many of you are veterans of the game, you should still remember when you first started playing the game, you carefully controlled your character, fearing that it would get hurt in the slightest, and you always tried your best to protect the safety of your character, right?"

“…”

Hearing this, many players nodded. After all, most rookies went through the same process.

"But what about you now?"

Fang Zheng smiled again.

"For you, perhaps character death has already become a habit. Perhaps the death of a character will make you feel sad, but you won't care too much. This is your weakness. I need to remind you again that this game has zero tolerance for error. It almost doesn't allow you to make mistakes and revive. If you die this time, then you are really dead. Maybe you will remember it now, but when you go to kill monsters and complete tasks, you may forget this unconsciously. Maybe when you find that your health is in danger, you will suddenly remember this setting - but by that time..."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng spread out his hands.

"…It's too late for you."

“…”

This time, the crowd fell into a longer silence than before. Most of these players were not fools. They just didn't think about this before because they were too shocked or confused. But now that Fang Zheng pointed it out, they began to face up to their own problems.

"Well, then...what should we do?"

After a long while, a swordsman asked uneasily. Hearing his question, Fang Zheng nodded inwardly. Obviously, through what he had just said, he had initially established a trustworthy image in the hearts of these players. The next thing to do was to deepen this image.

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng stretched out two fingers.

“We currently have two options.”

"two?"

"Yes, the first thing is to wait for government rescue."

Fang Zheng looked at the players in front of him, and combined with the knowledge he had gained after coming to this world, he began to analyze them carefully.

"You should all know that this is the world's first fully-stealth online game, and there are more than 10,000 people participating this time. With such a big incident happening right now, the government will definitely not sit idly by. You know, this kind of thing will definitely attract global attention, and even if it's just to prevent other countries from accusing them of poor rescue, the government will make great efforts to ensure our safety. At least our bodies should be protected and we won't die from lack of water and food."

After hearing this, many players' originally tense expressions became much more relaxed. It seemed that many people were indeed worried that they would starve to death or die of thirst in their own homes - this way of dying was not worthy of praise at all.

"Although Kayaba Akihiko said he designed this game, there are enough geniuses in this world. During this period of time when we are safe, the government will definitely call on experts and scholars from home and abroad to crack the entire server and try to remove Kayaba Akihiko's blockade and settings. So our first priority is to ensure that we can survive. Otherwise, if you die in the game, and the settings are removed the next day and we all wake up, then you will be at a disadvantage, right?"

At the end, Fang Zheng even made a little joke, but no one could laugh at this joke. Indeed, as Fang Zheng said, if they died and everyone else left the game the next day, they would die with regrets! !

"What about the second option?"

Perhaps because they felt relieved, the tense atmosphere among the crowd became much more relaxed, and soon someone asked. And Fang Zheng of course gave an answer.

"It's very simple...produce to save yourself."

“……???”

"You should have heard from the guy who calls himself Kayaba Akihiko that as long as you can clear the 100th floor, everyone can leave the game. Everyone has played online games before, so you should know that this is a long process. Since Kayaba Akihiko set such a high standard, it means that he must be confident enough in his design. So we must protect ourselves on the one hand, and we also need to be prepared for battle on the other hand."

Having said that, Fang Zheng shrugged his shoulders.

"Of course, I don't want everyone to fight. You should know that not everyone in online games likes fighting. If you think waiting for rescue is too slow, then you can choose to fight and take your fate into your own hands. On the other hand, if you don't want to take risks, you can also do logistics, gathering or forging. After all, these professions will also enhance the combat effectiveness of front-line players, thereby ensuring that we can complete the game faster."

Hearing Fang Zheng's words, many players showed expressions of relief. It was no wonder that they were already confused after hearing the exciting news, and they were completely unable to think in detail. But Fang Zheng was different. First of all, he was an adult. At least compared to those middle and high school students who were not very good at talking but not very reliable, he gave people a more trustworthy feeling. Not to mention that he also revealed that he was a game designer, and what he said was very logical and easy to convince people.

Not to mention that Fang Zheng himself has a very high charisma. He wants to gain the trust of these players. Although it is not to say that he can make them bow down to him, at least these players obviously listen to his words.

"...I, I want to work in logistics. I prefer collecting!"

"Then the task of making potions and gathering will be left to you. Let's go level up!"

"I want to learn forging, I think I can help!"

Looking at the players who had a clear goal and began to discuss with each other lively, Fang Zheng nodded with satisfaction, then he turned around and walked out of the crowd with Restia and Esther.

"I never thought that you would say this, Master."

Following behind Fang Zheng, Restia said with a smile, while Fang Zheng stretched out his hand and pointed at his head.

"This is a test of wisdom, Restia - remember, wisdom is what matters most."