Finally, as everyone was eagerly anticipating, the new Wangling League sounded the clarion call for battle.
Every year around this time, the official game releases a major update, releasing newly designed, high-difficulty dungeons. These newly developed dungeons often possess extremely complex and obscure mechanics, making it impossible for the official to proactively provide dungeon guides. However, relying on ordinary players to explore and then write guides is a lengthy and unpredictable process. Because the skill levels of ordinary players vary widely, and it's difficult to form organized, disciplined, and collaborative dungeon groups, the official is concerned that players will become frustrated and afk after failing to complete a dungeon. Therefore, to maintain the game's freshness while preventing a loss of ordinary players, the official has turned its attention to the players in these professional leagues.
Through pre-league "preparatory" activities, these pro players will spare no effort in pioneering new, top-tier equipment. Their skill level is naturally many times higher than that of ordinary players. Furthermore, the club itself will proactively recruit professionals to form pioneering teams. These players, who are the most resourceful, agile, and highly aware, will complete these challenging dungeons in the shortest possible time. At the same time, they will release club-specific strategy guides to attract fans. In this way, they not only solve problems for the official team, but also successfully build momentum for themselves and the club, killing two birds with one stone.
In the early morning of that day, official server maintenance concluded, and the game update was uploaded to the "Cocoon" cloud space. This update was enormous, and the download took considerable time. While the game was preparing for the update, the lights in all the major clubs were ablaze, everyone eager to try it out, staying up all night. Polaris was no exception. The official team was truly stingy. In their pre-update promotional material, they only revealed the majestic dungeon background music created by a high-end music production team, the exquisitely detailed scenery of the secret realm, and the lifelike NPCs. They never revealed any information about the dungeon mechanics. These details would have to be explored online by the professional club players, and the team that first fully grasped them would be the biggest winner in the early stages of the league.
He Youjin ordered some midnight snacks to fill the group of guys who had been staying up all night. He was quite nervous, just like standing at the starting line of a 1,500-meter race before the physical education teacher, waiting for his order. At that time, his entire chest felt like it was being crushed by a huge rock, his heart was pounding, and his breathing was difficult. It was even more uncomfortable than when he started running seriously.
"You...you all, don't be nervous later! Just perform at your usual level!" He Youjin comforted him tremblingly, "It's just a game anyway..."
"Manager He, please stop talking. I feel so nervous just looking at you!" Xia Tong raised her eyes and said helplessly, "I wasn't nervous to begin with, but what you said made me feel uncomfortable."
"Then don't look at him, and don't listen to him." Lin Mingfei stretched out her arms to wrap around Xia Tong's little head, and turned around: "Look at Fire."
The fat man Zhou Yanjun was holding a family bucket, sitting cross-legged like a panda next to the "cocoon", chewing a cream corn cob horizontally. The golden corn kernels were still stuck to the corners of his mouth, shiny and greasy. He didn't seem nervous at all, and it even seemed that he could lie down and fall asleep after eating.
He Youjin's scalp tightened: "Fire you... aren't you nervous at all?"
"I'm nervous." Zhou Yanjun said vaguely, "I turned my nervousness into appetite. Look how nervous I am!"
"......" He Youjin was instantly numb: "Why are you so nervous?"
At this moment, the flashing progress bars on the five "cocoons" came to the end one after another, and with a "buzz" sound, the hatches opened neatly.
"Hurry, hurry, hurry! Let's play the game!" He Youjin's adrenaline surged to its peak in an instant. He hurriedly urged, "Stop eating! Let's play the game!"
"Oh, I got it." Zhou Yanjun wiped his claws on his waistband twice and stepped into the "cocoon".
All five people were in position. He Youjin watched the hatch slowly close. "Come on!" He waved his fist, feeling his heart surging.
"boom"
The hatch is closed.
At the same time, the number of online users on major live streaming platforms began to increase exponentially. They were countless night owls who loved the Royal Tomb. Some continued to wait, while others set alarms to wake up on time, just to witness this shocking and exciting opening moment. Those highly anticipated game IDs lit up at the same moment and headed towards the new dungeon map - the Galalan Ruins.
The barrage area is densely packed, and thousands of barrages have already occupied the screen.
[Sabertooth Tiger will win! Dylan is the eternal god! !]
[Saber-toothed tiger, saber-toothed tiger, saber-toothed tiger! ! ]
[Saber-toothed tiger charges! ! ! !]
[Fuck, Sabretooth fans, can you please be more normal? I can't even see the rest of the content.]
[I don't want to see you turn off the comment? Stupid!]
I thought Sabertooth had already won the championship.
[Even if Sabretooth Tiger doesn't win, it won't be your turn, Shadow, ok?]
[What are you so arrogant about, Team Two? Believe it or not, my brother D will teach you a lesson right now.]
[What are you arguing about? I just want to see what the new dungeon looks like! A bunch of crazy fans.]
Can I watch the game in a different livestream than the official one? Is it okay to watch it in a player's livestream?
[Friendly reminder, don't go to the players' live broadcast rooms.]
【Newbies, why can't I go to the players' livestreams? 】
[As usual, there will definitely be a fierce fight at the entrance to the new dungeon later.]
[A huge brawl involving dozens of people, all high-end professional players, a bloody scene.]
[In the player's live broadcast room, you may only see an infinite loop of death and resurrection. ]
[If you go to the Sabertooth Tiger team's livestream, the experience might be better, as they are usually the final winners and will be the first to enter the dungeon.]
[Haha, Sabretooth's embarrassing fangirling is back again. Everyone is equal in a melee, you know? Even Dylan can't survive!]
[D-god has definitely died less times than your lousy team! ]
......
Judging from the content of the barrage, everyone has great expectations for this traditional arts brawl at the entrance of the dungeon. The more fiercely these professional teams fight, the happier the audience will be.
Here, everyone from Polaris came online one after another.
"Remember to turn on the live broadcast, otherwise money will be deducted." Shi Ya kindly reminded.
"I just opened it," Zhou Yanjun said, "but there was no one there."
"It's the same here." Bo Yu said.
Shi Ya: "Well... I have about a hundred here, but the number is decreasing. I guess they might have thought I was some popular male star, and when they came in, they realized the text was irrelevant."
Xia Tong was still groping in confusion: "How do I start this live broadcast? Why haven't I found it yet..."
At this time, in the Wang Ling super topic discussion area on Weibo, fans of major teams were updating the front-line battle reports.
[Great news! The Sabretooth Tiger team is the first to arrive at the Galalan map! !]
[Shadow is here too!! Shadow is here too!! Team Shadow won't let Sabertooth enter the dungeon first! They'll definitely stop him!!]
[As expected, they're enemies, their eyes are full of jealousy!! They've already started fighting!!]
[The Rainbow Team and the Traceless Team arrived together! ! The Rainbow Team tried to sneak into the map while they were fighting! They were discovered by the Sabretooth Team!]
[Hahahahaha, Sabretooth's Goblin's group attack accidentally injured Team Wuhen's nurse. Oops, now it's a four-team melee! !]
......
Amidst the lively booing and discussion, there was a newly updated status post that was very inconspicuous and was quickly deleted, but it seemed melancholy and humble.
[Fuck, at this critical moment when all the teams are rushing to the new dungeon battlefield, the Polaris I'm a fan of are like a bunch of old men who just came back from walking their birds in the park. They're actually stuck in the middle of the scene trying to figure out how to start a live stream!! What kind of suffering do their fans have to endure?!]
[Reply: Braised Claws, they're so motionless I can't even participate in the discussion qaq.]
[Reply: They can’t really be here for retirement, right? qwq!! I’m so scared!!]
[Reply: I just tried to warn them in Timer's livestream, but that bastard Zero actually told Timer to turn off the comment barrage! Timer actually turned it off!!]
[Reply: All the members of Team P are inhuman! They don’t care about their fans at all! !]
[Reply: You are wrong. They don’t treat their fans as human beings at all...]
[Reply: Even with all this going on, why don’t you stop being my fans?? Sorry, I won’t stop being my fans anyway.]
[Reply: Humph! I want to see what else this team can come up with!]
......
In the game over there, Shi Ya guided Xia Tong to open the live broadcast room and found that there were quite a few people in Xia Tong's live broadcast room.
Xia Tong: "Hey! Zero, they're all urging us to rush to the battlefield. Is this a new dungeon?"
Lin Mingfei: "You should also turn off the barrage, don't listen to their blind orders."
Xia Tong obeyed his orders and said obediently, "Oh."
Bo Yu said: "So what should we do now?"
Zhou Yanjun: "I think we should take advantage of them while they're brawling and rush in to take advantage! Maybe we'll be the first to enter the dungeon!"
Shi Ya was browsing the forums: "The Rainbow Team thinks the same thing! I think it's better to go later, so as not to lose both the lady and the troops."
Lin Mingfei: "No, we're not going."
The other four people showed shocked expressions: "??? Huh???"
Shi Yalue was confused and said, "What do you mean by not going? Is that what I understood?"
Xia Tong: "...Does that mean you're giving up on the new dungeon?"
Lin Mingfei: “Yeah.”
Zhou Yanjun: "What the hell? Captain, wake up!!!"
Lin Mingfei said calmly, "I'm very clear-headed. You can see the time when Sabretooth Tiger arrived at the Galalan map. There was a difference of nearly a minute between the time when Shadow Team arrived. This minute was enough for them to enter the dungeon and complete the map, more than enough, right? But they couldn't get in, and were entangled and beaten by Shadow Team at the door. If this happened, if their Sabretooth Tiger Club's line hadn't been cut by the construction team, causing the network delay, then there is only one explanation -"
Bo Yu pondered for a moment and whispered, "So... the Jialuolan Ruins isn't a five-player instance."
Lin Mingfei was the most shameless, so she didn't turn on the barrage at all after going online. She didn't know how many people were watching the show in her live broadcast room, and she had no idea how spectacular the barrage area was at the moment.
[Oh my god! This brainstorming!]
[The old fox is indeed an old fox! He wins from a thousand miles away!]
【Holmes calls him an expert! 】
[Z-god is too sharp! ! Instead of going into a big brawl, why not gather everyone first! ]
[Wow, wow, wow! He's truly the man I love!! He's the embodiment of justice and wisdom!]
......
Lin Mingfei snapped her fingers and said lazily, "Xiao Bo is right. I don't think this is a five-person dungeon at all."
The types of Wang Ling's dungeons can be divided into five-person dungeons, ten-person dungeons, fifteen-person dungeons and twenty-five-person large dungeons according to the number of people.
Shi Ya pinched her chin and pondered, "What you said makes sense. Even if they win, it will take a long time to recruit people, and there will be many variables in the process of recruiting people."
"The most important thing is that our team P can't even get a sixth person." Lin Mingfei stretched out a finger and shook it, smiling.
His words hit the other four people on the head like an iron hammer.
"Damn...how could I have forgotten about this?" Zhou Yanjun's mouth twitched.
"Oh yes... I always feel that our team has rows of young trainees and substitutes." Bo Yu said hesitantly.
Shi Ya coughed and smiled reluctantly, "So, as long as it's not a five-person dungeon, we won't be able to enter the new dungeon, right?"
Lin Mingfei asked back: "Unless you are willing to open up the wasteland with the savages."
The other people's reaction was unanimous: "...No, we don't want to!"
Xia Tong blinked blankly and asked curiously, "Why don't you team up with some wild people to open up the wasteland together?"
Zhou Yanjun's face twisted in fear: "Because you never know what kind of idiot you'll team up with!"
Xia Tong: “.”
Seeing the young wizard still half-comprehending, Shi Ya coughed again and said, "You know what? We were once doing a 25-man raid, but one of the young trainees had diarrhea and couldn't come. So we reluctantly called a wildling from the world. That wildling had top-notch equipment and seemed really smart, but we were wrong."
"I remember that time." Bo Yu held his forehead in his hand, a look of deep sorrow. "The boss at that time had a skill that required the entire team to jump to avoid it. If they didn't, they would be hit by a debuff called 'Plague Invasion'. Anyone hit by 'Plague Invasion' would die, and if he was in a crowd, he would infect those nearby. So, do you know how easy it was to wipe out the whole team?"
"Actually, the solution back then was very simple. All you had to do was jump when Zero yelled 'jump,' and you'd be fine." Shi Ya said, "Even if both your legs were broken and you couldn't jump, and you were hit by the 'Plague Invasion,' you could just stay away from the crowd. But that idiot... sorry, I just can't help but call him idiot. He was like a deaf person. He didn't jump when I told him to, and even after getting hit, he kept running around in the crowd! Do you know how many times we wiped out that night, from 8 a.m. to 2 a.m.?"
Xia Tong was stunned and asked, "How many times?"
Shi Ya gritted her teeth and said, "Twenty-five times, I think we are a bunch of idiots! That's why we brought such a fool in!"
At the same time, a long string of ellipsis also floated across the barrage area.
[Damn... this is too sad.]
[It seems like he's really a fool to be able to make Master Shi start cursing! ]
[As a PVE player, I can totally understand this feeling! ! ]
[I've also been in a tangled group!!! One bad apple wiped us out so many times!! It made me cry!]
[Polaris of the Withering Team is really miserable. They can't even find one more person.]
[They are so miserable, but somehow I feel like laughing.]
......
"So, I would rather not open a dungeon than play it with idiots." Shi Ya said.
Zhou Yanjun: "I second the motion!"
Xia Tong: "Hmm...but didn't they say that the new dungeon will drop some really powerful equipment? So should we just give up on these equipment? After all, we can't form a group with that many people right away..."
"That depends on how the captain arranges it." Shi Ya turned her head and said, "Zero?"
"Give up." Lin Mingfei said readily.
"Ah? Are you really giving up?" Zhou Yanjun opened his mouth wide.
"Really." Lin Mingfei said, "Can you think of any other tricks?"
Zhou Yanjun was speechless after being asked this question. He paused and said, "Then where can we find more advanced equipment? We can't just wear this outdated equipment to the official competition!"
"I've already thought about this." Lin Mingfei was incredibly calm. He raised his thick eyebrows and smiled, "We can go to the Scorpion Eye Trench to earn points."
"Scorpion Eye Trench??"
Scorpion Eye Trench is a new PVX party gameplay officially developed a month ago. In the mysterious and dangerous Scorpion Eye Trench with a total of 39 floors, players have to challenge various monster traps and go down layer by layer in a level-breaking mode. Points can be obtained for each level. After all 39 floors are cleared, players can use points to exchange exclusive equipment with the owner of the Scorpion Eye Trench, an NPC called the Poison Scorpion King.
"The equipment we have now is all 1080-grade. Based on the pattern of equipment upgrades in each version, I estimate that the equipment dropped in the new dungeon should be around 1400-grade." Shi Ya pinched her chin and said, "I remember that in order to attract PVX players, the official promotion specifically showed that the equipment exchangeable in Scorpion Eye Trench was all 1500-grade. Let me take a closer look."
"Level 1500, that's great!" Xia Tong clapped her hands.
"But I feel like Scorpion Eye Trench isn't that easy to farm... After all, it's a secret realm for PvP players. If it were easy to farm, those PvP players would probably have a piece of 1500-level gear every time." Zhou Yanjun held his forehead and said, "Do you know what the biggest difference between PvP players and us PvP players is?"
Xia Tong: "Hmm?"
Zhou Yanjun: "They are persistent and patient, and can do the same thing at the same time every day, no matter how boring it is!"
Xia Tong: "For example?"
Bo Yu: "For example, in order to find a rare pet, they would squat motionless at the same time and place every day for dozens of minutes until the pet appeared."
Xia Tong: "Wow! It turns out this game has pets that can be crouched!"
Zhou Yanjun: "...Do you feel like you've chosen the wrong career?"
Barrage Area
[??? Fatty Zhou, do you look down on PVX?!]
[As a pvx, I feel offended! [Knock]]
[But honestly, I'm really looking forward to what it'll be like when you pvp in Scorpion Eye Trench!]
Is Polaris really planning to go to Scorpion Eye Trench? Seriously?
[These PVP nerds are truly overwhelmed with kills and limited experience. Didn't they see the stats of the equipment that the Scorpion King exchanged for?]
[[Laughing and crying][Laughing and crying][Laughing and crying] God, please take a look at the comments! You guys are going to make a big mistake! ]
…
Lin Mingfei pointed her sniper rifle back at the base and lazily issued an ultimatum, "Anyway, I've already analyzed the situation clearly for you. We have no choice now. You have to clear this holy land that so many PVXs haven't conquered, whether you want to or not."
"For the 1500th grade! Just go for it!" Zhou Yanjun said with his neck stiff.
At this time, Shi Ya had already finished reading the messages on the forum. With hesitation written all over her face, she slowly said, "Um... I have something to say, but I'm not sure if I should say it or not."
"You tell me." Lin Mingfei said.
Shi Ya: "If I tell you, I might ruin your plan."
Lin Mingfei: "It's okay, go ahead."
Shi Ya: "I just looked at the stats of the equipment exchanged in the Scorpion Eye Trench...it doesn't seem very suitable for PVP."
Lin Mingfei: "There are no attributes that increase defense, all of them are bonuses to running speed and breathing capacity?"
Shi Ya was slightly stunned: "Huh? You know?"
Player characters in Wang Ling have multiple attributes, such as physical attack, spell attack, defense, running speed, breathing capacity, etc. As the name suggests, players with high attack power will hurt others, players with high defense are tougher, players with fast running speed are not easy to be caught up, and players with large breathing capacity can stay longer in certain underwater maps.
Obviously, the bonus to running speed and breathing capacity is purely to create convenience for pvx players, because pvx players often have to run back and forth in various types of maps, in order to squat for pets, take pictures, and get achievements... But these attributes are better than nothing for pvp players.
Shi Ya believed that Lin Mingfei knew very well how important defense was to PVP players, so she was a little confused.
"So...what do you mean?" he asked tentatively.
Lin Mingfei narrowed his eyes confidently. He didn't turn on the comment barrage, so the live broadcast screen was clean. However, he had no idea who was watching on the other side of the platform, and what kind of mentality they had.
"We'll discuss this offline. Just listen to me." He tapped the handle of his gun with his five fingers, glancing at the livestreaming plugin with a sinister look. He didn't know who he was talking to, but his tone was filled with cold contempt. "But I have a feeling there are quite a few enemy informants lurking in my livestream. What are they doing? Trying to steal my skills? Well, I tell you, there's no way."
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