Chapter 100: Turning the tables
The craze for Prank City was like a tornado, sweeping across most of Zhongzhou, sweeping up almost all the attention. Even the trending searches, usually dominated by popular stars, were topped by Prank City from Fantasy Park for several consecutive days. Countless people were envious and jealous. Many wanted to explore the secrets behind Prank City, but when they thought about the CEO of Yingda Technology who was imprisoned, the marketing account that was quickly exposed and prosecuted after spreading rumors and slandering Fantasy Park online, and the fact that official national media often followed the operating account of Fantasy Park and reposted updates, everyone gave up.
Jinan City was also extremely lively during this National Day holiday. There were so many foreign tourists that traffic jams on the roads became the norm. Citizens' daily travel relied on bicycles, motorcycles, and electric vehicles. Many citizens also made a fortune by taking shortcuts by using electric vehicles and motorcycles to carry passengers. Many tourists who could not book rooms at the Fantasy Park Hot Springs had to stay overnight in nearby hotels. As a result, the daily revenue of the city's hotels, inns, homestays, and restaurants continued to rise. The revenue earned during the seven days of National Day alone exceeded the revenue of the previous two or three months.
The elderly people selling handicrafts on Taoyuan Street are also making a tidy living, beaming daily. When tourists buy a lot, they enthusiastically say, "Hey, you're going to the park, right? You can mail it in. Bring it to the visitor center, and the staff will pack it for free. It's just a small shipping fee."
The tourists were very surprised and said that the park was willing to help?
The vendor said, "Of course not. Let me tell you, the director is very kind. Originally, we weren't allowed to set up stalls on this street. The Urban Management said it was an eyesore. It was only after the director spoke to the higher-ups that they finally let us set up our stall here. Otherwise, they wouldn't let us set up our stall for free in such a great place. All we have to do is keep it clean."
As the vendor was speaking, a nearby vendor shouted, "Auntie, please move in. You're blocking the blind path. Be careful, the headmaster might see you and send you back. Hahahaha."
The vendor replied, "I don't need to." and quickly pushed her stall inward.
Several tourists watching this scene couldn't help but marvel at it. Because of the existence of Fantasy Park, the flow of people on Taoyuan Street is obviously increasing day by day, especially the places on both sides of the entrance of Fantasy Park. These places were originally the land of Fantasy Park. If it were another big park, they would never allow vendors to set up stalls next to the entrance and affect the image of the gate. However, the director of Fantasy Park not only allowed it, but also gave it to these elderly grandmothers for free, while those young and strong vendors could only squeeze in farther away. It goes without saying that this was the director's work, otherwise how could the grandmothers get good stalls?
"This director is so generous!"
"Yeah, there's a reason why they can make the park so good."
"Look, there's a reason why the director has such a good reputation locally."
The tourists chatted with each other and felt more relaxed and happy. Although they wanted to play in the park and didn't care what kind of person the director was, they felt more comfortable spending the money on this trip when they learned that the director ran the park conscientiously and treated the elderly and the weak well.
The seven days of National Day passed quickly, and the City of Pranks was open for a full seven days. These seven days were long enough for energetic and experienced tourists to summarize the rules.
On the evening of October 7, an up-loader named "He Hexun" released a new video.
He He is a classmate of Cao Xiaoliang and Zhang Minmin, and is also a loyal fan cultivated in the early days of Fantasy Park. Compared with Cao Xiaoliang, he is rich, and compared with Zhang Minmin, he has more free time. He is also very active in fighting monsters in the park. Now he ranks 135th on the Fantasy Park Merit List.
This ranking alone has won him a lot of fans on the Internet. What's more, he often compiles monster-killing guides, and the monster-killing data he provides is very useful for reference, so his fans are very loyal.
As soon as the video was released, fans flocked to it.
This time his videos are not long, only three minutes, and the content is not much, but each one can make people's eyes go dark.
First: Fantasy Park is gradually increasing the difficulty of monster hunting. Previously, the monsters in Abandoned Park, Jasmine Town, and the Fantasy Haunted House were similar in difficulty, ranging from level 2 to 3. But now, Abandoned Park only spawns monsters of levels 1-3, becoming a complete beginner's dungeon. Jasmine Town's monsters have been increased from levels 3 and 4 to levels 5 and 6. After seven days of observation, no monsters below level 5 have appeared. Meanwhile, the photos of the ghost doors in the Fantasy Haunted House now have numbers underneath them, ranging from a minimum of 2 to a maximum of 10 or higher. Those with low Merit List rankings can only open doors with lower numbers, and the Fantasy Haunted House has never spawned monsters above level 10.
Article 2: When the monster level is higher, the rewards will be richer than before, the merit points obtained after defeating monsters will be higher, and the probability of dropping items will be higher.
Article 3: The success rate and durability of transformations in the City of Mischief are related to the ranking on the Merit List. A data comparison of one hundred people has been done. Those who rank high on the Merit List have transformation effects that are more in line with their expectations, last longer, and have better control effects; the opposite is true for those who rank low.
Article 4: The success rate of binding the Red-Eyed Elf is also related to the ranking on the Merit List. People with higher rankings have higher success rates, while the opposite is true for people with lower rankings.
As soon as these four conclusions were released, netizens immediately wailed.
——Insidious, so insidious! I originally thought that Fantasy Park was pretty good, and that the monster tide in the City of Mischief only happened once every ten days, which was very nice and peaceful. Who knew it was hidden here?
——Wow, this is too scary. People with low merit rankings in Fantasy Park have no human rights.
——No wonder, some people can catch red-eyed elves easily, and the transformation effect is also amazing. A few days ago, I saw someone got big wings and flew so gracefully. I also got wings, but no matter how much I practiced, I couldn’t fly as beautifully as others. It turns out that the problem lies here.
——Before, I called several friends together and caught a red-eyed elf. We worked hard to take care of it and make it happy, trying to coax it to bind. I also wanted to try the effect of using skills like the exploration team, but the red-eyed elf refused to agree and asked me because I was too weak. Now I understand what it means.
——Hey, what can I do? Just fight monsters! It's good for my health too.
This is horrible, horrible. Has the director's obsession with monster hunting brainwashed everyone? Now everyone is accustomed to this kind of discrimination.
——No way, numb. Dog head jpg.
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As the National Day holiday passed, the number of foreign tourists in Jinan City decreased significantly, but there were still a steady stream of foreign tourists coming every day.
On October 10, Lin Lanlan and her good friend Meng Linlin rushed to the Fantasy Park after school, planning to fight a wave of monsters first, and then enter the Prank City at seven o'clock to attend the red-eyed elves' dinner. However, not long after entering the park, they saw a group of tourists gathered near the office area of the Fantasy Park. They didn't know what they were watching, and quarrels were constantly heard from the crowd.
Curious, the two squeezed into the crowd. As soon as they got in, they saw a man in a wrinkled suit yelling at the park staff, "Call your director out! Call your director out!"
Several park employees—Xiao Song, Meng Xiaodai, and Chen Hui—tried to calm the man down. “Sir, please calm down. If you have anything to say, please talk to us in a proper manner.”
The man's face flushed red, his hair standing on end with rage. "Where's your director? He's hiding and doesn't dare to see me, right?"
Meng Xiaodai said unhappily, "Sir, please speak politely. Our director has been very busy with official duties recently and has been away on business for several days. If you have anything to ask, you can make an appointment in advance and wait until our director is free..."
The man interrupted her and said, "What do you mean by busy with official business? You're busy messing with other people's wives!"
Hiss! The onlookers all gasped.
Lin Lanlan and Meng Linlin's expressions also changed. Lin Lanlan loudly defended the headmaster, "Don't slander me out of thin air. The headmaster is not that kind of person!"
After Lin Lanlan finished speaking, the onlookers finally reacted and started to speak up. "Yes, the director is young and promising. He can find any girl he wants. There's no reason for him to do something like this."
"You need evidence when you speak. The director never even leaves the park. He's just a homebody. How could he do something like this?"
After hearing these words, Xiao Song and his friends felt a little insecure. After all, their director was indeed a good boss, a good supervisor, and a good person, but when it came to relationships between men and women, he was a bit... Of course, no matter what they thought of the director in their hearts, at this time, they certainly couldn't allow an outsider to say these words out of thin air to ruin the director's reputation.
Meng Xiaodai shouted, "Sir, you are disrespecting both our director and your lover by saying these things. May I ask who your lover is? How can you prove that our director did such a thing?"
Xiao Song immediately said, "Yes, yes. If you can't produce any evidence, we will call the police and sue you for damaging the reputation of our park and its director."
The man was relentless. "Ever since my wife brought the children to your park, she hasn't been home for a single day. As soon as she got home yesterday, she asked for a divorce. Why would she divorce me? Your director must have seduced her..."
There was a loud bang, and before the man could finish his words, a woman suddenly rushed out from the side and slapped the man in the face. After that, she asked the man if he had had enough and wanted to stop embarrassing himself.
The man seemed stunned, unable to recover. The woman immediately turned around and apologized to the park staff, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, he was talking nonsense. I've never even met the director. I filed for divorce because he cheated on me. It has nothing to do with the director."
hiss!
Everyone looked at the man's expression and suddenly became subtle. He cheated on his wife, but turned around and accused his wife of having an affair with the head teacher. This was really a clever way of putting the blame on someone else!
Not to mention, this lady’s slap was really loud and it was really satisfying to hear.
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