Chapter 138 Heart-beating Choice
During the days when Chi Yizheng was busy "online chatting" with the evil god from another world, some big and small things happened in the paradise.
The first thing was about the large-scale Frost Descendant event. The event was originally planned to last for a week, but the BOSS was defeated five days in advance, and the live broadcast was still going on. In order to not let the participants have nothing to do, Thrall discussed with Chi Xiaozhen to add some activities.
Initially, the director planned to have visitors slowly chip away at the Hawkeye Basilisk's health bar. He'd let the creature periodically regenerate its health, letting visitors know how difficult it was to defeat a level 30 monster. Once the visitors' tempers flared, he'd offer a shared skill and a wave of prizes to appease them. Thrall, Chi Xiaozhen, and Chen Wangping, along with their unique race, formed a perfect formation with a combination of main attackers, pullers, healers, and support personnel.
This arrangement wasn't entirely without purpose. With more and more Transcendents reaching Level 8 on the Merit Rankings, learning Transcendent skills was becoming a priority. This activity simply allowed them to experience the effects and feel of skill usage beforehand, allowing them to choose the skills that suit them best.
This is a bit like going to school. Before entering the first year of high school, you have to start planning for the future and choose subjects that suit you.
In fact, among the levels of extraordinary people, level 10 is a very important watershed. At this stage, even the dumbest person can realize that the changes in the body are not simple. Growing taller and stronger, improving eyesight, improving sleep quality, improving skin condition, and darker, shinier and thicker hair are already the most insignificant benefits. The most crucial point is that their strength and speed will be greatly improved, which is definitely not an effect that can be achieved by physical exercise.
In the other world, a level ten Transcendent would have already mastered at least one Transcendent skill. They would begin selecting and learning Transcendent skills at level five. Fantasy Paradise planned to teach them Transcendent skills starting at level eight, which was already quite slow. However, the leveling methods and paths offered by Fantasy Paradise were different, so there was no comparison.
With the skills shared by the exotic races led by Sal, Chi Xiaozhen and Chen Wangping, it is very easy for tourists to kill the level 30 eagle-eyed serpent within seven days. This period of time can also allow tourists to adapt to the extraordinary skills. The team selection function in the background of the park app can be changed at any time for the same reason, allowing them to choose a more suitable one at any time.
But no one expected that the Hawk-Eyed Basilisk would summon the projection of the leech, otherwise the director would not have ended this event five days early in order to demonstrate his strength.
"The most important thing is, we announced the event would last a week. If we end it so abruptly, the park's reputation will be diminished." Chi Xiaozhen said this as she packed up the Fantasy Haunted House under the cover of night. She said to Sal, "Duoduo sent me a message saying they found an interesting evil spirit in a graveyard. Maybe it could be included in the event. I'll be back tomorrow morning."
Sal nodded, and then the next morning, an evil spirit from the Thorns Empire appeared in the fantasy haunted house. Sal and Chi Xiaozhen compared them and found that this evil spirit was related to the stone tablets treasured by the dwarf elves.
Staring at the newly formed room in the fantasy haunted house, Thrall crossed his arms. "I've always found it strange. The Thorns Empire has been extinct for four or five thousand years, but it was more than a thousand years ago that the Four Evil Gods fully established their legitimacy there. Their suppression of the Slate Poets was also around the same time. There was at least three thousand years in between. How did those poets learn about the Thorns Empire? It turns out it was this evil spirit who did it."
Chi Xiaozhen: "In the second level of the event, the red-eyed elf directly tells visitors about the evil god's evil deeds against the Thorns Empire, which seems a bit thin. This is a perfect addition."
Sar: "Then I'll tell Meng Xiaodai to issue the announcement immediately."
Chi Xiaozhen glanced at the time and said, "It's six in the morning now. That's not good!"
Sal: "Doesn't she get two salaries? She should work extra. And she's also secretly spreading all sorts of gossip. Don't think I don't know." With that, Sal walked away with a cold face. Clearly, he disliked Meng Xiaodai. No, it should be said that apart from the headmaster, Chi Xiaozhen, and Duoduo, Sal disliked no one in the world.
The second point concerns the "Heartbeat Selection" feature, which was added along with the boss's downfall. Visitors initially assumed it was a social feature within the park app—after all, what app doesn't have friend-adding and chat rooms these days? To retain customers, apps have been constantly innovating in recent years. Adding friends has become standard, with the platform fueling numerous couples and matchmaking opportunities. However, contrary to popular belief, the "Heartbeat Selection" feature in the park app isn't for people, but for things.
This "thing" does not refer to the cute dwarves and other strange races in the paradise, but every blade of grass, every flower and every stone in the paradise.
When tourists discovered that the social function of the app was on another page, and that when they clicked on the "Heart-Stirring Choice" function, what popped up were real photos of all kinds of messy things in the park, they were really confused.
For this purpose, everyone created a very high topic floor on the forums and super topics with the largest number of people, and posted all the pictures listed in the park for people to choose from.
The original poster: So far, the Paradise app displays dozens of items, including various types of weeds, flowers, dead branches, and rocks of all shapes and sizes. This is all pretty standard. What's even more outrageous is the pencils, pens, and notepads purchased for the Paradise office... I'm a longtime Paradise fan, having been a fan since its opening, but I can't figure out what this feature does. If I click on an image, the Paradise will give me a rock or a notepad? What's the point?
First floor: OP, you missed something. There is another batch of dolls, which look about the size of a palm, and the purchase price is no more than five yuan each. These are the most normal ones.
2nd Floor: Hahahaha, you guessed wrong. I've already chosen. The park won't send you anything after you click it, but it will pin that ugly thing you accidentally selected to the top of your app homepage and tell all visitors that it's your chosen object. o(╥﹏╥)o, I just randomly clicked on an ugly rock, and now everyone who visits my homepage is asking if I have a kink...
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11th Floor: Hahaha, the second floor made me laugh to death, I guess this is just a joke the park is playing on everyone! But I think the biggest possibility is that the frequency of activities in the park and the intervals between new products are too short, and the planners really can't stand the pressure from the boss, so they stuffed in this weird thing to make up for it.
12th floor: To counter the above comment, every attraction in the park currently offers a surprise. I'd bet ten packs of Fantasy Sweet Corns that this "Heartbeat Selection" feature will definitely be very useful! It might seem useless now, but once it's fully developed, it will definitely be a surprise. I urge everyone to choose carefully! It's best to choose something pretty, otherwise it'll be too late to regret it later! Anyway, I've already chosen the cutest doll.
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30th Floor: I think the park might be trying to imitate those zoos and have an animal adoption feature, but could they please put a little more thought into it? If you had an event to adopt a baby dwarf elf, a baby tree spirit, or a red-eyed elf, I'd totally support it, but you're asking us to adopt these wild flowers, grass, and rocks? I just can't get enough of that!
31st Floor: Anyway, I will leave the heart-beating selection function empty for now, and advise everyone not to choose blindly.
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66th Post: OP, I have connections, and I have inside information. This is a perk the park offers everyone. For example, you pick a rock, and after you choose, the park gives it to you, and then overnight, the rock transforms into a stunning beauty. Firsthand information, absolutely authentic. I overheard this while lying under the director's bed! [Image of a dog head]
Floor 67: My goodness, if the last sentence wasn’t so outrageous, I would have believed it.
Floor 68: Wow, I actually imagined this scene. It would be great if it were real. Who doesn’t like a fragrant beauty? The park’s modeling technology has always been first-class.
69th Floor: Impossible! Do you think the park's modeling is cheap? Can it be given to you so easily? It's better to think about how to go to the park to kill more monsters and earn more extraordinary props!
The topic #What exactly is the “Heartbeat Selection” function used for# was pushed to the top of the trending searches by netizens, with tens of thousands of comments speculating on its purpose alone. Many people also asked questions under the park’s official promotional account and went to interview the park’s staff offline, but only got one conclusion: it was created by the park director, but the specific purpose was unclear and the director did not say.
Before the hype of this incident had died down, the park's "Wishing House" became a hot topic. The Wishing House in the City of Mischief had previously garnered some attention, but after a fruitless search, it was gradually forgotten. It wasn't until those who had benefited from the Wishing House began posting about it online that people finally learned of its existence.
A popular internet figure compiled information about beneficiaries posted online, including patients from poor families who received donations, people who could not go to school in mountainous areas and received financial assistance, family members who had been missing for several years and were finally found, and several topics about relationships between men and women.
The last one, because it involves hot topics such as bride price, childbirth, and gender, and is tied to the fantasy park which has its own popularity, its popularity has skyrocketed.
The protagonist of this incident is an only child in a big city. Freshly graduated, her boyfriend demanded marriage. Due to the significant disparity in their families' financial situations, her parents strongly opposed it. The boyfriend, however, persuaded her to get pregnant first and then get married, promising her parents would not stand in their way of their love. Confused, the woman sought advice in a paradise's wish hut. She feigned pregnancy, hoping to trick her parents. However, this only exposed the man's true colors. He refused to give her a single cent of the betrothal gift and demanded an exorbitant dowry. His parents then aggressively accused them of being undisciplined by their daughter getting pregnant before marriage. Ultimately, the woman simply dumped him, and the job he'd secured with the help of her parents fell through, leading him to pack up and return to his rural hometown.
Netizens, of course, applauded this exciting article, and then asked everywhere where the wishing house was found in the park. Some of the beneficiaries said they found it in the park app, some said they found it while strolling around in the City of Prank, and some said they were watching the park live broadcast, and suddenly a page popped up with the words "Wishing House". At first they thought it was a scam, but they called the park customer service and found out it was real.
Netizens followed the clues and did not find the specific location of the Wishing House. Instead, they discovered that the beneficiaries of the Wishing House were in situations where even a slight mistake would have affected their lives. For example, the girl who was almost deceived into marriage had no effect on the advice given by many relatives and friends. However, the method provided by an uncle in the Wishing House turned out to be a success.
Rather than a charity, the Wish House is more like a mutual aid platform operated by the park. However, this platform seems to be in the experimental stage and is not open to everyone.
Many people expressed their increased trust in the park's management and hoped that the Wishing House would be fully open as soon as possible. They hoped to share their happy lives with those in need. Some also felt that if large sums of money were involved, a regulatory agency should be established.
On the morning of October 25, the park issued a new announcement, stating that the hidden part of the Frost Descent event has been opened, and everyone is welcome to explore the fantasy haunted house.
The tourists rushed in excitedly, and then their eyes lit up, what a beauty!
But what made the new segment so popular was that someone discovered something - the new NPC looked like Atalan.
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