Chapter 35
Xia Mo walked past the carrot lover without looking at her any more. He pulled out his little black horse and rushed towards Luwalu County.
Because her physical strength was about to fall below the breaking point, this time she did not specifically choose a cheap hotel to stay in as she had done before. Instead, she chose a hotel nearby, paid the room fee and went back to her room.
This hotel has a good location and the cheapest room costs 25 silver coins a night.
But Xia Mo didn't feel sorry at all.
She had just won the first honor of killing the dragon and received a full 1,000 gold. Compared with this 1,000 gold, 25 silver coins were just a small amount, so she had no psychological burden to pay it.
After logging off, Xia Mo prepared to go into the honeycomb room to wash up as usual, but as soon as he came out of the holographic cabin, he heard knocking on the door again.
Judging from the rhythm of the knocking, it was her landlord.
Xia Mo had no choice but to open the door.
A courier document was thrown in her face.
"All you do all day is play your crappy games. You didn't even bother to come downstairs to pick up the package! I'm telling you, I have trouble walking up and down. You'll have to give me some money to get there!"
Knowing that the landlord was greedy for money, Xia Mo didn't bother to say more to her. She turned around and took out the star coin she got from Li Zewei, pinched it between two fingers, and handed it over.
The landlord's face lit up instantly when he saw the money in her hand: "Oh, Xiao Mo, you are so considerate to give me such a big bill. Look at me, I feel so embarrassed~"
Although he said he was embarrassed, a pair of fat hands grabbed him nimbly.
Xia Mo hooked his wrist back and said, "The running fee is 20 star coins, remember to give me 80 in change."
Her plump hands froze in mid-air, and her face, which had just been smiling, collapsed in the blink of an eye. "You have plenty of money, so what's wrong with giving me a whole star coin? If you have the guts, go pick up the package yourself next time, don't let me do it!"
Xia Mo chuckled, half leaning against the door frame, his tone neither light nor heavy, neither hurried nor slow: "Did I ask you to help me pick up the express?"
"It's my own fault that I couldn't get the package. I didn't ask you for anything. I gave you 20 star coins because I rented your house. Otherwise, I wouldn't give you a penny."
20 star coins is a considerable expense in the area where she lives.
Normally, a worker would only get 15 Star Coins for carrying something heavy like a refrigerator or a washing machine upstairs. But the landlord had simply helped her carry a piece of paperwork that weighed almost nothing, and she was already quite generous by giving him 20 Star Coins.
Looking at her cold eyes that did not match her actual age, the landlord shuddered inexplicably.
She didn't understand. Xia Mo was still the same Xia Mo, so why were his eyes and tone so much sharper than before? It was like someone who had just returned from the battlefield, emitting a chill all over his body, making her feel as if her soul was frozen through.
Not wanting to get entangled with this girl anymore, she grabbed the 100-yuan note, lowered her head and pieced it together in her pocket, and finally picked up a handful of loose change and threw it at Xia Mo's feet.
"Here you go!"
Xia Mo didn't want to argue with her and was about to close the door, but the other party suddenly narrowed her eyes like a fox, supported her door frame with one hand to prevent her from closing the door, and then moved her fat body towards the door a few times.
He looked around and saw the holographic cabin in the room. Suddenly, he smiled, which made Xia Mo very uncomfortable. "Xiao Mo, what game are you playing?"
Not knowing what the landlord was up to, Xia Mo's face darkened slightly: "The God Clan."
"Oh, Protoss~ Hiss, are you high level? How strong are you? What's your profession?"
Xia Mo stared at her intently after a series of questions like a police interrogation of a criminal. Suddenly, he guessed the landlord's intention, so he raised the corner of his mouth and smiled lightly: "The level is not high, and the performance is very bad. The priest profession."
"Oh, Pastor... Pastor... OK, I'll remember it. It's okay. You can rest on your own!"
The landlord stepped back from the door and walked down the stairs while muttering to himself.
Xia Mo closed the door and then remembered that the landlady had a son who seemed to be about the same age as her.
Because she had only met him a few times, and that was a long time ago in her previous life, she didn't have a very deep impression of the landlord's son.
I only heard that the landlord's son seemed to be a game fan as well, and he stayed in the house playing games all year round, so the landlord particularly disliked her for playing games as well, and he never treated her well all year round.
But how could someone who hated games so much suddenly become curious about what happened to her in the game?
Xia Mo narrowed his eyes.
Perhaps it was because her son mentioned a topic that touched the landlord's mind, so the latter rarely wanted to ask her for information.
Stamp your heart...
Xia Mo's mind raced for a moment and he figured out what it was - money.
Only money can make the landlord do unusual things.
Glancing at the old tear-off calendar hanging on the wall, she calculated the time. It was almost time for the game coins to be exchanged for real money. Apparently, her son had grown so annoyed that he had finally resorted to using the "in-game coins can be exchanged for real money" argument to get the landlord to let go of his previous objections to the game.
"Protoss" was initiated by the government of Alman Star. In order to promote this epoch-making holographic game, the government spared no expense. Among them, the exchange of game coins for real coins is the government's largest future expenditure project after the early marketing.
As for why the government is willing to invest so much money, Xia Mo, who has witnessed the five years of development of the God Clan, has some opinions of his own.
First of all, as a small planet ranked low in the Theta Galaxy, Alman has not been valued by the capital planet government for many years, and the development funds it can apply for each year are very limited.
Because of poverty, there are many slums on the planet Alman, such as the Jiman District where she lives, and the Jiro District where Li Zewei's repair shop is located.
In order to gain enough attention in the eyes of the capital star, the emergence of "Protoss" gave Alman Star a huge opportunity.
If used well, Alman can become the first planet in the entire galaxy to successfully promote holographic games. By then, both the attention and the planet ranking will increase, which is undoubtedly a good thing for the development of the entire planet.
Facts have proved that Alman Star took the right step.
Although a huge amount of money was invested in the early stage, which made the already poor government of Alman even worse off, Alman gradually gained attention from all media since the end of the first year of the launch of "Protoss".
At the beginning of the following year, the government of the capital planet heard the news and sent people to investigate. The two sides communicated and negotiated for a year.
At the end of the second year, after comprehensive consideration, the capital planet government finally agreed to approve special support for Alman Star, and Alman Star began to enter a new stage of development.
In the same year, "Protoss" opened a new game port, one end of which was connected to the planet Alman and the other end was connected to the capital planet.
Players from the planet Alman are still active on the continent of Pergas, while the people from the capital planet are born and develop on the new continent. The two continents will not communicate with each other until their strength is almost equal.
These are all slowly summarized by later players based on the development process, and Xia Mo also agrees with this point of view.
However, there is one thing that neither the players nor the Alman Star government anticipated from the beginning - the attributes improved in "Protoss" will be proportionally connected to the player's mental power.
For example, every time a player increases his Constitution by 0.01 points, his mental strength in reality will increase by about 0.01 points. Although the degree of improvement is very small, it is still an improvement, and it is improved imperceptibly during entertainment. Who wouldn't be happy about this?
In addition, [Constitution] is only one aspect. There are so many other attributes on the player panel, such as strength, intelligence, etc. Improving these to a certain level will also have a positive impact on the mental strength in reality.
Perhaps the government of Alman Star has never thought of using games to improve the overall quality of its citizens, but "Protoss" does have this effect.
Because of this, in Xia Mo's second year in the military academy, which was also the second year of the launch of "Protoss", the First Military Academy of Alman Star, which had never been ranked in the galaxy, unexpectedly won the third place in the Mecha Competition!
Xia Mo guessed that the capital star government probably approved development funds for them because they got third place and thought they were worth training.
In any case, because of the emergence of "Protoss", the ending of Alman Star and the First Military Academy is good.
Except for the fifth year... when her mind was crushed.
Xu Xiaobei and the others must have hidden something from her back then, otherwise she wouldn't have died in the game and in reality at the same time.
While thinking, Xia Mo's fingers holding the document felt a little sore. He lowered his head and remembered that there was a courier.
He tore open the package and took out a thick, gilded document larger than an A4 sheet of paper—"Admission Notice to the First Military University of Alman Star"
Looking at the familiar words and familiar pictures, Xia Mo couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly.
It has always been her dream to enter the First Military University. Although she has known the result for a long time, she will feel happy and proud no matter how many times she experiences it again.
Late at night, Xia Mo fell into a deep sleep, but in another block unknown to her, the lights in a studio were still on.
White Bear Live Room, Room Name: Tang Monk Loves Rejoice (Game Commentary)
As soon as he came out of the game, Tang Sheng logged into the live broadcast room without wasting a moment.
The screen directly switches to the game perspective, but judging from the time in the upper right corner, it is a video previously recorded by the players, not a real-time broadcast.
Fans who follow him received a live broadcast reminder and clicked in directly.
[Brother Seng, are you live streaming again? What are you planning to broadcast today?]
Tang Sheng smiled as he drank water and replied, "It's still the holographic game "Protoss" that I explained before. I have new materials today and I plan to share them with everyone~"
Although it is the latest material and the content is very rich, Tang Sheng, who has one and a half years of live broadcast experience, still has a vague feeling that there will be few people watching this time.
Late at night is a time for students and office workers to relax. They watch live broadcasts just to relax and have fun. Who has time to watch his operational analysis videos?
It’s obvious that it can’t be popular. The last time it made it to the homepage was purely an accident.
With a preliminary anticipation of today's live broadcast, Tang Sheng relaxed instead. He patted his face and began to explain by playing the film.
"My dear fans, if you watched my last livestream, you must have been impressed by a female star official from the Protoss continent, right? Yes, her game ID is Mo Se, and she's the subject of my analysis today."
"A major event happened in the Tower of the Holy Dragon Valley during the day today. A world-class boss appeared on the continent for the first time. Players flocked to the area after hearing about it. Ahem, of course, I was no exception."
"This World Boss is level 35, with nearly 600,000 HP. It's an absolute giant, and it also has several powerful skills. Not long after the players started playing, they were instantly killed by one of its powerful skills, [Flame Dragon Breath]."
"I have a video. By replaying it, we can take a closer look at this skill. Before the dragon breathes out its breath, it actually has a pre-swinging motion where it tilts its head back. However, I see that the vast majority of players at the scene didn't pay attention, so they didn't dodge or take any defensive measures after the dragon tilted its head back."
"I checked the timer and saw that the dragon's head-raising skill took two seconds to activate. Honestly, that's not a short time. If the frontline players had been careful enough, they would have been able to spot it. It's a shame, that dragon's breath almost wiped out the melee."
Recalling the scene where the canyon was swept by the dragon's breath, with wailing and cries for help everywhere, it was still quite shocking.
Fortunately, he was ranged and stood far away, so the flames did not reach him, allowing him to continue to kill the dragon.
While sighing briefly, Tang Sheng glanced at the number of viewers in the live broadcast room.
Well... 2 people... including his own secondary account.
He retracted his gaze and was about to continue when the only viewer in the live broadcast room made a comment: [Brother Seng, didn’t you say that the protagonist today was that Mo Se? Why haven’t you mentioned her yet?]
Tang Sheng quickly replied with a smile: "I'm going to mention her next~"
"Look carefully at this little clip I replayed. After the dragon's flaming breath finished spewing, did the dragon's hatred shift?"
Audience: [It seems so, why did it move? ]
Tang Sheng: "Because Mo Se's crazy output has pushed the damage value to the dragon to the top, far exceeding other tank classes, so the dragon's hatred has shifted."
[Isn't it a taunt skill? Those people don't know how to use it?]
Tang Sheng smiled again: "Yes, you see, the other melee professions in this video are throwing taunts continuously, right? But the problem is that Mo Se's output is too violent, and the taunts can't be stopped."
At this point, Tang Sheng himself felt too shocked.
When he played other games before, he had seen professional players like violent mages and violent hunters, but the problem was that there was a limit to how violent one could be. How could one draw away all the hatred of the boss?
This ink color really broke his limit time and time again, which made him amazed.
However, he did not say these words in the live broadcast room. He still had the same idea that most of the people who came to watch his commentary were neutral, and as a commentator, he should not bring too many subjective comments.
Took a sip of water and continued.
"This Mo Se isn't just powerful in terms of damage, she also has excellent monster-killing awareness. When facing a boss, the average player's reaction is to attack and dodge, but she went a step further—she pulled the boss deeper into the canyon and used the terrain to trap it."
"I have to say, this is a rather bold decision, because if she fails to pull the monster, or fails to dodge in time, the dragon can kill her with a slap. However, the strong always seem to be confident, and Mo Se is obviously very confident in her choice."
"The dragon was stuck, so she drilled into its belly and attacked, instantly gaining a favorable position. Anyone who has fought monsters in Protoss knows that monsters generally have one or two weak spots, some in the eyes, others in the legs. And this dragon's weak spot is its belly."
"By zooming in, we can see that she landed quite a few critical hits on her abdomen. Her damage output is already high, and with the added bonus of critical hits, one hit is equivalent to three to five hits from others. It's quite efficient!"
This is why her total contribution to the dragon ranked first in the end. After a careful analysis, Tang Sheng realized that it was not only because of her high output, but also because her on-site observation and judgment reaction were also extremely strong.
Both are indispensable.
Without the former, empty reaction is just castles in the air; without the latter, what is the difference between you and those novice players who can only mindlessly kill monsters?
Tang Sheng kept analyzing the video in detail and objectively while rewinding the video.
He spoke for more than an hour without realizing it. When Tang Sheng came to his senses, he found that the number of viewers in the live broadcast room had accumulated to 1,000!
Oh my god, when did these people come in?
Facing the crowd of spectators, Tang Sheng's first reaction was not only happiness but also surprise.
He didn't understand. Before, he tried to imitate other game anchors' witty jokes and memes, but no one watched him. But when he used ink-colored operations to explain, he attracted so many people?
So... the number of players who like the operation flow is actually not as small as the signing company said, but still exists and has been active on the live broadcast platform?
Seeing him staring at the screen in a daze, some viewers sent comments:
[Why is the host no longer speaking? He was speaking very well, I want to continue listening.]
[[Rose] [Rose] [Rose] Come on, anchor! ]
[It's so rare to find a gaming streamer who really focuses on technique and operation. He's really dedicated. I'm following him!]
[Host, do you have a fixed broadcast time? When is the next one? I'd like to schedule one.]
…
Tang Sheng was stunned as he watched the rows of comments drift by. After a moment's silence, his eyes suddenly moistened and he choked up as he said, "Thank you all for your support and attention. It's too late today, so everyone should get some rest! I'll continue analyzing the video with you tomorrow morning. If you can't make it, you can visit my homepage to watch the replay. Also, I'll make a text version of today's explanation later and post it on my homepage. If you're interested, you can check it out!"
Having never said such a long speech of thanks and introduction to the audience in one breath, Tang Sheng was not only moved, but also had infinite expectations for his future live broadcast career.
*
After a sleepless night, Xia Mo climbed into the holographic cabin early the next morning to start today's journey.
She was in such a hurry to get back to the hotel yesterday that she didn't have time to check the various awards she had received on the way.
Now that she had some free time, she got up from the bed, opened the history records, and began to check them one by one.
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