Chapter 62 Chapter 62 Large-scale Events
At 12 noon, everything was back on track.
The Wind and Rain Camp began to operate in an orderly manner. Both old and new players adapted well, and the busyness and chaos of starting the new expansion seemed to have passed.
The same is true for other novice villages.
Just as everyone was doing their job, countless stars fell from the sky.
The players who were busy completing the task were stunned. The familiar scene reminded everyone of the way new players logged in when the server was opened in the morning.
What's going on? Another group of players logged in? Same old trick twice, right?
Fortunately, the answer was soon revealed.
Along with the cheerful sounds, a set of festive plug-ins were updated in everyone's system panel.
It is an event to celebrate the launch of the new expansion pack.
Player: ...Because of the unique login method, everyone has basically forgotten the official promised benefits for novices before entering the game. After entering the game, they are busy killing monsters and leveling up, and completely forgot about it.
Even if a few people still remember it, they thought the so-called newbie benefits were just a gimmick. They didn’t expect it to really exist, and it was quite a big deal.
Everyone raised their hands to receive the gift box that fell from the sky.
System: [The abyss approaches, countless heroes illuminate the night sky like stars, and finally repel the darkness...]
The heroic figures of NPCs of various races began to flash across the screen. Just as the system had predicted, some of these NNPCs twinkled like stars before falling into the void, while others continued to twinkle in the night sky after the abyss receded, guarding the lives of the creatures of the magical continent.
Accompanied by the system's narration, the screen turns to the heroic NPC, and then the camera turns to the even smaller ordinary NPCs. Everyone struggles on this land, making the world a better place in their own way.
Then old players began to appear, sharing their excitement of entering the game for the first time, and clips of various major events, including building camps, clearing dungeons, interacting with NPCs, and other player highlights.
The meaning of the expansion pack is very clear. The magical continent has never been a stage that belongs to a certain group of people alone. It is precisely because of these bright or dim lights like stars gathered together that the magical continent that is becoming increasingly prosperous today has been formed.
Now, with the return of travelers and more stars gathering together, the era of great development is bound to be even more vigorous.
The animation of the whole process was both sentimental and passionate. Everyone felt that they were shouldering an important mission. Not only did it move the old players to tears, but even the new players felt that if this was what Xingchen meant by his return, the bad login method did not seem unacceptable.
System: [Major event [Stars Return, Travelers Gather] officially begins!]
The plug-in was officially installed, and an activity introduction popped up in front of everyone.
[Event 1: Star Gift]
Activity time: 1-14 days after the server is launched.
Activity Rules:
1. Within 14 days of the server opening, [Star Gift] will drop at 12:00, 14:00, 16:00, 18:00, 20:00 and 22:00 every day.
The gift pack includes: exclusive personal monsters.
Defeating the exclusive personal monsters has a chance to drop [Star Glimmer (event prop)], experience points, equipment, skill books, money bags, etc., and there is also a chance to obtain the event-exclusive pet [Star Fairy] and the exclusive mount [Star Pegasus]
Note: Gift packs are limited and are on a first-come, first-served basis. Unfound gift packs will disappear after half an hour.
[Event 2: Traveler Return Gift]
Event time: 1st to 14th day after server opening
Activity Rules:
1. During the event, players who kill monsters, collect resources, open treasure chests, etc. in the wild map will receive a 200% experience bonus and have a chance to drop the event item [Starlight Glimmer].
2. During the event, [Star Treasure Chest] will be randomly refreshed on the map. When you open the treasure chest, there is a chance to drop skill books, equipment, skill books, [Star Glimmer], etc.
3. Collect a certain amount of [Star Glimmer] and redeem it for [Star Set], rare skill book, [Star Fairy], etc. from the NPC Star Mage [Ivy (Image)] in each Novice Village activity.
Note: Experience bonus is only available to new players up to level 10.
[Activity 3: Limited-time copy of Glimmer Dragon's Nest]
Activity time: 3-14 days after the server is launched.
Activity Rules:
1. There are four levels of dungeons: Level 5, Level 10, Level 15, and Level 20. Each dungeon has three difficulty levels: [Easy], [Hard], and [Hell]. The difference between the player's challenge level and the dungeon level cannot exceed 5 levels.
2. During the event, accept the pre-quest [Dragon Nest Clues] from the event NPC [Dragon Nest Scout].
3. After completing pre-tasks such as material collection, clue reasoning, and teammate assembly, you will obtain the [Glimmer Mark] and be transported to the dungeon [Glimmer Dragon's Nest] with the mark. Each mark can be used once, and a maximum of three marks can be used per day. After the event ends, unused marks will be automatically recycled by the system.
4. After clearing the dungeon, there is a chance to obtain the [Dragon Nest Treasure Chest].
5. Clear the dungeon and open the Dragon Nest treasure chest for a chance to obtain [Glimmer Dragon Scale]. Collect a certain number of [Glimmer Dragon Scales] and redeem them for [Dragon Scale Set], rare skill books, pet [Glimmer Dragon], etc. from the Star Mage [Ivy (Image)] who is an NPC in each Novice Village activity.
[Activity 4: Star Map Collection]
Event time: 1st to 14th day after server opening
Activity rules: Complete all server goals and activate the star map. You can get a [Star Gift Box] for each stage goal you complete. Open the Star Gift Box to get the Star Glimmer.
Goal 1:
1. The number of star gifts opened in the entire server reaches 1 million.
2. The number of star gifts opened in the entire server has reached 10 million.
3. The number of star gifts opened in the entire server has reached 100 million.
5. The number of star gifts opened in the entire server has reached 100,000.
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Goal 2:
1. Defeat 100,000 bosses in the entire server.
2. Defeat 1 million BOSS bosses across the server.
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Goal 3:
1. Cleared [Glimmer Dragon's Nest] 10,000 times across all servers.
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Goal 4:
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[Event 5: Glimmer Dragon]
Activity time: Day 14.
Activity Rules:
Activate the star map to find the sleeping Glimmer Dragon in the starry sky, break the starlight shield to wake up the sleeping Glimmer Dragon, and successfully obtain a large amount of [Star Glimmer].
Note: For a large limited-time dungeon, the pre-task star map failed to open, and the number of glimmer dragon scales submitted was insufficient, so the dungeon cannot be opened.
A series of task prompts made the players dizzy.
"There are so many tasks." Whether they are new players or old players, their eyes are shining.
More tasks mean more rewards, especially the [Star Set] and [Dragon Scale Set] mentioned in the event, as well as rare limited mounts and pets. Who wouldn't be confused after seeing them?
Now no one said that the official had let them down, and everyone jumped up and screamed to receive the [Starlight Gift].
Tang Li also caught a gift box with quick eyes and hands.
As soon as the gift box fell into her hands, a star-shining monster of the same level as her pounced on her.
Seeing this, Tang Li quickly took the challenge.
The attacks of exclusive monsters are only effective against exclusive players, so monsters can be spawned directly regardless of whether they are in a safe zone or in the wild. Looking around, you can see players fighting monsters everywhere.
Cibudaiyi and others also took action.
"It's almost at the level of an elite monster," Tang Li said after defeating the monster, checking the drops while sharing her experience with her friends. "Well, the rewards are some experience, some money, and [Starlight Glimmer]."
After saying that, Tang Li picked up another gift box and opened it.
The attack of this monster is about the level of an ordinary monster, and the reward after defeating it is less than the previous one.
After reaching the maximum level, experience can only be accumulated but not upgraded, and the dropped coins are of no use to her. The only useful thing may be the starlight.
Judging from this stingy drop, it seems that it is very difficult to get rare reward worlds directly from monsters.
"We are similar." The words did not express the meaning well, as they had similar experiences.
Looking at the group, only God's Hand was lucky enough to get a piece of equipment. Tang Li looked at the attributes of the equipment and found it to be a top-notch item, but it was not good enough for first-tier players like them.
The Hand of God directly submitted the equipment to the warehouse. After the camp was established, various resources were seriously insufficient, and the gang now collected all equipment.
"There are too many people in the camp. Let's go outside to look for gift boxes." After clearing away the gift boxes that were visible to the naked eye, Cibudi called out to Tang Li, and several people walked out of the camp together.
"Yeah." Tang Li looked around. There were many players but few gift boxes in the camp, so the competition was indeed too fierce.
The gift box drops are distributed according to the number of players. There are more gift boxes where there are more people, and fewer gift boxes where there are fewer people. Fortunately, the monsters that come out of the gift box can only be fought by yourself, otherwise it would definitely be more chaotic.
The group walked out, occasionally stopping to fight when they had a reason no one noticed.
The players were busy participating in the activities. Although some players who saw them occasionally wondered why the camp NPCs would also participate in the activities, they were soon distracted by the intense and rich activities.
The competition in the wild is also fierce. The advantage is that you can let go more after the venue is open. After about four or five gift boxes, Tang Li finally opened a BOSS.
Tang Li cheered up and slowly killed the BOSS, and couldn't wait to see the dropped rewards.
Hmm... it's still the familiar experience, coins and the glimmer of stars.
Tang Li: “…” She pounced on the next gift box angrily.
Soon half an hour passed, and all the gift boxes that were not found disappeared.
"Let's go to NBC and check the exchange rate for Starlight." Li Zi waved from a distance.
"Yeah." Tang Li nodded and ran over quickly.
Ivy, the star goddess, is the leading figure in guiding the residents of different time and space back to the magical continent. The glimmering dragon is Ivy's partner, who was seriously injured while traveling through the starry sea during the guiding activity. The entire activity revolves around the two of them.
Ivy's shadow was on the left side of the camp gate, and they saw it when they came out just now.
However, there is a time limit for the gift box to drop, so they will not have time to come until the mission is over.
When they arrived, the NPC was already surrounded by players.
Fortunately, to check the NPC store, you only need to interact with the NPC once, and then you can load the store from the system panel and check it at any time.
The people queuing in front moved very quickly and it was their turn soon.
After a brief conversation, Tang Li and others successfully activated the store.
The next gift pack would drop in an hour and a half. Activity 2 was not very attractive to players of Tang Li's level. Of course, the main reason was the lack of manpower in the camp. After discussing it, they decided that before the real dungeon opened, apart from fighting the gift box monsters, they would focus on camp tasks at other times.
After the system starts the activity, the tasks of their camp also need to be adjusted accordingly, and there is still a lot to do.
"The dungeon won't open until the third day. Will we be able to directly contact the dragon then?" Tang Li was impressed by the dragon in the opening animation.
Two or three days passed quickly, and the camp gained a lot of basic supplies due to the players' activities and the pre-tasks to open the dungeon.
Fengyu Camp took this opportunity to start large-scale infrastructure construction.
Players can upgrade their houses by themselves, but the camp is responsible for public facilities such as roads and green squares.
Long before the new expansion started, Fengyu Camp had already asked experts to plan the development route of the camp. After some minor changes and optimizations in the past few days, the entire construction process can be said to be orderly.
New players soon experienced the same feeling as when they entered the game. Every time they came back from killing monsters, they would find that the camp had undergone earth-shaking changes that were visible to the naked eye.
With the improvement of infrastructure, the contracts of professional managers have expired one after another, and Tang Li and others can finally get rid of the heavy tasks.
The few people who had nothing to do quickly completed the pre-tasks of the copy and got the activity mark.
The event mark is a giant dragon shining with starlight, printed on a paper certificate, which is beautiful and unique.
Once the team has reached the required number of members, the team leader can start the mission and teleport to the designated copy.
"Team up to fight the level 5 Dragon's Nest dungeon! Tanks and heals are in place, enthusiasm is level three, and the fight begins as soon as you arrive. Hurry!"
Inside and outside the camp, players' shouts were heard everywhere, and many people were waving the seals on their hands and actively forming teams.
"There's a European king in the team, and his record is available. We're looking for three level 5 guys with high combat power and good operation skills to lead us, so we can all reach the pinnacle of life together!"
"Elite team speedruns through the Level 5 dungeon, hurry up if you want to get on the bus!"
Most of the teammates recruited were in level five dungeons, which was normal. After all, the new expansion had only been open for three days, and it was already very impressive for new players to reach level five. For them at that time, it was good enough to be able to level up one level a day.
"Boss, do you want a copy mark?" As soon as the few of them walked out of the camp gate, they were stopped by several low-level players.
Someone is reselling the copy marks so quickly. Do they have such a good business sense?
If you think about it carefully, this is indeed a business opportunity. The pre-tasks involve a lot of upgrading and fighting monsters, and not everyone has the patience to complete them.
Especially before finding a way to pass the level, exiting the dungeon again and again to redo the prerequisite tasks is really frustrating.
"How much?" Tang Li stopped and asked curiously.
"Hehe, it's not expensive, not expensive. 100 yuan is real money. If it is game currency, you have to pay a 20% handling fee. After all, when we transfer the money, we also have to pay the game handling fee, haha." The handling fee of the system mall is of course not as high as 20%. The extra fee is their hard work fee. After all, there are several procedures for transferring the money, right?
"Isn't this expensive?" Having been paid by the gang for so long, Tang Li had some understanding of the prices outside the game. In reality, 100 yuan was enough for an ordinary person's daily expenses. So much money was used to buy a copy opportunity. If she was unlucky, she might need to buy a few more. Did she look like a sucker?
"Boss, you can't say that. The pre-tasks are so tedious and require a lot of energy. Besides, the dungeon can only be played three times a day. I guess everyone will be able to pass it soon. By then, we probably won't be able to sell our marks. We can only earn hard-earned money in these few days." The scalper player said it very pitifully.
Tang Li and the others were wearing very high-end equipment, which made them very conspicuous from a distance. There were many such spenders in the game these days, which was why several scalpers took a liking to them at first sight.
Unfortunately, their equipment looks beautiful only because of its rarity. These scalpers have made a mistake.
However, the scalpers' active completion of the preliminary tasks is of great benefit to the camp's material collection, and swiping the vouchers is indeed a waste of time. At the moment they were approached, several people bought the vouchers, and some even bought dozens or hundreds of them. Tang Li was really enlightened.
"Ten of these," they each had one. Buying ten more would be enough for three dungeons for the group. If the dungeon wasn't too difficult, "just pay with game currency."
Although most of the assets were used to build the camp, there was still money to buy a few certificates. Tang Li didn't care about the 20% handling fee, mainly because she didn't have the identity to exchange for real currency.
"Okay!" When the scalper heard that Tang Li bought 10 vouchers at once and used game coins, he was so happy that he immediately counted out ten vouchers from his backpack and handed them to Tang Li.
"Let me do it. I'm the captain." Just before Tang Li handed over the money, someone stepped forward, glanced at Tang Li, and initiated a transaction with the scalper, "Use real money."
"Oh," Tang Li was stunned and retreated silently, "Okay."
After getting the certificate, the group started the copy transmission.
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