Chapter 110 Sheep in the Sheepfold of the Assassin Organization
His eyes suddenly lit up with fervor. If there were enough lightning rods, wouldn't they be able to safely weather an entire lightning disaster?
As she was thinking this, the third bolt of lightning struck, seemingly angered by Chen Qingxin's act of drawing lightning, and struck straight down on her head.
Shen Dixin felt a tingling sensation on her skin, her hair standing on end. When she went to find Lu Mingang, he stared at her unusual new hairstyle for a long time, unable to suppress a smile.
She patted Lu Mingang on the shoulder and handed him the task of inspecting lightning rods.
A second lightning rod has been erected in the center.
"It's up to you. Record the time it takes for the lightning rod to deliver power and the wear and tear on its durability."
"no problem!"
Shen Dixin notified her teammates in the group, mainly asking Coffee and Tao Ling, who are quick-witted, to calculate the profits.
Especially Tao Ling, who just finished the college entrance examination and is at the peak of her intelligence, so calculating pure mathematical problems like profits is no challenge for her.
Coffee's strength lies in her familiarity with the market. It is said that she has infiltrated more than twenty player groups of all sizes, and she learns a lot of information from them. There are too many people in the chat channels, and messages are refreshed quickly, so many people don't like to chat in them.
She has a ranking on the leaderboard and is respectfully called a "pro gamer" when she goes out.
At the same time, she had abundant resources and would occasionally let some slip by, allowing the players around her to reap the rewards and thrive.
With help from others, Shen Dixin was too lazy to take on everything herself.
The three discussed the matter, and Lu Mingang also sent the data back.
A lightning rod can absorb a maximum of two lightning strikes, but if the lightning is very powerful, it can only absorb one, although the probability is low.
It takes about fifteen minutes for the energy to be absorbed and then transferred to the energy storage device.
A full charge will reduce the ship's durability by 10-15. Based on the frequency of lightning strikes, at least three lightning rods are needed to protect the ship for one hour.
It's not hard to calculate, and we can quickly conclude that the higher the ship's level, the more profitable it is for players to use lightning rods!
If a level 4 ship uses a lightning rod, resource losses may even increase, and the most scarce metal blocks will be consumed in a concentrated manner.
Lightning rods are not cheap, especially the two units of zinc, which are worth almost half the value of the other minerals and are not easy to acquire. Now is the time when they are needed.
Apart from big spenders like Shen Dixin, no one else had much zinc. She simply seized the opportunity and stockpiled a large amount of zinc ore before other players needed it.
Therefore, she planned to double the amount of supplies she collected, not by adding a small fee as a handling fee, but by requiring the submission of twice the amount of materials.
Calculations show that even if players with Tier 5 ships buy lightning rods at double the price, they can still save 10% of resources and obtain some scarce power resources.
There was no sun this week, so the main source of electricity—solar energy—could not be obtained, and the sails were broken. With the help of the motor, the speed of the voyage was halved.
Unless one stays put and drifts with the sea breeze, electricity will continue to be consumed, resulting in a significant power shortage.
The Power Storage Device, "Heart Cleansing," has been available for a long time, and apart from those who just joined the server after the merge, almost every player has several.
"It can save at least 20%, so what's wrong with giving her 10%? Besides her, who else is so considerate of the players' electricity needs!" Chen Dixin muttered to herself, hands on her hips, without a hint of shame.
As for players like her who have upgraded to level six ships, they can save 30% of their resources!
However, the number of players in the entire channel who can upgrade their ships to such a high level can be counted on one hand. The top 80 players in the channel rankings are basically all level 5 ships, and even if you include a few that slipped through the net, it won't exceed 100.
Shen Dixin actually harbored a desire to win over and protect the strong players in the channel. In addition to maintaining the channel's strength and continuing to receive server-wide rewards, he also had a hidden plan in mind.
She vaguely heard that the fleet could be bound to its own supply island. If things went according to plan, then winning over powerful players would be a sure thing. As long as she didn't project an overly demanding image, players would naturally flock to her.
After careful review with my teammates, we found nothing missing. We officially launched the lightning rods and included the calculation process in the product description.
The benefits are clearly laid out, and players buy what they need, except for those with Tier 4 ships who wisely refrain from purchasing them.
Those who wanted to question the troublemakers had no way to do so and could only stare helplessly. However, they harbored resentment towards Shen Dixin for various reasons, yet now they had to swallow their anger and provide her with resources.
They even hid in the shadows, afraid to show themselves, lest Shen Dixin block them.
Things have been calm lately, and few people dare to oppose Shen Dixing to his face. However, due to the previous incidents, he blocked a lot of people as soon as he made a move.
Surprisingly, a few of them have managed to survive until now, which shows their remarkable resilience. They're just barely scraping by in channels with relatively abundant resources.
Unlike the villains in the script, these players who didn't have permission not only didn't think about revenge, but also camped out in the chat channel every day, waiting for Chen Dixin to speak so they could swarm her and beg her to remove them from her blacklist.
It's not that they don't want to retaliate, it's that they don't have the means! What can they use to fight Shen Dixin?
If, like other top players, one not only has abundant resources but also possesses a pure heart and strong martial spirit, it would be enough to make anyone want to rebel.
The once unruly group became incredibly obedient.
The key point is, she actually let them go!
Every now and then, no one can figure out the pattern.
She would always remove people from the blacklist after a week or two, or even just a few days, and those she removed were always the ones who showed the strongest desire to "repent."
Of course, they didn't know that this wasn't a test of Shen Dixin's heart; she had no time to pay attention to such things.
There was no coffee to provide information; she simply infiltrated the "exiled prisoners" group, spent a minute or two browsing the messages, and had a general idea of what was going on.
With them as a cautionary tale, the players who joined the channel in subsequent server merges were unusually well-behaved, and the situation of forming groups to besiege her, like Lava River, completely disappeared.
However, other players are having a tough time.
After repeated cleansing, the top players on the leaderboard are no longer necessarily living a comfortable life, and their resources are not necessarily abundant. Some, like Chen Dixin in his previous life, can only afford to eat steamed buns to fill their stomachs.
But they all have one thing in common: their fighting ability is higher than that of ordinary people.
Whether it's their own superior skills, exceptionally high attribute bonuses, or the acquisition of powerful equipment and the donning of a full suit of steel armor...
In short, they were all carefully selected by the assassin organization to survive.
Yes, an assassin organization. Shen Dixin didn't know exactly when it was formed.
It might have been brewing since the second server merge, or it might have been initiated by the people involved in the third server merge.
Dead people cannot speak, and most people who survive at sea act alone, which is why their actions were not exposed until more than a dozen people died.
Shen Dixin despised this behavior—pure murder and plunder. These were all sheep in her pen! She had fattened them up, waiting to fleece them!
Now a group of people have come and are trying to steal her food. Not only are they stealing, but they've even killed the sheep, cutting off her escape route. If this continues, only a few top players and a handful of mid-level and low-level players will be left in the channel.
If she were to raise a Gu King, Shen Dixin was unsure if she would suffer a setback. After all, she hadn't practiced martial arts since childhood, and her skills were only considered above average. Her undefeated record was entirely due to her extraordinary physical abilities.
What if someone had similar physical abilities to her? And also happened to be proficient in martial arts or methods of killing? What if they also had a talent for combat to assist them?
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Author's note: Oops, I forgot to write about the motor [omitted]. I've revised the previous part. Level 5 ships now have a new motor that consumes electricity to generate power and also has an autonomous steering function.
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