Chapter 70
Qin Xiu now finally understood why Cen Xun had called him here.
If he hadn't been told in advance about such a large sum of money and it was suddenly used by Yaxu, he would have thought that this idiot Yaxu had absconded with the money.
Qin Xiu pressed his eyebrows and said, "Principal, perhaps there is a plan to save more points?"
As the director of the Finance Department, Qin Xiu watched Nightmare University gradually operate from the brink of financial deficit crisis and gradually achieve profitability. As Nightmare University's business scale grew larger and the scope of its involvement became wider, not only did its financial revenue increase, but its financial expenditure also increased accordingly.
Because the points they earn are not only used to support their followers, but also to maintain the operation of various copies in the strange domain, points are used everywhere.
It is already very difficult for Qin Xiu to coordinate and allocate the daily needs of various departments of Nightmare University. If such a large amount of points is spent in addition, the Finance Department will probably have to live even more frugally.
Qin Xiu now understood very well why the Minister of Revenue would cry to the emperor about being poor whenever a war broke out. He had no choice but to cry. The treasury was empty, and the emperor just declared war on the whole world, and the financial mess was all yours.
Cen Xun said calmly, "It's necessary to put up the defense line. We can earn points again if we lose them. If the followers of other domain lords sneak in and cause trouble, the chaos caused will cause us even greater losses."
Qin Xiu understood the logic, but that didn't stop him from worrying about the financial situation for the next period of time. He sighed and said, "The principal is right. Let's do it this way."
Satisfied, Cen Xun stood up and said, "Very good. Next, Yaxu will present the design drawings of the fully automatic defense system."
The ghosts stepped back to make room for the central area, and Yaxu directly projected the design drawing into the center in the form of a 3D holographic projection.
A blue light outlined a bird's-eye view of Nightmare University. Yaxu explained, "To save points, we're only considering deploying defenses in the Nightmare University area for now, focusing on areas like the school gate, the administration building, and the computer room where I'm located."
The sky area of the three-dimensional design was magnified, revealing a dense defensive network: "To prevent enemy attacks from the air, a defensive network has also been set up above the Guiyu Domain."
Tong Ming commented: "Necessary preparations."
Yaxu rotated the design diagram and zoomed in on the administrative building area. "The administrative building is the core area of Nightmare University's operations. The port connecting to the real world is also here, so we have focused on deploying defenses. The results are as follows."
Next, Yaxu showed an animation in which several little men sneaked up to the main door of the administrative building, were scanned by the electronic eyes at the door, and were shot dead on the spot.
If you use special skills to force your way into the administrative building, you will be directly targeted and fired upon.
In short, one word to sum it up: the moment it shows up it's gone.
"Ammunition that doesn't hit the enemy can be recovered and added back into the defense network's energy."
The ammunition in the defense net was essentially points, or energy. It didn't disappear as it scattered into the air, but simply took on a new form. As long as it stayed within Nightmare University's strange domain, Yaxu could recycle it, maximizing energy conservation.
But this also means that Yaxu cannot carry out long-range attacks on the strange area outside the school, because the defense system is an extension of Yaxu's skills and is a special device embedded in Nightmare University. Once it leaves Nightmare University, the defense system will no longer exist.
In other words, all attack methods of the defense network cannot escape the scope of the Nightmare University's strange domain.
Of course, Yaxu can easily model a missile, but if this missile cannot be fired out of the range of Nightmare University, it is no different from a dud.
Tong Ming pondered: "Speaking of which, if we kill the followers of other strange domains, can we also gain points?"
Cen Xun: "Probably."
Killing players will earn you points, and killing monsters will also earn you points, after all, both of them have energy in their bodies.
After Yaxu gave a brief introduction, Cen Xun checked the time and said to Yaxu, "Let's begin."
【DLC file loading】
A blue beam of light rose from the Sun-hanging Clock Tower at the highest point of Nightmare University and sank straight into the clouds. The beam of light grew larger and larger, advancing in all directions with the Sun-hanging Clock Tower as its center.
[Loading progress: 10%]
The monsters in Nightmare University seemed to sense something and looked up at the sky.
Above Nightmare University, pieces of blue light nets were formed at an extremely fast speed, covering the entire Nightmare University. A tide of blue light rushed towards them, penetrated their bodies, and advanced towards the edge of Nightmare University.
[Loading progress: 50%]
Wherever the blue light passed, electronic eyes appeared on the empty walls, and various firearms and equipment took shape. The players who were fighting desperately with the monsters in the dungeon had no time to pay attention to these changes and fled frantically in the corridor.
【Loading progress 100%】
The last bit of blue light barrier completely connects with the edge of Nightmare University.
[Defense System.dlc loading completed! ]
Cen Xun stood by the floor-to-ceiling window and looked out. As the domain master, he could clearly see that his strange domain had been completely covered by the protective net.
Cen Xun raised the corner of his lips: "Now, finally not even a bird can fly in."
Nightmare World Player Forum Area 1.
A post with a hot tag is clearly visible on the front page.
[Oh my god, when did District 1 and District 2 merge?!]
Main post: I logged into the forum and found that the two areas have been merged! As we all know, Area 1 is for internal beta players, and Area 2 is for the first batch of public beta players. I thought the second batch of public beta players would move to Area 3, but I didn't expect Nightmare World to directly merge Areas 1 and 2. Are they going to vacate the new Area 2 for the second batch of public beta players?
1l:? ? What does that mean? Does it mean the OP is one of the first public beta players?
2l (OP): Yes! Are you a beta player?
3l: Reply to the original poster. Damn, after being separated by zones for so long, we poor people in the internal beta testers can finally talk to the unlucky people in the public beta testers!
4l: I just realized that I have become a player in Zone 1. Zone 1 is not a place specifically for storing old players. When the third batch of public beta players come in, will the new Zone 2 eventually be included in Zone 1?
5l: This forum is too cunning. It deliberately separates old players from new players, causing new players to think that this is an ordinary holographic game and come in foolishly. We have no way to warn them.
6l: Yeah! I saw so many people getting so anxious about that variety show pre-ordering games, I wanted to yell at them to run away! But I can't post any news about Nightmare World. It's so pissed me off. Why can that variety show openly broadcast what happens in Nightmare World?
7l: Have you all watched the variety show "Make Money, Guests"? When I saw the Mirror City Business District and Nightmare University, I was stunned. No, who filmed this? How could they even broadcast it in real life?
8l: The worst possibility is that the monsters in the nightmare world have broken through the barrier of the real world and escaped into the real world.
9l: Stop telling ghost stories upstairs! I just got ashore, and you're telling me the Ghost Lady has already knocked on my door? Don't do that!
10l: Relax! If the spooky monsters could really attack us, they would have already started fighting. How could this just be a variety show for humans? This variety show is so shameless, they even invited Mr. Cen to act. I surrender! Who can stand up to that face of his? Even the human attribute of being obsessed with looks has been mastered by the spooky monsters.
11l: I agree with the above. After some analysis, I think the real purpose of Nightmare World launching the variety show "Make Money, Guests" is to use it to attract traffic to Nightmare World and trick more people into joining the game.
12l: I am afraid of both god-like opponents and pig-like teammates. When I look at the number of reservations, more than 30 million humans are doomed. Let them be destroyed.
13l: There are 10,000 internal beta test players, 100,000 in the first batch of public beta test players, and 1 million in the second batch of public beta test players. According to this trend, the third batch of public beta test players may reach 10 million. Perhaps in the end, the real world will completely merge with the nightmare world. This is the worst possibility.
14l: Let’s destroy it, let’s all destroy it together, hahaha, we don’t want to live anymore!
15l: If you want to die, then die. I don’t want to die. I just got married this year, and my wife is pregnant. I haven’t even seen the baby being born yet. I don’t want to die!
16l: Alas, everyone has their own difficulties. Just stay upstairs and try to see the birth of your child. But to be honest, in the current environment, perhaps not having a child born into this world is the greatest kindness to the child.
17l: I suggest you go to Nightmare University to survive. Nightmare University is famous for its low mortality rate. Recently, Nightmare University has launched a new internship mode. The teacher leads the team to other ghost domains to act as spies. I have been there. The copy is very simple. That time, my classmates and I helped the teacher successfully defeat a ghost domain, and we were given extra credits!
18l: I agree! Moreover, Nightmare University recently launched a new credit-for-cash mechanism. One credit can be exchanged for 100 yuan in the real world. That future dad can even earn some money for milk powder for his child!
19l: Is it true that credits can be exchanged for cash?
20l: Of course it is true. You can see it in the newly added school rules, but this new mechanism will not be implemented until tomorrow.
21l: Damn, I suddenly have the motivation to live again. Last time I was a spy, Nightmare University rewarded me with ten credits. Isn't that equivalent to a thousand yuan! One-third of a month's salary!
22l: Uh, I used to be a water army. Can I say that 17l and 18l have a strong water army feeling?
23l replied to 22l: The water army is fake, but the mechanism of exchanging credits for cash is real! If you don’t believe it, go to Nightmare University tomorrow and you will find out.
24l: If this is true, I will stay at Nightmare University forever! My child is really short of money!
25l: 0 o'clock is almost here, new players are still laughing foolishly, just wait, the nightmare world will soon give them a new round of shock.
26l: This is so funny. Does the person above refer to the terrifying experience of being suddenly pulled into a nightmare world?
27l: The countdown has begun!
28l:5!
29l:2!
30l:1!
At midnight, all players were instantly pulled into the nightmare world.
But this time is different from the past. This time, next to the page for selecting the copy, there is a "Top 100 Must-Play List".
Nightmare University was clearly ranked first on the list. Its popularity, total daily revenue, mortality rate and other indicators combined overwhelmed the second place, and it was so outstanding that it was dazzling.
The veteran players had personally watched Nightmare University fight its way up from the bottom of the list, and now seeing Nightmare University rise to the top, they actually felt a sense of pride and satisfaction.
That’s right, this is their greatest strength!
Tremble, foolish domain lords! A strange domain that slaughters players is not worthy of being at the table!
The old players clicked into Nightmare University very quickly. As for the new players who were suddenly pulled into the game, they had not yet recovered from their panic. It was not until they were urged by the Nightmare System that they woke up from their dreams and started to choose dungeons.
Although other data are difficult to understand, popularity and mortality rates are always understandable. Coupled with the publicity on major social media platforms, most new players also choose Nightmare University, which ranks first on the list.
The influx of a large number of players caused Nightmare University to quickly reach its upper limit of player capacity. Some players were just a step slow and had to watch the icon of Nightmare University, which was ranked first on the list, turn gray.
They didn't understand what was happening for a while, until they saw the small words in the lower right corner: "This ghost domain has reached its capacity limit, please choose another copy", they understood why the Nightmare University icon turned gray.
Shit! It's only been less than a minute and Nightmare University is already full!
Is it so popular?!
They had no choice but to settle for the second best and choose the "Jingdu Business District", "Qianmu TV Station" and other affiliated strange areas with the Nightmare University logo behind them.
After all, the variety show said that only Nightmare University is a "safe area", and all other strange areas except Nightmare University and its affiliated strange areas are "dangerous areas".
They are players, so they should naturally join the "positive camp" of Nightmare University.
As a result, Nightmare University ushered in an unprecedented player frenzy on this day.
An extremely large number of players poured into Nightmare University. If Cen Xun had not expanded Nightmare University in advance and annexed several strange domains, it would not have been able to accommodate so many players.
The newly recruited monsters have undergone professional training, smelled the scent of fresh flesh and blood, and thrown themselves into their posts with great enthusiasm. They are like tightly meshed gears, driving the entire Nightmare University to run in an orderly manner.
The players arrived in the morning, and Cen Xun was dug out of bed by Tong Ming around noon.
"My brother, why are you still sleeping? Get up and receive the guests!"
Tong Ming opened the wardrobe, threw a pile of beautiful clothes on the bed, and began to look for matching jewelry for him: "A bunch of players are blocking the classroom door waiting for you to make an appearance. Hurry up and change into these. We have to shoot the second episode of the variety show this afternoon, and time is very tight."
Cen Xun, who had buried his face under the quilt, made an impatient "tsk" sound and turned over irritably, saying, "No!"
Tong Ming pretended not to hear and deliberately raised his voice: "I'm saying, Fourth Brother, are you not feeling well? Why are you waking up later and later? If it really doesn't work, let's just die. With a strange body, we won't feel sleepy anymore."
Seeing that Cen Xun didn't say anything, Tong Ming sighed helplessly, walked to the door, and said to Wu Sa outside: "Secretary Wu, come and wake up the principal."
Wusa responded loudly, changed into a cat and quickly jumped onto Cen Xun's bed, using the traditional skills of a cow cat, crazy parkour.
There was a cat running around on the bed, and from time to time it would stretch its claws in to grab his hands. Cen Xun had to wake up even if he didn't want to.
He suppressed his irritability and sat up, holding the panda pillow in his arms, his face gloomy as if he wanted to kill someone: "We can move the shooting to 4 pm."
Tong Ming hesitated to speak: "Brother, did you forget that you have a class at four o'clock?"
Cen Xun: “”
Forget it, business is more important. He pressed his eyebrows and finally lifted the quilt and got out of bed.
In fact, Tong Ming was right about one thing. The reason why Cen Xun gradually became sleepy was indeed because his health was gradually failing.
When Cen Xun was in a 10% semi-awakened state, the human part could still suppress the strange part in the body. When Cen Xun was in a 50% semi-awakened state, the human part was on par with the strange part. Later, the strange part would gradually replace the human part until it completely devoured the human flesh and blood and broke out of the body.
The so-called flesh and blood body is actually another layer of "cocoon" that wraps around Cen Xun's body.
When the puppet silk breaks out of the "cocoon", that will be the day when Cen Xun fully awakens.
Now Cen Xun's awakening progress has reached 33%. The puppet threads in his body are gradually destroying some functions of the human body, but will not kill him. The symptom he manifests is increasing sleepiness.
Cen Xun put on his slippers, threw the panda pillow in his arms back onto the bed, and walked dejectedly towards the bathroom.
Wu Sa and Tong Ming looked at each other silently.
Tong Ming gave Wu Sa a bad idea: "Next time, tell the principal that an atheist is married to someone else. Maybe the principal will wake up right away."
Ursa disagreed, "I wouldn't lie to the principal!"
After he finished speaking, he suddenly jumped up, kicked Tong Ming in the chest, and landed lightly next to the bathroom. He squatted beside it, wagging his tail and waiting obediently for the principal to finish washing up.
"Why does this cat have two faces?" Tong Ming rubbed his chest, feeling helpless.
After washing up, Cen Xun walked out of the dormitory building. At first, he had no idea what Tong Ming meant by "players blocking the classroom door", until he saw the huge crowds of people on the teaching building, he began to feel a sense of reality.
"So many people?"
Tong Ming said with a click of his tongue, "Brother, don't you have much respect for your face? There are so many of your fanatical fans here, it's really scary."
Cen Xun didn’t quite understand: “You’ve already entered the dungeon, and you’re still thinking about chasing stars?” Shouldn’t he be crying and shouting, wanting to escape?
Tong Ming thought for a moment and said, "It's probably the kind of feeling that even though I've already entered, I still want to see you before I die."
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At this moment, someone suddenly discovered Cen Xun and shouted, "Teacher Cen is there!!"
The others also noticed Cen Xun. This was unacceptable! Everyone immediately rushed downstairs, their frantic footsteps causing the entire building to rumble and shake.
Cen Xun had never seen such a big scene before, and subconsciously, he took half a step back.
When humans chase stars, even monsters are afraid.
Cen Xun calmly said to Tong Ming, "I suddenly remembered that I have something else to do. I'll be leaving now. You hold on here."
Tong Ming didn't react: "Huh?"
The next second, Cen Xun beside him disappeared in a flash, leaving him alone to face the crazy fans.
Tong Ming's eyes were about to burst: "Ah??"
No, you just left like that?
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