Chapter 105 Call Request
Chapter 105 Call Request (asking for monthly ticket)
The original altar.
Qi Sheng's consciousness quickly jumped, looking through the torrent of information produced by the players.
He personally went to negotiate with the Eclipse Clan and completely solved the problem of how to explain the future game after it was exposed.
The Monster World has been covered with the guise of the Eclipse Clan secretly developing games. Except for the 18 archons of the Eclipse Clan, even the members of the Eclipse Clan will not know the truth.
In fact, Qi Sheng never really cared about this issue.
This is just to make it easier to continue building the player army in the form of games.
As for when to distribute qualifications to the eclipse tribe in batches, it depends on the development trend.
After all, he has limited sacrificial power, so he will still focus on recruiting humans.
When we have enough sacrificial power, we will consider other racial forces on Earth and the Eclipse Clan.
The reason for making early contact with the Eclipse Clan this time was because the monitoring guidance found that the top leaders of the Eclipse Clan had fallen into despair, so the early contact gave a hopeful preview and incidentally solved the problem of explanation after the game was exposed.
In the eyes of the Eclipse Clan, this was a promising turning point for the future, but in Qi Sheng's eyes it was just a passing episode.
Without thinking about this question, Qi Sheng's consciousness continued to browse the game content.
At this time, a post on the forum caught his attention.
This post was posted by the well-known strategy player "Night is Coming" in the forum. A round of voting was initiated in the post to select the strength of the souls that have been contained.
The purpose of the selection is to pick out which single soul has the highest strength without combining star veins.
Every voter can put forward his or her idea for casting this vote in the post. If the idea is liked by a large number of players, the weight of his or her vote will increase.
As soon as the post was published, a large number of players cast their votes and gave replies in the post.
During this period, the host of the post, Dark Night is Coming, will divide the single soul into six grades from T0 to T5 based on the votes, and update the ranking changes in real time.
After three hours of voting, the results have gradually stabilized.
There are currently four souls at the T0 level, ranked by votes: Eagle-headed demon (song of resentment), gargoyle (petrification), air-eating, and slow (domain)
The T1 souls are ranked according to the number of votes: Black Armored Snake (Venom), Taunt, Shatter (Knife), Bone Fire, and Thunder.
The T2 souls are ranked according to the number of votes: Roar, Sweep, Soul Separation, Ghost, and Light Shield.
Tier 3 souls are ranked by votes: Resistance, Binding, Forbidden Blade, Flowing Shadow (Doppelganger)
Tier 4 souls are ranked by votes: Infinity (sixth generation), Brutal Force (Axe), Dusk
T5 level souls are ranked according to voting results: Mud Demon (Dissolution) and Extraction.
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Except for the special soul "Pain", all other contained souls are included in this ranking.
Unsurprisingly, the Eagle-headed Demon Soul ranked first on the list.
As the most practical command skill in team battles and also a perception skill for avoiding sudden dangers during exploration, the functionality of the Eagle Demon has always been ranked first on the list since the game was launched and has never been shaken.
The same is true for the second gargoyle.
As the core soul of the meat shield flow, Gargoyle's strength is unique. Whether it is a solo team or the front row of a team battle, Gargoyle is the first choice soul for damage-bearing players.
As for the Food of Breath, which ranks third, it is the only universal soul among the souls that have been received.
The characteristic effect is to automatically filter the energy particles in the air through breathing, replenishing the mental strength and blood consumption.
Before the appearance of nurse-type souls, embedding food energy can save players a lot of potion expenses. Both melee players and magic players can use it.
Especially for magic players, without the combination of Qi-eating Soul, the continuous output time will be greatly reduced.
Among the rankings of the strength of these single soul characteristics, what surprised Qi Sheng the most was that the Powerful Axe was actually ranked at T4.
This is the earliest weapon spirit soul contained. Its effect is that all physical attacks have a "brute force" effect, which increases the damage by 50%.
It is also one of the mainstream soul combinations for melee combat, and its priority is hovering in the top two.
But in the evaluation of a single soul, its strength ranking is very low.
After scanning the comment section, Qi Sheng found the answer.
The 50% damage increase effect of the Mighty Axe is based on the enhancement of one's own strength.
Assuming that the damage of a single Power Axe is 1, with the added damage increase of 50% from the Soul attribute, without taking into account the target's defense, the damage dealt is 1.5.
If the target's defense is 1, the damage dealt by the Mighty Axe is 0.5.
As a pure damage-amplifying soul, the damage caused by a single embedded force axe is far less than that caused by a single embedded bone fire, thunder and other elemental damage souls.
It's not even as good as the Broken Blade and Black Armored Snake with physical special effects.
As a weapon spirit soul, the soul characteristic of the Broken Blade is that all physical attacks have penetration and shattering effects.
Based on the basic damage of the Crushing Blade being 1, the Crushing feature can deal a damage value of around 1 to a target with a defense of 0.85.
Based on the Black Armored Snake's basic damage of 1, for a target with a defense of 1, the Black Armored Snake can cause a continuous damage value of 1.2 HP loss just by its venom effect.
This is the interpretation posted by players in the voting thread after they conducted a detailed evaluation of the actual performance of the two single features, and it received a lot of likes from players.
From this, we can conclude that when embedded with a single life soul, the strength of the Broken Knife and the Black Armored Snake is much higher than that of the Powerful Axe.
But if it is used in combination with Star Veins, the strength of the Power Axe will skyrocket.
For example, when the Mighty Axe is combined with the Crushing Knife, the penetrating physical damage can be increased by 50%, making this soul a mainstream must-have option in melee combat styles.
Other similar situations include the mainstream magic soul shadow clone, which can be regarded as the answer level of the version.
However, without the cooperation of other souls, the combat power that the clone can provide is very limited. Apart from being useful for mining, its actual combat performance is very poor, so it is ranked at the T3 level of single soul strength.
After reading the voting post for a single soul, Qi Sheng didn't think there was anything wrong with the ranking.
After all, a strong single soul and a strong star vein combination are two completely different things.
For example, when Binding Soul is combined with Slowness Field, the Binding Soul effect, which was at the bottom of the version, is improved by leaps and bounds, and the effect is changed to group control within the coverage area of the field, which can definitely be called the T0 level strength of the version.
The players' enthusiasm for studying soul combinations is exactly what Qi Sheng wants to see.
Every progress in research will bring about an increase in the overall strength of the player’s army.
Skipping the content of the post, his gaze switched to the perspectives of other players.
After the opening of the Colorful Mist Coast, the direction of the player group began to diverge.
Teams centered around guilds will basically stay in the Emperor's Tomb Mountains to develop, as this is a rapidly growing area in their eyes.
The group led by individual players will wander around the Emperor's Tomb Mountains and the Colorful Mist Coast.
Among them, casual players have changed their choice to the Colorful Mist Coast area, and they are also the main force in dispelling the fog on the map in the new area.
This group is basically responsible for updating the large amount of new content in the illustrated guide that has been updated recently.
Each player has different game preferences and can provide support for the construction of the player legion.
While thinking about the problem, Qi Sheng's gaze frequently switched between the Dizhong Mountains and the Colorful Mist Coast, searching for any special events.
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real world.
Earth Alliance, Terran Office, Office of Director 3.
After checking the Star Network mailbox, Wu Gui found that the Eclipse Clan had not given any reply. Sitting at the desk, he couldn't help but curse in his heart.
Recently, various units have been sending emails frequently, hoping to get in touch with the Eclipse Clan as soon as possible through their alliance office to apply for additional Dark Land game qualifications.
Regarding this issue, he also contacted the alliance leader of the Eclipse Clan.
But what they get is always the arrangements made by Star Network, and they have no right to issue additional game qualifications.
He had no choice but to contact the Terran Federation's diplomatic envoy in Eclipse City, hoping that he would contact the management of Eclipse City nearby to apply for additional qualifications.
But there has been no progress along this channel.
The reply received seemed to be carved out of a template, indicating that all rights of the Eclipse Clan to the virtual game "Dark Land" were handed over to the Star Network Intelligent Brain. After the game was launched, it was out of the control of the Eclipse Clan management. They had no right to interfere with the progress of the game, nor would they ask about the restrictions on the issuance of game qualifications by the Star Network.
If the Star Network believes that granting additional qualifications to the Human Federation will be beneficial to the development of the Eclipse Clan, the additional qualifications can be obtained even if they do not apply.
In summary: StarNet decides everything, and management is only responsible for execution.
This gave him a headache.
On one hand, there are frequent email applications from various units, hoping to quickly obtain a batch of additional qualifications that do not require official purchase through diplomatic means, and on the other hand, there are the same rejection replies every time. I am caught in the middle and suffer from both ends.
Although he was already familiar with the rigid personalities of the Eclipse members, he still felt that they were too inhumane.
After all, we have been an alliance for hundreds of years. Why can't we be more flexible, give some face, and grant more places?
Especially StarNet Intelligent Brain, which makes decisions purely based on profit orientation.
There is no room for emotion.
Just as Wu Gui was complaining inwardly, a new email popped up on his computer.
From the suffix, he found that it was an email sent by the Human Federation-Spiritual Plant Cultivation Center. He had guessed the content of the email before he clicked it.
After clicking it, the result was just as he expected. Sure enough, he came to him again to ask for additional game qualifications.
However, work regulations required him to give a response as required, stating that his application had never been approved and that he needed to wait further.
"call."
After a long sigh, Wu Gui leaned back in his chair, looking helpless.
Just then, the email prompt appeared again.
Wu Gui, who was about to copy and paste the reply content, suddenly became excited after seeing the "Eclipse Clan" certification at the end of the email.
With excitement, he opened the email.
【Eclipse Clan (Certified)】:
Time: March 2524, 4
Recipient: Terran Alliance Center.
Content: Dear human allies, regarding the additional quota for applying for the Dark Land, after approval by the Star Network, an additional 500 quota will be issued to you, which can be activated and authenticated through the official website. The specific activation code is as follows...
There is another question that I need your help to answer. Do you know how many players in the Terran Federation have obtained the game qualifications through the cracked version link?
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Although there were only 500 places available, Wu Gui was still happy.
At least there will be an explanation for those units that frequently send in applications. At that time, each unit will share the 500 places, and the units with the highest authority level will get at least 1-2 places.
But the follow-up questions in the email made Wu Gui very confused.
Cracked game link? What is this?
He immediately pressed reply and began to organize his words.
Earth Alliance-Terran Center: I don’t understand what you mean by the cracked version link, can you explain it in detail?
Soon, the Eclipse Clan sent a reply.
Earth Alliance - Eclipse Center: This news was first provided by the Terran Federation - Starnet Security Center. You may want to consult them for more information.
Seeing the reply, Wu Gui couldn't help but complain about the trouble in his heart.
He was sure that as long as the Eclipse Clan wanted, they could connect to the Star Network Security Center through the Star Network at any time. Even if they had to communicate through him, it was just a superficial act to show that they were respectful enough.
But since the Eclipse Clan had given him the qualification, he naturally couldn't refuse the request.
He pressed the function key on the desktop, and the light and shadow cast on the ceiling intertwined into a light curtain. He selected the StarNet Security Center in the contact list and made a call.
After a while, the connection was connected.
A middle-aged man with a resolute face and a short beard appeared on the light screen. He was wearing the blue uniform of the Star Network Director and was looking at him with a puzzled expression.
Before Wu Gui could speak, the other party spoke first:
"Xiao Wu, did you get the extra game qualification from the Eclipse Clan?"
Wu Gui: ...
Faced with the question, Wu Gui was silent for a moment and then nodded:
"We got 500 places, but..."
"We need 50 for the StarNet Security Center."
"Brother, I am only responsible for receiving the quotas. How to distribute these quotas is up to the Supreme Council. How can I give them to you? If I really have this ability, I will give you all 500 quotas, and even give one quota to the dog raised in your unit."
Seeing Wu Gui's helpless answer, the middle-aged man on the screen laughed:
"I'm not kidding you anymore. Tell me what you want from me."
Faced with the inquiry, Wu Gui's face straightened and he described the Eclipse Clan's request in detail.
After listening to his story, the middle-aged man on the screen frowned slightly:
"Why would the Eclipse Clan throw this problem to us? The Star Network can always investigate the download information of the cracked version link and the specific number of downloads... It seems that there is indeed a problem within the Eclipse Clan?"
"What do you mean?" Wu Gui looked very surprised.
"Some time ago, a download link appeared on the Terran Star Network. Through this link, you can download the cracked version of Dark Land. In order to find out the situation, we applied for the highest-level intelligent mastermind of the Terran Federation to assist in the investigation. As a result, we found that the mastermind's authority could not open the link address at all, and we could not use the link to track down who on the Star Network downloaded the cracked version of Dark Land."
"In response to this problem, we have come up with a hypothesis that something may have gone wrong within the Eclipse Clan. This cracked version download link is 100% certain to have been leaked from within the Eclipse Clan, so even the highest-level mastermind cannot open this link and trace the information behind it."
"Now I heard you say that the Eclipse Clan wanted to know how many people on the Human Federation's Star Network downloaded the cracked version of Dark Land through the link. This further confirms our guess."
"It is very unusual that they asked us through you instead of asking the Star Network AI. I even suspect that there is a possibility of rebellion against the Star Network within the Eclipse Clan, so they bypassed the Star Network and asked you directly."
At this point, the middle-aged man on the screen looked a little strange:
"But what I don't understand is why they want to establish contact with you through the Internet. They can meet and communicate with you in person, but their actions seem to be completely exposed to the surveillance of the Star Network... There is also a possibility that they use some kind of shielding method to bypass the Star Network's surveillance of the online world and get in touch with you."
Wu Gui was stunned by the fierce analysis, and then he couldn't help asking:
"Should we give a reply to the Eclipse Clan?"
"Tell them that we don't know how many human members have downloaded the cracked version of the game. After all, our mastermind has no authority to track down clues. As far as I know, the only ones who have obtained the cracked version of the game are some researchers from the weapons research and development department and the genetic research and development department of the Sky Dome Research and Development Center..."
After listening to the middle-aged man's story, Wu Gui nodded:
"Okay, I'll answer the Eclipse Clan according to the reply you gave me, that's all."
After hanging up the phone, Wu Gui immediately responded to the Eclipse Clan.
Earth Alliance - Terran Center: The Terran Supreme Mastermind is unable to track down the specific situation through the cracked version link. I can confirm here that there are 74 players who have downloaded the cracked version of the game content, and there is no way to track down how many other players have the download qualifications.
One minute later, a new email came from the Eclipse Clan.
Earth Alliance-Eclipse Center: Thank you for the information provided by our Terran allies.
After the exchange, Wu Gui immediately started to get busy, sending the 500 game spots sent to him by the Eclipse Clan to the Supreme Council of the human race. He no longer needed to worry about how to distribute the spots later.
Just then, the Eclipse Clan sent another new email.
This made Wu Gui very confused.
The Lunar Eclipse Center, which I usually only contact a few times a month, is sending me frequent emails today. Why?
With doubts, he clicked on the email content.
The above information left him dumbfounded.
In the email, the Eclipse Clan actually asked whether the Human Clan needed to open an additional currency exchange application to use Eclipse coins or Earth coins to exchange large amounts of Human Clan credit coins.
If this email didn't have the red word "certified" in the title, he would have suspected that he had encountered a fake email scam.
But the content is incredible no matter how you look at it.
The human race and the Eclipse tribe have always had a trade deficit. In the past, the Eclipse tribe had hoarded a large amount of human federal credit points, which they continuously returned every year in the name of funding development.
After all, the Eclipse Clan has no shortage of anything produced by the Human Federation.
The most they would do is purchase some ordinary spiritual materials grown in the vast territory of the human race. This was also the largest trade expenditure that the Eclipse Clan made with the human race.
In recent years, the development of the Lunar Eclipse Clan has encountered a bottleneck, and they even no longer accept the credit currency of the Human Federation, and are only willing to accept the Earth currency commonly used by all tribes in the Earth Alliance.
Usually, the Human Center would send inquiries to the Eclipse Tribe to ask if there was a need to exchange currency.
But the answer of the Eclipse Clan is always no.
Now, he suddenly saw the Eclipse Clan sending an email, saying that they wanted to use Eclipse coins, or even Earth's universal currency, to exchange for the human race's credit coins. No matter how he looked at it, he felt that the content was unreal.
Holding his chin, Wu Gui looked at the email on the screen, his eyes narrowed, and he fell into deep thought:
"Could it be that Lunar Eclipse wants to purchase a large amount of spiritual resources produced by our human federation recently?"
"Or maybe my race has made a huge breakthrough in a new technology, and the Eclipse Tribe wants to purchase this technology?"
“But I didn’t receive any notification.”
"Tsk, that's weird... Report it quickly."
Today's 1.1 words, finished~
(End of this chapter)