Chapter 263 The Dark Secret of "Old Land"
Chapter 263 The Dark Secret of "Old Land"
Xiao Jie almost laughed when he heard the Drunken Sword Immortal's words.
I never thought that as the president of Wuji Studio and a professional player who once got the world's first kill, I would actually be asked to be a boss who just sits there and does nothing...
The so-called "lying dead boss" is a professional term in online games.
In early online games, equipment could be traded freely. After experts defeated the BOSS, they would sell the equipment to the boss for money, so the boss did not need to participate in the battle.
However, since the rise of World of Warcraft, the game setting of pick-up binding has become popular.
Once top-level equipment is picked up, it can no longer be traded, and only players who have participated in the BOSS battle are eligible to pick it up. This makes the early profit model of brushing equipment and selling it to boss players lose its survival ground.
The boss also needs to be fought in the dungeon, but the boss's gaming level is generally not that high, so the boss who lies dead appears.
Simply put, it is a team that is strong enough to defeat the BOSS with a smaller number of people. In this way, the team can have a few rich bosses who have no combat power at all. These bosses do not need to fight, and it doesn't matter if they die when the battle starts. They just need to pay the money when the equipment is distributed in the end.
When Xiao Jie ran a studio before, he had worked with many bosses who were dead. He never thought that there would be such a day for him.
The boss absolutely cannot just lie around and do nothing - this game certainly doesn't require lying around and doing nothing, all you need to do is watch the fun.
But we can't afford to lose this person.
Besides, there are three heads of the leader-level BOSS. If you want to spend money to get them, you have to offer a price of several hundred or even a thousand taels, right?
I don't have that much trouble.
Of course, the most important thing is that Xiao Jie thinks that he is now a powerful player. Except for the difference in level, he is not too inferior to those in front of him.
What's the point of talking to him? Are you kidding me?
An Ran and the Martial Saint named Haomie are easier to deal with. One is a sorcerer and wizard, and the other is a third-turn physical top-level melee fighter.
There is also the spirit master named Zishan, who is most likely also an advanced magician.
But this Drunken Swordsman is only a swordsman at level 30, not even a sword saint, and he dares to challenge me?
The same goes for the fondant steamed cake. The Beast Tamer is just an advanced level of the Beast Tamer. It can be seen that their levels are only slightly better than Salted Fish, and probably not as good as the Chivalrous Warriors.
Xiao Jie didn't get angry, instead he smiled and said, "Haha, brother you are quite confident. No, I like the 'Black Lion King' on the bounty list. Why don't we start with it?"
The Drunken Swordsman was speechless. "My friend, do you know how to play? The Black Lion King is a level 38 boss. How can we possibly defeat him with just a few of us? We have to start with the easy ones. Uh."
Xiao Jie pretended to be surprised, "Oh, when I heard what you said just now, I thought you were very powerful. Sorry, sorry, I misunderstood."
As soon as he said this, the Drunken Swordsman got angry. "Damn it, you're really bullying me. We're already very powerful, why don't you ask around..."
An Ran on the side interrupted and said, "Okay, Drunken Sword Immortal, although the levels of my friends are a bit low, their strength is still not weak."
The Drunken Swordsman still didn't believe it, "He's only in his early twenties, how strong can he be?"
The Martial Saint named Haomie suddenly said, "No need to fight for the Drunken Swordsman. I know him! He is indeed very strong."
After that, he said to Xiao Jie: "I have seen your video, you are indeed a master, you can join."
"What video?" Drunken Swordsman asked in confusion.
Zishan, who was standing by, also chimed in, "The video of the level 15 swordsman killing the level 29 Qigong master alone."
"Impossible!" Drunken Swordsman cried out, "Are you guys kidding me?"
Zishan sneered, "What's so funny about you? I told you to pay more attention to the game news, but now you're out of date - he was level 15 and could kill a level 29 Qigong master alone. Now he's level 21. I don't think you'd be his opponent if we really fought."
Now the Drunken Swordsman had no idea what to say and even stood still. Xiao Jie guessed that this guy might have gone to watch videos.
Na Haomie said, "You can join, but I have to explain the rules to you clearly. We divide the money based on your ability. If you don't perform well, you won't get any money."
"Of course. By the way, what are the rules of your team? Do you count contribution points?"
“We don’t need such complicated rules. Everyone who joins the group must fight with all their might, and everyone can participate in the auction of the boss’s drops.
The money from the auction will be distributed uniformly in the end.
There are three levels of gold distribution: full gold, half gold, and no gold distribution. Those who perform well will get full gold, which is 100%, those who perform averagely but can provide help will get 50%, and those who are of little help in battle will get no gold.
In addition, treatment will receive an additional 50% subsidy, and MVP will also receive a 50% subsidy. The specific amount you can get depends on how much gold you can sell for.”
Xiao Jie was surprised and asked, "Is there any treatment?"
An Ran explained: "The purple shirt is the treatment."
In this game, the mage is the boss, and the healer is the boss among bosses. After all, they are the ones who can save lives in battle.
A 50% top-up is definitely not too much.
Xiao Jie was somewhat relieved now. He had been playing this game for such a long time, but this was the first time he had heard of treatment. He had never thought that one day he would be able to enjoy such treatment.
"No problem, I'll do as you say."
I may not be able to get the MVP, but getting full gold should be no problem.
As for Yu Chengxian and Ye Luo, we can at least make some money, right?
Haomie said: "OK, that's settled. As for which bosses to fight, let's first pick those with the lowest bounties on the bounty list, one by one. With the strength of our team, it shouldn't be a problem to fight those at the bottom.
We will gather at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning to accept the bounty mission. We will conduct reconnaissance and formulate battle strategies in the morning, and start fighting in the afternoon. After defeating the BOSS, we will directly auction for money. Remember to prepare silver. The price of gold has risen sharply recently. We will only bid for game coins, not RMB. "
It is very convenient to talk to professionals, and an action plan can be arranged in just a few words.
The plan has been decided, and the next thing is to raise money.
In a gold group, gold is everything, which means that if you want the BOSS's drops, you have to spend money. The same goes for the BOSS's head. And because the BOSS's head can be exchanged for bounty and reputation, the reward may even be higher than the average drop.
No matter how well you perform, it can only guarantee that you can get more money, but it does not mean that Xiao Jie will definitely get what he wants.
Therefore, more silver must be prepared.
After opening his backpack and taking a look, Xiao Jie suddenly gave a bitter smile. He had bought three sticks of ebony incense before, and now there were only a few taels of silver left in the bag.
"Let's raise money separately. If you want any equipment tomorrow, you have to pay for it yourself. I think those people should be quite rich. If you don't spend enough money, you won't be able to buy good things. If you don't plan to spend, then just wait for the money to be divided."
After hearing this, I want to become an immortal and immediately sighed. It was obvious that the person didn't have much spare money.
Ye Luo hummed, his tone indifferent, and inexplicably he felt as if he had everything planned out.
Xiao Jie didn't know how much wealth this girl had, but he felt it should be quite a lot.
Of course, this is not what he wants to consider.
It's the duty of friends for the two of them to help him with the task, but lending him money would be a bit hurtful.
You still have to solve this matter yourself.
Xiao Jie first went to the auction house to check the sales of monkey wine and secret dog food. He didn't know if the market was saturated in the past two days, but only a few bottles of monkey wine were sold.
A lot of secret dog food was sold, but the profit from it was not enough to satisfy Xiao Jie.
All in all, it only sold for 7 taels of silver.
After searching the auction house, Xiao Jie discovered that there were new cooking products that could increase happiness.
【Xian Tiao Qiang (food)
Eat: Increase satiety by 100 points and increase happiness by 30 points. 】
The guy selling this thing is obviously here for the competition, as a jar of Xian Tiao Qiang only costs 900 Wen.
You know, monkey wine costs 1000 coins and only adds 25 points of happiness, but this guy is selling it at a low price, trying to seize the market.
This is a bad time.
Although the cost of Monkey Wine is only 280 Wen, I can still make a profit even if I lower the price, but the sales volume of this thing has an upper limit. The more I lower the price, the less profit I will make.
But there was no other way. Given the current market situation, Xiao Jie could only lower the price. He made some monkey wine and sold it for 800 wen a bottle.
Looking at the eleven taels of silver in the bag, it seems I have to find a way to sell something.
How about selling the spirit stone talisman?
This thing dropped when I killed Yunxiaoke, but I never had the chance to use it.
But even if I sold it, it would only be around 100 taels, which was far from enough. If I wanted to get a large sum of money back, I had to sell the longevity pills.
This thing is hard to sell. It's completely priceless.
After searching among his friends for a while, Xiao Jie finally contacted Chen Tianwen.
Yin Yue Sui Feng: Brother Tian Wen, are you there?
Wen Tian Wuji: What do you want to talk to me about?"
Yin Yue Sui Feng: I have something I want to sell. How about you give me an estimate of its value?
Among these people, the one Xiao Jie trusts the most is Brother Tianwen. Firstly, the two of them have a life-long friendship. Secondly, Brother Tianwen is rich, of high rank, and strong, so he should be able to know some powerful buyers.
Xiao Jie sent the data about the longevity elixir over.
Wen Tian Wu Ji: …………
Yin Yue Sui Feng: What happened?
Wentian Wuji: You didn’t mention this to anyone else, right?
Yin Yue Sui Feng: Um... I have mentioned this to Long Xing Tian Xia, the president of the Long Xiang Knights, and I asked him to help me, but strangely, he didn't accept it.
Wentian Wuji: It would be strange if he dares to accept it. Forget it, it’s not safe on QQ, let’s meet offline and talk.
Xiao Jie's heart sank and he felt a little uneasy.
Half an hour later, Xiao Jie arrived at Chen Tianwen's home.
Unexpectedly, Chen Tianwen had set up a formation in the living room. When he saw Xiao Jie come in, he stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation.
"What are you doing?"
"Let's talk after you come in."
Xiao Jie had no choice but to walk in and sit down opposite Chen Tianwen.
Chen Tianwen waved the command flag casually, and the surrounding scenery suddenly changed. Clouds and mist swirled, and strong winds blew, instantly covering everything.
The two of them sat at the tea table in the living room, but they seemed to be sitting in the eye of a storm, with howling winds and dark clouds everywhere around them.
Xiao Jie was stunned for a moment, "What are you doing?"
"Hey, what on earth are you thinking? Can you just expose this thing casually?"
Xiao Jie looked innocent, "What's going on?"
Chen Tianwen lowered his voice and asked, "Don't you feel strange? Why is there such a huge profit in this game, but the government doesn't take any action to control it?"
Xiao Jie nodded, "Of course I find it strange, but hasn't the government already taken action?"
"Tsk, what kind of action is that? At most, it's just supervision. What I mean by action is that the government directly confiscates the game activation codes, collects all the activation codes together, and then organizes people to develop in the game."
Xiao Jie nodded involuntarily. "Although this approach is extreme, it won't be that difficult with the power of the government. But isn't the activation code sent directly to the player? Maybe it's difficult for the government to do it?"
"Haha, what do you think the government is? A charity? What's so difficult about it? With the power of the government, it's not that difficult to do it. There are so many cameras in the city now, it's not easy to find the players of this game. How many players who have gained power can resist using it?"
Xiao Jie could naturally think of these things. To be honest, he has always been puzzled. At least if he were the one in power, he would definitely take action on this game. Supervision and the like would not be as reliable as holding things in one's own hands.
Besides, the power in this game will bring about a lot of social instability.
Even for the sake of maintaining harmony, it is impossible to leave this game alone.
Nowadays, even the supervision of the Game Management Bureau seems to be a bit laissez-faire. As long as one does not commit crimes or break the law, no one will care even if one uses the abilities in the game to show off and make money. He has always found this strange.
Hearing what Chen Tian asked, it seemed like there was some hidden story behind this.
"Then why don't the government take action?"
"In fact, they have already intervened. Three years ago, not long after the game was publicly tested, the government intervened. They even set up a special department with great power. For a time, the game players were panicked. Some players were afraid of getting into trouble and had to hand over the activation code, while others hid away...
But suddenly one day, the person in charge simply disappeared.”
Xiao Jie's heart sank, "You mean——"
He made a neck-wiping thing.
"No, he is either dead or disappeared. There is no sign. No one can even remember who this person is."
Xiao Jie was stunned. "How is that possible? Are you kidding me?"
Chen Tianwen shook his head solemnly, "Of course I'm not kidding, I was also one of the original public beta players, and my family has some information channels, so I know a little bit.
The entire department responsible for intervening in the game suddenly discovered that their boss was missing, and no one remembered who the boss was. But anyone with a little common sense would know that such a department must have a boss, right? Even various file commands were issued by this boss.
But suddenly, all the information about this 'boss' disappeared."
When Xiao Jie imagined something like this happening, he felt a chill down his spine. This was too bizarre and even sounded a little scary.
"and after?"
"Later, that department was directly transformed into the Gaming Management Bureau. From then on, it was only responsible for maintaining and monitoring game players, and punishing players who violated laws and disciplines. However, it would never actively intervene in the affairs of the game again. I guess the people above were also afraid, and they may have even received some kind of warning."
Xiao Jie was dumbfounded. Such power? It was simply unimaginable. Could it be an immortal? No, even an immortal couldn't do this, right?
"So what's going on?"
"No one knows, but I do have some speculations. Whoever the creator of this game is, he must have a purpose. For this purpose, he created the game and sent the activation code to the players.
This purpose is obviously not allowed to be interfered with, and anyone who interferes with this plan will be dealt with.
The disappearance of that thing from the department head is actually a warning.”
Xiao Jie nodded, and for a moment he couldn't calm down about the news.
"But what does this have to do with the elixir?"
Chen Tianwen explained: "It is precisely because the government dares not to intervene in this game that various forces have the opportunity to intervene, including some large financial groups, big families, and people with strong backgrounds.
That being didn't seem to care about these people's interference in the game.
To be honest, your elixir is quite useless. It is of no use to most players. No one who plays this game cares about the issue of longevity. If you really want to live long, just buy a book on Changchun Gong, Yangxin Jue or some other martial arts, then quit the game and practice slowly.
As long as you are playing this game, your life span is meaningless.
There's only one kind of person who would be interested in this stuff.
First of all, he must be dying and in urgent need of extending his life.
Second, he must be extremely rich and extremely powerful to be qualified to seek the elixir.
Third, he must have a game account, which means that this person must be the person in charge of a large family.
There will be no more than ten such people in the whole game, or even no more than five. Once these few people know about the elixir in your hand, you will never have peace.
Who are you going to sell it to then? No matter who you sell it to, those who don’t buy it will definitely not give up.”
“But everything is sold out?”
"Haha, do you think those people will care? Since you can get one, you can get the second one. If they attack with all their strength, even if you have peerless swordsmanship and peerless lightness skills, it will be useless, unless--"
"Unless what?"
"Unless you are the legendary god." Chen Tianwen said unhappily.
"So you must not show this thing to anyone. If it attracts someone's attention, it will cause a lot of trouble."
Xiao Jie was very nervous after hearing what Chen Tianwen said. No wonder Long Xingtianxia had no interest in this elixir and even felt like avoiding it.
If he really took it, he would probably feel uncomfortable.
(End of this chapter)