The sanctuary issued a management rule that prohibited fighting anywhere, just like not being allowed to urinate and defecate. There were guards and rangers patrolling, and violators would be arrested and detained for a period of time. The main city of players needed to form a safe zone to make the players feel at ease. Han Technician asked Huang Yu to work overtime to perfect the rule.
If the players wanted to PK, they could only leave the city or go to the arena.
The arena was built near the square, very close to the respawn point of the players. Sometimes, the players could stop when they were PK, and sometimes they would accidentally kill each other and lose some experience. Even so, it could not extinguish the players' desire to fight. Because it was very far away from the city, the arena became the first choice.
The general structure of the arena was a huge square. In the center was the tallest and largest platform, and beside it were smaller arenas. The large arena was surrounded by a large number of spectator seats. Players didn't have to spend money, so they could PK as they pleased in the square. The arenas, big and small, were all sealed off. After asking around, I found out that those arenas were specially used for gambling. The gambling house was the arena, and it would only be opened to those who paid, and the arena would be reserved for those who paid.
Although this function was new, because it cost money and most of the players were poor, no one used this function for the time being. They only wanted to fight for free in the square, so the arena was very lively. It quickly became recognized as a dedicated PK arena, just like the city gate of a certain game.
But in Huang Yu's opinion, this was a huge waste of resources. No one was willing to pay for it. Not only did it not achieve the effect of generating income, but the sanctuary also had to bear the cost of maintaining the arena. He felt that Han Xiao's decision was very problematic. It was better to let the Inhumans fight outside the city.
He felt that building the arena was unnecessary, but he did not dare to go against Han Xiao, so he could only complain in his heart.
This situation made Han Xiao a little surprised, but he understood after thinking about it.
Now, the players are still in the exploration stage, and gambling in the arena is obviously only for players who are confident in their strength … Gambling in the arena can attract audience, so there will be exposure. Then, guilds and professional players are the most likely group to spend money to reserve the arena.
The function of the arena required the players to discover it themselves, and it would take some time, but he was not someone who would wait patiently.
"Then let me give them a hand and help them understand what is the use of gambling in the arena."
Han Xiao's eyes flashed.
…
Every few days or so, Han Xiao would hang around in front of the players, teaching them skills and harvesting experience. Most of the skills that he put in the Skill Shop were basic skills that players already had. Spending EXP to train the basic skills that players had already learned could greatly increase their proficiency. It was more cost-effective than directly using EXP to level up skills.
This was how Han Xiao obtained the majority of the players' EXP.
He did not teach the important skills. After all, he wanted to maintain the gap between himself and the players. However, he chose to teach them some skills that were not that important or that the players would be able to learn sooner or later, such as [Electromagnetic Energy Extraction] and [Precision Repair], which were exclusive to Mechanics, to help the Mechanic class players improve their abilities. He acted as a Mechanic teacher and attracted more players to join the Mechanic class. One had to know that in the entire Blue Star, only the Mechanic class players had such a reliable teacher like him.
The players had experienced the [Energy Training Technique] incident, so they roughly understood that the powerful skills that Han Xiao taught them could be learned when they reached a higher level. However, most people were still willing to learn high-level skills at a lower level because they could improve their current abilities and gain more benefits in the long run.
As for the Esper class and Pugilist class advancement knowledge that he stole from the Germinal Organization, Han Xiao did not sell it for the time being. This thing was like a bomb, and he wanted to wait until the players' purchasing power increased before making a huge profit.
Every time he showed up to teach, he would earn more than ten million EXP in a day, which was many times faster than doing missions. The tens of thousands of players in Sanctuary Three made up about five percent of the total Blue Star players (and many new players had also entered the game), so the market potential was huge. The players' main city plan was very far away.
On this day, Han Xiao appeared in the corner of the square as usual, surrounded by players. After farming a wave of EXP, he suddenly saw a large group of guild players with prefixes above their heads. They were the players from Sky Territory, and the leader was called 'Yellow Sky Will Rise', the vice-captain of the first core group.
"My chance is here."
Han Xiao raised his eyebrows slightly. After teaching the skills, he suddenly pretended to talk to himself and said, "Sigh, my luck has been bad recently …"
Yellow Sky Will Rise was shocked. As an experienced veteran player, under normal circumstances, if an NPC suddenly talked to himself, it meant that a new mission could be triggered.
"Your Excellency Black Phantom, may I know what is troubling you? Maybe we can help you solve it." Yellow Sky Will Rise tried to ask.
Glancing at him, Han Xiao pretended to be in a difficult position and shook his head. "No, no, I need at least ten people to help me."
The people from Sky Territory were suddenly energized. It was indeed a mission, and it was a team mission!
This was a mission given by Black Phantom himself. When had he ever cheated us?
The guild had a lot of people, and Yellow Sky Will Rise formed a team of ten people. Seeing this, Han Xiao said slowly, "Sigh, one of my robots has malfunctioned and is no longer under my control. I want you guys to bring its chip back to me …"
As he spoke, he set up a mission.
[Retrieve the Malfunctioning Chip -1]
Mission Type: Team Chain Mission
Mission Introduction: For some reason, a defense robot has malfunctioned and is no longer under control.
First Round Requirement: Defeat 'x204' Ranger and return the chip to Black Phantom.
First Round Reward: 25,000 EXP, + 1 Black Phantom Favorability
"A running mission?" Yellow Sky Will Rise was pleasantly surprised. Just the first round reward was already quite a lot. If they continued, the rewards would definitely be even better, and they could even increase Black Phantom's favorability. One had to know that once Black Phantom's favorability reached 10, it would no longer increase no matter how much money was given. This was a rare opportunity.
With regards to his favorability, all the players were in an extremely thirsty but helpless state. He had placed quite a few powerful machines in the item shop, blue equipment, purple equipment, and so on. However, the favorability requirement to purchase them was above 10 points, which meant that they could only be seen but not touched. They were the "bait" that he used to fish.
Favorability itself was not valuable, but he gave it a value. This was the origin of equivalents and currencies …
Sky Territory accepted the mission and left happily. The surrounding players saw this and also excitedly formed teams, but Han Xiao did not give them any face.
This time, the players were puzzled. Why could Sky Territory trigger the mission, but they could not?
However, they had already seen the randomness of Black Phantom's mission trigger mechanism, so they were not surprised and did not think too much about it. They could only secretly envy those lucky Europeans.
Suddenly, a group of familiar IDs and guild names came into sight. Han Xiaoxin's mind moved. He then opened his mouth and repeated his words.
"Hmm, there's a hidden mission?"
The Guild of Gods members passing by were surprised.
The newcomers were the Guild of Gods, the official guild of the Temple of Gods Club.
Han Xiao was very familiar with them, which was another target he was looking for.
After Han Xiao's identity was exposed, the Guild of Gods and the others found out that the zero they were looking for was Han Xiao. It turned out that they had missed their target time and time again, so the mission naturally failed.
Guild leader Jupiter was so angry that he could not eat or sleep well. He was so depressed that he almost had constipation.
However, there was no other way. Han Xiao had too many benefits. In order to not fall behind the other guilds, the Guild of Gods could only come to the sanctuary no matter how depressed they were. All the other guilds had teams gathered in the sanctuary.
"This mission is not bad." Jupiter was overjoyed. He could even find a hidden mission while walking on the streets. This was his luck!
With a wave of his hand, the Guild of Gods formed a team and accepted the mission.
…
An hour later, in the North District of the sanctuary.
A chase was in progress. A ten-man team from Sky Territory was panting as they chased a speedy ranger.
"Quick, chase it, don't let it get away!" The Guild of Gods was out of breath. They were running so hard that they were about to vomit.
They followed the mission instructions and came to this area that was under development to chase this ranger that had lost control. The ranger's firepower was ferocious. A few of their team members died before they managed to grind down the ranger's armor to the last layer of health. At this time, the ranger suddenly turned around and ran.
"Damn it, why is it so agile!"
The members of Sky Territory had bitter expressions. "It's even more familiar with the environment and terrain than us. Is this robot a spirit?"
At this time, in the high-rise room in the center of the sanctuary, Han Xiao was lazily half-lying on the sofa. He held a tablet and swiped the screen casually. The screen was showing the perspective of the 'out of control' ranger.
This ranger was actually completely under his control. He had limited the ranger's strength. Yesterday, he had dismantled a lot of the ranger's weapons and ammo before releasing it. In fact, it was a weakened version, so that the members of Sky Territory would have a hard time winning. If the complete Generation 2.5 Rangers were to unleash their full power, they would have killed more than half of the players in a single exchange. Of course, the Sky Territory players would not know this. They would think that it was because of their great teamwork that they managed to kill this' out of control 'robot. This was the misconception that Han Xiao wanted to give them.
Out of control? It didn't exist.
"We're about to catch up!" As the distance closed, Sky Territory forced themselves to focus and prepare for the final attack.
Han Xiao looked at the radar map and suddenly smiled evilly. He controlled the ranger that was about to be destroyed to suddenly accelerate. After a few turns, it immediately shook off Sky Territory and rushed toward the Guild of Gods, who were searching for the mission target.
As soon as the ranger appeared, Jupiter and the others were shocked and overjoyed.
"It's the target. Focus fire!"
After a round of attacks, the ranger fell apart. Its parts fell all over the ground.
The members of the Guild of Gods were confused. They had not even done anything yet. How did this robot explode?
Suppressing his doubts, Jupiter picked up the mission item from the pile of parts. [Chip of the 'out of control' ranger].
At this moment, the Sky Domain finally arrived. Seeing this scene, they were immediately enraged.
"Damn you Guild of Gods, how dare you steal our kill!"
Yellow Skies Shall Stand was furious.
They had chased after their mission target for more than a dozen streets. Now, someone had plucked the peach from the peach, and the roast duck that was in their hands had been snatched away by a dog.
Furthermore, the Guild of Gods and Sky Territory had always been old rivals.
…
The screen turned black.
Han Xiao threw the tablet aside, lit a cigarette, blew out a smoke ring, and chuckled.
Since the players did not want to gamble, he would create a need for them. This had always been Han Technician's service principle.
I'm a professional at causing trouble!
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