It was January, and the weather was still cold.
However, Thriller Paradise's server and forum were still bustling with activity.
Less than a week after the Christmas Treasure Hunt ended, the Dream Company released a new mode on New Year's Day — Team Battle.
The setting of this mode wasn't too complicated. To put it simply, it was a multiplayer killing game where two people formed a team and played in pairs.
However, in this mode, there would be multiple pairs of players, but the exact number … the Dream Company stated that there would be 'no upper limit'. In other words, if there were a minimum number of players, there would only be two pairs of players … or four players … in a 2v2 duel, but there was also a possibility that there would be one hundred players in a scenario, and they would be split into fifty groups to fight.
In this mode where the number of players was unknown, part of the rules that were suitable for traditional Killing Games could not be used.
First, the players would not be able to see the enemy's ID in the game menu. All the players who joined this mode would only be able to see the group status of themselves and their teammates. As for how many enemies there were and where they were … they would have no way of knowing that.
Secondly, with the above premise, the victory condition for this mode could no longer be based on the rule of 'kill all the enemies'. Therefore, the victory condition for Team Battle would be similar to a normal scenario, but there would be a 'race to the top' principle. For example, 'obtain something, kill a target, or reach a certain location before all the other players.'
Of course, if all the other players died before one of them reached the victory condition, then the last remaining group or player would naturally be the winner.
After saying so much, I'm sure everyone has already guessed that the next story will take place in a "team fight" scenario.
However, before we get to that story, we have to deal with what happened after Feng Bujue joined the Christmas Treasure Hunt.
That morning, after Brother Jue woke up from the gaming hub, the white light in his eyes disappeared, and he … could clearly feel the growth of his' Paradoxical Truth 'ability.
He could not help but think that if he went back to the source, he and 'Fate' could be said to be from the same universe. Perhaps … 'Fate' knew something that the people in this universe did not and used some method to help him.
Feng Bujue sat there like that, thinking until dawn.
When he came back to his senses, he realized that it was already nine o 'clock in the morning … He hurriedly went to the toilet and immediately turned back to try to log into the game.
But at this time, the voice in the game cabin prompted him that the character he retrieved was abnormal and could not be logged in.
Therefore, Brother Jue immediately contacted Dream Company's customer service …
To make a long story short, he received a reply after one working day. The content of the email was roughly as follows:
It was impossible to completely rewind because your interaction with NPCs and Anomalies, as well as the consequences of that, were part of the game's progression. For example, if someone's equipment was destroyed while fighting a monster in a scenario, that kind of loss could not be compensated. However, even the character's attributes had been deleted. That was indeed a strange situation. After discussion among the various departments, the final solution was as follows:
First, the level of the character that has been reset will be raised to level 55, and the additional EXP (1923,12600) will be used as compensation for other abnormal losses.
Second, the character's mastery level, Skill Points, and Game Coins will be restored to the state they were when they last logged in.
Third, the inventory and all the items and equipment on the character, other than 'other types', will not be restored.
Items that cannot be restored include: [Endless Grenade Box] (Excellent, Tool Class), [WJQ-308 Military Shovel (Indestructible)] (Excellent, Tool Class) (Excellent, Weapon Class), [Star Cooling Cannon (No Way)] (Excellent, Weapon Class), [Alchemist King's Taunt] (Excellent, Armor Class), [Phantom Lady's Touch] (Excellent, Armor Class), [Smiling Face] (Excellent, Armor Class), [Name: I _ Wanna _ Be _ A Belt] (Excellent, Armor Class), [Life Points Recovery Potion (Medium) * 5], [Life Points Recovery Potion (Large) * 5].
Fourth, other than Geppo and Rankyaku, other skills will not be restored.
Fifth, the character storage was not affected.
That was the result that Feng Bujue had come up with …
If the email did not end with the sentence 'Hehehe, this player, please bear with us', Brother Jue would most likely have raided the Dream Company's headquarters.
However, when Feng Bujue saw that sentence, he instantly understood many things.
Looking at the entire email, there was a bureaucratic tone between the lines, and the tone did not sound too polite. Only the last sentence … was obviously written by Woody.
From the perspective of others, this did not mean anything, but Feng Bujue understood that Woody had used a unique method to convey some information to him.
This time, Woody was not the only one who had the final say in this matter.
It was not difficult to deduce that.
In this "gamble", Feng Bujue was a very important and conspicuous character. There were many important people who wanted him dead. This time, when his data was cleared by 23, those people must be celebrating. Among those people, there must be someone called "Uriel".
In short, Woody was under a lot of pressure in this matter. It was not hard to imagine that his opponents in the gamble would use the reason that "restoring Feng Bujue's data is unfair" to him. Come to think of it … Brother Jue's character could be restored to this extent because Woody had done his best to mediate.
Under such circumstances, if Feng Bujue did not give up, he would only push himself and Woody into a worse situation.
Brother Jue was a person who knew how to calculate, and he was also a person who liked to reflect on himself. This matter was caused by his own 'miscalculation'. With that in mind, he did not dwell on it anymore. It was only right that he paid the price for his own mistake.
Just like that, Feng Bujue, who was' back to square one ', returned to the game.
The first thing he did was to organize the resources that he had.
Thankfully, once he logged into the game, he received a 'clear reward'. Obviously, after he 'died', Ambitionist and Snow had completed the main mission of the scenario. Of course, Brother Jue only received a portion of the EXP. He did not receive the reward for clearing the scenario alive.
After that, he asked Hong Hu what happened next. The latter told him that after 23 killed him and 'Ken' in seconds, Blackbeard very wisely handed over the thing that 23 wanted, and 23 left after he achieved his goal.
Hong Hu was also a good judge of the situation. He quickly expressed his attitude toward Brother Jue's death to Blackbeard — he was very happy. Then, he negotiated another deal with Blackbeard.
In the end, after helping Blackbeard investigate the disappearance of his son and 'Dancing Shadow', Hong Hu and Snow successfully received the 'original translation of Ramayana' as their reward and completed the scenario.
By the way, the truth was actually very simple. When Dancing Shadow met up with Blackbeard's son, they were discovered by a few members of the Nine Gods who were still active on the island. Then, they were surrounded by the Phantom Church, and both of them died. Dancing Shadow used his special power to leave a message for Blackbeard before he died, but it was not very clear. This was because he did not know much about the enemy's overall plan, and he did not know that there was a super powerful Anomaly behind the scenes.
After knowing all that, Feng Bujue felt relieved. The game had to continue.
The depression when Blade Must Break was still fresh in his mind, but from the looks of it, that loss was just the appetizer.
Let's take a look at Brother Jue's current character profile.
Feng Bujue: Level 55
Title: Pioneer of Darkness, Title Ability: Descent of the War Demon
EXP: 3218056000000, Skill Points: 105681, Game Coins: 10145000
Mastery: General Ability A, Workmanship A, Sleuthing B, Fighting S, Marksmanship B, Medic D, Sorcery A, Summoning A.
Inventory (1425): Chuck Norris's Autobiography, Deceitful Pocket Watch, Chuck Norris's Razor, Oxygen Pipe, Tao Wu, As Slow as a Forest, As Fast as Thunder, The Sealed's Right Foot, The Sealed's Left Foot, The Sealed's Right Wrist, The Sealed's Left Wrist, The Rat Mallet, JUST _ WE, The Heavenly Spirit Earthly Fiend Box
Equipment: Psycho Poker (Sorcery Weapon), 1920 Mean War Armor, Void Treader, Bell's Daily Knife
Storage Room (3/15): "Poker Man" hero ID card, puzzle card: Sparrow, puzzle card: White.
Skill Tab (213): Geppo, Rankyaku
Unequipped Skills: 【Ice Alchemist's Persistence】【Not So Hasty Repair】【Tri-Beam】【Southern Dipper Flying Dragon Fist】
Soul's Eye: Zero Time Difference Calculation, REWRITE (Tier 2)
All of a sudden, he felt a lot more refreshed. The few skills that he didn't bring with him in the storage room were lucky enough to escape the calamity. As for the equipment that was Perfect Tier and above, as well as a few of the more crucial "Other Type" items, they were all recovered. This was considered a blessing in disguise.
After organizing the items, Feng Bujue naturally took the remaining skill cards and hero ID cards from the storage room. After all, his inventory and skill tab were mostly empty, so it would be a waste if he did not bring them with him.
In a way, the loss from this' miscalculation 'made Feng Bujue's game more interesting. Due to the weakening of his power, in the following days, he was given many scenarios that would have been relatively easy, but that is not what we are going to talk about this time …
This time, the story had to start from the night of New Year's Day, when he and Ruo Yu teamed up for a 'team battle'.
…
Feng Bujue, Level 55
[Like Rain, Level 52]
Please select the game mode that you would like to join.
[You have selected Team Melee, please confirm.]
"Confirmed, generating scenario …"
"Downloading, please wait a moment."
The familiar system announcement flashed one by one, and then it was followed by a very wuxia opening from a rough male voice.
"The wind and snow cover Middle State, there are no old friends in the martial world. Drink a cup of wine and walk the world with a sword."
This prologue was unique to this scenario, and the style of the prologue also revealed the worldview of this scenario.
[Loading complete. You are currently in a group battle royale.]
This mode provides a scenario introduction, and there is a chance of triggering hidden side quests and special world-building.
"Reward for clearing the scenario: 10000000 EXP.
"The scenario introduction will be played soon. The game will start immediately after."
When he saw the reward for clearing the scenario, Feng Bujue was slightly disappointed because the thing that he did not lack the most was EXP. After the data collapse, the only positive compensation that he had received was EXP. After all, he had received close to two hundred million EXP for free.
Therefore, what Brother Jue needed now was equipment and skills.
Of course, it was not like he had not gained anything in the past few days. Perhaps many people had forgotten that Feng Bujue could actually create Skill Cards (Baleful Ghost Power Company), but the activation mechanism of that power was very complicated, and it could only be activated at the right time.
Other than that, Tian Xing Di Sha Box was an item that could be used to learn skills. However, Brother Jue had not fully grasped the function of this item, and he was still trying to figure it out …
"Ming, ninth year of Qi Feng, twelfth month."
The narration soon started to introduce the scenario, and once it opened, it gave the name of a fictional era that did not exist in history. Similar to the twenty-second year of Sheng Ping in the scenario where Brother Jue met Lin Yan and Eunuch Cao, this was undoubtedly a fictional era in a parallel universe.
"The emperor worked hard to rule the country, and the people lived in peace."
"Hmm? The emperor of the Ming Dynasty worked hard to rule the country? "When Brother Jue heard the second sentence, he could not help but grumble internally.
"However, in the martial arts world, there was a reign of terror."
"It was autumn in the middle of the year. The owner of the Jiang Family Castle, the Jiang Family Sword, Third Master Jiang, was found dead in his home. Including Jiang San himself, all the deceased were killed by the same sword, using the same swordsmanship, in an instant, with one move. "
"Jiang San was born in the area near Yunnan. He was the direct disciple of the Diancang Faction's leader, Duan Keyi. After the incident, Duan Keyi, who received the news, personally led his disciples to investigate. After a few months, the matter gradually became clear …"
"It was said that a few days before Jiang San's death, he found a sword manual from a Japanese ronin that was lost overseas. The ronin did not know the true value of the sword manual, and he pawned it at a low price at a pawnshop. After a few rounds, it ended up in the hands of Third Master Jiang. "
"Jiang San's martial arts were already top-notch in the martial arts world. Otherwise, he would not have been able to conquer the Jiang Family Castle. After obtaining the sword manual, Jiang San discovered that the manual was actually written by Pei Min (one of the Three Masters of the Tang Dynasty, the Sage of Sword, the Sage of Poetry, Li Bai, and the Sage of Grass, Zhang Xu)."
"Jiang San was overjoyed. He immediately handed over the family business and other matters to his younger brother, and he went into seclusion to practice his swordsmanship."
"Who would have thought that the news would be leaked? A few days later, the Jiang Family Castle would be destroyed."
"A month later, when the details of the case gradually became clear, the tragic death of the Jiang Family's sixty-three members was no longer important."
"The entire martial arts world's focus was on the sword manual …"
"In the twelfth lunar month, there was reliable news that the sword manual would appear in a town a hundred miles away from Shanhai Pass on the eve of the lunar new year …"
The narration came to an abrupt end. Immediately after, Feng Bujue and Li Ruo Yu gained the ability to move.
In the blink of an eye, the two of them were already in the middle of a snowy forest. The sudden drop in temperature could only be described with one word — cold.
Even though the sun was high up in the sky and it seemed to be noon, the warmth brought by the sun was limited.
"The main mission has been triggered."
Similar to the killing game, this group battle mode also gave the final goal at the beginning of the game.
"Obtain the" Sword Dance Herbarium "before other players and maintain ownership of it for one hour."
When this mission appeared in the mission panel along with the system voice, there was a note at the bottom — "The" Sword Dance Herbarium "cannot be placed in the inventory. For the details of determining ownership, please click here to view."
The word "view" was a hyperlink. If one focused their attention there, they would be able to see a more detailed explanation.
"Looks like …" Feng Bujue only took a few seconds to finish reading all the related information. He immediately told Ruo Yu beside him, "… the difficulty of this main mission is the 'possession' and not the 'acquisition'."
"Is it that difficult to prevent the sword manual from being stolen within an hour?" Ruo Yu asked.
"Hah …" Feng Bujue laughed. "Let's talk about this as we walk. If we just stand here … I believe we'll be frozen to death soon."
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