The player at the top of the ranking was a player by the name of Phantom Dawn, but this ID was not in the top twenty on the ranking. There was the word 'Regulation' behind his name, so he was a member of the gaming studio. Therefore, he was definitely not one of the two anonymous players on the ranking. There was no need for professional players from such a big studio to keep a low profile. Their superiors would not allow them to remain anonymous because every name that appeared on the ranking was a reflection of the studio's strength.
"Hmm … Looks like a single-digit level difference is nothing in this game." Feng Bujue mumbled to himself. "The ranking is just a reference for the players to see the level range of the players who are leveling up the fastest in the server … and the truly powerful players are the players on this ranking."
Feng Bujue looked at the ranking. There were no anonymous players on the ranking, and the top twenty players all had the name of their guild behind them. It looked like it was hard to compete with these people who had the support of a guild with their 'personal' power. This was especially obvious at the early stages of the game. The so-called 'combat power', other than looking at a player's personal ability, was mainly based on their mastery level, skills, and equipment. Players who had the support of a workshop would definitely be much better in terms of equipment quality and number of skills. Around level 20, everyone's mastery level would basically stop at level D, so the difference was obvious.
It was worth noting that other than this player called Phantom Dawn who was at the top, the other players with Regulation were all ranked after the sixth place. The sixth player was the current top player on the ranking, and he was also the first player to reach the top of the closed beta, Fearless Champion.
The second to fifth place on the leaderboard belonged to another guild. Their IDs were Shiva, Vishnu, Brahma, and Yama. These four scammers all came from a studio called "Brahman". It seemed like this studio was also very strong. Because in the top ten of the leaderboard, these four people were also impressively in the list.
After Feng Bujue looked at the southern fan pillar, he went to look at the western and northern rankings. These two rankings were the overall guild power ranking and guild combat ability ranking. Unsurprisingly, the top two on these two lists belonged to [Order] and [Gods]. The Gods were stronger, but in terms of overall strength, [Order] had the upper hand.
Actually, the words "comprehensive strength" were quite thought-provoking. Since it was a different concept from combat strength, then it should be referring to the comprehensive ability of the society. Other than financial resources and numbers, the strongest characteristic of Order was that it had no weaknesses.
For example, Invincible Champion, whom Feng Bujue had met before, was one of the people in charge of combat mastery during the closed beta period. His level, equipment, and other mastery were not important to him. What he wanted to do was to complete the task he was in charge of and provide first-hand information and experience to the workshop.
As for the other specializations, there would naturally be corresponding explorers. Order used this practical method to obtain valuable information. When their main players (who had already joined the game during the Open Beta) joined the game, they would be able to achieve twice the result with half the effort and avoid detours.
It could be said that Order already had a near-perfect and efficient system, especially when it came to grasping the game's information. It could be said that they were all-encompassing. Moreover, it wasn't at the level of having a basic understanding of the game, but rather a conclusion that had been obtained through in-depth research. They could casually release a set of internal company data and it would be enough to make those half-baked players on the forums explode. Of course, they would not share their resources with others, even if they were offered money.
However, the Gods Workshop wasn't an incompetent organization. Their specialty was the individual strength of the players under them. They did not care how other workshops dealt their cards. The Gods' strategy was very simple. Once the Closed Beta began, they would throw in all their main star players and train them first. After all, their hand was full of aces, so there was no difference whether they played it early or late.
Feng Bujue also looked at the top twenty guilds on the two leaderboards. These two leaderboards overlapped quite a bit. Other than Order and Gods, there were seven guilds that had players on the leaderboards. The situation of the remaining guilds was unknown. In any case, there was no Frost Emperor on these two leaderboards … This meant that there was no problem with the credibility of these guilds.
After looking at the four leaderboards, Feng Bujue went to the Central Information Tower to look at the situation in the Auction House. The results surprised him. The prices were ridiculously high. Some of the mediocre equipment were even more expensive than clothes.
The starting bid for a piece of Level 10 Elite-tier equipment was 120,000, and the final bid was set at 200,000. The starting price was almost 60 RMB. Feng Bujue was amused. With this price, other people could buy a cheap set of clothes from head to toe and wear them for as long as they wanted. But what level could the equipment be used for? At Level 20, they could just buy a normal item from the shop and exchange it for something else.
At the start of the open beta, the players were afraid that the items they brought to the auction would be sold for cheap. That was understandable. One of the most depressing situations when playing an online game was … one day, you realized that the item that you had tossed away as trash was a priceless treasure.
And those who visited the auction house all day would have a certain mentality: buy cheap and sell expensive. When they were shopping, it would be best if they ran into someone who did not know the market and set the price lower than the actual value. When they were selling, they would set the price as high as they could, hoping that someone would fall for it.
In a world where everyone thought that way, there would not be enough idiots because the world was filled with people who thought they were smart. In the end, the ones who sold the items were the players who set the price reasonably.
In a game like Thriller Paradise where the equipment was randomly generated, it was rare for the equipment to be the same. Therefore, there was no way to stock up on the items. It was difficult for players who were in the business of reselling virtual items. They bought the items at a normal price and hoped to resell them at a high price. That was impossible.
Other than that, to prevent unscrupulous merchants from buying the consumables from the system store and selling them at a high price in the Auction House, the system banned the selling of items from the system store (other than items from the Thriller Box) into the Auction House. Items with the quality of 'Trash' or 'Broken', if they did not have special effects or attributes, the Auction House would also refuse to sell them. Those who tried to pick up items like 'stones', 'organs', and 'dog poop' from the scenario and sell them at a high price could give up.
Standing at any corner of the central area, one could open the Auction House's menu to browse. Feng Bujue looked at it for a long time. Be it the items that kept refreshing on the big screen or the menu that was arranged according to priority, he flipped through the pages one by one. None of the items had a reasonable price, and they were all sold at an unacceptably high price. Based on the way these people set their prices, if Feng Bujue gritted his teeth and sold Mario's Wrench, Jazz Shoes, and Echo Armor for 600,000, there would be a mad scramble. In less than one minute, they would be sold at a fixed price, and those who successfully got them would praise in their heart, Thank goodness, I've met an idiot.
With that in mind, a poison appeared in Feng Bujue's heart … Hmm … Good plan.
He turned and walked toward the row of elevator doors, preparing to head to the last new area that he had not visited — the Thriller Box.
Feng Bujue could be said to have no pressure on equipment, and he had plenty of Skill Points. As long as he went to buy some excellent quality equipment and put them up for auction at a reasonable price, they would definitely be sold at a fixed price. Then, with several hundred thousand Game Coins in his pocket, clothes would be a cinch.
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After Feng Bujue returned to the log-in lobby, he first went to the storage room to put the flashlight inside his inventory. Then, he went to claim the reward for the Terror Rating. He was not in a hurry to get the EXP, and 50000 Game Coins were nothing to him. He would rather sell the equipment than claim the Game Coins.
Therefore, the random item that he won this time was:
Item Name: Key's Hooded Jacket
Item Type: Armor
[Quality: Excellent]
Defense Points: Weak
Element: None
Special Effect: Within a certain range, the wearer will be the main target of the team's damage (Including monster attacks, accidents, and natural disasters). In Team Survival Mode (Normal), the wearer can revive once on the spot after death.
Equip Requirement: Male player, bound after equipping.
Remark: Oh! Oh, my God! They killed Key!
This armor was set on the upper body, and it had nothing to do with clothing. Equipment was equipment, and clothing was something like 'skin'. Both could be equipped at the same time, but only one could be shown on the outside.
Feng Bujue understood the meaning of Key's meme, so … even though he could not equip the Echo Armor yet, he would not put it on on a whim.
Wearing something like that would be suicide, and giving it to someone else would be harming their life. It was better to sell it to a stranger at an auction.
Currently, his inventory space was eight hundred and ten points, and he could store two more items. Based on Feng Bujue's calculation, the Superior Equipment inside the Thriller Box should be worth three hundred Skill Points each. If one of the items sold for five hundred Skill Points, then he would not be able to buy two items even if he wanted to, so the two empty slots were more than enough. After all, once he was done here, he would bring it to the mall to put it up for auction.
Returning to the elevator, after the door closed, Feng Bujue pressed the button for Thriller Box. This time, it was weird. After he pressed the button, the door did not open, and there was no system announcement. Two seconds later, the elevator moved. The weirdest thing was that Feng Bujue felt like the elevator was not moving up or down. Like a roller coaster, it moved in different directions without any pattern.
After about one minute, the elevator finally stopped. The door opened on its own, and a surprising scene appeared before Feng Bujue's eyes.
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