Chapter 115-3: Hidden Quest, Map Update (3)

Monsters Are Coming

In Qi Sheng’s view, Guide’s analysis was instead a good thing.

If players entered the arena only to take without producing the power of Battle Soul, the Ancient God race would naturally discover the abnormality over time.

When that happened, players would find it hard to enter the Ancient God Arena again and would inevitably be blacklisted.

Only by bringing the Ancient God race a certain benefit would the truth not be seen through, and the wool could be sheared for a long time.

Having determined the method was feasible, Qi Sheng began to think about how to transport players to the arena in bulk.

Gu Chen had gone to the Death Arena, one of the Ancient Gods’ three major arenas, located on an island in the central area of the Ghost Shadow Sea Region, just north adjacent to the Azure Star Sea Region.

At the center, separated by a slowly expanding Black Tide domain, the straight-line distance to the Colorful Mist Coast reached 9,495 kilometers.

For this distance, players without flying vehicles would need to expend tremendous effort to get there and would encounter various dangers along the way.

Therefore, the plan of marking a map coordinate and letting players go on their own was certainly not feasible.

After the idea of building a spatial teleportation array surfaced in his mind, he shook his head.

In his view, this idea was also not feasible.

The sacrificial power consumed to build a stable spatial teleportation array was not the issue. The key was that a stable-type spatial teleportation array could be destroyed, unless a portion of space was carved out at the Colorful Mist Coast.

But now the space between the Colorful Mist Coast and Emperor’s Mound Village was already somewhat congested. There simply was not extra space to carve out.

Nor was there enough sacrificial power to carve out and build a new space node.

So how exactly should he help players go to the Ancient God Arena?

He then looked to Guide floating beside him.

“Guide, any good ideas?”

Faced with the question, Guide fell into thought. After a brief silence, an exclamation mark appeared at the upper right of the water sphere.

[Boss, how about this. I can mark on the players’ maps those flying vehicles that are capturing fighters across the various sea regions, so that when players open the map they can see the precise locations of the flying vehicles. Nearby players can actively approach the flying vehicles and go to the arena by being captured.]

Hearing Guide’s suggestion, Qi Sheng smiled.

“Feasible, very feasible. That way, in the players’ eyes, the arena flying vehicles become moving markers that trigger a hidden quest. As long as they make contact, they can be sent to the arena to join the slaughter and obtain rewards.”

“Do as you said. From now on, when flying vehicles enter the Azure Star Sea Region, place a moving marker on the map.”

[No problem, Boss.]

After discussing a workable plan, Qi Sheng issued the latest game notification.

[Challenger Notification (all channels): Player ‘Battle Unceasing’ has triggered the hidden storyline Ancient God Arena, unlocking a special reward – all players obtain the coordinates of arena flying vehicles.]

Function Introduction: When players open the map, they can view the precise coordinates of flying vehicles entering the Azure Star Sea Region area (movement updated in real time)

Tip: Upon approaching an arena flying vehicle, players have a chance to be sent to the Death Arena to participate in life-or-death duels. Each victory will grant generous rewards (rewards will continue to increase with the number of wins).

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Hearing the game notification, players all opened the map function.

Players in the Colorful Mist Coast area could clearly see that three arena flying vehicles were speeding through the Azure Star Sea Region.

“Damn, these flying vehicles are way too fast. Judging by the map scale there is no way to catch up. Why is it so hard for me to please the Ancient God (dirt-poor flip-table.jpg).”

“No wonder it’s a hidden quest. The chance of encountering it is too low. The hidden storyline God of Wealth in the Emperor’s Mound Mountain Range is easier to run into. Unfortunately, the God of Wealth has finished handing out rewards and returned to the Anti-Tide Legion. I do not know when he will come again. I hope I can be selected to go to the training camp. That gold-farming group of grandsons is having their body tempering levels skyrocket now. Too cool.”

“It is called a hidden quest for a reason. You cannot run into it easily. But do not be fooled by how fast the flying vehicles are. You can actually judge the general direction based on their flight path, then buy a smoke bomb in the shop to see if you can attract a flying vehicle. If you can get captured, that would be awesome. The reward for winning three matches is even higher than one body tempering level.”

“Friends of the human race, offering 21 points of sacrificial power, at a 190 ratio. DM me to set up long-term cooperation.”

“I really want to go. It is like picking up money. In my view, the difficulty of one win is not high unless your luck is really terrible. With my average inherited soul level 29 and level 3 body tempering, I should at least manage three wins. The chance to get rich is right in front of me. Unfortunately I do not know how to get there… No, I have to try intercepting a flying vehicle. I want to please the Ancient God.”

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In the eyes of the races of the sea regions, the terrifying arena where being captured means death had become a hidden quest in the eyes of players.

As long as they triggered the storyline, they could be sent to the arena to participate in a richly rewarded combat trial.

The regional-channel chatter of human players also made the Gill-Fish race and Abyssal Mermen players extremely envious.

They had all watched the arena livestream that had been stirring up the forum recently.

Knowing there was such a good place to earn income, their eyes went red.

Their levels were low right now, and their earning speed was far inferior to that of the human players who entered the game earlier.

The over 2,100 points of sacrificial power from a single win was the equivalent of striking it rich in their eyes.

But they also clearly understood that with their current inherited soul levels, even if they ran into the hidden quest, going to the arena would just be a free win for someone else.

Most importantly, the arena’s servants might not even think much of them and would be unwilling to capture them for the arena.

This arena incident gave the Gill-Fish race and Abyssal Mermen players strong motivation to grow.

Many players who had originally been cashing out sacrificial power also began to prioritize improving their own strength.

Only by having strong personal strength could they earn more sacrificial power returns later.