Chapter 150-4: Fabricating a Backstory, Observing the Environment (4) |
At this moment, Qi Sheng’s consciousness turned to the Snow Ridge area of the Rimewinter Snowfield.
Here lies a Territory Node, Space-Origin Peak, which can produce Space-Origin Stones that expand space.
The players operating in this area are also very abstract, with heavy stealth vibes. They lighten their steps to slip into the mining area, activate clone and Extreme Speed Inherited Souls, and begin mining.
For these players, this game mode is very stimulating.
Every strike of the pickaxe feels like a profit earned, and life enters a countdown in the process.
To steal ore better, this group of players has researched many bizarre tactics.
There are even dedicated individuals responsible for drawing fire to help other players in the team successfully steal ore.
In response to the players’ series of ore-thieving behaviors, the Snow Ridge Great Wildernesses were at their wits’ end. Their limited intelligence left them unable to devise countermeasures and completely led by the nose by the players.
The view shifted to the Space-Origin Peak mining area.
Going deeper, the end of the tunnel opened into a vast underground cavern.
Countless crystal-clear, ghostly blue crystals hung from the ceiling of the cavern like stars in the night sky, adorning this dark place with mysterious splendor.
This area is inhabited by Snow Ridge Great Wilderness creatures nearly a hundred meters tall. They move about here, growing by absorbing the energy dissipated by Space-Origin Stones.
After many generations of evolution, these beings, evolved from Snow Fluffballs, gained powerful physiques, but their intelligence alone did not keep up.
Pushing the view further into the pit, through a maze of intertwined veins, Qi Sheng saw a scarlet crystal suspended in the air, radiating brilliant light.
This was precisely the Node Crystal of the Space-Origin Peak domain.
Beside the Node Crystal lay a Snow Ridge Great Wilderness nearly 120 meters tall. Analysis revealed its hunt level had reached level 118.
This was simply not a monster that players at this stage could contend with.
Observation complete, Qi Sheng’s consciousness shifted to the second Territory Node in the northwest of the Rimewinter Snowfield.
This Territory Node is referred to in the analysis information as ‘Fallen Leaves.’ It is a level 2 resource domain with spirit fields twice the size of Cloud Field.
Compared to Space-Origin Peak guarded by the Snow Ridge Great Wilderness, this place was guarded only by a group of monsters with an average hunt level of 39.
Originally, the major guilds were preparing to take this Territory Node, but recently the Evil Moon domain on the Colorful Mist Coast has yielded higher returns. With the Earthmind Evil Spirit chasing after them to feed them, many major guilds shifted their goals to the Evil Moon domain, resulting in this Territory Node remaining uncontained.
The view then jumped to the third Territory Node, the fourth Territory Node… After checking the detailed situation of four Territory Nodes, Qi Sheng’s consciousness returned to the Primordial Altar.
The sacrificial power the Earthmind Evil Spirit had recently created for him, after deducting daily consumption, brought his reserve sacrificial power to 129.4 million, enough to recruit close to one hundred and thirty thousand new players.
He decided to start a new round of recruitment again and issue one hundred thousand player slots.
Doing this would indeed cause congestion and difficulty moving in the space during emergencies.
But under normal circumstances, it would not affect player activities.
Players who revive basically do not stay long in the space. They all go outside the space for activities, hunting, and so on.
Players who die stay in the little black room and wait for revival.
Unless there is another door-blocking incident like in the Colorful Mist Coast region, under normal conditions it will not affect player activities.
According to Guide’s calculations, the space area can carry up to 120,000 players.
Recruiting 100,000 players this time is entirely feasible. The remaining nearly thirty million sacrificial power will be kept for contingencies and for the consumption of creating the pet system.
During this period the output of sacrificial power has surged, but it obviously will not last long.
Once the Earthmind Evil Spirit finishes stealing resources, the welfare period will end. He still needs to have sufficient resource reserves on hand to deal with emergencies.
As for the targets of this recruitment, players of the Human race will still be the main focus, with sixty thousand slots issued.
This is based on two considerations.
The first is that he was once a member of the Human race, so there is some personal emotion.
But that is not the core factor.
The core factor is that the Human race is the most populous race in the Earth Alliance.
Just as the Starnet analyzed at the beginning, he does not care what the starting point of each race is.
Over a longer time dimension, all Earth races are at the same starting point, with no obvious differences.
Take Iron Forge, who is among the top in strength within the player group, as an example.
His strength can be called super strong among the Human race, and his combat literacy is by no means comparable to ordinary players.
But Li Tie’s combat skills are not even as good as those of low hunt level races in the Monster World, and in the Ancient God Arena he cannot defeat a fighter with the same attributes as himself but who has experienced hundreds of battles.
So over a longer time dimension, the gap between an ordinary player and a strong player is small.
Only time and luck can widen the growth gap.
Time refers to the growth time after entering the game. Players who get the chance for early growth are generally stronger.
Luck refers to the extra growth gains brought by unexpected surprises such as the Serpent Ancestor Temple, the Ancient God Arena, the Palace of Ecstasy, and so on.
At least at this stage, all players are still following the model of attribute crushing and Inherited Soul ability crushing.
All tacit cooperation is also based on these two forms of crushing.
Therefore, making Human players the primary recruitment target does not slow down the pace of development.
Aside from the sixty thousand slots for Human players, Qi Sheng plans to issue the remaining forty thousand player slots to the Giant Brute race and the Night Demon race.
The issuance of these forty thousand slots is a decision he made after careful consideration.
At present, the player legion system already includes players for the three combat systems of sky, sea, and land.
But there are still many problems in system construction.
The biggest problem among them is the partiality in Star Vein builds.
The number of spellcaster players accounts for more than half, while the number of players who go with the tank build is not even 7 percent, the rarest group among all builds.
This percentage value has increased by 0.52 percent after the recent containment of the Blood Rebound Inherited Soul, but it still does not meet demand.
A large number of fixed teams lack Gargoyle build players, including guild teams.
This is also a problem that forum players often complain about.
They believe the officials should adjust the strengths of the various builds, focusing on enhancing the attribute values of the Gargoyle build, or weakening the attributes of spellcaster players. The goal was to bring the number of Gargoyle build players up.
If this were a game, Qi Sheng could indeed solve the problem by strengthening the attribute values of Gargoyle build players through version updates, or even adding several powerful Inherited Souls for Gargoyle build players to increase attractiveness.
But the problem is that the Monster World is not a game. He cannot enhance the strength of Gargoyle build players through version corrections.
It is also impossible to predict whether the next Inherited Soul a player contains will be more suitable for the spellcaster build or the tank build.
It is possible that the strength of the spellcaster build will continue to rise with the progress of development, further widening the gap with Gargoyle build players.
This would lead to fewer and fewer players choosing the Gargoyle build.
From the perspective of patching shortcomings, Qi Sheng decided to start by solving it through recruiting players.
After analysis and investigation by Guide, two races of the Earth Alliance entered his sight.
One is the Giant Brute race, and the other is the Night Demon race.
These two races share one characteristic: their folk customs are fierce and they are very combative, especially fond of close-quarters combat with fists and flesh.
Back then, if it were not for the deterrent pressure of the Lunar Eclipse race, once these two races entered Earth they would have inevitably stirred up a bloody storm.
Among the entertainment programs on the Starnet is a livestream software called ‘Bloody Warrior,’ built precisely by these two races.
The software livestreams several arena matches between warriors of the two races every day.
From the historical livestream records, it can be seen that these two races are obsessed with close-quarters fighting to the point of madness.
This is related to the cultures and customs of the two races. They revere strength and worship martial force.
Tempering physical aptitude is a course of study that members of both races begin from childhood.
According to analysis of historical virtual game data read by Guide, players of the Giant Brute race and the Night Demon race choose close-quarters professions at a rate as high as 89.7 percent.
Although players of the Giant Brute and Night Demon races may not necessarily choose the Gargoyle build after joining the game, melee is likewise the scarcest major build category at this stage.
This is also the core reason why Qi Sheng wants to recruit these two races as the next batch of players.
With players of these two races joining, the problem of the small number of melee builds can be solved.
All his arrangements are made with the development of the player legion as the core direction.
With the goal clarified, Qi Sheng turned to look at Guide floating beside him.
“Guide, start issuing qualifications.”
[Got it.]
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