Chapter 163-3: Currency System, Death in Reality (3) |
Scarlet mists floated up from the dead giant bears, split in midair, and flew toward the team.
One of the mists fused with Tong Xin’s body.
At once, prompts of Inherited soul level ups sounded continuously in Tong Xin’s mind.
A scorching current burst forth after the scarlet energy mass merged into his body, rapidly spreading to his limbs and bones. It felt as if every meridian and every inch of skin was rejuvenated under the washing of this energy, remolding and rebirthing.
The most direct change brought by the rise in Inherited soul level was perception of the outside world.
His vision suddenly became clearer. The texture of distant snowflakes was visible to the naked eye, as if a hazy veil over the world had been lifted.
Next, his hearing and sense of smell were also enhanced.
Finally, his body felt as if freed from the shackles of gravity, becoming light.
It gave him an illusion that if he took a step now, he would soar into the sky.
“Awesome!” Tong Xin could not help exclaiming.
He finally understood why Iron Hammer said the most popular gameplay in Monster World was hunting and growth.
The intuitive feeling brought by attribute increases even made him feel that his life form had evolved.
“This attribute amplification feedback is too strong. If I log out of the game, I am afraid I will not be able to accept my body in reality.”
“You have found the key point. Now you know why we spend long periods in the game. Attribute amplification feedback is only one part. Later I will let you taste Spiritual Food. Once you taste it, I guarantee you will not be able to eat when you return to reality.” Cute Baby explained with a chuckle at this moment.
“What a terrifying game. I heard that ancient games all had anti-addiction systems, but the settings of this game feel like a must-addiction system. Still, to be honest, the feeling brought by attribute enhancement is so refreshing. It feels like removing the shackles of the body and gaining freedom.”
As he spoke, Tong Xin looked at Drunken Milk, who had just used his ability.
“Drunken Milk released Inkflame, right? That ability looks really awesome.”
“Stay calm, there is something even cooler!”
Cute Baby chimed in from the side. As he raised his hand, a dark red longbow floated in front of him.
Cute Baby very pretentiously reached out to grasp the grip, lightly placing his fingers on the bowstring.
The bowstring was slowly drawn back, and the bow suddenly burst into a mass of scorching flames that spread along the limbs of the bow, instantly wrapping the entire longbow.
Flames danced on the bow, yet did not scorch Drunken Milk’s hands, rising and falling with his breath.
As the bowstring was pulled, qi and blood energy automatically gathered. Tong Xin could even see specks of red condensing onto the bowstring.
Twang!
Whoosh!
The arrow left the string, tearing through the air with a howl, trailing a dazzling, blazing light.
Where the arrow passed, it left a trail of flames, like a fire dragon roaring forward through the sky.
It struck precisely at the chest of a marked behemoth in the distance.
Boom!
The qi-and-blood flames exploded, turning a radius of ten meters around the behemoth into a sea of fire that swallowed it whole.
The qi-and-blood flames clung like a bone-attached tumor, rapidly spreading across the behemoth’s body until it crashed down amid the blaze and turned to ash.
Cute Baby, who had dyed his hair white, calmly blew aside a lock hanging at his temple, then turned to look at Tong Xin, ready to speak.
A snowball flew over and smacked into his face.
Splat!
“That is enough. I asked you to take me to level up, not to watch you show off. Stop looking at me every time you finish your damage output. Keep this up and I will leave the group and level on my own.”
While his brothers’ showing off made Tong Xin envious, it also made his teeth itch with hatred.
These beasts were completely using him as a prop for flaunting.
“Principal, you are too fragile. Without an old friend like you, who would we show off to? It is rare that you can bring us so much emotional value. We have to let the brothers enjoy it properly.”
Hearing the Principal’s furious scolding, the players of the Kindergarten group could not help bursting into loud laughter.
Amid the banter, the team’s missing role was filled in.
Only with the Principal was the Kindergarten group truly complete. Although the Principal was very weak now, he was always the leader of the Kindergarten group in their eyes.
They believed that the strong Principal would return soon.
Next, the Kindergarten group’s resources would focus on the Principal to help him grow quickly.
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Primordial Altar.
Qi Sheng withdrew his gaze from Tong Xin.
Before this, he had no impression of this player.
But an hour ago, he heard a devout, faint prayer ring in his mind.
Curious, he followed the guiding consciousness to descend.
After sweeping through all the recorded information about Tong Xin on the network, Qi Sheng did not know whether to laugh or cry.
This was actually one of the players he recruited early on.
Looking through the records, Tong Xin’s experiences could be described as magical.
When he, as Welfare Officer, sent links to the Kindergarten group, Tong Xin kicked him out of the chat, then promptly fell sound asleep.
At that time he had sent links to multiple groups simultaneously. The slots were limited. After sending, he no longer paid attention. By the time Tong Xin wanted to obtain qualification, they had all been snatched up.
The second time, Tong Xin actually did grab game qualification.
Qi Sheng remembered this time.
He recalled Guide saying that after obtaining qualification, a player never chose to activate and use it.
Qi Sheng did not know the specific reason and did not have the patience to wait.
He only knew that a player who had obtained qualification but was not proactive could not create value with an empty slot, so naturally it had to be taken back.
Thus, Tong Xin missed the game qualification Qi Sheng issued for the second time.
The third time he mistakenly grabbed Dark Land…
After understanding the specific reasons, Qi Sheng felt this player was rather pitiful.
At the same time, thinking that he was a core member of the first-tier player squad in the game, the Kindergarten group, he made an exception and issued him an extra slot.
If qualification were allocated purely by probability, Tong Xin would never have been selected.
After a brief moment of attention, Qi Sheng withdrew his gaze from the Kindergarten group.
There were more important matters waiting for him to handle next.
During this period, he had been browsing forum information, summarizing many problems related to player needs.
One issue that had existed since early on, he felt it was time to tackle.
There had always been a voice on the forum saying that the game had no currency transaction system interfacing with reality, resulting in every sacrificial power purchase requiring logging out to transfer money, and having to memorize bank cards and the names of trading players.
The transfer process was complicated and wasted a great deal of time each time.
Qi Sheng took note of this issue.
Time adds up. As the player base continues to grow, the time wasted on transfers would only increase, squeezing the time for development and growth.
Now that Monster World’s official website had officially gone online, the channel connecting Monster World to the outside world had been opened.
Adding a currency transaction system interfacing with reality would not be difficult.
There was no need for Starnet’s approval at all. Guide could get this done.
With the idea formed, Qi Sheng acted immediately.
Before long, the currency transaction system was completed.
This system interfaced with the banking systems of all races in the Earth Alliance.
When he tested and opened the new feature, an entirely new trading interface unfurled before Qi Sheng’s eyes like a scroll.
The overall layout of the interface was simple, with dark blue as the main color, accented by bright golden lines outlining borders and partitioned areas.
The upper half of the interface was the real world amount field, and a small icon on the right could be tapped to choose the currency for the transaction.
Earth credits, credit coins, moon coins… all kinds of currencies could be used for transactions.
Which currency to use for a specific transaction would be decided by negotiation between the two parties. The lower half of the interface was the sacrificial power input field, where players could edit the amount of sacrificial power to be traded.
This transaction system takes a 1% transaction fee.
However, the fee is taken from the party that receives the sacrificial power.
As for the real world currency obtained by the other party, Qi Sheng had no intention of taking any cut. In his eyes it was worthless, not wanted even if given for free.
Before the transaction was completed, a lock function was also set to let both players reconfirm the item information before a successful trade, preventing losses caused by accidental taps.
After the transaction is completed, the balance in the buyer’s bank card will be automatically deducted and transferred to the seller.
If the balance in the buyer’s bank card is insufficient, the transaction will be directly canceled.
After the new feature was implanted into the Challenger System, it could greatly shorten the process of buying and selling sacrificial power and complete cross-distance transactions in a short time.
Secondly, on the right side of the interface Qi Sheng set up a sacrificial power consignment box.
Players who want to sell sacrificial power can set the required currency and price, then directly list it in the consignment column.
Players who need it do not need to communicate. If they find the price acceptable, they can directly pay to purchase.
To ensure that transactions proceed normally, once a player sets a consignment, that batch of sacrificial power will be frozen and cannot be used until the consignment is canceled or bought by another player.