Chapter 87: Is This Game Serious?
“Crying to death, I just logged on and was kicked off. How am I supposed to get through this long night?”
“Brother upstairs, how about giving your quota to me? That way your character can level up automatically in the future, and you won’t have to worry about it.”
“This game is getting more and more popular. It’s almost midnight, and there are still tens of thousands of people online on the forum. Now it’s even harder to grab a quota.”
“Heavenly Might is recruiting. Newcomers are welcome to join. Any member who joins can get all basic martial skills for free, plus veterans leading teams to do tasks and run dungeons. Guild benefits are full, don’t miss out.”
With the version update of High Martial Arts Descend, a large number of reserved players were also active on the forum. Either non-reserved players were worrying about how to get a quota, or players who had logged off were chatting about the new expansion pack on the forum.
Just when everyone thought they would have to slowly wait twelve hours, the official forum suddenly released a huge batch of details about this new expansion pack, instantly making all players boil with excitement.
“Is the change this big?” Saiwai Qiangke looked at the expansion pack details on the forum, unable to believe his eyes.
Content changes of the Crimson Moon Tide expansion pack.
This expansion pack will open the new map Crimson Moon Mountain. Crimson Moon Mountain is a dangerous area and also Obsidian Martial Arts Hall’s forward outpost in the wilderness. There are many factions and monsters that will all pose a threat to Crimson Moon Mountain. Once Crimson Moon Mountain is destroyed, players will lose all tasks related to Crimson Moon Mountain.
Apprentice-level players are advised to head to Crimson Moon Mountain to develop once they have sufficient weapons and equipment. In addition, for players in Crimson Moon Mountain, all battle gains will belong to the players themselves. At the same time, players will lose novice protection, and weapons and equipment dropped upon death will need to be retrieved by the players on their own.
Crimson Moon Mountain will open long-term mining tasks. The martial arts hall will buy energy ore at 5 points per kilogram. For each transaction exceeding one hundred kilograms of energy ore, there will be an extra reward of ten contribution points.
In this update, any player who enters Crimson Moon Mountain will have the qualification to purchase land there. Ordinary disciples can purchase up to twenty square meters of land, inner disciples can purchase up to one hundred square meters, and elite disciples can purchase up to one thousand square meters. All land purchased in Crimson Moon Mountain can be built by players into lounge residences and will be protected by the martial arts hall.
The current price of land in Crimson Moon Mountain is temporarily set at 1000 points and 50 contribution points per square meter.
“The new map actually lets players develop completely freely. Now this game is absolutely going to go crazy!” Fang Zhen could not help commenting.
“More than just going crazy! This is basically letting players freely build a town in the wilderness.” Twilight of the Gods was ecstatic. “No wonder they needed to log off for the update. But judging from this update, it seems we have to guard Crimson Moon Mountain. If Crimson Moon Mountain is gone, then we won’t be able to develop a town in the wild.”
“After we log on, we do have to properly discuss how to guard Crimson Moon Mountain. If an npc force launches a massive attack, our few people might not even be enough to fill the gaps between their teeth.” Fang Zhen thought of the sea of people in the battle of Crimson Moon Mountain, among whom there was no shortage of limit apprentices and quasi-martial artists. With just their seventy players, they would basically be served up.
However, Fang Zhen, Twilight of the Gods, and the others discussing on the official forum did not know that at the same time the update content was released, Luo Wu Shang had already convened an emergency meeting to discuss how to develop in Crimson Moon Mountain and construct complete defense facilities.
“Qing Wei, find a way to transfer more people from the guild. For these forty quotas, we need to secure at least ten, otherwise the subsequent work in Crimson Moon Mountain will be hard to carry out.” Luo Wu Shang instructed.
“Don’t worry, this time I will go with Qing Wei to persuade the president. If the president refuses, I will give up the other three new games and have everyone fully switch to High Martial Arts Descend.” Zhao Hu said.
“Good. This Crimson Moon Mountain is the first step for our Heavenly Might to gain a foothold in High Martial Arts Descend. As long as we get things going in Crimson Moon Mountain, in the future when large numbers of players leave the novice village, they will definitely give priority to joining our Heavenly Might.” Luo Wu Shang nodded, looking at the map of Crimson Moon Mountain on the table recorded from the previous battle, eyes burning.
During this period, their Heavenly Might had done a lot of investigation on High Martial Arts Descend and found that more than twenty large guilds and several super guilds had already set their sights on High Martial Arts Descend and were now gathering manpower to develop there. Fortunately, quotas for High Martial Arts Descend were drawn by lottery, so getting in was not that easy. Otherwise, Obsidian Martial Arts Hall would have long been packed.
Now, taking advantage of the fact that these guilds had not yet sent many people into High Martial Arts Descend, their Heavenly Might had to bite off a big chunk of meat in Crimson Moon Mountain.
Blue Star, Wuzhou City.
In a luxurious skyscraper of more than sixty floors in the city center, Saiwai Qiangke walked somewhat nervously into the captain’s lounge of the Blue Enchantress team.
“Go ahead, what do you want with me?” Chen Ya, dressed in casual clothes, glanced at the somewhat nervous Saiwai Qiangke.
Under normal circumstances, anyone daring to enter her lounge at this time would definitely be taught why flowers are so red.
But Saiwai Qiangke was a bit different. Originally just a reserve player recruited by Blue Enchantress, his previous performance could not be called outstanding, but recently his progress had been astonishingly fast, even comparable to the genius that Blue Enchantress had spent a huge sum to bring in.
Now Saiwai Qiangke could already be considered one of the candidates for vice captain in Blue Enchantress. Since he had come to her with something, as captain, she naturally could not completely ignore it.
“Captain, you’ve always been curious why I’ve improved so fast, right?” Saiwai Qiangke said through gritted teeth. “Actually, it’s because I played a game that my recent improvement has been so rapid.”
Regarding the astonishing effect of High Martial Arts Descend, Saiwai Qiangke had originally planned to keep it hidden, growing stronger quietly within Blue Enchantress. Even obtaining an s-rank contract from Blue Enchantress in the future would be no problem, as long as he performed well in a few matches at the national competition.
But considering this major update of High Martial Arts Descend and his plan to shift his focus fully to developing in High Martial Arts Descend in the future, there was no longer any need to hide how powerful it was. On the contrary, if he could bring some experts from the team into High Martial Arts Descend, it would be even more beneficial.
Especially since High Martial Arts Descend was still in its experience test, the player count allowed in was limited. Even if everyone in the team knew, how many could actually enter High Martial Arts Descend to improve?
“Just by playing a game, you improved so fast?” Chen Ya’s beautiful eyes could not help but carefully size up Saiwai Qiangke with some interest. “That’s a bit interesting. What game?”
“High Martial Arts Descend. It’s a new game that just came out with 100% virtual degree.” Saiwai Qiangke said. “If you enter High Martial Arts Descend, captain, I believe your combat technique will soon reach another level. By then, defeating the captains of the other four-time finalists and taking this year’s championship won’t be impossible.”
“100% virtual degree?” Chen Ya could not help but smile. “Alright, I get it. I’ll find some time to try it.”
A game claiming 100% virtual degree sounded unreliable at first, and the little interest Chen Ya had was instantly gone.
“Captain, right now the captain of Storm Shadow, Li Ranxing, is also playing High Martial Arts Descend, and his progress is even faster. If you do not hurry, I’m afraid by the time next month’s national competition starts, it might be too late.” Seeing Chen Ya’s indifferent expression and realizing she did not take it seriously, Saiwai Qiangke pulled out his trump card.
“Li Ranxing is playing it too?” Chen Ya froze for a moment when she heard the name Li Ranxing and could not help asking, “Are you serious?”
“Captain, I can guarantee that. I play High Martial Arts Descend with him every night now.” Saiwai Qiangke said with firm confidence when he saw that it worked.
“Alright, you can go.” Chen Ya waved her hand and dismissed Saiwai Qiangke.
Knowing he had achieved the desired effect, Saiwai Qiangke did not linger. He left the lounge directly, planning to rest well and log on to High Martial Arts Descend early the next morning.
After Saiwai Qiangke left the lounge, Chen Ya immediately lay down in the virtual game pod and searched for the game High Martial Arts Descend.
It had to be said that Saiwai Qiangke’s guess was very accurate. Li Ranxing was indeed her sore spot.
Originally ranked among the top three in the country in strength, she had suddenly lost in an ordinary circuit tournament to a newcomer genius like Li Ranxing, something she simply could not accept.
Now that Li Ranxing had started playing High Martial Arts Descend, it meant High Martial Arts Descend definitely helped improve technique. Otherwise, with Li Ranxing’s obsession with combat technique, he would not waste time on something useless.
“4999 bucks! What kind of game is this?” Chen Ya was stunned when she saw the price of High Martial Arts Descend.
For her, 4999 was not unaffordable, it was not even a drop in the bucket. But such an expensive game was definitely the first of its kind in her virtual gaming experience.
“This game even has a forum? One hundred thousand people online?” Chen Ya then opened the reviews of High Martial Arts Descend, wanting to see what kind of game it was, but was instantly shocked by the forum that popped up with more than one hundred thousand people online at the same time.
Normally, gaming platforms only had game reviews and nothing else. Only for a few insanely popular masterpieces would a forum be opened as a special case. But even then, the online count was never that high, as most people would rather play the game. One hundred thousand was only slightly less than Mecha Continent now.
“What kind of game is this? It already costs 4999, and you still have to pass an assessment to enter? Is this game manufacturer insane?” Looking at the detailed introduction of High Martial Arts Descend, Chen Ya was a bit dazed. But thinking of the matter of Li Ranxing, she still gritted her teeth, purchased the game, and signed up for the test assessment.
After Chen Ya finished purchasing High Martial Arts Descend and entered the test assessment, she found that there were actually two kinds of assessments, one was a combat assessment, and the other was a physical fitness test.
“Although I’m very familiar with mecha control, I haven’t had much practice in real combat between people, so I definitely can’t compare to those pilgrimage experts. Since those pilgrimage experts couldn’t pass the assessment, I’m probably even less likely.” Without hesitation, Chen Ya chose the physical fitness test.
She did not understand why a game would require a physical fitness test at all, and even if it did, what exactly could a physical fitness test measure?
Wasn’t everyone’s physical fitness the same in the game?
Could playing a game really tire someone to death?
As Chen Ya entered a vast open land, wearing a silver-gray long-sleeve t-shirt with an alloy shovel at her feet, the system prompt sounded in her ears, and she was completely stunned.
System: This assessment is a physical fitness test. The test item is timed digging. Within six hours, whoever digs out the largest space will have a much higher chance of being selected for each run of the top one hundred results.
System: Timing starts now!
“Is this game really a serious game?”
Looking at the countdown, Chen Ya was speechless. She felt that High Martial Arts Descend was definitely not a serious game. Otherwise, how could a serious game test physical fitness? And even if it did.
She could still understand testing something like running. But testing digging holes, what was that about?
