Chapter 40: Mentor No. 1 Logs In
Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, early morning, with the rising sun.
As one player after another climbed out of the hole in the ground, ready to report to Lin Qi and settle the martial arts hall points for the night, they suddenly realized that, unusually, Lin Qi had not slept in the lounge.
Instead, he was staying in a newly refurbished sparring room, tinkering with something unknown.
“Master of the Pavilion, what are you going to do with this mechanical doll you made?”
Twilight of the Gods walked up to him, a little curious and expectant, hoping to trigger some new plot or get a new task from the mouth of this NPC, Lin Qi.
The mechanical doll before them was not big, only about one meter eighty, like a wooden stake. Wires ran from it to the generator in the lounge, and its function was completely unclear.
But since it was made by this NPC Lin Qi, it probably meant some new event had appeared.
After fiddling with the mechanical doll a few times, Lin Qi turned directly to the gathered crowd and pointed at the announcement board on the training ground.
“Starting today, for the future development of the martial arts hall, in addition to opening part of the disciple training function, there are also some new rules in the hall, and martial arts hall contribution points are now activated. If you do not understand something, you can go over there to check.”
Facing these overly autonomous players, Lin Qi could only use the killer feature from major games: the contribution points system.
Otherwise, he had no idea when his martial arts hall would ever be repaired.
Notice one: new rules for the martial arts hall. It is forbidden to engage in any combat behavior inside the hall, and forbidden to damage any building in the hall. On discovery, the first offense earns a warning and a fine of 200 points. The second offense means confinement and a fine of 2,000 points. The third offense means direct expulsion from the hall.
Notice two: martial arts hall contribution points are now open. Contribution points are different from martial arts hall points; they are a special currency that can only be obtained by completing specific tasks.
Notice three: testing of skill realm is now open. Go to Instructor One and spend contribution points; players can receive one guidance test.
Among these, Instructor One was a powerful weapon for the current players.
Originally, Lin Qi had been quite troubled about how to handle these belligerent types who, whenever they were idle, would take a few shots at the hall. The repairs could not keep up with the damage done by the players, and they had little enthusiasm for repairing the hall.
Now, this mechanical doll could be said to be a perfect solution.
Did these players not love practicing techniques learned from other virtual games?
This mechanical doll could analyze a player’s skill realm and skill level precisely through their practice, then compare it with century-old big data to produce an accurate score.
It was like a martial skill instructor grading an exam paper with precision, even if the exam paper was written by the player themself.
In this way, when players used self-created martial skills, they could have a general guidance direction. Although, constrained by the data, it was not extremely accurate, it was already more than enough for the current players.
And the crowd gathered at the announcement board, reading the latest notices of the martial arts hall, became instantly excited.
“Great! After so many days, we finally have a chance to test our skills.”
“But what does this Instructor One’s so-called skill level mean?”
“It should refer to our combat level. After all, physical fitness is physical fitness, and combat is combat. It is just that this kind of guidance is so expensive. One session costs ten contribution points, while the reward for completing the task of repairing one wall is only one contribution point.”
“Getting contribution points for repair tasks is already not bad. Didn’t you see that the underground exploration tasks do not give any contribution point rewards at all?”
Everyone discussed the newly opened game functions, and also complained a little about how rare task contribution points were. Now, if they wanted contribution points, they had no choice but to do the tasks to repair the martial arts hall.
“Sister Wu, do you think the master of the pavilion suddenly issuing new rules and opening martial arts hall contribution value means he is about to start a new plot?” Twilight of the Gods looked at Instructor One in the sparring room, speaking with some excitement.
“A new plot?” Luo Wu Shang carefully read the new notices again, and could not help forming a few thoughts. “What makes you think so?”
Repairing the martial arts hall was originally the main quest set by the game. Now that contribution points had suddenly been added, and only the tasks for repairing the hall granted contribution point rewards, it was indeed a bit strange.
“Sister Wu, didn’t we have a conflict with the White Feather Gang some time ago?” Twilight of the Gods smiled and said in a low voice, “Now the master of the pavilion suddenly brings out Instructor One, and Instructor One is clearly prepared to test our combat power. Do you think our martial arts hall is preparing to go to war with the White Feather Gang? Otherwise, why test our combat power?”
“Indeed, we do not have any monsters to fight now. Testing combat power at this time should be the game testing for the upcoming battle main quest.” Fang Zhen nodded, strongly agreeing. “After all, this game is still in the trial experience phase. The future opponents cannot be set too strong, or we would all be wiped out, nor too weak, or there would be no challenge.”
“So they use this Instructor One to test our current combat power, to arrange opponents afterward.”
“That really is possible. The game development companies I have visited would always find a group of top players for testing.” Zhang Qing Wei thought for a moment, then looked at Lin Qi, who was still making the final adjustments, with some expectation. “Now it is normal for this game’s company to test with us. The previous battles had too little challenge. The game company must have noticed, so they specially made Instructor One to create some challenges for us later.”
“Damn! Are you all monsters? You can figure all this out?” Yi Ye Fu Yun listened to their conversation, utterly stunned.
Originally, Yi Ye Fu Yun had thought this was just a small update, but had not expected that this game company had hidden so many layers.
Fortunately, they also had many capable people on their side.
By relying on small details, they had forcibly felt out the game’s future developments.
“In that case, let us make more preparations.” Fang Zhen was also a little excited. “We got a lot from the last quest, so the reward for the next main battle quest probably will not be small. If we complete it well enough, maybe we can secure our future weapons.”
“A main battle quest?” Saiwai Qiangke clenched his fists, unable to hold back. “I did not get a chance last time to see it for myself. This time I have to fight to my heart’s content!”
While the players discussed, Lin Qi did not hear any of it. Even if he had, he would only think that these players were crazy for battle.
He was not a demon. He simply wanted the players to repair the martial arts hall, that was all, with no other schemes or thoughts.
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Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, sparring room.
“Finally, it is all set!”
After spending nearly three hours, Lin Qi finally completed all the adjustments to Instructor One.
“Who wants to try first?”
Looking at the players who had each repaired dozens of walls, Lin Qi asked with great satisfaction.
“Then I will go first.”
Luo Wu Shang stepped out from the crowd and was the first to stand forward.
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