Chapter 72 The Black Tide is Coming, Wushuang Cuts the Grass (Fourth Update)
Qi Sheng paid attention to the battle between players on both sides in the Rise of Human Race forum through guidance and feedback.
Since the Dark Land has disconnected the live broadcast function from the Star Network and changed the forum to a built-in forum, players who have not purchased the game have no idea what kind of game it is, and even the screenshots of the game cannot be leaked.
As a result, players on both sides believed that the other side was a troll, and felt that the remarks made by the other side's players were completely inconsistent with the facts.
Qi Sheng can understand the Lunar Eclipse clan's behavior of cutting off the connection between the game and the outside world.
The game Dark Land is essentially a training ground created by the Eclipse clan to deal with future crises. Earning foreign exchange through virtual games is not at its core consideration. Everything is based on the stable operation of virtual games as the core development concept.
The resources required to run this game are extremely large, and there are a series of problems that need to be optimized.
The first is the server carrying capacity, which is far from being as easy as the outside world thinks. The high-frequency data information generated by a large number of players after entering the game may even cause congestion on the star network, blocking data transmission, thereby causing server errors or connection bugs and other problems.
In order to solve this problem, the Lunar Eclipse family adopted a plan to issue qualifications in batches, which is essentially a gradual server load stress test.
The Lunar Eclipse Clan will issue the next batch of game qualifications only after it is determined to be enough to carry the existing players' normal experience of the game content.
Then a new round of stress testing will be carried out to continuously increase the server's capacity limit to prevent a sudden influx of large numbers of players from crashing the server.
Disconnecting functions such as live streaming is also to reduce the pressure on game operation.
However, in the eyes of ordinary players, this series of settings has become a means of hunger marketing, and they even think that the behavior of the Lunar Eclipse clan is too arrogant.
In this forum war, neither player has any game scene screenshots to send, which is the main reason why both sides think that the other player is a troll.
The isolation mode that does not connect to the outside world prevents game content from being transmitted.
If there is a screenshot of the game that can visually prove it, both parties will inevitably enter a state of confusion and find that the other player is not playing the same game as themselves.
After the post about the battle between players from both sides was banned, Qi Sheng stopped paying attention to the subsequent development of the matter and switched his eyes back to the monster world.
According to the guidance feedback, strong energy fluctuations occurred in the nodes of the Leyline Cliff Domain in the Imperial Tomb Mountains.
Following the guide's perspective to the cliff of the earth's veins, Qi Sheng found that the evil tide was ready to explode and was about to erupt.
The black mist that originally surrounded the tower slowly spread to the Imperial Tomb Mountains. Countless evil spirits sometimes atomized and merged into the black tide, and sometimes they condensed into evil bodies and roared.
The line of sight jumped to the Evil Eye Tower. The Earth Mind Evil Spirit standing on the platform of the tower changed its shape under the infusion of energy from the node field.
The battle armor condensed with black mist became more ferocious and sharp, and the eyes sunken into the sockets were like two burning coals, with an aura of violence and destruction.
The evil spirit of Earth Mind raised his hands at this moment, and the evil eyes hanging above his head moved downwards, and the tentacles pierced his back to complete the connection.
Immediately, the perception of perspective spreads outward rapidly, and the control of the black tide is also greatly strengthened after the connection.
"Evil eye, target!"
Hearing the instructions of the Earth Mind Evil Spirit, the evil eye blinked, and suddenly the blurry scene of the Emperor's Tomb Mountain Range appeared in its mind.
You can see multiple flashing light points in the scene, each of which represents a domain node area.
At this moment, the evil eye lowered its head and looked at the evil spirit of Earth Thought:
"Except for the domain node that mysteriously disappeared, other areas can be the target of the battle, but I suggest that this node be occupied last. There are a large number of origin creatures in it, and it is not easy to win with our current strength."
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After the words fell, the flickering light of a domain node on the fuzzy map in the mind of the evil spirit turned red, marking it as a dangerous area.
And this area is the Qiling Valley to the west of Dizhong Village.
"Okay." The evil spirit of Earth Thought nodded solemnly, and then gave the order in his heart, and then conveyed it to Kuroshio through the evil eye.
Suddenly, the black tide of mist surging below the tower rolled up fog waves, sweeping and spreading in the direction pointed by the evil spirit consciousness of the earth mind.
Qi Sheng's consciousness also followed the guidance and returned to Dizhong Village at this time.
Every time the Earth Mind Evil Spirit occupies a domain node, his strength will be significantly enhanced. He will not let the black tide controlled by the Earth Mind Evil Spirit invade the domain node wantonly.
Even if it cannot be stopped at this stage, it is necessary to slow down the spread and strengthening of the black tide as much as possible.
"It's time to train."
Qi Sheng closed his eyes at this moment, and his head suddenly turned into a blazing fire of the Emperor's Omen, spreading all over his body.
At the same time, the challenger prompt sounded in the minds of all players:
[Challenger Tips (all areas): The Imperial Tomb Mountains area is about to face the Kuroshio Disaster, triggering a special mission: Kuroshio Hunter]:
Black Tide Hunter (Special Mission):
Mission introduction: Hunt the evil spirits of the Kuroshio and prevent the Kuroshio's power from encroaching on the domain nodes in the Imperial Tomb Mountains (the map function will mark the direction and area of the Kuroshio's spread).
Mission reward: During the duration of the mission, every time a player kills a Black Tide evil spirit, the evolution points and sacrificial power rewards obtained will be increased by 14%, and the mission contribution will be calculated (the mission contribution will be rewarded according to the ranking after the mission is over)
Mission Duration: Unknown
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In this special mission, Qi Sheng increased the players' profits from hunting evil spirits.
Originally, hunting extracted 30% of the income, and the player's income was 70%. After the mission was released, the player's income increased by 14% from the original basis to 79.8% of the actual income, and an additional 10% was returned.
This is done to encourage players to take the initiative to challenge the evil spirits of the dark tide and act as a roadblock for the spread of the dark tide.
After the game prompt was released, online players responded positively.
The increased hunting rewards, coupled with additional contribution rewards, are extremely attractive to players.
They are all hunting, and obviously hunting the Black Tide Evil Spirit brings higher benefits.
Player groups were moved by the news and posted information on recruiting teammates on regional channels, deciding to go hunting in areas where the Kuroshio spread.
Many players who were originally mining in the Dark Cave also joined this collective action.
The vast army of players set off from Dizhong Village and faced the sweeping black tide from different directions.
The first group of players who came into contact with the Kuroshio were the players who pushed north and crossed the ancient battlefield area. The scene in front of them shocked them.
The pitch-black wave covers the horizon and sweeps in in a mighty manner. Countless ferocious-looking evil beings can be seen emerging from the black tide, as majestic as locusts passing by. The earth trembles slightly under the surge of the black tide.
This scene is like a black curtain rising from the end of the horizon, seeming to cover the entire world in darkness.
"Fuck, this scene is so scary. If it weren't for the game, I might be scared to death!"
"Not long after the server was launched, we were given such a high level of intensity. The Dog Moon Eclipse clan really thinks highly of us."
"Hiss~ I smell the rich fragrance of the sacrifice. Why does this apocalyptic scene make me a little excited? It feels so good (a player opened his arms and looked at the black tide and sighed)."
"Brothers of the Hero Guild, the time has come to earn contributions. Kill one to make money, kill two to make even more money, kill three to make money, go for it!"
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Following the calls from the voice channels of various teams and guilds, the player community faced the sweeping black tide without hesitation.
When the player group collided with the black tide, the players who were ready to die suddenly discovered that the situation was not as bad as they thought.
The seemingly terrifying Black Tide Evil Spirit is far less powerful than the Blood Corpse, and even less powerful than the Curse Soldier.
Many screenshots of the analysis were circulated on regional voice channels.
[Kuroshio·Evil Maggots]:
Hunting Level: 1
Introduction to target analysis: Low-level evil spirits born from the black tide have no self-awareness and will only act according to the will of the black tide controller.
【Kuroshio·Dark Dog】：
Hunting Level: 1
Introduction to target analysis: Low-level evil spirits born from the black tide have no self-awareness and will only act according to the will of the black tide controller.
[Kuroshio·Magic Flea]:
Hunting Level: 2
Introduction to target analysis: A low-level evil spirit born from the black tide. It has no self-awareness and can strengthen the black tide by devouring flesh and blood.
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Players were surprised to find that the strength of the Black Tide monsters was much lower than expected.
The hunting level is generally at level 1-2, and a few are at level 3.
In the eyes of veteran players, the weak Kuroshio Xie Sui is nothing more than a toy that can be slaughtered at will.
Just like the black-armored soldiers in the dark caves who easily slaughtered players at that time, players who found that the intensity of the evil spirit was very low turned on the unparalleled mowing mode and rushed into the wave of evil spirits to start a crazy killing.
A player who followed the growth path of monster flow transformed into a black-armored giant snake more than ten meters long and pounced on the black tide during the battle, running rampant among the evil spirits like a swimming dragon.
After a player switches to the bone fire form, he releases the power of ink flames to generate five fireballs surrounding himself, and rushes into the group of evil spirits to activate the side push mode. The evil evil spirits will be burned out the moment they come into contact with the fireballs.
A certain player holds a powerful ax and opens and closes it in the crowd of evil ghosts. He can kill several evil ghosts with one blow, just like the god of war coming to the world.
During this period, the local voice channel kept laughing: "It turns out that monster streaming is so fun. Look at that brother's black-armored snake that is almost as tall as a three-story building. His hunting level must be at least 20+. It's like a bulldozer on the battlefield. It's too violent. .”
"Hahaha, I have been playing this game for more than ten days and I am often abused outside. I finally feel better."
"The players embedded with bones, fire and life souls took off, releasing fireballs to surround themselves. It was completely invincible mode. The only thing that could limit our progress was mana (mental power)"
"Oh, I'm still following the monster style. My eagle-headed demon form is so weak that I can't feel happy at all. It kills too slowly."
"It feels so good to me. It's like mowing grass. Although most evil spirits can only produce 0.5 sacrificial power, the feeling of killing feedback prompts constantly ringing in my mind is really exciting."
"It hurts my heart to see you killing so well. Forums say that taunting is the most powerful life soul at this stage, so I chose the combination of gargoyles and taunting. But the problem is that the taunting feature can only be effective on intelligent life. At this time, there is no What’s the use? Who can tell me what to do?”
"Taunt brother upstairs, please don't break the defense yet. Your taunt and gargoyle form at least still have combat power. I chose the star pulse combination of the eagle-headed demon and breath-taking. At that time, I wanted to extend the eagle's head through breath-taking. The demon activates the time of sensing perspective to enhance battery life, but it is useless now. Seeing the guild brothers kill is so fun, I want to change my soul (God of Wealth Hongwen fist.jpg)"
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Qi Sheng, who observed the battle through the player's perspective, smiled happily after seeing the player's performance.
When he first formulated the Challenger plan, he had studied the Black Tide.
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The scariest thing about the Kuroshio is not only its quantity, but also its ability to devour growth.
All creatures swallowed by the black tide will become part of the power of the black tide. In the black tide sweeping mode, the intensity of the black tide will become higher and higher, and the intensity of the evil life generated will also increase accordingly.
The challenger system he created perfectly restrained this.
After the player dies, the flesh and blood materials and energy that make up the body will be extracted by the super-dimensional who masters the rules of extraction of all things, and then sent back to Dizhong Village for reconstruction by Yan Ming's space power.
No matter how many players Xie Sui kills, he can't absorb even a tiny bit of growth energy.
But the evil spirit killed by the player will become the nutrients for the player's growth.
The first collision between the player's natural disaster and the Kuroshio natural disaster, the player's practice proved that the setting he originally conceived was completely feasible.
When the player turns on the unparalleled mowing mode, the sacrifice power income in Qi Sheng's eyes is also growing rapidly.
If the player is given 10% more feedback, his income will not decrease, but his time-sharing income will increase several times.
The player enjoys killing, and he makes money.
The Kuroshio Legion led by the Earth Mind Evil Spirit may be able to show off its power for a while in other low-intensity areas. After all, when the creatures in low-intensity areas are finally exhausted in the face of the raging evil spirits, as long as they fall, they will become nutrients for the Kuroshio to strengthen itself.
As long as the evil spirit bred by the black tide dies, the energy that forms the life form will re-integrate into the black tide, with very low loss. It can quickly condense to form new evil spirit life, which can be killed inexhaustibly.
However, the two terrifying characteristics of the Black Tide pose no threat to the player army.
When the player dies, Qi Sheng's income and loss will be 0, and when the player kills the evil spirit, the energy of the dead evil spirit will be extracted, converted into evolution points and sacrificial power and integrated into the player's body.
In the fight, players become stronger and stronger, while the strength of the Black Tide is constantly weakened.
The Black Tide Natural Disaster, which is extremely terrifying in the eyes of other forces, in Qi Sheng's eyes, is completely the nourishment for players' growth.
The black tide is still raging. In less than an hour, the number of online players has dropped by half, and the remaining players have also entered a state of exhaustion or mental exhaustion.
But Qi Sheng didn't care.
Even if the black tide sweeps across the entire Imperial Tomb Mountain Range, it will not be able to affect the Imperial Tomb Village, which is independent of the world barrier.
In the battle against the Black Tide, the player army will eventually win the final victory.
Just when Qi Sheng was delighted with the skyrocketing income, the evil spirits on the Evil Eye Tower had already noticed something was wrong.
"Evil Eyes, why can't these mysterious creatures be decomposed and absorbed by the Kuroshio after death? Also, why can't the evil objects bred by the Kuroshio be reintegrated into the Kuroshio after being killed by these mysterious creatures?"
Facing the inquiry, the evil eye suspended above his head was silent for a long time and then said:
"I can't find any information about this race in the information database shared with me by other nodes. I can't determine the specific reason. Maybe you can try to catch one and I will find the reason through memory reading."
"Okay." The evil spirit of Di Nian nodded immediately, and then began to control the black tide to carry out operations.
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Near Fengbotan.
"I can't kill anymore. I'm so tired that my legs are shaking. How are you guys doing?" Zou Feng said, turning to look at his teammates beside him.
But he found that his teammates were nowhere to be seen, and his sight was completely obscured by the raging evil spirit.
Calling up the team's voice channel, he cleared up the doubts in his mind.
The team's voice channel showed that his teammates had all entered death cooldown. No wonder he never heard his teammates' voices, and there was no response no matter how he called.
Looking at the balance of his sacrificial power, he found that he had unknowingly earned more than 200 sacrificial power points.
“It’s cool!”
Facing the evil spirits attacking from all directions, Zou Feng clenched the Broken Knife in his hand and decided to kill as many evil spirits as possible before entering the death cooldown.
During the battle, Zou Feng couldn't help but sigh at the realism of the game.
Muscle soreness and even thirst caused by continuous fighting, these extremely real somatosensory feedback are all components that affect his combat effectiveness, not just changes in the health bar number.
Not long after, Zou Feng was exhausted from fighting, and collapsed on the ground, gasping for air, letting his body be overwhelmed by the evil life:
"I have no energy left, so log off."
But what surprised Zou Feng was that the evil spirits did not eat his body. The evil spirits nearby lifted him up and moved quickly towards the depths of the black tide. The evil spirits he encountered along the way would actively avoid them and give him space. Figure out a way forward.
"Where are you going?" Zou Feng was suddenly confused.
Already exhausted, he was too lazy to struggle and didn't want to know the reason. He immediately called up the function panel and tried to log out.
However, under the violent turbulence, the teleportation array could not be generated in Zou Feng's player body. Every time the formation was started and outlined, it would be destroyed, and the game prompt also sounded in his mind:
[Challenger Tips: It is in a state of severe turbulence and offline transmission cannot be started. 】
"Forget it." Realizing that he could not log off directly, Zou Feng simply lay on Xie Sui's body and browsed the forum information.
"Damn it, a black-armored snake more than ten meters tall, the monster flow is so fierce!"
Zou Feng couldn't help but exclaimed when he saw a video posted on a popular post. The huge black-armored snake in the picture was running rampant among the evil spirits in a crushing posture. Every time it rolled or flicked its tail, it could kill dozens of evil spirits.
Time passed, during which Zou Feng quit the forum and took a look at his own situation, and found that he was still making bumpy progress.
Although his physical strength had somewhat recovered, he did not rush to take action and chose to continue lying on Xie Sui's body.
The reason for not resisting was that he felt that he might have triggered a hidden mission, and it was hard to say that this unknown journey would bring huge benefits.
Many players have proven that the monster world is full of opportunities.
For example, a player who accidentally picked up a machine made a sudden fortune and earned 38,000 sacrificial power. When he saw the post, his eyes were red, and he just wished that the player who encountered such bad luck could not be him.
This unexpected encounter may be an opportunity.
Feeling bored, he chose to continue browsing the forum information to pass the time. During this period, he occasionally exclaimed about a certain player's wonderful performance in fighting evil spirits.
After an unknown amount of time, the bumpy feeling suddenly disappeared.
A lift emerged from below, lifting him upwards.
Zou Feng, who had exited the forum function, was thrown to the tower platform by Xie Sui. He fell onto the hard black stone and groaned.
Looking up, he was startled by the ferocious Earth Mind Evil Spirit in front of him.
By analyzing the information, he was surprised to find that this was the evil warrior who beat up the God of Wealth.
He also participated in this battle. If they hadn't tried their best to stop him, the God of Wealth would have passed the first seven days.
Just when he was wondering about his situation, several black tentacles shot out from the huge eyes on the top of the Earth Mind Evil Spirit's head and connected with his head. Two of the tentacles pierced his temples, causing him severe pain.
What followed was a strong feeling of dizziness, and I felt like the world was spinning and my vision became blurred.
(End of chapter)