NOVEL NEXT Chapter 18
Chapter 18: Strategy Players and Story Players
【Player “Midnight Pig Slayer” has died, Essence +400……】
【Player “Salted Fish Thrust” has died, Essence +250……】
【Player “Black-Eyed Rui Ge” has died, Essence +600……】
【Player “Street Slayer” has died, Essence +400……】
【……】
“Beautiful deaths!”
Hang Yu was very satisfied with the exploration team's performance.
They not only successfully completed the mission and expanded the territory's visibility, but even better, they had all been completely wiped out, just as he had hoped.
Although Black-Eyed Rui Ge’s team had not found a proper town, the discoveries from this action were still extremely valuable.
Xu Feng was certainly a native from the Three Kingdoms period. However, judging from his current state of complete demonization and fall, he was already under the control of the Will of the Abyss. Such individuals were generally referred to as Corrupted.
He had already discovered the existence of the territory.
This would undoubtedly pose a considerable threat.
Of course, judging from his level and strength, Xu Feng was definitely not the biggest boss, and the threat he posed was limited.
Moreover, the territory was still under the protection of the Will of the Stars, known as the beginner protection period, so there was no need to worry too much for now.
Even so,
A sense of urgency was necessary.
It was important to quickly enhance his strength.
The eight players collectively contributed a total of 2800 points of reserve Essence!
Hang Yu, after paying the exploration mission rewards, still had 200 points of Essence left.
In addition, two other new Players had died during the monster farming process, providing a total of 500 points of Essence. Currently, the total reserve Essence stood at 3500 points.
Not bad!
It was time to upgrade skills!
Skills initially started at level 1, with the maximum being level 10.
Essence could be consumed to upgrade skills, and the higher the skill level, the greater the consumption required for training.
Currently, Hang Yu possessed Iron Armor Skill, Gale Step, Flame Arrow Spell, and Healing Art — all of which were the lowest tier of skills.
These skills were relatively easy to train and did not require too much experience points.
From level 1 to 3, each level required 50 points of Essence.
From level 4 to 6, each level required 100 points of Essence.
From level 7 to 9, each level required 200 points of Essence.
As for upgrading from level 9 to 10, the difficulty was much higher, requiring a total of 2000 points of Essence — nearly double the combined Essence cost of the first nine levels.
Naturally, the enhancement and strengthening effect at that point would also be the greatest.
For the first nine levels, each upgrade only slightly improved the skill’s power, but once a skill reached level 10, not only would its power be greatly enhanced, but it would also grant a permanent attribute bonus.
As a Lord,
Personal safety was extremely important.
Iron Armor Skill was the only one that provided a defensive effect.
Thus, Hang Yu invested his Essence into the training of Iron Armor Skill to raise its level.
【Essence -50, your “Iron Armor Skill” has been trained to Level 2!】
【Essence -50, your “Iron Armor Skill” has been trained to Level 3!】
【……】
【Essence -200, your “Iron Armor Skill” has been trained to Level 9!】
【Essence -2000, your “Iron Armor Skill” has been trained to Level 10!】
【Your “Iron Armor Skill” has been trained to the maximum level. You have gained a permanent increase of 10 Strength points!】
In total, 3000 points of reserve Essence were consumed!
As desired, Hang Yu had trained “Iron Armor Skill” to the maximum level!
With a slight thought, Hang Yu activated Iron Armor Skill. His entire skin was covered by an invisible layer of energy, like a flawless iron shirt offering 360 degrees of protection with no blind spots, easily capable of resisting slashes from blades and axes without a scratch.
Very good!
Even if Xu Feng came, he had nothing to fear!
As the Lord, Hang Yu already had quite high attributes.
Now, with the full protection of a max-level Iron Armor Skill, he finally had the ability to protect himself and could begin considering taking the initiative in the future, no longer needing to act as cautiously as before.
And the seven days of the beginner protection period had not even ended yet.
This growth rate was enough to break the record for human Lords!
The efficiency of Player output was indeed high!
Unfortunately, the number was too small!
He had to make more money!
Increase the population!
Just thirty Players could already bring such massive benefits — if there were three hundred, or even thirty thousand, wouldn’t that be simply euphoric? What kind of grand scene would it be if one day all the Players of Blue Star were drawn into this?!
Of course.
Though he was full of anticipation,
He could not rush for quick success and take reckless risks.
Hang Yu, feeling a bit bored with nothing to do, had Xiao Ba connect to the internet and browsed the game forums.
Black-Eyed Rui Ge’s first test post had already surpassed one hundred thousand views, and the number of replies had reached nearly thirty thousand, making it the latest super-popular post on the entire forum.
It also continuously pushed up the discussion heat for Twisted Three Kingdoms, with the number of game reservations now exceeding fifty thousand.
Before he could even check the replies and discussions,
He noticed that Black-Eyed Rui Ge had posted a new thread.
The title of this thread was 《Twisted Three Kingdoms Player First Test Part Two: Official Response to Controversy and Doubts, Plus Some Small Suggestions for the Game!》
“Hello everyone, I am Black-Eyed Rui Ge. The previous post caused a lot of controversy, and I have decided to publicly respond and clarify some issues that everyone is concerned about.”
“First, this is not an April Fool’s joke. Twisted Three Kingdoms is a truly existing masterpiece!”
“Second, I have never received a single cent of promotion fees from the official game company, nor had any form of contact or commercial cooperation. If there is even the slightest falsehood, I am willing to delete my account, quit the internet, and bear all legal responsibilities.”
“Third, ……”
The earlier part mainly addressed clarifications and rebuttals to various controversies and doubts.
Hang Yu only skimmed through it roughly, not reading it too carefully, because he cared more about the Players' experience and suggestions section.
He immediately jumped to that part.
“Today is my second day experiencing Twisted Three Kingdoms, and I am already so addicted that I can’t pull myself away. If it weren't for the resurrection needing a cooldown, I wouldn’t even bother coming up to post this thread, as it completely wastes my precious gaming time!”
“Without much chatter, I’ll attempt to provide some frontline strategies, along with a few small suggestions to the game developers. Since there is no official communication or message channel available, I can only post openly like this, hoping the game developers are paying attention to the Starsea Forum.”
“Let me briefly talk about the gameplay first.”
“In Twisted Three Kingdoms, Players can only create one game character.”
“First of all, be extremely cautious during the face-pinching stage, otherwise you will have no choice but to delete the account and start over, leading to endless regret!”
“There are four initial professions to choose from, but the number of territory recruitments varies with different professions, so not all are necessarily open to Players simultaneously. If you lack confidence in your skills, I personally recommend choosing Monk or Warlock.”
“In the early stage of the game, it is not advisable to stray too far from the territory. There are several kinds of Level 1-2 small monsters nearby, enough to meet the needs of early-stage leveling.”
“Now, let’s talk about combat, resurrection, currency, and the quest system.”
“……” (Two thousand words omitted here.)
“These are the preliminary suggestions summarized so far.”
“As the game experience deepens in the future, I will continue to update the strategy thread. I hope everyone stays tuned.”
“Twisted Three Kingdoms is a large-scale MMO virtual reality online game. It combines the classic leveling-up mechanics with Cthulhu style, Soulslike elements, and Three Kingdoms themes, seemingly containing a grand hidden lore and worldbuilding.”
“Of course, I am not a lore-purist Player.”
“For that content, you can check the neighboring post by @Chimera Wraith!”
“At present, the game has no recharge channels, so it is unclear whether it will adopt a buy-to-play model, a time card model, or item-based monetization.”
“Although the game has many strengths, I personally have a few small suggestions — such as hoping the developers can add a team experience sharing function, a photo and video recording function, a friends system, and so on……”
Rui Ge had written several thousand words at great length.
It contained both beginner strategies and advice for the developers.
Hang Yu roughly read through it and found that some suggestions were indeed quite good — for example, adding a team experience-sharing feature would certainly help improve Players' efficiency, and adding photo and video functions would not be difficult either.
After reading this post,
Another newly posted thread caught his attention.
The poster was none other than one of the first test Players, “Chimera Wraith.”
She was a somewhat well-known game lore Player, liked to study game settings, and had a certain level of influence.
The title of this thread was 《First Test Players’ Big Leak Part One: Preliminary Analysis of Twisted Three Kingdoms’ Story and Worldview!》
Huh?
Only two days into the game,
And Players were already diving into worldbuilding research?