Earth, Yangcheng player base.
After Ji Ye, who had not been offline for a long time, returned to Earth, he first logged into the "Land of Inheritance Forum" to see if there was any news about the "Great Darkness".
Of course, he did not use words such as "doomsday" and "darkness" as key information to search, but simply browsed.
"Dragon City repelled the extraordinary 'mermaid' stronghold attack and defended the glory of the 'first stronghold'!" 》
"The Best Player on Earth!" Killing the powerful Black Mountain Old Demon and the Green Dragon in a row, has the strength of the Lord of Dragon City reached the level of legend? 》
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Ranked first on the homepage are several "battle reports" belonging to Dragon City.
Although, Dragon City restricts players' daily offline access, and requires players not to disclose information on the forum at will.
But because many players died in this battle.
Even on the battlefield, there are players who spend "rare merit" to secretly "live broadcast"!
Therefore, the battle actually attracted widespread attention on the earth in the first place.
In particular, this battle was when Dragon City's large forces went out to conquer the Black Mountain Old Demon and were attacked by aliens. They were completely fighting on two fronts and were attacked from both sides.
Whether it is the "Black Mountain Old Demon" who drives tens of thousands of Yin soldiers stationed in Heishan, and cannot even be killed directly by nuclear bombs, or the Qingjiao who has blocked the entire sky above Dragon City with just one clone and has the ability to destroy ordinary strongholds alone, Or lift the sea up to a hundred meters and flood Dragon City with a large number of extraordinary sharks.
Either party is an unimaginably terrifying existence for ordinary people on earth who are not players!
Even some players who were still in the "no logging in" period due to death felt a little desperate in their hearts.
Because these powers are far beyond their knowledge.
Because of this, when many heroes failed to rush back, Dragon City fell at a disadvantage.
Some posts immediately appeared on the forum, such as "Dragon City was so arrogant that they attacked with the entire army, leaving the defense empty and being taken advantage of."
"You don't understand the art of war at all, the first stronghold of Dragon City depends entirely on luck", "Haha, the first stronghold of earth civilization? ", "Our 'Avengers' stronghold advanced a week later than Dragon City, why do we claim to be number one? 》… and other remarks.
Most of these remarks were made in non-Dragon languages.
People's hearts are complex, and the place of inheritance is competition between races, but what's more, it's not competition within a race
Otherwise, how could the stronghold be divided into different countries, regions and cultural backgrounds.
Many foreigners are not happy to see "Dragon City" become "the first stronghold on earth".
Now that we are facing the crisis of destruction, it is inevitable that some people will rejoice in our misfortune.
In fact, "Dragon City Stronghold Destroyed" was once ranked among the top three on the first page of hot searches!
Of course, as Dragon City finally turned the tide and defeated the powerful enemy, these people were severely slapped in the face, especially when Ji Ye transformed into the golden "five-clawed golden dragon" that symbolized the Dragon Kingdom, and in one fell swoop transformed the green dragon into a "multi-colored dragon" "Film the death scene.
It made the people of Dragon Kingdom feel more confident and excited.
"No. 1 in Dragon City, No. 1 in Dragon Kingdom!"
"Those clowns who were taunting me before have the ability to stand up and confront me!"
"How can the five thousand years of continuous historical and cultural heritage be compared to the barbarians of other countries! Yes, I am talking about you, that country that is only over two hundred years old, and the entire history book is not as thick as our prologue."
"Ah San next door saw clearly that Dragon City's mount is not a 'Garuda', it is our 'Golden-winged Dapeng'!"
Hundreds of millions of people spoke frantically on the forum, pushing all posts about Dragon City to the first page.
It was like a carnival of victory. Even the forum server, which had been modified with high-tech technology redeemed from the Land of Inheritance, was a little laggy for the first time.
"At this time, if the news about the 'Great Darkness' is revealed, the forum will probably blow up!"
Ji Ye, who was in front of the computer, shook his head and thought to himself.
Of course, he wouldn't do that.
Once the news of the "Great Darkness" is revealed, the entire earth may not have this kind of carnival again.
Why bother "disturbing the scenery" at this time
However, for those who take the fight "live".
Ji Ye's attitude has always been nonchalant, especially since the "rare feats" may be related to the "ship ticket". It seems that after a while of going online, he should manage the players in Dragon City.
"The Sakura Kingdom's Konoha stronghold and the Miying Kingdom's Gotham stronghold have successfully passed the 'promotion assessment', and the number of extraordinary strongholds on Earth has officially reached one hundred!" 》
After reading posts about Dragon City for a long time, Ji Ye found some information he needed.
The second-ranked stronghold in the Sakura Kingdom next door was successfully promoted to extraordinary, and a third-ranked stronghold in the Miying Kingdom was also promoted, resulting in the number of extraordinary strongholds in the earth's civilization reaching three digits!
"Only a hundred?"
"It's much less than I expected."
"It seems that the difficulty of the 'Hundred Races' Competition' is really much higher than the previous 'Ten Races' Battle for Hegemony'."
This is natural, not only because "hundred" is ten times stronger in magnitude than "ten", but also because the competitors in "Hundreds of Races" are all winners of the Ten Races' struggle for hegemony, and there is no possibility of parallel imports!
What's more, "hundred" is a function word, and the real number of competitors is far more than a hundred.
Moreover, this stage becomes more difficult the further you go.
Because, if other competitive strongholds in the "Hundred Gems Struggle" advance to the extraordinary level first, then the core of their own stronghold must allocate part of their luck power to "assess" them.
Once the opponent succeeds in promotion, he will lose this part of his luck power, but it will become a benefit to the opponent.
The strongholds that advance first will become more powerful because of the power of luck. During the promotion assessment, subsequent strongholds will even face extraordinary level villains transformed by the power of luck from this stronghold!
It also means that the further back you go, the less likely you are to advance.
Although according to statistics from the Heritage Affairs Bureau, there are still about 5,000 strongholds of earth civilization in the inheritance lands.
However, there may only be about 500 people who successfully advance to Extraordinary in the end. Compared with the initial quota of over 500,000 strongholds, the elimination rate is estimated to be over 99%!
This is the conclusion deduced from data by experts organized by the Joint Affairs Bureau.
Ji Ye felt a little heavy in his heart.
Most of the strongholds that have been able to persist until now are very strong, with many well-known backgrounds and talents.
For example, the Dragon Kingdom's "Tongguan" stronghold, the "Motun Fufu City" stronghold, the Miying Kingdom's "Star Wars" stronghold, the "Storm City" stronghold, the "Troy City" stronghold...
However, at this point in time, these strongholds should have no chance to be the first in the competition to advance.
It also means that the continental background where they are located will have nothing to do with the human race.
Even if they can advance to Transcendence, it will be difficult for them to pass the next stage of the "Road to Legend"!
"Perhaps, there will only be a few dozen, or even fewer, who will eventually be promoted to legend!"
Ji Ye really felt that the pressure was a little too high, from the initial "half a million" to maybe at most "fifty" in the end.
This is just a legendary stage.
As for "Myth", perhaps you really need to go through a competition similar to the "Thousand Sails Race" before you can advance.
Even "Dragon City" may not succeed in reaching "myth"!
"Huh?"
Ji Ye, who was browsing, came across a new popular post.
"Shocking news, a player was reincarnated into a 'cannibal' stronghold and was boiled alive and eaten!" 》
"what's the situation?"
"Could it be that if a player dies too many times, he will not be disqualified, but will be reborn in the stronghold of another alien race?"
Ji Ye was stunned for a moment.
If so, wouldn't it be even more cruel!
After the player dies, except for rare achievements, nothing else can be retained (internal beta players have one chance to retain their talents), which means that reincarnation in other strongholds is just a blank slate, facing a bunch of alien races. Possibly any chance of survival.
To be reincarnated like this is to die directly.
Of course, when the "Great Darkness" really comes, players will choose to enter even if there is no chance. Even if they are treated as "pets" or "food" by aliens, it is better than dying...
And having this kind of retreat that is not considered a "retreat" is definitely not a good thing for a civilization.
It will eventually break the fighting spirit of some players and make some people choose not to enter again after dying once!
"As a player, you haven't been online for a long time. With some expectations in your heart, you chose to go online."
"With a flash of white light, you appeared in a simple sacrificial hall wearing only underwear that could only cover your vital parts. There was a burst of joyful cheers around you, and a group of people in simple clothes rushed out and surrounded you. , each and every one’s eyes were flashing with excitement and hospitality.”
"Some even knelt down in front of the altar and cheered loudly."
"Although you can't understand what they say because of the language barrier, you can clearly feel the sincere joy on their expressions."
"You saw them lighting up the fire, setting up pots, singing and dancing a rough and beautiful bonfire dance, and even sent two enthusiastic beauties to undress you and wipe your body with clean water..."
"You thank the Land of Heritage for assigning you to such a beautiful stronghold. You are already thinking about living an emperor-level enjoyment in this backward primitive stronghold by virtue of your status as the 'Chosen One'. Until they put it in the pot again. , put in salt, spices, and peppercorns, and then everyone looks at you with a weird smile on their face... "
"What is this..."
This is a second-person novel that feels a bit anti-human and twisted.
Ji Ye frowned and realized that this was actually a so-called "clickbait".
In fact, a player who had not been online since he died once came online for the first time in a few months.
As a result, they did not reincarnate into a stronghold in a nearby city like those ordinary players, but instead reincarnated into a stronghold that was attacked by the Amazon "cannibals".
As the villain, the "Cannibal" did not destroy the core of the stronghold after attacking it, but instead imprisoned the players in this stronghold.
Many players chose to commit suicide, but one player's rare merits were no longer enough to re-enter after another death, and he was unwilling to commit suicide in order to avoid losing his player qualifications.
As a result, the "receipt" function in the core of the stronghold was always turned on.
After some new players entered, they directly became the food of the "cannibals".
It can be said that one person harmed a large number of people, which is an absolute crime.
However, what is interesting is that many of the people who were taken there were the same as the people described in the post, and they were people who had previously intentionally "avoided war"!
"I see. It seems that the inheritance land will also have certain punishments for players' negative behaviors."
Ji Ye thought to himself.
I used to think that the "evil guys and villains" who appeared in the Land of Heritage were actually just giving players experience and equipment, indirectly increasing the difficulty of the test. Now it seems that this setting actually has some other purposes!
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After browsing the forum, Ji Ye found no information related to "Great Darkness".
It seems that Longcheng was indeed the first to get the news.
So, without any hesitation, he directly picked up the internal phone in the room and dialed the special plane of "Senior Brother Zhou" who was in charge of the Yangcheng Player Base.
"Senior Brother Zhou, can you contact Number 1 of our Dragon Kingdom Joint Affairs Bureau?"
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A few hours later, a special plane landed at Yangcheng's Samsung Airport.
Half an hour later, a convoy accompanied by a large number of people drove into the Yangcheng player base!
"Young friend Ji, I've heard of you for a long time!"
In the conference room of the player base.
A tall, thin old man with a strong spirit and a simple face smiled and shook hands with Ji Ye.
"Chief, I didn't expect that you would come in person."
Ji Ye looked at the old man and felt a little excited. He didn't expect that this old man would come to Yangcheng in person.
If he is the decision-maker of Dragon City, the person in front of him is the decision-maker of the entire Dragon Kingdom!
"Xiaoyou Ji, thank you for bringing this news and preventing us from being passive!"
Next to the tall and thin old man, another old man with a gentle face had a slightly sad look on his face.
He is the person in charge of the "United Affairs Bureau" and the "deputy head" in charge of government affairs in the Dragon Kingdom.
As the person in charge of government affairs, he had already considered the huge impact of this news at the first time. He was originally using the latest "three-dimensional projection" technology to conduct a remote meeting with the coalition government, and even chose to interrupt the meeting and quickly Come to Yangcheng with the leader.
It can be said that they attach great importance to the news Ji Ye brought back.
In fact, this is indeed a worthwhile matter, related to the life and death of the entire Dragon Kingdom and even the entire earth.
"Sigh, it's a pity that at today's coalition government meeting, multiple votes were taken to ban the 'Player Base'. I said at the time that this decision needed to be carefully considered."
To be honest, the deputy leader was a little worried at this time.
The main reason why the coalition government banned "player bases" is that in Western cultural concepts, people attach great importance to so-called "human rights" and "freedom." Many people think that the establishment of "player bases" is a "conspiracy" of the coalition government.
As the players became more and more powerful, they even formed common interests with some large consortium forces, which eventually promoted the dissolution of the "player base".
This "player base" is easy to disband, but it is almost impossible to establish it again!
"Little friend Ji, I have a personal request, and I would like you to consider it."
The deputy leader raised his head, looked at Ji Ye and said.
"Please tell me."
"I hope that the news about the 'Great Darkness' can be temporarily blocked for some time. I mean, the right to know this news is temporarily limited to our Dragon Kingdom."
"Don't worry, we will definitely announce the news to the public, but it will take some time to prepare."
The deputy leader looked at Ji Ye with serious eyes.
"no problem."
Ji Ye nodded.
Of course he wouldn't refuse.
In fact, this was the reason why he contacted the above through the "Joint Affairs Bureau" in the first place.
Although the Joint Affairs Bureau is nominally under the jurisdiction of the coalition government, the people who actually maintain it are the governments themselves.
However, if this is done, it will be known to the coalition government in the future, and all countries will probably blame the Dragon Kingdom.
After all, the original intention of establishing the "Joint Affairs Bureau" was to share information with everyone, although in fact, no country has actually implemented this at all!
Valuable messages will be blocked for a period first.
But in the eyes of some countries, it is okay for them to do so, but Longguo does so regardless of the overall situation.
In particular, Long Guo’s choice to block the news, even for just a few days, would cause some people to be unable to respond in time and suffer huge losses.
"It doesn't matter, let them blame you!"
"Remember that in the early days of the establishment of the coalition government, the Dragon Kingdom was still less questioned and criticized by Western countries?"
The leader is very dignified.
"Ji Xiaoyou. The entire Dragon Kingdom will fully support the development of the 'Dragon City' stronghold. If you need anything, you can contact us directly!"
The tone of both the leader and the deputy leader was full of sincerity.
With the commitment of these two.
Next, regarding the "loan" matter, there will naturally be no problems.
Because the news has been suppressed by the Dragon Kingdom government for the time being, it is natural that "merit points" cannot be used as collateral. Even because the news has not been fully announced, Longcheng cannot obtain the theoretical "huge merit points".
But as compensation, he received the "Potential Stronghold Support Fund" directly issued by Yilong Kingdom!
After settling the "funding" matter, Ji Ye stopped wasting time and chose to go online again.