Ji Thrush couldn't understand what Ren Jianmo meant for a moment.
He raised his head and stared into the other's eyes suspiciously.
They were the ones that Zhao Zhui focused on. Seeing that they were flirting with each other, as if they were whispering, the man on the stage stopped and asked with a smile, "Is there any problem with you two?"
Now, everyone in the conference room focused their attention on the two of them.
Ren Jianmo calmly raised an index finger and made a "shut up" gesture, signaling not to talk here.
Ji Thrush turned his head back, pretending to be listening carefully.
It took about half an hour for them to learn from Zhao Zhui how the gang named "Compass" operates and the rules for recruiting new members.
Compass is also one of the best big gangs in "Peach Blossom Spring".
So far, it has a total of more than 230 participants. Among them, the boss of the gang and several important officers have broken through the "world" of A-level difficulty, and are ready to challenge S-level difficulty at any time.
In the monthly "world" mission, the gang will be matched according to the level of the members and the level of abilities, divided into several groups, led by a reliable captain, to enter the "world".
Moreover, there is also a special think tank in the gang. They are composed of highly educated and high-IQ talents from all walks of life. They analyze the clues in the trailer for each team, so as to speculate on the general situation of the next "world" and the most suitable props. Increases the survival rate of everyone in the party.
However, the help provided by the gang is not free.
As Ji Thrush had expected, every member who joins the "Compass", every time he completes a "world", a part of the points will be distributed to the management of the guild.
Moreover, every time a "collection" is used, it is regarded as "rental", and the points consumed by the rent are shared by all members of the team.
In addition, not only the "collections" obtained by the members have to be handed over to the gang, they also have to consider the issue of abilities for their teammates in the "world".
In the power rules specified by "Peach Blossom Spring" for participants, under normal circumstances, each participant can only stimulate one kind of power. The difficulty is so great that so far in "Peach Blossom Spring", no bigwig can possess two kinds of abilities at the same time.
Therefore, under this premise, if a participant who already has the ability, after obtaining the special props that can activate the ability in the "world", it must be handed over to the captain, and the captain will arrange to distribute it to other players in the team who have not activated the ability. player.
All in all, although the conditions for joining the guild sound harsh at first glance, it has to be said that under the artistic language packaging of Zhao Zhui, a senior headhunter, most of the participants did not feel that the price the guild charged them was worthless. What's wrong.
For newcomers, compared to the illusory points that can only be regarded as a series of numbers, the sense of security of a team is what they yearn for most.
Everyone fears fighting alone.
At this point in the briefing session, thirteen of the eighteen newcomers expressed their desire to join "Compass" on the spot.
The remaining five people, besides Ji Thrush, Ren Jianmo and Mo Tiangen, there are two middle-aged men.
The two hesitated for a while, and then asked a question, "After joining the guild, will each 'world' have to change teams? Can't they arrange a fixed team?"
Zhao Zhui smiled.
He knew that these two people were reluctant to part with their points.
People who usually think about this question think that if there is a team with stable personnel, one day when they get to know each other well and become stronger, the whole team will be able to stand on its own without relying on the help of the guild.
Zhao Zhui secretly laughed in his heart that the two of them are not very capable, but they think far enough.
It's a pity that, at least until now, the rookies who have asked him similar questions before have not been able to make it to the "world" of B-level difficulty.
"You are just rookies at the moment, there is still a lot of room for growth in your abilities, and you still need to work with the team."
Zhao Zhui said with a smile: "Besides, when you have experienced more 'worlds' and the difficulty is higher, you will find that the variety of 'worlds' in Taohuayuan is far beyond your imagination. Sometimes, it is not as simple as you think. .”
The two middle-aged men looked at each other with doubts on their faces.
"The think tank in our gang once counted the types of F-level 'worlds' and found that there are rules to follow."
Zhao Zhui skillfully began to explain:
"In the 'world' with F-level difficulty, most of the monsters you encounter are physical monsters that can attack them physically. This will give you an illusion that as long as you improve your physical ability and exchange for powerful props, you will be able to Can survive in the 'world'."
Ji Thrush thought for a while, and felt that what Zhao Zhui said was right.
He hasn't seen many "experiencers", but the Jie Ge he met in the city of ashes is a model of physical strengthening plus violent killing.
"But when the difficulty increases, the situation will be different."
He smiled slyly and made a not-so-funny joke:
"As long as those top-ranked themes in the popular thriller and horror movies, you may encounter them in the 'world', so it's easy to understand, right?"
Everyone shuddered.
Especially those who just watched one or two horror movies recently, they can't help but start to associate them in their minds.
"In addition, I would also like to remind that newcomers who have just entered the 'Peach Blossom Land' will easily mistakenly think that the bigger the team, the safer they will be and the higher the chance of surviving."
Zhao Zhui strikes while the iron is hot:
"In fact, it is not, because 'Peach Blossom Spring' will coordinate the difficulty of the 'world' according to the average level of the participants."
Ren Jianmo frowned unobtrusively.
"Because there are rules that allow 'following', theoretically there is no upper limit on the number of participants who can enter the same 'world'. Dozens, hundreds or even thousands of people are fine."
Zhao Zhui said:
"But if this is really done, what do you think will happen?"
The newcomers here shook their heads honestly.
"I think some of you here should have seen that very old trash movie "Zombie World War Zero"? It's almost the same as that scene."
He described it vividly:
"You will probably find that the entire team will be thrown directly into the army of millions of zombies, and when the situation is not clear, they will be drowned by the pile of monsters."
In fact, not many people have watched the early zombie movie he used as an example.
However, Zhao Zhui's description made everyone have their own set of associations, and obviously imagined it quite realistically and concretely, several people couldn't help shivering.
At this moment, including the two middle-aged men, no one had any doubts about the team arrangement of "Compass". Without much struggle, they decided to become part of the gang like everyone else.
Zhao Zhui came to Ji Xuan, Ren Jianmo and Mo Tiangen, and asked sincerely:
"So, what about the three of you?"
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After the briefing was over, Ji Thrush returned to his room.
This is his first night in "Peach Blossom Land".
Sure enough, lying on the big soft bed, Ji Xiaoniao couldn't fall asleep at all.
During this period of time, the amount of information he received was simply too great.
To be honest, Ji Thrush was almost persuaded by Zhao Zhui.
Although it is very painful to have to pay a certain amount of points in every "world", who would not want to have a destination that can accept him and give him guidance when the future is uncertain
Even the superheroes in the comics who tore apart the aircraft carrier with their bare hands have to form an alliance, let alone these little characters who haven't even figured out the rules of the game.
What's more, Zhao Zhui also used such contagious words as "companion", "go home" and "work together", which are particularly easy to resonate with.
Coupled with the herd mentality that everyone has, he almost felt overwhelmed, thinking that that must be his final destination, and took out his points to join "Compass" on the spot.
However, he was not so impulsive to agree immediately, but replied to the headhunter that he should think about it first.
Now Ji Xiaoniao calmed down and thought about it for a long time before she finally got some clues.
"Ah!"
Ji thrush rolled a few times, hugged the pillow and beat twice.
— Yes, joining "Compass" is not a wise choice.
Thinking of this, Ji Thrush couldn't help getting up, ran to the desk, sat down, and turned on the communication terminal.
He hesitated for half a minute on whether to call Mo Tiangen or Ren Jianmo for the communication request.
In the end, Ji Thrush looked at the clock on the table, thinking that 11:30 was not too late for modern people, and finally couldn't hold back, and dialed the call request to [Wisteria 0010].
This time he didn't get hung up three more times, and Ren Jianmo quickly answered the call.
"Are you still asleep?"
Ji Thrush hid his fingers under the table, pinched the corner of his pajamas nervously, and said dryly, "I'm sorry to bother you so late."
Ren Jianmo shook his head, and a pair of strange-colored pupils watched Ji Thrush silently through the display screen, as if waiting for his next words.
"It's, it's actually nothing..."
Ji Thrush replied: "I just figured it out, what you said at the meeting..."
Ji Xiaoniao thought of Ren Damei's tone of voice when she spoke close to his ear and the breath on his ear, her cheeks became hot, and she couldn't help stretching out her hand to scratch her ear.
"Oh?"
Ren Jianmo smiled softly, "What do you think, tell me?"
"You told me that the rules of 'Peach Blossom Land' do not allow opportunistic tricks by transferring points. I didn't think about it before..."
Looking at Ren Jianmo's faintly smiling eyes on the screen, Ji Thrush suddenly felt like a student preparing to take part in his defense, his heart was pounding and he was very nervous.
"Because after the points reach a certain level, the difficulty of the 'world' of the participants will increase accordingly, and the points can only be used to strengthen the body or exchange for props. I guess, neither of these are enough for the participants to cope with. The difficulty factor of the 'world' suddenly increased due to the increase in points, isn't that right?"
Ren Jianmo nodded.
In fact, in theory, Ren Jianmo, who had lost his memory, knew no more information than newcomers like Ji Thrush.
But obviously, the little fool Ji Thrush really trusted his judgment from the bottom of his heart, so he almost took his words as the standard.
"I think that although the big bosses of the guild will collect points from members as capital for guild operations, they will definitely not concentrate a large number of points on one or two people in a short period of time, otherwise if they are caught by the 'Taohuayuan' Forcing the difficulty of upgrading, the problem is serious."
Ji Thrush looked at Ren Jianmo's expression, "So the biggest possibility is that they will distribute the collected points among the main officers, or keep them by exchanging them for equivalent collectibles... in the This is what you wanted to tell me at the meeting, right?"
Ren Jianmo curled his lips slightly.
"Have you seen the Obelisk?"
He asked: "So, have you noticed the distribution of the number of participants of each difficulty level on the obelisk?"
Ji Thrush blushed and shook his head honestly.
At that time, he was only looking at the small space at the top of the obelisk without any characters, listening to Zhao Zhui boasting to them about the legendary boss who was extremely close to the SS-level "world" difficulty, and he didn't know whether he had fallen or was reborn. The mysterious Lanling King.
Now that I think about it, I really don't know how to focus on the key points. He must go to the obelisk to take a look at it tomorrow morning, and count the names on it line by line.
"Not to mention other levels, there are about 30 participants on the obelisk who have broken through the S-level difficulty 'world'."
"Wow!"
Ji Thrush sighed: "That's much more than I imagined."
He originally thought that S-level difficulty was only one step away from achieving the goal of rebirth, and there must be very few people who could do it, but he didn't expect that there were as many as thirty people.
Ren Jianmo: "Then do you remember, how difficult is the 'world' that the leader of the 'Compass' gang can reach?"
Ji Thrush answered very simply this time: "It's A-level!"
"Ok."
Ren Jianmo smiled at Ji Thrush:
"On the obelisk, there are about a hundred names on the part with A-level difficulty. The main combat power of 'Compass' is in the category of this part."
Ji Thrush was shocked immediately:
"You mean, the real bosses don't really have much interest in forming gangs?"
This time Ren Jianmo shook his head.
"What I mean is, those powerful senior players don't even bother to join a gang like 'Compass' that mainly consists of low-level players."
"why?"
Ji Thrush asked puzzledly: "Although you can't collect too many points from other people at once, as long as you organize a gang like 'Compass', you can have a very stable and risk-free points. Get paid? Why not do it?"
He laughed at himself, "After all, silly newcomers like us are so foolish."
If Ren Jianmo hadn't been watching for him, Ji Thrush felt that maybe he and Mr. Dagen would have lost a wave of points by now, and happily joined the "Compass".
"There are two possibilities."
Ren Jianmo answered his question:
"The first is that after reaching a certain level of difficulty, the points become less important; the second is that as the difficulty of the 'world' increases, the points gained or consumed will increase geometrically. The members of the team simply cannot squeeze points of this magnitude."
The corner of his lips twitched, and he said lightly: "As for which one it is, we will know when we break through the 'world' with B-level difficulty."
Ji Thrush felt that when Ren Jianmo said the words just now, his tone had to be as firm as it was, and he almost described the "world" with B-level difficulty as the back garden of his old house, where he could enter and exit whenever he wanted. out.
"I see."
Ji Thrush was originally clever, so he understood it now.
"And if you think about it carefully, in the rules of 'Taohuayuan', the difficulty of 'World' can only be raised but not lowered. Once you break through a certain difficulty, you can only continue to challenge the difficulty of the same level, or work harder to increase it. gone."
He pouted:
"So, for those bosses who really aim to clear the 'world' with SS-level difficulty, when their difficulty level reaches a certain level, those gangs that are mainly low-level members actually have little meaning ,Right?"
Ren Jianmo rested his chin with one hand and smiled lazily:
"There should be many gangs or organizations in 'Peach Blossom Spring' that belong to the high-level performers themselves, but those people don't bother to contact newcomers."
Ji Thrush: "..."
He was dazzled by the other party's smile.
"Then may I think so?"
Ji Thrush rubbed his fingers under the table, "The leadership of the 'Compass' regards running the guild as a way to steadily obtain points and collectibles, but in fact, they are not really moving towards breaking through the difficulty and achieving early success as they claimed. Go home and work hard for this goal... ”
He thought about the wording.
"I guess they want to maintain the status quo? Not only can they control the difficulty of the 'world' within their ability, but also have members at the bottom of the guild provide them with a stable source of points... This should be in the 'Peach Blossom Land' It’s the easiest way to live, right?”
Having said that, Ji Thrush frowned.
In fact, he couldn't understand the thoughts of these people.
Because he desperately wants to go back.
In the original world, he still had a lot of concerns that he couldn't let go of. If he was given a chance to be reborn, he would never give it up no matter what.
And when they came out of the Colosseum, they saw more than Zhao Zhui and his group, but it was probably because of "Compass"'s sake that they didn't come up to strike up a conversation.
In other words, the gangs in "Peach Blossom Spring" that rely on the model of recruiting newcomers to dawdle are definitely not just the "Compass" family.
Could it be that these people have given up the hope of going back by default, and just muddle along
"After a long time in 'Peach Blossom Spring', maybe some people's minds will change."
As if guessing what Ji Thrush was thinking, Ren Jianmo laughed softly:
"So what are you going to do? Are you going to join 'Compass'?"
Ji Thrush thought for a while, and answered honestly:
"Although the leaders of the 'Compass' may mostly want to rely on the points of the gang members to dawdle, but in the newcomer stage, having a team that can cooperate with each other is indeed helpful to the survival rate. From this point of view, it can be regarded as Everyone gets what they need?"
Ren Jianmo nodded, expressing his agreement with him.
"However, if we join the 'compass', we have to obey the gang's team arrangement..."
Ji Thrush swallowed nervously, silently clenched his hands into fists under the table.
"I, I want to, with you, of course, and Mr. Dagen, the three of us will continue to form a team..."
Ji Xiaoniao opened her eyes wide, earnestly looking at the handsome man with loose long hair on the other side of the screen.
"is it okay?"