Chapter 299: New Title
Chapter 299: New Title
[Scenario completed, calculating rewards.]
[Gained experience points: 80,000, game currency: 100,000]
[Gained item/equipment: None]
[Completed/Accepted task: 1/1]
[Special/hidden task completed: 0, Unlocked world view: None]
[Terror Value surge: 0 times, Maximum Terror Value: 0%, Average Terror Value: 0%]
[Your fear rating is Fearless, eligible for an additional reward. Please select later.]
[Gained skill points: 2,650]
[Skill points bonus experience: 26,500, game currency: 100,000]
[Scenario clearance reward: Randomly draw one usable Flawless-grade Equipment.]
[Settlement completed. Proceed.]
A brief explanation here: The game currency rewards from "Scenario clearing the game" and "Skill points bonus" both have a cap of 100,000. This means that after clearing a scenario, players can earn a maximum of 200,000 game currency excluding extra rewards, hidden tasks, and similar factors.
This design choice to limit player income at the source is one of Dream Corporation's strategies to control in-game currency value.
Relying solely on the mall's monopoly over consumables, clothing, and miscellaneous items isn't enough to stabilize the market. Thus, they must also manipulate the "issuance volume" of currency itself.
This is a complex issue tied to factors like player numbers, skill levels, playtime, and more—all directly affecting game currency generation.
According to statistics from the past month, the scenario clearance rate among players hovers around 60% (since the Open Beta, over ten million players have logged in, with peak concurrent users reaching approximately four million daily. Top experts account for less than 0.01% of the player base). In simpler terms, most players who complete ten scenarios will fail to receive settlement rewards in four of them, only gaining skill points and items. Even among the remaining six successfully cleared scenarios, the reward amount depends heavily on their individual contribution to the clearance.
Therefore, practically speaking, only fixed guild teams or exceptionally skilled individuals regularly secure the full 200,000 game currency settlement. For the vast majority of players, even under the 60% clearance rate, their rewards depend on their performance.
Of course, these issues don't concern wealthy "whale" players. For them, earning extra game currency in scenarios is naturally beneficial, but if they run short... they simply top up.
However, players willing to recharge tens or even hundreds of thousands of Rmb remain a minority. A responsible, high-standard game company must consider the majority—striking a balance where players aren't flooded with currency causing inflation, nor left financially strained. Only this equilibrium can stabilize in-game prices and exchange rates, encouraging more players to confidently invest in the game.
Many online game agents or developers recklessly prioritize short-term gains. Often, shortly after a game's launch, they force players into financial strain, pushing them to recharge. This shortsighted approach inevitably leads to self-destruction.
[Your title has been updated to: Dark Vanguard]
After the settlement list appeared, a system prompt echoed in Feng Bu Jue's ears, announcing the retirement of the "Unpredictable Lunatic" title.
Hearing the notification, Feng Bu Jue felt a mix of emotions. Gaining a new title was good news, but losing the 【Here Comes a Move】 ability meant he no longer had any summoning skills available. Worse still, the character task 【Use summoning-type skills to successfully summon entities 50 times (Current progress: 14/50)】wasn't even a third complete.
But as the saying goes—out with the old, in with the new. Feng Bu Jue didn't dwell on it. He'd eventually finish the task; there was no need to rush.
He opened the game menu to examine his new title ability:
【Name: Demon God Descent】
【Special Ability Type: Active】
【Consumption: All vitality, stamina, and spiritual energy values】
【Effect: Temporarily transforms the player into a demonic form, granting godlike combat abilities. (Transformation skill, lasts 3 minutes. Can only be activated once per scenario.)】
【Background: Upon activation, vitality value becomes 300% of the player's original maximum. Stamina and spiritual energy are treated as infinite.
During the demonic transformation, players cannot use any weapons or consumables other than psionic weapons. All equipment bonuses disappear, and the game menu is inaccessible until the transformation ends.
When vitality is depleted or the time limit is reached, the transformation ends. The player enters a state with 1% vitality, 0 stamina, and 0 spiritual energy. For the next 5 minutes, the player becomes immune to medicine skills and consumables (buff types).】
"This is asking for suicide..." Feng Bu Jue muttered. "After barely clearing a scenario with hand-to-hand combat, I get a title ability that pushes me to the brink? What's the logic here..."
Before claiming his extra reward and the Flawless-grade equipment, he checked the time—it was already the early hours of the morning. This Kill Game Mode had taken far longer than he anticipated.
"Eh?" While operating the touchscreen, Feng Bu Jue noticed a friend request and an email.
He first checked who had sent the friend request—【Shiva】, 【Seven Kill】, and 【Zhao Ying Wang】 were all there, as expected.
"Heh... if I took a screenshot of these three consecutive requests and posted it on the forum..." Feng Bu Jue chuckled, "Well... people would probably say it's Photoshopped."
He clicked accept on all three requests, but the moment he did, he logged off.
This prevented any immediate communication requests from the other side.
After getting up to use the restroom and freshening up, Feng Bu Jue returned to his Gaming Pod and switched to Sleep Mode login.
He set the login time to "immediate", meaning the neural connection would activate the moment his brain entered sleep mode.
Returning to the Login Space, he checked the time again—it was 1:15 AM. After switching login modes, Seven Kill and Shiva could no longer contact him. Zhao Ying Wang was still in this channel, but his status now read "In Game."
"Xiao Tan, Long Ge, Jin Fugui..." Feng Bu Jue's gaze swept across his friend list. Almost everyone was already in a scenario. "Strange... Si Yu and Bei Ling didn't log in today?" He muttered as he opened his email.
The only message was from Xiao Tan:
"Feng Bu Jue, I noticed you hadn't logged in and your phone wasn't answering. You're probably stuck in Non-Sleep Mode gameplay, so I'm writing this email to inform you.
Around 8-9 PM, Xiao Ling called to say Yu Jie suddenly fell ill. Xiao Ling is already at Yu Jie's house keeping her company. She also asked me to pass along—don't worry, it's just a sudden severe cold, nothing serious.
That's all. I don't know when you'll be online, so I'll go ahead and queue for scenarios on my own."
"Hmm..." Feng Bu Jue murmured thoughtfully, repeating the words. "‘Don't worry,’ huh..."
At that moment, Si Yu's face surfaced in Feng Bu Jue's mind. He whispered softly, "When did she become someone I care about...? When exactly did this start..."
(End of Chapter)
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