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Chapter 33: Sparking a Nationwide Debate!
Chapter 33: Sparking a Nationwide Debate!
Su Yu was telling the truth.
When players reach Level 50, they become Tier 3 professionals in the game.
In Evolution, levels 0-9 are considered Tier 0 professionals; levels 10-29 are Tier 1 professionals; levels 30-49 are Tier 2 professionals; and levels 50-59 are Tier 3 professionals.
Tier 3 professionals can manifest their in-game abilities in the real world.
Once they achieve this, they can face bullets without fear!
Mages and Priests can cast magical shields that can withstand the continuous fire of a light machine gun!
Defensive Warriors and Guardian Knights, with their enhanced defenses, can even survive a direct hit from a Soviet RPG-7 40mm rocket launcher!
This is damage even a battle tank can't withstand!
Such overwhelming power is far more valuable than a deluxe apartment in a bustling city.
Besides, in half a year, the value of such apartments will plummet.
But Su Yu's words still caused a massive stir among the players!
At first, most players didn't take the server-wide announcement seriously.
While they admired Su Yu's solo dungeon runs, it didn't really affect the majority of them.
Now, things were different!
The "Level 50 reward" Su Yu mentioned was something that concerned everyone, and it couldn't help but move them.
In the central square of Nolan Village, players looked at each other in shock.
After a moment, a loud discussion erupted, several times louder than before!
"Good heavens! An apartment in a third-tier city? That must cost millions!"
"Is it really given to everyone who reaches Level 50?"
"Can the game company afford such a high reward without going bankrupt?"
"Ha, as if! Why would the game company give you such a benefit?"
"I don't fully believe it either, but I think it might be true! If Kexing didn't have the confidence, why would he say something like that?"
"Exactly! What does he gain by lying about this? There's no benefit for him to deceive us."
"Enough talk, I'm going to level up."
"I'm going too. With the quality of this game, I'd keep playing even without the rewards. I'll reach Level 50 sooner or later."
"Let's go, let's level up."
...
The effect of the "megaphone" was excellent. Players' attention shifted from the gossip about the two major guilds to serious leveling.
Some players, despite their skepticism, were already heading to the leveling zones with their friends.
A mini-leveling craze swept through every village.
Offline, the official forums were also buzzing.
The gossip about the two major guilds had lost its appeal, and the entire forum was flooded with discussions about "Kexing."
The topic quickly spread beyond the game community!
Within just two hours, the hashtag "Level 50 in Evolution = A Luxury Apartment in a Third-Tier City?" topped the Weibo hot search list!
Of course, in the Weibo environment, very few people believed Su Yu. Most of the comments were filled with skepticism and ridicule:
"Another idiot who's lost his mind playing games. Getting a reward worth nearly a million just for leveling up? Why doesn't he just fly to the moon?"
"Exactly! I'll eat my phone if this game really gives a luxury apartment in exchange for reaching Level 50!"
"Evolution discriminates against women! The Priest class is a woman in the career showcase! Do the game developers think we women are only fit to be Priests? Only fit to be protected? Sisters, let's tear this game apart!"
"What a ridiculous topic? It even stole the top spot from my idol Xiao Mei's trending post?"
"It’s definitely bought with money!"
Aside from Weibo, a post on Baidu Tieba, "How do you evaluate a player in 'Evolution' who claims that reaching level 50 rewards you with a house in a third-tier city's school district?" quickly rose to the top of the hot topics list.
However, similar to Weibo, the vast majority of the comments below expressed disbelief:
"Thanks for the invite. Just by reading this, I can tell it's said by someone who hasn’t been beaten down by society yet."
"To be honest, we work our butts off for 40 years just to scrape together enough money for a house from the capitalists. A game gives you a house just for leveling up? Do you really believe that?"
"I’m in the USA, just put on my mask. Haven’t you guys seen through this? It’s clearly an advertisement for the game company. Really, your intelligence is worrying."
"It’s just a trick by the game operators. Move along, move along!"
Apart from Weibo and Baidu Tieba, other platforms like ACFun and Bilibili also delved into extensive discussions about the matter.
"Kexing" (Counterstar) became an overnight sensation, known to many netizens.
However, Su Yu was completely unaware of all this.
Even if he knew, he probably wouldn’t have cared much.
In this era, fame was the least useful thing, and he didn’t need it either.
Back in the game.
Snowflake was working on a particularly challenging hidden quest.
Not long after Su Yu’s announcement, she received a private message.
The message was from her brother, "Snow Leopard":
Snow Leopard: "Luo Luo, Dad told me you’re close with that 'Counterstar'?"
Snowflake’s eyes lit up, and she quickly replied: "Bro, we’re not that close. But I know a lot about him, like... (omitted 300 words)"
Snowflake used a considerable amount of text to describe what she knew about "Counterstar."
However, she didn’t mention the fact that Counterstar had summoned the [Starforged Dragon King], as she feared it might cause him trouble if the two major guilds found out.
Snow Leopard read through the information his sister sent in detail.
After reading, he replied: "Can you ask him if the reward he mentioned is real? Our department is taking this very seriously!"
Snowflake joked: "How do I ask? Should I seduce him?"
Snow Leopard: "Not a bad idea, just don’t sacrifice yourself."
Snowflake: "..."
The scene returned to Su Yu.
For three minutes after the "megaphone" announcement, Su Yu stood still, not moving an inch.
This wasn’t because Su Yu was deep in thought, but because—he was lagging!
Due to the server-wide announcement and megaphone, at least tens of thousands of players added him as a friend all at once.
This caused Su Yu’s character to lag as if it were a PowerPoint presentation.
The main reason for this was the initial server architecture's bandwidth limitations, which couldn’t handle such a sudden influx of data.
Su Yu was both amused and frustrated.
He hadn’t anticipated so many people would add him as a friend.
It wasn’t until three minutes later that Su Yu managed to turn off the "Allow others to add you as a friend" option in the settings, and his character gradually returned to normal.
Once back to normal, Su Yu wiped the sweat from his forehead, relieved: "Thank goodness I didn’t get disconnected or stuck in the instance. I still need to loot the BOSS’s body!"
He looked at the body of the [Sheep Village Chief] in front of him.
Su Yu suddenly noticed that the bag dropped by the corpse was glowing with a golden light!
Su Yu was startled: "Could this be... a golden item?!"
(End of Chapter)
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