Elf Kingdom:Game of the World Tree Chapter 159 – Chapter 159: Chapter 154: Brother Mu, life is so hard for me!

Chapter 159: Chapter 154: Brother Mu, life is so hard for me!
 

“Patch update?”

The two of them were slightly taken aback.

Since the beta test of Elf Kingdom, there had only been one major and one minor version update.

Although players often noticed that the game system seemed to update small things inadvertently, they were all harmless refinements.

It's the beta test! Everyone understood.

But it was still the first time for a patch update to be announced in such a formal way.

Li Mu and Demacia checked the time and didn't pay much attention to it.

It was just ten minutes, so they figured they would just log out early when the time came.

…

When Li Mu decided to re-enter the game, it was already the next day on Blue Star.

Taking advantage of this update, he completely disconnected the game cabin and had a good sleep in reality.

Previously, when he slept in reality, his consciousness always entered the game.

Although physical fatigue could be recovered through sleep, long-term gaming would still bring mental exhaustion.

Of course, some players found a solution to this problem too.

That is, during in-game sleep, make their consciousness sleep in the game as well.

However, Li Mu still chose to disconnect from the game cabin occasionally for a proper rest.

Otherwise… *he felt he would eventually not be able to distinguish between the game and reality.*

Elf Kingdom was just too realistic, a game that made Li Mu think of the old series of movies he had watched, The Matrix.

As time went on, he increasingly suspected that the developers crafted this masterpiece-level virtual MMO based on The Matrix standards.

*Honestly, it was crazy; even the act of… defecating was there. He wasn't sure if it was about realism or just sheer madness…*

If it weren't for the system and background music, he feared he really would mix it up with reality.

In conclusion, it was confirmed that the technology used in Elf Kingdom differed from other online games.

Perhaps… this was the true immersive online game players dreamt of.

*Li Mu pondered in his heart.*

And combined with the speed-of-thought acceleration, if players spent too much time in the game, it might indeed have some influence…

“Actually… if this game were reality, it would be quite good. But unfortunately, a game is still just a game.”

Li Mu sighed, started the game cabin, and flipped through the backend of his streaming platform on his phone.

It was now July, and the university was on summer break, so Li Mu had more spare time.

However, as a streamer, he hadn't gone live in almost a month…

These days, he had been cooped up in his room playing games almost every day, doing little else besides eating, bathing, and uploading videos regularly.

The uploaded videos were, of course, recorded gameplay of Elf Kingdom, mainly including playback clips of Li Mu's gaming sessions and tips he discovered in-game, such as how to quickly increase NPC favorability.

As a game review streamer, since playing Elf Kingdom, Li Mu had been completely absorbed and hadn't touched any other virtual reality games.

Due to the sped-up thought processes, Elf Kingdom couldn't be streamed normally on Blue Star, causing his streaming channel to become neglected.

Fortunately, recording was still possible. Despite Elf Kingdom not being publicly released, it had already attracted countless fans online.

As a result, Li Mu also took on the role of a content creator, barely making a living off the traffic from his recordings.

However, as a review streamer, Li Mu's gaming skills weren't particularly strong, and his recorded gameplay videos weren't particularly refined.

And he wasn't the only content creator chosen as a beta player for Elf Kingdom, some of whom were very skilled in post-production.

So… although his videos had a decent amount of views, they weren't particularly popular among the Elf Kingdom-related videos.

Still, when he habitually opened his platform backend, he discovered that the view numbers for his recorded videos had suddenly exploded.

Especially for the series he made earlier on “How to Increase NPC Favor in Elf Kingdom.”

In this series, Li Mu summarized some characteristics of the elf NPCs in Elf Kingdom.

He meticulously analyzed the elves' beliefs, personalities, and preferences based on the official elf history to help players communicate better with NPCs.

However, when the series was first uploaded, the response was less than great.

The process of grinding NPC favor was too slow, and the benefits were limited.

Even without grinding favor, as long as you were polite when receiving tasks, NPCs would still give you missions.

Although maxing out favor might gain NPC trust, leading to some secret missions, most players felt the time would be better spent grinding mobs.

Except for the purple NPC, Alice, they didn't think any other NPCs were worth the effort.

For the true grind experts, besides the main storyline missions with huge rewards, forming groups to grind mobs was still the fastest way to level up.

So, Li Mu had always expected the lukewarm response to his videos.

*But now… what was happening?*

Li Mu noticed that the traffic data for his series of videos had increased tenfold!

And when he went to bed yesterday, the series was still lukewarm.

This left him a bit confused:

“How did the clicks and comments suddenly skyrocket?”

He skimmed through and found that many comments were left by beta players:

“Congratulations on discovering the treasure of Elf Kingdom!”

That was the highest-liked comment.

“Front-row luck-sucking, awesome 666!”

That was the second.

“Damn! Brother Mu, truly impressive! Front-row seat for the prophet's spectacle.”

That was the third.

“‘NPC favor is not pointless, the developers will eventually work on the favor system.' After seeing that in the video, Mu, are you sure you're not an insider?”

…

Li Mu: …

This… what was going on?

He was even more confused.

Li Mu opened up a certain chat app on his phone and was surprised to find that his chat list had blown up.

He had received many private messages, most of them from friends in the Nature's Heart Guild's offline chat group.

After taking a quick glance, he opened the chat with Demacia, greeted by large exclamation marks:

“!!!”

“Brother Mu—!!! Help! Waaa… I'm done for! I'm really finished this time!”

“Please share some tips on how to quickly bond with NPCs! Otherwise, I'm doomed!”

“Oh right, also, when you get in the game, you must help me draw some gear! I'm having such a hard time!”

Li Mu: …

What kind of nonsense is this?

Hmm…?

Wait, does the update have something to do with favorability?

Li Mu's eyes lit up.

He took a deep breath, set down his phone, and eagerly entered the game cabin…

“Game Start—Elf Kingdom!”

…

When Li Mu entered the game, he finally saw the game update announcement.

Li Mu didn't hesitate and clicked it open—

[Elf Kingdom Favor and Reputation Patch Update Description—]

[Enhancing Favor System]

[Player NPC mission rewards will be tied to the task-giving NPC's favor. Positive favor yields additional reward bonuses, with a maximum bonus rate of 100% (double rewards); negative favor results in penalties on task rewards, with a maximum penalty rate of 50% (halved rewards).]

[Improved and Strengthened Reputation System]

[Evaluate faction reputation based on NPC favor and conduct a personal comprehensive reputation evaluation based on faction reputation, with a total score of 100 points.]

[Based on the comprehensive reputation score, players can receive additional reward bonuses from main, side, and hidden plotline quests, with a maximum bonus rate of 100% (double rewards).]

[Based on comprehensive reputation score, players can receive exchange discounts in the mall for class transitions, skills, books, and perfect resurrection counts; the higher your score, the bigger the discount, with a maximum 50% reduction in exchange costs (half consumption).]

[Based on comprehensive reputation score, players can receive a luck buff for equipment exchanges in the mall. Higher scores increase the chances of drawing rare-effect equipment, up to 100% (guaranteed rare draw). This buff is effective once per day.]

Li Mu: …

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