Chapter 395: Chapter 376: The Crazy Livestream Room
In a dim place with rugged paths, a four-member squad was slowly moving forward.
Scattered around the squad were broken armors and white bones. A chilling atmosphere pervaded the air, making anyone who saw this scene feel an involuntary shiver down their spine.
This map, known as the Demon Race Trial, was currently shrouded in a gloomy and eerie atmosphere.
At the forefront of the team, a man holding a large shield suddenly spoke:
"Why does this place look like an ancient battlefield?"
At the back of the team, Lin Yi heard this and chuckled lightly:
"If I’m not mistaken, this should be one of the battlefields where the Hundred Races and the Demon Race once confronted each other. You wouldn’t be wrong to call it an ancient battlefield."
"The Anti-demon War battlefield?" Everyone was astonished!
The term Anti-demon War frequently appeared in game NPC dialogues or some official documents, but this was the first time they were personally on the spot of the so-called legendary [Anti-demon War].
The shock in their hearts was understandable.
Just then, Duoduo, who was in the middle of the team, couldn’t help but ask an important question:
"Did you notice, according to the official scoring rules, don’t you feel this kind of point distribution is very unfair to support professions?"
When the team killed demons, the person with the highest damage could individually receive 60% of the points, while the remaining 40% had to be split among the four.
From this point of view, professions with high damage really got a good deal.
And support professions themselves don’t have much attack, so it’s nearly impossible for them to earn 60% kill points under this rule.
Other than support professions, tank professions with lower damage don’t fare much better either.
Initially, everyone hadn’t paid attention to this issue, but now that Duoduo mentioned it, it seemed to really be the case.
Banxia Liuli, being a university student with a quick mind, speculated:
"Could it be related to the professions chosen by the Floating City this time?"
As the guardian squad of the Floating City, perhaps strength was their primary consideration.
However, Aoshi Wangchu couldn’t help but complain:
"Does that mean we’re just here to accompany the run?"
As an all-constitution Shield Warrior, Aoshi Wangchu’s damage was probably the lowest in this team except for Banxia Liuli.
But with Feng Hua, the great player, in the team, he felt at ease.
Probably not many people in the entire game dared to compete with Feng Hua in terms of output.
At the back of the team, Lin Yi listened to their discussion, also falling into deep thought.
As a veteran player who played the game for three years, Lin Yi believed the system wouldn’t have such an obviously biased rule.
Furthermore, the guardian squad of the Floating City couldn’t possibly be all offensive professions, neglecting Shield Warriors and Healers like Banxia Liuli suggested.
Because in his previous life, Lin Yi had seen that every guardian squad of the Floating City was equipped with a tank and a healer.
So Lin Yi faintly felt that this trial might not be as simple as it seemed on the surface.
Moreover, analyzing according to the officially announced rules, Lin Yi guessed there might be hidden points existing within this.
In other words, the ways to gain points in this Land of Trial might go beyond the few disclosed by the officials.
Based on Lin Yi’s understanding of the game, the possibility of this existence was high.
Just then, Blood Conceal Demon revealed his figure at the front of the team:
"Hold on!"
Under everyone’s surprised gazes, Blood Conceal Demon pointed to the front of the team and said:
"There’s a Demon Race squad ahead, about thirty in number."
"Among them, there’s a Level 35 Demon Spirit, who seems to be the leader, while the rest are low-level demons ranging from Level 17 to 19."
Duoduo suddenly grinned and said:
"Finally, after so long, we encountered some prey."
"They said there are at least a million players participating in this event, if not eight hundred thousand."
"How come we’ve walked so long, and haven’t met anyone? How big must this map be!"
Lin Yi laughed from behind:
"Why, do you want to fight?"
Duoduo quickly shrank his neck and awkwardly laughed:
"Just sighing, actually it’s quite good this way, why fight and kill unnecessarily?"
Lin Yi glanced at the battlefield, which even had a bloody smell lingering in the air, and chuckled lightly:
"Alright, what needs to be encountered will eventually be encountered. For now, let’s deal with this Demon Race squad."
Then Lin Yi said to Blood Conceal Demon:
"Lead the way, let’s go."
Blood Conceal Demon nodded and walked ahead:
"This way, follow me."
Meanwhile, on the pinned posts across various countries’ game forums, there was a leaderboard for the points in this trial.
This official leaderboard only displayed the names of the top one hundred ranks.
With the event beginning, the names on the leaderboard and their point amounts were constantly changing.
As a standout player from the Western Continent, Satan J, unsurprisingly, stormed into the top ten with a score of 41 points right from the start.
And the famous players on the Endless Tower had also started emerging on the leaderboard.
Perhaps because it just started, the rankings on the leaderboard were continuously shifting positions, even Satan J’s rank was fluctuating up and down, but always remained in the top ten.
However, what many noticed at this time was that Lin Yi (Feng Hua)’s name had yet to appear on this leaderboard.
Since the start of the Endless Tower, the names Feng Hua and Satan J had been tightly bound together by players worldwide.
One was an outstanding representative of the Western Continent, and the other was the number one of the Eastern Continent.
In some sense, the rivalry between the East and West Continents from reality had been brought into the game by these two figures.
The United States, who had always enjoyed a dominant position, was even less tolerant of being surpassed by Eastern Continent players, especially when this person was from Hua Country, an ancient Eastern nation.
As the event unfolded, where it was most lively was perhaps the live streaming rooms on various major platforms.
Since most players couldn’t participate in the game due to level restrictions.
Those fortunate enough to participate in the trial had opened live streams on platforms, allowing these players to watch and feel part of the experience.
The players who couldn’t join the game quickly took over the live streaming rooms on various platforms.
At this time, in the headquarters of a software called "Yo Streaming", a programmer in charge of maintaining the software suddenly found a large amount of data pouring into the live streaming platform and exclaimed:
"Damn, what’s going on."
Programmer Liu Ming hurriedly checked for the reason and found that all this data had simultaneously flowed into a newbie’s live streaming room:
"Banxia? Who is this?"
And in less than a minute, it showed nearly 100,000+ active viewers flooded into this live streaming room, all of them seemed lively.
This data was indeed too abnormal for the live streaming platform.
During the one year "Yo Streaming" had been open, such a situation had only occurred when stars were invited to promote for launch, and afterwards, it had always been mediocre.
Why was it so abnormal today?
Liu Ming hurriedly opened the software to check, and the next moment the work phone on his desk suddenly rang, giving Liu Ming a fright.
While looking at the live streaming room’s data with shock, Liu Ming picked up the phone and stammered:
"Hello, Yang"
Before Liu Ming could finish speaking, an urgent roar came from the phone:
"Pin the live stream room number 059 to the top and showcase it on the homepage immediately, and upgrade the room to the highest level."
"Also, keep an eye on it until their live ends, don’t let any issues occur in the live room."
"Any mistakes and you’re not coming to work tomorrow."
Seeing the number in the live streaming room skyrocketing in terms of tens of thousands, Liu Ming’s forehead was already covered in cold sweat:
"This is a life-threatening tempo!"
Meanwhile, in an office in the same building, a middle-aged man appeared a bit uneasy after hanging up the phone.
The next moment, as if making a decision, he took his phone and sent a voice message in the work group:
"Now everyone, drop your work and ensure the stability of the live streaming room number 059, whether we reach this year’s performance target depends on this."
After putting down his phone, the man’s expression revealed a trace of fatigue mixed with uncontrollable excitement.
On the computer screen in front of him, the live image of streaming room number 059 was displayed, and the large screen had long been filled with dense bullet comments:
"Ah ah ah ah ah~"
"Feng Hua, it’s really Feng Hua, my gosh!"
"My idol, hahaha!"
"These people are so lucky to be in a team with my idol."
"Feng Hua fans, get those rockets and ships ready, cheer for our great Feng Hua!!!"
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Today’s update is complete.