Chapter 272: Black Mist – Anchor Point
Chu Yian didn’t pay much attention to the rapidly flashing information; her friend had sent her a message.
It was from Jie Yan.
He was asking if she had cleared this round of the game.
Although they were no longer cooperating, they still needed to maintain a friendly relationship. Chu Yian replied to his message and chatted for a bit. Hearing that their team had all cleared this round of the game, she offered them her sincerest blessings.
As for re-teaming… Chu Yian thought about it and decided against it.
Previously, she hadn’t wanted to team with them because of Lu Qingyuan, but now it was because she felt that her and Jie Yan’s team had incompatible auras. When she wasn’t there, the entire group cleared the game; when she was, even Jie Yan would be dragged down.
Moreover, having fewer people was more comfortable, and there wasn’t too much pressure to stock up on food and supplies.
Seeing Chu Yian politely refuse again, Jie Yan on the other end sighed.
Chu Yian had no idea that someone secretly in love with her was feeling down at the moment; she was currently busy contacting her new teammate, Zhu Shen: “How was it, did you clear this round?”
“Zhu Shen: No 〒▽〒”
“Zhu Shen: I joined the vanguard team this round and then got drained of blood and eliminated.”
Seeing that Zhu Shen was eliminated for joining the vanguard team, Chu Yian inexplicably felt a sense of comfort.
Was this due to jealousy?
Yes, this was indeed due to jealousy!
Jealousy of Zhu Shen’s incredible good luck gave her, a non-African, a little psychological balance.
“Big Chu: So how many points do you lose for failing this round of the game?”
Chu Yian estimated that Zhu Shen had quite a few points, at least over two hundred.
“Zhu Shen: No deduction, I used my extra points before the game, and now I only have 19 points in my account. I originally felt so pained buying over a hundred points worth of stuff, but after failing, I now admire my decisiveness.”
As expected of you.
Chu Yian nodded, then thought that she should spend some of her many points on important things, “Zhu Shen, continue to post messages about collecting items.”
“Zhu Shen: Teaming items?”
“Big Chu: Yes.”
After sending this message, Chu Yian added, “Besides teaming items, we’ll also collect other useful items. Also, help me see if there are any items that can specifically avoid NPCs.”
“Zhu Shen: Avoid NPCs? Are there such items?”
This was the first time Zhu Shen had heard of such a thing.
Chu Yian was just having him ask around; she didn’t really want to team with Lu Qingyuan anymore.
Although the good Teacher Lu was great, the bad Lu Qingyuan was truly dangerous. Especially in the last two rounds of the game, they repeatedly crossed the line of male-female distance, making Chu Yian feel that this couldn’t continue.
From the first round of the game, she met Lu Qingyuan, and the two, one human and one NPC, supported each other through the game. Lu Qingyuan held an important, irreplaceable position in her heart as both a teacher and a friend. But she was also very clear about what choices were most beneficial, knowing what she needed most and what she needed to do at her current stage.
Chu Yian was a goal-oriented person.
Even if it was Lu Qingyuan, when he affected her, she would gradually distance herself.
No one could hinder her fight for survival.
Even in the Black Mist, she wanted to live to be 80!
Purchasing items cannot be done immediately.
Even if Zhu Shen started searching immediately, he wouldn’t be able to filter out reliable trading players until tomorrow at the earliest.
Just as all players were doing their own things in their respective Black Mist Spaces, in the game’s meta-space, a gradually materializing human figure was watching the continuously flowing numbers around him. In the empty space, cold broadcasts echoed all around.
“Road to Survival Anchor Failed”
“Fatal Infection Anchor Successful”
“Super Fungus Anchor Failed”
“Extreme High Temperature Anchor Successful”
“Global Nuclear Blast Anchor Failed”
“Zerg Invasion Anchor Failed”
“Global Extreme Cold Anchor Failed”
“Level III Anchor Successful”
“Global Hide-and-Seek Anchor Successful”
“Super Flood Anchor Failed”
“Eerie Arrival Anchor Failed”
“Dracula Factory Anchor Failed”
“Current Total Anchors: 12; Successful Anchors: 4; Anchor Success Rate: 33.33%”
“Analyzing the reason for the current low anchor success rate: Players lack a stronger incentive and competition mechanism.”
The ethereal figure, who had been watching an image of a player exercising, withdrew his gaze upon hearing the conclusion of the analysis, looked at the anchor success rate, and agreed to the button to modify the game mechanism.
At the same time, all players heard the game notification at the exact same moment.
“Attention all players, game rules officially entering version 2.0, re-evaluation of Super Potential Players.
New Super Potential Player selection criteria are:
- Potential value > 8
- Game clear rate > 60%
- Top one hundred in player score leaderboard wealth ranking.
New Super Potential Players will be born from those who meet three conditions, and new leaderboards will be added for potential value, clear rate, and player score wealth.”
The evaluation criteria for Super Potential Players changed? But this thing is basically useless.
Including Chu Yian, everyone felt that the title of Super Potential Player was useless, but at this moment, the game system offered the most crucial benefit.
“Super Potential Players will receive the following privileges:
- Gain 4 cubic meters of Black Mist survival space.
- 20% discount on all items in the Points Mall.
- Points trading platform enabled with no transaction fees.
- The top 10 players on the Super Potential Player leaderboard will have the opportunity to obtain qualification to exit the game, and receive game protection from Black Mist erosion.”
Regardless of whether the first three benefits were attractive, the last privilege was what all players desired.
Exiting the game!
Who would want to live such a torturous life if they could exit the game?
Chu Yian quickly opened the game interface and, sure enough, saw the relevant updates.
She was on all three leaderboards.
Potential Value Leaderboard: Fairy Who Drives a Tractor – 6th Place
Clear Rate Leaderboard: Fairy Who Drives a Tractor – 10th Place
Wealth Leaderboard: Fairy Who Drives a Tractor – 24th Place
However, she could be considered first on the Potential Value Leaderboard because the highest potential value score was 9 points, and the 5 people ahead of her had the same potential value as her.
The Clear Rate Leaderboard was barely second.
There were a total of two players who had cleared all games, and the other seven people had the same clear rate as her.
As for wealth, others were quite impressive. The top player actually had 2798 points, and there were a total of 9 players with over 1000 points.
The comprehensive Super Potential Player leaderboard was also announced at this time.
First Place: Grodiya
Second Place: Mo Changyun
Third Place: Matsushita Yamata
Fourth Place: Ge Ge Xi Li
…Ninth Place: Fairy Who Drives a Tractor… The entire Super Potential Player leaderboard underwent a major reshuffle; many previously familiar names disappeared, and there weren’t even enough 100 people on the Super Potential Player leaderboard. Chu Yian looked at her ranking and guessed that it might be her poverty dragging down her ranking.
