Here it comes!
A new quest for the next stage!
When the beautiful system notification sounded, Big Watermelon and Melee God of Magic were moved to tears. Finally, this troublesome lady remembered them again!
They had followed Vivian from the very beginning, and thus had witnessed many grand occasions. Their tastes had long been spoiled. It's easy to go from frugality to luxury, but hard to go from luxury to frugality. Ordinary quests were no longer appealing to them.
Both of them desperately wished to improve their strength, to become participants in the storyline rather than mere observers as they were now.
After quickly scanning the updated quest log, Big Watermelon and Melee God of Magic exchanged a look. They both saw the regret in each other's eyes.
Alas, as expected.
Paper couldn't wrap fire forever. They could no longer monopolize this treasure of a rich lady, the Witch.
This quest, in simple terms, conveyed one message.
"I'm coming out of seclusion to stir up trouble!"
They had initially thought Vivian was just a rare hidden NPC, but the further they went, the more they realized something was off.
This wasn't a hidden NPC at all; it felt like she was about to become a main character in the game's storyline!
"What do you think, should we invite them now?" Melee God of Magic quietly typed to Big Watermelon.
Judging by the wording, this quest, "Miss Witch wants more manpower," included two types of rewards.
One was a prize pool, and the other was for individuals.
Just from the reward amounts, it was clear that the individual reward was the main prize and the easiest to obtain. Inviting one player would immediately grant ten thousand experience points.
The prize pool reward, however, seemed more like a bonus after completing the quest.
It required meeting the requirement of 100 people before it could be distributed. And while it was called a "share," in reality, each person only received a fixed 1,500 experience points.
Although 1,500 experience points wasn't a small amount, compared to the ten thousand for individuals, it fell short.
Currently, there were over twenty players in Nuoqi Village, which saved them the trouble of finding more people. This experience reward was truly a godsend, making completion incredibly easy.
Melee God of Magic was already eager to try, impatient.
That was 10,000 experience points!
Enough for him to level up twice more!
"No, wait a moment. Let's see what the hidden bonus content is first," Big Watermelon was more seasoned and mature than Melee God of Magic.
He vaguely sensed something was amiss.
The part that felt wrong was the prize pool reward. It felt too perfunctory, not befitting the term "prize pool," or perhaps, there was another hidden secret?
Currently, only the two of them could see this quest. Once it was shared, everyone would be able to see it.
Therefore, they had to seize this opportunity to figure things out first.
Melee God of Magic also realized this and patiently waited. Following the quest's prompt, they approached the little wolf cub.
"Little Black?" Big Watermelon tentatively called out to Liao Zixuan, his voice filled with familiarity.
He remembered Vivian always called the little wolf cub this way, and it should be the demon's name.
As a result, he was met with a cold glance from Liao Zixuan.
And a system notification.
[Little Black's favorability towards you has decreased by 10 points]
Good heavens.
Little Black is also a name you can just call?
And what's with that attitude, like you're seeing a friend's pet on the street?
On the other side, Big Watermelon was sweating profusely, countless exclamations of disbelief flooding his mind.
He had gotten too full of himself!
Because he knew very well that despite the little wolf cub's adorable appearance, it was actually very intelligent, and its strength was terrifyingly formidable.
Fortunately, Big Watermelon's years of experience as a veteran gamer weren't for nothing.
He immediately changed his address.
"Lord Hei Hei?" Big Watermelon tentatively called out again.
This time, there was finally no notification about decreased favorability in his mind.
Phew.
He let out a silent sigh of relief. That was close.
"Lord Hei, did Miss Vivian have any other instructions or requests?" Big Watermelon looked at the little wolf cub with anticipation.
Liao Zixuan didn't waste any words with them. In fact, he couldn't communicate with them anyway. He directly opened Vivian's shop system for them.
Although the little wolf cub couldn't issue quests on Vivian's behalf, it could open the NPC shop for her.
Then, Liao Zixuan's true essence was revealed.
He had stocked a brand new item in Miss Witch's Black Heart Merchant's warm shop!
Big Watermelon looked at the shop panel that popped up. Besides the original two options, "Sacrifice your power to the great Witch Vivian!" and "Offer sacrifices to the great Witch Vivian!", there was another one.
[Witch Vivian's Precious Combat Footage]
[Price: 50,000 Experience Points]
[Product Remarks: Let Miss Witch's heroic figure shine throughout the world! By purchasing this, you will unlock your own exclusive new prize pool mission]
[Quantity: 1]
Big Watermelon and Melee God of Magic's first reaction was, "Holy crap! 50,000 experience points, that's outrageously expensive!"
But when they previewed the brand new prize pool mission...
[Your prize pool initial reward becomes 0. For every player you invite, you will accumulate 1,000 experience points, with a maximum of 100 people. This quota does not overlap with the main mission]
[After the main mission ends, you will receive all experience points in the prize pool alone. If the number of invited people exceeds 100, the excess will be converted into favorability at a certain ratio]
100 * 1000 equals...
100,000!
Even after deducting the experience points spent on buying the footage, there was a profit of 50,000 points!
And that didn't even include the favorability with Vivian that came with it!
You have to know that gaining favorability with this Witch was very difficult. As seen from the other two items above, they all required offerings and sacrifices.
He needed to find people to join!
And he had to find someone with significant influence!
Liao Zixuan naturally knew that a single player couldn't come up with so much experience. Therefore, he allowed players to cooperate in purchasing as a team.
Big Watermelon and Melee God of Magic made up their minds instantly, and as expected, the highly skilled player Luo Chen, who had left an impression on Liao Zixuan, was brought before them by the two.
As expected of a highly skilled player, he was also a guild leader, possessing more capabilities than casual players like Big Watermelon and Melee God of Magic.
Before long, they found two other trustworthy brothers. After inviting each other, the five of them quickly gathered 50,000 experience points.
[You have consumed 50,000 experience points]
[You have obtained "Precious Combat Footage"]
[You have unlocked a new prize pool mission]
"Quick, quick! Hurry up and post this footage on the forum! Then paste our mission invitation link below!"
Luo Chen knew that for players, the in-game forum was the fastest way to spread information. And this combat footage, as Luo Chen had roughly glanced at it, was precisely the latter half of the Claw Nest battle that Chang Lu Man Man had previously shared with them!
He had already seen the impact of the first half of the video. The reason he put aside all his tasks to appear here was because he had watched the previous footage.
And this current latter half, which featured the real Vivian logging in and beating up Bishop Eugenia, would undoubtedly have an even greater impact.
However, Luo Chen quickly reacted and hurriedly stopped them, saying:
"Wait a minute! We can't use the original video, otherwise, we'll have bought it for nothing. I see there's only one of this item, it's probably unique. The original copy we have can't be leaked!"
"You guys wait, I'll find some special effects artists and musicians I know. We need to process it before releasing it!"
See, this is what professionalism looks like!
Liao Zixuan, who had successfully recovered some of the system's experience points given to players, felt immensely gratified watching Luo Chen and the others busy themselves.
This was his Experience Ecosystem.
With the cycle of "System – Player – Me," it achieved excellent experience output!
At the same time, it also allowed him to get the players to enthusiastically promote the little girl among the player base for free.
Of course, if it were only this, Liao Zixuan wouldn't have been able to say, "Heaven did not give birth to me, Liao Zixuan, and Fall of the Gods would be as eternal as the long night."
His more ruthless killing move was still to come.
While Luo Chen and the others were still editing the video and adding special effects...
The little wolf cub jumped onto the Great Silver Wolf's head and began heading to the next village.
At the same time, he quietly continued to restock the Witch's shop with another piece of combat footage!
Who said that an item that was only available once couldn't be restocked!
And so, soon after...
The official beta player forum for Fall of the Gods... exploded!
In the words of the players who participated in the beta at the time, on that day, they experienced the terror of the entire forum being dominated by Vivian!
And...
Experiencing how, when everyone used the same material, there emerged talented individuals, bald late-stage editors, and million-dollar edits!
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