I, Liao Zixuan, Was Born by Heaven; Without Me, the Fall of the Gods Would Have Been Like an Eternal Night (Part Two)

It's here!

The next phase's new mission!

When the wonderful system notification sounded, Big Watermelon and Melee God of Magic were moved to tears. This lady had finally remembered them again!

They had been among the earliest to follow Vivian, and had therefore witnessed plenty of grand spectacles. Their tastes had long since been spoiled. It was easy to go from frugal to extravagant, but hard to go from extravagant back to frugal. They had long since looked down on ordinary missions.

Both of them desperately hoped to improve their strength further, so that they, as players, could become participants in the storyline instead of mere spectators like they were now.

After quickly scanning the updated mission list, Big Watermelon and Melee God of Magic exchanged a glance. They both saw the regret in each other's eyes.

Sigh, as expected...

Paper really couldn't contain fire. They could no longer monopolize this treasure-rich Witch lady.

In short, this mission conveyed one meaning.

I'm coming out to stir things up!

They had originally thought Vivian was merely a rare hidden NPC, but the further things progressed, the more they realized that something was wrong.

How was she a hidden NPC? She clearly had the makings of becoming a major character in the version's main storyline!

"What do you think? Should we invite them now?" Melee God of Magic secretly messaged Big Watermelon.

Judging from the wording, this "Witch lady wants more manpower" mission contained two types of rewards.

One was the prize pool, and the other was the individual reward.

Comparing the rewards alone, it was obvious that the individual reward was the main attraction and the easiest to complete. Inviting one player to join would immediately grant ten thousand Experience Points.

The prize pool reward, on the other hand, seemed more like an additional gift after completing the mission.

It could only be issued after the requirement of one hundred people was met. Although it was called a division, each person would actually receive only a fixed 1,500 Experience Points.

Granted, 1,500 Experience Points was not a small amount, but compared to the ten thousand Experience Points from the individual reward, it suddenly seemed insignificant.

There were already more than twenty players in Nuoqi Village, which conveniently saved the two of them the trouble of finding more people. This Experience Points reward was practically a pie falling from the sky. Completing it would be ridiculously easy.

Melee God of Magic was already raring to go, impatient to begin.

That was ten thousand Experience Points!

It would be enough to make him jump two levels in a row!

"No, wait. Let's first see what that hidden additional content is." Big Watermelon was more experienced and mature than Melee God of Magic.

He vaguely sensed that something was off.

The suspicious part was the prize pool reward. It felt too perfunctory, unworthy of being called a prize pool. Or perhaps there was actually more to it?

For now, only the two of them could see this mission. Once it was shared, everyone would be able to see it.

So they had to take this opportunity to figure things out first.

Melee God of Magic realized this as well and calmed himself down. Following the mission's instructions, the two of them came before Wolf Cub.

"Little Black?" Big Watermelon tentatively called out to Liao Zixuan, his voice carrying a sense of familiarity.

He remembered that Vivian always addressed this Wolf Cub that way. It should have been the monster's name.

In response, Liao Zixuan gave him a cold glance.

As well as a system notification.

Little Black's Favorability with you has decreased by 10 points

Good grief.

Did you think you could call him Little Black?

And what was with that tone, as if you'd encountered a friend's pet by the roadside?

On the other side, cold sweat poured from Big Watermelon's forehead as countless expletives flew through his mind.

I've gotten carried away!

He knew very well that although the Wolf Cub in front of him looked adorably cute, he was actually extremely intelligent. As for his strength, it was terrifying beyond measure.

Fortunately, Big Watermelon had not spent all those years as a gaming veteran for nothing.

He immediately changed his form of address.

"Lord Black?" Big Watermelon tentatively called again.

This time, at least, no notification of Favorability decreasing came from his mind.

Phew.

He secretly let out a long breath. That had been close.

"Lord Black, did Vivian leave any further instructions?" Big Watermelon asked, gazing at Wolf Cub expectantly.

Liao Zixuan did not bother exchanging pleasantries with them. In reality, he had no way to communicate with these people anyway, so he directly opened Vivian's shop system for them.

Although Wolf Cub could not issue missions in Vivian's place, he could open the NPC shop in her place.

And this was where Liao Zixuan's brilliance came in.

In Witch lady's black-hearted shop—cough, warm and friendly shop—he had stocked a brand-new item!

Big Watermelon watched the shop panel pop up. Aside from the original "Offer your power to the great Witch Vivian!" and "Present sacrifices to the great Witch Vivian!", there was now another option.

Precious Battle Footage of the Great Witch Vivian

Price: 50,000 Experience Points

Item Description: Let the Witch lady's heroic figure shine across the entire world! Purchasing it will unlock an exclusive new prize pool mission.

Quantity: 1

Big Watermelon and Melee God of Magic's first reaction was, Holy crap! 50,000 Experience Points? Isn't that absurdly expensive?

But when they previewed the new prize pool mission...

Your prize pool's initial reward has become 0. For every player you invite, you will receive 1,000 Experience Points, up to a maximum of 100 players. These slots are separate from the main mission.

After the main mission ends, you alone will receive all the Experience Points in the prize pool. If you invite more than 100 players, the excess number of players will be converted into Favorability at a certain ratio.

One hundred times one thousand equaled—

100,000!

Even after subtracting the Experience Points spent on purchasing the footage, they would still make a full 50,000-point profit!

And that did not even include the Vivian Favorability attached afterward!

One had to know that gaining Favorability with this Witch lady was extremely difficult. The two other items above made that clear: both required offerings and sacrifices.

They had to recruit people!

And they had to recruit someone with major influence!

Liao Zixuan naturally knew that a single player could not produce so many Experience Points, so he allowed players to cooperate as a team to purchase it.

Big Watermelon and Melee God of Magic made their decision immediately. Sure enough, Luo Chen—the high-level player Liao Zixuan remembered—was also pulled over in front of them.

A high-level player was indeed a high-level player. He was even a guild president, giving him more ability than scattered players like Big Watermelon and Melee God of Magic.

Before long, they found two more trustworthy brothers. After the five invited one another, they gathered 50,000 Experience Points in the blink of an eye.

You have consumed 50,000 Experience Points

You have obtained one copy of "Precious Battle Footage"

You have unlocked a new prize pool mission

"Quick, quick, quick! Hurry and upload this footage to the forum! Then post our mission invitation link underneath it!"

Luo Chen knew that, for players, the in-game forum was the fastest way to spread information. He had taken a rough look at the battle footage, and it happened to be the latter half of the battle at Claw Nest that Chang Lu Man Man had previously shared with them!

He had already seen the influence of the video's first half. The reason he had dropped everything to appear here was precisely because he had watched that footage.

And this second half showed Vivian truly logging in with her main account and beating Bishop Eugenia senseless. It was obvious that it would cause an even greater stir.

However, Luo Chen soon realized something and hurriedly stopped them.

"Wait! We can't use the original video, or we'll have bought it for nothing. I see that there's only one copy of this item, so it's probably unique. We can't let the original version in our hands leak!"

"Wait here. I'll find the special-effects artist and musician I know. We need to process it before posting it!"

Now that was what you called professionalism!

Having successfully reclaimed some of the Experience Points the system had given the players, Liao Zixuan watched Luo Chen and the others bustle about and felt deeply gratified.

This was his Experience Ecosystem.

Using "system—players—me" as a cycle, it achieved excellent Experience Points production!

At the same time, he could freeload off the players' enthusiastic promotion of the young lady among the player community!

Of course, if that were all there was to it, Liao Zixuan would not have been able to utter the line, "I, Liao Zixuan, was born by heaven; without me, the Fall of the Gods would have been like an eternal night."

His even more ruthless killing move was still to come.

While Luo Chen and the others were editing the video and adding special effects...

Wolf Cub leaped onto the Great Silver Wolf's head and began heading toward the next village.

At the same time, he quietly restocked another new copy of the battle footage in the Witch's shop!

Who said that an item with a quantity of one could not be restocked?

And so, before long...

The Fall of the Gods official closed-beta player forum.

Exploded!

According to the players who had participated in the closed beta at the time, that day could be summed up as: experience the terror of being ruled by Vivian as the entire forum was dominated by her!

And...

Experience what it meant for countless talented people to emerge, bald-headed post-production, and million-view edits when everyone was using the same source material!