Activity Nears Its End; Gao Linzhi Sells Ranking Spots, and the Big Shots Lose It!

Gao Linzhi was very angry, and the consequences were severe.

He immediately guessed that it was the ranking rewards that had attracted the scheme.

This happens frequently when playing online games.

In the scramble for leaderboard rewards, guilds clashed with each other, resorting to espionage, double-crossing, and provocation—using every trick in the book to their advantage.

Games are highly realistic simulations.

You can be a thief for a thousand days, but you can't guard against thieves for a thousand days.

We must strike hard.

You must demonstrate your ability to retaliate before the other party will take you seriously.

Wasn't the other party trying to scheme against me?

Then let's ensure that none of them make it into the top ten of the contribution rankings!

He's going to sweep the top ten, no, the top one hundred!

So Gao Linzhi returned to the island.

Xu Gou was ordered to organize the fleet.

Since we can't have all the players on one island, surely we can form a fleet?

This isn't a bug; it's just how the game works.

Thus, a long fleet of ships appeared.

There were at least a hundred boats of various sizes.

Each ship has one captain, who is played by the player, while the other sailors are puppets.

Gao Linzhi's Treasure Ship led the way, while he used Wind Element Magic to summon a favorable wind.

They quickly broke through the first 1000 mile mark.

However, by this time, only seven or eight ships could still keep up.

Most of the other ships had to turn back after traveling five or six hundred miles because their hulls could not withstand the strain.

Gao Linzhi possibly act as a nanny and ensure everyone kept up smoothly.

The reefs are still hidden on the seabed.

Clearly, the colossal creature was still asleep.

Jiangnan1912 was the third ship in the fleet.

He looked at his frozen points.

At this point, the game displays a prompt:

"Ding! The player has restarted their solo Grand Voyage. Points have been released and will be settled normally."

"Current score is..."

He breathed a sigh of relief.

It turns out that this method works.

Proceeding in fleet mode is still within the game's permitted scope.

Otherwise, if one person leads thousands of people, wouldn't they crowd out the entire rankings?

However, in fleet mode, it's impossible to exploit bugs like that.

After all, there are only a few ships on an island that can sail long distances.

Moreover, it takes a lot of manpower to make a ship sail, and these are all expenses.

The fleet now consists of only seven or eight ships.

Since even the Puppet Best are limited in number, using villagers as sailors would be a waste.

At the same time.

Official Built-in Group.

They were initially quite happy.

After all, they're now in second place.

Suddenly, they fell to tenth place or lower on the Overall Ranking.

"Damn it, how could this happen?"

"Look at the leaderboard, quite a few more people have broken the 1000-mile mark."

"We haven't made any breakthroughs, so naturally we've fallen behind."

"Judging from those ID names, they're obviously from Wolf Snake Island!"

"Damn, they're definitely using fleet mode, with that Canxue acting as the lead vehicle and guiding the way!"

"Damn it, just because you're a big shot, you think you can take advantage of me and leave me all alone?"

"Sure enough, I shouldn't have just stood by and watched when the big companies were taking him down; I should have stepped in..." someone clearly regretted.

"We need to find someone to communicate with this big shot."

Then.

This day.

Gao Linzhi watched from the ship for a while, then logged off.

He still wanted to continue digging deeper and wider tunnels, creating labyrinths and traps.

What's so special about the Chinese Paladin Maze? He's going to make it the most complex maze ever.

Even if the other party can divine your location, they will still have to navigate through a maze to find you.

As for the claim that the other side used external force to blast open the maze, that would only crush them all.

His labyrinth will become deeper and wider.

They can be found everywhere—in the east, west, south, and north.

Moreover, he can also find tools for counter-divination.

After all, in the Skyfall World, those Noble Personage also have similar security needs.

With that in mind, Gao Linzhi prepared to send another request to Wuliao.

Yes, being a boss definitely has its advantages.

After finishing his work, he remotely accessed the internet using the Corpse Vine.

He then saw a message left for him on the player forum "Archipelago".

He receives too many private messages, so he has set up a block for strangers.

The message was sent by an acquaintance with whom I had previous transactions.

Gao Linzhi opened it and took a look.

"Boss, someone asked me to pass on a message to you:"

"You can take the top spot yourself, but you have to give up a few of the other top ten positions on the overall ranking to them."

"We can't let those alt accounts dominate the leaderboard."

Gao Linzhi immediately smiled.

What right do these guys have to make such demands of themselves?

When they've taken everything for themselves, they never consider the people below them.

Why should he care about these people now?

"Tell them that if they want a spot in the top ten of the list, they need to bring something in exchange!" Gao Linzhi originally wanted to tell them to get lost, but then he thought that he needed a trading channel.

The man replied, "Boss, they said they don't want to exchange anything; they just want to show you that while you're powerful now, you might need their help in the future."

"Damn it, you're asking for it! Trying to get something for nothing?" Gao Linzhi was immediately enraged.

He once again experienced the frustration of being a low-level employee before his time travel.

They frequently hold meetings before leaving get off work, or morning meetings before starting work, or business trips on Saturdays and Sundays.

They euphemistically call it "not interfering with your work hours."

As for receiving customer service calls at midnight, that's quite common.

This is Gao Linzhi's personal experience; it is absolutely true and not fabricated in any way.

These people's actions triggered Gao Linzhi's stress points.

This enraged him.

"Originally, I was too lazy to care about the people behind me; whoever could keep up could keep up."

"Since that's what they say, then don't worry about what I do."

Gao Linzhi then logged back in and gathered another group of people.

This time, it's a high-priced auction for the qualification.

He called in Boredom and assigned her some work.

This includes purchasing anti-divination tools.

"The top 50 spots on the overall ranking, excluding the top ten, will all be auctioned off."

"Sellers need anti-divination items first; the higher the level of divination magic they can resist, the higher their priority."

If you're bored, make arrangements immediately.

At this point, someone quickly raised a question, "We want to buy it, but our employer is on another island. How can we change our birthplace?"

Bored, of course, already knew about this problem. "Our big boss has a way of handling this; as long as you win the bid for the qualification, that's fine."

He himself was transferred to Wolf Snake Island from another place.

The crowd immediately dispelled their doubts.

After all, Gao Linzhi has a very high reputation.

The items auctioned are all of very high quality.

Thus, those people, thinking themselves clever, believed they could threaten Gao Linzhi, but little did they expect that they couldn't even keep a few of them in the top 100.

Ah, just like that, Gao Linzhi signed up for another thirty team leader positions in one go.

As for how the boat will arrive, the buyer will provide it themselves, of course.

Anyway, I have an inventory.

As long as it's not a modern ship, but rather one made by the local indigenous people, it's fine.

However, this latest game event update still made him very unhappy.

At the same time, it also allowed Gao Linzhi to glimpse deeper into the content of the game <Skyfall>, which involved the GM.

In games, GMs are like gods to most players.

But to influential figures, GMs are nothing more than dogs of the game company, who can be driven around as long as they are paid enough.

The game will be patched in a timely manner; wasn't this game supposed to be incomplete?

They also need to rely on their own Power of Space-Time as time travelers to make up for the previous part.

How can it still update in a timely manner?

Upon closer inspection, the content updated by the other party was actually an event, not the underlying framework of the game.

In fact, the game's underlying framework has never been updated.

What is the underlying framework of a game?

Experience upgrades, skill bar, item bar, constitution, spirit data panel...

These core contents are not to be touched by the other party.

This gave Gao Linzhi a sudden feeling that perhaps the event was orchestrated by the event organizers.

It's important to know that games have developers and operators.

Typically, the operations team will propose some game event plans, which will then be handed over to the development team for implementation.

The development team will conduct evaluations and reviews, and will selectively implement anything that will not impact the game's playability, balance, or overall framework.

Now, this game event is clearly related to the game operator.

However, in reality, the sole purpose of game operators and developers is to make money.

What is the purpose of this Skyfall Game event?

At first glance, it seems to be about acquiring territory, building up combat power, and recruiting personnel.

For example, this Grand Voyage, and the last siege event.

The Grand Voyage was about acquiring territory, while siege warfare was about building up combat power and manpower.

What will happen to those who are selected as the strongest?

To conquer the entire Skyfall World?

Gao Linzhi's mind was racing; there was too little information available, so he didn't think for long.

In short, as long as your combat strength increases, everything can be overcome.

The Grand Voyage lasted 29 days.

There's only one day left.

By this time, Gao Linzhi had already led his new fleet and sailed for a full two thousand miles.

Because the latter paid for it.

Someone provided a "Gold Quality" anti-divination item.

It's of very high quality, but it can only be used three times.

"Great Crystal Kingdom Copper Coins (3/3), Gold Quality"

"The ancient Great Crystal Kingdom was characterized by its open-minded people, advanced culture, and prosperous economy."

"Destroyed by a mysterious natural disaster."

"This Copper Coins can resist divination by Master Level divination techniques. If the divination is performed by a technique below Master Level, it will not consume any attempts."

It can be said that this is essentially a semi-permanent item for a considerable period of time.

This is a good product.

However, it's somewhat of a double-edged sword because it's not related to combat power and doesn't provide much support; it's just a functional item.

It does have an expiration date.

In two years, once players' divination skills reach the Master Level, or they are able to recruit Master Level diviners, it will become obsolete.

However, at this stage, it perfectly meets Gao Linzhi's needs.

So he generously gave the other party a place in the top five of the overall rankings.

The other party was also very satisfied.

This is 5 Free Attribute Points, plus a lot of materials.

Don't underestimate these 5 points; they are very important for many experienced players who Level Lock.

They don't have as many skill slots as Gao Linzhi, so they can't just randomly learn useless skills to fill up their attributes.

That will only ruin your account.

Therefore, their accounts all have dedicated teams and long-term planning.

The dozens of skill slots were already marked with which skills to learn.

When combined, they form a powerful class, something that solo players simply cannot match.

The extra 5 free attribute points free up half a skill slot, which is very important.

Many details determine the future strength of the finished product.

A day later, Gao Linzhi all sorts of game props at once.

In one go, they took the fleet 1,600 li away.

"Alright, everyone, let's start arranging our seats."

"Don't panic! Don't grab!"

"Unless you don't want to go back!"

Bored, I started arranging seating.

Pay attention to both the overall rankings and the Island Ranking.

He ranked third.

The second- Puppet Best ".

He outwardly agreed but inwardly disagreed.

After all, on this voyage, the "Puppet Best" was indeed the one that contributed the most effort.

Moreover, compared to his use of his brain, the other party's abilities supported the Four Village Trading Company and the basic infrastructure of the Four Villages.

The opponent is currently level 35, a high-level puppeteer.

With the assistance of the elders, they can create Blue Tier puppets, and even purple-tier puppets.

This is of strategic significance.

No wonder Gao Linzhi values the other person so much.

His profession is also a magic-based profession, but he is a turret-type, Flame Master.

This is a class that relies heavily on late-game progression.

He's aiming for the late game.

In the early stages, you can only rely on your brain and skills to try to catch up with others.

This is also why he sought refuge with Gao Linzhi.

In the early game and later stages of a professional career, you definitely need to rely on experienced players.

And at this time...

People in the Official Built-in Group panicked immediately.

"Damn, we barely made it past 1000 li, and the enemy has already led their men to break through to 1600 li!"

"Damn it, we can't even stay in the top 50 or top 100!"

"Damn it, this bastard is selling rankings!"

A group of powerful figures, whose identities would be revered by others if they were to be exposed, are now cursing and swearing just like ordinary players.

Completely disregarding his status as a big shot.

"Jiangnan, if your boss plays like this, then don't blame us for being unreasonable in the future."

"Yes, this completely destroys the game balance!"

"@ Skyfall's Most Handsome, hurry up and fix the bug! We can't let someone else lead the voyage!"

And sure enough, the administrator showed up.

"Sorry, according to the game's official assessment, the other party is using normal gameplay methods, and in the real world they also sail in a fleet."

"Therefore, it cannot be modified. The last emergency update already caused considerable instability in the game, and there will be no further updates for the time being," replied the Skyfall's Most Handsome.

"But this bastard sells rankings!"

"Yes, everyone knows that the overall ranking has many hidden benefits. Don't think it's just a matter of ranking and rewards!"

"That's right."

"This is normal gameplay behavior for players."

Before asking a question, ask yourself if you've recharged enough.

"If you push another 50,000, you'll be even stronger."

"Your problem can be solved by spending money."

The Skyfall's Most Handsome threw out four or five "pay-to-win" themed emoji packs in one go.

"Damn it, then why don't you open up recharge channels!"

"Sorry, the recharge channels are currently under maintenance."

"Damn it, what kind of clever trick are you trying to pull!"

The Skyfall's Most Handsome has gone offline again.

The crowd was enraged.

However, some astute individuals still managed to spot the blind spot.

"No, these admins don't send messages for no reason."

"Could it be that the talent that Canxue is actually something you can become stronger by spending money?" Pig Realm 3001 suddenly said.

"Yeah, we should have thought of that sooner. He has so many special items and pets, aren't those things you can get by spending money?"

"Damn it, he can recharge his account, but we can't!"

"Could we let him take over?" someone suddenly asked.

"Damn it, now that the relationship is strained, how can I take over?"

"Then arrest him and threaten him into giving us money!"