337. New Sources of World Source Energy, and Equipment Drop Mechanics

The livestreamer was using a drone to film the scene.

"We can see a large patch of White Mist in the distance."

"This White Mist formed a tight blockade."

"They reminded us of a strange incident we encountered in the past."

The anchor suddenly exclaimed in horror, "That's also a city in the north, a place called Bear City!"

"A similar strange city lockdown occurred in that area as well."

"However, it has gradually subsided now and retreated to a building, which is somewhat good news."

"However, this time, I feel it might not be so simple."

"According to survivors in Donghu City online, this White Mist is said to be able to block out a person's senses."

"Let's send our drone in to take a look first."

"Let's see if a drone can get in."

"Of course, I don't think that will work, otherwise the drones inside would have come out long ago."

Sure enough, the anchor piloted the drone into the White Mist.

Immediately, a white, static-like signal appeared on the screen.

With a series of crackling sounds, the drone made a "thud," as if it had hit something, and then disappeared completely.

"As expected, it seems our drones aren't up to par either."

"Family members, it's clear now that the situation is very serious."

"Our drones can't explore the inside either."

"In short, we can only wait for our friends inside to send out the message."

"The only good news is that radio signals can still be transmitted."

"The only support we can offer is to ensure smooth communication."

At this point, a viewer asked, "Answerer, how about we just use cannons to shoot the relief supplies in?"

"That's right, drones won't work, and airplanes definitely won't work either. This fog goes all the way up to the sky, so wouldn't it be better to just use cannons to shoot it in directly?"

"Well said! The Countermeasures Bureau is currently organizing such an experiment. Let's go and observe."

This streamer understood the secrets of online traffic. Instead of waiting on the spot, he used his connections to find a rescue camp.

At this rescue camp, someone is indeed setting up a long-range launcher.

Simply put, it's a parachute plus a rocket.

The camp did not stop them from livestreaming.

Or rather, this is part of the plan.

"Rocket fuel loading complete."

"Ready to launch."

"Emission!"

With the order issued, one after another, inexpensive homemade rockets, essentially large fireworks, were launched. The real expense was the labor involved, not the supplies.

The supplies consisted of bottled water, vitamin tablets, cold medicine, compressed food, and canned goods.

These supplies were practically given away for free, and they've been piling up in the warehouse for ages.

They were launched directly into the city.

As they passed through the fog, something strange happened: the rockets lost power and failed to penetrate the fog.

"Physics no longer exists!" the anchor exclaimed.

"We just hope that, like with Bear City last time, this anomaly will eventually disappear."

"However, my intuition tells me that this time, things might not be so simple."

Gao Linzhi also came to the vicinity and saw the streamer's broadcast.

His goal was to see if the Source Energy of the Blue Star world would change.

As for how to check it, you can do so by looking at the core code inside the Game Character.

He himself doesn't have that ability.

It's like an ordinary person who is very good at driving, but doesn't understand how a car starts, nor can they repair or build cars.

The driver only needs to know the procedures.

Gao Linzhi invoked the function to view the currently acquired energy of the Blue Star world.

"Get_negliang_from_lanxing(world ID)"

Yes, this code is a mix of Pinyin and English.

The function quickly returned its result.

"0.01 unit."

Wait, he's actually obtaining Source Energy from Blue Star?

Gao Linzhi immediately overjoyed.

He immediately realized that this was a strange reverse invasion that had shaken the foundation of the Blue Star world, just like his invasion of the Earth world. By having a transmigrator shake the foundation, he could obtain the Source Energy that the other party had scattered.

This energy should have been obtained by the Skyfall Game, but Gao Linzhi used the same function and the same interface code, so he was able to obtain it in the same way.

This is like intercepting someone else's data packets on the network.

As long as you have the corresponding decoding tools and know the other party's data structure, you can decode it in the same way.

Gao Linzhi's interest was immediately piqued.

Now it seems he should pay closer attention to this strange phenomenon.

So he continued watching what the live stream was about.

It turned out the other party was connecting with a local livestreamer.

"Brother Zhao, how's the situation over there?" The streamer switched the feed from one streamer's room to another streamer's room.

"Our situation is very bad right now; there are demonic snakes everywhere."

"Snakes will appear in shadowy places, underground passages, and rooms."

"We discovered that they are very afraid of Sunshine."

"So now we have no choice but to run onto the main road."

"The question is, what should we do when night falls?"

"We urge everyone to immediately request that capable individuals come to our rescue."

"We need lighting."

"Those serpent demons are very good at eating people."

"Even venomous snakes are cunning; we even saw a king venomous snake."

"We have encountered a very big problem."

Upon hearing this, the audience felt heartbroken, helpless, and sympathetic, though some also gloated.

"Don't worry, our rescue team should be here soon."

"Hang in there, the rescue is on its way."

The local news anchor forced a smile and said, "Thank you to my family for the rescue."

"We believe we can hold on."

"Those demonic snakes do have weaknesses: firstly, they are slow, and secondly, they are afraid of light."

By this time, Gao Linzhi had already figured it out.

In the live stream, he posted a message using an alternate account:

"This is the team survival mode."

"The problem now is that you need to get moving."

"Someone needs to use drones to conduct reconnaissance in the area."

"We can't stay in one place, that will make you very, very uncomfortable. Because poisonous snakes will surround us from all sides."

"You have to keep moving around the city."

Upon hearing this, the broadcaster suddenly realized:

"So that's how it is."

"You're amazing!"

"Yes, there are still many strong people in the world."

Gao Linzhi pinpointed the key point.

This wasn't because he wanted to save people for no reason; rather, he wanted to see how much of the World Source energy he could obtain after the variables were introduced.

After viewing the Blue Star world, Gao Linzhi turned his attention to the God's Domain world.

That's how it is to be Chess Player.

There's always a need to take care of multiple places.

But the goal is the same: to draw upon the Source Energy.

In the God's Domain world.

The major Game Forum were buzzing with excitement.

Almost every website's first search keyword is "God's Domain".

Because many people have discovered that this game is incredibly profitable!

"Enter the God's Domain to make money and create a second life!"

"Earn a month's worth of money in one day!"

"Get in quickly. One person, one account. No alt accounts allowed. No AFK (away from keyboard). Everyone has value."

This has been proven by the conclusions drawn from tests conducted by many players in large guilds.

"At this stage, the only way to obtain a small amount of Copper Coins and experience is through repetitive daily tasks."

"Copper Coins are very expensive; basically, 3 Copper Coins sell for 1 yuan."

"While grinding monsters in the wild yields high experience points, it's too difficult and unsuitable for solo play; the drop rate for equipment is also extremely low."

"Through comparative testing, it has been found that when someone defeats more than 500 monsters in one go, a piece of equipment will inevitably drop."

"Once it falls, it won't fall again for a long time."

"It seems this game has a pity system for individual loot drops, which we can think of as a safety net."

"Based on this mechanism, it's best for the team to take turns collecting and farming monsters, rather than letting the boss fight alone the whole time."

Some veteran players speculated. "As levels increase, a dungeon system or special Life Profession may be unlocked in the future, which may broaden the ways to obtain equipment."

They're overthinking it.

Even with these channels open, Gao Linzhi will still strictly control the total number of equipment overall.

He will add a "reinforcement" system to prevent high-level players from losing their valuable equipment.

For example, the loss rate is 90% when upgrading from +10 to +11, which means you would need to prepare 10 pieces of equipment to have a chance of upgrading to +11.

This has resulted in the current stage of combat primarily relying on the characters' basic attributes for direct confrontation.

At this moment, Zhang Mingzhen, who was fighting the Rat King BOSS, glanced at the battle timer—three and a half minutes had passed since the start of the battle.

He had just finished clearing out the latest wave of minions, and the Rat King's health was about to drop to zero.

Ultimately, it's because his cheat codes were too powerful.

Especially in the early stages, when others' attributes were still very poor, his were directly tripled.

He glanced at his still-plenty of Mana Bar, decisively abandoned healing skills, and poured all his mana into attacking.

This Rat King must be completely eliminated before the next summons arrives.

His damage numbers were like Jifeng downpour.

Critical hits occurred frequently.

This came at just the right time.

He noticed that the critical hit trigger mechanism in this game was quite stingy.

Currently, he has not yet figured out the specific impact of agility on critical hits.

The so-called "critical hit probability" is more like a mystery.

Finally, a single, devastating strike, accompanied by a critical Spirit Strike, wiped out the Rat King's remaining health.

This Rat King is probably the first Mysterious Iron Grade BOSS to be killed in the entire server.

At this point, Zhang Mingzhen's health and Mana had already fallen below the safety threshold, and the entire battle lasted three minutes and fifty-four seconds.

As expected, a server-wide announcement immediately sounded:

"Ding! Congratulations to player Chongxing for achieving the first kill of a Xuan Tie rank character across the entire server."

Become the first person to complete the 'Soloist - Solo Challenge Boss' achievement.

"Achievement rewards include: 5 Achievement Points, one Mystic Iron Treasure Chest for your profession, 50 Silver Coins, and 1000 experience points."

The same announcement was displayed three times in a row, instantly igniting the entire game world.

"Damn, someone actually killed someone?"

"From the moment the monster appeared to its annihilation, only ten minutes had passed. I had expected a long and arduous battle, but it turned out to be a blitzkrieg!"

"Unbelievable... Is the Chongxing online?"

"Could you provide more details? Which guild do you belong to? Please recruit me!"

"How many levels Chongxing? Why is only one person appearing in the announcement?"

"Does it only display the Captain's information?"

"We haven't even identified all the regular equipment yet, Mysterious Iron Grade has already appeared?"

"Mr. Chongxing, if you have any surplus equipment for sale, please contact Dragon Diagram Frenzy! The price will definitely satisfy you!"

"Million-dollar annual salary, seeking VIP membership from Chongxing!"

Various guilds and organizations mobilized to try and find the mysterious player.

The dropped equipment is secondary; what many people want to recruit is this expert who mastered powerful damage output early in the game—does he have any unique strategies or techniques?

What kind of power stands behind him?

Another factor is reputation.

It's profitable to use it for advertising.

Even if the other party is only temporarily impressive.

At least, Zhang Mingzhen's reputation now is much greater than Gao Linzhi back then.

After all, Gao Linzhi was initially only known among millions of players.

Zhang Mingzhen, however, is famous among hundreds of millions of players!

After all, the God's Domain Game is just a virtual simulation game, not a real-life time travel game.

Therefore, the capacity is much larger, but the only thing consumed is computing resources.

Moreover, the number of players is increasing.

After all, the time difference alone was enough to entice those students to join the game.

Yes, many tutoring centers for students preparing for the college entrance examination quickly spotted a business opportunity.

They started organizing students to log into the game and teach through the game!

In an instant, it added a full seven times more time.

We're not playing games, we're learning.

This left the parents speechless.

Not only that, but many software and documentation tasks have also been moved to games.

It can be said that we should not underestimate the wisdom of ordinary people.

This has led to a massive influx of players who aren't actually there to play, but rather to freeload!

Gao Linzhi naturally didn't care about this matter.

In any case, the time redundancy brought about by this accelerated thinking does not consume Source Energy; it only consumes human physical and mental strength, plus the computing power of computers.

That's how powerful the core code of the Game System is.

In an instant, the attention of various forces and even different countries focused on the two words "Chongxing".

As the world channel began to be flooded with discussions, Zhang Mingzhen did not pay much attention to the swirling world chatter.

His attention was now entirely focused on the suddenly overflowing backpack.

This was the first time he had received such a generous reward since entering the game.

He finally saw what Silver Coins looked like in the game with his own eyes.

Besides a treasure chest with a dark iron sheen, two new pieces of equipment lay Jingjing in the backpack: a weapon of Mysterious Iron Grade and a hat of ordinary quality.

[Sharp Rat Fang Short Blade (Mystic Iron)]

[Physical Attack +35]

[Agility +33]

[Additional effect: Shadow Assassin skill level +1]

[Equipment Restriction: Assassin Class, Level 8]

[Gray Rat Felt Hat (Normal)]

[Physical Defense +6]

[Magic Defense +10]

[Equipment Restriction: Cloth Armor Classes, Level 4]

Unfortunately, this weapon made of black iron is not suitable for Priest.

Zhang Mingzhen plans to list it on the Trading House for auction.

As for who got the ordinary hat, he didn't hesitate to put it on his own head.