A Game That Changed Reality, Training in the Tower

At this moment, the God's Domain Game also simultaneously transmitted in-game messages to Gao Linzhi.

Gao Linzhi was watching those people deal with the mist snake demon when he heard the news from the God's Domain, so he just glanced at it casually.

"Not bad, this chosen role is acceptable."

He then saw many studios start recruiting large numbers of people, and many delivery drivers and factory workers abandoned their jobs to flock to the game.

Helmet prices range from 800 to 10,000 yuan, and many studios are recruiting people by offering free helmets.

For these self-employed individuals, playing games to earn gold is much easier than delivering food or working in a factory.

As for a bad reputation, haha, everyone's busy tightening screws, who cares about their reputation anymore?

Making money in games can at least be described as working in an office as a clerk.

At this point, many factory owners began to worry.

In just half a month, a large-scale labor shortage emerged.

"Urgently hiring workers, semi-skilled is sufficient, monthly salary 6000 to 8000 yuan, 6 fixed days off per month, overtime pay, bonuses..."

"Daily pay, 300 yuan per day, skilled workers needed..."

Similar advertisements followed in quick succession.

However, very few people were willing to enter the factory.

After all, the game is incredibly popular right now.

The price of game Copper Coins skyrocketed.

Because there are no alternate accounts or cheat codes, you can only rely on manual skill, one account per person.

This allows every member of the workforce to range from 18-year-old Doll have just come of age to 95-year-old seniors who are still lucid.

In fact, six-year-olds can definitely play it, but because it's a real game, Gao Linzhi still imposed restrictions.

After all, there are many violent scenes in the game.

This sparked protests from many primary school students and kindergartens.

"We kids want to play too!"

Of course, these heated discussions were suppressed by their parents.

The days when they stole their parents' phones and computers are long gone.

Nowadays, helmets are directly linked to an individual's soul and scan their body.

This forced the studio to hire a large number of people.

The old-fashioned online games where a single studio could run tens of thousands of accounts and leave them running unattended are no longer possible.

The value of individual labor power is now rising rapidly.

This gives individuals more free time.

After all, in the game, you get a basic income of Copper Coins by doing quests, which is like a basic living allowance.

It can be said that Gao Linzhi solved the age-old problem of "wealth redistribution" through this God's Domain Game.

This problem has not been completely solved even by the most advanced powers; they can only try to mitigate it.

Gao Linzhi can solve this now.

After all, as long as those wealthy old folks want to enjoy the game, they will inevitably have to buy equipment, upgrade their gear, invest in real estate, and form guilds. As a result, a large amount of money flows from their ever-growing bank accounts into the hands of ordinary workers.

Moreover, the barrier to entry for this game is much lower than that for ordinary jobs.

As long as you have a basic IQ of 80, you're good enough to farm Copper Coins.

Those tasks may seem troublesome, but they can be completed if you work patiently.

At this very moment.

Zhang Mingzhen examining his skills.

Priest have few offensive skills to begin with, and their skill bonuses are relatively weak compared to other damage-dealing classes.

Fortunately, he was different from others.

He's got a cheat code; with extra attribute points, he's not falling behind.

After upgrading "Ling Yue," the skill effect became. "Each hit deals 1.8 times the user's Intelligence, mana cost increases to 80 points, and cooldown remains unchanged."

In this way, his output capability is further enhanced.

Zhang Mingzhen now possesses both single-target and area-of-effect attack capabilities.

Next, he can proceed with the new field operations plan.

After he reached level ten, two new quests were added to his quest log:

"First, proceed to the Training Tower and clear the tenth floor to remove the level restriction for your current world (you can only enter once per day; if you fail to clear it on your first attempt, the level restriction will be automatically removed one month after the game launches)."

"Second, proceed to the Mingyue Village Head to investigate the Teleportation Array leading to Shuangyue Town."

Zhang Mingzhen, who originally planned to log off and rest, decided to head to the Training Tower immediately after seeing the daily limit of the first quest.

After all, you only get one chance per day, so if you don't try today, you'll be wasting that chance.

Moreover, he was aware of the difficulty of the level, so exploring it in advance would allow him to prepare for the next attempt, even if he failed.

As Zhang Mingzhen navigated the map towards the Training Tower, the world channel was already buzzing with excitement because of him.

"Unbelievable... I just reached level four, and this person is already level ten?"

Are we playing the same game?

"Could 'Chongxing's' talent be an experience bonus?"

"Damn it, I was just saying this game is really, really hard, even harder than leveling up in Legend, but I didn't expect someone to reach level 10 so quickly?"

"I was just feeling smug about reaching level five, but 'Chongxing' brought me back to reality."

"Damn, another rich guy. He must have at least a few hundred people grinding for him, letting him collect kills."

"It must be the second generation; the first generation doesn't have this level of game proficiency."

"That's right, a second-generation gamer, I wonder if it's Young Master Ming or Young Master Wang?"

"It seems like there's no difference between having a ranking list and not having one. Does a ranking list even count if only one person is on it?"

"Aren't the others on the list yet? There should be some at level 8 or 9, right?"

"The level leaderboard only shows players level 10 and above, and he's the only one who's reached level 10 so far."

"Not to mention the achievement rankings, he's dominated all the system announcements since the server launched."

"There are some items on the equipment list—except for the 'Chongxing' piece of Black Iron Equipment, the rest are all ordinary white-grade items."

"The threshold for this wealth ranking is too high. I'm afraid only the big boss 'Chongxing' has ever seen what the Gold Coin look like."

"Chongxing master Chongxing, please have some compassion and mail me a Silver Coins so I can broaden my horizons."

"I've lived this long and never even seen what Silver Coins looks like. You must have saved up a Gold Coin by now."

"Get out of here, you beggar upstairs! You see freeloaders everywhere."

"I could hear your scheme even from the bottom of the sea."

"Speaking of which, that staff on the equipment ranking list seems to increase healing effects. Could this expert, Chongxing, be a Priest?"

"Maybe that equipment didn't even Chongxing Boss Chongxing; perhaps he hasn't even opened his own equipment chest yet."

"The profession of Priest has always been one of disadvantaged status; how useful can it really be?"

"Rich players don't play healing classes; they all play aggressive PvP classes."

"That's right, having money and still wanting to play support roles isn't fun at all."

"Who says healing is useless? The Red Rose Guild is recruiting, and we especially need Healing Class partners."

"The Priest is in a difficult situation, which makes it all the more important for us to unite and demonstrate our worth before others look down on us! Let's cheer each other on, sisters!"

At this moment, Zhang Mingzhen glanced at the discussions on the world channel as he walked, and casually clicked on the leaderboard.

Apart from the equipment list which listed a dozen or so items, all other lists only had his name on them.

Although there is an anonymous option at the end of the list, since he is now widely known, there is no point in hiding it.

After looking through it once, he finally arrived at the Training Tower.

Looking up, one can see the tower soaring into the clouds, with no end in sight.

No one knows exactly how many floors this tower has.

A stone tablet stands outside the tower.

It is specifically used to record climbing progress, noting the highest number of floors reached by each profession and the time taken.

This is clearly a tower climbing competition leaderboard.

Before coming here, Zhang Mingzhen had already spent money to purchase a set of ninety-nine bottles of blue medicine—crude minor elixir—from the pharmacy in Mingyue Village: each bottle restores one hundred points of mana, with a thirty-second cooldown.

Something is better than nothing.

After upgrading your skills, it's easy to run out of mana if you're dealing with monsters for a long time.

Unfortunately, the pharmacy in Mingyue Village is limited in its level and can only provide this most basic Medicine Making.

Even with such basic potions, most players are reluctant to buy them easily.

After all, no one has figured out the source of daily in-game currency yet, so we should save money wherever possible.

Upon entering the first level of the Training Tower, Zhang Mingzhen noticed that his entry count had changed to "1/1".

It seems that if we fail to get through this level, the opportunity will be wasted.

Upon entering the tower, you'll find a stone platform.

A game notification appeared:

"Boss-level monsters will appear in the tower."

"Once the battle has lasted more than five minutes, the boss will enter Berserk State, increasing its damage tenfold."

Obviously, relying on prolonged movement is impossible; once five minutes have passed, there is virtually no chance of victory.

However, the chances of this happening are slim. With Zhang Mingzhen's level ten strength, dealing with the leader of the first level should be a piece of cake.

Soon, the boss-level monster on the first floor appeared.

[Black Star Yak (Level 5), Health 1000, Strength 33]

[Physical Defense 100]

[Magic Defense 160]

[Trait: Resilience - The lower the health, the higher the defense]

This trait is quite interesting.

If the Priest's damage output is insufficient, the fight will become increasingly difficult, and they may eventually either run out of mana or trigger Frenzy.

But for Zhang Mingzhen, who was using cheat codes, this was naturally an easy question.

You can only receive the quest to climb the Training Tower after reaching level 10.

Now, level 10 players are being challenged by level 5 bosses, which is basically a guaranteed reward that's given away for free.

Zhang Mingzhen unleashed a "Spirit Strike" attack, dealing 601 damage.

The boss's health was reduced by more than half.

The second "Spirit Strike" followed immediately – dealing 422 damage.

The battle was over before the leader could even get close.

The damage of the second hit is significantly reduced.

It doesn't mean that the damage decreases when the monster's health is depleted.

Clearly, the damage can overflow.

I've only dealt 422 damage so far. This is because the monster's resistance seems to have more than doubled, negating nearly half of the damage, but it still doesn't pose a threat.

Zhang Mingzhen decided to hurry up and climb higher; after he finished, he would log off to rest.

Although he didn't want to log off.

But he is a self-disciplined person.

I don't want to die suddenly in the game.

He knows that many people die suddenly from playing games.

The leaders of the previous levels did not pose much of a threat to Zhang Mingzhen.

Although the attributes of the next level's boss are usually twice that of the previous level, it is still within a manageable range.

Starting from the sixth floor, the boss suddenly gained the effect of "weakening healing".

This is clearly a special setting designed specifically for Priest.

I wonder if other professions will encounter similar skill mechanics when climbing the ranks.

That will probably be the case.

It specifically targets players' weaknesses.

Zhang Mingzhen speculated that this was likely related to the characteristics of the profession.

Different professions will encounter bosses with different skills in the tower.

For example, countering the Priest's healing, the Shield Guard's defense, the archer's speed, the mage's burst damage, etc...

Zhang Mingzhen, of course, has no way of knowing the specific experiences of other professions in the tower.

After all, he was the only one who entered the Training Tower.

Regarding the Priest class alone, at level 10, without sufficiently good equipment, it is impossible to break through the eighth level based solely on one's own attributes.

The boss on the eighth floor not only has a weakened healing effect, but also increases Spell Resistance and critical strike chance, making it far beyond the capabilities of an average Priest.

Priest needs at least a full set of basic white gear to compensate for any lack of defense by relying on the attributes added to the gear.

Priest mostly encounter bosses that have high damage output and low defense.

After all, Priest lack Powerful offensive capabilities.

In this way, the Priest can easily be killed by a monster's high-damage combo.

The Priest must defeat the leader within a time limit while ensuring his own survival.

This requires adjusting an attribute allocation scheme before climbing.

Priest need to increase their defense and damage output.

The game "God's Domain" allows players of the same class to use different attribute point allocation methods, and they can freely switch configurations as long as they are not in combat.

Actually, this was a deliberate setup by Gao Linzhi.

This is all to allow players to better explore the World Source.

In order to pass through the Training Tower, Priest must allocate points to damage-dealing skills.

Priest who have the means may even prepare a separate set of gear specifically for damage output.

Of course, Zhang Mingzhen, who possesses the Yin-Yang talent, doesn't need to switch, making him an all-around player who excels in both offense and defense, capable of both attacking and healing.

After overcoming numerous challenges, Zhang Mingzhen finally reached the tenth floor.

Once you clear the tenth floor, the level restriction will be lifted, allowing you to break through level ten.

After Zhang Mingzhen stepped onto the tenth platform, he did not immediately find the leader.

Everything was pitch black.

In the pitch-black space, he had to listen intently to faintly hear the sound of wings flapping.

It appears to be a flying monster.

A sharp screech tore through the air from above.

A dark shadow suddenly appeared, swooping down with a gust of wind as sharp as a blade.

Zhang Mingzhen immediately crouched down to dodge the opponent's attack.

This is also what makes the God's Domain Game so fun.

You have to be like a real person, you have to be able to fight.

This time, the other party slashed a bloody gash on Zhang Mingzhen's shoulder.

Health points subsequently dropped slightly.

Fortunately, he was Priest and could use spells to attack without needing to get close.

Therefore, there are still ways to deal with flying monsters.

The swirling shadow remained within his attack range.

Zhang Mingzhen immediately locked onto the target.

[Vampire Bat - Black]

[Level Thirteen]

Below its health bar, its strength stat is terrifyingly high, and its physical and Magic Defense are equally formidable.

The skill bar contains only one line of description. "Born and Die Together: Life and death share the same origin."

This vague hint left Zhang Mingzhen confused.

Then the monster's second attack came.

Without further hesitation, Zhang Mingzhen slammed his staff on the ground, and the three bursts of light from the "Ling Yue Technique" bloomed one after another beneath his opponent's feet.

The arc of light precisely caught the low-flying trajectory, and the damage numbers jumped up one after another.

He took the opportunity to retreat, cast a healing spell on himself, and at the same time predicted the opponent's flight path, setting up the "Ling Yue" light array again.

Unfortunately, the final strike missed—the thing was faster than expected.