Different Games, the Same Human Nature

However, the overall pace was still under Zhang Mingzhen's control, and with steady attrition, the black bat monster's health finally dropped below half.

However, a sudden Mutation Tier occurred.

Another figure in pure white emerged from the shadows.

Its attribute panel also appeared in Zhang Mingzhen's eyes.

[Vampire Bat - White] has similar stats to Black Bat, except for slightly lower strength, but the skill bar contains the exact same "Shared Life and Death" skill.

The white bat did not attack directly, but flew swiftly towards its mate. With a light touch of its wings, the black bat's critical health bar was instantly restored.

Two pairs of scarlet eyes immediately locked onto Zhang Mingzhen.

"I see."

Zhang Mingzhen understood.

He moved.

"The so-called 'living and dying together' means facing two bosses simultaneously and killing them both at the same time."

He stopped focusing his firepower and instead used elusive movement to distract the two bat demons in pursuit.

The moment the black and white figures briefly overlapped during the chase, his area-of-effect spell erupted.

The black bat's health dropped below half again, while the white bat still had more than 60% of its health remaining.

As expected, the white bat pounced on its mate once again, raising the black bat's condition to match its own.

The root of the reply lies with the white bat.

If one of them is defeated first, it may trigger an unpredictable boss Frenzy.

Zhang Mingzhen was determined to maintain a balanced strategy of reducing the opponent's health.

The light of his magic flickered on the platform, enveloping the two entangled figures.

Twenty percent, ten percent, one percent...

As the final arc of light from "Ling Yue" swept across like a scythe, the black and white bats froze simultaneously, then transformed into scattered particles of light.

A system notification immediately sounded, "Ding! Congratulations to player 'Chongxing' for successfully clearing the tenth floor of the Training Tower. The current server level cap has been lifted."

Current record: First in the Priest.

"Reward pending."

The tenth floor offers a generous reward: experience, Silver Coins, and a level 10 equipment blueprint that shimmers with a faint light.

There is an extremely low probability of obtaining better quality Xuan Tie equipment.

Today is Saturday.

When the record is settled at midnight on Sunday, the extra rewards for the first clear of the profession—a huge amount of experience, Silver Coins, and a level 10 equipment chest for that profession—will be yours again.

"Looks like there should be a surprise in my inbox on Monday."

Zhang Mingzhen thinking about it.

More than ten hours had passed in the game, and it was almost midnight in reality.

He decided to meet with the village chief the next day to hand over the follow-up.

Before logging off, he prepared to list the extra items he had acquired that day on the auction house.

The auction system in <God's Domain> supports both setting a reserve price and a "fixed price" bidding mode.

Once an item is listed, it must be displayed for twelve hours before the auction can officially begin.

After a transaction is completed, the system only charges one percent as commission, which is very convenient.

Zhang Mingzhen set up an auction for a sharp, rat-tooth-shaped blade (black iron) that gleamed with a cold light, with a starting price of ten Silver Coins.

On the first day of server launch, currency was scarce.

Of course, if real currency were auctioned, the price would be much higher.

He estimated the final transaction price to be between thirty and forty Silver Coins.

In addition, the remaining hundred or so Spotted Rat quest items after completing the beginner quests are also being listed in bulk at a fixed price of two Copper Coins each.

After completing the setup, Zhang Mingzhen exited the game world.

After taking off his gaming helmet, Zhang Mingzhen instinctively reached up to get a drink of water.

He almost fell to the ground.

"Heh, no wonder those wealthy old folks are willing to spend money in the God's Domain Game."

"If it weren't for the fact that the game doesn't provide nutrition, I wouldn't want to leave either."

He struggled to his feet and used his hands to move himself from the sofa to his wheelchair.

He did not hire a live-in nanny.

Because he had seen too many stories on forums about nannies ripping off their fathers.

Many local nannies are prone to bullying their employers; they just can't distinguish between the roles of master and mistress.

Zhang Mingzhen dared not entrust her safety to the nanny's conscience.

He quickly ate a small meal, washed up, rested for a bit, and then eagerly logged onto the forum.

He said he was going to rest, but as soon as he lay down on the bed, he started scrolling through his phone again...

At this moment, within the God's Domain Game.

Shortly after Zhang Mingzhen disappeared, the auction house, which had previously had very few items, suddenly refreshed its inventory, attracting the attention of many players.

You should know that there are tons of gamers who stay up all night playing games these days.

Many studio staff are still working in two shifts to play games.

"I'm not seeing things, am I? The auction house is listing Spotted Rat tails!"

"Which deity managed to kill so many and still have some left? Luckily, I've already completed my quests..."

"Seriously! Over a hundred of them! Those who haven't finished their tasks, hurry up, or they'll be gone!"

"Fellow Priest, look here!"

"Chongxing was posted by the veteran player Chongxing! Those in the know understand the struggles; no team is willing to carry you, soloing this quest is pure torture... Why didn't you post it sooner, veteran player?!"

A Priest player nicknamed "Qingtian Wawa" was lamenting in the game channel.

"Who just shouted that in the world chat?"

"I just turned around and the auction house is already empty! Couldn't you have left me one? I was just one short!" Another player angrily refreshed the empty auction house interface.

The auction house's announcement, like ice cubes thrown into molten iron, caused an immediate uproar.

"Wake up, everyone! Stop focusing on those unimportant things! 'Chongxing' has listed Mysterious Iron Grade equipment at the auction house!"

"Oh My God..."

"That's an assassin's weapon!"

"All non-assassin classes, step aside. This thing is destined to be out of your reach."

"Quickly find a way to contact Boss Chongxing himself!"

"Where can we find enough Silver Coins at a time like this?"

"I can't get in touch with him; the list shows he's offline."

"The public notice period is twelve hours; everyone should figure out how to raise the money."

"I simply can't afford it right now; I have the money but no game currency."

"The exchange rate between Copper Coins and real currency has now skyrocketed to one to ten!"

"What? Wasn't it 1:4 before?"

"That's ancient history. Just now, three more of the richest people announced that they would invest 5 billion yuan into the game."

"Holy crap, I'm rich! I can earn 50 Copper Coins every day by doing tasks, that's 500 yuan! I can earn over 10,000 yuan a month just by playing games?"

We professional gold miners have the connections, but we don't know where to start.

"We can only buy Copper Coins sporadically from individual investors now."

"Although it's time-consuming and laborious, large guilds have no shortage of manpower."

"Accumulating one copper coin at a time is enough to elevate their core to that black iron throne."

All the players turned their attention to the weapon in the auction house.

Item Name: Sharp Toothed Short Blade)

"Attributes: Physical attack power increased by 35 points, agility increased by 33 points."

"Additional effect: Shadow Assassination skills level increased by one."

Equipment Restriction: Assassin class, level 8 or above.

As the first non-basic equipment to be publicly traded in the world of God's Domain, this professional-specific short blade immediately attracted the attention of all major organizations.

Somewhere in the wilderness.

Two players are teaming up to fight monsters.

One of the assassins, nicknamed "Wandering Shadow," almost burst into tears.

"This is amazing, big brother, buy it for me!"

"Damn it, do we, who are only wearing plain white pants, even dare to dream of Black Iron Equipment?" His elder brother, the archer "Wandering Arrow," said disdainfully.

"Brother, please have some mercy and support the poor people in the game. How about you buy it and give it to me?"

"This thing can increase skill levels. Once I equip it, my damage output will definitely surpass yours. From now on, I'll protect you," the Wandering Shadow pleaded.

He and "Wandering Arrow" are brothers in real life.

The younger brother, Chen Zhenqi, and the older brother, Chen Zhenfeng, grew up in a certain type of compound.

However, neither of them pursued a career within the system.

On the contrary, one became a physical education teacher and the other went into the investment industry; neither inherited the family business, which truly made their elders regretful back then.

Until recently, as more and more people went to jail, the elders stopped saying that they were wasting their lives on frivolous pursuits and neglecting their family business.

The game "God's Domain" has now swept across all sectors, with even the Chaos faction getting involved.

The two brothers have decided to build their own faction in the game.

The family did not object—faced with this virtual game that almost everyone was immersed in, no one criticized them for "wasting their time on trivial things."

Because they could all see that this thing

Chen Zhenfeng, the Wandering Arrow in the game, scoffed upon hearing this. "You know you're not worthy."

This piece of equipment will most likely end up in the hands of a large guild.

Are you kidding me?

"Even if I were fierce, where would I get so many Silver Coins? Right now, I can't even find a few Copper Coins."

"You only get fifty copper coins for completing the newbie quests."

"At this stage, most people don't have more than one Silver Coins on them."

"To take it, you'll need at least fifty Silver Coins."

"Unless the old man intervenes, perhaps resources can be mobilized," Wandering Arrow said, shaking his head.

"If we use connections within the Legion and each person contributes a few Copper Coins, that should be enough to take it down, right?" the Wandering Shadow said.

"That's not how it works. We're not part of the system, so how can we rely on connections with elders to ask the Legion to handle our personal matters?" Wandering Arrow resolutely refused.

"Forget it, the ownership of this unique piece of equipment is a real problem."

"It seems more likely that it will end up in the hands of high-ranking members of a private guild."

"Take 'Dragon Map World' for example; their guild has several top assassins, rumored to have talent assessments of S-rank or higher."

"Where did you hear about talent levels? These are top secrets for each team, don't believe everything you hear."

"Let's just wait and see; tomorrow's auction is sure to be exciting."

The auction house currently supports transactions across all servers.

This inadvertently facilitated competition among everyone.

Prices will naturally be driven to extremely high levels.

Of course, this also presents a problem.

Later entrants can easily obtain high-level equipment from those who came before them, thus enabling them to pass the level.

When someone reposted the equipment information to a public forum, it immediately attracted attention across the entire community.

How many personnel do we have now?

"Let's do a survey to see if there are any exceptionally skilled assassins?"

"The authorities could step in and try to persuade players from our faction to participate in a crowdfunding auction," suggested a high-ranking member of another faction.

Clearly, this game is not just about online play; the offline competition is equally fierce.

Immediately, the auction of weapons became the hottest topic on the various factions' self -God's Domain organized forums.

Gao Linzhi glanced at the operational status of <God's Domain> and was fairly satisfied.

In terms of playability, its design falls short of those meticulously crafted games.

Unfortunately, its realism, openness, and immersion are completely out of step with the technology of this era.

Just the fact that it can help disabled people recover even a little bit completely sets it apart from other games.

Therefore, he doesn't need to worry about no one playing.

As for how to play, they can figure it out themselves, such as all sorts of extreme ways to play.

Gao Linzhi need to design it himself; they could figure it out on their own.

The advantage of participating in extreme activities in a virtual game is that you won't actually die, yet you can still experience a realistic challenge.

That alone was enough to make it impossible for them to refuse.

Then Gao Linzhi looked towards the Blue Star world.

East Tiger City in the Blue Star world.

The Countermeasures Bureau has arrived quickly.

Several high-level players used a mysterious skill and finally opened up the misty passage.

What followed was simple.

They swarmed forward, treating the serpent as a monster and attacking it.

"Haha, I never thought I could fight monsters in real life too!"

"That gives me an idea: raising monsters."

That's too cruel.

"Yes, running a breeding farm makes it easy for Shen He to catch you."

With the monsters gone, the survivors finally came to a stop from their relentless migration of caravans.

They don't need to worry about being caught and eaten by the demon snake.

Everyone looked at the players with envy.

Once they entered, they could kill the monsters with a mere wave of their hands.

One slash, one monster; those serpent demons that couldn't be killed by guns and ammunition became incredibly easy to kill in their hands.

Someone said enviously, "Damn, I wish we had player privileges too!"

"Yes, these game qualifications are still quite valuable."

"Damn it, the game should be fully open."

They were naturally unaware that the Skyfall Game involved real-life time travel, and that there was a limit to the number of players qualified for the game.

It's impossible to give it to everyone.

The goal is to ensure that only the most capable players survive.

At most, only 10 million game slots will be issued.

Gao Linzhi examined the underlying code of the Skyfall Game and discovered that the game was no longer being updated.

At this moment, Gao Linzhi saw something interesting.

In a corner of the city, a player chases after a monstrous snake.

He could tell that it was an Elite Monster.

As he followed the serpent into an alley, suddenly, gunshots rang out.

On both sides of the alley, people picked up guns and fired at the man who had just saved them.

"Kill him!"

"Take the game qualification!"

Those people were encouraging themselves.

The player dodged left and right, avoiding the bullets.

"Damn it, I came to save you!"

"What are you doing?" the player asked angrily.

"Hmph, we didn't ask you to save us," the attacker sneered.

"That's right, we don't need saving. You're just after our money!"

"Kill you, and we'll become players. Then we won't have to face the same despair as before!"

Upon hearing this, the player became very angry.

He stopped dodging and instead charged forward, killing the attackers one blow after another.

In that instant, he killed more than a dozen people.

It was a scene of utter bloodshed.

Gao Linzhi smiled.

Players rarely kill ordinary people.

Because it's meaningless.

This incident has already been discovered by security cameras.

Next comes the big data reporting.