Modeling

Ocean Star was considered a relatively high-end and important dungeon in Cosmic Warfare. The final boss of this dungeon was the Snake Emperor, which dropped fairly rare materials, equipment, honor titles, and more. It was extremely important to players.

Accordingly, the Snake Emperor was also quite difficult to defeat. It required sufficiently good equipment, high enough stats, and considerable operational skill.

As for operational skill, Han Yang was not worried in the slightest. At this point in time, his skills were absolutely top-tier.

"The Snake Emperor is pretty hard to beat. Send me your character stats screen so I can take a look."

After waiting for a while, the customer sent over the stats screen. Han Yang looked at it and instinctively frowned.

These stats weren't high enough. Physical resistance was insufficient, agility was insufficient, poison resistance was insufficient...

Han Yang instinctively wanted to reply that it couldn't be done, but after thinking for a moment, he deleted the words he had typed.

Although these stats were not high, and even skilled players would have little confidence in clearing the Snake Emperor dungeon with them... the gap did not seem that large. If he handled it himself, there might be a chance of clearing it.

He still needed to calculate it carefully.

After briefly thinking back, Han Yang immediately recalled every monster involved in the Snake Emperor dungeon, including every minor monster—their health, skills, resistances, attack power, as well as the terrain, his own health, resistances, skills, and so on.

A model quietly took shape in Han Yang's mind. The data became parameters that were fed into the model, which began simulating and calculating.

At that moment, due to the sudden heavy demand on his computing power, the movements of the four robots at the four computers all became somewhat sluggish.

Fortunately, the model was not overly complicated. A few minutes later, Han Yang finished his calculations and came to a conclusion.

With this character's stats, there was theoretically a possibility of clearing the Snake Emperor dungeon. It was simply extremely demanding in terms of operational skill. There could not be a single mistake throughout the entire run, and every step had to be nearly optimal. He had to precisely allocate the game character's stamina and health, position accurately, time everything precisely, calculate the cooldown and casting time of every skill, and calculate the damage of every attack.

For an ordinary skilled player, this was an almost impossible task. But Han Yang was confident enough to give it a try.

He did not agree immediately. Instead, he asked, "It'll be very difficult. It'd be best if you replaced a piece of equipment first. You'd have a better chance that way."

In an ordinary residential complex in Tiemu City, Zhao Ping looked at the message from the customer service representative of the shop called Revival Game Studio and smiled bitterly.

If he could afford better equipment, why would he need to hire a power-leveler? He could just clear it himself.

Putting together this set of equipment had already drained all his savings. He had thought it would be enough to get through, but he had tried all day and still failed.

But he urgently needed the honor title from the Snake Emperor dungeon. Only after obtaining it could he proceed with his next plan, craft that top-tier piece of equipment and sell it for money, repay this month's mortgage, and get his cash flow moving again.

Outside of his regular job, the little money Zhao Ping earned through games was an important source of support for his family.

He just had not expected that this set of equipment, which he had thought could defeat the Snake Emperor, would ultimately fail. It immediately threw all his plans into disarray.

Zhao Ping could only look for a game power-leveler and find an expert to help him clear it. But he had asked more than a dozen shops, and every one of them said it could not be done. The Snake Emperor dungeon was a solo dungeon too, so nobody could carry him through it. By now, he was practically despairing.

Originally, Zhao Ping had not held much hope for this so-called Revival Game Studio. But seeing that customer service seemed to be wavering, his spirits lifted, and a ripple of hope rose in his heart. "I can't afford to replace my equipment. This is all I have. If you can help me clear it, how about I pay double?"

The Snake Emperor dungeon normally took an hour and a half, and the usual price was around one hundred yuan. Even doubled, it was only two hundred yuan. That was nothing.

Zhao Ping continued typing, "I also rely on games to earn a little spending money and support my family. All my money has gone into this set of equipment. If I can't clear it, I'm finished. They'll even take my family's house. Please help me out, bro. I've also got a gaming group with people more or less like me. If you can help me clear it, I'll promote you for free."

He was a pitiful man too...

Han Yang sighed and said, "All right, I'll help you clear it. But forget the two hundred yuan. I'll charge you one hundred and fifty. Just send more customers my way in the future."

For the same level of service, his fees had to be lower than everyone else's. That was Han Yang's business strategy.

At his computer, Zhao Ping was overjoyed. "Bro, you're a good man. All right, I'll place the order now."

He quickly placed the order and paid, then let the power-leveler log into his account. Zhao Ping's heart was full of anticipation.

With a ding, a new message arrived on the chat app. He opened it and saw that someone in the gaming group had tagged him.

"Old Zhao, how's the Snake Emperor going? Did you find someone to clear it for you?"

"I told you Old Zhao's equipment wasn't good enough, but he wouldn't listen. If you ask me, he needs to replace at least three pieces before he has any hope."

"Hurry up and figure something out, Old Zhao. If nothing else works, spend more and hire an expert. If you waste too much time, the equipment won't get made before it becomes outdated."

"With those stats, even an expert would just stare helplessly."

The gaming group was buzzing with discussion.

After calming himself down, Zhao Ping replied, "A studio is willing to take the job. I've let them log into my account now."

"How much?"

"One hundred and fifty."

The group immediately exploded. "One hundred and fifty yuan to clear the Snake Emperor? These days, characters wearing the Peerless Set cost a hundred yuan to clear the Snake Emperor, and that doesn't even guarantee success. With your stats, one hundred and fifty yuan? You've got to be kidding."

"Could they be scammers?"

"It's through an e-commerce site. They can't scam me."

"There's definitely something fishy. Could they be logging into your account to scam people?"

"I had them log in through secure mode. They can't scam anyone."

"Something's definitely off anyway. Think about it yourself. One hundred and fifty yuan to clear the Snake Emperor—is that reasonable?"

Zhao Ping, who had been brimming with confidence, gradually began growing suspicious under the bombardment from the group. Several times, he wanted to open the chat window and ask about the progress.

As Zhao Ping waited uneasily, Han Yang had already used a robot to log into Zhao Ping's account in the small courtyard of the Vegetable Market District in Da Jiang City.

After making the necessary preparations, the character flew directly to Ocean Star and arrived at the entrance to the Snake Emperor dungeon.

After clicking Start, a dungeon scene filled with ghostly blue and a hint of eerie strangeness appeared before the robot's camera.

The robot precisely moved the mouse 3.6 centimeters and accurately controlled the game character as it began moving forward.