Chapter 386
B8017913: "I thought you wouldn't ask me."
Yu Xunge: "Sigh, since I waited for your warm face to meet my cold backside but it never came, I had no choice but to press my cold backside against your warm face."
"Exactly," B8017913 confirmed, then added, "Most of the information regarding gameplay is like figuring out the rules of the game yourself. I need you to ask the right questions before I can answer."
Receiving that confirmation felt like hearing the final verdict.
Yu Xunge looked down the street ahead, where they had just walked moments ago. The recently revived potted plant was now floating in the air, surrounded by a group of players.
It was the same with the buried fountain bear before...
This game allows for revival right where you die.
Yu Xunge's mood grew heavier than ever.
Losing a divine talent skill after just ten deaths! What a terrifying punishment mechanism!
And in the world battlefield, the fact that she had snatched the Donghai Shark's divine talent skill was no longer a secret.
As time passed in the game, more and more players would learn about the cost of death.
Either they would guess the pattern of death through gameplay experience, like Mai Mang Xie Xie, or deduce it through their own observations of their own or others' deaths.
And since this was a place of revival right where you die...
This meant that as long as they caught her and kept killing her, they could farm the Donghai Shark's divine talent skill!
What if, when Yu Xunge died for the tenth time, the cost of her revival wasn’t [Midnight Exile]?
Then they would just kill her for the eleventh, twelfth time... until they got several skills from [Midnight Exile]!
In this divine game, she felt like an ultra-rare hidden boss that only spawns during special events!
And not even that hard to kill...
Yu Xunge glanced at Mai Mang Xie Xie, who met her gaze in silence. Neither spoke.
At this moment, there was no need for words; they both understood. Mai Mang Xie Xie must also be tempted by [Midnight Exile]. It was impossible for it not to be!
Not just Mai Mang Xie Xie, but Feng Tang, Song Gui, Wu Ren... all the strong players who knew about [Midnight Exile] would be equally tempted!
Yet, Mai Mang Xie Xie had never made a move against her...
Was it because it had just deduced that the death penalty in this game was incremental?
No, Yu Xunge quickly dismissed that possibility.
Although they had only heard the buried fountain bear mention his death penalty while teaming up in the restaurant, Mai Mang Xie Xie had gone out repeatedly to earn chaos points. With its combat power, it couldn't possibly avoid killing players.
If its kill count exceeded one, and it received the kill rewards twice, it would definitely notice the death pattern of this game!
Was it wary of the octopus boss? Maybe, but not absolutely, because when the buried fountain bear and Song Gui went out, she had spent some time alone with Mai Mang Xie Xie, and it hadn’t attacked her then.
This game also had no rules against teammates attacking each other.
Eliminating one possibility after another...
Yu Xunge quickly identified the most critical factor.
These strong players didn’t not want to attack her!
They were waiting!
Waiting until her death count was high enough before they would come to compete for her!
Only then could they minimize the number of times they violated the exclusive game rules.
Her exclusive game rules had already caused her some annoyance, nearly limiting her ability to dominate the battlefield. The exclusive rules for those high-powered players would only be more stringent.
Yu Xunge slowly lowered her gaze to the robe she was wearing, a gift from Song Gui. This robe was likely not as simple as it seemed.
Could it be a marker? Or perhaps a locator?
Yu Xunge sighed, "So this is the real misfortune that belongs to me, huh?"
B8017913: "Mm."
Yu Xunge: "I thought it would be something trivial, like choking on water like Song Gui."
B8017913: "How can you be sure that’s trivial?"
Yu Xunge: "Good point."
B8017913: "Do you regret it? If you do, you can destroy me at any time."
Yu Xunge: "Not yet, but the future is uncertain."
B8017913: "Your honesty at critical moments can be really cold."
Yu Xunge: "But you don’t mind that about me, just like Tu Lan."
B8017913 glanced at the emotions displayed on the panel, which were the results of its deductions. It said, "Using 'not mind' is too conservative; you could say 'like.'"
Yu Xunge: "So, my misfortune began the moment I took you out of the abandoned area, right?"
It was because she had taken B8017913 that she had, with its help, obtained the time-limited Snow Country Agreement.
And it was precisely because of her greed, wanting to maximize the value of the Snow Country Agreement, that she hadn’t rested for over a month after participating in one game, converting resources into her own power before entering the next game.
...Instead, she had jumped into the 35,154th divine game without hesitation just half a month later.
She had even directly entered the area for high-powered players.
Looking around, the chef with a combat power of level 12 was already a rare low-level player.
Perhaps the Donghai Shark was waiting for her on this street.
Perhaps all the players who had suffered losses from the Donghai Shark's divine talent were also waiting for her.
Unable to leave the game, reviving right where she died, and facing penalties related to divine talent skills, this game felt like raising a poisonous insect.
One misstep, and she could easily fall into the abyss...
B8017913: "Yes... Can I ask you a question?"
Yu Xunge: "It would be great if you could ask me in advance before you stab my heart with your words... Go ahead."
B8017913: "Why aren’t you afraid?"
Yu Xunge was taken aback; she realized she really wasn’t afraid.
After analyzing her current situation, her mind was filled with how to solve the problem.
If she lost [Midnight Exile], or even [One-Person Party], how would she start over?
Could she rely on [Reversal Moment]?
Should she enter the tower again?
Could she trade the not-so-important World Tomb for resources?
She felt pressure and urgency, but not a trace of fear.
Yu Xunge: "Does your little program calculate that I should be feeling this way right now?"
B8017913: "Yeah, you’re the pride of the human race, the center of attention. People admire you, support you, and even the useless ones pin all their hopes on you. But after this game, you might end up with nothing."
B8017913: "Admiration will turn to mockery, worship will become disdain, and the support from Ding Hai will be withdrawn. Shattered hopes will ignite hatred in people's hearts, and you will fall from the peak."
B8017913: "Feng Tang will look at you with disappointment, Tu Lan won’t be able to hold his head up in front of Ri Zhu, and He Qi Pa might be a bit better, advising you to focus on potion research."
Yu Xunge: "..." Enough already...
B8017913: "I just analyzed your expression and found that you really aren’t afraid. Zai Jiu Xun Ge, you’re amazing."
Yu Xunge: "No... What are you doing?!"
B8017913: "Huh?"
Yu Xunge: "I hadn’t even thought of that until you said it. Ugh... Oh no! Why are you saying all this to me?! You’re making me anxious! What are you doing?!"
B8017913: "..."
B8017913: "I really don’t want to talk to you anymore!"
Yu Xunge: "Neither do I!!!"
【Chapter 503: Divine Game: Chaos Restaurant 85】
After the banter, B8017913 said, "Actually, you really aren’t afraid, are you?"
Yu Xunge: "No, because this kill reward mechanism must have other limitations, right?"
Otherwise, if players could continuously kill one another to gain skills or even divine talent skills, this death penalty mechanism and kill reward system would only widen the gap in power between players.
The strong would leap to the top of the pyramid, while players seen as prey could be killed until they no longer had the qualifications or confidence to enter the world battlefield.
The food chain is interconnected, and the exclusive game rules only restrict players from recklessly bullying weaker ones, but do not limit combat between players of similar strength.
For example, she could forcibly kill a level 10 player when she used all her means.
In special situations, like with the potted plant, if the opponent happened to be trapped by the octopus boss and she seized the opportunity to catch them off guard, she could even take down a level 12 player.
She might not be able to match many strong players, but here, she had her own space for survival. As long as she focused on taking down one player, the rewards would surely be richer than those from the divine game!
That would be too unreasonable.
B8017913: "Yes, but I can’t tell you the specific limitations. You need to deduce them yourself, and then I can clear the fog for you and give you confirmation."
Yu Xunge: "I get it! You play a role similar to a thumbs-up, right?"
B8017913: "..."
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