Chapter 515
Changes and Rewards
Chapter 515 Changes and Rewards
Everyone fell silent.
If Cai Zhiyuan successfully shatters Lin Sizhi's Dao heart, they will eventually converge and become the same kind of people, and the two of them can work together perfectly, just like in the "Corporate Nation".
There is no issue of profit distribution, because, as analyzed earlier, for such players, conviction is above life and death, and naturally above profit.
They have proven that their beliefs are aligned, and other players cannot pose a threat to victory or defeat, let alone to their lives.
How the profits are distributed is irrelevant, especially since in the arcade, winning consistently guarantees the greatest gains.
But for the 17th Community and even the entire New World, this is likely to be extremely bad news.
Finally, Lin Sizhi looked at the big screen: "It's about time to see what the rewards for the arcade are."
[Due to special circumstances, the rules for New World and Arcade will be updated, and Community 17 will receive special rewards.]
This notification was already in existence from the very beginning, and anyone in the community could view it.
But no one went to look, and instead tacitly waited for Lin Sizhi to make the decision.
Now, new information appears on the big screen.
One week later, the new world will enter the 'next phase'.
During this period, the arcade will not send any more game invitations.
[Communities 1-20 will connect to 'other areas' in the new world, expanding the boundaries of the arcade and allowing for matchmaking with new players.]
The community numbers from 1 to 20 may change, and the community's population structure may also change.
Based on the community's overall performance in this phase (including game revenue and community building achievements), communities with better performance can retain their core team and some of their community building achievements. Communities with poor performance may be completely disbanded.
Upon seeing the updated rules, everyone showed varying degrees of surprise.
Clearly, this "rule update" is directly related to Cai Zhiyuan's death, because this information appeared after the two special games, "Simple Roulette" and "The Hermit's Trial".
In other words, the death of any S-class copycat would trigger a major earthquake throughout the entire arcade and even the New World.
Wei Yinzhang said thoughtfully, "Indeed, the new world is not limited to communities 1 through 20."
"We can only be matched with these communities because our area is considered the 'newbie zone,' which is isolated from other areas of the arcade."
"But as time goes by, the ecosystem solidifies, and players grow, our region will enter the next stage and be matched with new players."
"Perhaps in another area they're in, there are also communities numbered 1 to 20, with over two hundred players, and just like us, they've also determined the strongest?"
Lin Sizhi added: "There is another possibility:"
"We will be matched with some 'veteran players' who have lived in the new world for several years or even longer."
"We may not be the first players in the new world."
Li Renshu's expression relaxed somewhat: "Fortunately, our community should be able to retain its core team, and the community development achievements so far should be able to be maintained."
According to the rules, the community numbers are likely to change, since there will no longer be only communities numbered 1 to 20, but the composition of the community's personnel may not necessarily change.
This depends on 'overall performance,' which means how much time the community has earned in previous games and how well the community has been developed.
In cases like the 17th community, it is definitely possible to retain the 'core team'.
Although it was not explicitly stated what the "core team" is, it can be inferred from common sense that when the team is reorganized, a portion of the members are retained without change.
In other words, those weaker communities were already disorganized and lacked manpower for a long time. When entering the next stage, these communities will be directly broken up and cease to exist.
Stronger communities will retain a number of players based on their overall performance.
It could be keeping 5 people, 8 people, or even all 12 people?
The specific rules and number of people were not detailed, but based on the standards, Community 17 must be the community that retains the most original members.
This is good news. After all, we've been in the community for so long, and although there have been some frictions, we've also built a good foundation of friendship.
Having everything suddenly disrupted and having to re-match and adjust with strangers is something that's hard to accept.
But then, new information appeared on the big screen again.
The 17th community will receive a special reward.
[This message is only visible in the current community and must be claimed by the player who has made the greatest contribution to bringing the new world into the next stage.]
[Reward 1: You can ask one "special question beyond your privileges".]
[Reward 2: Other players in the community can choose one of three different reward options, which will be displayed on the big screen.]
Although this information appeared on the big screen, the specifics of the 'three different reward options' were not displayed.
Only Lin Sizhi could hear the relevant information, and he was not necessarily required to tell the other players the truth.
The rewards he chooses will be displayed directly on the big screen, but the two rewards he doesn't choose don't need to be told to anyone, or they can be given false information.
Lin Sizhi didn't think about it for long; he quickly made a decision.
"I choose the third reward option."
All surviving players have 7 days to decide whether to return to the real world.
However, if any player leaves, all current community building achievements must be abandoned, and the community must be dismantled and reorganized.
……
The crowd erupted in uproar.
It was supposed to be a reward, but it completely disrupted everyone's expectations.
"Return to the real world? For everyone? Can everyone choose that?"
Everyone looked at the rules on the big screen and confirmed them word by word.
Some people even instinctively stood up and moved closer to the big screen.
After reading it several times, they confirmed that it really was "all surviving players," and there was indeed no time limit.
In other words, it's not a short vacation of a week or a month in the real world that gets you pulled back, but rather a permanent departure from this place, a return to reality.
Just like Fu Chen's situation in the "lifting game".
Before that, the only way to leave the new world was through the extremely difficult condition of "super privileged player suicide". Therefore, in the minds of almost all players, the possibility of returning to the real world was extremely low, almost zero.
And it's even more impossible for a group of people to all return to the real world.
Although Lin Sizhi chose this option herself, it was only possible if the gallery provided this option.
How could the corridor be so kind? Would they so easily release the lab rats they've captured?
But now it seems that everyone has some misunderstandings about the arcade.
When the desired result is achieved, the arcade does not care about the death or departure of some players, nor is it stingy with rewards.
Lin Sizhi chose to tell the truth: "The first option is to obtain a total of 200 million minutes of visa time, which I can allocate as I please."
"The second option is that the community receives 5 immunity tickets."
"The third option is for all surviving players to decide for themselves whether to return to the real world."
(End of this chapter)