Sacred Souls: Genesis-Chapter 258 - 256 Its Time for the Lemon to Take a
Chapter 258: Chapter 256: It’s Time for the Lemon to Take a Beating (4th Update! Monthly Ticket Bonus Chapter!)
Chapter 258: Chapter 256: It’s Time for the Lemon to Take a Beating (4th Update! Monthly Ticket Bonus Chapter!)
“Does the system in the inside world mean that by fighting monsters and playing minigames there, we could actually get hotpot vouchers in the real world?”
“Not just hotpot vouchers, there’s also other food and clothes, holy sh*t! Is the game ‘Spirit’ too generous for its own good?”
The players observing from below were discussing the significance of the inside world system that had just been opened up.
While other game companies are figuring out how to squeeze more money out of players, ‘Spirit’ doesn’t just refrain from introducing a pay-to-win system, they’re also coming up with ways to hand out benefits to players. The in-game perks were no longer satisfying enough for ‘Spirit’s ‘conscientious’ planners, so they started a mad dash to give out perks in the real world.
Beneath the stage, players were discussing, and in Chen Meng’s live broadcast room, there was also frenzied discussion about the new system in ‘Spirit’.
‘If you’re a bro, come play ‘Spirit’ with me, instant equipment recyclability, making money just by being AFK, and the free company of Miss Fureya! I just need an account now!’
‘I’ve already eaten a ton of lemons, so why can’t I draw the ‘Spirit’ play qualification?’
The viewers in Chen Meng’s chat who didn’t have the ‘Spirit’ play qualifications were now so envious and jealous of ‘Spirit’ players that it was somewhat twisted.
Especially with the recent controversy surrounding Zhao Mingwei’s retirement, Chen Meng really brought in a lot of trolls during her ‘Spirit’ streams, with comments like, ‘Are you there, why don’t you play ‘Strife’? ‘I want to see you stream ‘Strife’.’
At the time Chen Meng ignored those provocative comments and had the channel mods ban them, but looking back, her decision was wise.
‘Strife’ and ‘Spirit’ are simply not in the same league!
Now Chen Meng was suspecting that ‘Spirit’ was a game developed specifically for holographic projection technology.
“But if you think about it rationally, the hotpot vouchers and those little prizes aren’t that special, I don’t live in the upper city so I wouldn’t go there just for a hotpot voucher, and that Feichu meal set, I’ve had someone complete that instance for me already, sigh, it’s the only instance in ‘Spirit’ you can have someone else do for you, right?” Chen Meng actually wasn’t particularly interested in the hotpot vouchers and those little prizes.
“The rewards from the inside world could be better spent on game merchandise like a photobook of Queen Mei,” said Chen Meng to her viewers, expressing her true desire. She amplified her voice so even the host Queen Mei could hear.
As expected… Queen Mei’s three-flowered cat headgear quivered its fuzzy ears, clearly reacting to Chen Meng’s comment.
In the last half a month, Chen Meng had been trying to figure out Miss Cat’s real identity, and now she was 90% sure Miss Cat was none other than Queen Mei!
Chen Meng didn’t have a chance to confirm it now. She had just casually mentioned how the real-world prizes from the inside world weren’t that useful, when her live chat started discussing it seriously.
‘One piece of Special Equipment in ‘Spirit’ is worth over 200,000, the inside world reward gives you a hotpot voucher worth at most a hundred bucks, and you have to go there to use it, claiming the prize is worse than not claiming it at all.’
‘Wow! The people in the chat all make over a hundred thousand a month, even looking down on a hotpot set meal worth a hundred bucks.’
‘Just a passerby here, but I also think this reward is pretty lame.’
‘Pure ‘Spirit’ fan here, I wouldn’t call the prize lame, it’s more like a small extra. Like Brother Chen Meng said, you can’t just run to the upper city for hotpot, it’s less attractive than in-game mounts, outfits, Fureya’s exclusive costumes. By the way, when is this game releasing a maid outfit?’
Here it goes, here it goes, Chen Meng watched her viewers seriously discussing it, somewhat speechless. She actually thought ‘Spirit’s offline rewards were really generous, but the lemon spirits were everywhere, thinking the offline collaboration rewards were lackluster.
This also affected the atmosphere of the official chat behind Chen Meng, making it somewhat sarcastic.
Realizing she had set the wrong tone, Chen Meng was about to praise ‘Spirit’s offline collaboration rewards again, when a crimson eye icon suddenly popped up on the upper city map behind her.
As soon as the icon appeared, Chen Meng understood… all she needed to do was stand there and smile.
“This is a treasure spot known as the Player’s Eye, containing treasures that are absolutely unique in the world,” Queen Mei intended to describe the Player’s Eye as a ‘supply point,’ but Jiang Qiao’s instructions made her change her words.
Absolutely unique treasures? Could it be weapons or mounts? Queen Mei swiped her fingertip, intrigued.
What appeared before her eyes was a completely black, translucent on both sides, computer case gleaming with a faint light from the Player’s Eye on top, with a motherboard, graphics card, and memory bars along with a water cooling system shimmering with multicolored neon lights.
In Queen Mei’s eyes, this already met the external appearance of an ‘epic piece of equipment,’ and there was also a similarly cool VR kit.
As this entire ‘epic set’ appeared on the big screen behind Queen Mei, the ‘Spirit’ players sitting below, as if on cue, held their breath in unison.
They were looking at the specification list! Jiang Qiao had given this reward a temporary special effect; originally the prize from the bubble contained a bunch of ‘computer components,’ Jiang Qiao made a model directly, presenting it in an already-assembled state, and even added the ‘Spirit’ game’s LOGO on the machine case.
This ‘Spirit’-branded Player’s Eye PC was enough to take the breath away from the crowd of ‘Spirit’ players below, just by the specification list next to it.
“Holy mother… The Raptor 5080TI is one of the top-tier graphics cards right now, isn’t it? Isn’t that the one selling for 39,000 on Heavenly Shopping? And now ‘Spirit’ is giving it away for free?”
“This… this is the dream stove that every man desires!”
“Silly pig, you’re talking nonsense; women dream of it too, okay?”
“Don’t just look at the graphics card, this whole setup is equivalent to the world’s finest right now! Six hundred and thirty thousand… Can it really be given away just by clearing instances in the game world?”
“I’m so excited, I’m so excited! When will they open up the game world, damn planners!”
The moment the reward of Player’s Eye appeared, the atmosphere at this game conference was instantly pushed to a climax where all the Spirits cheered and wouldn’t stop for even a few seconds.
However, Queen Mei took a step back with some trepidation, for beneath the stage, the Spirits had already fully entered the mode of finding teammates to run instances.
This reminded Queen Mei of the first time the War of Divinity had begun.
“Dumbasses are teaming up for treasure hunting.”
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“Alright, once we find the treasure, we’ll split it fifty-fifty. There are four 5080TIs in total, one for each person, and the same goes for the memory sticks.”
After cheering, the Spirits had already begun discussing how to split the loot. This Spirit-branded computer could be divided directly into four parts.
Bubbles was quite pleased with the players’ heated discussions below, as well as the barrage of comments streaming non-stop with phrases like ‘Spirits rule’ and ‘Coach, I want to play as a Spirit.'”
The subsequent settings for this collaboration were not yet completed by Bubbles when a new window popped up in front of him.
‘Please choose the Area Guardian you wish to challenge.’
Area Guardian? So, something like the Island Master of Biland Island, right?
Bubbles, having played online games for many years, had experienced a few instances where players could choose the boss they wanted to challenge.
In the past, Bubbles always chose the easiest, but now… of course, the hardest!
The Area Guardians Bubbles could choose from were only four.
Among these four, three began with the prefix ‘Chosen,’ while the last one started with ‘Eternal.’
Bubbles took a brief look and immediately picked one based on the highest combat power.
The four characters were reordered, and the system determined that the strongest character was indeed the one preceded by the prefix ‘Eternal.’
“Decided, it’s you! I hope you can last a little longer.”
Bubbles didn’t believe the NPC challenges would be too difficult, as NPCs are known for their rigid combat patterns. If those patterns get figured out by hardcore gamers, defeating them would be a walk in the park.
So, Bubbles could only hope that this Eternal could take a bit more of a beating.
Having selected the character the Spirits needed to challenge, Queen Mei also began to provide further explanation.
“Spirits, many places in the game world have been occupied by outsider invaders. Whether supply points or treasure sites, they are controlled by powerful invaders. Go defeat them and take back what rightfully belongs to you.”
Queen Mei spoke in accordance with the script given by Jiang Qiao. Though her tone was somewhat rigid, the concern for the safety of the Spirits still came across.
“The invader who has infiltrated the Player’s Eye region is a very dangerous guy.” While Queen Mei was speaking, the figure of Eternal·Thorne appeared on the screen above.
Jiang Qiao prepared a portrait for Thorne. This portrait was a screenshot of his figure holding a branch with ink-wash painting treatment. The moment this portrait was displayed, the aura of a powerhouse was instantly palpable.
When Thorne’s ‘portrait’ appeared on the screen behind Queen Mei, the terrifying words ‘Hell Difficulty’ materialized beside him, hinting at a very hard difficulty, and below Thorne’s ‘portrait’ was the taunting question ‘Are there no stronger Spirits?’
Of course, Thorne never said that, but Jiang Qiao issued this highly challenging gauntlet to all Spirits on his behalf.
“Eternal·Thorne? An NPC one-on-one duel? This reward is too easy to get.”
“I suspect we might need to grind Player’s Eye fragments to exchange for the real computer, like one fragment per day, the kind that takes a year to farm.”
The players weren’t putting much stock in the NPC duel. If it were Jiang Qiao… he wouldn’t give much thought to those NPCs either, because in the minds of players, only players can defeat other players in a duel, unless it’s one of those bosses with over a million HP.
Obviously, Eternal·Thorne wasn’t one of those boss characters, because Jiang Qiao had marked his HP as only thirty thousand.
But the problem is… these invaders are nothing like those rigidly programmed NPCs. They are as cunning and deceitful as players, their combat proficiency and skills far surpass all Spirits.
“Hope you learn something from these ‘caring’ teachers.”
Jiang Qiao mumbled softly to himself and promptly set the challenge qualifications for Eternal·Thorne so that only those with over nineteen hundred points in the arena ladder could challenge him.
