Super Righteous Player
Chapter 1085 - 143 It’s Time to Close the Net

Chapter 1085: Chapter 143 It’s Time to Close the Net

Since he had already received the full support of Yawen.

Annan could now completely let loose—

He, through the hands of Yawen Church, on the pretext of "building hotels to accommodate foreign guests visiting the technology exhibition", rented six scattered residential areas for the players— all were standalone villas of two to four stories, each floor capable of housing an entire light elite squad.

After all, the players didn’t actually need to sleep here... they just needed a bed to log off, and to ensure that their bodies wouldn’t suffer attribute reduction due to poor sleep quality while they passed into Deep Sleep to purify nightmares and level up.

Moreover, considering that the players usually operated in small teams of three to five, it was more convenient for them to be together... so they didn’t have to find a place to meet up after logging in.

Annan also made a careful selection regarding the locations of these residential areas.

Departing from six different areas, they could ensure that the longest time required for the players to reach any district or town in Dennisiowa wouldn’t exceed two hours; and their distance from the major city areas, as well as the residences of the high nobles, could even be reduced to within half an hour.

This way, it was convenient for the players to execute different tasks nearby with high efficiency.

Furthermore, near these six residential areas, there were teleportation points left by the players previously stationed in the United Kingdom.

Directly teleporting to the corresponding teleportation point, then walking to the location of the residential area, would take less than fifteen minutes. For these six teleportation points, Annan implemented a "limited time and limited use for free during event" strategy—before the end of this "event", the players’ first teleportation each day was completely free of charge.

This was mainly to facilitate the players’ return journey after completing tasks.

Before executing tasks, they could discuss the specific details of the task while in a carriage or walking on the road—although not all of these players were slackers, the ones who could carefully read the task brief and think about the task plan upon receiving the task were indeed a minority among them.

Just like in a tower defense game, even if you were given the map for that level, ordinary players generally had to fail once first to see the routes and waves of the monsters... being able to adapt immediately, expecting what’s coming at the first encounter is already considered an expert.

The journey in between could also be used for players to prepare.

But when returning after completing a task, not all players would be in the mood to wander around.

There were some players who wouldn’t even bother to see the reward page after hunting a monster, or the victory screen in competitive games— they would just choose "play again".

So, Annan specially set up a convenient method of returning to the city for them.

Upon completing a task, or abandoning a task, one could return to the city with a single click.

Of course, players could also support each other. For example, if our tasks are too difficult, how about I help you with yours first, and then you help us with ours... that’s completely possible as well.

Annan compiled the player’s residential allocations into a table, posted it on the forum and pinned it for easy player reference.

—He was becoming increasingly bold, less and less afraid of players noticing his true identity as a "game planner".

...If there really are still players who would treat this world as a game.

And Annan specifically used the backend of the Book of the Celestial Chariot, to write a special function.

That is, players could not only instantly locate their positions to facilitate their teleportation. If they accidentally died while executing a task, they would also respawn directly at "home", instead of having to run back from a nearby safe area—this was also due to the consideration of impact.

After all, during the technology exhibition, there truly wouldn’t be a shortage of all sorts of people on the Dennisiowa side.

To prevent the bizarre sight under public circumstances, where "someone who was just killed instantly resurrects, and then they die and resurrect again "... Annan temporarily disabled the players’ combat revival ability, but also significantly reduced the loss from their revival.

The revival loss was originally something Annan forcefully added.

The reason is because resurrecting players essentially involves them reshaping their bodies. This consumes the power of the Book of the Celestial Chariot, and the consumption increases as players level up.

Therefore, Annan cannot allow players to develop bad habits such as "dying doesn’t matter," "death has no consequences," and "just stack lives to defeat all enemies." Or at least, to not die for no reason.

The saying goes: it’s hard to transition from luxury to frugality.

And now, the situation is slightly different.

Because now the situation is not that players are gathering spontaneously to cause some trouble.

Instead, Annan has a plan and needs the help of the players... This is like him preparing a high-intensity, fast-paced event, so at the very least, it shouldn’t let the players suffer a loss in resources.

If the resources provided by the event are less than what players have to invest to participate; or if the players must strive to ensure they don’t lose out – for example, spending physical effort to participate in the event only to find the rewards less than the daily energy clearing bonuses... and also much harder to achieve.

Then this event would be meaningless and would only provoke resentment among players.

Moreover, players are about to engage in high-intensity combat—facing both the subordinates of Ingrid and competitors in the Underground City.

Many players have already reached the peak of the silver tier and are considering the advance to the gold tier. If at this time, they lose some levels due to grinding tasks... it would not only make players lose out but might also affect the plan Annan had set to help players advance to Gold.

To save the players’ combat effectiveness, Annan slightly modified the resurrection settings for the players of Dennisiowa—from dropping a level every death to "If you have rested well the day before dying, then only 10% of the current level’s experience will be lost, and if the current experience falls below 10%, it will not result in a level downgrade."

On the surface, this seems to encourage players to go to bed early and ensure adequate rest and "real-world working hours."

But in reality, this implies to the players "at least a day should pass between two deaths."

As long as that can be achieved, then even without death penalties, it would already be sufficient for the Book of the Celestial Chariot to recuperate.

This can also be considered internal testing—after all, player levels are now high, and the task line of advancing to gold alone is troublesome. If levels are deducted frequently, it would significantly delay players’ "game progress."

If this proves effective, then this setting can later be generalized.

Annan is even thinking... after this "event" ends, he could find an excuse to completely eliminate the transportation fee.

After all, the teleportation feature of the Book of the Celestial Chariot is actually free of charge... Annan previously charged a fee partly to store some experience for himself and Kafney; and partly to prevent players from jumping around and failing to form bonds with locals.

And now, these two goals are no longer needed. Therefore Annan is opening a time-limited free teleportation... not making it completely free is just to prevent players from suddenly being unbridled in visiting and forgetting about "doing activities."

To ensure a certain degree of freedom, Annan has not completely fixed the "base" where players will reside for the next month—

Players can submit "base swap" applications to other region’s teams, residences, floors on the forums.

As long as the other party agrees, their positions in the table will also be directly swapped, so that they can "return home with one click" to their new residence after completing the next day’s tasks.

A week after being taken by Paper Princess to find Yawen, the expected players gradually arrived in full. The news about Selicia that he released ahead attracted Ofelia Danisoya and Arthur Burnfang.

Players formed light and sharp teams, found their "bases," and settled down.

Meanwhile, Annan received intelligence... learning that "Venomhand" had been captured, and Ingrid was no longer holding back. Some ministers and officers were getting restless, and even some wizards appeared on the streets, seemingly looking for something.

"—It’s time to close the net."

Annan declared solemnly.

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