Super Righteous Player
Chapter 582 - 123: Copy Analysis Expert_1

Chapter 582: Chapter 123: Copy Analysis Expert_1

"...So, you want us to pioneer this new territory?"

Thirteen Spices slightly furrowed his brow, subconsciously touching the bridge of his nose where no glasses rested: "Just Husky and me?"

Longjing Tea asked in a low voice, "Is there a problem?"

"From my assessment, the two of you should be the most suitable... but we will definitely prioritize your opinions first."

"No, I’m personally quite interested. And I think Husky is probably even more interested than I am... But objectively speaking, can the two of us really do it?"

Thirteen Spices analyzed seriously and calmly, "I watched the replays of your ’Gallery’ and ’Unification War’ nightmare level copies yesterday as a reference for the Twisted Tier and Hard Tier. To be honest, it was quite spectacular.

"If you give me a copy or two for practice, I would also have the confidence to take on the challenge. After all, this body’s reaction speed is so much stronger than my actual body.

"But as for Husky, he... no, she might not be able to play the role well."

He sighed, speaking earnestly and helplessly, "To tell you the truth, I really don’t think Husky can play the role well enough to clear the nightmare. If it’s a test of reflexes or control, she can at least reach the upper levels. But she’s just a spinal reflex player.

"This kind of nightmare that requires using your brain for role-playing and decryption isn’t really suitable for her.

"Even when playing murder mystery games, she might suddenly start telling jokes or laughing at herself. Even if I continue my role and don’t respond to her, she can naturally switch to a solo comedy act."

I’m well aware of this, of course.

Longjing Tea smiled silently.

The old duo of Husky and Thirteen Spices, which had also been a part of my childhood.

Although now the two of them have become a combination of a young man and a young girl, there seems to be a subtle change in style... but after all, the person is still the same.

"You don’t need to worry about this,"

Longjing Tea said slowly, "In this nightmare, you guys can go beyond the game a bit. In fact, you’re encouraged to do so.

"Because in ’Phantom Heat’, the main difficulty lies in ’the misunderstanding between two people’."

"Misunderstanding?"

"Yes, misunderstanding. According to the speculations we have made with the information currently known, in this copy, every person’s knowledge of the situation and the tasks they hold are completely different.

"But it’s not like a murder mystery game where you have to consistently act out your identity and complete tasks... As long as you don’t go so far above the game that core NPCs start to suspect this is a nightmare, whether you play the role assigned to you only slightly affects the rating after the nightmare ends.

"However, in this nightmare, there could be enemies who ’pretend to be someone else’. So the ability to quickly distinguish whether your teammate is a person or a monster becomes crucial."

Longjing Tea explained.

"...I see."

No wonder they came looking for us.

Thirteen Spices fell silent for a moment, subconsciously touching his empty nose bridge again.

The emptiness from not touching anything made him somewhat embarrassedly fiddle with a lock of hair on his forehead and cough lightly.

"Don’t be too nervous, it’s just a copy,"

Seeing his slightly nervous demeanor, Longjing Tea chuckled lightly, opened a cigar box, and handed over a cigar. He also slid over a cigar cutter and matches.

"I’ve quit,"

Thirteen Spices responded instinctively: "I’m getting old."

Longjing Tea laughed: "It’s just a virtual character, after all."

"...Oh right."

Only then did Thirteen Spices realize, belatedly accepting the cigar and thanking him.

This world is too realistic. He hasn’t died yet, nor has he personally experienced any Transcendent forces, so he always forgets he’s in a "game"... or rather, projecting himself into an "Otherworld."

"This time, your task isn’t necessarily to clear the copy. Instead, start a livestream, survive as long as you can, and record the entire copy via broadcast for more comprehensive analysis. And we will provide you with some information."

As he spoke, Longjing Tea made a drawing motion in the air.

From his side, the detailed guide of approximately two thousand five hundred words, written by Old Goose through Annan’s narrative, was sent to Thirteen Fragrances through the friend system’s private chat.

"You read it first, and after you’ve summarized it, send it to Husky. I guess she might not be able to finish such a long guide... and she has a lot less information on her end."

"Understood."

Thirteen Fragrances nodded.

In simple terms, this was akin to the role of a dungeon analysis expert tasked with testing the mechanics.

In first-tier raid teams, this mode was quite common.

Because there were some bosses that couldn’t have their core mechanics figured out by simply fighting them once or twice. Even with locked cooldowns, there would inevitably be a few particularly vexing bosses that could take a long time to overcome, and could even lead to a ’no progress, no disband’ stalemate.

Under such circumstances, the analyst became an essential role.

By repeatedly reviewing recorded videos, maintaining a timeline of the boss battles, logging health and cycles, and deducing damage from the tank’s damage logs and defensive attributes... These experts existed even before the unpacking era and continued to exist after it.

They were dubbed the mathematicians.

Even with unpacked data available, it wasn’t very likely to instantly divine a strategy based on the boss’s damage cycles and mechanics—the distribution of mitigations for each lethal attack, the positioning for each mechanic, the movement routes, and safe spots all required lengthy calculations by these mathematicians.

Moreover, during the lumberjack phase and when creating strategy videos, it became even more crucial to fully understand the mechanics. Strategy videos could be wordy or contain superfluous details... But omitting a mechanic was considered a disgrace.

During his student days, Thirteen Fragrances, naturally, was also part of a raid team.

He even had records of being the first to clear in multiple MMORPG games. Juggling his studies and analyst duties, he was quite experienced.

—And Husky was his complete opposite.

That silly dog always copied homework—sometimes she didn’t even copy it right and had to ask Thirteen Fragrances if she had messed up somewhere.

Running a dungeon to farm materials, staying alive, and observing mechanics were tasks Thirteen Fragrances knew all too well. His main concern was whether he could keep Husky in check...

As the saying goes, there are no wrong nicknames, only wrong names.

Husky was genuinely like an unleashed wild dog that became uncontrollable as soon as she was out of sight.

On the flip side... the understanding between them was indeed very high.

Even a glance or a gesture was enough to convey one’s intentions to the other.

Hope Husky proves herself this time.

I’ll sort out the guide for her, cutting out the unnecessary parts and emphasizing the areas that require special attention...

With these thoughts, Thirteen Fragrances sighed.

The cigar’s flavor... it’s somewhat average. Definitely not as good as the ones he had in the real world, but considering the era and breeding optimization issues, it was to be expected.

"When exactly do we start farming materials?"

"The boss suggests, when you two are ready to go to sleep. Like tonight," Longjing Tea responded with a smile. "After all, he doesn’t know how busy you are in ’the other world.’ So to accommodate your schedules, priority is given to your sleep time—meaning we start raiding the dungeon after ten at night."

"Huh."

Thirteen Fragrances laughed at the reply: "He certainly doesn’t know that young people in our world usually go to sleep after midnight."

"Kade even sleeps after dawn."

Longjing Tea shrugged his shoulders: "But, Kade is almost balding now..."

At these words, both men looked at each other and shared a laugh.

On the other hand, Annan had also made his choice for the person with whom to share his secrets this time.