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Chapter 576 - 559 Brexit into Africa

Chapter 576: Chapter 559 Brexit into Africa

A flash of golden light.

Another flash of golden light.

Zhuge Jun nearly spit out a mouthful of blood as he watched the screen featuring Little Lolita Xing Ying and Lei Tu gaining a star.

"Damn it! Why did I have to get the wrong ones!

"This isn’t fair!

"Nitiandang, how could you do this to me! We’re irreconcilable!"

Actually, Zhuge Jun’s gacha rolls weren’t too bad since he had only rolled for Lei Tu and didn’t continue rolling for others, so he saved some rolls.

Adding up to 60 rolls with two golds, that’s pretty lucky in other games too.

But the problem was, he had bad luck rolling for Iceberg Major General.

There’s a 40% chance of rolling a Permanent Pool character, which is actually higher than many people think—the impression of "not going astray in a chain of rolls" is already lucky.

Of course, these kinds of gacha games have the concept of a big guaranteed roll—meaning if you go astray once, the next time you have 100% chance of not straying, which is slightly humane.

However, for Zhuge Jun, this wasn’t all bad news; at least he could console himself that Lei Tu, his main character for leveling, now enhanced to one-star status, had improved in power.

So, his main played characters would be Hero, Xi Yun, Lei Tu, and Xing Ying.

The previous four-star placeholder character could be kicked out without hesitation for Xing Ying.

"Sigh, let’s just relax, keep calm.

"Gacha games are like this; you can’t get too obsessed, obsession leads to blowing all your Gold Coins, and you’ll regret it for life.

"After all, the big world is the same everywhere, you can even get through the main story with all four-star characters."

Zhuge Jun has a pretty good mindset, and his views indeed come from experiences with similar gacha games.

Hold off on spending too much, at most spend on a small monthly card.

If you really get obsessed and rush to add 648 to chase full-star characters, unless you’re really a rich man, you’ll definitely regret it, and it surely won’t be worth it.

If you don’t spend a penny and only mooch off the free benefits, then playing these freemium games is purely a gain.

As for Hou Ji, he was lucky; after 50 rolls without going astray, he actually got two Iceberg Major Generals, both one-stars, very satisfying.

He played two accounts during the beta test; one had Qing Lin, the other had Cold Frost.

Originally he planned to use the account with Cold Frost as his main, but after Qing Lin got enhanced, he changed his allegiance; so now his team consists of Hero, Xi Yun, Qing Lin, and Iceberg Major General.

But this evidently wasn’t the final team Hou Ji envisioned.

"Hero and Xi Yun, these two definitely need to be replaced.

"Switch them out for stronger five-star characters, then primarily focus on Thunder, Fire or other attributes to match up well.

"Anyway, we’ll have to wait a bit to see how the reviews go."

Zhuge Jun didn’t quite understand this, so he asked, "Why are these two definitely to be replaced?

"You haven’t tested their strength, have you?

"Besides, one is the protagonist, the other is the first character to appear, and they are supposed to travel the entire Fantasy Continent together in the story, is it really appropriate to switch them out?"

Hou Ji waved his hand dismissively: "Oh come on, do you even need to test that? It’s clear as day.

"Just look at how other similar games operate; these characters are worth nothing.

"Because they are given for free. If the freebies are stronger than the stuff you pay for, then why would anyone spend money?

"So in other games, the protagonist is just a camera, just there to fill up space, the characters given in the early phase are one worse than the next, five-stars are trash, and four-stars are the trash of the trash.

"So trust me, don’t level them, just pour all your resources into Lei Tu, treat the others like decorations.

"Save the extra resources, and when you later draw better cards, then decide.

"Let’s go, let’s go! I feel like by clearing all the areas currently open, I should still be able to save up a few dozen rolls, then I’ll think about whether to upgrade Iceberg Major General to three stars or save them for the next UP pool."

After Hou Ji said this, he continued eagerly playing.

Zhuge Jun nodded as if understanding: "Is that so... Hmm, logically from a business standpoint, that makes sense.

"By the way, let me see how to actually use this Fantasy Book."

At that moment, Zhuge Jun opened the Fantasy Book and first linked it to his account by scanning the first page.

After binding, the game even popped up a new task named "Fantasy Book".

The task wasn’t complicated; basically, the protagonist returns to Wood Country, finds the Great Sage, and the Great Sage gives him a "Fantasy Book," saying this book will aid the hero’s future adventures.

If Zhuge Jun had been playing a new account, the whole process would feel more natural.

The Hero encounters Little Lolita Xi Yun, then during the process of leading Xi Yun to meet the Great Sage, the Great Sage presents the book, making the whole process more fluid.

Zhuge Jun had already played through this initial segment in the beta version, so he had to visit the Great Sage again.

However, this was a negligible impact.

Firstly, the "Fantasy Book" in real life has a basic linkage effect with the "Fantasy Book" in the game. When Zhuge Jun flips open the physical book and scans a page with the controller, the hero in the game will also open the Fantasy Book and stop on that page.

Of course, the "Fantasy Book" in the game is fancier than the one in reality.

For example, in reality, there are only 3D images, but in the game’s Fantasy Book, scenes resembling mirages actually appear on the pages, with dark clouds rolling during rainfall, lightning flashing, and the flow of volcanic lava clearly visible.

Secondly, when scanning specific areas in the book, the feedback in the game is diverse.

For instance, when scanning areas that have not yet been visited, Xi Yun will give a simple introduction to the region, covering its culture and geography, and mention the main challenges the hero might face there, setting the stage for the upcoming storyline.

When scanning areas that have already been visited, Xi Yun’s comments change.

For example, for ongoing main storylines, she might say something hopeful or express concern;

For completed main storylines, she would nostalgically say it was dangerous but luckily the hero performed well, offering words of encouragement;

For large explorable areas on the map, Xi Yun not only indicates the general level of exploration but sometimes also provides specific guidance, such as advising to look for a large rock on a mountain top.

Furthermore, at the end of every Chapter in the "Fantasy Book", there’s a special blank area for stamping.

When players complete all tasks in a Chapter and push the exploration of the area to 100%, they can take the Fantasy Book to any Nitiandang experience store or authorized dealer to get it stamped.

That is, to get a stamp.

Currently, all of Nitiandang’s experience stores are fully operational, and it doesn’t matter if the city is remote, as many authorized dealers exist. Any store that sells this "Fantasy Book" will provide this stamping service.

Nitiandang’s employees will definitely conduct strict checks, and stamps are only given if the exploration is 100%, but there’s no ruling out the possibility of authorized staff randomly stamping, essentially guarding only against the honest.

However, even if a "Fantasy Book" is stamped, other players using controllers or electronic pens can still verify whether it has truly been completed 100%, making deceit quite easy to expose if things get serious.

As for more functionalities of the "Fantasy Book," they are more complicated, depending on different tasks and exploration areas, Xi Yun’s dialogues may change, and even the presentation in the game might vary.

These differences will have to be slowly discovered over time.

"Ah, this thing is quite interesting indeed." Zhuge Jun was pleasantly surprised.

He had been mentally prepared that even if the Fantasy Book had no special functionalities, having it purely as a 3D book or an original art collection would not be a loss.

Now it seems, it’s a great bargain.

It bridges the in-game and off-game experience to some extent, enhancing the sense of immersion and engagement.

Simply put, it’s a special guiding system, but different from the simplistic and crude guidance systems within the game.

From the initial outlook, the "Fantasy Book" evidently enhances the gaming experience by 100%, very noticeably.

Zhuge Jun happily continued his game.

...

Meanwhile, in Instructor Ding’s live streaming room.

In front of the camera, he seemed somewhat flushed.

"Sixty now.

"Seventy, still nothing!

"Eighty! Is there a bug in this game?! Nitiandang! What exactly is going on!

"Could it really be because I didn’t pursue further just now that caused a break in luck? Why all the sudden it’s hitting the guaranteed large pulls!

"Not even, there are even situations where it took ninety pulls, damn it! Ah!"

After briefly testing the sporadic performance of the two characters, Instructor Ding returned to his gacha.

According to his plan, after 50 pulls for two characters, achieving a full-star status would require an additional 5 pulls each, totaling 300 pulls!

pulls for two full-star characters is unthinkable in other games!

Of course, considering the permanent pulls and all sorts of unexpected, 450 pulls, or maybe 500 pulls, should be enough, right?

Based on the general price of gacha games now, one 648 usually gets you around 50 to 70 pulls, with more expensive games selling 50 pulls, and cheaper ones offering about 70 pulls.

"Endless Fantasy Legend 2" falls into the cheaper category; a 6480 without double recharge benefits is around 8000 Game Coins, with each pull costing 110 Game Coins, roughly about 72 pulls.

Additionally, gacha would give some messy secondary tokens, which can also be exchanged for more pulls, approximately up to 80 pulls.

From this exchange rate, it seems quite more generous compared to other games.

Of course, it’s kinder but not by much, as pay-to-play mobile games are generally more expensive than one-time purchase games.

Instructor Ding calculated that for 500 pulls to get two full-five-star characters,์ it would take about 3 sets of 648 for one full-five-star UP pool character, which compared to other games, is not just cheaper but extremely generous!

Because other games usually start from ten sets of 648.

So he happily continued pulling, then went silent pull by pull.

Because the withdrawal from Europe into Africa was too apparent!

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