Why the bug I wrote became a core gameplay mechanic?!
Chapter 644 - 627: The Fraction Expanded Too Quickly!

Chapter 644: Chapter 627: The Fraction Expanded Too Quickly!

After careful consideration, Chen Tingquan ultimately decided to sell only a portion of the materials.

These materials were basically ones he didn’t need and were profitable to sell in the short term.

As for the materials that were currently lower in price or ones he would soon need, he would keep those for himself.

After all, his account was still zero spending so far, but he couldn’t just give up.

If he sold all these materials, his cultivation progress would definitely be affected, and even if he participated in the test, he wouldn’t be able to squeeze into the list of outstanding disciples, which would be a huge problem.

Once you fall behind, you’ll keep falling behind.

"Alright, that’s enough for today. I’ve set an alarm for 8:30 to log back in.

"I’ll chat with the livestream audience for a bit to relax."

Chen Tingquan temporarily exited the game.

"Reverse Heaven"was quite humane when it came to game time. Chen Tingquan’s online time was already enough, so he had used up the optimal cultivation period. After that, he could gradually accumulate progress.

In offline status, the character would automatically cultivate, so whether Chen Tingquan was online or not didn’t really affect much.

Of course, Chen Tingquan could choose to continue adventuring in the Barbaric World, but that wasn’t very cost-effective because there were no simple sect tasks available, the benefits were reduced, and it would delay his cultivation progress.

While chatting with the audience, he sneakily opened Instructor Ding’s livestream.

"Is this the world of the whales?"

Chen Tingquan was somewhat shocked because Instructor Ding’s character had a title not of "One Year Outstanding Disciple" but "Inner Gate Heavenly Pride"!

This title, paired with the name of the sect "Erosion Spirit Heavenly Palace," was intimidating just to look at.

In typical cultivation novels, this type might be cannon fodder for the protagonist’s comeback.

But from the world’s combat system structure, the Inner Gate Heavenly Pride of the Six Major Sects was absolutely an existence that ordinary cultivators wouldn’t even dare to glance at.

Instructor Ding adopted a different gameplay approach from Chen Tingquan.

Although the optimal cultivation time was already exhausted, and today’s sect tasks and daily activities like martial arts were completed, Instructor Ding didn’t choose to log off but instead chose... AFK.

His character was seen sitting cross-legged in the center of the Martial Arts Arena, with a faint glow from the viscera, seemingly refining the Nine Dragon Elixir.

Meanwhile, various monsters continuously spawned in the Martial Arts Arena to attack.

Instructor Ding didn’t need to do anything because his character’s Protective Gang Qi and various spells and magical treasures surrounding him automatically repelled the monsters.

He just needed to occasionally click on the dropped materials or change spells and magical treasures according to the monsters on the scene, which didn’t require much operation.

Of course, Instructor Ding didn’t need to operate at all, logging off would also maintain almost the same cultivation efficiency, but AFK online was a different kind of interesting gameplay.

Like many silly idle games, although they seem childish, once you start playing, it can be quite fun.

The game "Reverse Heaven"played by Instructor Ding was somewhat like a high-definition version of these idle games.

Chen Tingquan couldn’t help but complain, "Honestly, this character’s current appearance and the gameplay are quite fitting for Little Ding’s intelligence level."

Recalling the last meeting, which was the last time.

Back then, Instructor Ding’s character also had a square-shaped body, but this time had clearly improved in dimensions.

Really every moment, it’s growing!

Chen Tingquan had no doubt, if his character took another hit from Instructor Ding’s Protective Gang Qi, he should end up owing him a tube of blood.

"If whales keep cultivating like this, what’s the point for regular players?

"The Nine Dragon Elixir itself isn’t affected by the optimal cultivation time, that means, if taken during low-efficiency cultivation periods, the cultivation efficiency will be 16 times that without the elixir, 8 times with basic elixirs!

"How can free players possibly catch up?

"It seems "Reverse Heaven"has no intention of balancing combat power, it’s just to make whales have fun.

"But speaking of which, where’s the long-term fun for whales? Seeing the numerical growth in the short term might make them happy, but whales can’t just go around killing people, they’ll soon get bored."

After watching for a while longer, Chen Tingquan chatted with the livestream audience, and then had dinner.

At 8:30, he logged back in.

"Alright, tonight’s test, must catch up!"

Chen Tingquan first checked his character’s status. During offline time, he had also taken the Nine Dragon Elixir, so the progress was decent. If he tested again, he should be able to squeeze into the outstanding disciple list.

However, Chen Tingquan was stunned when he arrived at the test site.

Why are there so many people!

It wasn’t even 9 o’clock, but the number of people already exceeded noon, and more players were constantly logging in.

"Hey, don’t mess around!

"Why haven’t Li Wenhao and Liang Chun logged in yet."

Clearly, other players also realized the importance of the test, plus it was evening, there were naturally more people online, instantly filling the area.

Although "Reverse Heaven"would dynamically adjust the number of people, the current dynamic adjustment limit actually exceeded the sect’s capacity.

In simpler terms, there are too many wolves and not enough meat, too many monks and not enough gruel, it’s a scramble.

"Alright, I’ll queue up first."

Although it wasn’t 9 o’clock yet, the dev team of "Reverse Heaven"had anticipated this situation ahead of time, so players could start queuing half an hour early.

What? What if everyone comes to get a place half an hour early?

Then it’s a matter of speed, whoever clicks the NPC one second slower at 8:30 might have to wait five more minutes.

This setting sounds reverse heavens, but over time, it won’t always be this way.

Many players, even knowing this, can’t always log in exactly at 8:30, and as time goes on, once everyone completes the first test, it won’t be a scramble every time, participation will slowly drop.

In the first two or three days, players scrambling their heads is inevitable.

Chen Tingquan first grabbed a spot and then patiently waited.

Ten minutes later, Li Wenhao logged in, and close to 9 o’clock, Liang Chun finally logged in.

"Why are you logging in now, didn’t we agree to be early?" Chen Tingquan sighed silently.

Liang Chun was shocked: "What’s going on, it’s not even 9 o’clock yet! How is the estimated waiting time already 45 minutes!

"This test event is only 30 minutes, what’s the point of testing!"

Chen Tingquan sighed: "No way!

"I was stunned when I logged in, too many people are queuing!

"After all, everyone knows the mechanism now, and there are more people online at night.

"If we can’t get a spot, we’ll have to wait until tomorrow noon."

Li Wenhao’s estimated wait time was about 25 minutes, with some luck, he might catch the tail end of the test.

But Liang Chun was out of luck, his estimated wait time was 45 minutes, even if some people ahead couldn’t stand waiting and skipped, it was still hard for him to get his turn.

Chen Tingquan couldn’t help either, as the game didn’t allow players to queue for others.

Looking at the crowd wandering around the Martial Arts Arena like headless flies, they were clearly players who couldn’t get a spot, each seemingly an embodiment of negative emotions.

Liang Chun pondered for a while: "You guys go on with the test, I’m leaving for a bit."

He then flew away on his flying sword.

Chen Tingquan and Li Wenhao had no idea where he went, maybe to the Barbaric World? Or quickly hit a stump while everyone else was queuing?

It must be said, at the time of the test, various sect facilities were quite empty, with plenty of vacancies.

If one decided not to participate in the test, avoiding other players by going to use these facilities could also be a good idea.

Chen Tingquan waited until 9:05, finally his turn came.

The test wasn’t complicated, first go to a designated area for diagnostics, then based on various character stats, a body refining score would be given, full score 50.

Then fight a few waves of monsters in the Martial Arts Arena, getting a combat score based on performance, also full score 50.

These two scores add up to the total score, which, after entering the one-year disciple ranking, determines if one can become an outstanding disciple or excellent disciple.

[Body Refining Score: 39 points]

[Combat Score: 32 points]

[Total Score: 71 points]

[Test completed, please leave the test area.]

"Hmm, better than I imagined."

Chen Tingquan was quite surprised, as a zero spending player, he didn’t expect to get a score above 60.

On second thought, it made sense.

The game had just begun, having used cultivation loans, everyone still had spare money, could afford Nine Dragon Elixir.

In the first week, even zero spending players were using Nine Dragon Elixirs to level up, not as fast as whales like Instructor Ding, but in sects like Henggang Sect, which were mostly zero spending or small spending, the gap was not too big.

Previously, those disciples scoring 90 and above were definitely top spenders, ultimately a minority.

According to the noon leaderboard, 71 points could barely squeeze into the excellent disciple lineup, though it was the bottom rung, still better than ordinary disciples.

However, opening the leaderboard, Chen Tingquan’s expression stiffened.

Since the leaderboard was real-time updated, the lowest score for excellent disciples had already reached 73!

This meant that although Chen Tingquan completed the test, he didn’t make it into the excellent ranks.

"Hey! Why?"

Chen Tingquan felt very unjust. The score inflation was too fast, were they all cheating?

Analyzing the scores closely, Chen Tingquan had a rough guess.

"Could it be...they all spent on magical treasures or something?"

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