Chapter 2: New Century (Epilogue)
Chapter 507: Game Update
Chapter 507: Game Update (3)
When Nobody Does Human Things arrived at Winter Fort, he could already see many Players gathered there.
Among them were a few faces he found disgusting, like Yan, who was rolling on the ground in front of Bai Yuekui, and Matherfucker, who was wagging his tail at Xiao Mei like a husky.
The old Players here were still a minority.
Most of them were Players from the third beta who were just spectating. The vast majority of them did not qualify for advancement, nor could they receive the excellent mounts or the chance to learn skills from the King of Winter.
“Ahem, excuse me, please make way~”
Nobody Does Human Things cleared his throat, straightened his body, and expressionlessly pushed through the crowd towards the main hall of Winter Fort.
Exclamations came from the surrounding third beta Players.
“This, this is the big shot Nobody Does Human Things!”
“Such a powerful aura. Do you think he got the chance to learn skills from the King of Winter?”
“Need you ask? He’s in the top ten for contribution, and he participated in Boss Bai’s party~”
“Awesome, he’ll get all the rewards this time. When will I reach this level… By the way, does the big shot Nobody Does Human Things still need any leg warmers?”
Nobody Does Human Things listened to the discussions around him.
He maintained his poker face.
His nostrils were just a little higher, which helped him breathe in the fresher air from above. He firmly believed that ignoring all external noise was a necessary cultivation for a strong individual.
His first priority now was to advance.
He had been stuck at level 50 for a long time. To advance, he had to defeat a top-tier level five or a level six monster alone.
Honestly, Nobody Does Human Things was confident in himself.
After all, monsters were just creatures driven by their primal instincts. Most monsters didn’t have outstanding intelligence. As long as one was willing to think more and use skills flexibly, fighting these monsters alone was not a problem.
However, the difficult part was.
Top-tier level five and level six monsters were very rare.
And Nobody Does Human Things was not the type of adventuring Player who liked to go to the wilderness or mountains to hunt monsters.
This led to him never finding an opportunity to advance.
Of course, besides monsters, he could also challenge NPCs in Winter City. Knights were the most common here. Holy Knights above level 50 were all Sky Knights. Even Call Me Arin couldn’t defeat such a Knight in a one-on-one fight, struggling to last even half a minute.
Next were the top-tier Great Knights.
There were quite a few of them in Winter City as well.
Nobody Does Human Things was initially very confident.
However, many of these Great Knights were masters of specific moves. For example, Gudbad, this unremarkable messenger, had seen his strength skyrocket after being noticed by the King of Winter.
Although his level was only 41 and he had become a Great Knight, his operational skills were formidable.
Previously, it was sweep, charge, then sweep again.
Now, it was even more terrifying. This guy would string together sweep, charge, sweep, followed by an uppercut to launch the opponent, and then a Blade Storm. As long as one was stunned by his first sweep, they would take a full combo. Warrior Players who hadn’t learned a defensive skill would lose more than half of their HP.
Nobody Does Human Things had once fought Gudbad one-on-one.
Before this duel.
He thought he had grasped all of Gudbad’s moves, but when he actually fought Gudbad, the guy used a feigned sweep, followed by a slide tackle, an uppercut, and then a Blade Storm, which completely stunned him.
At this moment, Nobody Does Human Things clearly recognized the gap between them Players and NPCs, or rather, the gap between the human brain and algorithms.
When the King of Winter had beaten them up before, he was just randomly spamming skills not because he didn’t know any techniques, but because he didn’t need any. Each skill covered a massive area.
This was also why just advancing had stumped a large group of Players.
Now, Nobody Does Human Things was looking forward to advancing. Once he went higher, he would be a level six Warrior, theoretically capable of competing with novice Sky Knights.
So, he immediately walked to the statue of the King of Winter.
He placed one fist on his chest and performed a Knight’s salute to the King of Winter’s statue.
“Brave Warrior, Nobody Does Human Things, congratulations on earning the right to walk a stronger path!”
A grand voice echoed in his mind, sending a tremor through his body and making his scalp tingle.
“Praise the great King of Winter!”
Nobody Does Human Things’s heart surged with emotion.
He shouted in response.
The King of Winter’s statue emitted a faint white light.
Then, Nobody Does Human Things’s vision blurred.
He had arrived in a virtual space.
It was a dueling platform built of obsidian, about two hundred square meters. Weapons and armor were displayed around it, featuring various exquisite weapons and armor.
In the center of the dueling platform stood a figure.
It was a Clemon illusion, precisely level 50.
Nobody Does Human Things knew this was likely his chance to advance.
“Battle the illusion, display your strength, and obtain the opportunity to advance!”
A grand prompt sounded again.
Nobody Does Human Things: “Yes!”
He wasn’t nervous at all.
Since the reward had already been given.
Advancement was inevitable. It was just a formality.
The moment they clashed, Nobody Does Human Things knew he was wrong.
The Clemon illusion attacked with extreme brutality.
It started with a charged attack.
As Nobody Does Human Things assumed a defensive stance, the opponent suddenly stopped his charged strike and, with ghostly speed, appeared behind him.
Then came an uppercut to launch him, followed by an Shadow Kill Array. Upon landing, he was left with critically low HP.
This was not the end.
The Clemon illusion then performed a slide tackle to knock him up, followed by a cleave.
He died instantly.
There was no mercy, only feints and ambushes. A smooth combo left him completely incapacitated.
Just when Nobody Does Human Things thought he had lost his chance to advance, he found himself revived at the front of the dueling platform. The Clemon illusion was still standing there, as if everything that had just happened was a hallucination.
Now he understood.
As long as he could defeat the Clemon illusion in this small dungeon with infinite respawns, he would earn the qualification for promotion.
“So that’s how it is.” Nobody Does Human Things forced a bitter smile. “Is the Cain Continent game developer trying to turn us into duel masters with this update?”
Although he complained verbally, Nobody Does Human Things actually approved of this approach.
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
Only by personally learning how to fight could Players truly become powerful. Otherwise, even if their strength increased, they would just be a slightly tougher target.
“Feel it well, this gift I give you…”
In the office of Winter Fort, Xi Wei, watching Players get beaten up on the screen, revealed a sinister smile.
This was his plan.
Initially, he had intended to let Players advance with a perfunctory effort, as long as they could deceive the rules of the Cain Continent. Then he thought, wasn’t that self-deception?
The strength obtained by cheating the system was ultimately meaningless.
What was the point of them reaching level six if they couldn’t defeat any enemies of the same level? They would just be useless.
So, he adopted an inverse thinking approach.
Xi Wei took out the Illusion Prism.
He deliberately set the Clemon illusion to five difficulty levels.
The lowest level was equivalent to a normal Great Knight’s strength. The highest level was equivalent to Clemon’s true combat power, but the level was capped at fifty.
For every thousand deaths, the difficulty would decrease by one level.
They could only leave after winning.
Xi Wei also adjusted the time flow within the prism.
Ensuring that even if Players stayed inside for ten years, it would only feel like a dream.
This would consume a significant amount of Xi Wei’s Villain Points.
However, Xi Wei had gone all out.
After all, cultivating the Players would only bring benefits, not drawbacks.
He would be able to harvest more “leeks” in the future.
“Keke…”
Watching Nobody Does Human Things get instantly killed by Clemon’s sword once again, the unscrupulous Lord in his office let out a ferocious laugh.
