In the desolate corner of the sky, yet another vibrant, colorful spatial fish has been caught and taken away. The players below, though a different group again, all expressed similar envy: "When will I ever get my own Ghost Card?"
"This card doesn't seem very useful, should we tear it up?" The guy who fished out the space fish said something quite hurtful.
With the threat of death looming over his already broken spirit, it was no surprise that Teacher Wang became Ren Yifei's plaything. However, he wasn't very happy about it, even after returning to the desolate corner.
Dissatisfaction with the ghost card is secondary; the main issue is the information brought by the mountains and rivers.
"Don't think too much. Even if it's not now, we'll have to face each other eventually. Neither of us is willing to stay here and be controlled for the rest of our lives." Samantha gently hugged him, comforting him.
Actually, it was Saman himself who was in danger. Ren Yifei at least had three lives, but Saman only had one.
"No, that's not what I'm thinking about. I'm thinking that the current ranking isn't high enough to challenge the Desolate Corner, otherwise we could have solved the problem once and for all." Ren Yifei raised an eyebrow as he looked at the newly released ranking of 17th.
Being in the Desolate Corner, one can only utilize the rules of the Desolate Corner. However, within this rule system, the only time a player might have the initiative is during the Ten Great Challenges.
Once cracked, you can directly gain one chance to fulfill your wish.
"If you could have one wish granted, what would you want to have?"
"What wish?" Saman was still worried about the next dungeon, but Ren Yifei steered the conversation away from it. He was thinking about what he absolutely needed to get or couldn't give up.
Suddenly he looked at Ren Yifei: "Can I choose to be bound to you?"
Saman spoke so seriously that Ren Yifei felt it would be a desecration to treat it as a joke.
So he considered it carefully and nodded: "Okay. After we're bound together, I'll make a wish to leave this place. You want to live a normal life, right?"
Samantha keenly heard the words 'you want,' so what about himself?
"Ah Fei doesn't seem to mind living here?"
"Well, you can't find that many people to act with elsewhere." Ren Yifei shook his head. "Acting relies on talent, so it's hard to find a group of talented actors to act with. But there's no such problem here. Of course, it's not that I can't live without here, and I don't like being controlled by others."
The two of them were chatting animatedly on the sofa, while the two guiding spirits hovered in front of them for a long time without making any sense of their presence.
"Don't players want to see the rewards? Even though it's another grand slam," said Ren Yifei's guiding spirit.
The guide spirit next to it, Saman, instantly lit up with a white light and said in a low voice, "Again?" Since when can a Grand Slam be mentioned in such an 'ordinary' tone?
"I thought players were more concerned about 'matching social status' and 'equal strength', but I never expected that a player who has never won a Grand Slam could find another outstanding player."
Saman's guiding spirit suddenly spoke in a gentle, yet chilling voice: "Colleague, your host must be very kind, helpful, and always helping the poor."
The two people on the sofa were stunned for a second. Ren Yifei, who rarely had a strong emotional reaction, covered his forehead, leaned back on the sofa, and laughed loudly, while Saman, with a dark face, went to get his guiding spirit: "I didn't offend you, did I?"
"I haven't checked my WeChat Moments in a year," the guide said coldly.
Ren Yifei laughed even louder, showing no respect whatsoever.
The community of guide spirits is truly unpretentious. Their own guide spirits post on social media every day, while Saman's guide spirits have given up social media altogether.
For a moment, he felt that the guiding spirits were like the assistants in the industry who followed celebrities around, and when they met, they would inquire about the level of their respective employers.
The two guiding spirits brought Ren Yifei a lot of joy. He kept laughing and laughing and laughing until the reward segment, when he could no longer laugh.
Lin Guanyue, codenamed Saman, a regular player who completed the game, received the following rewards:
Points +28, White Shells +5000, Silver Shells +0, Gold Shells +0, No Treasure Chest.
The props include: a modified AK47 rifle, an invitation letter, and a jeep.
Skills include: "Rich and Handsome" (increases the opposite sex's favorability by 30%), and "Exchange" (can force you to exchange equivalent items with someone once per dungeon).
Having seen what Samantha had gained, let's look at what another person did.
Ren Yifei, codenamed Black Rabbit, has achieved a Grand Slam and received the following rewards:
Points +40, White Shells +10000, Silver Shells +10, Gold Shells +5, No Treasure Chest.
SR Ghost Card: The Heartbroken (55%).
Mercury cigarette: System improved, colorless and odorless. If you hate him, just offer him a cigarette.
Disguise Glasses: When equipped, your presence is reduced by 30%, turning you from the most eye-catching person in the crowd into just another face in the crowd.
Skill Upgrade Card: B to A.
Skill: Bewitchment
Skill activation: Command another person through communication tools, and there is a 60% chance that they will obey your commands.
Limitations: Applicable to any copy.
Rating: C (Understanding the other party's needs before guiding them can increase the success rate!)
"Gone?" In the silence, Saman's guiding spirit uttered an incredulous sound.
Ren Yifei's guiding spirit shed tears: "This is the normal level for a player after being blessed." Otherwise, it would be even more pathetic. It's reasonable to suspect that the Desolate Corner is targeting its host by artificially reducing the reward drop rate.
"Not bad," Ren Yifei said calmly, and began to think about which skill to use an upgrade card for.
Although his haul was rather pathetic compared to Saman's, it wasn't inferior in terms of quality. The mercury smoke and camouflage glasses were very practical items, even more useful to him than combat-related items.
He currently possesses four B-level skills:
Demonic transformation is a high-attack skill, but it can only be used in fantasy worlds, which is too restrictive.
Bomb Maniac is also an offensive skill, and there are no special restrictions.
Pheromones are a support skill used to take others down with you when you're near death.
False identity, an auxiliary skill, allows you to obtain the identity of a creature after killing it.
After thinking for a while, he upgraded his fake identity:
Skill: Fake Identity
Skill activation: After killing a creature, you can steal its identity and randomly gain one of its abilities.
Limitations: Applicable to any copy.
Rating: A (If you still get caught doing this, you might as well find a small pond and jump in.)
The evaluations of these skills were all quite unique. Ren Yifei took stock of all the props and skills he possessed, lest he forget what he had after not using them for too long.
Saman didn't do that; he had too many tools and skills, and it would take forever to take stock of them all.
He was just a little surprised. Afei had played so many games and always achieved a grand slam, crushing all the dungeons along the way. Why were his item pool and skill pool so shallow?
Saman had watched every single one of Ren Yifei's videos. Now, upon careful reflection, it seemed that the targeting of Ren Yifei by the Wasteland Corner had existed from the very beginning.
Each of his characters is the most vulnerable to death. If anything goes wrong even slightly, the NPCs will intervene immediately, and the game will be over before the players even have a chance to fight each other.
In 'Neighborhood', he is the white moonlight of the gatekeeper boss. If he doesn't act well, he will be discovered and die. If he acts too well, he will arouse the boss's bloodlust and die as well.
In 'Spring Banquet', he is a hidden subplot. Both the ghost and the boss are watching his presence, and if he does anything wrong, he will be humanely destroyed. Therefore, even with his excellent acting skills, he was forced to give an imperfect performance (Ren Yifei's own assessment).
'Island' is a dungeon that is very unfriendly to the disguise style. It was specially adjusted after it was discovered that Afei could borrow strength from the boss in the Desolate Corner.
In this instance, he can only survive by relying on his own abilities; disguise becomes meaningless.
'No one knows,' yet he is a man who can defeat ten thousand men. By the rules, both NPCs and players regard him as a 'sacrifice.' No matter how well he acts, once captured, a dark future awaits him.
However, if he is not captured and continues to linger outside the human base, unable to enter the central area, he will be unable to crack the dungeon, and the Grand Slam record will be broken.
The 'ant nest' basically triggers the 'being hunted' as soon as he gets there.
This character has multiple hidden identities. He is one of the souls of the rebel army and also a lost nobleman. If not handled properly, he could arouse the hostility of one or even multiple parties.
Surviving in this situation is difficult enough, let alone solving the problem.
The video of the 'mini-game' hasn't been released yet, but Samantha knows what it's like inside—he often longs to go back to school and study hard every day.
The Wasteland Corner is used for endless battles against other games; it's a bloodbath for high-level players. Without sufficient knowledge of obscure topics, it's easy to get stuck and never escape. Afei's willingness to cooperate with the government to compete against smaller games truly shows his ambition and courage.
The 'Caged Bird' instance has just ended. Afei is the boss himself, and there are still real bosses lurking inside, here to kill them.
Although Saman was not fond of mountains and rivers, he could not deny the man's prowess.
However, the Desolate Corner did not expect that Afei's acting skills would make this person abandon his initial plans, stand by with his arms crossed and watch from beginning to end, and finally reveal the Desolate Corner's murderous intent to them.
"The Desolate Corner has been targeting you; it wants to kill you ever since it discovered you came to the Desolate Corner." Saman was extremely surprised; he couldn't understand why the authorities were so hostile towards Afei.
Ordinary people, even Saman himself, would not be noticed or targeted even if they displayed unparalleled talent for passing the test.
"Yeah, I know." Ren Yifei said, munching on an apple while browsing the web.
After watching Nian Tianxi's walkthrough video and learning about other players' experiences online, Ren Yifei had this feeling. However, because he acted so freely and enjoyably, he didn't take it seriously.
Saman then thought of Ren Yifei's ability to devour the 'mini-game'. That was definitely not an ability he obtained from the Desolate Corner; perhaps he had a fortuitous encounter before and possessed an ability powerful enough to threaten the Desolate Corner.
Although he was very curious, Saman did not press for details. He would find out when Ren Yifei wanted to, and he looked forward to that day.
Ren Yifei, on the other hand, had no time to dwell on the persecution he suffered at the Desolate Corner; he was browsing the latest bonus instance.
Saman noticed his actions: "You want to enter the welfare instance to stop the Wasteland from doing more preparations?" For example, letting other participants know the instance's plot in advance.
Ren Yifei took a big bite of apple with a crunch: "I hope everyone starts on the same footing, and it would be best if there were more people. I like a lively atmosphere."
He pointed to a brand new 100-player raid instance, which the official assessment is that it is a high-end instance.
Deep Blue.
"It actually disclosed its name and rank?"