Chapter 495: Black Merchant Storm

So, under this "performance" of Sila, this worldwide mission has also been taken a step forward. Of course, it is impossible for any race to agree to be food for these monsters. So, the next task is to prepare. Prepare for a general battle with the demons who have recovered at that time.

The mission requires players all over the world to collect a variety of materials, including food, equipment materials, building materials and other items, and the amount of materials collected determines the completion of the fortifications in the future.

The more materials you collect, the more defense equipment you will have in the city when the final battle is fought, and the supplies such as food will determine how long the battle will last.

It's an exciting scenario battle that can be played by players from across the AO world, and judging by the collection of supplies, this battle is a protracted battle that will last for several days.

All of a sudden, almost all of the AO players were discussing the World Campaign. Since this is a game, even in such a crisis, most players are just excited. Only a small number of players who open shops and only rely on AO to make money will be worried about this, and they don't know what the current situation of the city and players will fall into if the battle is lost.

However, the White Crane Company also made a promise that even if the campaign fails, players with shops will continue to inherit their own shops, but in a different way, opening in a new world dominated by demons. However, the White Crane Company also stated that players who die in this campaign will also really die, so they should be cautious about participating and the like.

Another hot topic, of course, is the heroes who participated in the World Alliance Conference.

First of all, the price of each mount has been speculated to the price of tens of thousands of Huaxia coins, and the price of a complete set of four limited mounts has reached a sky-high price of 500,000 Huaxia coins.

"500,000 Huaxia coins...... This gang of people. In the training room, Xia Chiyu looked at the posts on the forum and couldn't help but shake his head, "It's enough to buy a luxury car in reality, I really don't understand what these people think." can spend 500,000 to buy four virtual mounts. You said we might as well take the mount and sell it. ”

"I'm not going to sell something so memorable! Besides, I'm not short of money. Lin Qianxue held her chest with an expression that she was about to be violated by Xia Chiyu.

"I'm kidding......" Xia Chiyu said with a wry smile, "Of course I won't sell it." ”

"Even if you sell it, you can't sell it now," Su Xing pouted with his arm on his pillow, "The price was very low when it first came out, and after everyone has used it and the number of mounts that can be traded is greatly reduced, I'm afraid the price will continue to rise several times." Wouldn't it be much more cost-effective to sell it again at that time? That's why I'm going to keep the golden dragon. ”

"Beast ......" Zhang Zinuo, Lin Qianxue, Li Feifei and others all glared at Su Xing with disdain.

"It's obviously the idea of eating fish, why am I the only one being targeted......" Su Xing said to himself with a dry smile.

But then these tasks of collecting supplies. Xia Chiyu didn't plan to get involved too much. Just collect supplies and leave them to the general public, and everything they can do has already been done.

Even if the four of them try desperately to collect supplies, they won't be able to make much difference to the final result, so they just need to continue to practice the trumpet at this time.

And one of the advantages of this mission is that the current players are focused on collecting supplies, and I believe that even Kazak does not have much time to take care of their affairs.

At this time, if Kazak deliberately looked for the stubble of Xia Chiyu and others, he would undoubtedly be against players all over the world.

Because it's not just a personal vendetta. Rather, it will set off a conflict between the two major forces. First of all, the four demon kings represented by Xia Chiyu have a considerable force, and Kazak must choose to attract enough forces in order to confront them, which means that the two largest forces in AO will conflict. It can even affect multiple regions.

As a result, the speed of collecting supplies will also be greatly reduced.

In addition, collecting looms will also reward the player. Whether it is the contribution of the individual or the contribution of the union, as long as it meets a certain standard. Guilds and players alike are rewarded with equipment, and the rewards also include equipment and mounts.

However, what makes Xia Chiyu mind more. It is the attributes of the Brave Suit that they have obtained, that is, they have greatly increased their attributes in any scenario and campaign to become a "Hero Class". This stat is certainly not designed randomly, and it will certainly play a crucial role in the subsequent battles, and each city should need one or two players with the Brave suit.

"Let's go, I'm going to open a tuba arena today, and I'll see if I can meet the spell master and the array mage by the way." Xia Chiyu said and began to prepare for the game. The reason for this decision is that on the one hand, they can practice their PVP abilities through the arena to avoid rustiness, and on the other hand, it is to rush to the high ladder segment.

Xia Chiyu and the four of them have not rushed to the ladder list before, on the one hand, because there are too many boosts, and on the other hand, because there is no need. But after playing against Marvin and other Korean players, he felt that it was still necessary to rush to the ladder list. Because the ladder is shared all over the world, they can meet a lot of world-class players at the high level.

Although it is a high-scoring player on the official server, the profession and playing style are diverse, rather than the national server is always so many iron triangles. Therefore, Xia Chiyu's plan is to start today, within this month, to rush the ladder list to more than 8,000, that is, the top 100 level in the world.

Moreover, it is necessary to rush to more than 8,000 in the ring race, 2V2 and 3V3.

Now their segment is still stuck at about five thousand as before, and it is not so simple to go up, winning a game can only increase the ladder value by more than a hundred, and this low segment is full of a large number of boosts.

The leveling of this game is not quite the same as other games, and this game boosting can only be said to be a sparring partner. Basically, it is a trumpet of one or two high-level players, leading ordinary players who need to level up to play in the arena together.

High-level boosters play low-level, and this kind of game can basically be 1v2, and then the last person is left to play by an ordinary player on his side. And 2v2 and 3v3 are basically power-leveling to create opportunities.

Even higher, two boosters will play with multiple players, because a team can have up to five players, and as long as each team has played three times in ten matches, the entire team will be scored.

It is precisely because of this characteristic that Huaxia's boosting is overflowing. And because I can't tell whether it's a booster or a trumpet. The White Crane Company also has no problem with these boosters. Xia Chiyu's four people fought from morning to afternoon, a total of five hours, and the segment only rose from 5,000 to 6,000, and basically 80% of the team was a booster team.

That is, one or two players in it are particularly powerful, and the remaining players are not dispensable.

"I don't want to fight, I'm so tired......" When they logged out of the game to take a break, Su Xing couldn't help but complain, "I thought it would be easy to score in a low level, but it turned out to be ...... Damn, it's all boosting. I'm tired dad! ”

"It's really tiring." Lacey also sighed and said, "I originally heard that the Huaxia server boosting was overflowing, but I didn't expect it to be like this, no wonder many foreign PVP players have a grudge against Huaxia players." ”

And this is an official server, the player's speed is fast and the damage is high, so that the pace of the game is faster, even Xia Chiyu and the four of them can't guarantee that they can win 100% after facing these boosters. But fortunately, all four of them are high-level players, so they haven't lost a single day of fighting.

However, boosting is annoying. It's because the ladder is calculated according to the average segment, and the segmentation of the boosting itself may be higher, and the average segment is pulled down by the segmentation of teammates, so they win a lot of extra points. But there are almost no points deducted for losing. On the contrary, on their enemy's side, winning a handful plus very little, while losing a handful will deduct a lot.

Just when they denounced the boosting. Zhang Zinuo browsed the AO forum on the computer and said in surprise: "Eat fish, look." Now the forum seems to have exploded, alas, a whole bunch of people sprayed each other. ”

"Gee, isn't a forum like a gathering point for trolls? Fuss...... China has always been rich in trolls. Su Xing said strangely.

"No, not only Huaxia server, but even foreign players are involved, it seems that the whole world is arguing." Zhang Zinuo frowned and said, got up and put his arm around Xia Chiyu's arm and dragged him to the computer: "Come and see!" ”

Xia Chiyu's attention was actually on the astonishing soft touch coming from his arm, until Zhang Zinuo pinched his face and asked him to focus on the computer: "Big pervert!" Let's take a look at this first! ”

Xia Chiyu looked down, the content on the forum did surprise him a little. To put it bluntly, the task of collecting materials is ostensibly the task of collecting materials to cause this dispute, but in fact, the core of the dispute is "money".

Players are divided into two schools, one is that they think that they should focus on the victory of this world battle and donate all the materials they have to this fundraising mission, while the other group is that the world battle doesn't matter, and making money is the most important thing.

And the reason why this dispute broke out was actually because someone "took advantage of the fire to rob". While everyone is collecting materials to strengthen their fortifications, some players are deliberately inflating the price of these materials to an unacceptable level. The materials needed for these fortifications are actually materials that can be dropped in the past.

Since the task of collecting materials is triggered, each player can see a statistic in their field of vision, that is, the completion of the fortifications and the contribution of players and guilds.

At the end of the day, the fortifications were only improved by less than two percent. This means that if you start today and only rely on the players themselves to farm materials, a month from now, the fortifications will only be 60 or 70 percent at most, and although the impact on the outcome is not known, it is obviously not a good phenomenon.

The White Crane Company said that this fortification can reach more than 100%, and the stronger the fortification, the easier it will be to fight the demons, and the greater the chance of success in the world campaign, and if the world campaign can be successful, every player who participates in the defense can get a reward. And if it fails, it will lead to a sea change in the current world.

And since the completion of the fortifications can reach more than 100%, which means that this world campaign is obviously difficult, so many players advocate being "selfless" and taking out all the materials to raise donations, but some people not only do not contribute materials, but also raise the price of these materials by more than ten times.

It is difficult to farm enough of these materials only by players to farm them temporarily, and in order to achieve the contribution value and accumulate the completion of the fortifications, it is necessary to turn in the materials accumulated in the past.

As a result, the selfless players sprayed these money worshippers and dragged their feet. Not only do they not contribute, but they also count on other players who contribute to help them win the World Campaign so that they can continue to lick their faces and earn money.

And the players of the money worshippers are anti-spraying these altruistic players are nothing more than wanting rewards after the success of the world campaign, claiming that everyone's pursuit is different, the selfless faction wants rewards, and they want to make money.

"Actually, there is truth on both sides." Xia Chiyu shrugged his shoulders and said, "If you want to make money, give up the reward, and if you want to reward, spend some money." However, to be fair, I think that since the survival of the whole world is at stake in this incident, these people are making the price so expensive. It's a bit excessive. Of course, we all know who did it. ”

"These black businessmen are still so cheap." Gu Qinyan hugged his arms and snorted coldly.

In fact, it is not the fault of those money worshippers that the price of materials has reached this point, because players do not have enough goods on hand to influence the price of the market, and they just get a small profit from it.

Setting this collection task is actually just a method set by the White Crane Company to recycle useless waste materials, but it gives the black merchant an opportunity.

"Somehow to deal with these bastards." Xia Chiyu frowned and muttered to himself.

"Any great ideas?" Zhang Zinuo asked worriedly, "Now the forum is going to explode." ”

Truly. Judging by the posts on the forum, the situation is not optimistic. The current attitude of the money worshippers has angered the altruistic players, and many players are now saying that they want to "strike" together and no longer collect materials. Let these shameless money worshippers finally taste the consequences of the defeat in the battle.

And the money worshippers are unscrupulous because those players dare not really give up the world of AO.

This kind of behavior is actually a bit naΓ―ve, and it does not solve the problem fundamentally. On the contrary, it only shook the morale of the army. However, these people really put it into action, and the completion of the fortifications has been much slower.

In fact, Xia Chiyu knew that there must be people from the Black Business Alliance among these money-worshipping players. Deflect hatred away from yourself. And the fundamental solution to the problem is to bring down the price of materials.

"There is only one way to bring the price of materials down." Xia Chiyu explained. "Just look for Anna and see if they have any supplies on hand. But I don't think they have a lot of money on hand. ”

The reason is actually very simple, because this time Xia Chiyu and they didn't know in advance what the materials they needed, Anna is obviously not able to compete with the real Black Business Alliance in terms of funds, so the supply of goods at hand is definitely not as good as that of the Black Business Alliance.

"Anyway, let's talk to her, she probably has an idea about this speculation." Xia Chiyu said, stood up from the computer, then came to the edge of the game recliner and put on the game helmet again.

Xia Chiyu and the four of them landed in the game, and then teleported to the Dark Continent. Anna's twenty-sixth district was much more prosperous than the last time they were here, and the number of players had significantly increased several times. And amazingly, it's starting to get ...... It's more normal. Most of them are players who mainly do serious business, unlike the previous Dark Continent.

In the past, the Dark Continent was basically dominated by the assassination business of the Red Guild and the black eating black.

"Gee, it's been a long time." Anna came out of her guild with two of her guards with red faces.

Although today's Anna is still dressed as a medieval lady as in the past, she is no longer the puppet of Laddie's back then, and she can be described as infinitely beautiful. She personally came out to greet Xia Chiyu and the four of them, grabbed Xia Chiyu and Lacey's arms and said with a smile: "You haven't come to see my sister for a long time, come, I want to have a drink with my sister today." ”

With that, Anna turned to the two guards behind her, "Go, bring the best dark melody." ”

The two guards hesitated: "But, your safety ......"

"Blind? Don't know these four people? I don't know the ID, have you heard of the Four Demon Kings? Anna said angrily, "I can still have something to do with them by my side!" Just go! ”

Today, Anna's guild has been renovated, and it is like a crystal castle, full of fairy tale colors.

"Why do you have time to see my sister today?" Anna Mei smiled and threw a wink at Xia Chiyu.

"Oh, I'll tell you about this black businessman's speculation, you know, right? It's a big deal right now. Xia Chiyu replied.

Anna glared at Xia Chiyu resentfully, and replied, "Can't you say that you miss your sister?" ”

"Yes...... This is also a reason. Xia Chiyu said with a wry smile.

"Forget it, I won't embarrass you, I know that you have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace." Anna snorted, and then her expression became serious: "Of course I know about this, since the two factions quarreled, the completion of the fortifications has increased significantly slower. It would not be beneficial for either side to go on like this. The materials will not be sold, and in the end the World War will be lost. ”

Xia Chiyu nodded and said, "Yes, but these black businessmen don't seem to have any intention of lowering prices." ”

"They probably want to squeeze out the last bit of oil and water before lowering the price, after all, the rewards of this world battle are better, and there must still be those guilds and local tyrants who are willing to spend money." Anna said, sat down at the table, and curled the ****.

Wake glanced obscenely at the bottom of Anna's skirt, but saw nothing.

At this time, Anna's subordinates also brought the dark melody, Anna sent the two away, and then personally poured a cup for each of them, and took a sip herself: "Actually, due to the funds accumulated last time, this time we started to sweep the goods immediately after the alliance event, but compared to the entire black business alliance, our financial resources are still a little insufficient." ”

"Can't you keep the price down?" Gu Qinyan asked lightly.

Anna shook her head and sighed: "The supply is not enough, and I am not monopolistic enough, and now the price reduction will only be anti-monopoly." ”

"So, what if I have a way to drastically reduce the supply of black merchants?" Xia Chiyu asked with a smug smile.

Anna was stunned, and Su Xing squinted at Xia Chiyu, and seemed to be a little impressed by him: "Wow, eat fish, shouldn't you use that method?" This really doesn't look like you. Kill the Black Trader's 'Warehouse', right? ”

"That's right." Xia Chiyu grinned.

AO actually has an anti-black dealer mechanism, when a player hoards a large amount of materials on him, the White Crane Company will ban the account. But after all, the White Crane Company needs to be verified, so there is a delay.

Black merchants take advantage of this by creating a trumpet as a "transit station", and then transferring the materials on the transit station to a large number of people below, and then putting them into the auction house to sell. After the sale time is over, the unsold materials are gathered again with these trumpets and transferred to a new transfer station to continue the next sale. To put it bluntly, the transfer station was used to seal the White Crane Company.

The transfer of materials to other players at the Transit Station is only a transaction between players in the eyes of the White Crane Company, and they will not and cannot block the accounts of players who trade these transactions.

Xia Chiyu's method is to first look at the IDs of the players who sell materials on the auction house, and then track these players, and finally these players will lead them to find the "transfer station" of these black business alliances.

After the player's death, everything on their body will disappear from their materials and money, as long as they attack when the black merchant transfers materials and kill a large number of their "transit stations", their supply on hand will naturally be drastically reduced.

In this way, the black merchants will lose a large number of goods, and Anna's side will release the goods in her hand to reduce the price, and the black business alliance will lose more and more losses. In fact, this method has been known for a long time, but no one is willing to deal with the black business alliance, one is because people are rich and easy to mess with, and the other is because this method is too damaging for ordinary people to do at all.

But considering the current special situation, for the survival of the AO world, it is only necessary to sacrifice these grandchildren. What's more, what they cooperated with was originally a dark continent that killed people and sold goods. If you want to blame, you can only blame these black businessmen for being too greedy, and there is no lower limit to greed. If there is a willingness to keep prices down, there is no doubt that it is a win-win situation, and not as it is now, not only is there no one to buy materials, but the growth of fortifications has also dropped significantly.

"Of course, I don't deny that I do want to teach these bastards a good lesson." Xia Chiyu grinned. (To be continued.) )