The Tycoon God of Online Gaming - Chapter 19
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Chapter 19: Getting Members and Convincing Them
Translator: Larbre Studio
Editor: Larbre Studio
“Silent Night, I’ve entered the instance dungeon.”
“Okay, I’ll be right there.” Chu You took a look, before walking towards the direction of higher ground.
As he approached the instance dungeon, the chances of Chu You being discovered increased. Towards ‘red name’ players, other players held a very “enthusiastic” attitude.
Chu You was clear about this point.
For bored players who were unable to form teams, there was the possibility of choosing to level up in the surrounding areas. But here? This was a Level 4 monster area. Players with lower levels couldn’t possibly do much here apart from forming teams to enter the instance dungeon.
Not long afterward, Chu You bypassed some players without being attacked and appeared on the mountain behind the instance dungeon.
After making sure there was no one before him, Chu You walked over quickly. In a moment, Chu You appeared in the woods high above the instance dungeon. Looking down from here, there was a huge height difference from the ground. If he jumped down, he would be killed.
Chu You glanced at the terrain, and immediately had a sense of confidence. He took in a breath lightly and jumped down.
A huge red shadow leaped down from above. Chu You’s body slid down along the cliff, his eyes fixated on a certain point. His feet then accurately stopped on a small piece of outcropping rock. A -400 damage in health points appeared. Now, Chu You was quite close to the instance dungeon below.
At this time, the players below, especially those who were near the entrance of the instance dungeon, began to see system notifications that stated an evil red-name player was approaching. Alerted, they frantically looked around.
However, the red-name player was nowhere to be found.
Could it be an assassin who had a concealment skill? The new players all speculated.
One of the players was the first to discover Chu You descending from above. Immediately, he pointed at Chu You, who was on the cliff, and began shouting.
Immediately, all the players below him lifted their heads.
Chu You jumped downwards by a few steps and went prone on the ground. He aimed his hand at the top of the instance dungeon’s door and began loading the instance mission.
Chu You’s location was 25 meters away from the players below. This was beyond the range of the longest-range professions.
Afterward, in the gawking sight of the players, Chu You disappeared like a shadow.
“Coming, sorry to keep you waiting.”
Looking at Lin Luoer who was looking around the environment, Chu You greeted her.
Lin Luoer turned around. She had indeed waited for 20 minutes. She shook her head, and said, “That’s alright. But it seems like there is something peculiar here.” Lin Luoer was completely unaware that for a normal red-name player, it was extremely difficult to enter the instance mission.
Looking at Chu You’s low health points, she immediately began to use her healing skill.
Chu You walked over and came to a doorway beside Lin Luoer. He looked inside, and a contemptuous expression appeared on his face.
I was wondering what instance mission this was… It’s merely a new player test mission.
Before the two of them was a long corridor that extended into the distance. In it, all sorts of booby traps were in operation. If they weren’t careful, they would be damaged by all sorts of unexpected weapons, which might even get them killed.
In other words, this helped players to get used to the rules of the game and inspired them in the way they played. At the same time, it trained the reaction speeds of the players to prepare their foundations for the national wars in the near future.
In the previous life, these mechanisms were simulated by many guilds and workshops to develop their own professional players.
For this instance mission, the fewer the players, the better.
“Bright Night, take note of the top right corner of your field of view – do you see a timer?”
A timer showing 00:00 appeared on the top right corner of Chu You’s heads-up display.
Lin Luoer nodded nervously.
“According to the information I acquired, the time taken to pass through this instance mission will decrease as the difficulty is increased. This will increase the experience points as a result,” Chu You said, looking for a random reason to pass on some knowledge of the instance mission to Lin Luoer.
“There are two keys here, one for each of us. It’s good that we didn’t match with other people. If not there would be trouble… or not really, we could just kick them out.”
In the wooden box on the right of the door was a shiny key. Chu You took one out, and signaled for Lin Luoer to do the same.
“There are some monsters inside which can’t be killed; we just need to find the correct technique,”
Looking at the serious expression on Lin Luoer’s face, Chu You smiled.
“Don’t worry, don’t panic. Follow me, this isn’t a difficult instance mission.”
Chu You had passed countless instance missions with trickier booby traps in his previous life.
“Are you ready?”
Lin Luoer took a deep breath and nodded.
“You are the team leader. Press this button, and we will begin.”
Looking at the button glowing green beside her, Lin Luoer bit her lips and pressed down on the button.
Immediately, an invisible barrier before them disappeared. Their weapons were automatically put away into their bags, while the timer was started.
“You can jump first. Take note of the distance, jump forward when you are 1 meter away from the springboard.”
Chu You had made his judgement before he even began explaining.
Lin Luoer looked at the rock that was moving by itself and jumped nervously. She landed successfully on the floating rock, but she didn’t expect Chu You to jump when she made her move.
Both of them were now on a small elevated rock. Before them was the corridor with lots of different booby traps, and below them was a cavernous abyss.
“Jump now.”
When they saw they were almost at the opposite end, they leapt forward as one.
“Follow me, run.”
Chu You controlled his speed and maintained pace with Lin Luoer beside him.
They rushed towards the long corridor in an instant.
“In 2 meters, sprint and jump,” calculated Chu You accurately.
They leapt upwards as the ground below them began to crumble. They were once again on an airborne rock. Below them was bottomless darkness.
“Prone!” hollered Chu You.
They immediately assumed the prone position on the moving rock. Invisible arrows flew from both sides.
At this time, the rock below them became scalding hot, as both of their health points began to decrease. In front of them were two massive chain links that were flailing around. If they were hit, they would be thrown into the abyss below them.
Chu You said quickly, “Distance 1.5 meters, you will jump at the same time as me, with both hands grabbing onto the flailing chains. After 1.5 seconds, we’ll leap onto the staircase in front simultaneously,”
The speed of that chain link was very fast. For first-time players, there was no way to understand the pattern of it all – if they stayed on the rock, they would be scalded to death.
“Grab it now!” shouted Chu You.
They leaped forward as one. A chain-link flew out from below them and appeared right before their faces. They held onto the chain for their dear lives. As the chain moved rapidly, they were quickly brought to 1 meter before the staircase. If they did not jump now, they would be thrown into the abyss.
“When I say let go, it means let go with both hands, and aim to move your body forwards,” Chu You said, just as the chain-link reached the correct point.
“Let go!”
Chu You’s voice rang out like thunder.
Both of them let go at the same time. Looking at the staircase below them, they were barely stepping on the stairs. Behind them was an abyss, and within it was the still-flailing chain.
“Dizzy?” The experience just now was like riding a roller coaster. For players who had not gotten used to it, they would often feel dizziness and discomfort.
Lin Luoer remained silent, but she shook her head. Her mind seemed to be completely empty, as though she was a puppet under the full control of Chu You.
“Patch up, you’ve done great.”
It seemed like there was a solid chance of passing through on the first try.
They topped up their health points and ascended the stairs. Above the stairs was a door, which they entered.
“Look, that’s the finish line all the way forward. On the left and right are 5 monsters fixed on the stone columns, and below their feet are floating rocks. There are 10 rocks, with each of them moving. If you miss your footing accidentally, you will fall to your death. The rocks look irregular, but don’t worry, the most important part is not to be hit by the energy balls that the monsters are shooting at you.”
“This is the nightmare instance mission, so the damage dealt is very high. At the same time, look out for the distance between you and the rock ahead. Take note, the closer you are to the finishing point, the more monsters will attack you. I’ll go first, watch me.”
This time it would not do without a demonstration. At this stage, players were trained to find shortcuts in battles, so there was a high requirement on the players’ self-awareness.
Chu You readied himself and glanced at Lin Luoer. She was looking at him intently.
“Relax yourself and see how I do it,” said Chu You before sprinting forwards. Since it was a demonstration for Lin Luoer, Chu You put away his speed boosting shoes and controlled his form to remain at the same speed as beginner players.
One of his feet landed on a moving rock. On the left and right of him, about 10 meters away, the monsters immediately stood up. Red light shining from their eyes, they opened their mouths and fired a purple light ball towards Chu You.
At the moment Chu You’s rock was moving forward. As it moved, two monsters in front joined the attack on Chu You.
The trajectory of the light balls was determined by Chu You immediately. He dodged left and right, while noticing two other light balls moving towards him. The light balls did not move at high speed, so Chu You was able to easily judge their motions with his abundant experience.
Chu You came to the staircase where the second rock was moving. At this time, only 4 monsters were shooting light balls at Chu You.
Lin Luoer looked at Chu You’s silhouette in a daze. She completely did not realize that Chu You was this good in the game. Even the highest-level players were not comparable to his form, movement, and awareness. Lin Luoer had a solid foundation in games, and had once been a highly heralded player in the League of Heroes.
Outsiders saw only the exterior, but insiders knew how to look for skill. Lin Luoer realized that Chu You was no ordinary player. He killed 6 opponents without taking any damage, had incredible weapons, and an exceptional upper garment. Now, as he cleared the obstacles with a lightness in his step, Lin Luoer had to confirm one thought. That would be the fact that Chu You had been playing the game before it even went online.
If not, there would be no way to explain Chu You’s prowess. Chu You had said that he hadn’t entered the instance mission before, meaning that it was the first time Chu You was playing it. First time and this good? No one would believe that…
Chu You’s last jump landed him on the solid platform. Walking over, he inserted his key into one of the keyholes. The keyhole lit up immediately, while his timer stopped counting down. His timing was at 5 minutes and 27 seconds.
Afterwards, Chu You returned to Lin Luoer. He was confused at the way Lin Luoer was looking at him oddly.
“What?”
“Have you played this game before?”
Chu You was dazed for two seconds before he faked an expression of sudden realization. “That’s right!” he confirmed, “who am I? I’m the CNMLGB Inc. CEO, the boss of one of the top 300 companies in the world! I’ve been playing when you all were still anticipating the game.”
Heaven was created through the combined simulation of the most advanced artificial intelligence as the mainframe and multiple types of accompanying intelligences. There was no such thing as an alpha testing version – after the game was created, it was released directly. Since this game was essentially the crystallization of all of mankind’s scientific advancements, there was no need for a testing version.
The prospect of revival was too preposterous. This secret could only be brought with Chu You to his grave.
An expression of a sudden realization appeared on Lin Luoer’s face. She looked down and mumbled, “No wonder.”
Then, she raised her head, looked at Chu You, and smiled. “That means I’ve been following the right person?”
“Of course,” said Chu You, his expression changing. “Not just that, Lin Luoer, I have something else to tell you. From my reliable sources and my analysis team, I know that the world will go through a period of turmoil. So, I think you shouldn’t study anymore.” Looking at Lin Luoer, who was increasingly shocked, Chu You said seriously, “Come to me, I’ll provide the top tier gaming cabins. You just need to play this game well. Of course, you’ll be paid.”
Chu You was about to completely claim the God-Tier Healer before him.
“So… just playing the game well will do?”
“Of course! You’ve heard of the League of Heroes right? If you’re good at the game, I can fulfill your every desire. Think about it carefully, if you’re up for it, I’ll send someone with a contract.”
Only in this way could Chu You truly anchor this God-Tier Healer’s heart. If he did so from the perspective of charity, there would probably be the opposite effect, given the stubborn nature of Lin Luoer in her previous life.
Lin Luoer was hesitant and fidgeted. She locked her fingers, making it obvious that she was struggling with the prospect in her heart.
“You don’t have to reply to me now, I’m giving you the time to think it through. Now, I’ll demonstrate again. Watch.”
Before long, Chu You was back. He said to Lin Luoer, “Got it? I have a vial of potion here. If you think you can do it, then drink this potion and try to pass the challenge. There’s a better chance this way.”
Eventually, Lin Luoer did not disappoint Chu You. With her talent in the game, she passed the obstacle on the first try. However, she didn’t have many health points left, and was almost dying. When she arrived on the platform, she immediately began healing herself.
“Don’t heal now! Quick, insert the key.”
After hearing Chu You’s words, Lin Luo’er’s face turned red and immediately ran over to insert the key into the keyhole. Both keyholes began to glow, and the compass below started rotating.
System Notification: Congratulations. According to your timings, your speed in passing the obstacles is at Level S. Your difficulty level is Nightmare mode. You are awarded the Green Duke Chest – we hope that you have an enjoyable in-game experience.
System Notification: Player Silent Night received experience points +6000
System Notification: Player Luo River Bright Night received experience points +4500
System Notification: This instance mission is a one-time test, with the goal of training players to get accustomed to Heaven quickly. The instance mission will still be available, but there will not be any increase in experience points of rewards.
At this time, a mechanism in the middle of the platform made a sound, as though something was opened. Moments afterward, a chest glowing green was lifted out, and stopped at a position about half a meter high.
“Go open it,” said Chu You. Lin Luoer immediately rushed over to open the chest. However, she wasn’t aware of Chu You’s cunning smirk behind her. Chu You was looking to see if Lin Luoer would keep items for herself while searching. If she did, then that would be the last time she looted bodies or chests.
“Chu You, there’s a skill book of yours.”
Damn! She got a skill book? Was it that this girl had amazing luck?
Chu You was shocked. He knew quite clearly how rare skill books were in Heaven. These things accompanied players for life – it was worth even more than his own Red Vessel weapon.
“Oh, is that so? Send it to me, I’ll take a look,” said Chu You calmly.
Name: Sidesweep
Type: Three-Stage Skill
Required Level and Profession: All warriors, Level 5 and Above.
Skill Information: After three normal attacks, player can use weapon to sidesweep once. Damages a maximum of 8 opponents in a 4-meter radius. Damage: Personal Stat Damage + 100 health points of basic damage.
Proficiency Level: 0/10000, Can Level Up Once Proficiency Level is full.
Looking at the information on the skill, Chu You was shocked. Even his usually stable breathing became hurried. Since this ranged skill did not need magic points to be used, it was an extremely valuable skill.
“Lin Luoer… Can I call you baby? I can’t even express my feelings of excitement right now.”
“What, is this a good skill book?” Lin Luoer asked, confused.
“Of course, this is a half radius skill book. It’s worth a lot.”
“Do you need money badly?”
“Erm, no, I mean it’s rare and difficult to get.”
“Oh, I’ll leave it in the chest and you can come get it yourself. There are silver coins and a magic potion as well.”
“You take the rest. Lin Luoer, I’m telling you, I think you should stop considering and come join me. Be a full-time healer for me.”
A god-tier healer with insanely good luck. Where else could one find such a beauty?
“You…you let me think first!”
Given the social circumstances now, university students were scoffed at. Current university students realized this as well – if there was a stable way to earn an income, most students would give up their studies.
It wasn’t that Lin Luoer was unaware of this. She was just a little worried that Chu You was seeking something from her. Once she thought of this, she was unable to make her decision.
But she thought again about her mother… and her father, her home was a mess because of them. Her expression gradually grew cold.
Thinking about the celebrities in movies and on television, as well as some women who attained everything from nothing – they had all paid unimaginable hard work and experienced much hardship to get there. But herself…
It was just playing a game, what would even happen? If Chu You did something unacceptable… I would…
Looking coldly at Chu You, Lin Luoer decided that it was time for her to charge into the fray!
Lin Luoer indignantly stood up, confusing Chu You with her fierce manners.
And that cold stare in her eyes – what was up with that?
“What happened, Lin Luoer?”
“Nothing, I’ll get back to you tonight.”
“Oh, do you want to sleep or continue with the other two instance missions?”
“Continue!”
Chu You was speechless.
Moments later, both of them got their own items, and left the instance mission one after another.
Not long later, Chu You appeared at the “Best” position of the instance mission. Looking down at the players gossiping about him, Chu You callously sat down to rest. The name tag on him glowed red again.
“Silent Night, the second instance mission is a single-player one.”
“Oh, what about the third one?”
Lin Luoer’s voice came through shortly after. “The third one is a team instance mission, only teams of 6 can enter.”
“Form a team then.”