Chapter 9 Intermission 3
[Scenario completed. Calculating for rewards...]
[Player receives:]
[EXP: 500]
[Coins: 0.]
[Equipment/Items: None]
[Complete/Quests: 0/0]
[Complete hidden/special quests: 0]
[Worldview Unlocked: None]
[Fear Value Surged: 0 time]
[Highest Fear Value: 0%]
[Average Fear Value: 0%]
[Your Fear Rating: A whole sack of guts]
[This scenario does not have bonus rewards]
[Calculation completed. Please continue]
Now we have to know some rules related to calculation for rewards in multiplayer mode.
No matter which way they choose, the most taboo behavior in this game was ‘chuckle-headed’ actions. Horror details of this game were designed to take the calmness from players and force them to do some stupid actions like using a bazooka to kill a dog. In Thriller Paradise, the most logical fighting tactics would earn the biggest benefits. Using a bazooka, one would just receive a pulp of dusts. Using Beating Dog Stick Method, one could have the fur and a hot pot.
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Feng Bujue returned to the login space then read all the data of the calculation. When he opened the menu, he found out that he had reached level 4, whereas his Stamina Value was now 400/400, and the EXP required to level up was 0/400. It seemed that the EXP required to level up in this game wasn’t much. At least, up to now, each level required only one hundred points, same with the Stamina Value increase. Their homepage didn’t show the particular EXP required for each level. Hotshots who wrote guides didn’t discuss this either. As such, he didn’t exclude the possibility of incredibly high EXP required to level up when they reached higher levels.
"Jue-Ge, I’m at level three now. Moreover, it’s just 30 points more to reach level four," Wang Tanzhi’s voice sounded in his communication channel.
"I know." Indeed, Feng Bujue had soon guessed about Little Tan’s EXP, because the difference of 30 points between their Value Skill points had come from the bonus of the newbie tutorial. "If we play another training round of the Multiplayer Mode, we will reach level four. However, this mode doesn’t offer many benefits. When we reach level five, of course, we will try Multiplayer Survival Mode. That is the core of the game, but now we are desperately lacking of equipment. Let alone good equipment, we don’t even have the regular ones. If we enter some parties, we will hold them back."
"What? Party? Holding them back? Hold who?" Wang Tanzhi was bewildered.
"Surely, you haven’t read the game’s introductions," Feng Bujue said, "the number of members of a party could be from two to six, and they will be chosen randomly before the scenario is generated. If we have six members, it will be okay. But if we have only two and we are going to enter a scenario for three, four, five or six people, we have to team up with others.
"If we are too bad, we will probably die in the scenario. Then, when our party completes the scenario, we can only receive the EXP relative with the efforts we had made before we got killed. And, we will not receive rewards after the scenario had been completed.
"Moreover, there’s the problem of looting. Between the players who aren’t acquaintances, whoever finds the items or skills could keep them. Except for those that couldn’t be brought out of the scenario, not anyone is willing to share the skills or equipment they found.
"That is how people’s hearts work. Even if they have collected some useless items that couldn’t be sold or traded, they will sell them to the system to earn some coins. They won’t give them for free to their teammates. You have to exchange something to make them feel better."
Upon hearing his words, Wang Tanzhi added, "In short, if we don’t take this chance to level up, after level five, it will become very difficult. And, if our Specialties are not yet unlocked, and they want to give us trash items or useless skills, we will not be able to take them."
"It’s good that you understand. Now, we will split up then start the Single-player Survival," said Feng Bujue.
"You spoke that much because you want to abandon me! Hey!"
Feng Bujue burst out laughing and said, "I think we have completed the previous Multiplayer Training Mode perfectly. Because logically speaking, we couldn’t receive that much EXP. I think this BOSS was not originally designed to be killed. The possibility of killing the BOSS to pass the round is really rare. Regularly, players would only need to run away, then they could roughly receive 300 points.
"This leveling up is faster than what we have expected. Now, we have to complete the Single-player Training Mode by ourselves to reach level five. Our capacities would then be improved significantly. At least, we will be able to unlock one or two more specialties. Perhaps we could even receive some skills or equipment."
"Alright then. I will play alone, but I can still see your status on my friendlist, right?" asked Wang Tanzhi.
"Yeah, sure," Feng Bujue answered, "whoever finishes the scenario first should wait for the other. If there’s no unexpected event, it will take one hour max to get into level five. Then, we can try that legendary ‘Multiplayer Survival Mode’."