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Ji Dong couldn’t understand Ren Jianmo’s meaning for a moment.
He raised his head and stared doubtfully into the other’s fascinating heterochromatic eyes.
Zhao Zhui’s attention was mostly focused on them and seeing them frown and having a tête-à-tête, the man on the stage stopped and asked with a smile, “Is there something wrong with the two of you?”
Now, everyone in the whole conference room focused on them.
Ren Jianmo calmly raised an index finger and motioned not to talk here.
Ji Dong turned his head back and listened carefully.
It took them about half an hour to learn the operations and new rules of the guild called “Compass” from Zhao Zhui.
Compass was one of the largest guilds in the [Peach Blossom Spring].
So far, it has had over 230 players, including the guild’s leader and numerous significant members who have broken through the difficult levels of the [Film], and have already prepared themselves to confront the S-Level difficulty at any moment.
In the monthly [Film] missions, the team would be matched according to the [Film] level and ability level of the members, divided into several groups, and led by a reliable captain before they enter the [Film].
Moreover, there were special think tanks in the guild. They were made up of highly educated and intelligent people from all walks of life. They would analyze the trailer for hints that would allow each team to hypothesize about the next [Film] and what props should be the most suitable to be equipped to enhance the team’s overall survival rate.
However, the help provided by the guild was not free.
As Ji Dong expected earlier, every member who joined the “Compass” and completed a [Film] must give a portion of their points to the management team of the guild.
Moreover, every ‘collectible prop’ used was regarded as a “lease”. The points spent for renting was always a joint responsibility of every member on the team.
Furthermore, not only should members surrender their “collectible props” to the guild and when they were inside the [Film], but they also have to consider the props that would be used to aid their members’ abilities.
According to the restrictions established by the [Peach Blossom Spring] for the participants, each participant could only activate one power at a time. If they wish to obtain new skills, they must adhere to the strict guidelines. It was said that it was so difficult that no man was powerful enough in the [Peach Blossom Spring] to obtain two powers at the same time.
Therefore, under this premise, if a participant who already had an ability has obtained a special item that could stimulate an ability in the [Film], it must be handed over to the team leader. The team leader would then assign it to another team member who had not stimulated any ability.
In other words, while the prerequisites for joining the guild may appear harsh at first, but because of Zhao Zhui’s silver tongue and from his experience as a senior headhunter, most of the participants did not think that the cost of joining the guild was excessive.
For newcomers, compared with the ethereal points that could only be regarded as a series of numbers, the sense of security of being part of a team was what they yearned for the most.
Everyone was afraid to fight alone.
At the end of the meeting, 13 of the 18 newcomers said they wanted to join the “Compass” on the spot.
The remaining five people, in addition to Ji Dong, Ren Jianmo, and Mo Tiangen, were two middle-aged men who didn’t promptly comply.
The two men hesitated for a while before one of them asked, “After joining the guild, will we have to swap teams for each [Film] we take part in? Can’t we put together a fixed team?”
Zhao Zhui smiled.
He knew that these two were reluctant to give up their points.
People who generally thought about this problem felt that if they were able to form a stable team, become acquainted, and one day become formidable, the entire team would not then have to rely on the guild’s support and would be able to stand on its own.
Zhao Zhui quietly chuckled in his heart because, even though the two of them were not very capable, they were able to think for long-term situations.
After all, the novices who have asked him similar concerns in the past have not been able to successfully survive in the [Film], and upgraded to the level B difficulty.
“At present, you are just at the novice stage. Your ability still has a lot of room for growth. You still need to work with a team to improve.”
Zhao Zhui smiled while saying, “Moreover, when you experience more [Films] and the level of difficulty becomes higher, you will find that in the [Peach Blossom Spring] the types of [Films] in here are far beyond your imagination. Sometimes, it’s not as simple as you think.”
The two middle-aged men looked at each other with doubts on their faces.
“The think tank in our guild once analysed the various types of F-level [Films]. They discovered that there are rules to follow.”
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Zhao Zhui began to explain skillfully, “In the F-level [Film], most of the monsters you will encounter are monsters that you can attack physically. This will give you the illusion that you can survive in the [Film] as long as you improve your physical ability and have a trade-off for powerful attack props.”
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With a sly smile, he made a less amusing joke, “You may face any of the top topics in those popular thrillers and horror flicks in the [Film], so it’s easy to understand.”
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“In addition, I would like to remind you that usually, newcomers who have just entered the [Peach Blossom Spring] are likely to have a misconception that the larger the team is, the safer they will be and the higher the probability of survival.”
Zhao Zhui struck while the iron was hot, “In fact, it’s not, because the [Peach Blossom Spring] will coordinate the difficulty of the [Film] according to the average level of the participants.”
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“Theoretically, there is no upper limit on the number of the players who could enter the same [Film]. It could be dozens, hundreds, or even thousands.”
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The newcomers here shook their heads honestly.
“I think some of you here should have seen the old junk film World War Z? It’s almost the same as that scene.”
He vividly described, “You are likely to find that the whole team will be directly thrown into that army of millions of zombies.”
In fact, not many people have seen the early old zombie film he used as an example.
Zhao Zhui’s explanation, on the other hand, caused everyone to have their own set of visions, which they imagined to be quite graphic and specific. Several people shivered uncontrollably.
At present, no one, including the two middle-aged men, had any doubts about the team arrangement of “Compass”. Without many struggles, they decided to become a member of the guild like others.
Zhao Zhui looked at Ji Dong, Ren Jianmo, and Mo Tiangen and asked sincerely, “So, what about the three of you?”
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This was his first night in the [Peach Blossom Spring].
Sure enough, lying on the soft big bed, Ji Xiao’niao couldn’t sleep at all.
During this period, he received too much information.
To be honest, Ji Dong was almost persuaded by Zhao Zhui.
Although it was inconvenient to have to spend a set number of points for each [Film], who wouldn’t desire a place that might help him embrace this new “reality” and guide him when the path ahead was uncertain?
Even the superheroes in the cartoons who tore up an aircraft carrier with their bare hands still had to form an alliance; not to mention themselves who hadn’t figured out the rules of the game.
Moreover, Zhao Zhui also used some persuasive words such as “companion”, “home” and “concentrated efforts”, which were particularly easy to resonate with.
With the herd mentality that everyone had, he almost had his head heated, believing that it had to be his last destination, and nearly took out his points to join “Compass” right away.
However, he was not impulsive to agree immediately. He just asked the headhunter for some time to think about it.
Ji Dong had finally calmed himself and thoroughly thought for a long period before seeing the hints.
“Ah ah ah!”
Ji Dong rolled several times, hugged the pillow, and beat it twice.
——Yes! Joining Compass was not a wise choice.
At this realization, Ji Dong couldn’t help but get up, ran to the desk, sat down, and opened the communication terminal.
He hesitated for half a minute on whether to dial the communication request to Mo Tiangen or Ren Jianmo.
Finally, Ji Dong looked at the clock on the table and thought that 11:30 wasn’t too late for modern aged people. Since that was the case, he couldn’t help but dial the call request to [Wisteria 0010].
This time his calls were not denied three times, and Ren Jianmo quickly answered the communication.
“Haven’t slept yet?”
Ji Dong hid his fingers under the table. He nervously pinched the corners of his pajamas, and made an opening remark, “I’m sorry to bother you so late.”
Ren Jianmo shook his head. A pair of different colored pupils gazed at Ji Dong silently through the display screen, waiting for him to speak.
“In fact, there’s nothing wrong…”
Ji Dong replied, “I finally figured out what you meant at the meeting…”
Ji Xiao’niao thought of Ren Jianmo’s tone when he spoke close to his ear and his breath against it. His cheeks burned hot at the memory. He couldn’t help but reach out and scratch his ear.
“Oh?”
Ren Jianmo smiled softly, “What do you think? Tell me.”
“You told me that the rules of the [Peach Blossom Spring] do not allow the transfer of points for opportunists. I couldn’t understand it before. ……”
Looking at the screen, he observed the beauty that was quietly waiting for him, his eyes smiling. Ji Dong instantly felt like a student preparing for a debate. His heart was throbbing, and feeling quite nervous.
“Because after the points reach a certain degree, the difficulty of the [Film] which the participants will be involved in will increase accordingly; the points then can only be used to strengthen the body or redeem props. I guess both of these are not enough for the participants to protect themselves with. Is it true that the degree of difficulty of the [Films] suddenly rises due to the increase in points?”
Ren Jianmo nodded.
Theoretically speaking, Ren Jianmo, who had lost his memory, should know no more information than Ji Dong and the other newcomers did.
But obviously, Ji Dong trusted his judgment from the bottom of his heart. So he took his words as correct.
“I think that although the leaders of the guild will collect points from their members as capital for the operation of the guild, they certainly won’t concentrate a lot of points on one or two people in a short time. Otherwise, if they are forced to upgrade by the [Peach Blossom Spring], the problem will be serious.”
Ji Dong looked at Ren Jianmo’s expression, “So the most likely thing is that they will distribute the collected points to the main officers, or keep their value by exchanging them for equivalent props… That’s what you wanted to tell me at the meeting?”
Ren Jianmo slightly hooked his lips.
“Have you seen the Obelisk?”
He asked, “Have you noticed the distribution of the number of participants at each level of difficulty on the Obelisk?”
Ji Dong blushed and admittedly shook his head.
At that time, he only looked at a small space without any characters at the top of the Obelisk and listened to Zhao Zhui boast to them about the legendary big guy who was extremely close to the SS-level [Film]. However, no one knew who he was or what happened to him.
Now that he thought about it, he didn’t notice the allocation of numbers among the participants at each difficulty level. He must go to the Obelisk tomorrow morning and carefully count the names on it line by line.
“Not to mention the other levels, there are about 30 players who have broken through the S-level difficulty [Film] on the Obelisk.”
“Wow!”
Ji Dong sighed “That’s much better than I had expected.”
He originally thought that the S-level difficulty was only one step away from achieving the goal of rebirth. There were few people who could do it. Unexpectedly, there were as many as 30 people.
“Then, do you remember what level of difficulty [Film] that the leader of the Compass guild has reached?”
Ji Dong answered simply this time, “Level A”
“Yes.”
Ren Jianmo smiled at Ji Dong, “On the Obelisk, there are about 100 names for the A-level difficulty piece. The main combat effectiveness of the ‘Compass’ is within the scope of this category.”
Ji Dong was shocked, “You mean, the real powerful people are actually not interested in forming a guild?”
This time, Ren Jianmo shook his head.
“I mean, those powerful senior players disdain being part of a guild dominated by low-level players like ‘Compass’.”
“Why?” Ji Dong asked, “Although you can’t collect too many points from others at a time, as long as you organize a guild like ‘Compass’, you can have a stable and risk-free point income? So why not?”
And then he laughed at himself. “After all, it is easy for silly newcomers like us to be deceived.”
If Ren Jianmo hadn’t been watching for him, Ji Dong felt that maybe he and Teacher Dagen would have readily pulled out a large amount of points and happily joined Compass.
“There are two possibilities.” Ren Jianmo answered his question, “The first is that after a certain level of difficulty, the points become less important; the second is that as the difficulty of the [Film] increases, The points gained or spent will increase exponentially, and the low-level members cannot squeeze out points of this magnitude.”
“As for which one,” he replied faintly with a hook on his lips, “you’ll know when you break through the [Film] of B-level difficulty.”
Ji Dong believed that Ren Jianmo’s tone should be as firm and decisive as possible when he spoke that line just now. He almost characterized the [Film] with B-level difficulty as his former house’s back garden. He came in when he wanted and went when he wanted.
“I see.”
Ji Dong was a clever one, and he understood it now.
“Think about it carefully. The difficulty of the [Film] will only climb, not reduce, according to the regulations of the [Peach Blossom Spring]. Once a specific difficulty level is reached, we can only continue to confront the same level’s difficulty or do our best to upgrade to a higher level of difficulty.”
He pouted, “Therefore, for those bosses who aim at those [Films] of SS difficulty in customs clearance, when their difficulty level is high to a certain extent, the guilds dominated by low-level members actually have little significance, right?”
Ren Jianmo held his cheek in one hand and smiled lazily:
“There should be many high-level player guilds or organizations in [Peach Blossom Spring], but those people disdain reaching out to new people.”
Ji Dong, “…”
He was dazzled by the other party’s smile.
“Then can I think like this?” Ji Dong rubbed his fingers under the table, “The leadership of ‘Compass’ regards running the guild as a way to firmly obtain points and collect props. But in reality, they are not really working towards the goal of breaking through the difficulty and going home as soon as possible as they claim…”
He thought about the wording.
“I suppose they want to keep things as they are? They not only regulate the difficulty of the [Film] within their abilities; they also have the guild’s lowest members to offer them a consistent flow of points… Isn’t this the simplest way to live in the [Peach Blossom Spring]?”
At this point, Ji Dong frowned.
He couldn’t understand what these people were thinking
Because he desperately wanted to go back.
In the original world, he still had a lot of worries that he couldn’t give up on. Now, he was reluctant to give up his troubles here, even if he was granted the chance to be reincarnated.
And when they came out of the ‘Colosseum’, they saw Zhao Zhui and many more people pursuing them.
In other words, Compass was certainly not the only guild in the [Peach Blossom Spring] that lived by absorbing new people.
Did these people have tacitly given up the hope of going back, as long as they muddle along?
“After staying for a long time in the [Peach Blossom Spring], maybe some people’s minds will change.”
As if he had guessed what Ji Dong was thinking, Ren Jianmo smiled softly, “What are you going to do? Do you want to join Compass?”
Ji Dong thought for a moment and answered honestly, “Although most of the leaders in ‘Compass’ may want to make a living by collecting the points of team members, during the preliminary [Films] having a team that can cooperate with each other is really helpful to the survival rate. From this point of view, we can also get what we need?”
Ren Jianmo nodded in agreement.
“However, if we join Compass, we must obey the team arrangement of the guild…”
Ji Dong swallowed his saliva nervously, and his hand silently shook into a fist under the table.
“I, I want to continue forming a team with you and, of course, Teacher Dagen…”
Ji Dong widened his eyes and looked earnestly at the handsome man with long hair across the screen.
“Is that ok?”
Hahaha instead of forming a team y does it feel like JD is asking RJM out,with him being so nervous
Thank you for the chapter!
Why so nervous? It’s not like you’re confessing to him 😏😉
Meu cérebro é um pouco tolo, então alguém pode me explicar por que a guilda não é confiável? E por que esse sistema não considera a guilda um charlatão?
Oops, I ended up posting in my mother tongue 😅😅😅😅😅.
My brain is a bit of a fool, so can someone explain to me why the guild can’t be trusted? And why doesn’t this system consider the guild a charlatan?
Did the author forget about Ren JianMo’s frail setting? Why doesn’t he cough anymore? As someone who came for SICK BEAUTY GONG, I’m a little disappointed.