Chapter 513: System Maintenance
At the Ice Shrine.
Lin Jie, Baili Changcheng, and Bu Yi were giving their best at farming monsters before the system went into maintenance.
It was a pity that all the treasure chests and treasures within the Ice Shrine had been taken away by Eighteen Massacres. This trip had really completely become an activity to help raise Baili Changcheng’s levels. That made Lin Jie smile bitterly.
After a few hours, all of the monsters in the Ice Shrine were cleared, and Baili Changcheng’s level was increased to 36. Lin Jie’s EXP bar also increased to 63%. Everyone saw that it was near to the maintenance time, so they bade farewell and went offline to rest.
After removing his helmet, his roommates, Yan Li, Zhang Rong, and Zheng Ziliang, had also just come out of the game. They exchanged looks and laughed.
Zhang Rong said, “I’m actually seeing the game addict Lin Jie offline, such a rare occurrence.”
Yan Li said in a low voice, “Take care of your health.”
The amount of time Lin Jie would spend in the game was too frightening. Each time he put on the helmet, he would be online for 10+ or even 20+ hours. Each time he went offline was only to drink the nutrient serum and train at the sports field. Then he would eat a feast, so scrumptious that made others’ jaws drop, before going back online and working hard. Everyone was worried that his body wouldn’t be able to take it, but in the end, this fellow’s health hadn’t only not deteriorated, but his muscles had also become stronger and firmer—his health was superb…
“I’ll go train.” Lin Jie smiled.
Yan Li and Zhang Rong had good characters, but their jobs in The New Age were Minstrel and Bartender, so it was fated they were not destined with Savage Blade. However, these two had good personalities. Thus, they had become good friends with many of Brotherhood’s members, their interactions were quite harmonious.
“Go, go, I am going to sleep. After waking up, I’ll take advantage of the system maintenance and go to the library. I’ll take a good look at the girls at our university. After staying in the dormitory every day, I feel like my sexual orientation is going to change soon.” Zheng Ziliang lay on the bed on his sides and waved his hand at Lin Jie.
As usual, Lin Jie drank a bottle of nutrient serum and went to practice his boxing in the sports field. Jabs, horizontal punches, and uppercuts were done with the vigor and vitality of a tiger.
It was near late autumn, so the weather was already quite cold. Lin Jie, who was topless and boxing in the sports field, attracted plenty of attention. Numerous people were talking about him while pointing at him. Some girls would look at such a muscular build with heart-shaped eyes while some guys were envious and despised Lin Jie, who was showing off.
“Phew…” After a few rounds were completed, Lin Jie could feel the lactic acid in his muscles. It felt so comfortable that he stretched his body and his joints instantly, letting out crisp crackling sounds. Only after Lin Jie relaxed did he notice the looks from the surrounding people. He frowned slightly and casually used his sweater as a towel, then wearing a single thin shirt, he returned to the dormitory.
Zheng Ziliang, Yan Li, and Zhang Rong were in a deep sleep in all kinds of strange poses. Lin Jie, on the other hand, pulled a stool, opened his computer, and started browsing the forum.
The hottest topic on the forum was naturally the details of the maintenance update this time.
The main content was as so:
First, this maintenance would upgrade and update the whole of the game—there would be no instances of lagging, and it would no longer be a problem to accommodate more players online. Also, this maintenance would provide guidance and missions with rich benefits for new players. There would be an additional 50% enhancement in EXP gained for players 10 levels below the mainstream players when they completed missions or killed monsters. Such an enhancement would disappear after one’s level reached the mainstream.
Second, the whole The New Age would be reinforced, the battle powers of all NPC guards would become stronger and completely eradicate all PK occurrences. Also, the space barrier of The New Age would be strengthened, and due to such an action, the teleportation fees of all players would be increased slightly.
Third, each main city would release a portion of hidden maps. Among them, the City of Light’s hidden maps were [General’s Tomb], [Skyworm Valley], [Forest of Thousand Needles], and [Death Desert]. There were items relating to the expansion pack hidden within the hidden maps. The timing for the release of the expansion pack had also been confirmed—it was when the first clear of the dungeon-group [War of Light] has been obtained.
Fourth, the six Bosses! They were Fallen Bloody General•Ferocious Wolf, Void Summoner•Sly Fox, Queen of Thorns•Shadow Succubus, Venomous Barbarian King•Agile Leopard, Death Knight•Poisonous Snake. These six powerful Bosses would appear in the Holy Church Wanted List, and Empire Wanted List—those who killed the Bosses would obtain rich rewards.
Fifth, the Lord God Competition [Best of The Best] would open for participation. This competition was a five-man team competition. For details of the rules, the players were advised to visit the [Best of The Best] forum.
Lin Jie tilted his head and looked at the details of the update thoughtfully. There was even an introduction below with tens of thousands of words together with pictures. When Lin Jie finished reading it all, he sat on his seat heavily. He smiled slightly and said, “So it is an update that is directed to the few of us.”
This system maintenance was directed towards the things that Lin Jie had encountered recently!
That’s right, those few people who had teleported there. The “strengthening of the space barrier in the maintenance and increase in teleportation fees” looked like it was to retrieve gold coins, but in reality, it was to completely prevent people from other lands to teleport there! That was to say Hungry Tiger and others were isolated and helpless in this land. Also, the main aim of releasing the information regarding the six Bosses was to let players kill them.
Those people had teleported there illegally—they were “illegal immigrants”. However, The New Age was controlled by AI, so even if there were problems, the changes needed to suit the game contents, so they could not be directly removed by the system. Therefore, the six of them had become the target for all players!
The new maps released were undoubtedly the places where these people were hidden. However, the new maps released differed slightly in different main cities. A total of 30+ maps were released, but it was unknown where the hidden maps were exactly. However, maps like [General’s Tomb], [Skyworm Valley], and [Death Desert], Lin Jie had entered them in his previous life. They were worthy of being ideal leveling grounds, so it was obvious that large numbers of players would be attracted there.
As for the five-man team competition [Best of The Best], it was directed at Lin Jie, who was a lawless City Leader. Most probably, the system was still brooding on how Lin Jie had acted recklessly in the first Final Tournament.
“This is tricky… Broken Blade hasn’t been strengthened in a while. The remaining blades, one is within the final dungeon of War of Light, and the other is within Source of Holy Light of Laini in the Tower of Light.” Lin Jie took a deep breath. “Now, my equipment has reached a bottleneck, besides the Kiara Beast King Armor and Death Light Helmet, the other weapons are all obtained from dungeons, they need to be changed.”
“There seems to be a Sub-Legendary Fragment in the General’s Tomb?”
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“System maintenance? That’s weird.” The green button for Baili Xuanyuan’s game capsule just disappeared, and the secretary, who had been staying beside the capsule, immediately went up and opened the game cabin, bringing Baili Xuanyuan out.
Baili Xuanyuan was naked from head to toe and was sparking radiantly. That was the top high-grade nutrient serum. When such a nutrient serum was added to the game capsule, it could supplement nutrients and build muscles, allowing one to be constantly working out. A small bottle of nutrient serum cost a normal person’s ten years of salary.
The secretary was obviously familiar with such a situation long ago, so she said gently, “Boss, the information regarding the maintenance update has already been consolidated for you. Also, Eighteen Massacres is outside waiting for you.”
Baili Xuanyuan opened his eyes, his pupils were filled with wisdom. He smiled slightly and said, “Call him in.”
“You still like to put on high and mighty airs.” Eighteen Massacres wore a suit with plaid tie and shining leather shoes. The only flaw was that originally handsome and masculine face was all dark and gloomy. He flung a huge pile of papers onto the table and said, “I’ll be straightforward and cut to the chase, with my strength in the game now, I request to rebuild the Kingdom of Glory and take back my fundings. Also, your Xuanyuan Alliance cannot interfere with my activities.”
Baili Xuanyuan smiled unfathomably and said, “The Kingdom of Glory, Dark-Robed Knights, and Mage Heavens. We, the three guilds, were originally like birds of the feather flock, striving to rule over The New Age together. We had an agreement that the two guilds would secretly develop and grow bigger, then we would merge, and the two guilds would become my subordinates. This would allow my status to be unshakable, and meanwhile, I would provide funds for you. This was originally a perfect plan since the family did not know my connections to you. Baili Changcheng, who is still wet behind the ears, is no match for me at all.
“However, the appearance of Codename Lone Wolf spoiled all of our plans, and even I had to recruit people. What a pity that although I dominated in doing business, I did not understand the gaming world. The people I have come in contact with were all cunning, first-rate business experts, so dealing with commoners that change sides to the one with the advantage at a moment’s notice, I have suffered much loss from them. Therefore, it resulted in our alliance to have completely fallen apart. Now that you are powerful enough, in control of the Blood Sub-Shrine, and have even caused Lone Wolf to suffer a loss, you’ve done well! As for that demand, you have requested…”
After Baili Xuanyuan said that much and even specially dragged the last sentence, that made Eighteen Massacres could not help but hold his breath from nervousness. He knew that maybe the reason why Baili Xuanyuan had said so much, was to reject him. Since it was like that, then it was fine too. At most, he would go to find another backer.
“I’ll accept it…” Said Baili Xuanyuan calmly. What he said made Eighteen Massacres overjoyed beyond imagination. “However, I have my conditions too.”
“What conditions?”
“I want to enter the Dark Shrine! Not only me, my subordinates, Baizhan Yusheng, Character Z, and others, I want them all to join the Dark Shrine!”
Eighteen Massacres raised his brows. “Oh? Of course, there’s no problem. The Undead are our basic combat force, so it would be good to have a few more humans of alternate realms.”
“Very good.” Baili Xuanyuan grinned widely and said, “Since we have reached an agreement, I will also give you a gift, accept it after you enter the game.”
“Present? What present?”
“A person who will be of use to you.” Baili Xuanyuan turned around and stared outside the window, his tone was filled with an unfathomable meaning.
He waved his hand to signal for Eighteen Massacres to leave. Then Baili Xuanyuan knocked on the surface of the table with a special rhythm. A moment later, the secretary had changed into a nurse uniform and walked in smilingly while twisting her hips.
