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Chapter 508 Predator, Thunder on Sky Island! (Seeking monthly ticket!)

"No, Boss! No!"

"Users come to the city to relax and enjoy life, not to work as laborers in the mines."

"If we let them do the boring mining work, there will definitely be chaos!"

Lu Jiahe tried to persuade the boss again and again, hoping that he would take back his decision.

But Xu Meng has his own ideas:

"No one likes boring mining work."

“But what if mining is exciting? What if mining is very rewarding?”

Lu Jiahe was stunned.

The issue of mining rewards is easy to solve - whether it is rare minerals or by-products, it is just a matter of planning a sentence.

But how does it achieve “thrilling”?
Will mining cause landslides?

Or stuff zombies into the mine?

Lu Jiahe asked when he couldn't figure it out.

Xu Meng explained for him: "It's so dangerous outside the city now, but players still enjoy it."

“It shows that players can have fun with challenges.”

“So, we’re going to add more wild monsters, crazy creatures, deadly natural disasters, and extremely harsh environments.”

“Next, we will place valuable mineral veins and relics of previous civilizations in the most dangerous and inaccessible places, so that players can mine and pick up garbage.”

"Finally, give a ranking list."

"I guarantee that the players will scream 'goose girl' and try their best to get into the hole."

"They even fight among themselves to seize the mining rights of the mines."

Lu Jiahe was stunned.

I felt like something was wrong, but I couldn't find any words to refute it.

Because he knew very well:

What Xu Meng said was not just imaginary.

What is outside the sprawling city now?
There are endless ant colonies and giants who appear and disappear at random and eat everyone they see.

The boss uses these dangerous creatures to replace the air walls in traditional games as map boundaries.

But more than half a year has passed since the opening of the Sprawling City. Have the players given up?

Absolutely not!

Every day, players run out to the outskirts of the Sprawling City and the Silver City.

Because they always play this kind of "outside the wall exploration", in order not to disappoint the players, the development team gradually placed some small props that have no use except for collection in the wilderness.

Without any motivation, players began to spontaneously compete to see who could go further.

The longest "outside wall exploration" record so far was set by Longcheng Feijiang——

He walked for 18 kilometers before stopping in front of a crooked tree.

If NPCs are not counted, the Flying Generals of Dragon City are almost the ceiling of combat power in the Sprawling City.

But there are still people who continue to step out of the protection of the city to challenge his record.

If Dream Building really came up with an official ranking list, and added mineral deposits and blueprints that could upgrade technology to the wilderness...

Then the players will probably really rush into the vast wilderness one after another, snatching food from the mouths of ants, giants, and other terrible creatures!

But soon, Lu Jiahe thought of another question:
"But Boss, the situation outside is already very difficult now!"

"The Dragon City Flying General only walked 18 kilometers, not to mention the ordinary casual players."

"You want to add more deadly monsters and large-scale natural disasters..."

“Isn’t it too difficult?”

"It's okay." Xu Meng shook his head, "The players are also getting stronger."

"And soon, the players' strength will experience another surge!"

"Strength surge?" Lu Jiahe's mind raced, "Boss, are you going to relax the threshold for telepathy?"

"Of course not!" Xu Meng immediately shook his head.

"The threshold for learning telepathy is high. It's not my setting, but the threshold for this ability is very high!"

"Also, if this thing is not done properly, it can easily get out of control or break through the game's combat power balance system. It is unlikely to be popularized in a short period of time."

"The surge in capabilities I'm referring to is in 'Sailing in the Blue Sea'."

Although Lu Jiahe is busy with the affairs of Mansheng City every day, he still pays attention to his own company's "Sailing in the Blue Sea".

So he was a little puzzled: "In "Sail in the Blue Sea", the physical fitness improvement brought by the player's leveling up is not very strong, right?"

It's more than not very strong.

Those flintlock rifles and swordsmanship are useless against giants.

If the giant slaps the player, he will turn into a pancake.

The physical fitness after strengthening is not as good as [Organ Mutation]. For the ant colony, the only change is that the meat is more chewy. It is completely meaningless.

Xu Meng shook her head: "That's because their current level is too low."

"I designed the level system of Bi Hai Yang Fan, and level 5 is a watershed."

"Before level 5, it is impossible to exceed human limits."

“But once you find the opportunity and break through the bottleneck of level 5, you will cross the threshold of transcendence and your combat power will be greatly increased.”

“Now, this opportunity is coming soon.”

The Lu family didn’t understand what opportunity Xu Meng was talking about, but they didn’t keep asking.

Instead, we convened meetings of group leaders to brainstorm.

Turning Xu Meng's ideas into details——

A vast, deadly ecosystem and the predators that live in it.

An unimaginably crazy natural disaster, and the predators that came with it.

A lingering community of intelligent underground creatures, and the predators that periodically hunt them.

Precious mineral deposits, and accompanying predators.

The remains of a past civilization, and the predators that silently roam among them.

……

No matter what the others said, Xu Meng would follow up with a sentence: "And predators."

Lu Jiahe scratched his head frantically after hearing this.

After that, they spent a lot of time to basically sort out the transformation path from [special minerals] to [crystal technology].

Then, it was the entire [Crystal Technology] system design——

From the simplest lighting equipment, to building and launching rockets and landing on the space station.

All have to be designed.

At the end of the meeting, Xu Meng did not forget to paint a pie for everyone -

After the player enters the space station, the next step is to use the space station as a springboard to leap into the space age!

……

……

After Xu Meng finished these things, he called Wu Shuang and Zhang Yang.

He planned to take away half of the first batch of trial-produced photonic chips and use them.

First upgrade all your electronic products, then give Xiao Meng a whole little safe house.

The remaining ones were all made into upgraded holographic belts.

——This is essential hardware for the Dragon Fighting Competition.

This also means: the dragon fighting competition can officially begin!

Zhumeng plans to arrange the [offline dragon fighting competition], [humanoid robot competition], [ribbon-cutting ceremony for the first phase of the holographic Jinghu project], and [celebration of the launching and farewell ceremony for the sinking of the sailing warship] in July.

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Under Xu Meng's mobilization, the entire dream-building team became busy.

And the opportunity for the players of "Sail in the Blue Sea" to become stronger is getting closer and closer.

Thanks to the operation of [Polaris Chamber of Commerce], there are more and more players and ships in the doldrums!

The intermittent volcano on the seabed would raise a mountain above the sea every time it erupted.

Whenever this "mountain" appears, a large number of players will show off their skills and try to rush to the sky island first.

Many reckless players even take a small boat and float on the "eruption point", hoping to rush directly to the top by relying on the water flow stirred up by the volcanic eruption!
This is extremely difficult, and any mistake could result in the ship being destroyed and people dying.

But players are not afraid of death anyway, and it is not difficult to build a simple small boat. The [Polaris Chamber of Commerce] also provides a steady supply of shipbuilding materials, so there is no need to run back and forth.

and so--

The training is finished!

With each practice, they indeed rushed higher and higher!
Victory is at hand!

But careful players also noticed something a little off.

Above the sea, the sky is clearly clear.

Lightning suddenly flashed out from the calm clouds.

The thunder above the clouds seemed to be getting louder and louder!

When the sea swelled again and the violent current gushed out and went straight into the sky, brave adventurers flocked to it!

The cautious players, however, took the initiative to give up their position and fell to the back.

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Sky Island, Golden Country, and... the opportunity for a breakthrough is right before your eyes!
(End of this chapter)