CHAPTER 140: CHAPTER 125: GUILD COMPETITION OFFICIALLY BEGINS

Xu Jingyi, a staff member in charge of the Hua Country District operations of "Glory of the Gods".

"Glory of the Gods" is a phenomenon-level game that doesn’t operate like traditional games, requiring constant attention to game dynamics for maintenance and updates.

Only a handful of staff like Xu Jingyi know that since its launch, "Glory of the Gods" has been an independently operating entity.

The so-called "official" function behind the game mainly involves maintaining order on the game forums and updating and synchronizing forum information based on game dynamics.

Oh, and there’s one more thing.

Ever since Feng Hua appeared, Xu Jingyi had an additional duty.

That is to specifically write so-called "official statements" on behalf of him, to clarify game content that seems unreasonable to players.

It’s not that the official side doesn’t want to intervene in Feng Hua’s seemingly advanced actions;

In fact, some of his actions have significantly altered the game’s progress, disrupting the predicted course set by the official.

But the problem is, even if the official side wants to intervene, there’s nothing they can do.

At least from Xu Jingyi’s level, it seems the official has almost zero control over this game.

As for Feng Hua, Xu Jingyi’s higher-ups have repeatedly instructed:

No matter what chaos he causes in the game, the only thing you have to do is "replace" the official, promptly providing players with a "reasonable" explanation, and don’t worry about anything else.

Of course, aside from Feng Hua, if anyone else does something "earth-shattering," the same approach applies.

And today, Xu Jingyi will be one of the official representatives entering the livestream room from the perspective of the [Creation Mercenary Corps].

This video livestream only synchronizes the display screen and background sounds, not the players’ voices inside.

So each live room will have a commentator like Xu Jingyi, partly to create an active atmosphere, and partly to prevent the screen from appearing tedious.

However, Xu Jingyi was stunned by the scene upon entering the live room.

Creating an active atmosphere?

Looking at the barrage and the public chat channel being constantly spammed, Xu Jingyi felt helpless.

Even the administrator entry prompt got lost instantly in the spam, with almost no one noticing Xu Jingyi’s arrival.

Given the current enthusiasm, it seems there’s no need for Xu Jingyi to liven up the atmosphere here.

Being one of the "official" staff, Xu Jingyi also plays this game in her spare time.

But even so, Xu Jingyi doesn’t enjoy any special treatment; entering the game is the same as an ordinary player.

As for Feng Hua, Xu Jingyi actually admires him a lot.

After all, from scratch, Feng Hua has reached this point solely on his own, even Xu Jingyi’s superiors were shocked by it.

Moreover, Xu Jingyi has heard that even the true controllers behind the game have shown great interest in Feng Hua.

Of course, this information hasn’t been verified; its truth is unknown.

Sitting in front of a giant machine, Xu Jingyi monitored players’ comments while pulling out pre-prepared snacks from the drawer.

It’s likely that for the next couple of days, her job is just to be an onlooker along with everyone else.

In such a scene, any words seem unnecessary.

At this moment, in the top ten live rooms of the forum, the originally pitch-black image suddenly flickered.

Followed by the entire view of an endless primeval forest.

The footage constantly swept across different corners of the primeval forest.

Everyone was stunned by the dark and terrifying scenes within the forest, and the fleeting terrifying creatures.

"Rumble!"

Suddenly, the sky turned dark, and torrential rain began to fall.

Under the dense rain curtain, even as an audience, everyone felt an unbidden sense of oppression and heaviness.

It was only then that people realized, this so-called "contest" was far from the simplicity they initially imagined.

The audience in front of the screen was dumbfounded by the scenes before their eyes.

Someone remarked with much fear:

"Oh my, lucky I didn’t participate in this event. Otherwise, with my claustrophobia, I’d be scared to death in no time!"

"You’re not alone upstairs. Even without claustrophobia, I wouldn’t dare be there, it’s terrifying!"

"A 20-year-old guy shivering."

"Shivering +1"

"A thirty-year-old rough man shivering in fear too."

"I always knew those gold coins weren’t so easy to get, no one believed me."

"Deep sympathy for my sisters participating in the event."

...

While everyone indulged as onlookers, they also concentrated on the event countdown at the bottom of the screen: "0"

Lin Yi felt a lightness of the body, and then the scene before him changed dramatically.

The weather in Black Tortoise City was already quite dreary, but comparing to the current scene, you’d realize.

Black Tortoise City could be described as "sunny and bright".

In this pitch-black forest with a visible range of fewer than five meters, raindrops the size of beans struck painfully on the body.

Lin Yi hardly had time to think why this scene and his memory of the first "contest" differed so greatly.

Instead, he immediately pulled a shield from his backpack to cover Zhang Xinying’s head and shouted:

"Red Eyes, quickly teach Little Sprout to set the pain sensation to the lowest, the same with Loss of Speech, lower the pain sensation."

Red Eyes shielded Wang Zixin’s head, then followed Lin Yi’s instructions, teaching the panicked Wang Zixin to lower the pain sensation.

After Lin Yi finished speaking, he softly said to Zhang Xinying, who was nearby:

"Do you know how to adjust the pain sensation?"

Zhang Xinying, after an initial moment of confusion, gradually calmed down.

Feeling Lin Yi’s concern, Zhang Xinying softly replied:

"Yes."

Lin Yi then said:

"Then set the pain sensation to the lowest, it won’t affect you much anyway."

The rain here is indeed too heavy; if this was real life, the amount could knock an adult unconscious.

Thankfully it’s just a game, with the most significant impact being only vision and sensation.

Lin Yi then told everyone:

"Others should adjust pain sensation according to their own situation."

But Lin Yi didn’t make any adjustment, as this experience wasn’t a significant threat to him.

(The higher the pain sensation, the more damage inflicted on the target; lowering the sensation somewhat reduces the damage; setting it to zero causes only the minimum damage without triggering critical strike attributes.)

Lin Yi then spoke to Aifula, who was swirling around:

"Stay with Little Sprout."

Upon hearing Lin Yi, Aifula flew lightly to the terrified Wang Zixin, chirping "yi ya yi ya".

Seeing Aifula, Wang Zixin’s face visibly relaxed, then she reassured the worried Red Eyes:

"Brother, don’t worry about me, I’ll be fine."

To alleviate everyone’s concerns, she even put on a sweet smile.

At this time, Tianci came over, patted Wang Zixin’s head, and smiled:

"With so many of us brothers and sisters here, no one can harm our Little Sprout, don’t worry."

"Yes."

Handsome, Heartbreaker secretly began to count heads under the gloomy rain curtain, 1, 2, 3...9.

At the count of 9, Heartbreaker with a horrified look, focused on the silent, head-down figure standing in the rain, fearfully thought:

"You-you-you, who are you?"

Upon hearing the sound, everyone came over, looking at the blurry figure standing by a tree.

Just as everyone was startled by this sudden figure, preparing for the worst, Lin Yi burst into laughter:

"Oh my, isn’t this our dear City Lord!"