Chapter 13: Play on the first floor for a year!
"Kill the Spire" is a turn-based, meat pigeon card game.
All players need to do is to play the cards at the right time to defeat the monsters that guard each floor.
Climb the layers to finally defeat the heart boss on the top floor.
Although it is playing cards, in Xu Mu's impression, the difficulty of this game is not low.
The hardest part of it is that players need to make it through the right permutations and combinations, as well as a good understanding of the rest of the deck.
If you're not careful, you'll play game over in the midst of powerful monsters.
estimated the approximate time required for Li Erdan in the dungeon, judging by the customs clearance time of "Contra".
That's enough to farm a Spire kill yourself.
The idea was finalized, and Xu Mu went to the World Tree non-stop.
The staircase of the World Tree is built around the perimeter of the tree, winding down like a steep mountain path.
However, after climbing 100 steps, the scene changes here.
The second level is the territory of elite player activities.
Compared to the hustle and bustle of the first floor, it is relatively quiet.
There are still quite a few players, but each of them is extremely vigilant.
Even if I occasionally glanced up at each other, the look in my eyes was no longer friendly, and between raising my eyebrows and looking at them, it was more like a scrutiny.
Xu Mu didn't rush to the dungeon, but first went around to the clothing store and purchased a set of costumes in the world.
Dressed in a white trench coat and olecranon hood.
It looks like a classic outfit from Assassin's Creed.
This is a good way to hide his appearance in the shadows.
In addition to costumes, players can also change their appearance in the exclusive disguise shop on the second floor.
Compared with Layer 1, Layer 2 is more like a virtual network.
Everyone here is careful to hide their identity.
After making preparations, Xu Mu took out the copy card of "Killing the Spire".
The thought flowed, and the card hovered on his fingertips, and in an instant, it turned into a flame and burned out.
His form also turned into a white glow, and he was teleported into the copy of "Killing the Spire".
This time, the waiting room is no longer a chaotic space.
Rather, it is a large arc-shaped tower.
You have entered Floor 0 of the Killing Spire!] γ
As far as the eye can see, there are already dense players waiting here for a long time.
It's just that the distance between everyone is very wide, and at most they are in groups of three or two.
More conspicuous is the position in the center of the bottom of the tower, where there is a man in a black robe, and several young and beautiful women are gathered around him.
At this point, the man seemed to be bragging tirelessly about himself.
"Don't worry, follow me this time, and you can get high-level rewards."
"What? Will the rankings be robbed? Haha, with a master player like me, what are you afraid of? β
"I have the blessing of the additional attributes of the third layer of the World Tree, in this low-level dungeon, I say second, no one dares to say first!"
Then, there was the boasting of the girls around her.
"Wow! The big guy is great! β
"Follow the big guy, full of security!"
There are many players around who cast envious glances.
"Lose, the boss of the third layer......"
"I've been stuck on the second floor for I don't know how long, and I seem to have heard that after I go to the third tier, I will be able to receive the government's senior allowance. It is even possible to attend government meetings. β
"Yes, if you are favored by the government, or even recruit An, it will be smooth sailing in the future."
"Woo woo, I also want to be surrounded by so many sisters."
The people around him were about to cry out with envy.
Xu Mu just glanced at it and shifted his gaze.
He had heard of the term 'copy civil servant'.
Each city government will throw an olive branch to players who hedge to the third tier.
After all, judging from the statistics of the Eye of the Sky that day, less than 1% of the players in the city can reach the third layer!
These are the elites of the elite, and from the perspective of practical difficulty, it is even greater than the difficulty of being admitted to a prestigious university.
It is not surprising that the Anjin government will be recruited.
It didn't take long for a chime to hover above everyone's heads.
[100 players assembled!] Here are the rules of the game! γ
[1. Each player gets ten cards at the beginning, which are 5 block cards and 5 attack cards, and other cards can only be dropped by monsters in the dungeon.] γ
[2. Each player gets 3 squares of energy per turn, and the use of cards will consume energy, please pay attention to the energy consumption indicator in the upper right corner of the card. γ
[3. Please make reasonable use of any card in your hand, it will be crucial to your clearance! γ
[Fourth, you can form a team in the dungeon, but the difficulty of the corresponding monsters will also increase.] Choose wisely! γ
[5. Players can replace cards, there is no exchange limit, please replace cards according to personal needs!] γ
[6. Please improve the efficiency of killing enemies as much as possible!] The difficulty of the overall monsters in the spire increases as the total number of kills increases! γ
γKilling the Spireγ
[Difficulty: C+]
[Clearance Requirements: Defeat at least 20 enemies!] The more monsters you kill, the bigger the rewards! γ
[Player Hostile: Forbidden]
[Mortality rate: lower than average]
[Output: Quest Random Card]
[Time limit: 8 hours]
[The game has officially begun!] γ
After the tone ended, a series of sounds of wire turning were heard.
The iron cages that bound the monsters were lowered from the top floors of the towers, which were invisible.
The moment it touched the ground, the monster cages opened one after another, and monsters of different shapes broke out of the cages, roared a few times, and began to look for players to fight nearby.
Due to the curved walls around it, only lit torches are burning, and the environment is relatively dim.
In addition, the space is confined and there is nowhere to escape.
After the monster is devolved, there are only two results, either die in it, or kill the monster and move forward.
All these factors bring about a feeling of depression and horror psychologically.
"Knock on Mom! Don't give swords and swords, only fight with cards? Crazy! β
"I won't play anymore!"
Players with low psychological quality directly choose to quit the game at the beginning.
For players who have never experienced card warfare.
Without real weapons to defend themselves, it will really increase the sense of unease in their hearts.
In just a few tens of seconds, about seven or eight players quit.
But more players who are stepping into the dungeon to seek improvement have already begun to fight with the monsters.
Xu Mu found that on the right side of his line of sight, there was a long list of player IDs sorted.
The player who was in the first place, with the ID name Cheetah, had already rushed to the third layer in just a few tens of seconds.
Behind him, there were also several IDs following his progress bar.
Come to think of it, it's the person who stands in the center of the dungeon at the beginning and pretends to be forced.
It is true that there are two brushes.
However, this time, Xu Mu did not choose the speedrun method of direct rushing.
He keenly noticed the fifth point of the dungeon rule prompt just now.
[The difficulty of the overall monsters in the tower will increase with the increase of the total number of kills]
Translated into the vernacular, the more monsters die in the tower, the higher the overall difficulty!
And the drop of cards is closely related to the difficulty of monsters.
That being the case, it doesn't seem so necessary to climb the top floors!
The closer you get to the top of the tower, the smaller the range and the smaller the number of monsters that spawn.
"I can play on the first floor for a year." Xu Mu formulated a battle plan.
His eyes swept obliquely, aiming at a red-skinned monster, and he pulled out his card and walked straight forward.
Get ready for battle!
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In order to take care of readers who have never played Spire, the copy of "Killing the Spire" uses warrior cards by default, which is easier to understand.