Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch

Chapter 193 - 193: 191: The Sleeping Dragon and the Phoenix Chick

But “Assassins’ Alliance,” unlike traditional games, where a health bar was just a red line showing the health status.

No numbers, no percentages, nor negative status display, just a purely decorative feature.

Its presence or absence didn’t make much difference, and it was difficult to control during a fight.

Maybe one extra shot will kill the opponent; maybe one less shot, and the opponent might be faking it, and you end up with a frustrating counter-kill.

Mistakes are inevitable.

Eventually, Super Tomato gave up on thinking and asked the audience for help directly, “Any master locksmiths here! 10% of the safe’s returns as a reward!” Even the contents of the safe were randomly set by Lincoln.

Of course, it would always fluctuate around a certain value range, including in-game currency, precious metals like gold, rare gun parts, or even real estate, luxury car keys; anything could appear.

Players could also experience the fun of opening blind boxes.

As for the master locksmith, they are players who specifically train their [Locksmith Mastery] skills. This skill has only 5 levels, but it cannot be improved directly with experience points; a large number of locks need to be opened for upgrades.

Many people train in lock picking, but once they encounter the Easter egg designed by Lincoln, they get shot to pieces by the owner inside as soon as they open the lock, and they have to return to the checkpoint.

So there aren’t many master locksmiths right now, helping to open safes is currently a popular business, and master locksmiths are often busy.

However, as a top-rated anchor, Super Tomato naturally had no trouble finding aid.

Quickly, a max level locksmith player from the audience was invited to Super Tomato’s live broadcast room.

This player was also a loyal fan of Super Tomato’s, he made it clear that he didn’t want the 10% reward upon entering. He just wanted to take a small item as a token, just for keepsake.

Without wasting any time, he began to pick the lock.

Could a max-level master locksmith be ordinary? The lock was quickly opened, and then, very professionally, he made way for Super Tomato to open his blind box.

Super Tomato rubbed his hands together excitedly, because the blind box opening in itself was unknown was exciting.

He didn’t immediately open the safe, but instead clasped his hands together, murmuring in silence:

“In the name of The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit! With my body imbued with the power of the Five Elements and the Four Symbols—Open!” Super Tomato, being extremely excited, pulled open the safe, looking forward to what was inside the safe.

But at the next instant, [Assassin Bloodline] was activated automatically!

Time slowed down, and Super Tomato saw— Light!

“Boom—

Super Tomato and the master locksmith slumped in darkness, both killed instantly.

After revival, the two looked at each other at the checkpoint, unable to understand what had just happened.

“Just now… the safe… exploded?” Super Tomato couldn’t believe it.

“Seems like it… yes?” The master locksmith hesitated.

The comments in the live streaming room paused for a moment, then suddenly burst into laughter, filled with “hahaha” comments.

The music sounded, and the light gathered, with the trophy materializing bit by bit in front of Super Tomato.

Seeing this familiar scene, Super Tomato was at a loss for words. It was clear that he had come across a rare event.

Looking at the trophy in front of him, he wasn’t sure whether he was unlucky or lucky, unlucky because he got the rare achievement trophy, but fortunate because he didn’t end up with the final reward and got blown up.

It was quite baffling; he wasn’t sure how to react.

On the base of the trophy, as usual, the achievement was engraved— “Rumours Cease with the Wise”

“???” Super Tomato was very confused.

What does a safe that explodes upon opening have to do with rumors?

Could it be—

An idea crossed Super Tomato’s mind, “Could it be that the real safe wasn’t in that spot, but I found a ‘fake safe’ because I was following the ‘strategy’ on the internet? In this way, the strategy on the internet becomes a ‘rumor’.”

“So, Is there another real safe?” Once Super Tomato thought of this, he immediately returned to Sloan’s room to look for the second safe, validating his thoughts.

It was effortless to find, and within three minutes, he found the second safe in the corner of the bookshelf.

— If it weren’t for the fact that he went straight to the fake safe’s location upon entering the room based on the strategy, he would definitely have found the safe in the bookshelf first.

Looking at this safe, Super Tomato was speechless, “What is Lincoln up to? Is he playing with the players?”

“Or is it, he is trying to teach us in this manner, to not play the game according to the online strategies, but to play based on our thoughts?”

Super Tomato was guessing Lincoln’s thoughts.

On the other hand, Camille Victoria, together with her “almost wife” Firefox, “biological father” Cross, and “friends circle” of Avengers, finally managed to overcome all obstacles and defeat the Textile Factory, thus achieving the perfect ending of the game.

Under the sacred singing in the background, a dazzling diamond trophy appeared before Camille Victoria.

The audiences in the live streaming room were also very excited, feeling a sense of pride watching all this unfold. Camille Victoria read out each word engraved on the base of the trophy— “Home is More Important Than Miracles”

Camille Victoria paused for a moment, tasting the essence of these words.

However, she soon put it behind her.

Including Camille Victoria herself and her friends from the friend circle, they all have disabilities, hence their relationship with their families is stronger than ordinary people.

Since there is no deficiency in their relationships with their family members, they naturally wouldn’t pay too much attention to the slight motion in the game.

Then they went on to have a fun time opening their blind boxes, they had a master locksmith in their small team.

This is the advantage of a team over an individual: one can cultivate skills specific to different individuals, minimizing weaknesses,

While Super Tomato and Camille Victoria were both opening their blind boxes, and enjoying the joy of completing the main missions, Lincoln also met his scheduled guests in the Experience Store.

Do you remember the mother and daughter who had the live broadcast on the day of the “Traveler of the Wind” launch?

The mother bought the Mirage for her daughter, who was born blind, to see the light in the virtual world, while she herself sat on the ground sobbing in front of the TV screen.

Today, Lincoln had arranged to meet this mother and daughter.

As soon as he thought about bringing visual and hearing aids to the market, he thought of this mother and daughter, so he sent them an invitation as soon as he had some free time.

It was today that he would personally put visual aids on this little girl who was blind.

The supposed small-scale test was only an excuse.

There was only one thing Lincoln wanted to do.

To give her light!