Summoning Players into My Game-Chapter 395 - 254: The Right Way for Newbies?

In the previous sessions, most of the newcomers had some understanding of the Descent of High Martial, and there were even some players who were very good at games; at the very least, they had watched live streams.

But this time, the newcomer entering the game, he even suspected many among them probably hadn’t played virtual games much. Many looked like office workers, clearly lacking in training.

"It must be because those tycoons and super-rich are making their move," Fang Zhen sighed and said. "Because of the version update this time, those tycoons and super-rich likely haven’t stopped recruiting people to make reservations. That’s why many office workers, who usually don’t get involved in games, are coming to earn some extra cash. When I went offline for a break, I checked the game’s reservation number. Now it’s over three million. It will probably become harder and harder for our people to get in."

As Fang Zhen spoke, Luo Wushang, Lu Fanchen, and other guild players present all frowned slightly.

Before, these super guilds had sent tens of thousands of reservations to the game, and the entering ratio was quite good; at least five or six out of every hundred could get in. But now, with the reservation number reaching over three million, the number of guild members able to enter will likely be much fewer.

"It seems we have to convince those directors to increase investment. Otherwise, we won’t be able to secure any of the hundred spots each time," Zhang Qingwei looked at the more than ninety percent pure newbies and couldn’t help suggesting to Luo Wushang.

Currently, Celestial Might already has a considerable advantage in Descent of High Martial. But if they don’t have a large influx of newcomers, future development will easily be surpassed by other guilds. After all, the more you play this game, the more you realize how important the players are. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

You could say that many things in the game require the players to be hands-on. They can’t possibly cultivate and improve rapidly while also managing every area.

For instance, even simple information transmission requires a dedicated group of players. Unlike other virtual games, where you can just add friends and chat anytime, anywhere, in Descent of High Martial, even with a Smart Watch, communication is only available within the city. Once outside, there’s no signal, and it can only be used as a walkie-talkie for short-distance calls.

Now with the maps often being hundreds of kilometers apart, unless there is someone who can log off and contact someone else who is offline on the other side, they wouldn’t know what’s happening in the city.

And this is just the information aspect; exploring the maps also requires a large number of people. The Wraith Mountain Range is an area of over a million square kilometers. Realistically, one person wouldn’t finish exploring it in three to five years. Although they, as supers, wouldn’t actually take that long, it might still take a year or so. The Wraith Mountain Range has too many monsters, and frequent battles require escaping after death, which is not an ordinary grind.

If the maps are not explored, they won’t be able to obtain better Cultivation Resources. Therefore, in this game, manpower is extremely important and not comparable to other games.

"I have already proposed this to the guild leader," Luo Wushang smiled wryly. "But you also know the situation with those financial groups. They would rather invest billions in Pilgrimage than risk investing in an unknown game, no matter how optimistic we are. The guild leader has already deployed as many people as possible unless we can prove the future value of this game. Otherwise, those financial groups would not allow large-scale investments."

Although these large guilds have a vast number of members and hold funds incomparable to one or several large enterprises, the real decision-makers in the guild are those financial groups that own a large share of the guild.

These financial groups have for years relied on the huge profits from Pilgrimage, the masterpiece with a billion players, to the point of forming a habit. Convincing them to invest in another game is something even the guild leader can’t achieve.

"How about we persuade the guild leader to gather some funds with the other Elders?" Zhao Hu suggested.

Although the decision-making power of the Celestial Might Guild is in the hands of several financial groups, these Elders, who are at the level of the Holy Existence, also have a considerable amount of resources and money at their disposal. Together with the guild leader, they would easily gather hundreds of millions. After all, as one of the founders of the guild, the guild leader still owns quite a bit of the shares, with more cash at hand than some large enterprises.

"That might not be easy either," Luo Wushang shook her head. "These Elders are getting on in age. Even if they trust us, asking them to take out the savings they painstakingly accumulated is improbable. That money is their retirement fund, touching it is like taking their life. Unless they can come in and experience Descent of High Martial firsthand, convincing them is not easier than convincing those financial groups."

"But what if we could persuade Elder Yu Tian?" Zhang Qingwei asked.

"That old guy?" Luo Wushang pondered, "That might work. That old guy is one of the first wave of Elders with the guild leader and is on very good terms with the others. If he invests, the other Elders might likely follow suit since they’re of similar age."

As Luo Wushang finished speaking, a thick and rough voice suddenly reached Luo Wushang and the others’ ears.

"You brat! I was the one who recommended you to join back then, and you’re speaking about me like this behind my back!"

A middle-aged, burly man in his mid-forties stepped out from the crowd, glaring at Luo Wushang with large eyes as big as bronze bells, leaving her momentarily stunned.

And next to her, Zhang Qingwei couldn’t help but chuckle because she had just noticed Elder Yu Tian among the newcomers, prompting her to ask Luo Wushang about it.

"Elder Yu Tian, how did you get in here?" Luo Wushang asked, eyes full of disbelief as she looked at the middle-aged burly man.

Elder Yu Tian is one of the first wave of Elders of the Celestial Might Guild, almost as old as the guild leader, having retired to the second line in the guild. After all, in virtual games, age has too much influence, often causing someone to lose to younger experts due to fatigue during prolonged extreme battles, forcing them into retirement.

And Descent of High Martial seems to have intentionally avoided older players during the closed beta, so most players are young, with the oldest being players like Fang Zhen in their late twenties.

It’s hard to imagine that a middle-aged man over forty-five could enter Descent of High Martial.

"Why can’t I get in?" Elder Yu Tian huffed and puffed, feeling this girl increasingly didn’t take him, her elder, seriously.

"Elder Yu Tian, the game seems to have been a closed beta mainly comprising young people, which is why Wushang is asking," Zhang Qingwei explained.

She was also curious about how Elder Yu Tian could enter the game. With Descent of High Martial’s selection method, Elder Yu Tian’s age shouldn’t have allowed him to be selected.

"Isn’t the game’s entry test just about lasting twenty seconds?" Elder Yu Tian stroked his beard with pride and said, "I’ve been fighting the test BOSS but couldn’t last the twenty seconds. So I thought of a way to last those twenty seconds. Eventually, I found a method. Since this game claims a 100% virtual reality, and many on the forum said it’s possible to simulate skills from other games, plus the Fixed Star Explosion Visualization Technique and Breathing Technique you copied from the guild, can be practiced in the test space."

"For over a month, I practiced the Fixed Star Explosion Visualization Technique and the Breathing Technique while recreating one of the Ten Great Martial Emperors’ Ultimate Skills, the Celestial Spirit Nine Transformations, from Pilgrimage. Amazingly, it worked; I managed to form Power and persisted for twenty seconds in front of the test BOSS. How else do you think I got in?"

Elder Yu Tian’s words stunned Luo Wushang and the others, even Fang Zhen and the others, were dumbfounded.

No one expected the game could be played like this!

PS: More updates tomorrow!