Chapter 353: Chapter 348: This player is too fierce!
Translator: 549690339
Good news: before the broadcast ended, Lincoln successfully received three Championship Crowns.
More precisely, he got a total of 16!
Bad news: out of these 16 crowns, not a single one was obtained by himself.
To put it more bluntly, he only got the Championship Crowns thanks to Princess Camille and Mavisâs support.
During the closest attempt at a crown, he was still pulled back by the âbastardâ behind him, barely missing it.
Some people were live-streaming with their sisters, while he was being carried by his sisters in the live stream.
Lincoln really wants to ask Princess Camille Victoria and Mavis: just how high is your hidden ranking?
Why do all the opponents they encounter seem to be so strong?!
Furthermore, because of his two powerful comrades, he couldnât trigger the âCaring for Humanityâ system due to losing and winning alternately. Thus, he couldnât get into lower-level matches.
It feels like such a terrible game experience!
If it werenât for Princess Camille and Mavis having so much fun, he would have slipped away long ago.
Whatâs worse, after the broadcast, he still had to practice boxing to make up for the training he missed while playing games today.
âIn the end, itâs all on meâŠâ Lincoln played along while obediently practicing boxing.
The next day, Lincoln got up late for once.
Ever since he started practicing boxing, he rarely got up so late.
Moreover, even after completing the entire routine of getting up, washing up, eating breakfast, and going to work, he still felt out of spirits when he finally sat down in his office.
Lincoln reflected and thought that his lazy and laid-back personality definitely conflicted with his daily routine of practicing boxing and knife techniques.
Conflict was bound to happen sooner or later.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this daily training in martial arts didnât suit his nature.
Moreover, he felt that the three-month training period was just a bit too long.
He wondered if, when he went back to his classes, he could discuss this issue with Xu Chun?
If that didnât work, he could take a risk and shorten the training time. It wouldnât be a big deal to get hit a few more times during the battles!
After all, pain only lasts for a few days, and he could just endure it.
As for the cold weapons, wellâŠ
At this thought, Lincoln felt a bit of a headache.
It seemed that cold weapons didnât work with the âtake a few more hits and endureâ approachâŠ
âSigh, what should I do?â Lincoln felt helpless. đŻđđźâŻđžâŻđŁđâŽđ·âŻđ”.đ€đđ
âKnock, knock, knock.â
Just when Lincoln was troubled, a sudden knock on the door broke his thoughts.
âCome in.â
Lincoln was a bit surprised to see that the person who pushed the door open and walked in was Jerome.
âSit, I thought youâd be busy discussing collaborations with a bunch of companies. Why do you have time to come to me? Is there a problem?â
âNo,â Jerome shook his head, âItâs mainly because I need to know your thoughts on an issue, Boss.â
Lincoln nodded, âWhatâs the problem? Go ahead.â
âAll the brands that are currently negotiating collaborations with us are only focusing on âSpeed Chaseâ and only want to advertise in Night City,â
Jerome said with a hint of regret, âOriginally, seven or eight companies wanted to advertise in the Metropolis early on, but we were suddenly busy with IP purchases and overseas market expansions, so it was delayed. Now that âSpeed Chaseâ is about to be released, they donât even consider advertising in the Metropolis.â
Lincoln raised an eyebrow with surprise, but it was quite reasonable upon further thought.
Since they want to advertise, it is reasonable to chase the game with the largest traffic and the highest popularity.
âSo, I wanted to ask if you have any special opinions.â
Lincoln shook his head, âNothing special, just proceed with the normal negotiations. Thereâs just one thingâŠâ
Jerome leaned forward slightly, attentively listening to his bossâs âspecial instructionsâ.
â⊠They have to pay more!â
Jerome couldnât help but laugh and cry at the same time, nodding and saying, âDonât worry, adding money is a given.â
Afterward, Jerome left Lincolnâs office and went to the virtual world to find Fred.
â If they wanted to advertise in Night City, they definitely had to inform Fred in advance.
Having waited for a while, Lincoln found that Quentina didnât come looking for him. With a clear conscience, he logged into the virtual world to slack off.
But when he opened his eyes again, he wasnât met with the familiar small sofa on the Spaceship, but instead was in the middle of a wilderness.
Just as he was puzzled, Mavis suddenly appeared from behind him, putting her index finger to her lips, hinting at him to stay quiet.
Then she pointed mysteriously in one direction.
Lincoln looked closely, and he saw a tiger strolling leisurely.
Although Lincoln could make his voice completely inaudible, he still complied with Mavisâs request and lowered his voice, moving closer to Mavisâs ear and asking, âWhatâs happening? Is there something wrong with this tiger?â
âNope~â Mavis whispered quietly, still pointing at the direction, âMaster, look closely!â
Lincoln lowered his body, leaned on Mavisâs shoulder, and looked in the direction she was pointing.
It took him quite a while to finally notice a player dressed in full camouflage crouched in the bushes. The player was upwind of the tiger and was carefully moving forward at a painfully slow pace, inching closer to the tiger.
âIs he⊠trying to hunt the tiger?â Lincoln asked in disbelief.
âIt seems so!â
âWhere did he get weapons? There are no weapons in âParadiseâ, right? Also, at this slow pace, when would he ever reach the tiger? How long has he been here?â
Mavis had been watching for a while and knew all about this playerâs actions. She quietly answered all of Lincolnâs questions: âFrom discovering the tiger to getting to its current position, it has already been over an hour. He found the tiger using a telescope that was given as a reward in an amusement park mini-game!â
âAs for the weapon, he got up early this morning when there were few people around in the amusement park. He drove a shuttle bus for twenty minutes, crashing it into and breaking a section of the thinnest railing. Then he spent almost an hour bending and prying the railing by hand, making a metal long spear as thick as a thumb.â
Lincolnâs eyes widened as he listened.
âThis guy, what a talent!â
He had considered the possibility of âplayer hunting animalsâ before, but in his imagination, the first player to attempt it would be part of a team to carry out a coordinated hunt.
And they wouldnât be so bold as to aim at a large, fierce beast like a tiger right away!
Going to hunt a tiger with a thin iron spear like this was beyond Lincolnâs wildest imagination.
Lincoln stared at the player until his ID appeared:[Hu]
Lincoln was immediately taken aback.
There didnât seem to be any problem with the ID itself.
But in this particular scene, it became absurd!
What does this mean?
Hu hunting tigers?
In just a few seconds while Lincoln stared at him, the muscular man with the ID called Hu moved a little closer.
At this distance, although the tiger hadnât noticed anything yet, it had already sharply raised its head, gently sniffing the unusual scent in the air.
This was actually a special action created by Lincoln and Xiaomeng, and it was only related to the distance between the players and the animals.
Because players wouldnât actually emit any scent in the air, they couldnât be smelled.
In Lincolnâs design, the animalsâ alert ranges were different. If you blatantly drove a car or charged directly at the animals without concealing yourself,
then the animalsâ alert range would be enormous, reacting from far away.
Whether to run away or approach depends on the playerâs state.
If the player is calm and has stable nerve signals, the system will judge the player to be in a âpeacefulâ state, and the animals will not only not run away, but they will also actively approach.
If there are young cubs nearby, they will even proactively cling to the playerâs leg, begging to be held and cuddled.
However, if the player is tense and has excessive nerve signal activity, the system will judge the player to be in a ânon-peacefulâ state, and there will be two alert circles for the animalsâ
One is a large âvisual circle.â
Within this range, animals will react when they see the player, and wonât if they donât see them.
The other is the âcrisis circle.â
This is a very small circle. Even if the animals havenât noticed the player, when the player enters this circle, the animals will become vigilant, observing their surroundings more frequently and with heightened alertness.
Upon discovering a player, their reaction will depend on the relative size: Vegetarian animals will quickly flee, and carnivores will choose either to run away or attack.
Such a judgment system is much more complex than simply forbidding players to attack animals altogether and aligning completely with the harmonious atmosphere of âParadise.â
Occasionally, misjudgments may occur.
Still, Lincoln added the system.
On the one hand, he wanted to give players more freedom, and on the other, it was a technological exploration.
This technological accumulation would be used in the next major update of âParadiseâ by Lincoln, as well as more than one prototype game in his head that used this system.
Seeing the tiger quickly becoming alert without noticing the player, Lincoln swiftly found the reason in his head: Player Hu entered the tigerâs âcrisis circle.â
This playerâs movements, as Lincoln, an outsider, saw them, were akin to that of a seasoned veteranâ
The instant the tiger became alert, he immediately changed his stealth tactics.
He adjusted his posture in a flash and rushed toward the tiger at full speed, wielding the crude iron spear!
His spear-wielding movements were nothing like the skills Lincoln had learned from Lori.
But as Lincoln watched his movements, he had no doubt about their lethality!
âRoar!â
The tiger was provoked and charged at the player with a ferocious roar!
Since they were already close to each other, the two sides were engaged in fierce combat immediately with their all-out sprints!
The tiger pounced and tried to bite Huâs neck, but Hu, seemingly prepared for it, violently leaned back and narrowly thrust the iron spear at the tigerâs neck.
Just as the tigerâs neck was about to be pierced, the beast unexpectedly tilted its head to the side at the last moment, swiping down at Hu with a paw!
âPah.â
Compared to the deafening roar, this slap sounded very small.
However, when the two separated, the tiger only had a cut on its neck, while player Hu immediately had a [Fracture] negative status. His left arm was limp and drooping, and the iron spear had been knocked away.
Unwilling to accept defeat, Hu looked at the spear that had fallen to the side.
Since the spear was just a railing, the tip was tiny and, without any sharpening tools, couldnât be that sharp.
He had clearly stabbed the tigerâs neck, but it hadnât gone deep; the shallow wound was stuck with little penetration.
Then he was slapped by the tiger on the arm, rendering it completely useless.
The tiger was unscathed.
And that meant that the outcome was already decided: he was doomed, with no chance of survival.
With a sigh, Hu didnât wait to die. Instead, he lunged for the spear on the ground, quickly standing up.
Wielding the spear with one hand, he aimed it at the tiger again!
He could accept deathâŠ
But not disgrace!>