The Fourth Disaster: People become gods through high martial arts and gaming

Chapter 188 This isn't a lottery game at all.

System Announcement: The new expansion pack "Beast Era" for version 1.3, "High-Level Martial Arts Descends," will officially launch at 00:00. This update is an online update, and players do not need to log off.

The main updates of version 1.3 are as follows.

1. The maximum number of players online in the game has been increased to 500.

2. After the new expansion "Age of Frenzies" is launched, the number of active monsters in the wild will gradually increase, and the nights in the wild will become more dangerous.

3. A 20-kilometer free exploration area surrounding the City of Light has been opened, allowing new players to explore freely.

4. A new task difficulty system has been added, which is currently divided into five levels: D, C, B, A, and S, based on the difficulty of the tasks. Players can choose the tasks they can do based on their own strength.

5. A new secondary profession, Pharmacist, has been added. Players who wish to become pharmacists can learn from NPC Jacques.

6. A new beginner training room has been added to the martial arts school, which can improve players' combat experience.

7. A new disciple assessment ranking has been added. Disciples will be ranked according to their monthly performance in training room battles based on their different identities. At the end of each month, players will receive corresponding martial arts school rewards based on their ranking.

8. Fixed the issue of unstable online connections.

9. Fixed some bugs and improved the gaming experience.

With the release of the system announcement, all the players who were following the news on the forum were extremely excited.

"It's only been a few days, and they've already released a new version. Is this game developer trying to crush other game companies?"

"It truly deserves to be one of the top ten new games of the year. Just the update speed alone deserves full marks. I wonder when the public beta will be. This time, they've only added 140 slots. There must be a million people who have pre-registered for this game by now."

"It's more than a million. Yesterday, the number of reservations exceeded 1.5 million. I heard that there are 200,000 to 300,000 people playing the test every day. However, no one has been able to last 20 seconds in front of the BOSS. Many curious live streamers are almost crying, saying that if they keep playing, they will become penniless."

"I watched it too. I only pre-ordered this game because I saw those streamers trying for days and nights without success. I feel like the testing and assessment of this game could be made into a separate game, and it would definitely be a huge hit. The combat is incredibly realistic. I never expected that this game would constantly scan the player's physical data. Getting stronger in real life can be directly reflected in the game. It's so awesome!"

"Yes! The game developers could totally separate the testing and assessment process. I know a lot of fighting game enthusiasts, and even some professional fighting game players, who are currently playing the testing and assessment. They say that their skills have improved a lot after playing this testing and assessment. In fact, a while ago, an amateur player who played for more than ten days beat up several seeded players in a city-level fighting game tournament and almost won the championship."

"Holy crap, is this test really that effective? If I played for almost a month, wouldn't I be able to beat up those professional fighting game players?"

"Don't even mention it, you should really try it. I'm a college student who doesn't know anything, and I've only been playing for less than ten days. Yesterday, I accidentally knocked down a senior from the Sanda club who was over two meters tall with one punch. It felt like the senior's punches were in slow motion. He was no match for the BOSS in the test assessment at all."

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As more and more players joined the discussion, the thread quickly veered off course. Compared to the game's version update content, more pre-registered players were talking about the test assessment, and they became more and more excited as they talked. Players who were curious about the arrival of high-level weapons clicked in and were stunned for a moment.

No one understood what kind of game "High Martial Arts Descends" was. The popularity of the test assessment for a game was even higher than that of the game itself.

However, the veteran players who quickly logged off to rest also brought the off-topic thread back to normal.

Fang Zhen: "Is this game developer trying to kill me? I just logged off to rest! And they're already releasing a new version (￣(工)￣)"

A Floating Cloud: "Sleep for no reason! You'll sleep forever after you die. Get up and party! This update is amazing! We can now run freely outside the city, and the chance of encountering monsters has increased. That's all contribution points and credits! (￣﹁￣)"

Fang Zhen: "Didn't you sell that badly damaged B3-level armor dropped by the BOSS to the martial arts school and make tens of millions of points?"

A Floating Cloud: "⊙ω⊙ I ordered several more sets of medium-sized machine tools from the museum owner, and I've spent them all."

Fang Zhen: “￣□￣｜｜”

Xiao Yuan went crazy: "This update is perfect for newbies! Not only can you explore freely, but you can also learn a secondary profession to become a pharmacist. A pharmacist can make energy potions to aid cultivation, which is definitely the most profitable secondary profession in the game. Moreover, this update also adds a quest difficulty system, so newbies can die less by adjusting the quest difficulty. I have to redo this guide again ╰( 0ω0)ノ!"

Ragnarok: "After reading the introduction to Age of Frenzied Beasts, I feel that this update is a bit too intense. The reason for the increase in wild monsters is the monster tide that destroyed the mobile city of Azure Sky. I suspect that this update may be testing the game's real wild BOSS battle. The BOSS we fight may be those giant snakes we saw in Azure Sky."

Fang Zhen: "(⊙o⊙)! That three-headed giant snake? Isn't that just a cutscene?"

Luo Wushang: "It's so boring to always use those aspiring martial artists as practice. The game developers are finally going to increase the difficulty for us martial artists (○^～^○)"

As veteran players began to discuss it, those who hadn't initially taken it seriously suddenly realized what was going on.

"Holy crap! Are we going to fight those giant snakes from last time?"

"I watched that video, and any one of those giant snakes was probably over a hundred meters long. With its body raised, it would be like a five- or six-story building. Can players really fight monsters like that?"

"If I could fight monsters like that, and given the game's realistic combat, I'd definitely buy it!"

"Damn it! I've had this game for a month now, and I'm playing the test every day. When are they finally going to let me in? If not, I'm willing to pay more."

"Add more money? I feel like this game company doesn't care about money at all. Previously, more than ten large guilds from other games jointly declared to the game company that they were willing to spend more than one billion yuan just to get five hundred beta test slots. As a result, the game company ignored them completely, which angered those more than ten large guilds. They had no choice but to pay for their tens of thousands of members to pre-register. Because of this, many gold farming studios also pre-registered for this game. This time, they are offering 140 slots. The chances of us ordinary players being selected are probably less than one in ten thousand."

"I'm willing to sacrifice ten years of my life to be chosen this time. If I am chosen, I'll sell my house and live in High Martial Descent forever, grinding this game until it shuts down!" "You're dreaming. Do you know how many people are willing to give up their entire lives? The queue is incredibly long!"

"Sigh, you guys are always trying to take shortcuts. If you really want to get into the game quickly, I advise you to improve your combat skills. Or you could learn how others dig tunnels. That would increase your chances of getting into the game. Anyway, I'm going to dig a tunnel now."

The forum was initially buzzing with discussion about making reservations, but people quickly realized something was amiss.

The selection of players for the "High Martial Arts Arrival" event is not a lottery game; it's purely a skill-based game. It doesn't matter if your combat level isn't high; as long as you dig well, you can still get in and grind.

The forum was soon deserted, with only a few veteran players who were taking a break offline chatting idly.

Midnight, Obsidian Martial Arts School, beginner training room.

Lin Qi sat cross-legged, the dozen or so bottles of Type II energy potions and Type II healing potions beside him were all empty, and the blood energy emanating from his body was becoming more and more intense, frantically impacting the surrounding walls.

However, the training room has been systematically modified, and its sturdiness is incomparable to that of a normal room. It is as if the entire room is made of B-grade alloy, and the terrifying qi and blood cannot cause the slightest tremor.

"It's finally done."

Lin Qi opened his eyes, his eyes filled with joy.

Now that eight martial artists have emerged among the players, and he has extracted the training methods from six more players, his proficiency in the second level of the three training methods has increased significantly. In addition, he still has a lot of Type II energy potions and Type II healing potions, so he couldn't resist starting to cultivate.

Although he has now exhausted all of his Type II energy potions and Type II healing potions, his hard work has paid off, and he has successfully advanced to a high-level martial artist.

The enhancement of his internal organs reached 50.3%, and his strength reached a staggering 3412.5 kilograms. His speed reached 55.6 meters per second. With the buff, a casual punch could generate over 4000 kilograms of force and exceed 60 meters per second, equivalent to reaching the pinnacle of a high-level martial artist.

"Next, we just need to wait for Luo Qi to repair that badly damaged B3-level armor." Lin Qi clenched his fist excitedly, feeling that he was now fully capable of fighting against a mid-level martial artist wearing B4-level armor.

A B3-level battle armor can increase strength by 1600 kg, and a B4-level armor by 2000 kg. A martial artist who has just entered the mid-level stage has a strength of only a little over 2000 kg. With the assistance of a B4-level battle armor, his strength is only a little over 4000 kg. Even without the battle armor, he can still fight.

If he wore a B3-level battle armor, his strength would reach over 5600 kilograms, while a B5-level battle armor would only increase his strength by 3000 kilograms. Adding the 3000-plus kilograms of strength of a high-level martial artist, the total would be over 6000 kilograms, which is not much stronger than his.

Just as Lin Qi was about to try out the Golden Desert Eagle made entirely of Rem Titanium at his waist, a system notification suddenly sounded in his ear.

System: Congratulations to player Li Tianxing for creating the high-level martial arts skill "Sky Step". Currently, the player has created 12 martial arts skills of martial arts level or above.

"Did he succeed too?" Lin Qi looked at the system notification below his field of vision and couldn't help but smile.

He had been waiting for this moment for a very, very long time.

Since the appearance of the second hidden quest, "Geniuses are never alone," although he had already completed the quest, Lin Qi had been reluctant to use the martial arts fusion reward.

Firstly, after completing the second hidden quest, 'Geniuses are never alone,' he did not receive any follow-up hidden quests. This means that it is unknown how long it will be before he can get this martial arts fusion reward again, so he must use it with caution.

Secondly, the player hasn't created any martial arts techniques that satisfy him. In terms of attack methods, he has Thunder Flash and can even manually create a Railgun. There's no value in fusing those offensive martial arts techniques, not to mention that now that he has the Golden Desert Eagle, he has even more attack methods.

Therefore, he has been waiting for players to create some defensive or footwork-related martial arts skills to make up for his lack of equipment.

Unfortunately, the summoned players were all researching offensive martial arts techniques, with few studying defensive or footwork techniques. Fortunately, Luo Wushang, Xiaowan Yefengchuang, and Li Tianxing were all researching footwork techniques, namely sword steps, cloud-piercing steps, and sky-stepping steps. Although they were only at the martial artist level, they were still considered quite good footwork techniques in the city.

Especially the Sky-Stepping Step created by Li Tianxing, that's practically a minor divine skill.

However, Li Tianxing's initial skill, the Sky-Stepping Step, was only at the martial artist level. Even if he fused it with the other two martial arts, it would be difficult to create a high-level martial artist-level martial arts skill.

He simply left it as is, waiting for Li Tianxing to gradually improve it.

Now, Li Tianxing has lived up to expectations and perfected the Sky-Stepping Step to the sixth level, which can be considered as reaching the bottom line for him to use the reward of fusion martial arts. There is a considerable possibility that he can fuse a brand new high-level martial artist footwork, and it will be perfect.

"It's time to use the reward from this fusion martial arts technique."

Lin Qi clicked on the system rewards in the system bar without hesitation.

System: Do you want to use the rewarded fusion martial skill?

"Yes!"

System: Please select three martial arts techniques of the same type created by other players.

Lin Qi directly incorporated the footwork created by Luo Wushang, Xiao Yuan Ye Feng Kuang, and Li Tianxing into it.

"It's all about this final gamble!"

Lin Qi took a deep breath and clicked on the fusion option in the system panel.

(End of this chapter)