Scourge Messenger

Chapter 188 Trophies

In any MMORPG, player-created factions are an indispensable part of the game, and even one of the main gameplay elements.

For example, in online guilds like Legend of Mir, brothers fight together; or in large online dating and social networking sites, people find brothers, find girlfriends, or their brothers become girlfriends, and their girlfriends become brothers... These are all common news stories.

Often, players are already tired of the game, but because their friends are still playing, they continue playing along. It's less about playing the game and more about playing with their friends.

But in any online game, creating a player faction is very simple. Either you reach a certain level to qualify, or you complete a very easy task to learn about guild functions and obtain the privilege. In short, no online game will deliberately create a barrier here.

The Messenger is probably one of the very few exceptions, or rather, it has two forms of player factions. One is chat groups, where players can freely invite others to chat in groups. There are no restrictions on this; anyone can create one, just like a QQ group. Players who really enjoy high-difficulty dungeons will likely have multiple chat groups, roaming around like mercenaries to raid dungeons.

Another type is the true 'player organization', where each person can only join one. Each organization has its own unique buffs and missions, and later on, there may even be gameplay elements such as launching gang wars and fighting for territory.

To establish a player faction, you must use a guild creation token, but the drop rate of guild creation tokens in "The Messenger" is extremely low, and this has not changed even after multiple version updates.

Yan Qing was a lowly employee who joined the company at the end of the Foundation Building version, so he naturally didn't have the opportunity to understand why the lead planner designed it this way. However, according to the analysis of forum players, everyone strongly believes that the boss or lead planner of "The Messenger" is a fan of old-school online game novels, which is why they created the setting that guild creation tokens are very rare.

Furthermore, the Guild Creation Tokens are divided into three levels: Rare, Legendary, and Immortal. Three Rare tokens can be combined to form one Legendary token, and three Legendary tokens can be combined to form one Immortal token. In the old version, players who wanted to get a head start had to collect nine Rare Guild Creation Tokens, which shows how much time and money they had to spend on it.

However, the planners later realized that this was an excellent promotional strategy, because every now and then, players would make the news by revealing that they had made a fortune by creating a guild, which attracted more players to join the game.

Yan Qing has only permanently freed himself from the third-stage Demon King, yet he has already obtained an Immortal-level guild creation token. It seems that the official team is taking advantage of the "one-time drop, all drops" feature of the Cataclysmic update to reduce the difficulty for players to obtain scarce resources.

Yan Qing had to admit that this was indeed a brilliant idea. Although it didn't increase the drop rate, it did increase the overall resource output. Otherwise, where would players get the resources to ascend to immortality? It also guided players to conquer low-level dungeons that no one else wanted, making full use of every bit of game resources.

"Order to Establish a Gang"

Rank: Immortal

"Effect: Create a player team and randomly select two team skills."

"Review: For the Horde!"

It may seem ordinary, but you should know that a rare guild creation token can only 'randomly obtain' one team skill, while a legendary guild creation token can 'randomly obtain' two team skills. This shows the value of an immortal guild creation token's 'random selection', which can even be described as a qualitative change.

However, this item wasn't very useful to Yan Qing. He had no plans to build a faction for the time being; at most, he could just get two team skills for free. In comparison, the Corpse King's other two spoils were much more valuable.

"Jade Talisman for Intervening in Creation"

Rank: Celestial General

"Absorption: Absorbing the Jade Talisman of Creation increases health by 50 points and grants the Mystery of Creation, increasing all damage dealt by 20% (minimum increase of 10 points); reducing all damage received by 20% (minimum decrease of 10 points). This effect expires after Foundation Establishment."

"Infusion: Infusing the Jade Talisman of Creation into the token can enhance all powers."

"Reforging: Reforge the Jade Talisman of Creation and the Token, increasing the rarity of the power that the player can choose by one level."

"Click to view the combination" Yan Qing gasped, it was actually the rarest Heavenly Gang, the Jade Talisman of Manipulating Creation!

Among the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends, there are naturally different levels of strength and weakness. Just by looking at its infusion and refining effects, it is clear that the Creation of Manipulation is undoubtedly the highest level. It can enhance all powers, and during refining, it can even select powers from a higher-level database of terms!
More importantly, the ability to manipulate creation corresponds to three perfect Dao foundations, six superior Dao foundations, and thirty-six intermediate Dao foundations. Pairing any of the Earthly Fiends with it has a 60% chance of forming a Dao foundation, and a 10% chance of forming a superior or even perfect Dao foundation!
If we categorize items by their rarity, "Merchantment of Creation" would undoubtedly be a legendary-level item! On game forums, this would be an item that many high-level players would envy.

Yan Qing couldn't fathom how well the players in the Cataclysmic version were doing, that defeating a third-tier Demon King could drop something like this? Did the official Messenger team intend to cash in and run away? Or had the Foundation Establishment resource become insignificant in this era of immortal ascension?

"Longyou's Hand Bones"

Grade: Rare

"Effect: When an enemy defends against your attack, a strength check is performed. If the strength you apply is greater than twice the enemy's strength, your attack will deal crushing damage, resulting in double damage and ignoring defense. This effect triggers once every 30 seconds."

"Usage effect: Can be used on tokens of grade three rarity or below, can upgrade the token to grade three rarity, and the power enhancement will be drawn from the three keywords 'crushing', 'counterattack', and 'powerful'."

"Evaluation: In order to push his family's secret killing move, the Dragon Subduing Seal, to an unprecedented level, Long You of Juxianzhuang practiced day and night, tempering his muscles and bones. Finally, he fused the Dragon Subduing Seal with his right hand, boasting that he was invincible below the Foundation Establishment stage. That's why he dared to launch the Demon Slaughtering Tournament to besiege Fu Xiang. After his death, his hand bones also turned into a rare and precious treasure."

This is a great item! It's even comparable to the Guild Establishment Token and the Jade Talisman for Assisting Creation, because it's actually a talisman that takes effect as soon as it's carried!

Unlike tokens that expire upon reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, talismans are not limited by level and can remain effective even after ascension to immortality. Because of this, the effects of talismans are usually secondary and may not trigger for a long time, but when they do, it's like the pleasant surprise of suddenly finding a hundred-yuan bill in your pocket.

However… Yan Qing scratched his head. This thing's effect only works on lower-level characters; it has no effect on people in this world, including himself, because they can't access their personal inventory. It's better to use it to upgrade tokens, but he currently doesn't have any tokens that match these three keywords.

After closing the warehouse page, Yan Qing saw four third-stage cultivators lifting a huge treasure chest out of the pit in the distance. Each of them was responsible for one corner. Not only Yao Shiyuan, but even the three guardians were watching each other warily, afraid that someone might suddenly open the treasure chest, steal the contents, and run away.

Credit, as a currency, should be used at the right time to exchange for benefits that can be squandered for a lifetime.

With a wave of her hand, the bunny girl darted to her side like a little rabbit. As before, the pharmacist and Prajna lifted the treasure chest, flipped it over, and emptied its contents.

Do you have any Foundation Establishment Pills? Do you have any Foundation Establishment Pills? Please, please, give me a Foundation Establishment Pill!
Yan Qing could almost hear the roars of anger in the hearts of the other four. In fact, this group of peak third-stage cultivators lacked nothing. The Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends were just icing on the cake. The only thing that could truly help them take another step forward was the Foundation Establishment Pill!

First to fall was a huge pile of spirit jade, almost as big as a small mountain, all of them were hundred-grade jade, roughly estimated to be close to 100,000, but no one cared about that amount of money, everyone's attention was focused on those few items.

There were three tokens: a Heavenly Mandate, a stone, and... a token!
A decree to reward good and punish evil!
Although it's not a Foundation Establishment Pill, it's the closest thing to one!

Yes, with Si Wuxie's Foundation Establishment combat strength, he really has no way to obtain Foundation Establishment Pills, but the Reward and Punishment Token is much simpler. Even if he searches high and low to snatch this thing, other Foundation Establishment cultivators will not interfere with him. After all, the Reward and Punishment Token is ultimately just one possibility for obtaining Foundation Establishment Pills.

While everyone was focused on the decree for rewarding good and punishing evil, two people looked at that ordinary-looking stone.

The moment Bunny Girl looked at the stone, a prompt popped up on the game screen: "You have sensed a calamity relic released after the death of a messenger. Obtaining the relic will allow you to absorb the karmic force of the calamity within."

"This humble monk only needs that stone!"

"I want that stone!"

Prajna and Bunny Girl uttered the same words at the same time, exchanged a surprised glance, and simultaneously realized a fact:
The other party also possesses the karmic force of natural disasters!
(End of this chapter)