Calamity Dragon, Starting with the Cultivation of Knight Families

Chapter 26 Losing Players, Game Compensation

Lin Ke was woken up by a phone call.

Moreover, he was still very tired when he was woken up.

However, once he heard what was being said on the other end of the phone, he instantly perked up.

"Is the census no longer being conducted door-to-door?"

"Aunt Wang? Are you just teasing us for no reason? How can you just decide not to register?" Lin Ke's tone was somewhat joking.

Meanwhile, Aunt Wang across the table laughed and scolded, "You little rascal, you just say you don't want to register and then you don't? Why are you asking so many questions?"

"Alright, alright, I bet you've guessed what this census is for. That game has been making everyone uneasy lately, so you should pay more attention too!"

"Oh, and if you get the chance, Kobayashi, don't forget to go and grab that game!"

"You young people understand this kind of thing, so you really need to take it seriously, okay?"

"Seize the opportunity. If you ever qualify for that game, remember to tell Aunt Wang. She's waiting for a big success, and she'll definitely introduce you to some nice girls!"

On the other end of the phone, Aunt Wang from the neighborhood office spoke in a joking tone.

He quickly hung up the phone, after all, he still needed to notify the residents of the nearby streets.

Lin Ke was quite happy about this.

However, when Lin Ke came to his senses, he looked at the time and realized it was already 10:30.

But Lin Ke wasn't in a hurry, since there were still thirteen or fourteen hours until the game shut down each day.

Players can only play for eight hours a day, so he's not in a hurry.

Lin Ke got out of bed, took a shower and brushed his teeth, and then went downstairs to have breakfast while scrolling through his phone.

Rather than immediately entering the game, Lin Ke is now more interested in seeing the follow-up effects of last night's 300-day simulation.

Sure enough, on his way downstairs to the breakfast shop, Lin Ke discovered that the Internet of the East Continent of the People's Union was quite lively!

Lin Ke doesn't even need to search; just scroll through a few videos, and at least most of them are about real games.

Among them, Lin Ke also came across a player's video.

"It's so frustrating! Guys, my gaming privileges were revoked last night!"

"However, I have no regrets, after all, I have done my best! This kind of deductive game is really beyond the control of a player's short eight hours of playtime."

"I recorded a video and uploaded it quickly this time mainly because I wanted to show my brothers and sisters the game compensation I received."

"As we all know, the game opens at 8 a.m. every day, and the moment the server opened, an option popped into my mind."

"This option is actually quite simple: it lets me choose one of the powers that my previous character card possessed!"

"This power can be a skill, a physique, or a meditation technique, etc."

"So, without even thinking, I chose meditation!"

In the video, the disheveled man looks extremely smug.

"Although my character card is a first-tier human with a very strong physique, and if I choose the physique option, my strength will definitely be comparable to Superman, I still resisted the temptation!"

"Think about it, everyone. Although the power gained at once is strong in the early stages, it cannot be grown!"

"Although I used to be a cog in a machine in a factory, I wasn't one of those who slipped through the net of compulsory education."

"Therefore, I know that to maximize profits, sustainable development is essential, and meditation is the core of sustainable development for extraordinary power!"

At this point, the man was clearly a little annoyed.

"Choosing meditation was definitely the right choice." "But unfortunately, the compensation for losing the game isn't very good."

"This meditation method is good and can indeed continuously strengthen oneself, but one can only meditate for one hour each day. After one hour, one will no longer be able to feel the magic."

"According to the game, magic doesn't exist in our world. So even the environment for meditation is actually something the game provides for us failed players."

"Just like when my buddy meditates, the real game provides an environment of simulated magic that only I can feel. In this environment, how much growth I can gain through meditation in that hour is exactly the same as the aptitude I had when I obtained the character card!"

"So, in this respect, I'm quite disappointed too!"

"Because I don't have any bloodline power like a game character card!!! My meditation speed is like a tortoise crawl! And I can only meditate for one hour a day!"

"Holy crap! Brothers and sisters, I'm totally emotional, really!"

"I was so naive! If God gave me another chance, I would definitely choose either a first-tier physique or the bloodline of the character card!!!"

This sudden turn of events almost caused Lin Ke to strain his back!

Wait, dude, this change of heart is too sudden!
One second you're confidently talking about the benefits of meditation and saying you've made the right choice, and the next second you're completely overwhelmed?
Lin Ke was at a loss for words in response.

The guy in the last video said he was going to report to the local SUPP countermeasures office, and then the video ended there.

"The compensation for losing the game is actually a power from a character card? Or even an ability?"

"From this perspective, the latest version update for the real game is actually quite generous."

Lin Ke arrived at the breakfast shop and ordered a bowl of vegetable porridge and half a basket of steamed buns. He then continued to search for videos and even live streams of players who had failed to complete their searches while eating.

During this process, Lin Ke watched more than a dozen videos.

In these videos, the choices made by the losing players are truly diverse.

Some players choose physical strength, some choose extraordinary bloodlines, and others choose skills and abilities.

However, without exception, the options for these compensations are all subject to significant limitations.

For example, players who choose the Physique bonus can only receive it for half an hour per day, which is equivalent to the current usage time of online player character cards.

However, choosing the extraordinary bloodline is a bit more complicated.

Superhuman bloodlines may seem appealing, but they don't actually provide superhuman power.

In other words, although those who choose a bloodline possess extraordinary bloodlines, they are unable to activate the power of their bloodlines in the current reality.

They look almost identical to ordinary people.

This obviously requires meditation to activate the bloodline, just like knights, monsters, or even warlocks in the game world cultivate to activate extraordinary power.

But this presents another problem.

That means magic doesn't exist in reality! How can players activate the extraordinary power within their bloodline?

After all, they don't have the magical environment provided by the actual game that players who choose meditation do.

Therefore, it is clear that these players who chose the extraordinary bloodline are now practically useless!
The reason it's considered "half-useless" is because players who have chosen the extraordinary bloodline can passively allow the bloodline to integrate and circulate within their bodies for an hour each day.

As time goes by, these players with the bloodline will gradually surpass ordinary people in physical fitness, but they will still be limited to the limits of ordinary people.

Therefore, these bloodline players certainly can't achieve much in reality right now.

Of course, Lin Ke does not deny that as the real game is updated time and time again, other in-game items may soon be brought back to reality by online players.

For example, magic doesn't exist in reality, but games contain magic crystals, magic cores, and even magical items.

There are no complete sets of basic cultivation methods in reality, but there are in the game!

(End of this chapter)