The Fourth Calamity: Starting with Dungeon Slimes

Chapter 172 Issuing Quotas

"I wonder what will happen after this evolution."

As he spoke, Jiang Chen couldn't help but sigh. Having been in this world for so long since he entered it, Jiang Chen knew very well that this evolution would be the opportunity for him to officially set foot in this world.

To put it simply, given the current situation on my side, the next evolution won't be easy.

First, there's the level cap on your own side.

Mirror Slime, level cap 70.

The materials used to evolve to the next stage are also from level 70 elite monsters.

I managed to collect all the materials this time, but it was all thanks to luck. After all, if players hadn't encountered those elite monsters, I would have had to push to level 70 of the dungeon to collect the materials.

For him now, the difficulty of advancing to this level goes without saying. Of course, that's not the main point. The main point is that if he evolves to the next stage, not to mention how difficult it is to obtain the special attribute essences, the elite materials alone will be a huge problem, because these elite materials are needed to advance to the 80th floor of the dungeon.

It goes without saying how difficult this is.

You should know that level 70-80 is a significant hurdle in this world.

Reaching this level is extremely difficult, and it represents a qualitative leap for most creatures; naturally, the difference in strength is incomparable.

Besides that, the most crucial thing is that we have the special materials, but where do we get the attribute essence? I've tried all the channels I know of so far.

So, from now on, I'll basically only be able to roam around this world at this level. But that's enough, because for most powerful races, the average level is around 60-70, and after this upgrade, the players have reached level 70.

So there are many things that can be dealt with.

As for advancing to the next level, that's really hard to handle; Jiang Chen felt the possibility was very low, at least in the short term.

"Forget it, why think about these things now?"

As he spoke, Jiang Chen opened his control panel.

Name: Jiang Chen

【Race: Mirror Slime (Five-Stage Evolution) - Pata】

[Faction: Chaotic Evil]

Fire Emblem: 15%

[Level: LV70 (Racial level cap 70)]

[Vitality: 57000]

[Magic value: 42000]

Attack: 700, Defense: 420, Agility: 180, Spirit: 190

【种族技能（史莱姆）：凝胶身躯LV3—分裂再生LV2—伤害吸收LV3—超强癒合LV3—召唤眷族LV2（专属）—深渊腐蚀LV2—暗影屏障LV2—魔法全属性抗性LV2—元素形态LV1】

【Mirror Image LV1 (Generates a mirror image that inherits 80% of the original's attributes; this image inherits all of the original's skills)】

[Special: Dark Flame LV2 - Fire Elemental Summoning LV2 - Undead Summoning LV1]

[Talent: Fourth Calamity LV4 (Quality: ???)]

[Fourth Calamity Exclusive Ability: Summon Player Mechanism LV4, Slots 500 (Increasing the talent level increases the summoning limit)]

My current attribute is considered quite good.

Of course, it certainly doesn't reach the level of those elite races.

However, the basic combat attributes and other aspects of this world need to be considered from multiple dimensions; one cannot simply look at one thing.

With a solid foundation to begin with, coupled with various good equipment, the combat power they can unleash is far beyond 1+.

It's that simple: 1 = 2.

As he was thinking, Jiang Chen immediately started the evolution, and at the same time, a game update announcement popped up.

However, to Jiang Chen's surprise, this evolution took a full day.

However, Jiang Chen said it wasn't a big problem; it was just a matter of updating once every so often. In fact, considering the update schedule of his game, an occasional major update wasn't unacceptable.

Although this period is relatively long, he was not surprised at all. The reason is quite simple: 70 to 80 is a watershed moment, something he already knew. Therefore, he was able to predict that the 70 to 80 stage would be vastly different from other stages.

However, the reality was just as he had thought. The evolution time alone was enough to explain a lot of things. Fortunately, the war outside was relatively stable. At least neither the Nightmare Clan nor the Dark Elf Clan had sent troops over before. Both sides were still in a state of inaction. In addition, he still had Old Six's squad on his side. Therefore, Jiang Chen was quite clear about the overall situation. At least for the next day or two, the other side would not organize any decent attacks.

It was only because Jiang Chen understood these reasons that he dared to evolve with peace of mind; otherwise, the evolution time would definitely have been delayed.

The announcement of the server shutdown caused an uproar among players. They had expected the update to last only a few hours, as was the case before, but this time it lasted a full 24 hours.

"So can anyone tell me why this update took so long?"

"God knows what happened. Could it be a server issue, or something else entirely?"

"This update time is a bit outrageous. At this rate, I feel like the official team is probably planning something big again."

"That's strange. Logically, a new list of beta testers should have been released by now. Every official update should include a new list of beta testers. But this time, it's been so long and they haven't released it yet."

Players immediately began discussing various issues, with many being most concerned about the list of players selected for the closed beta test.

After all, they had been eagerly anticipating this new round of updates and the allocation of new quotas.

The official response has been slow, which has naturally made those who have been waiting anxious, as have those who are eager to play the game. This update has taken far too long.

In general, players had all sorts of discussions for a while.

As time went by, Jiang Chen's evolution finally came to an end.

Name: Jiang Chen

【Race: Demon Slime (Six-Stage Evolution) - Pata】

[Faction: Chaotic Evil]

Fire Emblem: 15%

[Level: LV1 (Racial level cap 80)]

[Vitality: 52000]

[Magic value: 32000]

Attack: 600, Defense: 120, Agility: 80, Spirit: 90

【种族技能（史莱姆）：凝胶身躯LV3—分裂再生LV2—伤害吸收LV3—超强癒合LV3—召唤眷族LV2（专属）—深渊腐蚀LV2—暗影屏障LV2—魔法全属性抗性LV2—元素形态LV1—恶魔化身LV1—镜像分身LV1】

【Demon Avatar LV1: Transform into demon form, base attributes increased by 500%, duration 30 minutes】

[Special: Dark Flame LV2 - Fire Elemental Summoning LV2 - Undead Summoning LV1]

[Talent: Fourth Calamity LV5 (Quality: ???)]

[Fourth Calamity Exclusive Ability: Summon Player Mechanism LV5, Slots 2000 (Increasing the talent level increases the summoning limit)]

Jiang Chen was quite surprised to see the new skill.

At the same time, its own changes were also very obvious. First, its whole body turned black, and a pair of small black wings grew on its back.

Overall, it still has a slight hint of evil, but that's not important. What's important is the skill itself.

Jiang Chen estimated that the Demon Incarnation skill was a unique ability of level 80 creatures.

Creatures with different level caps all possess their own unique abilities. Level 80 is a significant hurdle, and this isn't just a casual remark. Demon incarnation directly boosts one's attributes by 500%. What does that mean? Even if you're a slime, in this state, your attributes are comparable to those of a fully grown dragon.

Moreover, his basic attributes have also been significantly improved. His basic attributes are now over 5, and this is still when he is only level one.

If you max out the level, then without a doubt, the life attribute alone will have at least tens of thousands.

It might even exceed 20.

Because the growth attributes of my race are now very high. Unlike before, when the base HP was 1, it would be good if it could jump to 2 after reaching the maximum level. But later, the base HP of 1 became 3 or 4.

As his rank increases, the growth attributes of his race also increase. So far, Jiang Chen's growth attributes are already very high.

If you reach the maximum level and your HP exceeds 20, then when you activate the Demon Avatar state, your HP will exceed one million, not to mention anything else.

And what is the health of an adult dragon? Even if it's more than that, it won't be by much, unless it's a special race or a special individual. As for attack power, it will jump to several thousand. To put it bluntly, in this case, it already possesses the initial potential to challenge those top-tier races.

If, upon evolving to the next stage, all players transform from Mirror Slimes into Demon Slimes, then their strength will experience a significant boost. Players can normally fight while wearing mechs, and when their mechs are destroyed, they can activate their Demon Avatar, essentially having two sets of armor.

What this means is self-evident.

However, it is clear that this matter will not be easy to accomplish. After all, Jiang Chen himself does not know where to gather the materials for the next stage, let alone anyone else.

"Forget it, there's no use thinking about it now. Let's get the players in first. This improvement has far exceeded my expectations."

"Besides the fact that I acquired a rather overpowered skill, the most crucial thing is that the number of players summoned has skyrocketed to 2000, not increasing exponentially as I had imagined."

"In the next stage, the total number of players will need to reach at least tens of thousands."

"If that's the case, once the number of players exceeds ten thousand, it wouldn't be impossible for me to lead the players to occupy a piece of land."

The reason for this thinking is quite simple: the total number of players was around 500 before, and this time it reached 2000, a fourfold increase. But what about next time? It might increase even more; even if it's guaranteed to be a fourfold increase, that would still be 8000.

According to Jiang Chen's guess, the number of players is very likely to exceed 10,000 next time.

Once the number exceeds 10,000, the main force of players will be able to challenge the main forces of other races.

Of course, it's difficult to accomplish this, at least for now, I definitely can't do it. But for Jiang Chen right now, 2000 is already a great help.

"With so many players, it's definitely enough to put them all into the dungeon battlefield. The current scale of dungeon battles is basically in the thousands. If we want to go into the tens of thousands, then we'll have to prepare for a long time in advance."

"But it's obvious that I could never give them that much time to prepare, and there's also a team to tip them off, so everything is fine."

At this point, Jiang Chen couldn't help but start to think. In fact, once the number of people was sufficient, another problem had to be considered, which was also a headache for Jiang Chen: which people to choose to join.

Screening a few hundred people was easy before, but now that there are over a thousand, it's a huge undertaking. However, to ensure that the players he recruits are all elites, Jiang Chen still has to be patient in the screening process. But compared to when there were fewer people before, the criteria for screening this time are significantly more lenient.

Previously, you not only had to grind and spend money, but you also needed to have plenty of time. Now, the requirements have been relaxed to include having some special abilities, gaming experience, and long online time. If you meet these three conditions, you can be included in the candidate list.

Previously, due to insufficient applicants, there was a backlog of applications. Although not many, with the addition of newly selected applicants, Jiang Chen quickly gathered 1500 places.

After doing all this, Jiang Chen immediately announced the number of players to be recruited for the closed beta test. As soon as the news was released, it caused an uproar in the entire player community.

At first, everyone thought it would be a few hundred people again, but when the total number of names on the list reached 1500, everyone was stunned.

After the initial shock, what followed was pure elation.

"Wow, I was still wondering what was going on, why this update lasted for 24 hours, now I see."

"This is absolutely outrageous, guys. I never expected that there would be over 1500 spots this time. Can you believe it?"

"I thought I wouldn't be selected this time, but the good news is that I was selected! Wow, my name is already one of the last few in the list. If the quota hadn't been expanded to 1500, I probably wouldn't have been selected this time either."

"Brothers, spring is here! The official website is finally not as stingy as before, only squeezing out a hundred or two each time. This time it's 1500. Do you think it will be several thousand next time? The number will definitely increase. We who have been waiting finally have something to look forward to."

Previously, there were only a few hundred people each time, and those who were looking forward to it every day had no idea what to expect. The number of spots was too small, and being selected was mostly due to luck. But now that the spots have been released so quickly, everyone has seen hope.

Even if you are not selected this time, the probability of being selected will be much higher next time when there are two or three thousand or even more slots available.