Chapter 1652: Chapter 1652: The Two Tendencies of Rank-B Instances
Just finished a dungeon and experienced a fierce battle, it’s time to relax, plus the mood is different, a few people called over the players from Tan-skinned City and drank quite a bit together.
After a few cups of wine, the relationship between everyone seemed to get closer. Tong Qi already knew that the Hope City people are trapped in a Spiritual-type dungeon, and since Xu Huo is a Super Evolutionary with Mental Powers, he couldn’t help but ask Xu Huo about some experiences in clearing Spiritual-type dungeons.
Xu Huo hasn’t encountered many Spiritual-type dungeons seriously, so what he shared were related experiences written in the Spirit Evolution material he had collected before.
Spiritual-type dungeons are very tricky for ordinary players; without understanding, they don’t even know where to start. But no dungeon is a dead-end. Like “The Seventeenth Hospital,” the hospital rules will remind players not to imagine too much—this can actually be controlled as long as the player’s mindset is firm enough and they are more willing to believe in themselves.
The same goes for other dungeons; often, the chance of survival is written in the background introduction.
“That’s not necessarily true.” Young Master Mo, holding a wine glass, said: “The box you got earlier with the thorn pattern on it has a mental interference effect. Unlike what Chi Xian said about it coming from a high-risk area, it’s actually just an ordinary area.”
“Calling it ordinary doesn’t mean it’s not dangerous. Its risk is much higher than general game divisions, but it hasn’t been classified as a high-risk area because there’s only one instance there, and the ticket mark is Rank-B.”
“Rank-B ticket area?” Chi Xian became interested upon hearing this, “But I’ve heard, no one has ever obtained a ticket there, so there’s a rumor it’s a high-risk area, usually only players who miss instances three times consecutively have a chance to be transported there.”
“Moreover, I’ve heard the death rate is abnormally high. Is that kind of place a Rank-B instance?”
“Considered as a Rank-B instance with very high risk.” Young Master Mo said: “To increase the difficulty of the instance, besides expanding the background for clearance and extending the clearance time, the most common restriction is like a random instance, you can’t leave without clearing the instance.”
“But this is relatively safe because not leaving the instance means you won’t enter the next one. So players who don’t want to play the game anymore will specifically choose such instances; not clearing them, and they can live well inside.”
“This can be considered as a low-risk instance, one can just linger there.”
“High-risk instances are different; unexpected dangers can appear every moment. In such an instance, there’s no concept of leisurely clearing, the longer you drag on, the more dangerous it becomes for the player, and the death rate is very high; no player wants to live in such an instance, they must find ways to clear it.”
“Is this the tendency of Rank-B instances?” Xu Huo interjected.
“You could say that,” Young Master Mo nodded.
“Anyone would choose the one with lower risk.” Tong Qi said naturally: “Only a fool would choose the high-risk one.”
“Both modes have their pros and cons.” Young Master Mo explained, “Low-risk doesn’t mean it’s easy to clear. At Rank-B, many instances can’t be left without clearing them. Who wants to be trapped in a game division for a lifetime? What if the instance environment is bad? That’s truly unlucky.”
“And not actively clearing doesn’t mean you won’t ever clear it.”
“What does that mean?” Tong Qi was puzzled.
“It means you can choose not to clear, but maybe later a player will accidentally clear it with you, or due to other situations, the dungeon changes forcing you to leave.” Chi Xian said.
Tong Qi opened his mouth, eventually squeezing out a sentence, “At that time, how many instances must be missed, isn’t it just going to report to the high-risk random instance as soon as one comes out?”
“Correct.” Young Master Mo nodded, “Because occurrences of advanced players entering low-level instances and busting them are common.”
“What about high-risk instances?” Xu Huo asked further.
“It’s hard to say high-risk instances have any advantage in terms of clearing difficulty, but they have the benefit of high rewards.” Young Master Mo took a sip of wine and continued, “You know some areas will spawn props or instances. These are ownerless; in general areas, many players come, group after group, and leisurely pick up those naturally spawning good things.”
“Finding high-risk instances are more difficult, maybe you’ll stumble upon one.”
“If you can pick up an instance that hasn’t yet formed, that’s hitting the jackpot.”
“Moreover, the clearance rewards are more generous than instances of the same level, sometimes there are extra rewards.”
“Like a division full of plants with mental interference effects, that’s a typical high-risk area.”
“The district you’re talking about shouldn’t be unknown, why is there a rumor it’s a high-risk area?” Xu Huo asked.
“Because the train route to this area isn’t fixed.” Young Master Mo said: “It’s said that its location is very special, without stations built inside it, so to go here, you can only take a train passing nearby.”
“You can think of this area as a sphere, the trains passing are like lines circling around the sphere, different directions, different dimensions, there’s always a point that gets close. If you get this instance’s ticket, you’ll randomly board a train nearby.”
“So the information on the tickets is not fixed.” Chi Xian said.
Young Master Mo nodded, “There are plenty of dangerous areas like this in the game. Without detailed interactions between players, identifying information can be difficult, so not knowing it’s a ticket instance is normal.”
“Does this area have no fixed number?” Xu Huo raised an eyebrow, “If passing trains have a station to reach here, shouldn’t these nearby stations be located within this area?”
“Normally, that’s how it should be.” Young Master Mo said: “But in fact, according to the information my family has investigated, its area number may also be unfixed.”
“Couldn’t it be its number has to belong to a nearby area?” Tong Qi was surprised, “This can’t be considered an independent area, can only be said to be a separately divided dungeon venue.”
“Dungeon venues and areas do not conflict. Some areas can have multiple instances; some areas have only one instance.” Young Master Mo looked at Xu Huo, “I initially wanted to buy that box from you because of what’s inside.”
“Do you know what’s inside?” Tong Qi couldn’t help but interrupt.
Young Master Mo shook his head, “Unclear, but for a box like this, it’s mostly filled with things brought out from the same area, items with mental interference power, whether it’s plants, animals, or props born under environmental impact. Using such a special box to contain things that can’t be put into the prop bar, its value is probably extraordinary.”
“A special box?” Xu Huo captured his wording, because to him, it was just a metal box.