Chapter 58 - 55 Deceiving the Entire Server
Chapter 58: Chapter 55 Deceiving the Entire Server Chapter 58: Chapter 55 Deceiving the Entire Server Editor: Atlas Studios The azure sky, seagulls soaring. The azure sea, waves rippling. The towering and dilapidated Flying vessel, quiet yet bustling.
Sprinkles of white sails from trade routes converge towards the Flying. After all, organized fleets like the Skyshattering Cannon are rare, most players are scattered individual traders. And it’s better that way!
One Sword Westward, from under the ship, calls out and berates: “Newbies, sync up! Help Brother Fei load the goods onto the ship!”
What’s herd effect, bandwagon effect? This is it! Seeing One Sword Westward obediently helping to load goods under the ship, when a second boat arrived menacingly and was taken aback.
If I can trick the first one, how far is the second? Da Fei shouts from the high deck: “Newbies, hand over the goods!”
Of course, the newcomer isn’t convinced: “Why should I?”
What are you here for then? Da Fei coldly says: “Because he can make 10,000, and you can’t even make 5,000!”
One Sword Westward immediately chimes in: “Brother, since we’re all here to get our heads handed to us, we can’t keep the goods anyway. Consider it a favor for Brother Fei, us merchants should look for benefits after all, there’s no need to offend Brother Fei.”
Da Fei slaps his head on the ship and chuckles: “The brother is right, after a while you won’t be able to keep your soldiers anyway, just give them to me too.”
One Sword Westward chuckles: “No problem!” But he sneers inwardly, the moment you act is the moment I take you down.
The newcomer thinks it over, sure that the big boss would reimburse and there’s steady earnings, so there’s indeed no need to offend red names. Thus, he joins the loading party too.
With the second, the third comes even easier: “What are you guys doing?”
The two reply: “Just lending a hand, unneeded soldiers and goods are all given away.”
“Is this arranged by the boss?”
Da Fei scoffs: “Do I look like your boss?”
One Sword Westward continues to assist: “Brother Fei is busy, get to work.”
“Oh.” Whatever, as long as the big boss pays the bounty.
Thus, came the fourth: “What’s this?”
The crowd replies: “Don’t ask too much, hurry up and finish up we can clock out early.”
“Oh…”
Then came the fifth, sixth, and thus the current bustling construction site formed. Brother Fei’s sailor army, like a snowball, enlisted dozens. Faced with such a massive force and such an orderly scene, these scattered players have seemed to have forgotten their original intentions.
Do you know what you’re doing? Actually, Brother also doesn’t know what you’re doing.
This is the herd effect, the bandwagon effect; subconsciously, people have been led by the nose. This is the commonality between humans and sheep, unconsciously obeying the majority, always feeling since so many people are doing it, might as well join in. Da Fei, having once engaged in pyramid schemes, is well versed in this method.
But what’s the next step? Looking at the continuously arriving boats, Da Fei’s gaze is profound and distant.
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—”Hello, friends in the audience, Hero News meets you once again. We have received direct live footage from enthusiastic players in the game, the much-watched Da Fei has finally appeared before the players, now near Elorin Port of Elf Kingdom, after drifting at sea for several days since leaving Newbie Trial Island, this is his first time ashore. Just half an hour ago, Da Fei killed twenty merchant players who responded to the Blood Sea Wave’s bounty, demonstrating impressive combat capabilities. Now, Da Fei has reached an agreement with the merchants, abiding by the principle of not offending either side, in players’ words, continuing to respond to the Blood Sea Wave’s bounty and compensating Da Fei’s reputation loss with goods, now the scene is busy and heated.”
—”We are now broadcasting another set of footage sent by players, clearly capturing the entirety of Da Fei’s Flying vessel. Here we connect with Dragon Teeth of the Dragon Slayer Guild, and China’s famous competitive player Chang Liang, for a phone interview.”
Host: “Hello, Mr. Chang Liang?”
The excited voice came through the phone: “Hello! Host! Greetings to all the gamers, I am Chang Liang, Dragon Teeth of the Dragon Slayer Guild, the largest guild in China. I am glad to meet everyone… well, meet over the phone.”
The host laughed: “I heard that the newly established Blood Sea Wave Studio has joined the Dragon Slayer Guild. What players are worried about is how will the Dragon Slayer Guild treat Da Fei then?”
Chang Liang laughed: “That’s a private grudge between Blood Sea Wave and the players, it doesn’t represent the stance of our Dragon Slayer Guild. Our guild’s purpose is to let everyone have fun playing.”
Host: “Now player Da Fei has come back with such a huge ship. The players at the scene must have a deep understanding of the vastness of its compartments. What impact will such a big ship have on the current players?”
Chang Liang sighed: “Personally, I think it’s like cheating, right? I believe all the merchant players present would have the same thoughts as me. However, from the videos, the ship is all cracks and patches, and the wood in the cracks has rotted into mud. So I guess the lifespan of this ship won’t be very long, maybe it’s just a one-time item rewarded by the system, hopefully.”
The host laughed: “Currently, there are nearly 100 merchant ships in place. According to statistics from players at the scene, there are 60 players above level 10, and 30 players around level 20. How many Gold Coins are needed to clear the red name for killing all these players? Can the value of the goods traded by these merchant players cover his red-name clearing fees?”
Chang Liang chuckled: “The ratio of red-name reputation to ransom is nearly 1:1, but the lower the reputation, the higher the cost to clear it. It’s said that on the island, he slashed Blood Sea Wave down to at least negative 3000 reputation, and just now he killed a 20-person merchant team averaging level 20, slashing down another negative 4000 reputation, 10,000 Gold Coins just can’t be shaken off. If the negative reputation breaks 10,000, his title will directly become criminal, and he might not even have the chance to clear his red name, directly getting arrested by NPC coast guards and exiled to the legendary Evil Island for penal labor. Honestly, I’m quite curious to see what Evil Island is set up like.”
The host laughed: “I heard it’s an independent server, where red-name players from all over the world are exiled.”
Chang Liang laughed: “I guess he would be very lonely if he goes there.”
At this moment, there was a commotion in the background screen.
The host exclaimed: “The order has been disrupted, and there’s a new development!”
…Indeed, a new situation arose! Just now, a sudden strong wind came, and the small boats around Flying shook violently. The perfect moment for Da Fei had just arrived!
What’s the best timing for? Of course, it’s for all sailors to immediately take their positions and set sail! Big ships in calm nearby seas are naturally slow, and they’re even slower to start because they stopped due to anti-piracy efforts, desperately needing a strong wind for assistance. The small boats couldn’t even steady themselves in the strong wind, let alone chase and surround ships. If not now, then when? You really think Bro would kill you all? Then what would Bro do in the future? Rather offend all server players than offend NPCs! Haha, wow hahaha!
Sure enough, realizing they were deceived, the player merchants cursed in anger: “Scammer! Rubbish scammer!”
“Everyone chase, smash his ship and sink it, don’t let him escape!”
“I’ve always felt something was off about him, so I recorded a video and uploaded it!”
“This One Sword Westward is his accomplice, throw him into the sea to feed the turtles!”
One Sword Westward exclaimed: “I was a victim too, I was also deceived!”
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The fully staffed Flying started sailing with the wind, several small boats bumping and swaying as they furiously hit the Flying’s hull. Da Fei smiled calmly, “Take your time smashing, Bro’s heading out first.” At the same time, he felt incredibly relieved inside, knowing if it weren’t for this gust of wind forcing a breakout, escaping without major damages would not have been possible, massive slaughter inevitable.
Watching One Sword Westward thrown into the sea by angry players with a splash, Da Fei sighed inwardly. Just like in a pyramid scheme, the trick is very simple, but once the atmosphere and order are created, many still fall for it, and One Sword Westward’s role is the most crucial in a pyramid scheme, a cadre!
Bro’s not hurting you, Bro’s educating you. It’s better to be tricked in a game than in reality. This is called knowing evil and guarding virtue, haha!
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At this moment, in the Hero News live broadcast room, the host stared at the live broadcast screen behind him for a long time, speechless.
Finally, Chang Liang spoke: “Host, would you allow me to say a dirty word in front of the audience?”
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