Chapter 778 - 777: Gains
The atmosphere in the hall of Community 2 was somewhat subdued.
This game’s duration was excessively long, surpassing all previous games encountered.
Nearly five hours had passed, yet there was still no sign of the players returning from the game.
Worse still, this game was a selection type, inherently carrying the risk of death, and the Immunity Coupons in the community had just been used up, not only unable to save anyone but also unable to see the screen when players faced mortal threats.
In other words, apart from the initial rules displayed due to the ’First Player Identity Card,’ the players in the community were entirely in the dark.
Moreover, this time Lu Bingjun didn’t suggest that Lin Sizhi or Ye Lin analyze the rules, or facilitate a group discussion, so many players couldn’t guess who would be voted for elimination in the end.
30% is considered a normal rate in a selection game, but if a community is targeted, it’s also possible to face total annihilation.
These unknown factors made the long wait even more torturous.
All the other players in the community were in the hall, each busy with their own matters.
Although some players usually had the habit of taking naps or working out in the gym, nobody left this time.
Lin Sizhi was still by the window reading a book, as if all of this had no impact on him.
Yet some people were clearly absent-minded, nervous to no end.
Finally, after a long wait, the players who participated in the game returned to the hall again.
Huang Shengjie hurriedly stood up at once, scanning over several players.
"Great, everyone’s safe!"
He couldn’t help but let out a long breath.
But he quickly confirmed another thing: Qin Cheng and Yao Yuan didn’t bring back any other players, which meant they didn’t successfully extract anyone from the game.
Everyone looked towards the earnings information on the big screen.
[Now announcing Community 2’s final visa time acquisition in the ’Endorsed Game.’]
[No. 1 Qin Cheng: 73522]
[No. 2 Yao Yuan: 68571]
[No. 6 Geng Yuxia: 68571]
[No. 7 He Qinyun: 68571]
[No. 9 Shen Bowen: 68571]
[No. 10 Zheng Chunhua: 48955]
[No. 13 Lu Qi: 68571]
[According to community rules, 30% of the net gaming earnings will be included in the community construction fund, and the remaining visa time will be credited to the players’ visas.]
Huang Shengjie was a bit surprised: "The earnings are quite substantial this time!
"Everyone has so much."
Lu Bingjun immediately gathered everyone: "Then, just like before, let’s check the time.
"Otherwise, everyone who was waiting in the hall would have waited in vain."
The game was over, all players returned safely, and the earnings were good, so Lu Bingjun tried to keep his words light-hearted and teasing.
However, it’s clear that the overall atmosphere couldn’t really relax as he wished.
The players checked their respective visa times as before.
Nothing unusual.
After that, Qin Cheng opened the merchandise list on the vending machine to find out the specific ’Drug Benefit’ brought by this game.
Under the original Category O and Category F drugs, an additional line of remark appeared.
[Special Benefit: All effects of the drugs have been enhanced.]
Seeing such a result, all players who participated in the game silently sighed.
This benefit was chosen by Hu Yingxu from Community 17, and in the game, he had already clearly expressed his attitude.
Yet before seeing the actual result, everyone harbored some level of wishful thinking.
What if Hu Yingxu’s words didn’t match his intentions? What if he was deliberately deceiving those drug-laden communities, intending to remove drug side effects once he secured the top spot in popularity?
What if among the ’three choices,’ there was only a beneficial effect without any bad effects?
But now, as everything settled, the expectations driven by wishful thinking were inevitably dashed.
Literally speaking, this is indeed a ’benefit effect’ in name and reality.
The enhanced drug efficacy means their pain relief effect will be better.
If it were Category C or Category M drugs, due to their minor side effects, this would definitely be an optimization and improvement.
However, Category O and Category F drugs are different, having strong addictiveness and side effects, and their pain relief effects are already sufficient for community pain management.
That is to say, further increasing pain relief has no meaning, but stronger addictiveness could make the situation for many drug-using communities more difficult.
Qin Cheng pondered for a moment: "But...there is also an advantage to this.
"The foundational drugs in the community also have this information under them, which means their pain relief effect should have also increased.
"From a drug efficacy perspective, the ranking order from low to high should be: community foundational drugs, Category I drugs, Category C drugs, followed by Category M, Category O, and Category F drugs.
"In the ’Pain Game’ drugs, only Category O and Category F drugs appear in the community.
"But our community players have always been using foundational drugs for pain relief.
"Though the effects are much less, they can basically be considered without side effects or addictiveness.
"After gaining this benefit, using foundational drugs for pain relief won’t be as unbearable as before."
Lu Qi was somewhat surprised: "So, Hu Yingxu is rather kind in this case?
"Although he didn’t choose the best benefit, it doesn’t seem to be the worst either?"
Qin Cheng shook his head: "Not necessarily out of kindness.
"I am more inclined to think, to him, the other two benefits were worse choices, so he had to choose this one."
Lu Bingjun looked around at everyone: "We will discuss the drug matter in detail later.
"Let’s review the game first, while everyone in the community waited, and they were concerned about you."
Qin Cheng said: "Let’s take a break first.
"This game was so long, everyone must be really tired.
"Especially Brother Yao Yuan, who ran around in the game and surely expended a lot of energy."
Lu Bingjun nodded: "Alright, that’s fine.
"Since we’ve checked the visa times and found nothing abnormal, there’s no urgency to review now.
"Everyone can return to their rooms to rest, and we’ll discuss and review at 4 in the afternoon."
While there were rest areas in the game where food could be eaten, the pace of the game wasn’t slow, and many audience members couldn’t feel comfortable leaving for long because missing the stage to contribute popularity would directly affect their popularity ranking with the spokesperson.
So, players from Community 2 hardly ate during the game.
Now, after eating lunch and resting for an hour, it would be just about right.
Yet, Qin Cheng said: "Brother Lu, I’d like to review after dinner.
"Maybe I didn’t sleep well last night, and now I feel really tired and want to rest a bit longer."
Lu Bingjun pondered, which essentially didn’t make much difference, just delayed by about two hours.
"Okay, then after dinner.
"This game’s duration was indeed too long. Everyone’s worked hard, rest a bit more."
The players who participated in the game had a simple lunch in the hall, and then gradually left one by one.
Some returned to their rooms, while others went to attend to other matters.