The video of Blood Sea Wave, a Sea Battle War God-level hero from the China Region, being killed to level 0 by an ordinary gunner made a sensational impact on tens of thousands of players on the forums.
Although exposing one's weaknesses isn't Blood Sea Wave's style, nowadays, if you want to become famous, especially internationally, the fastest and most effective way is to air your dirty laundry—bad news travels fast, after all. Fame could help the newly-founded Blood Sea Studio make a big splash in terms of visibility, and also strike at foes.
Upon learning of Blood Sea Wave's plight, his three die-hard brothers, who had just purchased accounts and joined the game, realized so much had happened in just one day. What kind of expression should they use to face this situation?
Anyway, even the Hero News program team quickly responded to the sensational incident, after all, Hero News is always at the forefront of trends.
Host: "Hello, dear players, we are now bringing you real-time news. An unfortunate PK incident has occurred in the China Region, which has also had some negative impact on the international image of Chinese players. Here, we're going to make another phone call to Captain Jiang from the Star Team to give us some explanations regarding the Paralysis Poison that players are quite interested in—Hello! Captain Jiang, how are you?"
Captain Jiang: "Hello, host. Hello, dear players."
Host: "From the videos and battle records provided by the parties involved, it appears that the Paralysis Poison has the ability to interrupt the opponent's actions. Does this mean that it could essentially prevent slower-attacking enemies from ever getting a hit in?"
Captain Jiang: "Taking Da Fei's gunner as an example, a gunner has an Attack Speed of 10, so theoretically, as long as the enemy's Attack Speed is lower than 5, meaning they can't even get an attack in before being shot twice, then they really wouldn't be able to hit back at all. This indeed is a very peculiar Weapon Enchantment, but in-game zombies have an Attack Speed of 6. It's hard to find units duller than zombies, so the situation of completely preventing others from attacking is very rare."
Host: "But in a battle, being able to interrupt the opponent's action even once could determine the outcome of the fight, right?"
Captain Jiang nodded: "That's correct. However, I'm sure that this Paralysis Poison is indeed a very rare Weapon Enchantment. It's not something that can be massively equipped across troops, so its impact on large-scale battles isn't significant. Players need not worry though, whether it's the corpse poison of zombies or other poison damages, as long as players equip Poison Resistance Equipment, they can effectively fend off the special effects of toxins. Poison Resistance Equipment can be Enchanted at the Alchemy Guild in the Main City..."
Dragon Slayer Network Entertainment Company, one of China's three big esports clubs, is also the headquarters for one of the three major online gaming Guilds, Dragon Slayer Guild.
At this moment, Ma Yinglong, the company's chairman, was frowning as he watched this episode of Hero News, looking very depressed.
"Star! Star! Always asking Star for minor things! It's Star all day long!" His assistant, Chang Liang, disdainfully said, "The server's only been open for 4 days, whether they can be the first to establish a Guild in the game is still up in the air. Big brother, no need to panic, we should concentrate on leveling up to become the first Guild in the China Region."
Ma Yinglong nodded: "That's right. So we must give it our all to become the first ones to establish a Guild this time. This game is different from previous ones, it's a world-class game. Whoever establishes a Guild first represents international prestige, which is vitally important for our company's Guild interests. We have to go all out."
Chang Liang nodded, "Don't worry, big brother. By the way, this Blood Sea Wave seems promising, should we try to pull him over to our side?"
Ma Yinglong said indifferently, "It would be better if he's willing to come, but at the very least, we should maintain a cooperative relationship."
Chang Liang immediately said, "Okay, I'll give orders right away—no, I'll personally try to contact him."
Ma Yinglong smiled and said, "Then I'll leave the hard work to you."
Ma Yinglong, President of Dragon Slayer Guild, game ID: Dragon Scale, has been focused on business management and hasn't played games for many years. Chang Liang, the successor cultivated by Ma Yinglong, is the number one player of Dragon Slayer Guild, a famous professional competitive gamer with the game ID: Dragon Teeth.
This issue of Hero News brings back his unpleasant, to be exact, painful memories.
Da Fei! A nobody that makes him gnash his teeth in rage! There are many people online with the same name, whether this Da Fei is the same one from before doesn't really matter anymore. But it was this nobody who shook the once premier status of Dragon Slayer Guild, allowing Star and Ninth Heaven to seize the opportunity to rise, forming the current tripartite powerhouse among massive online gaming guilds in the China Region, with Star now subtly surpassing Dragon Slayer to become the top player guild in the China Region.
Many years ago, when Ma Yinglong was still a teenager who skipped classes to spend nights at internet cafes, he was passionate about online gaming. Not only did he have top-notch skills, but he also possessed a keen tactical understanding and commanding ability, gathering his first loyal followers. They made money through gold farming, selling gear, and enjoyed the fruitful and rising tide of their endeavors.
To play the games you love and earn several times more than a regular job, where else could you find such a good deal? The answer was to join Brother Long's team!
Hence, the official website for Ma Yinglong's elite offline team, Dragon Slayer Guild, was established. Whatever game was fun and had business opportunities, their team would join. Then the guild grew larger and larger, branch offices increased offline, to the point where Dragon Slayer Guild's decisions to stay or leave became an indicator of a game's popularity and even had the power to determine the life or death of a game!
To reach such a level in gaming meant massive profits followed. Dragon Slayer Guild became an entity that major gaming companies needed to fawn over; it was no longer child's play like gold farming and selling gear.
Then, in that year, a game called "Dominance" was launched, and Dragon Slayer Guild, lured by a hefty offer from the game company, entered the game.
It was also that year when Dragon Slayer Guild encountered a nobody named Da Fei. Initially, he stole a BOSS-level tiger pet from Dragon Scale, the Guild President, in Newbie Village, and acted with brazen arrogance leveraging the tiger's power. Dragon Slayer Guild dispatched some lower rank members to round him up, but this nobody was relentless.
Later on, the Dragon Slayer Guild, in a rush to establish the first guild in the game, amidst majority of the members having insufficient levels, forced a fight against a BOSS to try and loot a guild token. At the most crucial moment of the battle, that nobody named Da Fei suddenly charged in, led to the entire team being wiped out and last-hit the nearly dead BOSS, snatching the guild token, and worst of all, he even registered the name "Dragon Slayer Guild"!
With the guild's name stolen, this became an enormous joke and dealt a serious blow to the reputation of Dragon Slayer Guild.
To salvage their reputation, Dragon Scale bit the bullet and sent people to discreetly contact this Da Fei, proposing to buy back the guild name, but communication with this Da Fei was impossible! He actually didn't trust Dragon Slayer Guild's sincerity! Not only that, he intensified his efforts, recruited all sorts of rascals and trash players across the server into his guild to PK everywhere under the pretext of treating internet addiction, tarnishing the reputation of "Dragon Slayer Guild" and corrupting the game's atmosphere.
Ultimately, the game "Dominance" fizzled out, and Dragon Slayer Guild also started to decline from its winning streak. Star and Ninth Heaven rose, and the triad power structure was established.
Running a business is ultimately not like playing a game. A mistake with a BOSS just means resurrection and starting over, but a mistake in business leads to a cascade of errors.
Since the incident, Ma Yinglong has also become cautious and mature. Mistakes can lead to growth.
And now, with Heroic Creation Era being an international game of significance, it is not to be taken lightly. This time, Dragon Slayer Guild must unite all possible forces; they are determined to reach the pinnacle once again!
Lost in thought, his secretary appeared and whispered in his ear, "Boss, President Igarashi would like to meet with you in person."
Ma Yinglong frowned and then sighed, "Alright, schedule a time. I'm free anytime. Make sure it's highly confidential, even Chang Liang can't know about it."
"Understood."