Chapter 1652: Two Tendencies of B-Class Instances
Having just completed an instance and gone through a fierce battle, it was time to relax. With a different mood, the group called over some Brown Skin City players and drank quite a bit together.
After a few glasses of wine, everyone’s relationship seemed to draw a little closer. Tong Qi had already learned that the people trapped in Hope City were caught in a mental-type instance, and since Xu Huo was a Mental Super Evolver, he couldn’t help but ask Xu Huo for some advice on clearing mental-type instances.
Xu Huo hadn’t actually encountered many mental-type instances himself, so what he shared were some related experiences written in the mental evolution materials he had previously collected.
Mental-type instances were extremely tricky for ordinary players. Without understanding them, they didn’t even know where to start, but no instance was ever a dead end. Take the “Seventeenth Hospital,” for example—the hospital rules would remind players to imagine less. This was actually controllable, as long as the player’s mindset was firm enough and they trusted themselves more.
The same applied to other instances; often, the opportunity for survival was written in the background introduction.
“That’s not necessarily true.” The young master Mo, holding a wine glass beside him, said, “That box you got earlier—the thorn pattern on it has a mental interference effect. Actually, it’s not from a high-risk zone as Chi Xian said; it’s just an ordinary zone.”
“Calling it ordinary doesn’t mean it’s not dangerous. It’s much riskier than the average game zone, but it hasn’t been classified as a high-risk zone because that place has only one instance, and its ticket mark is B-Class.”
“A B-Class ticket zone?” Chi Xian became interested upon hearing this. “But I’ve asked around, and no one has gotten a ticket from there. That’s why some people claim it’s a high-risk zone. Usually, only players who have missed three consecutive instances have a chance to be teleported there.”
“And I’ve heard the death rate is exceptionally high. A place like that is a B-Class instance?”
“It counts as a very high-risk B-Class instance.” Young Master Mo said. “To increase instance difficulty, aside from expanding the clearance background and extending the clearance time, the most common restriction for B-Class instances is the same as random instances: you can’t leave the instance without clearing it.”
“But that’s also relatively safe because if you don’t leave the instance, you won’t enter the next one. So players who don’t want to keep playing games specifically choose this kind of instance. Even if they don’t clear it, they can still live well inside.”
“This is a low-risk instance. You can just coast along.”
“High-risk instances are different. Unexpected dangers can appear at any moment. In such instances, there’s no such thing as a leisurely clearance. The longer you drag it out, the more dangerous it gets for the player, and the death rate is extremely high. No player wants to live in that kind of instance; they have to find a way to clear it no matter what.”
“Are these the two tendencies of B-Class instances?” Xu Huo interjected.
“You could say that.” Young Master Mo nodded.
“Then wouldn’t everyone choose the low-risk one?” Tong Qi said matter-of-factly. “Only an idiot would pick the high-risk one.”
“Both modes have their pros and cons.” Young Master Mo explained. “Low risk doesn’t mean easy clearance. Once you reach B-Class, many instances can’t be left without clearing. Who wants to be trapped in a game zone forever? And if the instance environment is bad, that’s really bad luck.”
“Moreover, not actively clearing doesn’t mean you’ll never clear it.”
“What does that mean?” Tong Qi was puzzled.
“It means you can slack off and not clear it, and maybe a later player will inexplicably clear it for you, or the instance might change due to other circumstances, forcing you to leave.” Chi Xian said.
Tong Qi opened his mouth but finally forced out, “By then, how many instances would you have missed? Wouldn’t you have to report to a high-risk random instance as soon as you come out?”
“Exactly.” Young Master Mo nodded. “Because it’s also common for high-level players to enter low-level instances and blow them up.”
“What about high-risk instances?” Xu Huo pressed further.
“It’s hard to say high-risk instances have any advantage in terms of clearance difficulty, but one benefit is that the rewards are high.” Young Master Mo took a sip of wine and continued, “You know that some zones naturally give birth to items or instances. These are ownerless. In ordinary zones, players come in waves, and they leisurely pick up those naturally occurring good things.”
“High-risk instances are harder to find, so you might just stumble upon one.”
“If you can pick up an instance that hasn’t fully formed yet, that’s hitting the jackpot.”
“Also, clearance rewards are a bit richer than same-level instances, and sometimes there are extra rewards.”
“A zone full of plants with mental interference effects is a fairly typical high-risk zone.”
“The zone you’re talking about shouldn’t be obscure. Why is it rumored to be a high-risk zone?” Xu Huo asked.
“Because the train route to this zone isn’t fixed.” Young Master Mo said. “It’s said that its location is very special, with no fixed station built there. So to get there, you can only take a train passing nearby.”
“You can think of this zone as a sphere. The passing trains are like straight lines orbiting around this sphere. Different directions, different dimensions—there’s always a point that’s relatively close. If you get a ticket for this instance, you’ll randomly board one of the nearby trains.”
“So the information on the ticket isn’t fixed.” Chi Xian said.
Young Master Mo nodded. “There are quite a few dangerous zones like this in the game. Without detailed communication among players, it’s impossible to lock down the information, so it’s normal not to know it’s a ticket instance.”
“Doesn’t this zone have a fixed designation number?” Xu Huo raised an eyebrow. “If passing trains all have a stop that can reach here, these neighboring stations should be positioned in this zone.”
“Normally, that should be the case.” Young Master Mo said. “But based on the information my family has investigated, its zone designation number might also be unfixed.”
“Could its designation number be attributed to a nearby zone?” Tong Qi was surprised. “That doesn’t make it an independent zone; it’s just a separately designated instance site.”
“Instance sites and zones aren’t in conflict. Some zones can have multiple instances, while others have only one.” Young Master Mo looked at Xu Huo. “I wanted to buy that box from you earlier because I was interested in what was inside.”
“Do you know what’s in it?” Tong Qi couldn’t help but interrupt.
Young Master Mo shook his head. “Not sure, but boxes like that usually contain things brought out from the same zone—items with mental interference power. Whether plants, animals, or items born from environmental influence, things stored in that special kind of box that can’t be put in the item slot are probably of extraordinary value.”
“Special box?” Xu Huo caught his wording, because to him, it was just a metal box.
(Chapter End)