Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 36: The Soaring Horseless Horse (1)
For me, who spends most of my time fighting in the "Dead Space" and doesn't pay much attention to other players' information, I took advantage of the opportunity that I am in charge of publicity in Beijing and can only move around in the human world for the time being to have the leisure to read through the "Who's Who in the World" carefully. I got a general understanding of the top players in various professions, and I feel that I have benefited a lot. At least my mind is no longer filled with information about undead monsters. After all, players are the main body of the game.
On July 1, the "referendum election" in Beijing officially began. In fact, the victory of "peaceful seizure of power" is inevitable. What our "resistance alliance" needs is to obtain as high a support rate as possible from players and release a more "good-looking" result. During this period, although the Church of Light sent many players to the Eastern Continent and "wandered" around, trying to find opportunities, under our full deployment, enhanced vigilance, and close monitoring, at most there were some minor disturbances of a harassing nature, and no large-scale sabotage actions were launched. It is probably because they are worried that if they fail, it will boost our momentum.
At the end of a day's election, Long Xing Tianxia became the first player lord of Beijing City as he wished, with over 80% of the players' support rate and no opposition from the registered mercenary groups. This result has surpassed the three cities where the Church of Light "peacefully seized power". It has not disgraced the reputation of the "Alliance of Resistance Forces", and it was worth it for us to "wear red and colorful clothes" and "shout" hysterically in the streets and squares for several days.
Once a player takes on the role of city lord, he or she can "rent" all kinds of shops in the city that were originally managed by NPCs, and let the players run them completely. They only need to pay a part of the "security deposit". It is not necessary to open a new store, which not only requires a large amount of funds, but also has quota restrictions and needs to go through a complex approval process to avoid too many or too dense shops of the same kind, which may easily lead to "unfair competition". Of course, the "rent" will not be too cheap. You must pay "business tax" according to a certain proportion. 25% of the turnover must be paid to the system, and the city lord must also collect a part of it to consolidate the city defense and daily business management. As for the proportion to be collected, it is up to the city lord to decide according to actual needs. Therefore, each store has a minimum business limit. If it is not reached, the system will forcibly take back the store's operating rights, confiscate the "security deposit", and let other players run it instead.
This is the main way for the player city owner to obtain income, and it must be done because according to the system settings, the NPC-run stores will not pay "business tax" to the player city owner . Only a small amount of "management fee" can not support the development of such a large main city. However, once the economic situation of the city managed by the player shows a clear trend of decline, the fixed income obtained by the system decreases and falls below the prescribed indicators, the player city owner will bear the main responsibility. In minor cases, he will be fined and ordered to make rectification within a time limit. In serious cases, he will even be forced to step down and the city will be taken over by the NPC again. The previous large amount of investment will be in vain, and the high amount of "city owner deposit" will be confiscated by the system as a punishment for the dereliction of duty.
It is an opportunity as well as a challenge. The economy is one of the most important indicators of whether a city can prosper. The key lies in the reputation, connections and management ability of the player's city owner and the forces behind him. You must do your best to ensure the stability of the city and provide a comfortable environment for players who "settled" or passed by. Even if you successfully take over the city, you cannot relax or neglect it, and you dare not ride on the heads of the "people" and abuse your power. Too much "public resentment" will inevitably lead to "heaven's wrath", and "stupid monarchs" or "tyrants" will never have a good end.
Of course, as long as the business is managed properly, the connections are not bad, and the city lord is not too "exploitative", renting NPC shops to run the business can generally make money. As Longteng's ally and the pro-"Resistance Alliance", Tongxin League, relying on the good relationship they have always maintained with each other, will naturally not fall behind. Diewu, who is in charge of finance, has already conducted a field investigation in person and selected several industries in Beijing. After Long Xingtianxia took over as the city lord, he immediately submitted an application, hoping that our Tongxin League would take over the management. While expressing support with practical actions, it can also open up new sources of income for Tongxin League.
In Tianxia, every time a new artifact appears, or before each "Tianxia Heroes Conference", it will trigger a new round of "equipment competition" among various forces and players with ambitions and expectations. They will organize or participate in "treasure hunting teams" to find various ways to obtain more powerful equipment and props to improve their strength. From the player information published in the "Tianxia Celebrity Directory", through comparison, it is obvious that I, the "eighth master in the world", have a gap with other top players - in terms of equipment, excluding the two artifacts, at least among the more than a thousand players on the list, I can be said to be the shabbiest one. Qiu Shui Chang Tian has already equipped himself with a high-level holy weapon, the "Dark Holy Robe", which can increase the upper limit of mental power by 100%. It is said that there are only three such "high-end goods" in the entire "Tianxia". Poor me, the "first necromancer", is still wearing the "Dark Magic Robe" that I won through a lottery in the early days. Although it is also a holy weapon level, this "inferior product" of mine can only increase the upper limit of mental power by 50%. Now it is published in the "World Celebrity Directory", and I don't even have a mid-level holy weapon on me. Compared with other top players, I really feel like "a chicken standing out among a group of cranes". I am embarrassed to wear it out to see people.
In addition to the basic mental power that determines the success rate of "Soul Contract", the mental power limit is also extremely important for the necromancer. After conquering a powerful undead subordinate, you must have enough mental power to summon it to the human world before it can be transformed into actual combat power. With the 25% "Soul Contract" success rate increased by the artifact, I am at least one level ahead of other necromancers in this regard, but in terms of the mental power limit that determines the power of "Undead Summoning", because of the gap in equipment, I no longer have any advantage, and even compared with Qiu Shui Changtian, Tianxing, Qingwu Feiyang, I have fallen behind. Now, although I have the lower level 9 Pharaoh Khufu, I don't have enough mental power to summon it. Even after defeating the "Law Enforcer", I have increased my basic mental power by about 15%. The blood lich Temur has improved his ability through continuous soaking in the "blood pool". "Blood Transformation" can increase my basic mental power by 13%, but it can only summon the lower level 8 Fire Bone Giant Lizard Silando or the Terror Wing Dragon Knight. There is no shortage of powerful subordinates, but the powerful equipment that can increase the upper limit of mental power has become the biggest obstacle to my display of my skills in the human world.
It's just that it's not that easy to get a suitable piece of equipment. Even if I challenge the dark sacred beasts, the Bloodthirsty Demon King and the Great Demon, and successfully kill them at a high price, the equipment dropped may not be what I need - at least there is a 50% chance that it will be exclusive to the Magic Knight. Since I destroyed the "Green Leaf" mercenary group and obtained a relatively sufficient development fund, I have challenged the relatively easy-to-kill Bloodthirsty Demon King twice in a series of "treasure hunting operations" organized by the Tongxin League. Although I succeeded, I got the exclusive equipment of the Magic Knight, which was cheap for Longkong to replace two sacred artifacts. I still have nothing to gain. It can be said that "my heart is higher than the sky", but I am helpless but "my life is thinner than paper". Afeng and others can only comfort me with words such as "two sacred artifacts are jealous of heaven". Even if I want to spend money to buy, the equipment of the sacred level in the current market is quite popular, especially those with better attributes are basically out of stock. If one appears by chance, it will immediately attract many players to scramble for it. Unless I am willing to invest "huge sums of money", it is impossible to get it.
