Chapter 21: Siren Town (1/2)

It had to be said that the final result was much better than Bai Liu expected.

The items in the game seemed to have a bonus effect. The burning effect of these barrels of high-density alcohol was much more exaggerated than what Bai Liu saw in real life. The previous strong flashlight was also so bright that people were blinded.

The sun rose and the sky brightened. The merfolk who were afraid of the light gradually dived under the surface of the sea and disappeared without a trace.

Bai Liu confirmed that there were no merfolk around and he opened the panel. He had not looked at it before because he was too busy fighting against the merfolk. Now Bai Liu saw the information and he couldn’t help narrowing his eyes.

[Side task — Jeff’s Bloody Conspiracy, 90% progress.]

Andre had been killed and the driver was burned to death by Bai Liu yet there was still 10% progress left for this side task… how to achieve the remaining 10% for this bloody conspiracy?

[The current points balance is 684. Do you wish to purchase items?]

Bai Liu was stunned. He stared at his points that suddenly soared before opening the panel to check the details. He found that more than 500 points were from ‘charging’.

In other words, he struggled all night yet more than 80% of his points weren’t earned from the game system for completing tasks. It was from the audience who gave rewards. Bai Liu thoughtfully fiddled with the coin against his chest. In other words, he could earn a lot more points from the audience than the game.

This wasn’t reasonable. If the rewards for the game were lower than the rewards outside the game, this would make players passive in the game. They would make choices to please those outside the game or directly use gimmicks to attract the audience instead of playing the game.

In particular, these points could be used to purchase items. If the points earned by charging were sufficient then Bai Liu could purchase a large number of items and forcefully pass the instance so that the game had no experience.

Bai Liu wouldn’t design such a game and he didn’t think the system would either. There must be some type of reward in this game which could balance the rewards system inside and outside the game, so that players would want to get rewards from the game more than outside the game.

Bai Liu’s fingers repeatedly flipped the coin. All the rewards for the tasks in this game were instant. In other words, he could get the points directly after completing the task. There was only one exception.

That was the monster book.

The rewards obtained from collecting all the pages of the book would only be issued after clearing the instance. Generally speaking, the rewards should be very large. Now Bai Liu looked at the reward points and felt he had underestimated the weight of the monster book.

He now felt that the rewards given by the monster book might not only be large but also very precious. They were the type that couldn’t be easily purchased with points, so as to balance the rewards mechanism inside and outside the game.

Bai Liu opened the monster book and read every page for a while. Finally, his eyes stopped on the Siren King page that didn’t have anything unlocked and he paused.

[Siren Town Monster Book – Siren King (2/4)]

[Monster Name: Siren King]

[Weaknesses: None (the player isn’t required to explore the monster’s weaknesses)]

[Attack Method: ??? (Unexplored)]

[Note: For the god-level wandering NPC, the danger level is very high. Player, please explore carefully.]

This was to explore the attack method… based on the previous few monsters, exploring the attack method was to let them launch an attack. Then the player would complete the exploration. However, if a monster at the level of the Siren King launched an attack then Bai Liu felt it would be GG.

It was just that Bai Liu knew there was such a big, fat reward. It wasn’t the style of this miser to leave it alone.

If Bai Liu knew how ferocious this NPC was and heard the deeds of this bug-like NPC in the rumors then he might’ve given up. After all, the thing he feared most in games was bugs. Bugs were hard to crack. They weren’t part of the game itself and there was no logic. Therefore, players couldn’t fight against bugs.

However, Bai Liu didn’t know this. Not only did he not know it but Bai Liu also regarded this NPC as a guard boss. He felt that if he defeated the opponent, the rewards must be great. Moreover, this game must have solutions. No matter the boss, there must be a way to fight.

Bai Liu stared for a while before chuckling softly and closing the monster book. He opened the game shop. “I want to buy items.”