In the discussion with Sierra, Lu Yu saw through the key points of this team competition-management difficulty and leadership ability.
If the rules clearly require the entire group to advance with a certain goal, then the team with the smaller number will naturally have little hope. However, under the theme of the team competition [Predator], it seems that they need to cooperate with each other, but in fact it is still the responsibility of countless individuals.
The sum of "one" is not the actual collective.
The damage to interests will not appear directly on the group, but will first affect the individual.
In the rules, "At the end of the first stage of the trial, Yupu has the largest number of twelve trialists who still have the Yupu mark in the area to enter the next stage of the trial," and "Every twenty Yupu can restore one.
The qualifications of eliminated players, and the number of jade pieces required for each player to regain their qualifications increases with the number of times."
It looks like a group, but the rules increase individual risks. On the surface, the group's way of resisting risks for individuals is to consume more Yupu and bring them back to the team. Then a very subtle problem arises.
On the countertop.
How much is this temporary team willing to pay for a stranger who they just met one night?
Compared with moving around, when there are no special events in the early stage, staying in a group near the mansion is undoubtedly the most beneficial option for each individual. Compared with it, exploring and obtaining information about the outside world is undoubtedly very risky, so this temporarily formed group recommended
, or leaders who appear in other ways must formulate rules to compensate these people.
With a small number of people, these practical operations are relatively easy, but once the number of people increases, everything becomes full of variables.
Lu Yu is creating management costs for each leading group by fanning the flames, that is, the conflict between the bottom-level personal interests and the team's overall goal direction.
For each advance member, although they have received compensation and promises from the leader, once they suffer damage that is difficult to recover in the short term during this trial, it may be catastrophic for subsequent trials. No one can guarantee the next one.
The carousel still remains on the team competition, and no one can guarantee that the original promise will not be in vain after the loss increases.
All of this came to the fore as the second special event occurred after nightfall.
During the special event of the trial [Dark Starlight], the Jade Mark in the trial venue randomly self-destructs as the turntable rotates.
One-third of the jade that Lu Yu obtained through fishing was broken into pieces. Chongwu and Gale, who stayed behind at the mansion, relied on the "advantage" of having only one jade to escape this random tide.
"Interesting, really interesting. This is not a simple team competition at all. The real key is 'management' and 'scheduling'. How to turn the number of people into a real advantage is something that every leading region must figure out.
But it’s so difficult in such a short time.”
Lu Lu finally caught up with her train of thought. She could already imagine the scene in which the unlucky ones who were ordered to wander around with two or three jade pieces were all marked for self-destruction. If there was only one, the leaders might still follow the rules.
Pay for continuation, but what if volumes surge?
Therefore, Lu Yu accelerated the progress of fishing after the starlight began, and at the same time, all those who had collected a large amount of jade through various channels would be confiscated. On these occasions, Lu Yu and the others would always lead the area.
The name of the trialist is self-proclaimed, and his words are full of harsh and sarcastic words, pushing the map cannon and indiscriminate AoE to the extreme.
It should be said that the effect was immediate, and soon Lu Yu and his party saw the pursuit of testers from areas such as Gleni in many backward areas of Yupu.
"Are they from the Grainy area? It doesn't matter. If you hand over all the stars, we won't do anything. Don't ask why. You asked for it!"
This is a relatively rational person who does not want to waste too much energy in dealing with one after another events.
"Don't let them go. I want to see why you are so arrogant. You just happened to be participating in a competition area with many promotions. People who don't know how strong you are would think."
"Don't you like to rob? All your stars belong to us, and your legs will be broken!"
These are radicals who don't care about the future and just want to vent their anger.
In fact, not only the Greni region, but also the leaders of other leading regions also vaguely felt that someone was secretly promoting changes in the situation, making the first day that should have been spent smoothly become extremely chaotic, but they were no longer able to control the situation.
[Dark Starlight] caused them, who were originally in the lead, to suffer heavy losses. Unfortunately, the entire event did not provide direct data information, so there was no way to know the current results of other regions, and everyone was panicked.
Secondly, after the Starlight Darkness hit, many people were unlucky to be eliminated, and they were basically the advance team who went out. According to the previous promise, they had to pay twenty jade coins to restore the qualifications of these people. After one and two visits, the losses were already
It makes everyone who can sit firmly on Diaoyutai impatient.
The regions that had secretly tried to reach a mutual non-aggression agreement and achieve joint promotion have torn up the agreement and started fighting for Yu Pu in the wild. It was difficult for the leaders to dissuade the actions of the people below, so they simply joined in. Only in this way can the strategy continue.
This will increase the impact on this out-of-control warship and prevent it from turning over before advancing.
Lu Yu captured a trialist from the Greni region. He said that the wise and somewhat prestigious Mr. Palesca had been trying to promote an offensive and defensive alliance with the two major regions. Once formed, unless there was
An extremely special event, otherwise promotion would be certain.
Sure enough, there are many smart people among the trialists who know how to make the most of their lead, but... now these ideas have come to nothing.
The confrontation between ordinary trialists has become more and more intense. It seems that the people of Glyni are spreading the news that "stars have special uses and are very likely to be exchanged for special items."
During conversations with other regional leaders, Paresca was publicly humiliated as a "shameless villain who does one thing in person but another behind his back."
Paresca, who comes from an extraordinary background, also has his own arrogance, adhering to the "if it's difficult to do, then don't do it" style of doing things, he put aside his gentlemanly demeanor and directly swore at Cercalo. This meeting ended on bad terms.
This intensified the mutual confrontation in the leading areas, and the actions that were originally suppressed by the leaders became more frequent and turned into a big fight.
After night falls, the entire trial venue is filled with a New Year atmosphere. Fireworks are set off just as well as Lulu, and are full of New Year flavor.
"Is this all part of your plan, teacher?" Herola looked admiring.
"Absolutely. What I'm most worried about is that this group of people really stick together. In this way, even if special events occur frequently, their lead will most likely be stable. In this way, I will have to work harder to lead you to the advancement."
Lu Yu said.
On the way back to the mansion with a whole day's harvest, Lu Lu accidentally sensed a basement hidden in the snow. Going down the stone steps, in this narrow, unfurnished secret room stood a solitary man.
It's a doll, its shape is quite similar to the Streaming Light Revelator seen before.
"If you own Jade Pu, you can trade with me." The doll said.
“What can be traded?”
"Information, props, whatever."
"If I want to know the specific ranking of the number of jade in each region, can you provide it?"
After a moment of silence, the puppet, which was obviously directly controlled by a secret puppet master behind the scenes, spoke: "One hundred jade pieces."
Papa cried out: "One hundred coins, your mouth is enough for ten people!"
Lu Yu couldn't help but laugh. Suddenly he thought they were discussing RTS games. The word "population" was quite funny, but after thinking about it carefully, it was indeed the case.
"Information is always expensive, and I can tell you that someone has already purchased this information."
"What about the items?" Lu Yu asked.
"You can carry materials for the trial, equipment and props that can be used in the trial."
Now Lu Yu understood that the cooperation among the leading regions was falling apart so quickly. Perhaps it was because he gradually discovered that this level could be exchanged for more "redundancy", and individuals were already ready to take action for themselves.
Why should I hand over Yu Pu for tactical needs? Will this bring me more benefits? It is better to exchange it for real benefits. Anyway, we are already in the lead and there is a high probability that we will not lose.
Once such thoughts appear, it will really mean that the people's hearts are scattered and it will be difficult to lead the team.
"One hundred jade pieces are here, but I want to confirm the statistical time of this information."
The puppet was silent for a while, seeming to confirm: "The final statistics of the secret meeting will be after [Starlight Dim] is triggered."
Lu Yu nodded: "Okay, I'll redeem it."
The puppet began to announce: "First place: Grainy 2074 pieces; second place: Delno 1970 pieces; third place..."
The lengthy broadcast went on for a while, and Lu Yu heard Gegelan's name.
"Twenty-one in the pick, Gelan has 464 coins. You are still 996 coins away from the 12th place on the promotion line."
People who know the purchase information only care about the data between themselves and No. 1, so the Secret Meeting Puppet Master directly paused the broadcast and said instead: "There are a total of twenty-four regions. Compared with the previous results, Gelan's performance has improved significantly.
Congratulations on your progress."
Lu Yu was not surprised by this result. The natural gap between the starting lines destined their pursuit to be very difficult, and the tactics adopted by other leading areas on the first day also caused them to be unable to obtain Yupu quickly. It is very gratifying to be able to not be in last place.
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After getting the result, Lu Yu was about to leave. Suddenly, he turned his head and said, "There seems to be no rule restricting me from taking you away."
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Seeing Lu Yu coming back with a doll, Chongwu and Gale, who were staying at home, stared with big eyes. After some explanation, they immediately moved the doll to the basement.
After enjoying dinner, the three of them fell asleep. Other areas could take turns, but they couldn't... In fact, it was Papa and Herola who couldn't. The trinity of briquettes could make one person work and two people sleep, not just Sera, but even
Lu Yu also felt more and more that the briquette potion was really a good thing.
How come such a good thing cannot be reproduced stably by Lu Lu? Is it the product of failed experiments? It’s strange.
"Announcement, announcement, announcement!"
"Unexpected events, lucky stars fall."
Coal Ball, who had just taken a nap, suddenly opened his eyes. A bright track in the sky slid towards the forests not far away. The dazzling tail flame and the fireballs that kept splitting and scattering around, even though he knew it was just a fake.
Meteorite also makes people want to applaud this group of puppet masters. They are indeed like a dedicated game producer, achieving a balance between visual effects and details.
"The first one to trigger the Lucky Star Lord will add 500 jade pieces to his area, and the fragments will provide twenty jade pieces, and the jade piece will be counted outside the field and will not be captured or self-destructed.
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"At the same time, the Lucky Lord will spin the Wheel of Fortune when triggered."
Papa visually measured the distance of the fall and sighed: "There is no chance of rushing over now. Why don't such good points-giving stars fall on our faces?"
The lucky boy was quite sorry that the lucky star didn't hit him on the head.
Chongwu stretched out his rat tail in front of Papa and shook it: "It's okay, senior Bass is very good, isn't he? I didn't expect that we won't be at the bottom so quickly, we will definitely advance."
The puppet waiter was silent for a while, then suddenly spoke again.
"The lucky star has been won by the Delno region, and the wheel of fate has begun to turn..."
"The trial of [Star Eater] is about to begin. Please pay attention to all regions. The [Star Eater] trial is about to begin."
There was no explanation of the trial, and all the servants fell silent at the same time.
Under the bright moon in the sky, several secret society puppet masters dressed in red descended from the sky carrying a puppet about two meters high and covered with black cloth.
At such a scale, everyone felt something was wrong.
The leader of the secret meeting, the red-coated man, was an old man with white hair. He coughed and read out the trial rules that were not explained in the servants' mouths.
"The Galactus Trial will randomly select a person in each region's mansion area to accept the [Star Galactus] challenge. If the challenge is successful, you will receive 300 off-site calculation jade."
The secret meeting in red clothes uncovered the black cloth covering the doll. Under the moonlight, its black and thick hair reflected the cold light, and its whole body was filled with a strong smell of blood.
"Nice to meet you, contestant Lu Yu from the Gelan Field. I think you are not unfamiliar with it. It is exactly the one you opened in the Box of Destiny and eliminated countless Gegelan trials.
Doll [Silent Pilgrim].”
"He in the Gelan Fields received a restraining order that eliminated more damage than injured, and no killing was allowed, but this time... the Galactus Trial, it will be carried out in full force." The secret meeting red man reminded, "You have been selected.
The only good news is that the surrender of the enemy still stands."
Lu Yu asked: "What is the price of failure in the challenge?"
The corners of the old man's lips raised in red: "Star Eater, as the name suggests, will swallow up half of the total number of jade in the area. Anyone who fights against it will be directly eliminated, and the cost of regaining qualifications will be even higher."
"Is there a rule that can cost a lot to become its designated challenger?" Lu Yu tried to find an entry point.
"Sorry, no."
The old man in red put his hand soothingly on the back of the Silent Pilgrim. The flow of magic power caused its dim eyes to begin to glow, and a terrifying and ferocious aura spurted out of its body. It was like a weapon that had been stained with countless lives.
, just waking up is enough to be intimidating.
"Now, the roll call begins."
Galactus slowly turned his head, his murderous gaze quickly landed on... without hesitation.
"Trialist Herola, please be prepared, Galactus has issued a challenge to you."
Herola swallowed hard as she looked at the giant forbidden demon beast in front of her that needed to be looked up to.