Chapter 1 Competition and Cooperation Model

Walking out of the portal, Shen Yi found himself in a dilapidated small village.

The size of the village is small, surrounded by a wall made of picket piles. Behind the wall stood rows of soldiers in medieval armor, holding spears and sharp blades, looking solemnly ahead.

The sky above the head is gray, and the air is full of scorched burning smell. This place is located in a wilderness, and there are mountains and jungles in the distance. Occasionally, some loud and clear beasts can be heard, but they can't tell what kind of animal it is. sound.

Here, is the world of Diablo.

A fantasy world filled with magical powers.

At this time, adventurers one after another are appearing in every corner of the village. They are looking at the surrounding environment, with a hint of nervous vigilance in their eyes.

The sound of the bloody emblem sounded at the right time:

"Enter Diablo 2 mission world, current location: Rogge camp."

"This mission is in a competitive mode, and there is no main mission. Adventurers attack each other to weaken the damage by 25%. Killing other adventurers can get a piece of random equipment."

"Mission content: mission competition - in order to fight against the evil three demon gods, the dark world has issued a large number of missions to human braves. Adventurers are free to perform any mission, unlimited number, all missions are unique, when the mission is completed , other adventurers will not be able to complete it, and will not be able to get the corresponding rewards."

"There are five arenas in the dark world, and each arena has six story missions released at the same time. The contribution points of the adventurer will be calculated during the mission execution process, but in the end only one adventurer will be able to complete the corresponding mission. Only those who complete the task can get reward points and task rewards."

"The total value of contribution points for each task is equal to the reward points. After the task is completed, a portal will appear, which can be directly sent back to the starting point."

"Only by completing all the tasks in a competition field, can all adventurers go to the next competition field collectively."

"All the camps are the safety zone of the competition, and killing each other is not allowed in the safety zone, and those who violate it will be obliterated."

"The task execution time is 30 days. After the time is over, the total points contributed by all adventurers will be calculated, and each point can be exchanged for 10 blood points. The task standard is divided into 900 points. Those with points lower than 450 points will be wiped out. Those with 900 points will deduct half of the reward, and if it is higher than 1,800 points, the higher part will be doubled."

"Mission reminder: This dark world is in panoramic mode, and each competition field corresponds to a standard difficulty area."

"There are 52 participants in this mission."

"Five major arenas: 1 Rogue Camp 2 Lugoin 3 Kurast Seaport 4 Demon Fortress 5 Harrogath." "Mission Background Introduction: After the war between doomsday and original sin, the forces of heaven and hell have entered a stalemate. In order to break the balance and obtain the soul stone, the three demon gods of hell who possess the power of fear, destruction and hatred entered the human world during the rebellion of the four demon kings, and brought great suffering to mankind..."

The plot data of the dark world had been mastered long before Shen Yi entered. This is a typical performance of bitter tricks-in order to compete for the soul stone, the three demon gods of hell use their bodies as bait to lure the angel. As a result, the angels didn't do anything themselves, but let the human world seal the three demon gods one by one, and finally turned this hell invasion into a joke. As a game, Diablo unfolds against this backdrop.

What is different from the past is that this time the Bloody City did not drastically modify the background of the dark world, but faithfully faithful to the original background to the greatest extent, and the adventurers will carry out an unprecedented collective battle as human warriors—they Will sweep the dark world, drive back the forces of hell, and become the new savior.

Just after the introduction about the mission background was over, King Kong's voice sounded in the team channel: "Shen Yi, are you there?"

"Yes, I'm here." Shen Yi looked around, saw King Kong was in a corner not far from him, and Hong Lang was standing beside him, he said with a gentle smile, "I saw you.

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"I saw you too, and I said, did you see anything?" King Kong and the others walked towards Shen Yi, and Zhou Yiyu and Fatty also appeared on the other side.

"Well, it's interesting. If my guess is correct, we are actually players who have personally entered the dark world and are playing a real simulation game." Shen Yi laughed.

Obviously this time, Shen Yi and the others are like professional characters such as paladins and barbarians in the game, and they will make a breakthrough in their own game process.

The only difference is that there are as many as 52 characters entering the game this time, and each game task has a unique nature. Once it is completed by others, you will lose the opportunity.

It is this small change that makes this game no longer a war where players work together to fight against the demon god, but an intrigue among adventurers.

Sure enough, after hearing the mission prompt clearly, the eyes of the adventurers became fierce. Some adventurers who are familiar with each other approach each other, gradually forming groups of large and small.

Among them, the largest group of about ten people was obviously a team, followed by an eight-member team, followed by the Broken Blade team and another six-member team. The four teams accounted for more than half of the adventurers' strength, and most of the remaining twenty-two adventurers were small groups of twos and threes.

In addition, there are some people wearing ancient costumes from the 16th century walking around in the Rogge camp, obviously they are the plot characters in this world. Perhaps because of the bloody city, they were not surprised at the appearance of adventurers, as if these people should have existed in this world.

"There should be some changes." Zhou Yiyu strode forward: "At least in the game, one task must be completed before the next one can be started. But listen to the emblem reminder, all tasks in each arena are open at the same time, Free to fight for. In other words, we can now carry out the task of exterminating Andariel."

Andariel, the queen of torment and distress in the hell camp of the dark world, is one of the four demon kings of the hell camp and the last boss of the first scene of the dark world.

Hearing what Zhou Yiyu said, Hong Lang immediately shouted excitedly: "Then let's get rid of Andariel now! Mission reminder, each competition field corresponds to a difficulty area, that is to say, the scene in the Rogge camp should be quite The difficulty of the slums is right, and Andariel is definitely not difficult to deal with, I guess it is the level of Count Dracula."

That's right, according to the reminder of the bloody coat of arms, the world of this mission is in panoramic mode, and the five scenes correspond to five difficulty areas. The meaning of this is obviously that the difficulty of the competition field of the Rogge camp is only that of the slums. Naturally, it couldn't be easier to challenge the difficulty of the slum area with the ability of an adventurer in the ordinary area.

Naturally, other adventurers would not fail to see the problems that even Hong Lang could see. Everyone was discussing and discussing with each other enthusiastically at this moment.

Shen Yi looked coldly at the whispered discussion of the adventurers around, and suddenly said in a low voice in French: "Andariel should not be difficult to deal with, but it may not be weaker than Count Dracula."

Hong Lang was puzzled: "Why do you say that? Could it be that Andariel is stronger than Dracula? But isn't that incompatible with the difficulty of the slums?"

Shen Yi replied in a long voice: "There are 52 adventurers here now, even if everyone's level is only at the level of the slums, if they are used to deal with Count Dracula, they can easily handle three or five, right? Andariel is just a delivery , and it can’t be given too cheaply.”

Hong Lang immediately became unconvinced: "But now it is the content of the competition, and it is impossible for everyone to work together to fight. In this case, I think Andariel should be better than Dracula, because everyone will definitely fight." You fight over each other, causing additional damage, otherwise the mode adjustment difficulty you said is just empty talk."

A strange color appeared in Shen Yi's eyes: "That's the problem, this is the content of the competition, but the mode of our mission this time is a competition and cooperation mode. Do you know what is competition and cooperation?"

Everyone looked at each other and said softly: "The so-called competition and cooperation is the coexistence of competition and cooperation. The competition and cooperation relationship is the most complicated and difficult relationship in human society. It is a relationship that has risen to a political level. It seems that Sino-US relations, Sino-Japanese relations, etc., all maintain cooperation amidst competition, and this kind of relationship usually only exists between politicians. Of course, some large companies also have competition and cooperation relationships. For example, when Pepsi-Cola and Coca-Cola entered the Chinese market, they had previously agreed on the main sales area. Although the two companies competed fiercely with each other, they would still maintain certain cooperation in the face of some common interests. Try to avoid fights that create additional losses."

With Ruanrou's explanation, everyone suddenly realized, King Kong shouted: "I understand..."

Before he finished speaking, Shen Yi had already glared at him, and King Kong came to his senses, and hurriedly said in a low voice in Arabic: "On the surface, this task seems to be the content of a competition, but it has one important difference, that is, it is not like In the last regional competition, the target of obliteration was the last adventurer, but a fixed number of points was used as the obliteration standard. In other words, if everyone can work together, it is still possible to keep everyone from being obliterated. Therefore This competition task looks like a regional competition on the surface, but in essence it is closer to a teamwork task, so it is called a competition mode."

Zhou Yiyu also interfaced: "Since there is a basis for cooperation, the strength of our mission is of course considered from an overall perspective. Andariel is one of the four demon kings of hell, one is the king and the other is the count. Dracula is weak. So even though it's a ghetto mission, it's best not to underestimate it."

Shen Yi continued: "Lan Yan said that the bloody city needs fighters, not businessmen, and an outstanding fighter should have the courage to face powerful enemies without shrinking, so I think this Diablo mission, It is to force all of us to unite to challenge high difficulty, otherwise it is meaningless to open all five difficulties at the same time and let us challenge freely."

"Damn it!" Hong Lang scolded: "That's not bad, who can sort out such a complicated relationship? I only know that the tasks here are unique, and if you get it, others won't have it. Fight for everything." But why don't you talk about cooperation?"

Shen Yi smiled wryly: "This is where the problem lies. We are standing on a stage that requires a high degree of cooperation, but the final development may give priority to civil war, just like..."

"It's like the relationship between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party when the Japanese invaded." Zhou Yiyu interjected.

"Is it possible to talk to them? Let's go on the mission together, don't fight among ourselves, and try to maintain vitality as much as possible." Luo Hao asked in a low voice.

Shen Yi shook his head: "Our team only has six people. In terms of superficial strength, we are not the strongest. As for the proposal of cooperation, only the strong party is qualified to propose it. Even if the weak party proposes it, no one will pay attention. But for For the strong side, cooperation is not necessary. They can completely rely on their own strength to grab enough tasks, instead of having to join forces with the weak. Even if they want to join forces, they can wait to grab enough benefits before joining forces , but by that time, everyone's strength has often been weakened a lot, and it is bound to be more difficult to challenge high-level tasks, so this is an endless loop. This is why the relationship between competition and cooperation will become the most complicated and difficult relationship in human society. ...To be honest, even if it is me, now I can't do it without grabbing the ready-made benefits, but I want to make an equal distribution with others. Since we understand that we can't do it, how can we count on others?"

Speaking of which, Shen Yi's gaze had already fallen on the ten-person team in the distance, and he saw greed, ambition and a strong desire to compete in the other party's eyes.

He couldn't help but sighed: "It's obviously a competitive game, but in the end it will turn into a zero-sum game."

Cooperation that uses competition as a means must ultimately be carried out under the command foundation of a strong core. Without this core command, and without the maturity, prudence, self-cultivation and tolerance of politicians, the so-called competition and cooperation relationship is nothing but a joke after all.

Hong Lang curled his lips carelessly: "In this case, let's compete first and then cooperate. If we need to kill, we will kill, and if we need to be spared, we will be spared. As long as we win enough tasks in the first two arenas, whether we will go to the battle or not The high-end area is not up to us."

Although the Broken Blade team is weak on the surface, each player has long regarded himself as the real strong in his heart, so this strong mentality not only appears in the ten-man team in the distance, but also in the Broken Blade team.

Regarding this, Shen Yi smiled slightly: "This time you are right, compete first and then cooperate. If there are those who are not open-eyed, you have to kill them. This mission always requires the death of a group of people, so that everyone can learn the truth." Be good... it depends on who will be unlucky first."

Complicated things should be done simply. This time, Hong Lang got it right.

At this moment, the bloody emblem reminded again:

"The 6th mission of Rogge camp is being released."

"One: Clear the evil cave and contribute 150 points. All participating adventurers will calculate the contribution and distribute the points according to the contribution after the task is completed. Kill the corpse and become the task completer, and get an additional 150 points Ten reward points and one skill point reward."

"Two: Kill the blood crow and contribute 200 points. All participating adventurers will calculate the contribution and distribute the points according to the contribution after the task is completed. The person who kills the blood crow becomes the task completer and will receive an additional 200 points as a reward Points and a mercenary reward with 25 attributes, mercenaries can be upgraded, and can be resurrected after death in this mission world, and cannot be resurrected after death after being taken out of this world."

"Three: Rescue Deckard Cain, contribute 300 points. All participating adventurers will calculate the contribution and distribute the points according to the contribution after the mission is completed. Those who rescue Kane will become the mission completers and get an additional 300 reward points Points and Deckard Cain's friendship."

"Four: Kill the Countess, and contribute 400 points. All adventurers will calculate their contribution and distribute points according to their contribution after the task is completed. The person who kills the Countess becomes the task completer, and will receive an additional 400 points as a reward Points and a D-rank skill scroll."

"Five: Kill the blacksmith and contribute 500 points. All adventurers will calculate their contribution and distribute points according to their contribution after the task is completed. The person who kills the blacksmith becomes the task completer and will receive an additional 500 reward points and A double D-level equipment upgrade scroll can upgrade D-level equipment to double D-level."

"Six: To kill Andariel, contribute 600 points. All participating adventurers will calculate their contribution and distribute points according to their contribution after the mission is completed. Those who kill Andariel will become mission completers and will receive an additional 600 points." Point reward points and a rank-up scroll for C-grade equipment, and double D-grade equipment can be upgraded to C-grade.”

Then a map of the dark world appeared on the bloody coat of arms, with six red dots on it, representing six different mission completion locations.

This time, Bloody City actually gave everyone the map.

Different from all the mission points in the game are on the same route, including the bloody wasteland, the cold field, the burial ground, the stone field, the dark forest, the black wasteland, the Tamor highlands and even Tristram. The map of the world's first scene has been greatly revised, so that adventurers cannot pass through all mission points on one route at the same time, and must make certain choices. To a certain extent, this allowed the internal fighting to be dispersed and limited to various routes, so that it would not turn into a full-scale fratricide, and it also laid a cooperative foundation for future unity.

Seeing this series of tasks, everyone smiled wryly at the same time.

The total points of the six missions add up to only 4300 points, divided among 52 people, and each person has less than 100 points. Under such circumstances, it would be strange if everyone could calm down and talk about cooperation. In any case, this mission is destined to be launched in a struggle between you and me.