He swallowed a mouthful of strong liquor, which made his chest burn like fire.
As the blizzard slowly subsided, the small team painstakingly left a winding trail on the snow-covered mountain.
Their supplies were carefully calculated.
At 1200 meters, the five members handed over almost everything in their backpacks, and with only two dry food biscuits, they slowly descended the mountain.
At 1500 meters, five more members left the team, just like the fuel tanks of a rocket leaving the group one by one. They had originally come for logistical support.
They smiled and said goodbye: "Keep it up, boss! Our success depends on you!"
165. Dragon Hunter Closed Beta
When they reached about 1600 meters, only five members remained, and their supplies were running low. Long Cheng had recovered and was slowly walking with the group.
As dawn broke that day, three more members quietly departed, leaving behind a last precious jug of strong liquor for Longcheng and the rescue team leader.
The remaining two, after two hours, finally achieved the feat of "standing atop Zhongnan Mountain, overlooking all living beings"!
At the summit of Zhongnan Mountain, the clouds hang gently low, and the starry night and bright moon seem to lead to the end of the universe.
The two players had just enough supplies left in their packs to get down the mountain, so they shared their last bit of alcohol here.
Longcheng said, "Thank you."
The captain said, "No, thank you for watching over the starry sky for us."
The two men smiled at each other, finished their drinks, and planted small flags on the snow-capped mountain to represent themselves—symbolizing that mankind had conquered this sacred mountain for the first time.
At this time, more than 200,000 players had gathered in the Little Red Flower Guild's live stream room.
They originally came to check on the progress of the rescue operation in Longcheng, never expecting to witness this achievement in the end.
The hardships involved in this process are self-evident, and the rescue team's focus and perseverance are also very moving.
I suddenly understand the mindset of those role-playing people; those who take it seriously deserve respect.
[It took ten times the amount of supplies to save just one person!]
[Thank you for your hard work, Little Red Flower! Keep it up, Little Red Flower! Where can I join you?]
[So touching, I suggest the official team give us a reward...]
In fact, the designers of Earth had been paying attention to this rescue operation for some time.
This game not only moves players with its storyline, but many players also move others.
The designers discussed:
"Shouldn't we reward him with a title?"
"Let's also put up a sign for them at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain..."
"I think it would be fine to just solidify this little flag; I heard that mountaineering teams used to do it this way."
"Why not add another 'Saving the World' achievement title to give people like Little Red Flower a boost? I don't think their levels are very high, so we shouldn't let others bully them."
"That makes sense. Let's also make the buff for players who enjoy scenery."
This incident will, of course, ultimately receive official recognition.
The founders of the Little Red Flower Guild, as well as the rescue team members, also received little blue badges from Blue Star—inviting them to visit the Blue Star Building.
Various media outlets naturally didn't miss out on such a small event; although it didn't take up much space, it was very effective at attracting traffic.
Following this incident, the reputation of the Little Red Flower Guild has soared, and it has become the number one public welfare organization in the world of "Xia Ke Xing".
Even in other games, many players have been inspired and spontaneously formed similar organizations.
...
This incident only took up two hours of Mingyan's time before he was dragged away by another production team.
—Dragon Hunter is ready for closed beta testing!
As an AR game, even if you include the model sizes of all dragon species and all stages, the entire game is only 200TB in size.
The character development system is also relatively simple. Several programming experts easily completed the entire framework, making it seem as easy as a single system in "Assassin's Way".
Therefore, even though it was only the Lunar New Year, the production team had already planned to conduct the first closed beta test in mid-January.
This time, the beta test qualifications were mainly selected randomly from among the players.
Moreover, after consulting with Mingyan, they decided to secretly start the first batch of closed beta tests without announcing it on the official website, instead giving players a surprise!
At 6:00 AM on January 1st, the day before the Lunar New Year, the Dragon Hunter server quietly unlocked the seal of the hatchling dragon stage.
The data on the server is ranked, and all dragon eggs that have reached the hatching conditions will randomly hatch at 6:00 AM.
Early that morning, a scream came from Zhou Liye's room.
"Holy shit!!!!!"
Teacher Zhou shouted angrily, "What are you yelling about? Come out and eat breakfast!"
"Dragon! Dragon! My dragon!"
Zhou Liye, wearing only a pair of baggy shorts and clutching his waistband, bounced out of his bedroom with a silly grin on his face and said, "Dad! My little dragon has hatched!"