26: Riddler Strategy

D City, Official Strategist Headquarters.

A group of staff members were busy at their respective posts.

"The Wind Shaping Squad has cleared the [Upstream Waterfall] dungeon. This time they discovered a hidden passage, and the dungeon's shielding has been significantly reduced."

"The K065 strategy has been verified and approved, with an accuracy rate of 89%."

"Team Leader Men, here are the latest dungeon data and skill user data. The electronic version has been entered. These are the paper versions; please use your skill on them," a clerical staff member said, holding a stack of documents.

The man called Team Leader Men nodded, walked to the door of the adjacent room, and activated his skill—

Skill: Categorization

Effect: After attaching labels to the door, items will be automatically stored according to the labels.

As he activated his skill, the stack of papers held by the clerical staff member automatically flew into the doors labeled 'Dungeon,' 'Tier 4,' 'Tier 3,' and so on.

This skill truly made those with OCD and organization enthusiasts ecstatic.

"Oh, right," Team Leader Men asked, "Didn't you just go to verify that new recruit named Cheng Zhen? Is he Tier 5 or Tier 4? Why has it taken so long to verify?"

"Uh..."

The clerical staff member showed an inexpressible expression: "According to the real-name authentication on the forum, that new recruit is a student who just turned adult..."

"A student who just turned adult?"

Team Leader Men was a bit surprised: "That's not right, is it? The latest batch of Tier 4 and Tier 5 names was personally entered by me three days ago, and there wasn't any student with that name in it!"

The clerical staff member's face was complex: "Because this student's skill tier is... Tier 1."

Team Leader Men: "?"

"Huh?" He widened his eyes, "Tier 1?! You guys didn't make a mistake, did you?"

"Absolutely not!" The clerical staff member also found it hard to believe, but after careful verification, he had to accept that a super rookie who swept over 250+ MVPs and a purple title in one dungeon only had a Tier 1 skill.

Team Leader Men still couldn't believe it: "Could it be that those 'experts' are spouting nonsense again and misjudged the rating?"

The clerical staff member thought to himself that while some 'experts' indeed should keep their mouths shut, this time the Team Leader was truly wronging them.

He handed a piece of paper to the Team Leader without further explanation.

Team Leader Men read it carefully, and upon seeing Cheng Zhen's [Tomato Novel APP], he also fell into a long silence as if his vocal cords had been pulled out.

He wanted to speak but hesitated, then hesitated but wanted to speak.

His mouth opened and closed, as if he really wanted to say something, but still nothing came out.

What on earth is the use of a skill that lets you read novels anytime, anywhere!

Did this APP pay for advertising space in the Endless Game? Is it promoting itself here?

Team Leader Men suddenly felt that Cheng Zhen's skill should be called [Silence APP], because anyone who saw his skill would be speechless.

However, despite being speechless, on second thought, Team Leader Men suddenly became happy.

Although the skill was useless, didn't that mean Cheng Zhen could win MVPs without relying on his skill!

A strategist with brains is more valuable than high-tier skills!

Team Leader Men fell into the same misunderstanding as Jacket Uncle.

"Have you contacted him?" Team Leader Men asked, looking very eager to offer Cheng Zhen a stable job.

"Uh," the clerical staff member stammered again, "I said, 'We are the Official Strategist Headquarters. If you are willing to work with us to advance the Mountain Sacrifice Child strategy, we can give you a rare item.'"

"And then?" Team Leader Men asked.

The clerical staff member looked embarrassed: "He said he was Qin Shi Huang, and to 'V him 50' (WeChat him 50 yuan), and when he restores his kingdom, he'll make me the Crown Prince."

"Then... he blocked me."

Team Leader Men: "..."

In a short while, he had been silenced twice.

"But I contacted his school, and then we can..."

Before the clerical staff member could finish, a 'ding-dong' sound came from his wristband.

"Oh!"

He tapped on the holographic projection and then his face lit up with joy: "I followed him with an alt account, and he just updated and released the complete strategy!"

Team Leader Men also looked at it with him.

Besides them, strategists who had set up update notifications also clicked into the post. Given the previous free publicity, Cheng Zhen garnered tens of thousands of followers with just one post.

The updated post was set to paid reading. This was normal; most big-shot strategists operated this way.

The ratio of points to Huaxia coins was 1:10000. The OP could set the strategy price themselves, and those who wanted to buy the strategy could choose to pay with points or Huaxia coins.

Cheng Zhen looked at several paid strategies, and their prices were all 0.1 points, so he set the same price.

After all, the strategy was meant to be promoted to the public. With so many dungeons, and random entry each time, if it cost tens of thousands to just glance at it, wouldn't some people lose out terribly if they never got to enter before they died?

Team Leader Men didn't hesitate and clicked on paid reading directly.

-1000.

1L. [Clearing the Fog to See the Sky - advertising space for rent (Great Prosperous Milk, Great Prosperous Life!)]

—Enterprises with promotional needs can private message the OP~ 24-hour continuous placement, affordable price, fair to all!

Everyone: ...It's really too much to advertise even at this time!

Fortunately, Cheng Zhen only made a light joke, and then got to the main point:

—First, after entering the dungeon, avoid scattering.

Acting alone makes one vulnerable to the Mountain Child's individual charm. Due to the existing shielding, Cheng Zhen couldn't explicitly state the Mountain Child's individual control skill, so he could only suggest strategists act as a group.

—After entering the village, please judge based on the villagers' attitudes: do they want us to achieve the mission objective?

Previously, Baldy tried to tell everyone in his post that the villagers were full of malice towards 'outsiders,' but it was shielded.

So, Cheng Zhen changed his method, letting everyone judge for themselves.

He carefully observed the strategies of several big-shots and summarized them into five words: the art of language.

Some things couldn't be said directly, but they could be heavily implied.

In short, I give you a hint, and then you get the hint. Although I don't mean anything else, as long as you think I have that meaning, then understanding the strategy is a piece of cake.

As an MVP, Cheng Zhen's shielding restrictions were less than Baldy's, so he continued to give hints to everyone:

—After making a judgment, re-examine the only suggestion.

The burly villager only said three sentences in total; strategists shouldn't forget them.

—Please carefully check ■ ■, do not miss any description.

The two words 'furniture' were shielded, but it shouldn't be a big problem. Since they're already in a four-star dungeon, strategists shouldn't be so careless as to sleep soundly in the house without a care.

—Every strategist is important.

Although the Endless Game is annoying, it won't give you an unsolvable problem.

Just like Green Hair, Han Meimei, and Little Fatty's skills could all deal with the Mountain Child. As long as they made accurate judgments on the first day, they could also survive the un-upgraded dungeon.

As the saying goes, unity is strength. Hopefully, these people can understand this and not think Cheng Zhen is just encouraging them.

Afterward, Cheng Zhen subtly described how to deal with the BOSS and also mentioned how to upgrade the dungeon.

Other Rookie who saw this: ...No, I don't want the dungeon to upgrade at all!

Cheng Zhen wrote a lot, but many things were said but not fully said.

He was essentially a riddle-teller.

It was almost like teaching everyone how to deal with a 'rule-based ghost story.'

And he even got a bit addicted to writing it.

Especially seeing the layers upon layers of strategy interpretations scrolling below the post, he felt a little thrill inside.

After all, more replies meant more people paying to read!

Cheng Zhen looked at the increasingly high post, beaming with joy.

He happily opened the backend data, wanting to see how many points he had earned.

Account balance: 0 points.

He refreshed again.

Still 0 points.

Cheng Zhen: ?

What's going on?

Where are my points?!