175: Chapter 175 Editing Videos? Taking the Dragon Crystal Home

At the Dragon Domain front lines, the popularity was still surging.

Battles were breaking out every day on the outskirts of Black Wind Valley.

Players carried pickaxes to mine Dragon Crystals and magic-breaking arrowss to raid strongholds; with a stack of buffs over their heads, they walked with a spring in their step.

The world channel was being spammed from morning till night.

"Did anyone see that just now? That Fire Mage sent a rebel outpost flying with a single Great Fireball!"

"I recorded it! It was so cool!"

"And that strike from the solo player [Ye Dao]—a critical hit that instantly killed an elite Black Dragon. Its health bar evaporated on the spot!"

"The most ruthless part was that Dragon Flame Bomb reflection. Five Dragon Flame Bombs flew back on their own and blew those Black Dragon death soldiers to smithereens. I'm dying of laughter!"

All sorts of battle screenshots, short videos, and livestream clips were flying all over the forums and the world channel.

When the Official Operations Department saw this, their eyes lit up.

In the meeting room, Zhou Ming slapped the table, his voice rising a few notches.

"This hype is even more intense than back during the Server-wide Novice League!"

"The rebellion suppression was already hot, and now that these iconic moments are out, the players are doing the promotion themselves for free."

"Strike while the iron is hot. Start an event immediately!"

Several planners quickly pushed forward a new proposal.

"Manager Zhou, we're planning to host a Rebellion Suppression Highlight Reel Contest."

"We'll have players submit highlight clips they've recorded, like blowing up rebels, insta-killing Black Dragons, or reflecting Dragon Flame Bombs."

"The official team will provide featured traffic slots and titles, using the opportunity to stir up another round of hype."

Zhou Ming looked at it and smiled.

"Not bad."

"We can gain traffic without having to exert ourselves to create content."

"Send it to Lord Lin Chen for review first."

Half an hour later.

On the earthen slope of Luofeng Village.

Lin Chen sat in a small rattan chair, holding Spirit Honey Cakes in his arms, with the event proposal sent by the officials floating before him.

He only gave it a glance, and his small face became expressionless.

"Submissions, voting, climbing the ranks."

"Where are the rewards?"

Beside him, Lin Yueyao held her scepter and poked her head over to look.

The last line of the proposal read:

First Prize: Limited Title.

Second Prize: Limited Avatar Frame.

Third Prize: Commemorative Badge.

Lin Yueyao blinked. "Stingy."

"Mm."

Lin Chen nodded and raised his small hand.

*Pa.*

The proposal was directly rejected.

The review light curtain on Zhou Ming's end instantly turned red.

[Review Rejected]

[Reason for Rejection: Only thinking about riding the hype, not wanting to give anything out]

In the meeting room, Zhou Ming's lip twitched.

"It's over."

Sure enough, a second later, a revised draft of the rules was thrown back.

Lin Chen's childish voice was transmitted simultaneously.

"The event can be held."

"But the rewards must be increased."

"First place: 3 mid-grade dragon crystals."

"Second place: 2 mid-grade dragon crystals."

"Third place: 1 mid-grade dragon crystal."

"As long as a submission is made and passes review, 100 points will be awarded."

"Also."

"All rewards are to be provided by the official team."

When that last sentence came out, the faces of several planners around Zhou Ming changed.

"mid-grade dragon crystals? And three of them?"

"The top three combined is six crystals, plus the participation rewards—how much money is that going to cost?"

"And the official team has to provide it all?"

Zhou Ming's face twitched as he spoke up with difficulty.

"Lord Lin Chen, isn't 100 points for a participation reward a bit high? The volume of submissions will definitely be huge..."

Lin Chen took a bite of a Spirit Honey Cake, his voice soft and cute.

"Don't you want to gain traffic?"

"If you want to earn, you have to give more."

"If you don't give the players benefits, who's going to bother editing videos for you?"

"If you don't agree, then don't hold the event."

The meeting room instantly fell silent.

Zhou Ming held it in for two seconds before finally gritting his teeth and nodding.

"Do it!"

"Do it according to Lord Lin Chen's rules!"

Soon, a server-wide announcement lit up.

[Server-wide Announcement: The Rebellion Suppression Highlight Reel Contest has officially begun!]

[Submission Content: All exciting battles, highlight moments, and funny iconic scenes during the Dragon Domain rebellion suppression period]

[Event Rewards:]

[First Prize: 3 mid-grade dragon crystals]

[Second Prize: 2 mid-grade dragon crystals]

[Third Prize: 1 mid-grade dragon crystal]

[Participation Reward: 100 points upon passing review]

[All rewards are fully covered by the official team]

[The rules for this event have been reviewed and approved by the Archon of Luofeng Village, Lin Chen]

As soon as the announcement came out, the entire server exploded.

"Holy crap! mid-grade dragon crystals?!"

"Three for first place? You could freaking take those home as family heirlooms!"

"100 points just for participating? I'm editing! I'm editing right now!"

"The official team is being this generous this time?"

"Bullshit, it's obvious Lord Lin Chen changed it!"

The players at the Dragon Domain front lines were the first to go crazy.

"Brothers, hurry up and look through your recordings!"

"I recorded that part yesterday where the fireball blew up the rebels!"

"I have the full-angle view of the Dragon Flame Bomb reflection blowing up the enemies!"

"Does anyone have the clip of Ye Dao's crit insta-killing the elite Black Dragon? I'm looking for a copy, I'll share some points with you!"

Forums, channels, and chat groups all turned into video editing workshops.

Some were adding subtitles on the spot.

Some were replaying slow-motion shots repeatedly.

Others paired the Dragon Flame Bomb reflection with explosion sound effects and ghost-wailing edits, maximizing the impact.

The number of submissions rose frantically.

Ten thousand.

Fifty thousand.

One hundred thousand.

In less than three days, the backend submissions surged to several hundred thousand!

Looking at the data, Zhou Ming went numb.

"How can there be so many?"

A technician swallowed hard. "Manager Zhou, the players are too enthusiastic. Many people are submitting three or four clips each, and there are even guilds specifically organizing members to edit together."

What was even more exaggerated was that the event's popularity began to skyrocket.

The video at the top of the likes chart was precisely that iconic Dragon Flame Bomb reflection scene.

In the footage, five Dragon Flame Bombs blasted toward Lin Zhe, the golden Rule Shield lit up, and in the next second, they were reflected back with triple the power, blowing the Black Dragon death soldiers into the sky with a boom.

The video title had only six words.

[Want to blow up your daddy? Blow yourself up first]

The comment section was dying of laughter.

"This title is too savage, hahaha!"

"Rebels: Let's play dirty. Lin Zhe: Thanks for the footage."

"I've watched this on loop twenty times and I still want to laugh."

"If this one doesn't take first place, I'll be the first to protest!"

In three days.

The views on this video directly broke 500 million!

It wasn't just the event section.

Even the homepage recommendations, forum top lists, and livestream replay sections were all dominated by it.

The overall popularity of the Rebellion Suppression Highlight Reel Contest also soared, directly surpassing the previous Novice League and becoming the most explosive event in "miracle" recently.

Zhou Ming felt the sting in his wallet, but the corners of his mouth couldn't stop turning up.

"We did give out quite a few Dragon Crystals..."

"But the revenue has grown even more fiercely!"

Once this event came out, player login time surged, video section traffic exploded, and sales of peripheral items, teleportation services, and supply consumption all rose with it.

When the official backend statistics came out, the entire Operations Department was overjoyed.

Although the rewards cost several hundred Dragon Crystals and a massive amount of points.

The total revenue brought in by the event was dozens of times the cost.

A massive profit!

Zhou Ming was now completely convinced.

The next day, he personally made a trip to Luofeng Village.

On the earthen slope, Lin Chen was still holding a Spirit Honey Cake while looking at the event rankings.

Zhou Ming was all smiles as he trotted forward, with two operations staff behind him carefully holding gift boxes.

"Lord Lin Chen, this event was too successful!"

"It's all thanks to you changing the rules that the players' enthusiasm was so high!"

"This is a small token of appreciation from our Operations Department."

The box was opened.

Inside, two boxes of top-tier Spirit Honey Cakes were neatly arranged.

The fragrance immediately wafted out.

Lin Chen looked down at them, and his small face finally softened a bit.

"It's alright."

Zhou Ming quickly smiled apologetically. "In the future, whenever the officials hold an event, we will definitely follow your lead first. We won't dare to act recklessly again."

Lin Chen took a bite of a new honey cake and spoke in a childish voice.

"As long as you remember that."

"An event is only useful if the players are happy."

"Don't always think about getting hype for nothing."

"Yes, yes, yes!" Zhou Ming nodded like a chick pecking at grain.

Beside them, Lin Yueyao looked at the two boxes of honey cakes and added softly, "This time, you guys can be considered sensible."

Zhou Ming's face was almost frozen from smiling, but he didn't have the slightest bit of temper.

On the world channel, people were still frantically checking the rankings.

"First place is secured! The Dragon Flame Bomb reflection video already has 500 million views!"

"My participation reward points have arrived. 100 points for free, so sweet!"

"If anyone says official events have no conscience in the future, I'll throw Lord Lin Chen's name in their face!"

And at the Dragon Domain front lines, the sounds of battle and the laughter of players were still mingled together.

The rebellion suppression wasn't over yet.

But the hype across the entire server had been completely pushed to its peak.