147: Chapter 147 is too conservative, comrades.

Competitive, far too competitive.

Even alchemy has been pushed to Mythic quality.

【Immortal Grade · qi gathering pill】, Qi absorption efficiency increased by 600%, lasts for two hours, with a very small chance of enlightenment.

What does this mean?

It means that as long as he wants, he can maintain six times the cultivation speed 24 hours a day!

As for that so-called "very small chance," Chen You didn't take it to heart at all.

No matter how small the probability, it can't withstand the sheer quantity!

The batch of pills in his backpack is enough for him to take for 18 hours.

And the new seeds in the herb field can yield another batch in twelve hours.

A perfect realization of perpetual motion!

Unlimited consumption!

“Ordinary qi gathering pills... can be given as benefits to the comrades of the dragon scale project.”

Chen You was in a great mood and directly chose to exit the Source Realm.

...

Qinling Command Center.

Chen You snapped his eyes open, and in the depths of his pupils, there seemed to be lingering starlight flowing.

With a thought.

A pill, purple-gold throughout and naturally endowed with Dao charm, appeared out of thin air in his palm.

Rich spiritual energy instantly dispersed, making the temperature of the surrounding air seem to drop by a few degrees.

“Hmm, I can take it out. Good.”

Chen You nodded with satisfaction, put away the pill, and walked out of the room.

In the hall, Director Li Guoan, Zhang Yunhai, Sun Feng, and others were sitting around a small table, which was set with steaming soy milk, deep-fried dough sticks, and soup dumplings.

Seeing Chen You come out, Director Li Guoan waved to him.

“Come eat some; it just arrived and is still warm.”

“Alright.”

Chen You wasn't polite either. He walked over in a few steps, picked up a soup dumpling, and stuffed it into his mouth, his cheeks bulging.

While chewing, he said indistinctly, “Director Li, something good came out.”

As he spoke, he opened his palm. Five or six Immortal Grade qi gathering pills lay there quietly, their purple-gold luster instantly attracting everyone's attention.

Chen You swallowed the dumpling in a few bites, took a sip of soy milk to wash it down, and then briefly explained how he turned alchemy into a rhythm game and finally produced Mythic quality pills.

After listening, the entire command center fell silent for a moment.

Data Team Leader Sun Feng adjusted his glasses and murmured, “Turning immortal cultivation alchemy into a rhythm-based game...”

“Achieving a God-tier evaluation, leading to the sublimation of the pill's quality?”

He felt that his data model might need to add another ultra-high weight variable: 'player subjective initiative.'

This is no longer science; it's metaphysics. No, it's a victory for game nerds.

However, Director Li Guoan's focus was completely different.

He only glanced at the pills, a flash of approval in his eyes, but immediately regained his composure and asked in a deep voice:

“Pills are a good thing and can greatly improve your cultivation efficiency. But business first.”

His sharp gaze locked onto Chen You.

“That Ancient God quest, any progress?”

Hearing this, Chen You's expression also became serious.

He synchronized the fact that the Ancient God was actually the world boss.

Including encountering the Shadow Apostle, being passively involved in the sacrificial ritual, and finally drawing out the world boss “Shadow Monarch” and triggering a server-wide announcement.

When they heard keywords like “world boss,” “24-hour countdown,” and “server-wide announcement,” the atmosphere in the entire hall instantly shifted from the joy of harvest to the killing intent of impending battle.

“It should... not be a big problem,” Chen You concluded.

tactical team leader Zhang Yunhai frowned. “The world boss mechanism isn't friendly to us.”

“Global participation, dynamic level scaling, ranking by damage contribution... these three points mean our greatest advantages and disadvantages exist simultaneously.”

“The advantage is that Chen You's newbie protection period is still active. He doesn't have to worry about being besieged by other players and can focus entirely on outputting damage.”

“But the disadvantage is that it's ranked by damage contribution, not who gets the last hit. This means other guilds will participate in team form.”

Zhang Yunhai sat up straight.

“The so-called ranking will inevitably include team formats.”

“The system should calculate the total damage dealt by all members in a team to the BOSS and rank it as the team's final score.”

“This means other top guilds will definitely assemble their strongest five-person elite teams, concentrate resources, and output together.”

“You may be powerful, but in the end, you are only one person.”

“In the final damage statistics, you might be overtaken by a well-coordinated top-tier team.”

“Exactly,” Pan Yu also nodded in agreement.

“This world boss battle is essentially a server-wide GVG rehearsal disguised as PVE!”

The atmosphere became somewhat heavy again for a moment.

However, facing this heavy atmosphere, Chen You's expression didn't change much.

He had naturally already considered the issue of teaming up.

But before he could speak, Data Team Leader Sun Feng adjusted his black-rimmed glasses and stepped forward.

“Regarding this point, our data team has a different view.”

Sun Feng's voice was calm and clear. He reached out and pressed a button on the nearby console.

A huge virtual light screen expanded in front of everyone, covered with dense data models and graphs.

“Please look, everyone. This is the preliminary damage assessment model we established based on Comrade Chen You's output capability.”

On the light screen, a red curve rose at an extremely steep angle, far leaving behind the blue baseline representing the 'average level of players of the same grade.'”

“According to model calculations, based only on the first two forms of the Heaven-Breaking Sword Technique, Comrade Chen You's damage per second (DPS) against a single target at level 20...”

“Is already 37.4 times that of an ordinary level 20 player.”

“Hiss...”

A sound of sharp intakes of breath filled the hall.

They knew Chen You was strong, but they didn't expect him to be strong to such a counter-intuitive extent.

Sun Feng ignored everyone's shock and continued his calm explanation.

“This is the result obtained using the most conservative algorithm because we cannot accurately calculate the specific bonus coefficient of the Heaven-tier technique.”

“Furthermore, there is less data on Comrade Chen You after reaching the Fifth Layer of Qi Refining. If we follow the projection...”

He tapped a point on the light screen, and the red curve soared upward again by a large margin.

“The conclusion is,” Sun Feng looked at Zhang Yunhai, his lenses reflecting the glow of the data stream.

“If a five-person team wants to surpass Comrade Chen You in total damage, then every single person in that team must have at least ten times the output capability of a player of the same level.”

“And they must maintain this peak output throughout the entire world boss battle without any mistakes.”

“Team Leader Zhang, may I ask, do you think such a team exists?”

“...” Zhang Yunhai fell silent.

After a long while, he shook his head with a bitter smile on his face.

“It doesn't exist. Let alone ten times, those who can reach three times are probably already rare geniuses.”

Absolute strength overcomes all techniques.

In the face of absolute, crushing data, any tactical cooperation appears pale and weak.

All the experts looked at that solitary and overbearing red curve, then at the calm Chen You.

Their gazes had shifted from solemnity to a complex mix of awe, fanaticism, and disbelief.

It turned out that what they thought was the 'limit' couldn't even reach his 'baseline.'”

Chen You also felt a bit amused in his heart.

“Only 37.4 times? Still too conservative, comrades.”

He grumbled inwardly.

After a long silence, Director Li Guoan slowly stood up.

He didn't look at the data or anyone else, but walked to the window, gazing at the mist-shrouded Qinling Mountains outside.

His voice was calm but carried an unquestionable weight.

“Crushing output, very good. This means that taking first place is inevitable.”

“But...”

He turned around, his gaze sweeping over everyone present like a hawk, finally resting on Chen You.

“We haven't avoided losses before; no one knows what variables will appear on the Wind and Snow Divine Mountain.”

“We cannot let our guard down.”

At this point, Director Li Guoan's tone suddenly shifted.

“Little Chen, how many gold coins do you have left? Do you want to top up a hundred million more?”