Hunter x Hunter: Tonight, Germain joins the hunt

Chapter 223 "Let those with the ability make changes to Greed Island"

In fact, when it comes to "prescribing the right medicine for a disease", since we are challenging the "immortal disease", bringing along the "virus hunter" Sambika would be a good choice.

However, she now has a more important task, which is to research "herbs that can cure all diseases".

As for Abenganie, his priority will be lowered again.

He lacks the fighting power and willingness, so there is no need to force himself. It would be a good idea for him to stay and work on Greed Island.

There are also Leiza, Duen, Lister and others. They also have the responsibility to maintain the operation of "Greed Island" and ensure the logistics of "Dark Continent Exploration", and they cannot leave easily.

After talking about things related to the "Dark Continent", the next thing we talked about was the version update of "Greed Island".

"I don't care about that." The petite Biscuit jumped off the chair and blew a breath at the "Blue Planet" that she couldn't let go of. "You guys chat slowly, I'm going to take a rest."

She looked at Xiaodi and said, "Let's go. You can take some photos of me and Xiaolan later."

The "little blue" that Biscuit mentioned is of course the "blue planet", and "take a few photos" is definitely a lie. Fifty or sixty photos is already the minimum.

Xiaodi followed obediently.

Along with Bisiji and Xiaodi, Menqi, Buhala, Sambika and Abenganie also left the meeting room, and suddenly half of the meeting room was empty.

Only Germain, Leiza, Duen and Liszt were left at the round table.

Yida and Elena did not come to the conference room to attend the meeting from the beginning.

They have to stay at their posts to ensure the basic operation of "Greed Island". Even if they need to rest, they cannot disappear at the same time.

Generally speaking, Yida is responsible for letting players enter "Greed Island", and Elena is responsible for letting players leave "Greed Island".

However, since they are twins who look almost identical, sometimes one of them does need to leave her post and the other will take on both jobs for a period of time.

They also need rest. Even the most cruel vampire capitalists cannot do that to such cute twins like them, let alone Jin and the others.

However, the twins are now at their respective posts, participating in the meeting in real time through the big screen.

After all those who were not interested in the "Greed Island Reform" left, among the remaining people, Leiza was the first to speak to Germain.

"I have watched Jin's video twice, and he is supportive of you on this matter."

"I am a death row inmate, and this identity will not change no matter how long I have been a Greed Island administrator. Therefore, I will not participate in the decision-making of Greed Island Reform."

"It was Jin who gave me the chance to continue my life. No matter what happens to Greed Island in the future, my work will continue."

Lei Zha decisively cast his vote of abstention.

German was a little surprised. He thought that the biggest resistance would come from Leza, who was responsible for maintaining the existing order of "Greed Island". Unexpectedly, Leza did not participate in the decision-making directly.

The first barrier collapsed.

Duen, Lister, Yida and Elena, who lived with Leiza day and night, were slightly surprised, and then they understood Leiza's decision and did not force him.

The relationship between them is already very deep, so there is no need to say nonsense like "we don't care about your identity", "you have been one of us for a long time", "we recognize you" and so on.

However, Lister stood up at this time and cast his vote against it.

“Regarding the Greed Island Reform, I am against it. This will cause Greed Island to fall into chaos for a period of time, and our workload will increase sharply.”

“The update is likely to destroy the existing game balance of Greed Island and turn it into a piece of shit.”

Yida and Elena were hesitant and did not send their decision immediately.

Du En leaned forward, raised his hands, and crossed his fingers in front of him.

"Germain, I have a question. What exactly is in your Greedy Island Update?"

"These are just some general directions," German said. "We still need to discuss the specific details with you."

He spoke eloquently.

"First, we will ensure that the main plot of "collecting designated cards to reach the ending" remains unchanged, subdivide the card distribution areas, and improve the corresponding levels of rarity and difficulty of collecting cards."

Since German had no talent in the field of game creation and updating, he spoke in official language to those who had talent.

“Second, to ensure the experience of game players, especially novice players, punish or expel “red-name players” who hunt other players, and maintain the order of the game.”

"Third, we will promote battles that are primarily based on "Nen" and supplemented by "Cards". We will set winning conditions for players to meet, and players can obtain the opponent's "Cards" if the conditions are met."

“Fourth, add more side quests outside the main quest line, provide more “regional dungeons” that can improve combat power, and create playing conditions for players who do not aim to clear the game or who are in urgent need of improving combat power.”

"fifth……"

Germain talked about a lot of things, but they were just general directions. He didn't even mention some critical numerical balances. However, people like Duen and Liszt who actually participated in the creation of "Greed Island" understood it as soon as they heard it.

After listening to this, Du En asked, "How would you divide the 'corresponding levels of rarity and difficulty' mentioned in the first point?"

Germain replied:

"Aren't your cards divided into rarity levels from F to SS? There should be cards of corresponding rarity in areas of different difficulty levels, so that players can have a smooth transition process."

"According to my "Nen ability user level classification", there are "apprentice", "brave", "elite", "master", and "champion". "

"Generally speaking, as long as players clear the "Apprentice to Elite Zone", they will be able to collect all the "designated cards" and reach the ending."

"If players want a more difficult challenge, let them challenge the "Master Level" instead of the "Champion Level". "

Du En asked again: "What is the 'win condition of player-vs-player battle' that you mentioned in the third point?"

"For example, you can set a player's life value," said German. "When the life value reaches zero and the battle is lost, the loser will not die, but will be forced to hand over one or more cards to the winner."

It turned out to be like this...

Duen frowned, thought for a while, and looked at German again.

"I kind of understand how Kim feels."

"Really? I don't understand what you mean."

Duen did not answer Germain, but stood up and said to Leiza and Liszt:
“Honestly, I agree with Germain. I’ve wanted to make changes to Greed Island for a long time.”

"German's direction of change really hits the spot in my heart. I have complained to you many times about many problems of Greed Island, but no one can really understand me."

"How can there be a game like Greed Island that has never been completed since its release in 1987, and there is still no hope of completing it in the next one or two years?"

"How can there be a game like Greed Island that fails to let players enjoy card collection and battles, but instead triggers them to kill each other, deviating from the original intention of the game?"

"How come there is a game like Greed Island where most players will never play it again after reaching the ending and getting what they want?"

"Greed Island is called the "game for Psychics" because only Psychics can enter here."

"But there are many players who have wasted their time here for many years and ended up wasting their "Nen ability", such as the "One-star Hunter" Zetsu Zera."

"His combat power when he first entered the game and his current combat power have dropped significantly. In this case, can "Greed Island" still be considered a "game for Psychics"? "

"It should be the 'Grave of Nen Users', right?"

Duen has kept these words deep in his heart for a long time. He has also tried to tell people around him that he wants to make changes, but he has not been able to get support until now, when he finally has a chance to make a change.

Liszt, who voted against it, frowned:

"But this will be a huge project, and it will take at least half a year to complete the "version update". During this time, what will gamers do?"

Duen stood up, walked around the round table, went to German, sat down, and made his position clear.

"If it was a stand-alone game, it would be understandable that there was no major version update after 11 years of release. But Greed Island is an online game with so many gamers."

"We should have made the change earlier. As for the "big update", let them leave the game first and keep their game data."

"Many of them have wanted to leave the game for a long time, but they don't have the ability to fight for the "Spell Card: Leave", so they can only stay in the game and persevere, wasting their time."

“After the “big version update”, it is equivalent to giving them a brand new opportunity to choose whether to stay outside or enter “Greed Island” again. This is kindness to this part of the players.”

“For those old players who choose to re-enter Greed Island, we will give them some benefits that are exclusive to old players, so that they can gain advantages without destroying the balance.”

Liszt sighed: "Duen, you should understand how much work this kind of workload is. We will be extremely busy for at least the next six months. You won't have time to have fun with your girlfriend..."

When he heard the word "girlfriend", Du En's expression froze for a moment, and then he became firm again.

"Afraid...what to be afraid of...Am I afraid of her? I'm not afraid..." Duen's tone sounded like he was trying to convince himself.

Liszt could see that Duen was determined to stand on the side of the reformists of Germain and King, and finally he could only frown helplessly.

"Well... Actually, I also want to make some changes to some aspects. Maybe this will reduce the workload of us "administrators" in the future."

"We still need to recruit more reliable personnel. Abenganie can join us, and we need to add new members... We really can't do anything about you..."

Lister was convinced and changed his vote of no to one of yes.

Then, Yida and Elena also sent their votes of approval through the big screen.

In this way, the "Greed Island Administrator Team" reached a preliminary consensus on the changes to "Greed Island".

(End of this chapter)