Hunter x Hunter: Tonight, Germain joins the hunt

Chapter 368 New Version of Defeat Rules and Advice System
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After a brief buzzing in his ears, Kurapika opened his eyes and found himself in a spherical palace covered with a silver-white network.

This was not his first time experiencing the teleportation to Greed Island, nor would it be the last. He was already very familiar with it.

Killua and Gon have never tried such a magical teleportation journey, and Kurapika needs to show them the full steps on how to enter Greed Island.

In the spherical palace, Kurapika was not surprised to see one of the twins, Ida.

"Blue Eyes" Yida sat on a suspended console, her medium-length silver hair covered by a blue mechanical hood, and her petite face always had a service-like smile.

"Kurapika, long time no see, welcome back."

"Thank you." Kurapika didn't have much contact with the twins, and he could tell their identities purely by their eye color and their positions. "Ida, is Mr. Germain back?"

"Not yet." Yida answered honestly and mechanically, "Do you want me to leave him a message for you? He will be able to see it as soon as he returns to Greed Island."

Kurapika was slightly disappointed, but still shook his head and said, "There's no need for that. I'll contact the teacher later."

This was the first time that Germain had stayed in the Dark Continent for such a long time, which surprised Kurapika.

"Oh right." Kurapika remembered something important. "Gon, the son of Gon, and Killua, the son of the Zoldyck family, will enter Greed Island behind me later."

Yida finally made a slightly bigger move. She nodded and said, "Yes, I saw they were queuing up. I have already sent messages to Duen, Liszt, Leiza and others."

Then, Yida asked again: "Kurapika, do you want to use your 'Administrator Account' or set up a new 'Player Account'?"

"Let's set up a new player account. I want to help Killua, Gon and the others get through the novice period."

Kurapika knows how disadvantaged novice players are in the early stages of Greed Island Z.

If he wants to help Killua and Gon in the early stages of the game, he has to use a new player account. Using an administrator account is definitely not allowed, at least not for the time being.

Yida smiled slightly and tapped the buttons on the console with her fingers, making a clicking sound.

"Okay, I've set it up for you... Then, without further ado, please let me tell you about some updates to the "Greed Island Z Latest Version"."

Kurapika hasn't been back to Greed Island for several months. The last time he was here, the new version of Greed Island was still in the internal testing stage, but now it has been fully released.

In fact, he has always been paying attention to the developments on Greed Island.

Combining the Greed Island forum, the professional hunter website and what he saw with his own eyes, he knew what changes had taken place in Greed Island, but for now he just listened quietly out of politeness.

Yida first explained the expansion of the Greed Island Z card library, the increase in main and side quests, the increase in the number of NPCs and their interactions, and the "defeat rules".

"When entering Greed Island Z, the player's starting health is 4000 points, and the upper limit of health can be increased or decreased."

"Before the battle begins, you need to place at least one card as a bet. The party with less than 1 cards in the "Spellbook" deck is protected, and other players cannot force a battle with it."

"When two sides are fighting, once one side's health drops to 0 points, it is considered defeated."

"The defeated party will be forcibly sent to Elena's spherical palace, and the betting cards will be returned to the victorious party after the settlement."

"Red Eyes" Elena is the other twin and was originally responsible for the exit of Greed Island.

"The defeated party can make a choice in Elena's spherical palace to leave Greedy Island Z, or teleport into the teleportation point on Greedy Island Z that has been lit up by the defeated party and reset the status."

"In the same way, if your health drops to 0 for various reasons on Greedy Island Z, you will be forcibly sent to Elena's spherical palace."

Kurapika knew why there was such a strange "defeat rule".

This is a new rule set by the administrators of Greed Island Z to prevent too many players from dying from this real game.

4000 health points is definitely far beyond the player's "death line".

When their health points drop to 0, they are forcibly sent to "Elena's Spherical Palace", which is actually a protection for them.

After the protection period of Elena's spherical palace is over, the defeated player will have to make a choice.

The defeated party can choose to leave Greed Island Z.

This way, there will be no situation where a player keeps losing and losing, and cannot get the cards needed to leave Greedy Island Z, and is trapped on Greedy Island for years.

The defeated party can also choose to teleport to any teleport point lit up by the player on Greed Island Z and reset the status.

"Reset status" means that the health value is restored to the original upper limit and all abnormal status disappears.

However, there may be a winner or loser who uses the "magnetic spell" to pursue the other party and want to continue the second battle. Therefore, players of Greed Island Z often act in groups to avoid being eaten all the way to "bankruptcy".

At the same time, they also have to be careful of the third and fourth groups taking advantage of the situation...

They need to decide on a variety of tactics based on the current situation.

Players can force each other to start fighting. Of course, there are also cards that can force rejection or disconnection of fighting. These must be obtained in the main and side quests of Greed Island Z.

Yida also explained the "punishment for red-named players".

Despite the setting of "health value", there are still some players who have some real ways to kill others.

This shows that these players were aiming to kill people from the very beginning.

Such players will be given a "red name" and permanently expelled from the game Greed Island Z, and then all players will be notified.

However, Greedy Island Z will not impose any other penalties on "red-name players" and will not contact the official.

Finally, Ida explained to Kurapika all the rules that should be explained immediately.

As for more comprehensive and complete rules, they are listed in the player instructions, and players can view them at any time by materializing the "magic book".

"Have fun, Kurapika." Ida finally said to Kurapika, "Please enjoy the game we made."

Even Kurapika, who was not very familiar with Ida, could feel her true happiness from these words.

"I will." Kurapika replied and walked out of the spherical palace.

He walked down a spiral stone staircase, and that marked his official entry into Greed Island Z.

Before he even stepped out of the brick building that stood like a water tower, he saw two silver spells imprinted on the ground in front of him.

Kurapika had read the forum guide and knew that it was one of the new features added to Greed Island Z - "Player Advice".

All players can see the advisory messages left by other online players on the ground nearby.

In general, the original intention of this system is to enable old players to help new players play the game faster and better, at least at the beginning.

Kurapika walked over and stepped lightly on one of the lines, and the "Player's Advice" materialized before his eyes.

"There is a magnificent view ahead, please witness it"

He looked up and saw a green grassland that seemed to have no end. It was indeed magnificent and beautiful.

Kurapika checked the second "Player Advice".

"There is no horse in front, so a sprint will be very useful next time."

After Kurapika liked the two "Player Advices", he held his chin and thought for a while, then looked warily at the seemingly open grassland with no shelter.

After a while, Killua and Gon also left the spherical palace and came to Kurapika.

They were obviously very excited; Yida's explanation had fully aroused their enthusiasm.

However, the two boys were very surprised to see Kurapika's serious expression at this moment.

"Kurapika, what's wrong with you?" Xiaojie asked curiously.

"Nothing." Kurapika turned around and said to the two of them, "Next, we have to sprint all the way until we leave this dangerous area."

"Danger zone?" Killua and Gon immediately became serious, "Is there any danger here?"

Kurapika explained:
"Where we are standing now is still a protected area. Once we leave, there will be no protection."

“There may be some old players who come here from time to time to tease the new players.”

"We don't have any cards yet, so they can't force a fight with us, but they can still use spell cards to embarrass us."

"In this case, we just need to sprint."

Killua and Gon were eager to try, without any panic or fear.

So, the three of them started their gaming journey of Greed Island Z.

(End of this chapter)