Deceitful Game

Chapter 39 Title Rating System

The corpse of the "Iron-Blooded Leader" slowly collapsed, and Gao Fan trembled all over, letting out a zombie-like roar from deep in his throat.

It's like a cat venting its stress, or like a cat breathing heavily.

He chopped off the spine with one stroke after another, just like chopping ribs!

He trembled and knelt on the ground, feeling an uncontrollable urge to vomit, but unable to.

He instinctively reached out and covered his mouth. But then he realized what was on his blood-soaked hand... and finally vomited.

The vomiting aggravated him, causing him to unknowingly burst into tears.

He glanced at Wen Yu's head through his teary eyes, then looked away.

Gao Fan knelt on the ground and began to sob.

Mingpo, on the other hand, simply leaned leisurely against the kitchen door, as if waiting for a friend to leave school together at the classroom door.

Gao Fan definitely needed to vent.

His hatred was so intense.

Without a doubt, this was exactly what he had been hoping for. And what Mingper gave him was the justice he had long yearned for.

"I'm a little late... but it shouldn't be too late, right?"

Mingpo raised an eyebrow, tilting her head to look at the child-sized adult: "Won't your title be skewed in that case?"

"...It's not like this is something that happens in a game."

Gao Fan slowly shook his head and said in a hoarse voice, "I will clean this place up later."

"It's not impossible for me to lend a hand."

Mingpo smiled gently: "Speaking of which, I'm quite good at taking care of people."

...Speaking of which, after I pass away, how will the tenant in my house take care of me?

He'll probably have to order takeout.

Hopefully, he'll remember to hire a housekeeper. If the house is a mess, he'll use a single chip to trigger a "deadly resurrection night" and go back to beat him up.

but……

Isn't this an action within a game?

"I see."

Mingpo said thoughtfully, "It seems that the rules for bestowing titles are based on actions, not intentions."

Is this how I got the title of Virtue in my first playthrough?

"So... even those who deceive the world in the realm of virtue may not be truly good people. They might be cowards or hypocrites."

Gao Fan's voice was still hoarse, but his spirits had improved considerably.

He wiped his hands on the "Iron-Blooded Leader's" clothes, trying to remove as much blood as possible, before rubbing his eyes.

"It's not necessarily that he's unwilling to betray his teammates... it could just be that the price wasn't right."

Gao Fan spoke slowly, gradually standing up from the ground.

He was clearly not used to the fact that he had killed someone—which also shows that although he had experienced many deceitful games, he had never participated in the kind of deadly game where people killed each other.

Moreover, judging from their statements, ordinary con artists don't even have that countdown timer at home. They can even participate in another game every month or two...

Just as "Mo" said at the beginning, they are truly free.

Although it may be lonely, this loneliness can be mitigated by being with other deceitful people.

"You're a genius, Brother Xiao."

Gao Fan said sincerely.

But Mingpo detected a hint of melancholy in that voice.

"To receive this level of title means that you have achieved an excellent or even higher rating in the game at the Pseudo-Gold level of the Sun."

"And being able to wield this power... to kill other charlatans without mercy also shows that you can adapt to this cruel game."

"He's much better than me." Gao Fan sighed.

"There are no outsiders here anymore."

Mingpo said lazily, "Then there's no need to act anymore... I've only played a few games, so I don't understand many of the rules."

"For example... what do you mean by 'performance'? Does the dungeon have a rating system?"

"some."

Gao Fan nodded and said very clearly, "This is not a secret. If you ask the host, the host will usually answer."

"Every game has a predetermined 'completion level.' This completion level is usually invisible to the cheater, but the host can see it clearly. And the easiest way for the cheater to judge their game completion level is through the 'completion reward.'"

"To be considered 'excellent,' you need to get at least 80% of the rewards. For example, I usually participate in multiplayer adventure games where the reward is '1 hour to 1 day.' Although in reality, I usually only get 2-5 hours... but at least there's no danger."

"And if you want to get the title in this game, you need to get at least 20 hours of rewards."

"I see," Mingpo understood. "The MVP reward, is that right?"

"Not entirely. If other charlatans also receive the highest reward, they will all receive the title; but even if there is only one survivor, if their completion rate is too low and they can only receive the lowest reward, they will not receive the title."

"Brother Xiao... your original title, it shouldn't have evolved yet, right?"

Gao Fan clearly understood that this "Brother Xiao" probably hadn't even evolved his initial title—meaning that he challenged the pseudo-gold level dungeon of the sun with the blank-level "Red Copper of Time" title and even got the highest reward.

This is equivalent to a newbie with an unenhanced weapon—who might not even know where the NPC for enhancing equipment is—in this situation, if someone can solo a very strong BOSS without any prior knowledge, then they are definitely a master among masters.

They are all "scripted players" who wear top-tier equipment, run dungeons one level lower than themselves, and slowly grind for gold.

They're not even in the same league as them!

Now that we're going to fight them in PvP, it's perfectly reasonable for us to completely crush them.

Being able to switch allegiance to this leader is undoubtedly a stroke of luck.

Although Gao Fan had worried that he might escape one danger only to fall into another, he no longer cared about that.

It can't get any worse than before!

"really."

The chilling "Brother Xiao" slowly nodded and admitted in a Batman-like hoarse voice, "I received the new title before completing the evolution quest for the original title..."

--really.

Gao Fan's eyes lit up.

"Brother Xiao, what you need to do now is to evolve this title as soon as possible, or at least complete the evolution task first."

He eagerly explained, "Titles can generally evolve once or twice... The characteristic is that a prefix or suffix is ​​added before or after the title. Each evolution grants an additional entry and raises the rank by one."

"We all possess the title of 'Time's Crimson Copper,' which is an evolved version of it. That's why he was so afraid when he heard your title. It means that although you and we are both at the rank of 'Sun's Pseudo-Gold,' we are not on the same level."

It turned out to be the case.

Mingpo nodded, understanding.

That is indeed reasonable.

This is similar to playing League of Legends. Both players are in Diamond rank, but one player's record is half red and half green, while the other player's record is all green and all of them are MVPs. Obviously, the two players' actual ranks are at least two levels apart.

The "iron-blooded leader" was terrified on the spot after finding out his battle record.

After all, those three... were somewhat of a scoundrel.

Judging from the fact that a charlatan at the "Sun-level Pseudo-Gold" level can only participate in games with a maximum reward of "1 day" or more... the minimum requirements for those masters at the "Month-level" or "Year-level" level would only be even higher.

The gains and losses in a single game can amount to at least hundreds or even thousands of days.

If only one person can ultimately emerge victorious, it will undoubtedly be one of the highest-level charlatans. Because a charlatan at the Sun-level Pseudo-Gold cannot possibly earn more in a hundred low-level matches than in a single high-level match.

In other words...

These three people have essentially given up.

Instead of aiming for higher levels, they're matched with lower-ranked players to find easy targets. And once inside, they don't kill or compete; they just scavenge for resources...

"...While that might sound a bit like Versailles," Mingpu couldn't help but say, "I think what you're doing is a form of slow suicide."