YM778.TV Chapter 42: Update a.0.4! More Race Options
Crypt Spiders
Base Stats: 3/3/3/2/0
Talent: Webshooting, Excavation
Minimum Soul Tier: Average
Reincarnation Cost: 500 Contribution Points
Initial Revival Cost: 50 Contribution Points
b. Undead:
Skeleton Soldiers
Base Stats: 2/3/1/0/0
Talent: Intimidation Halo
Minimum Soul Tier: Average
Reincarnation Cost: 100 Contribution Points
Initial Revival Cost: 20 Contribution Points
Crypt Bone Spider
Base Stats: 2/2/2/0/0
Talent: Intimidation Halo
Minimum Soul Tier: Average
Reincarnation Cost: 100 Contribution Points
Initial Revival Cost: 20 Contribution Points
Undead Rat
Base Stats: 1/2/3/0/0
Talent: Intimidation Halo
Minimum Soul Tier: Average
Reincarnation Cost: 100 Contribution Points
Initial Revival Cost: 20 Contribution Points】
【Note: Reincarnating into a new race will result in your level beign reduced to the minimum requirement of your current soul tier.
A LV33 skeleton reincarnating into a crypt spider will have its level lowered to LV31 (Steel-tier’s minimum requirement).
A LV30 skeleton reincarnating into a crypt spider will have its level reduced to LV10 (Bronze-tier’s minimum requirement).
To avoid unnecessary level losses, players should take this into account before reincarnating!】
On Calamity Online’s official forum, a notification popped up before the 400 new beta players could enter the game.
Villagegramps: “Hold up. We just got an update yesterday. Why is there another update today?!”
Soreloser: “Amazing!!!”Dogshit: “666!”
Speakingtonsil: “What’s with this insane rate of update!!!”
Nopants: “If only they would give out more beta player accounts T.T”
LightningemperorYYX: “You should be satisfied. Four updates and 500 closed beta player slots in three days—that’s much faster than another game I’m waiting for. (Rolls eyes)” (T/N: YYX is Yang Yongxin, a controversial professor known for treating game addiction using electroconvulsive therapy.)
Demonemperor: “Reincarnation? It’s just changing characters, right? And that mission and leveling system too. They are blatantly copying Genshin! Wow, why are people still playing this game? Devs, stop wasting your time developing this shitty game.”
FlowermonkLDY: “The whole world must revolve around you. (Rolls eyes)”
Unyieldinglife: “Rofl. Does anyone even believe that? I can make 10 such PPTs in a minute. This is just an elaborate scam to mess with you fools!”
LightnngemperorYYX: “Bro… Haven’t I met you somewhere before? (Sweats)”
Explodingknowledge: “The crypt spider is this new update looks pretty OP. Its base stats are 3/3/3/2/0—that’s 5 stat points more than skeleton soldiers! Are the numbers right?!”
Dogshit: “The revival cost is higher, but that isn’t a problem given how strong it is. It even comes with skills… I’m moved. (Glowing eyes)”
Hungryhungry: “B-but wouldn’t those playing as spiders scare themselves to death when looking in the mirror
Autumnleaf: “Having higher base stats don’t necessarily mean that it is stronger. The advantage from that quickly thins as our levels go up. Instead, the racial disadvantages will stick forever.”
Dogshit: “Like what?”
Autumnleaf: “For instance, you might have less equipment slots… Given how realistic the game is, I can’t imagine crypt spiders brandishing weapons in a fight. I also suspect that living entities need to eat to survive. You might have to eat what spiders eat.”
Dogshit: “Holy cow! I’ll just stick with my skeleton soldier! (Horrified)”
Fallingshark: “UWEHHHH!”
Villagegramps: “I suddenly think being a skeleton soldier is not too bad. I feel like crypt bone spider and undead rat are there for gag purposes.”
Autumnleaf: “It depends on your playing style. Undead rats are small and agile, so they might make good thieves. As for crypt bone spiders… Uhh, I don’t know what they do either. Maybe serve as mounts for other players? They seem weaker than crypt spiders though.”
Nopants: “I get it now! Time to find a way to bring my brother in! (Perverted look)”
Explodingknowledge: “You haven’t received a closed beta slot yet, right?”
Dogshit: “It’ll be awkward if your brother gets a slot earlier than you. (Teases)”
Autumnleaf: “Ah, I noticed one more thing too. Judging from the cutscenes and the update timing, the playable races seem to correspond to Necropolis’ vassals.”
Sinkingwhale: “So it’s possible for us to reincarnate as slimes too?”
Autumnleaf: “It should be possible, but I wouldn’t recommend it considering how weak slimes are. (Sweats)”
Bingtanghulu: “Hold on! Does that mean that we can reincarnate as humans if Necropolis subjugates humans too?!”
Autumnleaf: “It should be theoretically possible, but I’m more inclined to reincarnate as high demons with higher growth cap.”
“…”
While the forum was busy discussing a.0.4’s ‘Reincarnation System’, 400 new beta players entered the game one after another.
To Roan’s surprise, despite the hype surrounding crypt spiders, most people still chose to start off as skeleton soldiers, with the second most popular option being undead rat.
The crypt spiders in Necropolis could be counted on one hand. It was as if they were endangered animals.
Roan discovered that the players were not to be made light of. He could a bit of the flair he had back when he was leaving his mark in the Demon Capital in them.
While everyone’s attention was still on them, the two spiders who had just stepped out of the magic formation began their marketing.
Faileel: “Mount service! 500 hell coins per hour! Send your PMs in right now!”
Failerotica: “Half price for the second mount!”
The player-controlled spiders had just hatched from their eggs, but they had already reached adulthood thanks to the infusion of faith. Their perfectly round bodies were around a meter long, allowing them to easily carry a skeleton soldier.
The sight of two crypt spiders ‘selling their bodies’ horrified another newborn spider named Serverfirstpig.
“Where did your dignity go?!”
Faileel: “Like you know shit. This is the real way to play crypt spiders!”
Failerotica: “Indeed! How else do you intend to farm without weapons? Are you going to bite your enemies? Damn, I didn’t know you had such heavy tastes.”
Serverfirstpig: “???”
For a moment there, he struggled to tell who was the real pervert here.
500 hell coins per hour was still a steep price to pay, so Serverfirstpig wondered which sucker would buy their services. To his shock, he spotted three skeleton soldiers making their way over from afar.
Dragonmyriad: “500 per hour, right? We need three over here for 12 hours a day. We’ll be farming in Underground Sewer, and you must listen to instructions and not steal the final hit. Dropped loots will be split 50:50… but I don’t think you will need equipment. We’ll just sell loots at the NPC store and split the proifts with you.”
The customer was so hearty that he didn’t even haggle on the prices.
Faileel: “No problem!”
Failerotica: “Let’s go farm then!”
Serverfirstpig: “Bro, wait a moment. I’m just passing by—”
Dragonmyriad: “If you work the entire 12 hours, we’ll pay you an additional 500 hell coins. There will be a bonus 100 hell coins for each hour of overtime work.”
Serverfirstpig: “!!! Bro, please get on my back!”
Faileel: “Boss, you’re the best!”
Failerotica: “Damn, we struck jackpot!”
“PM me your card number.”
Dragonmyriad gestured for his two companions to get onboard before climbing up one first. Perhaps due to crypt spiders being eight-legged, they were surprisingly more stable mounts than horses. There was minimal shaking onboard.
Dragonthousand hesitated. “Is this… fine?”
“What’s the problem if they are agreeable with it?” Dragonhundred climbed on top of a crypt spider as he said with a cheeky smile. “Don’t think too much; it’s just a game. I’m sure you have played horsie with others as a child too, right? Don’t say no, or else I’m going to laugh at you… Let’s get going and hunt some mobs!”
‘A spider archer! Yippity woo!’
Dragonhundred thought the only thing that differentiated him from a night elf now was their sharp ears.
Dragonthousand let out a sigh before climbing onboard a crypt spider too.
It was not that she was afraid of spiders; she just thought that it was weird to ride on top of another person…
The other newcomers watched the three wealthy fellows ride off with envious looks. It reminded them of the saying ‘some people are born as steeds; some people are born to ride steeds’.
Twilight eyed the ‘spider cavalrymen’ as he remarked with a conflicted expression, “Those fellows are the same as ever.”
‘Even if it’s a free-to-play game, I’ll still show you what pay-to-win is.’
Autumnleaf teased, “Sounds like you are old friends.”
“I’m not close with them. I already told you that… But they recognize me for some reason,” Twilight mumbled with a sigh. “Forget it. Let’s go grind some mobs too… Underground Sewer? Or Spider Cavern? You choose.”
Even after the Weaving Shadow Nest’s surrender, players could still attack non-green-named crypt spiders in the labyrinth. The game reasoned it as those crypt spiders being wild monsters or from smaller spider tribes who weren’t affilaited with the Weaving Shadow Nest.
Areas with the highest concentration of monsters were already marked on the map of the labyrinth’s first floor.
Shortly after the Weaving Shadow Nest’s surrender cutscene, the official site updated a complete map of the labyrinth’s first floor. It included not just the original labyrinth but also the expansions made by the Weaving Shadow Nest.
The game still lacked a minimap and locating function, but with the help of distinguishable landmarks and road forks, it was easier to navigate the mining shafts and the labyrinth now.
Autumnleaf gave it some thought before saying, “There are new quests for hunting lizardmen, so let’s grind contribution points in Underground Sewer and raise you up to Iron-tier first. Are you planning to reincarnate? You should do it as soon as you reach LV4 to minimize losses in experience points.”
Twilight smiled. “I intend to try undead rat. I think it’ll suit me more than skeleton soldier.”
Autumnleaf: “A thief? Mm, I think it fits you better than skeleton soldier too. It’s a new race and you won’t have any guides to fall back on. I trust you have thought things through?”
Twilight nonchalantly waved his hand. “Pro players like us are always pioneering new paths. Besides, I have you here.”
Embarrassed by the direct compliment, Autumnleaf laughed it off and said, “Thanks for the compliment… It’s getting late. Let’s set off soon. It’ll be a bummer if those guilds cleared out all the mobs.”
Twilight bumped fist with him and chuckled. “All right, let’s go!”
With that, the duo made their way into the labyrinth.
Meanwhile, Arakdor rushed back to the Weaving Shadow Nest to relay the Demon King’s edict to Crypt Lord Alakinse.
When she learned that the Demon King had killed the four-legged worm’s envoys, acknowledged the Weaving Shadow Nest’s existence, and permitted her and her children to reside in the labyrinth, she danced merrily in her spider-web-filled lair like a 5000 kilogram child.
“How wonderful! This is excellent news! Ah, His Majesty Demon God, your astute eyes see who are the ones loyal to you!”
By now, she had already cast her previous rants to the back of her giant bottom.
After her excited celebration, she regained her usual dignified stature and eyed the crouching warrior beneath her. “Arakdor, you are a meritorious subject. It is thanks to you that our Weaving Shadow Nest has gained some breathing space. Speak, what rewards do you want?”
Seeing Alakinse licking her lips, Arakdor fearfully retreated before nervously advised, “Your Majesty, I don’t ned any rewards as your most loyal warrior. It is my greatest honor to be of service to you and the Weaving Shadow Nest.”
Arakdor paused for a second to secretly study Alakinse’s expression. Upon confirming she was in a good mood, he softly continued, “I implore you to understand my difficulties. I had no choice but to accept the Demon King’s demands in that situation.”
That dampened Alakinse’s good mood. “What did you promise him?”
Not daring to hide anything, Arakdor hurriedly revealed the Demon King’s demands before nervously awaiting his queen’s punishment.
But things didn’t go the way he expected.
His queen didn’t pick him up and devour him like a snack. Neither did she curse furiously. Instead, she heaved a sigh of relief and lazily rested her massive body on her web.
“Is that all? Satisfy his demands.”
‘It is just 2000 worker spiders and 1000 ‘Hunter’ eggs. I only need a few months to make up for that. In exchange, the Demon King will guarantee the Weaving Shadow Nest’s safety. This is a worthwhile trade.’
Alakinse had once dreamt of conquering mountains of blades and becoming the third faction rivaling the surface and the underworld, but upon careful consideration, that would be a huge hassle too.
Once again, she convinced herself.
‘Actually… I don’t hate serving others that much. It’s just that my children are too weak, so I have no choice but to don the crown and become strong myself. All hail His Majesty Demon God! All hail the Demon King! All hail the underworld!’
Since the powerful high demons hadn’t forgotten about this place, everything was just a misunderstanding. She was more than contented to be a cute little spider queen here.
Arakdor felt like a mountain had been lifted from his shoulders… though he also felt a sliver of disappointment.
He thought that they were just feigning subservience to buy time for their development, but their queen seemed to be contented with the situation too. That was a huge pity.
He had once thought Lord Alakinse was the envoy His Majesty Demon God sent to save them, since there had never been such a massive crypt spider in their nest before. Yet, he could see it was all a misunderstanding now.
The Demon King was the true ‘god elect’ sent to save them.
It was clear to him now who was more deserving of his loyalty.
“Your Majesty, I volunteer to lead two thousand of our people to support the Demon King… The Demon King can be fickle-minded, so I worry your other children might not be able to serve him well.”
Alakinse lazily replied with a wave of her front limbs, “Do what you must to please the Demon King, Arakdor. Remember to send him my regards.”
Arakdor lowered his head. “Yes, Your Majesty.”