God's Imitator-Chapter 345: Equipment Forging

He Xiaojun noticed that other players were also using the auction terminal. He waited a moment, and sure enough, the product list refreshed, showing a new item listing.

['Compare Sizes' Room Chips 5000 points]

[Price: 2200 minutes of visa time]

He Xiaojun's expression became somewhat grave. Clearly, more and more players were realizing that chips would depreciate in value.

He clearly remembered that during the last room dividend distribution, the exchange ratio was 100:56, which meant 10,000 chips should be exchangeable for 5,600 minutes of visa time.

Conversely, if using 2,200 minutes of visa time to exchange for 5,000 chips, according to the previous ratio, it would be quite cost-effective.

As for what use purchasing these chips would have?

Obviously, players could establish a chip advantage in the 'Compare Sizes' room, giving them more confidence when gambling against others.

Although these games were positive-sum, luck still had a significant influence. Players with fewer chips could very likely be completely cleaned out by players with more chips.

To maximize one's chip advantage as much as possible, buying chips directly from other players was obviously much more appropriate than exchanging at a 1:1 ratio at the chip exchange counter.

However, He Xiaojun didn't make a purchase. Instead, he felt this was a very ominous signal.

"Before long, the second dividend distribution will occur. If this dividend can still maintain the previous ratio, why would this person bother selling chips?

"This indicates that he believes during the next dividend distribution, the exchange ratio will drop significantly, perhaps even lower than 100:44.

"I definitely can't go back to this room.

"'Simple Poker' uses a similar model, so the chips will most likely become less and less valuable too.

"For games like these, only the first dividend distribution has the highest reward, but subsequent dividends will definitely decrease more and more. What a shame. If only I could have grabbed a 'Compare Sizes' single-player spot at the very beginning.

"Now I can only see if other game rooms have any good solutions."

He Xiaojun went to check the other three rooms.

The situation in 'Sea Minesweeper' had already changed from before. Four players had already occupied the single-player mode screens, and in the short term, there appeared to be no signs of them leaving.

At this point, He Xiaojun had also realized that the 'Sea Minesweeper' game also seemed to have a method for stably obtaining visa time, just not as obvious as 'Compare Sizes' and 'Simple Poker'.

He silently made note of this, planning to come to 'Sea Minesweeper' early to secure a spot before the next dividend distribution.

For the remaining time, he could only try 'Equipment Forging' and 'Auction Tycoon'.

Currently, both of these games only had one or two players playing.

He Xiaojun first came to the entrance of the 'Equipment Forging' room and carefully read and studied the rules again.

Previously, he had roughly read through the rules of all six game rooms once, but had quickly rejected 'Equipment Forging' and chosen 'Compare Sizes'.

Now he could only think carefully again to see if there was actually some special hidden content in the rules.

In the 'Equipment Forging' game room, there were a total of 6 different single-player game stations. These stations looked somewhat like rhythm games, divided into five different vertical lanes, with five different buttons at the very bottom.

Besides this, below each game station was also a compartment that was open when not playing, which could be used to place certain items. When the game officially started, the cover would automatically close.

There were also players in the room at this time. He Xiaojun looked from a distance and discovered the gameplay was very simple, basically identical to rhythm games.

After starting the game, different fragments would randomly fall from above. When the fragments were about to reach the bottom, pressing the button at the corresponding position would produce a crisp sound, symbolizing a single hammer strike when forging equipment.

The score for each forging attempt was determined by the player's combo count throughout the game. If it met the standard, it would be considered 'Forging Successful', otherwise it would be considered 'Forging Failed'.

He Xiaojun first came to the chip exchange counter at the room entrance.

This room didn't have a setting for free chip distribution, players needed to spend their own money to purchase them.

However, there was a special explanation at the exchange counter.

[Exchange for 1000 chips and receive an additional 'Training Card'.]

[You can also choose to spend 100 chips to purchase an additional 'Training Card'.]

He Xiaojun decided to exchange for 1000 chips. After completing the exchange, a special card popped out from below the exchange counter with a "snap" sound.

He Xiaojun was startled. He thought it was a Death Immunity Card, but when he picked it up and looked, he was quickly disappointed.

This was a blank ordinary card. Although it was also quite thick, it didn't have any equipment icons on it, only the words 'Training Item' and 'Room 6: Equipment Forging'.

Clearly it was just a training game item and didn't possess any special functions.

He Xiaojun came to one of the game stations and continued examining the detailed rules.

To start a game, first a certain type of item needed to be placed in the compartment below the game station.

After that, 500 chips from the current room could be consumed to initiate one 'Forging' attempt.

Based on the score during forging, it would be divided into four different ratings by default: S, A, B, and C.

Among these, the three ratings S, A, and B would all be considered 'Forging Successful', while C would be considered 'Forging Failed'.

These four ratings would each lead to different consequences.

S rating: The item will be randomly transformed into another item of the same type, with an additional reward of 2000 chips from the current room.

A rating: The item will be randomly transformed into another item of the same type, with an additional reward of 800 chips from the current room.

B rating: The item will be randomly transformed into another item of the same type, with an additional reward of 400 chips from the current room. However, it will be given one 'Damaged' attribute. After accumulating 3 'Damaged' attributes, the item will directly disappear.

C rating: The item will directly disappear.

Besides this, there was one prominent and conspicuous rule: [When a certain item is forged multiple times, each forging will require an additional 500 chips.]

He Xiaojun placed the 'Training Card' in his hand in the designated position, then chose to invest 500 chips and started the game.

The screen began flashing various eye-catching light effects, accompanied by rhythmic music.

Various colored and shaped fragments randomly fell from above, each at different speeds.

When these fragments were about to reach the bottom, He Xiaojun hurriedly used his hand to tap the five different buttons below.

When a fragment was perfectly hit, it would produce a crisp and pleasant sound. The screen would display explosion special effects of varying sizes, looking quite flashy.

In addition, the upper right corner of the screen would display the current accumulated score in real time, as well as the expected rating that could be obtained when the game ended.

The early part of the game was relatively simple. The fragments fell at a speed that wasn't very fast, and the quantity wasn't very large either. He Xiaojun successfully achieved combos on all of them without any interruptions.

The 'Expected Rating' in the upper right corner of the screen also quickly changed from C to B, then continued rising, becoming A and even S.

After the expected rating became S, the entire screen changed. The light effects became more prominent, and colorful flowing light effects appeared around the screen's edges.

However, He Xiaojun didn't feel happy for long, because very quickly, the falling speed of these fragments became faster and faster, and the quantity increased more and more.