Ch.111The Final Week. (2)
by fnovelpia
Of course, no matter how well-written that post was.
Fundamentally, it was still just a condensed and edited version of current content with some personal thoughts thrown in.
After reading a few more posts from the self-proclaimed “Speed Waaaagons,”
And seeing how extreme the pile of rumors had become over the past two weeks,
I started browsing through the gallery with renewed focus, thinking I really needed to stay sharp.
And shortly after.
‘Great, I completely understand now.’
I realized the source of these bizarre rumors was the gacha failure post I had uploaded.
I could feel my brain turning to mush.
All I did was document my 20-pull failure and casually verify my reward points.
And somehow they’d been fighting about it for over two weeks.
‘Why on earth are they still arguing about something so trivial?’
It was completely incomprehensible, but strange people always pop up in the world.
I figured it was just another case of that, and accepting it would clearly be better for my mental health.
And seeing the nearly 100,000 comments on my post that started all this.
‘Yeah, turning off notifications was definitely the right call.’
I couldn’t help thinking that mindlessly disabling alerts back then was truly a stroke of genius.
However, by the next day, all those rumors suddenly died down.
The reason was simple—despite no update announcement,
A player discovered that a brand-new feature had been added to the game.
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Title: WTF is this looting feature?
Author: Anonymous
Content: [Screenshot of ‘reward points’ being looted by another player]
Why the hell is someone stealing my points while taking my resources?
Has the game gone crazy? Are the devs insane?
Comments
-[What is this????]
-[Seriously, what is this?]
-[Since when can reward points be looted?]
-[Wow, FFS]
-[Congrats on being the first victim]
-˪[I don’t want this kind of honor, FFS]
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Of course, since the initial post only had a single image and no proper evidence,
Most players, being naturally suspicious, noted that the poster was anonymous.
They suspected it might just be someone stirring up trouble.
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Title: Isn’t the reward point looting just trolling?
Author: Anonymous
Content: [Image of a toad dressed as a detective]
There’s only one screenshot as evidence
Anyone could photoshop that on a basic computer
Comments
-[There are computers at the base?]
-˪[FFS, so those things all over your command center aren’t computers but Nin*endos?](Author)
-˪[Dunno?]
-˪[“When controversy arises, play dumb.”]
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In the process, despite being in this world for almost a year,
Some idiot just now realized there were “computers” in their base.
Anyway, the morning’s rumor was initially dismissed as anonymous trolling,
And seemed about to be buried under the usual big topic—the points ranking issue.
But as time passed, reports from victims claiming their reward points were looted kept coming in.
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Title: Reward points are so sweet ^^
Author: Anonymous
Content: [Image confirming reward point looting], [Image of destroyed fleet]
LOLOLOLOL some idiot was showing off without buying anything from the store so I just killed him
When I destroyed his fleet, the reward points were so deliciously sweet
Comments
-[Dried squid trembling in fear]
-[Players have become true looters in every sense]
-[This isn’t easy, damn]
-[LOLOLOL?]
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Title: This is your ‘reward points.’
Author: Anonymous
Content: [Image of looted reward points and spine]
And this is your spine
Yes
Thank you
Comments
-[What the hell, give it back]
-[LOLOLOLOLOLOL]
-[Stealing reward points and taking spines too, damn]
-[Never thought “sucking out your spine” would be taken literally]
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Simultaneously, as perpetrators who had “looted” points started appearing,
The gallery, which had been burning with the points ranking issue until just before,
Now ignited with this new topic that had appeared like a comet.
Most posts were just debating whether it was real or not.
But that didn’t last long.
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-[Hey, I figured out the reward point looting mechanism](8,151)
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Some player with apparently too much time and resources on their hands had successfully figured out the looting mechanism.
Since I was deeply interested in this topic too, I quietly clicked on the post to check its contents.
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Title: Hey, I figured out the reward point looting mechanism
Author: Anonymous
Content: [Image of a toad holding a wine glass saying “cheers”]
Yes
It’s simple—when you win in PvP combat, you take one-third of the opponent’s total reward points
Comments
-[Hmm, interesting…]
-[I see…]
-[So the more reward points your opponent has, the more you get by winning?]
-˪[Yes, according to my experiments, that’s definitely how it works]
-[Information posts always deserve upvotes]
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To summarize simply, when players fight each other and one side wins,
The victor receives one-third of the loser’s reward points in a lump sum.
Watching this topic catch fire, I fell into thought for a moment.
‘Wait, this feature wasn’t in the game when I played.’
Of course, when I say “fell into thought,”
It was only logical that during the three years since I quit, the game would have undergone numerous upgrades.
So I decided to just accept that there might be unusual features I wasn’t aware of.
However, regardless of my thoughts…
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Title: Upvote if you want to fucking kill the devs LOLOL
Author: Anonymous
Content: [Image of reward point looting message]
How the hell can they implement such a major change as a stealth patch?
Why are these bastards acting so ridiculous?
I seriously don’t understand this;;
Comments
-[Kyaaaaa, bartender!]
-[Speaking the truth, Yuka-cola!]
-[This is so true]
-[They should have announced the update in advance, damn]
-˪[Absolutely agree]
-˪[The devs and admins are completely insane, for real]
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Most players were expressing their frustration about this bizarre stealth patch.
Of course, as always, there were those who followed the ancient wisdom of “if you can’t avoid it, enjoy it.”
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Title: The night of looting begins now
Author: Anonymous
Content: [GIF image of real-time looting of a user’s reward points]
You know the saying “if you can’t avoid it, enjoy it”
So instead of avoiding it, why not just go and loot anyone who annoys you, and enjoy those sweet reward points
Comments
-[Oh]
-[Interesting]
-[Love the positive attitude]
-[Join the hunt +1]
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The only problem was,
They were interpreting “if you can’t avoid it, enjoy it” in a rather inconsiderate way.
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