Woke Up to Find the Game I Made Came True

Chapter 30

One fateful gaming night, a mysterious figure wiped out Macul employees at three leveling spots in Tute City: the 'Ruined Mine Shaft', 'Thorny Slope', and 'Old Barn'. The deaths were so swift that there was no time to warn other teammates in different regions of the game.

Upon being killed in the Multiverse, a player's real-life psyche suffers, leading to a period of mental weakness. The duration of this weakness is determined by the player's actual mental strength. For most Macul core members with D to C-level mental strength, this would plunge them into a period of disoriented consciousness—different from combat damage, more akin to a state of 'deviant cultivation' during training. C-level mental strength individuals recover relatively quickly, requiring about an hour to regain clarity, while D-level individuals take between five to eight hours. Moreover, if it's not their first death in the Multiverse, the period of mental weakness is prolonged.

Due to the unique nature of mental strength, precise real-time monitoring is difficult. By the time the anomaly was noticed, a significant number of employees were already in a mental weakness state. It wasn’t until employees gradually recovered that Macul Group understood what had happened.

As a planetary force, Macul Group has been developing on Makur Star for several centuries, categorizing group members into ten levels. In the rear headquarters, only level 5 and above employees can access the high-level area. The head of the Armed Forces Department was currently briefing the group's three directors about the situation:

"A total of 84 group members were killed in the attack, including 75 level 5 members and 9 level 4 members... 62% were from our Armed Forces Department, the rest from other departments."

"Every member killed in the game suffered experience penalties, resulting in a one to two-level drop. Their real-life combat abilities have been severely impacted, estimated at only half of their usual level. The Medical Department estimates full recovery will take 8 to 15 days."

"From the earliest-awakening level 4 member, we obtained basic information about the enemy. The assailant wore a special grey hood, had highly defensive equipment that could also reflect damage, wielded a sword, and could cast magic skills. We're unsure if this was due to the weapon’s effect, but the damage definitely exceeded level 20, and…"

Here, the Armed Forces Department head paused.

The three group directors’ expressions grew increasingly grim as they listened. Registering a Star Network portal costs 10,000 star coins, and only the group's absolute core members, Macul's main combat force and various special talents, can access the Multiverse. The total number entering the Multiverse is just over eight hundred, with over five hundred active in Tute City. One night saw a loss of one-fifth.

Pence, director in charge of all surface affairs of the group, pressed: "What other special circumstances?"

"According to feedback, all killed employees experienced significant item drop, including rare materials, gold, and even equipment."

Macul Group has a dedicated investigation team for various situations. Initially, when the first member mentioned this, the investigation team thought the member was trying to find a reason to retain some resources due to this injury.

Within this planetary group, level 5 members are considered core, mostly D-level mental strength individuals with a few exceptional F-level employees. Level 4 members require C-level mental strength, are the group's elite and future high-ranking officials, and such a request isn't unreasonable.

However, as more members awoke reporting the same situation, the investigation team realized the severity of the issue.

Since the Multiverse’s inception, deaths have occurred, but items don't typically drop. Only in extremely unlucky cases might one or two insignificant items drop. This understanding has become common knowledge. The current massive item drops are absolutely abnormal and must be related to the mysterious figure.

Hude, director in charge of bio-smuggling, turned to the awaiting Research Department head: "What have you found?"

"We lean towards it being a special mission. From the currently available information, the mysterious figure's activity range is in the wilderness, operates at night, and shares the common trait of monsters dropping valuable resources, with monster levels around 10."

During this briefing, the senior management of the Macul Group received new information:

"Another batch of group members leveling in the wild encountered the mysterious figure’s attack. Not just resource points, but members on missions also encountered attacks, resulting in the loss of 32 level 5 members and 1 level 4 member."

“…”The Research Department head paused, then revised: "Excluding night operations, the figure appears in the wilderness, possibly unable to act within the city."

The holo-conference room fell silent for a moment before the silent bald doctor, Mei Jia, broke the silence: "You two handle this matter. My research is at a crucial stage; I'm not getting involved."

With that, he disconnected the communication, disappearing from the room.

For Mega’s attitude, the high-ranking executives showed no reaction, as they were accustomed to it.

The remaining two directors exchanged glances. Hude spoke to Pence: "I'm currently in Baihua Town, and my escort mission isn't complete yet. It'll take at least three in-game days to return. You investigate this matter first; you can wait for my return."

Pence’s mind stirred but didn't directly respond to Hude. Instead, he gave an order to the Armed Forces Department head.

"Shrink the operating range of members in Tute City, limit activity to the urban area, and test if the figure only appears in the wild. All members gather at the outskirt mill at dusk. Meeting adjourned."

"Yes."

…

In Tute City, Pence also logged in, leveraging the resources provided by his subordinates and his own B-level mental strength. Even without spending as much time grinding mobs as ordinary members and occasionally managing group affairs, he was already level 12, equipped with a full set of green superior-grade gear.

After logging in, Pence made his way to the outskirt police station.

Through gathering resource missions, he had already boosted the goodwill of the police captain to over 30, reaching a familiar relationship.

During this exploration period, the Research Department of Macul Group had already discovered that reaching this relationship level allows obtaining valuable information from NPCs, though most of it might be trivial, possibly containing mission clues.

Pence originally intended to inquire with all NPCs he had a good relationship with, but upon mentioning just a bit of the situation, he saw the police captain's expression turn serious.

"Grey robe, wanton killing… If there's no mistake, your friends may have encountered an assassin’s hunt."

"Assassin? Hunt?" Pence was invigorated, immediately asking: "Why would they hunt us?"

"I don’t know. They're a gang of madmen who worship killing; they not only take your life but also your personal items as their trophies. A group without honor… or maybe they only care about the honor of killing."

Hearing the police captain’s words, Pence felt he had caught the scent of a mission: "Then is there no way to solve this?"

"Solve? Of course. If you can kill that grey-robed assassin and strip off their assassin's robe, I can bring you to report to the inner city security bureau. You’ll receive a bounty and commendation. However, they're too adept at hiding; taking off the robe allows them to blend into the crowd. You can only find them when they wear the assassin's robe."

"I understand."

Excited, Pence left, having just received a system notification.

?You have triggered the task 'Assassin Bounty'?

Task Description: Assassins have appeared in Tute City; catch them and claim the Tute City Security Bureau bounty!

Reward: Unknown

Pence immediately returned to Star Network, contacting all his subordinates.

Upon hearing, the Research Department head excitedly said: "Hidden mission! Our previous guess was correct; this might be the mission to enter the inner city early!"

"That mysterious figure is so strong, it turns out to be a Wild Boss. Wild Bosses are extremely rare and are all monstrous creatures. This assassin might even be a hidden boss among Wild Bosses!"

"And the items we lost are also dropping on the boss. Could it be that killing it could grant us a skill to strip loot?"

The last guess hit the nail on the head for Pence. The Early Exploration period of Ten Thousand Realms was filled with limitless opportunities, and the three directors under the mysterious big boss were in fierce competition.

Mega's secret laboratory was the most valued, Hude, who managed the illegal biological trade, was the most trusted, leaving Pence stuck between the two. To lower-level employees, his position seemed the highest, but in reality, he was in an awkward situation, with a lower true status than the other two.

The emergence of Ten Thousand Realms gave Pence a chance. The current hidden quest made him extremely excited, and he was determined to seize this opportunity.

"Assemble all our forces in Tute City! We must take down this hidden BOSS!"

After deploying the plan, the remaining personnel of the Macul Group in Tute City were all mobilized. To prevent the BOSS from evading, they formed smaller teams with some distance between them, creating a circular formation. Once one team located the BOSS, the others could quickly lock onto its position.

Finally, on the second day of triggering the quest during the daytime, members of the Macul Group, who were deliberately active outside the city, once again encountered an attack.

With the cost of one eight-person team's life, they gained a chance to kill the hidden Wild BOSS. Pence was fully willing to accept this. Previously, one-fifth of their personnel had been wiped out.

Soon, Pence led a group of Macul Group members, all between levels 8 and 10, slowly encircling the BOSS.

"?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Charge!"

The tactics had been decided beforehand: close-range combat to draw aggro and use their bodies to block the enemy.

After losing over ten members, the gray-robed assassin was finally surrounded.

The figure stood silently before the crowd, wielding a beautifulsnow-colored longsword. The face beneath the hood was unclear, only the vague outline of a jaw visible.

Pence felt confident in their victory.

From previous battles, they had learned that the BOSS's spells were powerful but had limited range. With their numerical advantage, as long as the BOSS couldn't fly, they could overwhelm it with sheer numbers.

Pence stared at the beautiful snow-colored longsword in the gray-robed assassin's hand, already imagining what high-level equipment it might be and what the quest reward would be.

At the front line of the encirclement, the Macul Group members suddenly felt an overwhelming weight, their movements becoming unbearably sluggish, like rusty machines.

[Slow]

Those behind noticed the BOSS had used a skill. Just as they were about to charge forward, they saw the BOSS's left hand, which wasn't holding the sword, suddenly produce a long, strap-like object.

Following a faint glow, the object vanished.

In the next moment, all players except the gray-robed assassin lost theirhearing, only a piercing echo resounded in their minds. Accompanied by immobilization, damage numbers appeared before their eyes.

'-80', '-80', '-80'... '-80'

After ten solid 80-point true damage hits, there wasn't a single living person left on the scene except the gray-robed assassin. All three hundred elite members, including the board director Pence, were completely wiped out.

The spell scroll in Ye Bai's backpack, the Wild Hidden BOSS, had also been used up. It could unleash a high-level psionic spell: [Banshee’s Wail]

Scroll Quality: Rare

Effect: During its duration, deals 80 true damage per second and makes a magical resistance check: above 50 results in 50% slowdown; below 50 results in immobilization.

Duration: 10 seconds

Spell Range: 100 meters

Ye Bai had already anticipated being mistaken for an NPC. After all, in the current stage of the game where all players had turned professions, apart from Bai Ye, who else could it be?

Without knowing the existence of faction relationships or that the inner city's teleportation hub could be used, the Macul Group wouldn't consider the possibility of Bai Ye chasing them from the server where Earth was located to Tute City to seek revenge. The bigger possibility was that they would mistake Ye Bai for a BOSS to farm.

Everything now confirmed Ye Bai's speculation.

As for the quest triggered by Pence, it was indeed a hidden quest, a prelude to a faction quest. It could be triggered upon discovering the assassin's traces and achieving a favorable relationship with other hostile faction NPCs.

If Ye Bai had truly been killed by Pence and his team, based on her current kill count, they would have acquired all her loot drops. The assassin's gray robe would definitely drop, allowing them to either keep it and join the assassin guild as Ye Bai's replacement or turn it in to a town faction for a bounty.

In this way, it would play right into Ye Bai's plan.

Killing one by one was too inefficient, and she didn't know how long it would take. Others, realizing they couldn't counterattack, would also hide. If they knew Ye Bai was a player, their strategies against her would change.

But when Ye Bai was mistaken for a BOSS, no player could resist the temptation to siege a Wild BOSS.

When all enemies were within 100 meters and unprepared, Ye Bai's [Banshee's Wail] scroll unleashed maximum damage.

Even if Pence and the others thought Ye Bai was a hidden BOSS, they wouldn't have expected any BOSS to unleash such a deadly ultimate move before even revealing their health bar!

Especially since [True Damage] directly reduced health, ignoring any defense or resistance, dealing devastatingly effective damage against players who hadn't even reached the first class advancement.

Of course, such an explosion in damage was expected. After all, this was a one-time consumable worth 4 gold coins!

High-level spell scrolls like this were luxury items originally meant for professionals. For first-class players, they were mostly treasured emergency items, available only to the wealthy. At this stage, players were just like Zhou Ya, unable to enter the doors of magical shops.

Looking at the over 200 players' worth of loot,even if combined, it might not amount to 1 gold coin.

However, after regaining her bearings, Ye Bai's first action was to start picking up thescattered loot.

Even the smallest mosquito is still meat!

Having killed over three hundred people, her looting rate was already at 100%. The elite members of the Macul Group didn't even get to keep their underwear.

To prepare for this raid, Ye Bai had specifically rented a warehouse in the inner city of Tute City for 1 silver coin. Before leaving, she stored all her previous spoils and temporarily unusable items in the warehouse.

If her plan succeeded, she could empty her backpack to collect loot. If something went wrong and she was unexpectedly counterattacked, at least she still had her fallback capital.

Ye Bai diligently collected the loot under the night sky, making three trips switching identities to finally store all the dropped items back into the inner city warehouse.

Looking at the almost full warehouse, Ye Bai couldn't help but smile satisfied, because she knew very well—

Was all this success the result of luck?

No, no, that’s misunderstanding the essence. In hindsight, we’ll find that luck only accounted for 1%, while the remaining 99%—that was all thanks to money!