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Chapter 428 - 151: Moves that Dizzied All the Viewers! Even AlphaGo Would Crash!_2

Chapter 428: Chapter 151: Moves that Dizzied All the Viewers! Even AlphaGo Would Crash!_2

I couldn’t help feeling a bit disappointed.

"The gameplay of the top player this time seems rather mundane."

"About the same as ’Bursting Cuteness’ next door?"

"The only advantage might be that Baby Ke hasn’t yet introduced any methods that force players to spend a lot of money."

However, the voices of doubt were instantly silenced during the latter half of the tutorial!

Because, as the tutorial delved deeper,

’Cloud Top’ threw out two brand new concepts.

They were also the most striking mechanics of the entire game.

Bonding!

Hexes!

If you just look at the pieces themselves, that would be nothing more than individual combat.

Then there’s a skill bar, and when the skill is ready, it will be unleashed.

This setup is not uncommon, even for Blue Star players who haven’t played many games; such basic features are not enough to captivate them.

But...

What if the pieces have bonding buffs with each other?

The pieces on the field can form many strong bonding alliances based on being from the same faction.

For example, Ionia.

If there are three pieces from the [Ionia] faction on the field, every four seconds they create a spirit that follows the strongest piece and receives a 100% attribute boost.

Once this bond accumulates to nine, the four strongest pieces on the field will all receive a 400% attribute boost.

The damage instantly soars.

As for the [Shurima] bond, its core essence is health regeneration, but once you have enough layers of bonding, you begin to ascend and gain even more powerful attribute boosts.

The [Yordle] bond, when activating three Yordles at the same time, if there are also three three-star heroes on the field, it will choose one of the Yordles to upgrade, breaking through the system level limit and directly reaching four stars!

The hero’s attributes will gain a super boost, and skill damage will also multiply crazily.

There are more than ten other bond combinations like [Demacia], [Freljord], [Zaun], and so forth.

Adding even more possibilities to the gameplay.

[Hexes]

Unlike the [Bonding] that directly enhances players’ combat power,

The existence of [Hexes] mainly optimizes the overall game framework.

For instance,

The most important resource in ’Cloud Top’ is gold coins.

Gold coins are the primary means by which players obtain pieces.

Additionally,

They can upgrade the player’s level; each gold coin can buy 1 experience point, starting at a price of 4 gold coins.

A higher level allows for stronger pieces to be refreshed and also unlocks more population limits.

Besides, if a player doesn’t like the five hero cards available in a round, they can also spend 2 gold coins to refresh them.

As long as there are enough gold coins, you can keep refreshing until you’re satisfied.

It’s safe to say that the amount of gold coins directly determines the direction of victory or defeat in the entire matchup.

But the ways to acquire gold coins are also limited.

Normally,

Unless you have a very good start or it’s the reward round,

The amount of gold coins a player can earn after each round with an opponent varies from a few to around ten.

You need money to level up, to buy heroes, even to refresh the card pool, but there aren’t that many ways to earn it.

As a result, players have to be very careful with their gold coin resources, scrimping and saving.

So much so that they wish they could split each coin in two.

At this point, the [Hexes] mechanic can somewhat alleviate the pressure on players.

Like "Quick Thinking", allowing you to refresh the card pool endlessly for free in the same turn you get the hex.

"Compound Interest", increasing the interest cap to 7.

"Golden Ticket", "Hedge Fund", "War Treasure Chest," and a series of runes that boost the player’s gold coin revenue.

Beyond gold coins,

Hexes can also provide players with experience points, special equipment, Golden Shovels (think of it as a bonding wild card, henceforth abbreviated as shovel), Hero Cloners (henceforth referred to as Neeko), and a series of optimizations that enhance the overall game framework.

[Hexes] and [Bonding], two completely different mechanics that complement each other,

have built a gameplay for the entire ’Cloud Top’ that is filled with endless possibilities.

As such, when these two sets of mechanics were presented in front of the live streaming audience,

All the voices of doubt vanished in that moment!

In their place was the gradually brightening look in every viewer’s eyes.

"This setting... holy shit, it seems pretty interesting!"

"The heroes have their own skills, and then the bonding is a completely new way of playing, and hexes can fill in gaps and boost output to some extent. The combination of these three mechanics could result in huge possibilities!"

"This is the right stuff! It’s still the top player filled with clever ideas!"

"Who knew you could get so creative with a chess game? Damn, I’m convinced now."

"All I can say is, trust in Baby Ke!"

"What’s Jaguar waiting for? Get moving, Massage King, lead us all to slay a match!"

After a brief overview, Ke Jie was brimming with confidence.

"Isn’t it just about gathering bonds, upgrading the star level of the pieces, and then achieving victory?"

"Easy, just watch my moves."

At that moment, a highlighted super chat scrolled through.

Ke Jie read it clearly and slowly.

"Jaguar, can you, maybe, join my bonding?"

He read it with a look of confusion, but as he finished, he seemed to realize something and fell into silence.

Then, pretending not to have seen it, he clicked on [Find Match].

But the viewers wouldn’t let go of the opportunity to tease, with the screen filled with ’join my bonding too’ comments scrolling past.