Life Game In Other World
Chapter 423: Character Card Features and New Copy World Characters (Long - , asking for monthly tickets)

Chapter 423: Chapter 423: Character Card Features and New Copy World Characters (Long Chapter, asking for monthly tickets)

[The following are this update’s features (click to view detailed content):]

[1. Task System Upgrade]

[2. Task Evaluation Upgrade]

[3. New Character Card Interface]

The task system and task evaluation upgrades had already been mentioned before the update, but what is this character card...

However, He Ao didn’t hurry, and he first clicked on the option for the task system upgrade.

[With this task system upgrade, you need to be aware of the following information:]

[1. In view of your repeated excellent performances, we have opened up a higher tier of the task system and elevated the level of basic rewards. The current level of basic rewards is: C-level]

[2. Please be aware that after the task system upgrade, the difficulty of tasks will also increase, and you are more likely to encounter mythic beings. Please protect your soul before completing the task.]

[3. Please be aware that after the task system upgrade, character relationships will become more complex. Please adhere to the role-playing principles and avoid having your identity exposed.]

He Ao’s eyes quickly scanned over these three key points, which actually could be condensed into one:

That is, the tasks from now on will become more difficult, whether it’s the enemies faced, the task requirements, or the social relationships of the game characters.

The challenges He Ao faces will no longer be as simple as before.

In previous tasks, there was always an especially simple, low-risk method to complete the task, a way to cleverly fulfill it.

Essentially, there was a minimum task requirement that was quite easy to achieve.

But now, the system had upgraded this minimum requirement and specifically emphasized the dangers, suggesting that future tasks would not be simple.

But this had no impact on He Ao, because in the past he had always completed tasks by aiming for the most difficult standards and the highest direction.

With this increase in the minimum standard, it meant that the ceiling should have risen as well, allowing him to obtain higher rewards from the tasks.

This was actually a normal upgrade; one could tell from the system-designed task of upgrading permissions.

The permission upgrade task required players to accumulate 38 S ratings, and when players did accumulate 38 S ratings, it meant their abilities had reached the limit of the task system at the time.

The task standards and rewards of that time could no longer satisfy players, so the system had to upgrade, increasing task difficulty and providing higher rewards.

It felt like reaching max level on one map and then switching to another.

He Ao closed the interface and opened the next item, ’Task Evaluation Upgrade’.

[After this task evaluation upgrade, you need to be aware of the following information:]

[1. Task evaluations will be changed from level-based to star-based, with a minimum of one star and a maximum of five stars.]

[2. Normal completion of each task will be rated three stars and will issue normal task rewards. If the task fails but survival is maintained, an evaluation below three stars will be given.]

[3. When the task evaluation is below three stars, the task rewards will not be tallied; the evaluation will accumulate for a comprehensive settlement in the next evaluation.]

[*There are more upgrades to the task evaluation system, please explore on your own.]

Not having come across an overwhelmingly major upgrade, He Ao felt slightly out of his element.

He briefly skimmed the text above and quickly understood the system’s intent; the task evaluation was upgraded from a previous full level of three S’s to a full level of five stars.

The elevation of two levels in evaluation, coupled with the task system’s upgrade, likely meant that task rewards were also upgraded, unlocking the next tier of rewards. The higher the star rating, the greater the reward.

This reward evaluation does reflect the upgraded task difficulty; only a three-star rating will yield the basic rewards, while anything below three stars is considered a task failure.

Previously, any evaluation was considered task completion and came with rewards.

This implies that the system perceives a high likelihood of task failure and even has to provide two evaluation levels to assess it.

Of course, He Ao also noticed the phrase ’if the task fails but survival is maintained’.

It seems the system thinks it’s normal to die after a task failure.

The greater the risk, the higher the profit; thus, the rewards after completing a task will not be simple either, and even a basic task completion might mean more than just the usual ’C-level’.

The note at the bottom stated ’there are more upgrades’.

He Ao didn’t know what the upgrade was; the prior classification and evaluation function might or might not change.

Whether it was a task system upgrade or a mission evaluation upgrade, just looking at the detailed introduction could be quite confusing.

In the end, it was all about hands-on experience; no matter how complex the game rules, once experienced firsthand, one could always grasp the core of it.

He Ao closed the detailed information page.

The previous two upgrades didn’t really have a big impact; they were the routine upgrades one could expect.

His attention was still focused on the last feature, "character cards."

He clicked on the detailed introduction of "character cards."

This time, what popped up in his view weren’t dense lines of text, but neatly arranged cards that almost filled his entire field of vision.

The patterns on these cards were pitch black, like the silent night; only a bright moon in the upper left corner of the cards illuminated a faint glow.

As He Ao gazed at these cards, his entire field of vision suddenly blurred, and a pop-up window in the form of a text box appeared.

[Congratulations on unlocking the character card feature.]

[You have received a newcomer’s gift pack, would you like to open it now?]

He Ao didn’t hesitate and chose to open it.

Soon, a new pop-up window appeared.

[You have received one free basic exchange chance.]

He Ao hadn’t understood what this message meant when another new pop-up appeared.

[Calculating the advancement mission······]

[Calculation Successful]

[You have obtained 39 S’s in the advancement mission, exceeding the advancement task requirement by 1 S.]

[Converting for you now.]

[Congratulations on receiving an Exchange Star.]

What is that?

At this moment, the last pop-up slowly dissolved, and He Ao’s vision was once again filled with the dense array of cards.

[Would you like to display the character cards available for exchange?]

[Yes] [No]

He Ao chose yes.

Next, the scene in his field of view rapidly changed; the closely arranged cards quickly dimmed, leaving only three cards with a faint glow flowing along their edges.

Then, as if moving from far to near, these three cards rapidly enlarged in his view, floating in front of him.

Subsequently, the three cards turned over one by one, revealing three character portraits, with each having what seemed to be a small print introduction beneath them.

He Ao glanced over them from left to right.

The character on the far left depicted a stage with dim lighting, the red curtains on both sides pulled away, leaving just a sliver of edge on the sides of the card.

At the center of the stage stood a figure in black evening attire and white gloves, arms outstretched.

His face was hidden behind a mask that blended black and white, painted with a sinister smile.

It seemed like he was looking at the audience below the stage, yet also appeared to be making eye contact with someone beyond the card.

Below this card was a note,

[Primeval Flame]

This card shimmered with a faint purple glow, as if it could be touched.

He Ao moved his gaze to the next card.

The scene on the second card depicted a cityscape under nightfall, bustling like a starry sky.

A man with a tall stature sat atop the tallest skyscraper of the city, propping his face at an angle as he overlooked the bustling city.

The splendid lights spread at his feet like a carpet leading up to a throne.

Although the man had his back to He Ao, He Ao easily identified his identity.

The cityscape in the scene was Kaye City, and the skyscraper under the man’s feet was the headquarters of the Nolanka Group.

He Ao’s gaze moved downward to read the annotation below,

[King of Nightfall]

A king standing amidst the nightfall.

Was this a metaphor?

The card flickered with a faint purple glow.

He Ao withdrew his gaze and continued to look at the next card.

This card did not have such a complex background.

The overall tone of the design was grey and bleak, set against a background that seemed to be within a completely sealed, dilapidated and abandoned building.

Most of the pattern consisted of a figure’s portrait.

Only, this ’figure’ had a rather strange shape.

His lower half had turned into twisted tentacles that spread on the ground, extending from within the image to outside of it.

His upper half still maintained a human form, but his head drooped, and his entire chest shattered by some terrifying external force, missing a great part, leaving only a gaping void.

Even through the pattern, He Ao could feel the card exuding a warped, crazed aura, along with whispers echoing familiarly in his ears.

His gaze shifted downward to read this card’s annotation.

[Usurper]

The word ’usurper’ is quite interesting. In ceremonial terms, usurpation refers to a person of lower status using the ritual implements or performing the rituals that should be used by someone of higher status.

This word by extension implies that those below seek the position above.

He Ao naturally knew who the person in the pattern was, but he didn’t understand why the system would label this person as [Usurper].

The first of the previous two cards was Joey.

The meaning of [Primeval Flame] should be that Joey was the first ’K’.

Starting with Joey, He Ao spread the fame of ’K’ far and wide.

Now ’K’ has acquired a sort of mystical significance, so [Primeval Flame] is probably describing Joey as the ’first’ one.

The second card was Vian.

This card was easiest to understand, [King of Nightfall] referred to Vian’s status in Kaye City—he was the uncrowned King of Kaye City, the true puppet master of the whole city, whose every move could affect the fate of countless people within.

The third card was Nell.

Considering the context of the first two cards, the annotation [Usurper] on this card likely represented some unique property of Nell, and most likely, it was a trait he possessed only after He Ao had become one of them.

[Primeval Flame] referred to Joey, but it was actually He Ao who first assumed the identity of ’K’.

Although Vian had certain traits of [King of Nightfall] before He Ao’s arrival, he wasn’t authoritative like a real king until He Ao cleared out the board of directors and completed the final centralization of power.

So what about Nell? He Ao couldn’t recall any connection between Nell and ’usurpation’.

Usurpation meant the lower seeking the position of the higher, yet the goals associated with Nell were more purely and directly focused—he simply destroyed the Mining Consortium oppressing him.

If it was this kind of complete destruction of a higher position, that kind of ’usurpation’, then it would make sense.

However, He Ao felt that the system’s special notation of ’usurper’ wouldn’t be so simple.

Because strictly speaking, ’Joey’, who destroyed the Avis Energy Group, also possessed this trait of usurpation.

He Ao carefully examined the notes on the [Usurper] card.

If this usurpation isn’t about status but an extended concept, transitioning from status to divine status—"divine status" usurpation.

He Ao was reminded of Nell’s physical state when he completed his task; at that time, Nell had been completely eroded by the War God, his whole body twisting into a monster. It seemed the War God was attempting to resurrect through this body,

and the pattern on this card confirmed it.

But with the God of Knowledge’s attack, in the last moments before He Ao left, the War God’s power was countered by the power of the God of Knowledge.

Since the War God is actually dead, could there be a possibility that, at that time, Nell’s body had acquired a certain divine status that only Divine Beings possess?

Thus, the system marked Nell as a [Usurper], a human who dared to ascend to divinity.

However, the divine status related to the War God was too high for He Ao to handle at present, and this [Usurper] card was dim, signifying it was untouchable.

The system granted an opportunity to exchange for a character card, which must refer to the three cards in front of him.

So what function did this character card have?

He Ao looked around but found no explanation marks anywhere.

It looked like he had to explore on his own again; the system claimed to be a game, but it still seemed somewhat rudimentary.

He Ao’s gaze returned to the cards before him.

Out of the three cards, the [Usurper] might be inaccessible due to its high status or other reasons, leaving [Primeval Flame] and [King of Nightfall] as He Ao’s options.

If the powers of this character card were as he imagined, then the best choice was quite clear now.

He Ao’s attention focused on the card for the [King of Nightfall].

[You have one free basic exchange opportunity. Confirm the exchange for ’King of Nightfall’?]

He Ao chose to confirm.

In that instant, he felt a vibration in his brain, and all memories related to Vian surfaced distinctly.

Then, the card for [Primeval Flame] in his vision swiftly dimmed, leaving only [King of Nightfall] still flickering with a faint light.

He Ao concentrated on this card, and soon, a small prompt popped up.

[Please use the character card in the game.]

He Ao shifted his gaze away from the card.

There was something he still didn’t quite understand: he had gone through eight Copy Worlds, including the newbie copy, so why did only these three characters form character cards?

Was there something special about them?

After pondering for a moment with no answer, He Ao had to set aside his doubts for now and look around at his surroundings.

Now his entire field of view was covered with a dense mass of card backgrounds.

With a thought, these card backgrounds slowly disappeared, leaving only the three cards floating in front of him.

Then, these three cards also slowly vanished, and next to the personal attribute icon in the upper left corner of his vision, a faint card icon appeared.

He Ao could open the character card interface just like his personal attributes.

Once he had roughly figured out the new features of the system, the countdown in his vision also began to reset to zero gradually.

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[Loading game.]

[Welcome to the Life Copy Game.]

[Now randomly matching life roles for you.]

[Match successful.]

[Your role is: Unemployed Manager Pete.]