MMORPG: Divine Mech Hunter Chapter 35

Chapter 35: Turn of Tides

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Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The explanation given by the administrators was simple, they used affirmative language to indicate that every data concerning Liao Yuan was normal, including the tactic he used to defeat the Boss. The tactic was normal and there was no usage of Bugs.

Then, they said that Getaway Studio had deliberately created a controversy to stir up the public and misled them to blackmail the company. The company had decided to ban every account ID that had made comments to slander Liao Yuan and mislead the public. The ID would only be unbanned ten years later.

If this did not sound serious to the players, the punishment at the end was as severe as it gets.

The company said that the malicious intention of the players involved in this incident had misled three hundred million ordinary players into blackmailing the company to delete Liao Yuan’s account.

Those that were held responsible included the masses that had joined Getaway Studios in misguiding the public and those highly-active internet trolls. They were all banned from participating in any competition for three years.

In this three years’ time, these players were not allowed to participate in competitions and events organized by the administrators. They were all blacklisted and would not receive any invitations for three years.

Below the tracker was the list of names of one hundred and twenty six players that were banned from competition, among the names were more than thirty members from Getaway Studios. The entire studio went silent.

Three years. Three years of no participation in any administrator-organized events when the game had just started not long ago. This was equivalent to taking away their lives as gamers and they would be three years behind other players.

The entire second regiment was devastated by the news and the atmosphere was gloomy. They regretted what they did. They obviously could see that Li Yao had skills and they knew the truth, but they still spread rumours just so they could ruin Liao Yuan’s reputation.

If they were banned from competitions in other games, they could still change accounts. Now, they had no choice.

“Big Boss, I was wrong.” GetawayThirdBro’s expression was pale and miserable.

The leader of the studio was in dismay. “I told you not to publicly shame him on the forum, why didn’t you listen to me? And why did you contact Summer privately? Now that you’re banned from competitions, how are you going to challenge him?” He said coldly.

“I’ll figure out a way. I’ll not drag the studio down.” ThirdBro got back up on his feet, he was furious.

“Sit down.” The leader gave ThirdBro a cold glare. “Looks like you’re not fit to lead the second regiment anymore. Let’s just call it a day, I’ll handle this situation myself. All of you go back and think of the best candidate for the captain of the second regiment. Tomorrow, we will vote.”

Members of the studio looked at each other, they let out a sigh and left. They took a big hit this time. Although they were a studio, the competition made up a large portion of their earnings. Moreover, since they could no longer enter competitions, they would not gain any fame and no clients would come to them for business.

The biggest blow was their reputation. They were now infamous scumbags.

After the warning issued by the administrators, ordinary players were also furious but were unable to vent out their frustration. They started pointing fingers at Getaway Studios. The members had now become hated rats in the gutters.

In just a short time, the hate storm that was facing Liao Yuan was now facing the other side, toward Getaway Studios.

Below the tracker, two commentators had given their analysis on the situation to put out the fire.

Ozawa: Let me explain the first part of the great Liao Yuan’s Boss fight video. First of all, Liao Yuan did not use any Bug to fix the Ballista, it was one of the skills of an Engineer. The admins had also given statements saying that there are various ways in defeating a Boss and they require players to think out of the box.

Take this Puppet as an example, the great Liao Yuan used engineering to fix the Ballista and used it according to the game’s mechanism to jam the Puppet’s joint with steel arrows. This way, the Boss will not be able to use the same arm to unleash his skills.

Don’t even think that it was easy for Liao Yuan to shoot that accurately. I believe that everyone has seen the video from Overlord Guild, they used more than ten chances to finally land a shot on the monster’s leg. Let’s not even talk about shooting on the Puppet’s joints when the target was way smaller and more difficult to aim.

A friendly reminder to everyone, next time when the Boss respawns do not use the same tactic. Or else, you will need a dozen of chances to finally land a shot on the monster’s joints. It will take up a lot of time and lives, which is not worth the risk.

As for the great Liao Yuan’s attacking damage and Arrow Towers, not to mention his special Snake Trap, only Liao Yuan knows about all this, but his data were normal. The admins have assured that Liao Yuan is not considered the most powerful one. In the future, there might be players that are much more powerful than this scale, and please remember to keep a clear head so you won’t be easily used by others.

Finally, I would like to say I have put up with this for a long time, but I could not hold back anymore. Getaway Studios, you guys have gone too far this time.

A few hundred words had finally cleared up the doubts of countless players that did not understand what was going on.

They began to read the second part, which was also the part that they were most confused by. The second part was explained by China’s first male commentator, KB.

KB: I watched this video a couple of times ever since it was posted. I couldn’t help myself but go back and watch it again. The only thought in my mind was admiration, yes, real admiration.

I have realized that the great Liao Yuan has gifted us a new style of fighting and agreed to share this footage. Yes, I admire Liao Yuan for his character and mindfulness.

Most of you may not know that the introduction of this new version of fighting style will save us a lot of time. It can even help us fulfil our dreams of killing a Boss. Everyone must have seen the end of the video where the great Liao Yuan said “Handle it however you want, I don’t really mind.”

He invented this style and did not hesitate to pass it on, we are the ones that will benefit from his invention. Initially, I thought of making an explanation on the video and how this fighting style was created, but the criticism in the forum changed my mind.

You may think that I’m exaggerating, but I can truthfully tell you all that I did not exaggerate a single thing I have said at all. I even asked the admins and they gave me a reply. Since the great Liao Yuan came up with this technique, the system has given the information to the admins and the admins gave it to me.

This subversive technique is called skill break. In simpler terms, skill break can only be applied when players solo a Boss.

When soloing a Boss, players can attack the Boss on their energy points when they try to unleash a skill. This technique, called skill break, is used to disrupt the Boss’s skill activation.

The Boss will be left with a two-to-five-second paralyzed state. Attacks during this period of time will do a lot of damage and there is a 100% chance to cause critical damage.

This can be said to have some similarities with knocking down the Boss. The great StarFire has shown us ways to accurately score critical hits and techniques to knock down mob, while Liao Yuan has given us the idea to defeat a wild Boss in different ways.

However, Getaway Studios publicly humiliated him. They tried to steal Liao Yuan’s Boss kill and failed, still, they bite back at him. At this point, if you’re still using services from Getaway Studios, I have nothing else to say.

I’m a cynical person and I’m not afraid to offend Getaway Studios for calling out their nasty acts that undermined the peaceful gaming environment.

For more details, Ozawa and I have collaborated for a video commentary on Liao Yuan’s Boss kill video and I will explain every single detail. The video will be out in around ten days. This is all I have to say, hopefully everyone will make a rational judgement on the situation.

This time, it was a really surprising turn of events. The storm had changed its course. The comments below went crazy.

59. Skywalker: As a member of one of the top ten studios that has worked with Getaway Studios, I feel ashamed. If you can’t see Liao Yuan’s great skills and techniques, all of you are not qualified to be the top ten. If you see it, that means you tried to make up lies to cover up the truth. I know the leader, but now I would like to publicly cut ties with him.

1254. FlowerPantsHater: As an expert player myself, I deeply admire Liao Yuan’s godly skills.

5687. TheLoner: As a solo player myself, I don’t know how to thank the great Liao Yuan. You have invented new skills and techniques, you give me the hope to solo a Boss. Many thanks to Liao Yuan.

12547. ScaredBunny: I’m a newbie to this game and everything about this game is new to me. I don’t have any skills, but I like this game. I hope one day I will be able to solo a Boss. I was misled by lies from Getaway Studios. Not only did I criticize Liao Yuan, I even filed a complaint on him. Now, I understand everything. The great Liao Yuan doesn’t know who I am, and I don’t seek forgiveness from him, I just want to say, I’m sorry. Finally, I despise Getaway Studios.

35847. RichBro: I was also misled and I was also a regular client of Getaway Studios. I would like to openly express that I would rather throw my money into the sewers rather than book a business with the studio. How dare they use our trust to defame others! They are not human for having the audacity to do such a thing.

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Li Yao finished reading the screenshots that were sent by AdorkableTong, he smiled. “Seems like Getaway Studios will be having a hard time.”

“Not just hard times, their reputation is ruined and they will be known worldwide. They deserve this.” She then continued excitedly, “Big Bro, you’re really amazing! Maybe you can give me one of your strategies, I would also like to fight Bosses!”

“No need to rush. Tomorrow, I will bring you along for a Boss fight.” Li Yao laughed.

“Really? That is great!” Tong happily hung up on their private chat.

Li Yao then contacted HundredFaceWitch using audio message, “You can contact Getaway Studios again and tell them I’ve agreed to make a bet, but the terms have changed. If they win, I’ll have the journalist delete their video.”

Witch was even more confused. “Now that you have the upper hand, why are you still going through with the bet?”

“I’m not going to let them benefit from this. Getaway Studios will definitely want to delete the footage of them stealing my Boss kill, otherwise, the footage will further worsen their image. If I don’t do something, it would be letting them off too easily.”

“I see, I will speak with the leader in a moment.” Witch hung up the voice call with a puzzled expression. Relentlessly treating other people was not how Li Yao would usually get things done.

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“Looks like you’ve really changed,” Witch mumbled.

Li Yao hung up the communicator. It took him half a day to finally find CaptainAmerica’s friend request. They chatted for a while and he expressed his thanks, then he hung up. This person was god-sent.

To be able to kill a Boss in such a short period of time was really impressive. For ten years, American teams had always placed in the top three in various competitions. They had also gotten the championship three times. Their potential and strength were obvious.

Li Yao stopped dwelling on the matter and started making the Firehawk Puppet again. Now, what was left was the Puppet’s core. It was work that required precision so he could not be distracted while working on it. Luckily, it was not too complicated and it could be done in ten minutes.

Which meant that, in another ten minutes, he would have his first pet.