Published: February 11, 2025
Speaking of which, the Hundred Caves Marsh is quite special. The resource points here are all located in cat ear-like openings, but in this vast marsh, how many of these openings are there?
After the royal guild's statistics, they discovered that there are more than two thousand in total!
Moreover, the information about these resource points is not as detailed as what Ye Zhongming knows. They need to enter and explore each one individually.
However, when it comes to an adventure site like the Hundred Caves Marsh, the dangers inside are not comparable to those in the intermediate areas. The Five Rings Society needs to eliminate a team of at least ten five-star evolvers at once, among which there must be one six-star evolver as the core. Otherwise, several stewards would have to go down personally.
With just one adventure site, the Five Rings Society doesn’t have that kind of energy. Therefore, after exploring a few, they summarized and speculated about the dangers here and how to resolve them, which they would later discuss and devise a plan.
According to the plan, they invited the corresponding evolvers, which was the special invitation from the Five Rings Society.
Garan and Mina felt that since the Five Rings Society invited them for help, it meant they were confident in their abilities. In reality, the Five Rings Society merely selected what they considered suitable individuals based on the best plan derived from the information they had, and they themselves couldn't guarantee the success rate.
As for why they agreed to a reward of one six-star evolution potion in advance, that’s because entering an adventure site with the participation of a specially invited force requires additional 'ticket money.' This means that the compensation paid to the special invitation force is shared among everyone, and the Five Rings Society naturally wouldn't be too stingy, after all, it’s a matter of life and death.
Regarding who would ultimately receive the final reward, everyone could negotiate. Either someone pays to buy it, and that money is evenly distributed to the other forces that contributed, or everyone relies on their own capabilities, and whoever grabs it gets it.
Of course, there are risks involved, but isn't surviving out there always like this? The competition here doesn’t put lives at risk, which is already much easier.
This seemingly unfair agreement filled with loopholes was accepted by every force. Apart from each having confidence, it is indeed the current rule. The apocalypse is ultimately different from the past.
But one thing must be clear: even though these forces can discuss the final benefit distribution of the adventure site, that is their own affair. And what kind of organizations are these that can afford the ticket? They are all at least ranked within the top twenty of their respective national districts, aware that the rewards of adventure sites with special invitation forces participating are top-notch, which is why they came.
To put it another way, it's like an internet big shot having a new project, but this project has many technological barriers that need solving. So, they send out an invitation, and industry peers from around the world gather to discuss how to solve the issues, and then how to distribute the profits from this project. This is a cooperative effort to make money together.
This isn't hard to understand. When negotiating, everyone may be confrontational, but with their status, once the argument is over, they all benefit. It’s just a matter of who benefited slightly more, and they wouldn't care too much, after all, maybe next time the roles will be reversed, and someone else will take advantage.
But for the specially invited forces, their identity is that they are invited to assist. Everyone shares the compensation, and still using this analogy, this force is like a company that has mastered a key solution in the project. They may have their own unique characteristics, but when compared to these industry giants, they simply don’t measure up.