Zhumeng had always loved crowds and lively atmospheres.
Even though the hunting and combat in "Monster Hunter" required meticulous design of stats and combat interactions, Zhumeng had to limit the maximum team size to 16 players.
However, special locations such as the Research Base, jumping puzzles, and scenic platforms were still designed as public areas, capable of accommodating a large number of players to randomly meet, chat, and socialize.
Even after clearing the main questline and the Frostveil started to spread, some super-large hunting quests would appear.
In these quests, players could encounter many unfamiliar hunters and work together to complete the task.
This was undoubtedly a great design for enhancing players' sense of belonging and game stickiness.
The fun was doubled.
But if there was no order, and no one yielded...
If someone even deliberately caused trouble or tripped others up, it would be a disaster!
In the early days, some people even brought bows and arrows to shoot at players attempting the challenge, knocking down players who were close to the finish line.
Such people quickly aroused public anger.
After a round of reports and a serious warning from the official team, such incidents became less frequent.
However, while malicious attacks decreased, the competition for landing spots and accidental model collisions were impossible to completely avoid.
But that's what makes this group of players so interesting—
People often complained about being tricked by others, but they still enjoyed playing in multiplayer mode.
They'd rather have a higher difficulty and waste more time than play in single-player mode by themselves.
Perhaps it's because only in multiplayer mode can they reap unexpected surprises.
And now, the moment to redeem that surprise had arrived—
Everyone was spontaneously queuing up, and players using the Phantasmagoria Game Kit were using the ropes originally intended for traversing terrain to tie themselves to others.
Players using the PC version couldn't perform such precise operations, so they could only provide emotional value:
"Thanks, bro!"
"Bro is awesome!"
"May you be blessed with peace and safety!"
...
Words of good fortune followed one after another.
The big brother in the sky didn't waste any words after landing, and immediately said one word: "Come!"
So the ropes were all tied to the big brother's waist.
The big brother had a string of people hanging from his waist, some clinging to his legs, one in each arm, and two clinging to his back.
After everyone was ready, he said, "Hold on tight! Press the [F] key and don't let go, maintain your climbing posture."
"Now, the Crimson Lotus Jumping Puzzle Sightseeing Express, start!"
With a small jump, the big brother took off directly from the ground, carrying, pulling, dragging, and yanking more than 30 people!
"Holy crap!"
"So fierce!"
"Big brother is invincible!"
...
A group of players who had been tormented by the Crimson Lotus Volcano jumping puzzle sang praises to the big brother.
Happy was hanging on the rope like Superman, clutching the thigh of the old brother in front of him with both hands.
Listening to the hot wind blowing past his ears, he finally couldn't help but ask the question in his heart:
"Big brother, you're so awesome! But aren't you afraid of Zhumeng banning your account for blatantly cheating?"
As soon as these words came out, they immediately drew a large wave of criticism:
"Nonsense! Where is big brother cheating?!"
"That's right! Don't make false accusations!"
"Big brother's skills and techniques are obvious!"
"I can prove it! Big brother isn't cheating!"
"Some people curse their mothers after they've finished eating, but you're starting before you've even finished your meal?"
"6!"
...
The big brother didn't care, and said loudly, "Don't talk nonsense!"
"This is clearly my pride and joy, [Flight] and [Infinite Stamina]! How can you call it skills and techniques?!"
The big brother's pride in cheating left the "passengers" who were defending him speechless.
"Hahaha!"
In the silence of the passengers, the big brother laughed happily.
After laughing, he explained, "Just kidding, haha."
"Actually, I'm a senior in high school now, but I can't help but play games after school."
"In order to study hard and get into college, I simply cheated to get Zhumeng to ban my account for a while, to see if I can quit."
"It's best to play again after the college entrance examination."
He didn't take undue advantage, didn't disrupt the game balance, and didn't jump in Zhumeng's face, he was just being a good person here.
In this situation, Zhumeng's punishment probably won't be too severe.
The account will be unbanned in 7 days at the earliest, and 30 days at the latest.
Everyone who heard the student's idea praised him endlessly:
"Big brother is indeed a big brother! So righteous!"
"I won't say anything else, big brother, give me an address, I'll send you a set of 'Five-Year College Entrance Examination, Three-Year Simulation'!"
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"I'll send you a set of Huangzhou Secret Papers!"
"Give me an email address, I'll send you 1TB of 'X-ART' videos to help you improve your English listening skills!"
"I'll send you a Fiji Cup to help you relieve the stress of studying!"
...
When there are too many people, it's difficult to control the direction of the topic.
Seeing these people talking nonsense, and the content becoming more and more outrageous, the high school student, who was at a critical moment in his life, quickly stopped them:
"Stop talking!"
"My parents are still at home, and my sister is watching me play games!"
"She's only 11 years old!!!"
Everyone immediately shut up.
The big brother flew into the sky, and turned his head to talk to the air, seemingly explaining to his sister.
While speaking, they had rapidly ascended 600 meters.
Passing through the thickest cloud of sulfur fumes, the sky became clearly visible.
Scarlet lava flowed down from the ring-shaped crater of Crimson Lotus Volcano, forming waterfalls of fire.
The scene was magnificent and awe-inspiring!
"How is it? Pretty, right?"
"You can't see this scenery by climbing up the normal route!"
Listening to the praises of the "passengers", the big brother couldn't help but say a few proud words.
But as soon as he finished these words, a system warning window marked with a red exclamation point appeared in front of him—
[Detected abnormal player data]
[Detected abnormal player data]
Two consecutive system prompts made him stunned for a moment, and he quickly reminded the passengers: "Well, you guys..."
But before he could finish speaking, a series of system prompts popped up:
[Detected illegal third-party plugins]
[Violation of the User Agreement, your account will be suspended (15 days)]
[If you have any objections, please contact official customer service for appeal]
The next second, this "Crimson Lotus Volcano Jumping Puzzle Sightseeing Express" suddenly braked and stopped in the middle of the Crimson Lotus crater.
The big brother also fell silent.
The passengers were a little puzzled:
"?"
"Why did we stop?"
"Big brother? Big brother, are you still there?"
"Big brother, say something!"
...
The next second, the big brother's figure disappeared into the air without warning.
The front of the train disappeared, and the 30-odd passengers instantly lost their support and began to fall!
"???"
"!!!"
"Holy crap!"
"Big brother?! What happened to big brother?"
"Did his sister unplug the network cable?"
"Bullshit! I think big brother was sanctioned by Zhumeng!"
"Big brother! Big brother, you died so miserably!!"
"Forget about big brother! Worry about yourself first!!"
...
More than 30 players chained together by ropes had no means of survival.
—Everyone was tied together, not to mention that they didn't bring any weapons, they couldn't even use Wirebugs in this extreme environment.
Even if they could, they couldn't pull so many people!
They could only wail as they fell from the sky, plummeting towards the boiling lava lake below!
