This Is Not a Bug but a Game Feature-Chapter 237 - 164: 37 Players Remaining! (Part 2)

If a marble rolls into the pit, you gain a point. After three rounds of the game, the player with the highest score can win the marbles from other players.

Click the mouse to get ready.

Jiang Yongqing was third in line. The first two players failed to hit their marbles into the pit. It was his turn.

He tried to drag the mouse to aim, then carefully controlled his strength, gently flicking the marble from his hand.

The blue-patterned marble rolled and rolled, quickly reaching the pit’s edge. The strength was enough, but the aim was off by about ten centimeters.

The next player also failed.

In the first round, no one scored. Four marbles were "eliminated" from play.

Jiang Yongqing was very cautious. He learned from last time and adjusted his aim slightly to the right. This time, he scored a point right away.

After three rounds, only Jiang Yongqing scored, so he took home a total of 12 marbles from the field, winning nine after accounting for his own three.

"Not bad!"

Jiang Yongqing was very pleased. He didn’t expect to win his first time playing. It seems all those marbles he lost as a kid didn’t go to waste; his experience was much richer than the others’.

However, everyone was a freshman, and after a few rounds, their marbles were all gone.

This game session ended there.

Everyone else lost all their marbles, leaving Jiang Yongqing with around 30 marbles as he continued to seek new matches.

Marble Pairing!

It’s still the classic mode, but with slightly different gameplay. Unfortunately, Jiang Yongqing’s luck was a bit worse this time, ending up with only one marble remaining.

What can you do with just one marble?

Jiang Yongqing wasn’t sure yet how to replenish marbles after they ran out, so he switched to playing "Marble Soul" mode.

Because this is one of the few modes that you can enjoy fully with just one marble.

On an island, 30 players randomly descend. There are random marble beasts on the island. If you defeat them with your marble, you awaken your Marble Soul, gaining stronger power.

The sea keeps rising, making the players’ area smaller and smaller. Gradually, players start clashing with each other. Jiang Yongqing defeated two consecutive opponents, leveling his Marble Soul to level three.

He was very fortunate.

When his Marble Soul was only level one, he encountered a player with a level two Marble Soul. Luckily, his Marble Soul countered the opponent’s, and his skills were not bad, achieving an unexpected win.

In a Marble Soul duel, while the Marble Soul’s level is important, the player’s skills matter significantly too.

Of course!

This is only true when the Marble Soul level isn’t high. As the Marble Soul level increases, especially at higher levels, player skills become less relevant.

After all, what good is your skill?

When the Marble Soul’s raw power overwhelms you, and you can’t penetrate the opponent’s armor, no amount of skill will allow you to counterattack successfully.

For opponents of the same level, skills are useful!

For cross-level combat, especially when a level one Marble Soul faces off against a level five Marble Soul, the gap is too wide to bridge, even for Ba.

"Infinite growth..."

Jiang Yongqing seemed to have figured out the game.

The Marble Soul can grow infinitely, which means if he encounters a more formidable opponent, he can temporarily avoid confrontation.

He should look for opponents at the same or lower level than himself and focus on gradual development.

Once he raises his Marble Soul’s level sufficiently to not get crushed by sheer power, he can confront the challenges without rushing for a decision.

This isn’t "Battle Royale"!

Although the "Marble Soul" mode essentially plays just like Battle Royale, it’s not as fair.

Battle Royale is an FPS shooting game. No matter how well equipped or resourced players are, everyone has a fighting chance, and the outcome is unpredictable.

But in "Marble Soul" mode, the power disparity can be so great that there’s no way to even try to "fight it out." Direct confrontation is certainly not advisable.

Focusing on development is more critical!

As long as you develop your Marble Soul, you can win even if your skills are only slightly inferior.

Having grasped the game’s mechanics, Jiang Yongqing pursued a strategy of cautious development.

He used sneak attacks, ambushes, and deceptive tactics, defeating seven players with these 36 strategies, raising his Marble Soul to level eight.

By this time, most of the island was submerged by the sea, leaving just a tiny area not yet underwater.

Four players remained on the island!

Clearly, by this stage of the competition, no one was at a higher level than Jiang Yongqing; even the highest had only a level five Marble Soul.

Thanks to his well-honed skills and the overwhelming advantage of an eight-level Marble Soul, he clinched this round effortlessly, winning 29 marbles.

"Marble Soul is so fun!"

After securing an easy victory, Jiang Yongqing thought that, since the investment in "Marble Soul" is small while the number of marbles to be won is substantial, it is the most enjoyable mode.

Classic mode doesn’t cut it!

In the same amount of time for a game, winning ten or so marbles in classic mode is considered quite good. However, in "Marble Soul" mode, achieving a victory earns you 29 marbles. There’s no need to think twice!

Even if you lose, you only lose one marble. Compared to the fluctuation of classic mode, "Marble Soul" is far more forgiving.

Thus, engrossed in this new mode, Jiang Yongqing quickly entered another "Marble Soul" match.

Fortunately, he won again!

Players were still exploring this new mode, unlike Jiang Yongqing, who had already developed a complete strategy.

That’s why he won with ease.

After winning three consecutive matches, the number of marbles he possessed had surpassed 100, marking a complete turnaround.

What’s more.

From these games, he mastered the key skills in "Marble Soul" mode, including how to level up quickly and how to find other players swiftly...

Thus, he had a bold idea!

The game announcement page has a "Bounty Order." As long as players can level up their Marble Soul to level 30, they will receive a mysterious gift from Tianba Studio.

He wanted to challenge this!

After awakening, the Marble Soul is level one, which means to reach max level, he must single-handedly eliminate all the remaining 29 players in a single game.

It’s incredibly difficult!

If left for some time until players get familiar with the game, achieving this feat would be almost impossible.

But now, since everyone is a newbie, if he lands in a favorable position, allowing him to find others efficiently, and if other players don’t try to escape, it just might be possible...

Ba’s mysterious gift, wow!

The more Jiang Yongqing thought about it, the more excited he became. He felt today, as the game just launched, almost everyone wouldn’t know how to play, making it his best opportunity.

If he missed this chance, the difficulty to complete this bounty later would increase more than tenfold.

Thinking about it, he decided to act!

Jiang Yongqing had over a hundred marbles, and each "Marble Soul" match needed only one marble.

Meaning he had almost a hundred chances to experiment!

The first attempt, failed...

The players were eliminated too fast. He had only reached level seven with 12 players remaining.

The second attempt, failed...

The same old problem persisted. Players were eliminated too quickly, even though he tried his best to hunt down opponents, his speed in defeating them was not fast enough.

Third attempt, fourth...

Jiang Yongqing tried more than seventy times, yet he still couldn’t land in a favorable spawn area nor encounter a game where the remaining players plus the defeated players equaled the total number.

He was near giving up.

Ba’s gift was not easy to obtain! The bounty was virtually unattainable, the 30-level Marble Soul seeming to be a mere illusion.

The seventy-seventh attempt...

By this point, Jiang Yongqing had been immersed in the game for seven hours straight, becoming numb.

He didn’t hold out much hope, just wished for this round to end quickly so he could grab a bite and pick up his girlfriend after work.

"Let’s hunt those in the dark... huh?!"

After flexing his fingers, ready to unleash carnage, he inadvertently glanced at the top-right corner of the screen where the remaining players count was displayed.

Upon seeing it, he was stunned.

Remaining players: 37?!

What’s going on!

Wasn’t the "Marble Soul" mode supposed to accommodate only 30 players at most? How could there be 37 remaining players?

Hold on...

Just as he was about to complain about Ba’s potato server acting up, Jiang Yongqing realized something.

With 37 players remaining, never mind how those 7 extra players joined or whether Ba’s potato server had another glitch...

Doesn’t this mean that if he really tried, his chances of achieving the 30-level Marble Soul in this round are quite significant?

Oh yes, yes, yes!

Ba’s potato server had performed a miracle, offering this golden opportunity; it would be unjustified not to level up to 30!