Chapter 260: Strange Blue-Robed Villager!!
Just from the virtual map shown of the Trial Grounds, you can tell that its competition method is completely different from the Divine Domain Tournament.
The Divine Domain Tournament is basically a battle royale, only one person can survive the entire match and win the reward.
But the Trial Grounds is more like an upgraded version of Bed Wars. From the different terrains in each region, you can tell, it seems like a faction war.
Also, the Trial Grounds doesn't tell players what their task is before they enter. So, it's very possible that everyone, or rather, every type of person, has a different task.
And this is what Notch is confused about.
'What exactly is the person who created the Trial Grounds trying to do?'
'What goal are they trying to achieve through the Trial Grounds?'
'Which faction are they on?'
'Do they pose a threat to this game world or not?'
From the moment he got news about the Trial Grounds up to now, these questions have been constantly going through Notch's mind.
But the clues he got were too few, so he couldn't find the answers to these questions. That's why he decided to personally enter the Trial Grounds and take a look.
He stood in front of the testing notice board, actually thinking about these questions the whole time.
Because he was too focused, he completely didn't hear the waves of dissatisfied voices coming from behind. Until one of the players behind really couldn't hold back and pushed him a few times, only then did he react.
"Uh… sorry, sorry…"
After snapping out of it, Notch also took a deep breath and slowly placed his hand on the testing notice board.
Normally, someone dressed like Notch wouldn't draw attention. But since he delayed for so long here, he still attracted a lot of dissatisfaction from players. Quite a few players behind came forward, ready to watch him make a fool of himself.
[Test Result]
[Unqualified]
[Estimated probability of passing the trial: 1%]
[Did not obtain trial qualification!]
As soon as Notch's trial result came out, mockery echoed all around.
"Did I see that right?! Damn?! 1%?! That's a new historic low!!"
"1%… I've been in line for an hour, first time seeing a passing rate this low…"
"This guy came here to be funny, right?! Hahahahahaha!"
"Even among ten thousand people, it's rare to get 80%. Among a million, even 1% is hard to find. In a way, that's one in a million too! Hahahaha!"
Seeing the test result, Notch himself was also stunned. He had mentally prepared himself beforehand, knowing he might not pass the trial.
Though he's the creator of the game, he's not really skilled at actually playing it. He's all theory, zero practical experience.
Notch had seen some non-combat players pass the test. So he wanted to try too, but didn't expect the test to show only a 1% chance of passing.
Seeing this, Notch sighed deeply and muttered, "At least I'm the founder of the game, could you give me a little bit of face?..."
Just as he was about to pull his hand back and leave, he found the words on the testing notice board suddenly changed.
[Test Result]
[Excellent!]
[Estimated probability of passing the trial: 95%!]
[Congratulations! Trial qualification obtained!]
[Touch here to enter the Trial Grounds]
When the testing notice board suddenly changed, the nearby players who had gathered to spectate nearly dropped their jaws to the ground.
"Ah?????? Ah?????? Ah??????"
"95%?????!!!"
"What the hell?! Is this a glitch with the testing board?!"
"What… what the hell is going on?!"
"No way? Is he really some kind of chosen one among millions?!"
Seeing the changed numbers on the testing board, Notch was completely stunned.
"This… what's going on?!"
Although the earlier 1% passing rate wasn't quite what Notch expected… This sudden jump to 95% was even further from what he expected.
'Could it have sensed my identity and the testing board malfunctioned?'
Notch had confidence, sure, but facing an unknown trial, he still didn't have much confidence.
After all, he had no combat experience, and those who entered earlier seemed like powerful and prestigious players in the game.
To survive in the Trial Grounds would obviously be tough.
So seeing such a high passing rate on the board, Notch thought, 'Maybe it was a mechanical error or something.'
As he was thinking that, the numbers on the board turned back to 1%.
"Changed back again?…"
Before Notch could understand what was going on, the passing rate turned back to 95%. Just like that, the test board's numbers kept switching back and forth between 1% and 95%.
Seeing this, the players nearby were all dumbfounded.
"Uh? What the heck is going on?…"
"Who is this bald uncle? Did he just fry the CPU of the testing board or something? Did it malfunction?…"
"Jumping back and forth between the highest and lowest… I feel like this bald uncle isn't normal!!"
"Reminds me of a saying: there's a fine line between genius and madness…"
Although players were curious about Notch, the Trial Grounds were about to open, and there was no time to stand around, so they started urging him.
"Hey, bald uncle, are you going in or not?! Hurry up!"
"You better not stay there anymore! If you really broke the testing board, we who waited in line this long might just kill you!!"
"Move it! Time's almost up!!"
Though Notch was confused by the board's flickering numbers, hearing the players behind urging him, he didn't care anymore.
"Forget it, I'll go in and see!"
Being able to obtain trial qualification was obviously the best for Notch. Everything else could be studied once he was inside.
Thinking this, Notch fixed his eyes on the board and, when it showed 95%, quickly placed his hand back on it.
With a strong pulling force, Notch vanished on the spot.
Time ticked by second after second, and the opening time for the Trial Grounds drew closer. But the number of people on the prairie where the Trial Grounds entrance was located didn't go down.
Though, fewer people were lining up at the testing boards. The people who remained were mostly those who had already been tested but didn't qualify for the trial.
The reason they stayed was to see whether the Trial Grounds would have some kind of special live broadcast feature.
After all, everyone had already assumed that the Trial Grounds wasn't made by the official devs. So it was unlikely to be streamed on the official forum.
Plus, besides the testing boards, the entrance to the Trial Grounds looked fairly high-tech. So everyone just waited by the entrance.
At this point, hardly anyone was testing anymore at the boards.
On the monster faction's side, there was almost no one left in line.
On the player faction's side, only a few people remained near the test boards.
At that moment, a blue-robed villager who suddenly appeared among the players caught everyone's attention.
He looked several times in the direction of the iron golem troops on the monster faction's side. When he saw no one over there was paying attention to the players' side, he quickly darted up to the testing board.
The strange actions of this blue-robed villager were seen by the nearby players, and they all became curious.
"Huh? That's weird. Why is a villager running to our player faction's test board?"
"Yeah! Villagers, monsters, and animals are all on the other side. What's he doing over here?…"
"Wait, come to think of it, I think he's the only villager doing the test, right?!"
"Yeah! Even the armed iron golems came, but no villagers till now!"
Though the players felt something was off, they didn't stop the blue-robed villager from doing the test. After all, no one was really lining up anymore. Also, the blue-robed villager didn't seem to be wearing any equipment, didn't look like a villager soldier.
He probably wouldn't pass the test anyway. Everyone just gathered with a "watch for fun" attitude to see the results of this weird blue-robed villager.
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