Chapter 197

Chapter 197. Teaser for a New Event. (3)

After wasting a few hours like that, our half-baked management team finally sent out a proper event notice to the users.

But the so-called “proper and detailed” event notice turned out to be something that gave the users a lot to think about.

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<General Notice>

<<<‘Ruins of the Ancient Empire’ Event Starts!>>>

<Soon, ‘Ancient Base Ruins’ with random structures will open near the Commanders’ bases.>

<Coordinates of the Ancient Base Ruins>

˪<This is the location rumored to be where the base of a now-extinct ancient civilization once stood.>

˪<It’s unknown what lies at these coordinates.>

˪<It might require only a few Superhumans to investigate, or it could be a massive operation requiring the Commander’s entire fleet.>

˪<The important thing is that if you find a proper Research Base or Research Laboratory and research materials inside, you can earn rewards from them.>

<Rewards from the Ancient Base Ruins>

<1. One guaranteed Dimensional Causality Fixation Ticket to obtain a random ship.>

˪<SSS~D grades are possible.>

<2. One guaranteed Dimensional Causality Fixation Ticket to obtain a random Superhuman.>

˪<SSS~D grades are possible.>

<You can also obtain random rewards during the exploration process.>

<Important Notes!>

˪<If you don’t find a ‘Research Base’ or ‘Research Laboratory’ before the event ends, you won’t receive any rewards!>

˪<The 1st and 2nd rewards from the ‘Ancient Base Ruins’ are only provided on the first attempt.>

˪<The ‘Capital of the Ancient Empire’ will open once the overall clearance rate of the ‘Ancient Base Ruins’ exceeds 50%.>

˪<Your event ranking will be based on the points earned from the ‘Ancient Base Ruins’ and the ‘Capital of the Ancient Empire,’ so please keep this in mind.>

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“Hmm.”

“Did the event start, Commander?”

“Yeah, it finally did.”

This time, I felt like something was unusually different, so I nodded and thoroughly read through the notice.

Not long after, I found something quite annoying in the notice.

‘Wait, what’s with the grades?’

They lumped SSS~D grades together?

And as usual, they didn’t disclose the probabilities for each grade, which made my eyebrow twitch involuntarily.

But since the event had started, I first sent my Superhumans and ships from each fleet to scout the area.

Then, I opened the gallery to see how other users were reacting or if anything had changed since I last played.

Of course, as I opened the gallery, I expected most users to be swearing like crazy and whining…

And as soon as the gallery opened, the posts confirmed my expectations, making me nod at the predictable chaos.

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Title: What’s with the event grades, dammit?

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Screenshot of the notice], [Image of a toad with its face too close to the camera, casting a shadow]

Management, is it really okay to just lump SSS to D grades together and call it a day?

At the very least, you should give us a 10-pull so we can get at least one A or S, right?

Comments:

-[LOLOLOLOLOLOL]

-[No wonder this trash game felt off when they just handed out guaranteed gacha tickets.]

-[At least it’s better than spending money on a guaranteed pull, right? Cheers.]

-[LOLOLOLOL]

-[Just give up, it’s easier.]

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Title: Management bastards, aren’t you gonna disclose the rates?

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Image of the notice stating SSS~D grades are included]

Even the scammers in my past life didn’t mess with rates like this, dammit.

How does it make sense for dungeons to be random too, not just gacha?

Management, disclose the rates for the event content right now!

Comments:

-[They’re never gonna do that, LOLOLOL]

-[LOLOLOL]

-[If you don’t like the temple, leave the monk.]

˪[Dammit, they’re blocking us from leaving and then telling us to leave, what a bunch of lunatics.] (Author)

˪[If you don’t know, just shut up and stay quiet.]

˪[One wrong word and you get roasted hard.]

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And so, countless posts criticizing the management team flooded the gallery.

It was a sight that truly resembled the Colosseum.

Whether the gallery was burning or not, that wasn’t important to me right now.

I deleted and blocked a few noticeable troll posts and users, then decided to look for the ‘information’ I wanted.

And thankfully, I found an analysis post about the event slowly rising amidst the flames.

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Title: Tips for Returning Veterans and Newbies.txt

Author: Baku

Content: [Notice Screenshot]

First, this event was first held about three and a half years ago by Bung’s standards.

What’s changed? Just some minor stat tweaks and the addition of new-style dungeons?

For the most part, it should be pretty similar to the original.

However, the rewards have changed a bit. Back then, the minimum was A-grade, and they gave 10 consecutive draws, but this time, they’ve added D-grade and are giving single draws?

At least back then, there was a structure where you could get blanks, resource boxes, and equipment boxes.

This time, it’s a confirmed pick where you either get a ship or a superhuman, so depending on the person, this might seem better. Yep.

Comments:

– [Interesting post]

– [Delicious corn]

– [Is it a battle between exploding with 10 consecutive draws or getting a D-grade with a single draw?]

– [Yep, that’s right]

– [It’s really not easy]

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First, the event rewards have been reduced from 10 consecutive draws to single draws.

But hearing that it’s now a ‘confirmed reward,’ I suddenly felt really good about this event.

And for good reason. Before diving into ship-stocks, I had done 30 or 50 consecutive draws.

What was the result of the gacha I pulled?

‘Well, it was a disastrous explosion.’

Through that utterly disastrous explosion, I had given up on getting new forces through gacha.

For me, rather than giving me a measly 10-draw ticket and calling it a day, a single-draw ticket that gives a ‘confirmed’ result, even if the range is quite wide, is much more beneficial.

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And while I was reading those posts, the gallery started to slowly fill up with screenshots of ‘Ancient Base Ruins’ that people had found, even though the event had just started…

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Title: LOLOLOL Found an Ancient Ruin!!!

Author: I Only Play Superhumans

Content: [Quest proof of mapping in a massive galaxy], [Shiny galaxy image]

Huh?

Comments:

– [LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL]

– [Galaxy win LOLOLOLOLOLOL]

– [Wow, the scale is insane, agreed]

– [I only raised superhumans but damn, using fleets in dungeons LOLOLOL]

– [No fleet?]

– [Got wiped during the central zone invasion, so no fleet yep] (Author)

– [Damn, RIP]

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Title: What the hell is this

Author: FleetBattlesAreLove

Content: [A fleet of 12 Cruiser Battleships and various Small Ships surrounding a small dungeon the size of a villa.jpg], [A quest to enter the villa-like dungeon research lab]

I only prepared for fleet battles because I don’t have any superhumans.

What is this?

Comments:

– [This guy’s the opposite of the post above]

– [LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL]

– [What are you doing? Hurry up and roll the gacha to get a superhuman]

– [Damn, this guy’s fleet is well-raised, thumbs up]

– [Where’d you sell your superhumans?]

– [Sold them all in human trafficking to buy ships with gold, damn it] (Author)

– [Idiot…]

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Seeing the sincere ‘random’ nature of the dungeon that doesn’t care about the commander’s situation at all,

I decided to offer a sincere prayer towards the ‘dungeon’ that our fleet hadn’t yet searched.

‘I already blew 50 consecutive draws to ward off bad luck, so please let luck be on my side this time.’