"Recruiting people to join Youyu's faction against Doma," a few players read the quest and instantly understood.
Clearly, this quest is a sign indicating that the main storyline of the Orichalcos chapter is starting, and a large-scale war is about to break out!
The main quest is issued by the world's acknowledged protagonist, Youyu, which actually makes sense.
And after a small-scale faction battle against Doma in Domino City, players have already realized that during faction battles, each player can earn contribution points.
Contribution points in faction battles are quite useful. Earning points allows you to exchange them for Crystal Stones in the system, which is several times more efficient than players leveling up and grinding normally. If exchanged for experience points, the leveling efficiency is also significantly higher.
More importantly, contribution points can even be exchanged for some exclusive outfits!
Like a pony headgear, hippo headgear, or a penguin suit that makes you look silly…
It might sound a bit inexplicable, but for many players, these outfits with no practical value are more coveted than experience or Crystal Stones...
After receiving the quest, four players immediately went their separate ways to take action.
They each used their resources and networks, sparing no effort in mobilizing people.
Those with resources, like the popular streamer Miss Yue Hua and the big spender local tycoon Nora Tatsu, quickly contacted acquaintances, guilds, and even professional clubs. Everyone informed and contacted each other, and soon a large number of players learned about the main quest's details.
Of course, they didn't forget to post on forums to rally people.
Several players who have been around Youyu for a long time are already famous, with accounts officially VIP-verified in the forum. As soon as the posts were up, they immediately sparked intense reactions and enthusiastic responses from a crowd of potential helpers.
Of course, these players spawn in different locations after creating their accounts, widely distributed worldwide. So, it's impossible for Youyu to personally greet these adorable rookies right away.
But it doesn't matter; he already has resources at hand.
Because Duel Monsters has become a global craze, Industrial Illusions Society, as the game's developer, naturally has branches worldwide.
Youyu promptly commissioned Tenma Yako in the past few days to arrange bases in major cities where players are distributed. Any player willing to join can sign up at designated locations.
Also, Youyu considered that the cards held by players on the official server can't compare to those of the closed and open test players in Domino City. For official server players, they not only have lost more than a month of time but also missed the critical plot of the Duel City Arc.
Taking this into account, these players will inevitably appear to be less powerful when facing Doma's army.
But it doesn't matter; Youyu, the most considerate NPC in history, had already thought of this problem for the players.
He referred to the high-value newbie deck builds summarized by pros in the forum and combined them with his card inventory and understanding to specially assemble three to five beginner decks to choose from.
He then priced these decks based on versatility, strength, and acquisition difficulty, setting them as exclusive items available only to players joining the faction during the faction war event.
You can't imagine how enticing the phrase "event exclusive" can be to players.
Especially when they see the decks Youyu has offered, which are highly practical and much more powerful than their current Normal Decks, and the event pricing is only half of the usual, the rookies couldn't wait to get started.
The dedicated players worked through the night, determined not to rest until the faction war was over. The spenders' wallets were itching, almost uncontrollable.
This time, with help from Industrial Illusions Society, Youyu doesn't need to personally go around collecting crop shares. Players can trade with Crystal Stones directly at their city's base, with the stones being delivered to Youyu, the commander, through the faction panel, and then players can obtain their purchased decks from the Society's base.
At this point, it was time for the cards stored in the vast Ghouls' warehouses in various regions by Youyu to play their role, and the Industrial Illusions Society also generously sponsored a considerable amount of their stock. Otherwise, with so many players joining their faction from around the world, equipping all with battle decks would have overwhelmed Youyu if it were during the Duel City period.
Players worldwide enthusiastically stepped forward to offer help, each showing a stance willing to sacrifice themselves, which even startled the Society a bit.
At this time, the headquarters clearly understood that these were Youyu's recruited helpers. No one expected that this rising young Duel King would have such a high reputation in the Inner World, commanding so many duelists. Now, at this critical moment, his call to arms felt like "one command, a million warriors return"...
...except this "million warriors" had peculiar speech, erratic behavior, and seemingly strange thought processes.
But this didn't hinder Youyu's image from growing exalted in the eyes of the Society's duelists, especially led by Tenma Yako...
Of course, the rookies should be given a bit of time to mature; harvesting too early wouldn't be ideal. So, Youyu offered a week for players to enthusiastically register to join the faction, seize the time to grind for Crystal Stones, and buy decks.
Youyu felt he had fully considered the average level of players, and a week should be enough for most to save enough Crystal Stones to buy at least one deck.
Some exceptionally gifted players might even be able to get several decks.
For example, dedicated players: Yeah, this game is super easy, not taxing at all! (Just a bit cold at the head. JPG)
Or the lucky players: Yes, it's super easy, always pulling Divine Cards, winning Divine Artifacts in draws!
And then the high-spending players: Indeed, super easy!
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He also kept an eye on the progress of players who said in a forum post that they wanted to infiltrate Doma.
Amazingly, some players did manage to get in.
While not everyone could gather useful intelligence, at least they acquired clues about the distribution of some bases where players were located.
Then when the two factions officially go to war, players can easily identify the Doma Believers hidden among ordinary people by looking at red names, with everyone approximately equaling a human radar.
With this, they could at least gain the upper hand in battle.
A super organization, Doma, that has entrenched itself in the world for thousands of years, infiltrating all aspects of human society with the intention of resetting mankind to rebuild civilization, versus a player army whose origin, purpose, and behavior pattern all seem perplexing.
The battle of the century has arrived at the verge of eruption.