The new server for "Datang" is open. Gold can be cashed out at a 1:1 rate, equipment drop rates have been slashed to rock bottom, and every death costs 10% of your gear's durability. Repairs cost 30 yuan each.
Li Yitian, retired from esports, awakens the talent [Sword Intent]: each critical hit permanently grants 1 Sword Intent point, and every rank of Sword Intent increases damage from all skills by 1%. In an era when attacks dealt just 1 damage from the start, people laughed at this talent as "the most useless in history."
Three months later, the top guild on the server mobilizes a thousand players to hunt him down. The vice guild leader works through the night on a budget report: estimated deaths, 700 players; repair fees, 21,000 yuan; target's losses, 30 yuan.
On the night of the hunt, he stands alone in Valley of Villains, nine flying swords of Sword Intent behind him.
The guild leader stares at the budget report, urgently calls off the operation, and replaces the plan with four words: Cut losses. Retreat.
