Chapter 303: The End of Heaven's Chosen Space is Still Within the System
At the same time, all players currently in Heaven's Chosen Space, including Cheng Tian who was still in the instance, received the following notification:
[Heaven's Chosen Space has added a new fixed challenge facility: "Black and White Twin Towers".]
[Black and White Twin Towers: Challenge facility, tower-climbing mode. Players can challenge the "Twin Black Tower" or "Twin White Tower" by consuming "Black Tower Challenge Tickets" or "White Tower Challenge Tickets" during their stay in the Space.
Twin White Tower —
The Twin White Tower features one-on-one BOSS consecutive battles. Players will randomly encounter BOSS units that have appeared in all instances they have experienced in the past, including but not limited to enemy, allied, and neutral units; all BOSS units' templates will be upgraded to Leader-level, and their strength and related ability mechanisms will also be adjusted and increased according to the strength of the challenging player; with each BOSS defeated, the next BOSS's strength will increase, and the player's current status will carry over through the challenge.
For each BOSS defeated, the player will earn 1 point. These points can be immediately exchanged for a random treasure chest, or accumulated to continue challenging the next BOSS, until the player is defeated or actively withdraws; the more points, the higher the rarity of the treasure chest, and points can also be used to select the range and type of drops.
Twin White Tower challenge points will be reset at the beginning of next month.
Twin Black Tower —
The Twin Black Tower features one-against-many monster wave battles. Players will randomly encounter wave after wave of non-BOSS units that have appeared in all instances they have experienced in the past. The monster waves will be adjusted according to the player's strength, and each wave will be stronger than the last; every 5 waves will add at least 2 Elite units, and every 10 waves will add at least 1 Champion unit.
For each wave of monsters eliminated, players will receive a corresponding amount of Soul Shards. Soul Shards can be used to directly purchase consumables, buffs, and other auxiliary supplies provided by the Space, or accumulated to exchange for fixed enhancement items with "Ys Origin" characteristics, such as "Clerias" ore; the accumulation of Soul Shards will continue until the player is defeated or actively withdraws.
Twin Black Tower Soul Shards will be reset at the beginning of next month.
During challenges in both the White Tower and Black Tower, players will not truly die.
Both Black and White Twin Tower climbing challenges have independent time limits. If a BOSS or monster wave is defeated within the time limit, players will normally acquire points and Soul Shards; if a BOSS or monster wave cannot be defeated within the time limit, players will not acquire the corresponding points and Soul Shards, but can continue to challenge the next BOSS or monster wave.
For some non-combat support-type players specializing in assistance, recovery, stealth, etc., the "Survival Mode" of the Black and White Twin Towers can be chosen, which means surviving attacks from BOSSes or monster waves for a fixed period of time. The rules for exchanging points and Soul Shards will be adjusted accordingly.]
[The Black and White Twin Towers will unlock more challenge modes in the future.]
[Black and White Twin Towers Challenge Ticket related rules —
Successfully complete a main quest and return normally, gaining 1 authorization to exchange for a "Black Ticket" or "White Ticket".
Successfully complete a specific bounty quest refreshed by the Space, gaining 1 exchange authorization.
Find and submit a special item, gaining 1 exchange authorization.
Challenge tickets cannot be traded, but items obtained during the challenge process can be permanently taken out.
Challenge tickets are only valid for the current month.
Players can challenge the Black and White Twin Towers separately only once each month.]
[The Black and White Twin Towers come with a "Tower Climbing Public Leaderboard" function, divided into "Historical Tower King" and "Current Month Tower King" two leaderboards.
Players' tower climbing progress will be displayed in real-time on the leaderboard, categorized into "Unranked, Iron-tier, Bronze-tier, Silver-tier, Gold-tier", and players can choose to display or hide their Player ID according to their own needs.]
[Based on the completion status of last month's main quests, exchange authorizations have been issued. Players, please check your notifications.]
It's unclear who started it, but at this moment, a considerable number of players could be seen in Heaven's Chosen Space, surging from all directions towards the northern area of the Space.
As a combat zone primarily featuring the Wooden Man Training Ground and PK Arena, the usual foot traffic here was pitifully low compared to other areas. After all, players fought desperately in instances, and after emerging alive, regardless of whether they completed the main quest or retreated in disarray, everyone generally just wanted to rest properly, whether by playing, eating, or indulging. Only a very small number of battle maniacs, disciplined individuals, and some players who had just acquired new skills and wanted to test their performance would appear in this area.
The appearance of the Black and White Twin Towers clearly ignited the emotions of the Space's players.
Putting everything else aside, the mere fact that no one would die in the tower-climbing challenge was enough to make it popular.
Compared to bounty instances where more accidents could occur, tower-climbing challenges were clearly safer and more efficient. For players who had no idea how to uncover hidden plots in instances and only cared about the thrill of combat, tower-climbing was simply as exhilarating as it gets!
Forget about thinking, focus on muscle movement, just kill, kill, kill, and it's done!
In a sense, this might also be an area for releasing stress and allowing players to make up for regrets.
After all, for many players, when they were still very weak, they could only retreat in humiliation before certain BOSSes. But after they became strong again, there were very few opportunities to personally exact revenge. The random BOSS refresh provided by the Twin Towers offered a much higher chance of encountering them than specifically acquiring instance keys.
Some people even found a certain NPC from their own faction quite annoying, but couldn't actually fight them due to faction issues. The Twin Towers provided a rare opportunity to beat up allied BOSSes.
Some were still reading the notifications, while others had already directly exchanged for challenge tickets and disappeared into the Black and White Towers.
According to the challenge ticket exchange rules, players who could immediately enter the towers now were clearly those who had completed the main instances last month, generally having reaped full rewards, and many of them had more or less a desire to show off.
And the Black and White Twin Towers, with its two leaderboards, was clearly a good place to showcase oneself.
In addition, even the most powerful guilds couldn't occupy the Black and White Towers in the same way they occupied the mission center to snatch quests. It was foreseeable that this would also become a place for certain guilds to flex their muscles.
Cheng Tian, as the instigator, naturally also received the relevant information, but compared to other players, he received a few extra notifications.
[You can challenge the Black and White Twin Towers without a challenge ticket.
Your minion units will gain independent challenge authority for the Twin Towers, and will automatically receive 1 Black and 1 White Challenge Ticket each month.
When you challenge the Black and White Twin Towers, you can specify BOSS units and monster wave sources, but you cannot repeatedly challenge the same opponent within the current month.
You can additionally specify 1 range for the drop items of the random treasure chest.
When you are in the main instance of the monthly trial, you will have 1 opportunity to summon the Twin Goddesses, who will carry a "Portable Twin Black Tower" or "Portable Twin White Tower" to provide you with additional support.]