freeallnovels Chapter 3 Su Qingyue was completely convinced
Chapter 3 Su Qingyue was completely convinced
Su Qingyue frowned as she looked at the introduction on the interface.
The Silent Hunter, with its low health and high mobility, has a core mechanic of stacking poison and discarding cards, making it seem like a game that beginners won't be able to understand.
"Hunter? But that class has so low health, and what's this poison stacking thing? I have no idea how to play it, will I die even faster?"
The burly men nearby laughed even harder when they heard this.
"Hahaha, did I hear that right? Letting a newbie choose the Hunter? This kid's really crazy!"
"Exactly, even experienced players can't understand the Hunter class. Letting a young girl play it is practically suicide, isn't it?"
"I think he's just afraid of dying and wants to play a tank, so he makes the girl play a squishy character to deal damage for him. It's disgusting."
Lin Ye still ignored the group of clowns jumping around.
He looked at Su Qingyue and explained the core logic clearly and simply:
"I'm asking you, what do you need most to survive?"
"It's not about high health or high burst damage, it's about high tolerance for mistakes and the ability to consistently deal damage without having to think."
"The Hunter's poison stacking system is a version of the solution tailor-made for beginners."
"You don't need to fight monsters face-to-face, you don't need to calculate complicated costs and card sequences, and you don't even need to care about how much health or defense the monster has."
"As long as you apply a layer of poison to the monster each round, it will automatically lose health each round. The more layers you apply, the greater the damage will become."
"All you have to do is one thing—build up your defenses and survive."
"Even if you're clumsy, even if you only play one defensive card per turn, as long as the poison is applied, the monster will die from the poison even if you stand still."
Lin Ye's words, one after another, struck Su Qingyue's heart like a hammer blow.
Her initial hesitation vanished almost instantly.
She was indeed a complete novice, knowing nothing about the spire, and couldn't understand the complicated controls at all.
The poison stacking system that Lin Ye mentioned doesn't require complicated operations; you can win as long as you survive and apply poison. It perfectly matches her current needs.
Seeing her relaxed expression, Lin Ye added another sentence, completely dispelling her last concern:
"A warrior's deck without its core cards is just a bunch of scrap metal. Without Corruption or Power cards, you can't even damage small minions."
"But the Hunter's poison stacking system can be played even with just one basic poison card. Even if you have extremely bad luck and don't get any core cards at all, you can still grind through the first layer with basic poison cards."
"The margin for error for beginners in these two professions is simply on different levels."
After hearing this, Su Qingyue no longer hesitated.
She looked at Lin Ye, nodded heavily, and then used her mind to directly lock onto the [Silent Hunter] class option.
[Selected Class: Silent Hunter]
[Initial deck has been distributed: 5 Attacks, 4 Defenses, 1 Neutralize]
The moment the deck refreshed, Su Qingyue clearly saw the effect of the [Neutralize] card: Inflict 1 stack of Poison + 1 stack of Weakness on the enemy target, cost 1.
She instantly understood just how simple the poison stacking system Lin Ye had described was.
For just 1 cost, you can inflict poison and weakness. As long as you play this card every turn and stack defense, you can steadily whittle down the monster.
She looked up at Lin Ye, her eyes now filled with conviction.
The burly men who had been mocking Lin Ye fell silent instantly, their faces turning pale and then red, unable to utter another sarcastic remark.
Even if they're incredibly stupid, they can see that this poison stacking system is indeed much more reliable than blindly choosing warriors.
Lin Ye looked at Su Qingyue's chosen profession, finally nodded, and continued:
"Now you should understand why I told you to choose 80 gold coins instead of 10 health points."
Su Qingyue nodded, then shook her head, a hint of confusion still in her eyes:
"I think I understand, but... what can you do with 80 gold coins? It's not as useful as 10 health points."
Not only her, but 90% of players worldwide who chose +10 health points couldn't understand this problem.
In their eyes, gold coins are meaningless; only real health points are the key to survival.
Lin Ye looked at her and clearly explained the underlying logic of the three options:
"Let me ask you first, what will these 10 health points bring you?"
"It just means starting with 10 more health points, which allows you to withstand one more normal attack from monsters, right?"
"But it's a one-time thing. You lose health in this fight, and you'll be in the next room with low health again. Can you really survive all the monsters on the first floor with just 10 points of health? Impossible."
"It doesn't solve your fundamental problem; it only addresses the symptoms, not the root cause."
Su Qingyue nodded repeatedly, then subconsciously asked, "What about random rare attack cards? Aren't those good too?"
"Even worse." Lin Ye scoffed, his tone full of disdain. "In a beginner's starting deck, there are 5 attack cards. These 5 cards are the worst cards in the entire deck."
"It only deals 6 damage for 1 mana, which is useless in the late game. It will only pollute your deck and prevent you from drawing your core defensive and utility cards."
"If you randomly add another rare attack card, it will most likely be a high-cost card, such as a 3-cost or 4-cost card. New players only have 3 mana per turn at the start of the game. If you play a high-cost attack card, you won't have any mana left to play defense, and you'll get beaten up by monsters."
"Moreover, the more useless cards you have in your deck, the lower your chances of drawing core cards. In the end, you'll have a hand full of useless cards that you can't play, and you'll just have to wait to die."
Su Qingyue's back instantly broke out in a cold sweat.
She had thought both options were pretty good, but she never expected there were so many pitfalls hidden within them.
If she had chosen according to her own ideas, she would be in a dead end now.
She looked at Lin Ye, her tone full of relief: "So... only gold coins are the most useful?"
"That's right." Lin Ye's tone was resolute. "Only gold coins are the only thing that can fundamentally improve your survival rate."
"After the first room on the first floor, there's a high chance a shop will appear. In the shop, you can delete a card for 50 gold coins."
"You start with 80 gold coins. Once you enter the shop, the first thing you should do is delete the worst basic attack card."
"If you have one less useless card in your deck, the probability of drawing core defensive cards and poison cards will double. This fundamentally improves your margin for error, making every battle more stable for you."
"With the remaining 30 gold, you can buy a healing potion or a 1-cost poison card to upgrade your deck to the next level."
"Do the math yourself."
Lin Ye looked at her and asked, "Is it the extra 10 temporary health points that will make you live longer? Or is it a more refined deck, where you can consistently draw defense and poison cards every turn, that will make you live longer?"
The answer is self-evident.
Su Qingyue was completely convinced.
She looked at Lin Ye, her eyes no longer filled with doubt, only with admiration and trust.
It turns out that 90% of people worldwide make the wrong choice right from the very first step.
Lin Ye, from the very beginning, chose the most correct and safest path.
Just then, the system notification sounded again.