37: Chapter 37 Exclusive Event: Everyone Can Win Prizes

One week later.

Above the three novice villages—Luofeng Village, Fengyu Village, and Shiti Village—a massive official event light screen simultaneously lit up.

A bright red announcement directly dominated the entire region.

[Novice Carnival Week is officially open!]

[Event Scope: The entire Falling Maple Novice Area]

[Event content has been approved by the Archon of Luofeng Village, Lin Chen]

[Event 1: Double EXP when killing monsters during the event]

[Event 2: Chance to drop exclusive Commemorative Coins]

[Event 3: Commemorative Coins can be exchanged for Blue Equipment, rare materials, and exclusive buff rewards]

[Event Duration: Seven days]

As soon as the announcement appeared, the three villages were in an uproar.

"Double EXP?!"

"And Commemorative Coins drop too!"

"Quick, quick, quick! Stop doing normal quests, go grind monsters first!"

"The event was approved by Little Archon Lin, the rewards definitely won't be stingy!"

Village entrances, woodlands, mining areas, and herb collection points—almost all players moved at the same time.

Outside Luofeng Village, the Wild Wolf spawn point had queues three layers deep.

On the grasslands of Fengyu Village, fields of Wild Rabbits were wiped out the moment they spawned.

By the mines of Shiti Village, even players with life professions were raising their pickaxes to mine while fighting monsters.

The entire Novice Area was completely buzzing with activity.

"Ding!"

"I got a Commemorative Coin drop!"

"I got one too!"

"The drop rate for this thing isn't low at all!"

One by one, crimson-gold small round coins fell from the monsters' corpses, each engraved with a tiny maple leaf pattern and a cute, milky "Chen" character.

The players' eyes lit up as they picked them up.

The event shop also opened simultaneously next to the bulletin boards in the three villages.

[Blue Equipment Exchange: 100 Commemorative Coins]

[Rare Material Gift Pack: 50 Commemorative Coins]

[Advanced Potion Box: 30 Commemorative Coins]

[Lin Chen Exclusive Affection Buff: 200 Commemorative Coins]

Once these prices were displayed, the players went even crazier.

"Go for the Blue Equipment!"

"Don't spend them recklessly yet, save them to exchange for the affection buff!"

"I'm going to grind for a whole day to scrape together 200 of them!"

Lin Chen lay in Xing Jianwan's arms, looking at the players running around everywhere in the three villages, his little face very satisfied.

"This event is okay."

Xing Jianwan looked down at the event panel, the corners of her mouth lifting slightly.

"The official team has indeed learned their lesson this time."

Not far away, Zhou Ming stood by the bulletin board with several operation accounts; sweat was on his forehead, but his face was full of smiles.

Before the event plan went live, they had originally wanted to stuff some limited-purchase mall items in to make a profit.

But after Lin Chen took one look, he changed it in his milky voice.

"Delete them."

"Double the rewards."

"Add Blue Equipment to the Commemorative Coin exchange list."

"Only when players are happy will the event be lively."

Zhou Ming was gasping in pain at the time.

But now, looking at the skyrocketing activity and revenue in the backend, he just wanted to slap himself.

It's a good thing he listened.

Less than half a day after the event started, the first person to take the plunge emerged.

Player [Ironhead Asheng] clutched a Blue Equipment two-handed axe he had just exchanged for and immediately posted a screenshot on the world channel.

[Blue Equipment · Stone-Splitting Battle Axe]

[Exchange Source: Novice Carnival Week Commemorative Shop]

The caption was even more arrogant.

"Grinded 100 coins in half a day and exchanged them directly for Blue Equipment. The Falling Maple Novice Area is just awesome!"

The world channel exploded instantly.

"Can you really exchange for Blue Equipment?!"

"I thought it was just a gimmick!"

"Damn, our district's events are all about giving out crappy potions, while they're giving out Blue Equipment directly?"

"The events on Big Shot Lin Zhe's side are just too rich!"

In no time, another player posted a Rare Material Gift Pack.

Half an hour later, a third powerhouse popped up.

[Old He Not Bald] posted a screenshot on the world channel.

[Obtained: Lin Chen Exclusive Affection Buff]

[Effect: Lasts 24 hours, Drop Rate +15%, Task Rewards additionally increased]

This single screenshot made the entire server green with envy.

"Good heavens, you can even exchange for an exclusive buff!"

"Is this event even reasonable?!"

"Is it too late for me to transfer to the Falling Maple Novice Area now?"

The players in the three villages grinded even crazier.

Many didn't even want to log off to eat; they chewed on bread while hacking at monsters.

Lin Zhe stood on the dirt slope at the village entrance, the event data panel constantly flickering before his eyes.

The number of participants skyrocketed.

The Commemorative Coin exchange speed was very fast.

Player enthusiasm was still surging.

He swept a glance over it, the corners of his mouth curling slightly.

It's still not enough.

The next second, he opened the event drop panel directly.

[Current base drop rate of Commemorative Coins: 12%]

Lin Zhe's mind stirred.

"Increase by 5%."

Hum—

A wisp of pale gold rule-line quietly merged into all the event monster spawn points in the three villages.

[Commemorative Coin drop rate adjustment successful]

[Current event drop rate: 17%]

He also casually added ten hidden rewards at the very bottom of the exchange list.

[Random Hidden Task Qualification]

[Limited: 10]

[Exchange Condition: Special Commemorative Coin draw]

After doing all this, Lin Zhe closed the panel.

Not long after, the effect appeared.

"Holy crap! Why does it feel like more Commemorative Coins are dropping today?"

"I just got three in a row!"

"I got them too. Did Big Shot Lin secretly buff the rewards again?"

Subsequently, even louder exclamations erupted.

Over in Shiti Village, when a player named [Bancun Is Lucky Again] was exchanging Commemorative Coins, a golden light suddenly popped up on their panel.

[Congratulations on obtaining the hidden reward: Random Hidden Task Qualification]

The player was stunned on the spot, and the next second, they started spamming the world channel.

"I got it! I got the Hidden Task Qualification!"

"Big Shot Lin Zhe is awesome!!!"

This shout pushed the event atmosphere to the peak.

The world channels of the three villages were all spamming the same sentence.

"Big Shot Lin Zhe is awesome!"

"Little Archon Lin is awesome!"

"This event is so good!"

In the official backend, the data also completely took off.

"Recharges have doubled again!"

"Two times higher than last week!"

"Players are buying out the entire mall to grind for contributions, buy supplies, and buy gifts!"

Zhou Ming stared at the backend, grinning so wide he couldn't close his mouth.

An operations executive nearby, who had previously had objections to Lin Zhe, looked at the exaggerated revenue curve at this moment, was silent for a few seconds, and finally squeezed out a dry sentence.

"This... Lin Zhe is not an ordinary NPC."

"He is a top-tier traffic NPC."

The people around were stunned at first, then all nodded.

"Yes, yes, he is top-tier traffic."

"Whoever can drive this kind of event popularity is the boss."

"From now on, Novice Area event plans must be submitted for review first."

On the dirt slope, the wind blew through the maple leaves.

The sounds of killing, cheering, and exchanging in the three villages mixed together, hot like a pot of boiling water.

Xing Jianwan held Lin Chen and looked up at Lin Zhe.

"Now the whole server knows."

"Even official events have to depend on the moods of you father and son."

Lin Zhe looked at the players in the distance who were still frantically grinding for Commemorative Coins, his expression indifferent.

"Knowing is enough."

In the distance, in front of the bulletin board, another golden light lit up.

Apparently, someone else had drawn a reward.