Official Website:
Wasteland OL Closed Beta Server alpha 0.2 Update Announcement.
Major Updates:
1. The number of closed beta players has increased to 30.
2. The "Winter Is Coming" expansion is now live: the game will enter winter within thirty days, and temperatures will drop to minus ten degrees within sixty days. If the severe cold is successfully resisted, all players in the closed beta phase who maintain an average daily online time of over four hours will receive the limited title "Winter Warrior." If the challenge fails, the game server will be shut down for a limited period and the closed beta will resume once the difficulty settings have been adjusted.
Optimizations:
1. A more realistic physics system.
2. More diverse mutated creatures.
3. Increased freedom.
4. Fixed a small number of bugs.
5...
The player handbook has been updated to version 2.0. Players who have received invitations, please review it promptly.
Current number of reservations: 113
Good lord.
In the time it took to refresh, there were actually two more reservations.
At that moment, Chu Guang was sitting in the shelter's residents' hall, staring at the official website backend on his computer screen and pondering.
"Where did all these people come from?"
There weren't that many active people in the group either...
Alt accounts?
Impossible.
No one could make alt accounts on Wasteland OL's official website.
Changing IPs was useless. Changing heads would be useless too. Just like the helmet, reservation eligibility was tied to the person, not the computer.
Chu Guang opened the forum and took a look. There were quite a few familiar IDs, as well as some he was seeing for the first time.
Quit Smoking: Why did the forum suddenly get so many people??? Where did you all come from?!
Kakarot from the Future: A King of Glory party group? I saw someone else post the link.
Yileina: I'm different. I came from a driving group. (smirk)
All the Good Names Were Taken by Dogs: Bro, lend me a copy so I can speak.
That Trace of Longing: (eating popcorn)
Teng Teng: What kind of game is this? Is it legit?
Demon King Every Day: +1, same question.
Quit Smoking: No need to ask. You can tell at a glance it's not legit. Do those people up there look legit to you? I'm begging you, don't reserve a spot! It's fake, it's all fake! (going crazy)
Teng Teng: ≡ω≡
Demon King Every Day: I'll be leaving then.
Chu Guang: ...
Was there something wrong with Quit Smoking???
The official forum had finally gained a little popularity, and before it had even warmed up, this guy had scared someone away.
Maybe more than one...
Chu Guang was speechless for a moment, but he didn't take it too much to heart.
He wasn't such a petty man.
After browsing the forum for a while, Chu Guang more or less understood why there had suddenly been such a large influx of new users.
Some troll from who knew which group had forwarded screenshots of the Ox-Horse Club chat and the game's official website link to other gaming groups.
After that, Wasteland OL, a game with only an official website, settings, and "promises," inexplicably became popular in gaming circles.
Many new users had followed the trend over from other gaming groups. Most were asking things like, "What kind of game is this thing?", "When will the game enter internal testing?", and strange questions that were inconvenient to answer, such as, "Can you take off your pants?" and "Is there censorship?"
There were barely any people seriously discussing the game's content.
Chu Guang couldn't help wondering whether he should appoint a few moderators to help manage the forum.
Switching to his desktop and logging into Penguin, Chu Guang opened the Ox-Horse Club game group. It was incredibly lively at the moment.
The topic of closed beta qualifications seemed to have been discussed earlier. Now, the group's discussion was entirely focused on the alpha 0.2 update and the "Winter Is Coming" expansion.
A game still in closed beta had actually released an expansion?
That was way too damn ridiculous!
Junk Collector Level 99: Damn, doesn't that mean people without closed beta access will miss it outright?
Who Understands Love: That's absurd!
Quit Smoking: Someone @ the dog planner and tell him to recruit more people! I don't want money! No, I can pay!
Junk Collector Level 99: @Guang, someone's calling you a dog planner.
Quit Smoking: Fuck!
("Quit Smoking" withdrew a message)
Chu Guang: "..."
Why was it this guy again?
Just as Chu Guang was wondering whether he should say something, he suddenly noticed that Long Days Ahead had sent him a private message.
Brother Guang, you there? (grinning)
Curious about what this old bro wanted to say, Chu Guang typed a reply.
Just finished up. What's up?
Long Days Ahead: There's something I've always been confused about, and I wanted to ask you... Is the NPC called the Administrator played by one of your company's employees, or is it AI?
Worried that this old bro might find the question inconvenient to answer, he immediately added another sentence after typing it.
I'm just asking casually. If it involves company secrets or something, just pretend I didn't ask.
Guang: It's fine. It's not really a secret, and besides, a lowly planner like me wouldn't have access to confidential information anyway.
Fang Chang looked delighted and hurriedly typed back.
Mm-hmm! Then please tell me!
Chu Guang thought for a moment, then shamelessly typed on the keyboard.
Simply put, its existence is very special.
Special!
Good lord.
This NPC really wasn't simple!
Having keenly caught those two key words, Long Days Ahead became excited all over, his thumbs flying across his phone screen.
Can you be more specific?!
Guang: He's the first-generation complete artificial intelligence developed by our company.
Complete artificial intelligence??
Fang Chang was completely dumbfounded.
This had already exceeded the scope of his knowledge.
But—
It sounded amazing!
Sitting in front of his computer, Fang Chang's eyes shone. He wished this "inside man" would reveal a little more.
And Brother Guang did not disappoint him, continuing to type on the screen.
Guang: That's right, an artificial intelligence that is practically identical to a human!
Guang: He has his own personality, memories, thought patterns, values, and behavioral motivations, so we gave him the authority to restrain players and the responsibility of guiding them into the game.
So that was it!
I'm fucking genius!
Fang Chang was so excited that he nearly dropped his phone on his face. His trembling thumbs continued typing.
Long Days Ahead: I get it! No wonder his decisions can affect your testing schedule! Actually, I already noticed that this game's content has been developed to an extremely polished degree. That immersive feeling is practically like a real world! It's no exaggeration to say that even someone as picky as me can't find a single obvious bug!
Long Days Ahead: If there's one flaw, it's probably that there are too few NPCs! So I thought at the time, is it possible that what you're testing isn't the game itself, but the game's AI? Even the "Winter Is Coming" expansion released in alpha 0.2 was for this purpose... Am I right?
Straight to the heart!
Right to the point!
That was Long Days Ahead's evaluation of his own remarks.
Putting together all the clues, he felt that he had completely seen through the game developer's intentions.
The group members were all discussing why Wasteland OL had released the Winter Is Coming expansion during closed beta. In his eyes, the fragmented conclusions and guesses they had pieced together were all superficial.
At best, they had seen only the first layer. Some had not even reached the first layer.
Only he had reached the stratosphere this time!
On the surface, the mysterious company developing Wasteland OL was testing the game. In reality, what they were truly testing was the "complete artificial intelligence" operating within the game framework!
And this expansion called Winter Is Coming was precisely this mysterious company's test of its first-generation complete artificial intelligence!
Silence lasted for a while.
Seeing that this old bro called Guang wasn't speaking, Fang Chang already had his answer, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously curled upward.
I really am a genius!
Guang: You're very smart.
Guang: It really is as you said. The Winter Is Coming expansion is indeed meant to test the performance of the first-generation complete artificial intelligence, and this is also a necessary procedure before opening the next round of testing.
As he typed those words, Chu Guang silently deleted the explanation he had just drafted in his document.
Because he felt this old bro's nonsense sounded more convincing.
No exaggeration, this guy really was talented.
At least when it came to imagination...
Long Days Ahead: I think I understand what you mean. So the progress of testing really is affected by the progress of the game's plot, right?
Guang: Yes.
Long Days Ahead: And at this stage, the only one who can advance the plot is the Administrator of Vault 404, right?
Guang: Right.
Long Days Ahead: Thank you! I understand! Sorry for bothering you and making you reveal so much insider information. But don't worry, I'll definitely keep it secret! (grinning)
Guang: Actually, it doesn't really count as insider information. It's fine even if you don't keep it secret.
Long Days Ahead: No, no, no, I'll definitely keep it secret, don't worry! Everyone who knows me knows I'm super reliable! (grinning) (grinning)
Chu Guang: "..."
Was this the legendary enterprise-grade comprehension?
He had learned something new.
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