alpha 0.2 Version Update

Official Website:

[Wasteland Online Closed Beta Server alpha 0.2 Version Update Announcement.]

[Major Updates:

1. Closed Beta player count increased to 30.

2. "Winter is Coming" Expansion Pack Online: The game will enter winter within thirty days, and the temperature will drop to below minus ten degrees Celsius within sixty days. If players successfully withstand the harsh cold, all players who meet the requirement of an average daily online time of over 4 hours during the closed beta phase will receive the limited title "Winter Warrior". If the challenge fails, the game server will be temporarily shut down within the specified period and will resume closed beta after difficulty settings are adjusted.

]

[Optimizations:

1. 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 obtained invitation qualifications should check it promptly.]

[Current Reservation Count: 113]

Well now.

In the time it took to refresh, two more reservations appeared.

At this moment, Chu Guang was sitting in the Resident Hall of the Shelter, staring at the official website backend on the computer screen, pondering.

"Where did these people come from?"

There weren't that many active people in the group chat...

Alt accounts?

Impossible.

No one could create alt accounts on the Wasteland Online official website.

Forget changing IP addresses, even changing your head wouldn't work. The reservation qualification, like the helmet, was tied to the person, not the computer.

Chu Guang opened the forum and took a look. There were many familiar IDs, but also some he was seeing for the first time.

Quit Smoking: [Why are there suddenly so many people on the forum??? Where did you all come from!]

Kakarot from the Future: [A King's team-up group? I saw a link someone posted.]

Ilena: [I'm different, I came from a driving group. (Grinning)]

All the Good Names Were Taken by Dogs: [Brother, lend me one to talk about.]

That Hint of Longing: [(Eating melon)]

Tengteng: [What kind of game is this? Is it legitimate?]

Everyday Great Demon King: [+1, same question.]

Quit Smoking: [No need to ask, it's clearly not legitimate. Look at those people above, are they legitimate? Please, please, please, don't reserve! It's fake, it's all fake. (Frantic)]

Tengteng: [≡ω≡]

Everyday Great Demon King: [Leaving.]

Chu Guang: ...

Is this "Quit Smoking" guy crazy???

The official website forum finally got a little popular, and before it even warmed up, he scared one person away.

Maybe even more than one...

Chu Guang was speechless for a moment, but he didn't take it too much to heart.

He wasn't that kind of petty man.

After browsing the forum for a while, Chu Guang roughly understood why there had suddenly been a large influx of new users recently.

He didn't know which group hopper had shared screenshots of the Cattle and Horse Club group chat and the game's official website link to other gaming groups.

And then, this "Wasteland Online," which only had an official website, settings, and "pie in the sky," inexplicably became popular in the gaming community.

Many new users followed the trend from other gaming groups, mostly asking "What kind of game is this?", "When is the internal beta?", and strange questions that were inconvenient to answer like "Can you take off your pants?" and "Is there mosaic?".

There were hardly any people genuinely discussing the game content.

Chu Guang couldn't help but wonder if he should appoint a few moderators to help manage the forum.

Switching to the desktop and logging into his Penguin account, Chu Guang opened the "Cattle and Horse Club" gaming group. The group was currently very lively.

The topic of closed beta qualifications seemed to have been discussed earlier. Now, the group's topic was completely focused on the alpha 0.2 update and the "Winter is Coming" expansion pack.

A game still in closed beta is actually releasing an expansion pack?

That's absolutely ridiculous!

Trash Picker Level 99: [Damn, so people without closed beta access are just missing out?]

Who Doesn't Understand Love: [It's so absurd!]

Quit Smoking: [Someone @ the dog planner, hire more people! I don't want money! No, I can give money!]

Trash Picker Level 99: [@Light, someone's calling you a dog planner.]

Quit Smoking: [Shit!]

("Quit Smoking" retracted a message)

Chu Guang: "..."

It's this guy again.

Just as Chu Guang was wondering if he should pop in, he suddenly noticed Fang Chang had sent him a private message.

[Brother Guang, you there? (Grin)]

Curious what this old brother was up to, Chu Guang typed a reply.

[Just finished being busy, what's up?]

Fang Chang: [There's something I've been really confused about, and I wanted to ask you... is the NPC called the Manager played by someone from your company, or is it an AI?]

Worried that this old brother might find the question inconvenient to answer, after typing that sentence, he quickly added another one right after.

[I'm just asking casually, if it's related to company secrets or something, just pretend I didn't ask.]

Light: [It's fine, this isn't really a secret, and besides, as a small planner, I wouldn't have access to confidential information anyway.]

Fang Chang looked delighted and quickly typed out a reply.

[Okay, okay! Please tell me!]

Chu Guang thought for a moment, then shamelessly typed on the keyboard.

[Simply put, its existence is very special.]

Special!

Well done.

This NPC really isn't simple!

Acutely catching the two keywords, Fang Chang was completely excited, his thumbs flying across the phone screen.

[Can you be more specific!]

Light: [He is the first generation of complete artificial intelligence developed by our company.]

[Complete artificial intelligence??]

Fang Chang was completely bewildered.

This was beyond his scope of knowledge.

However—

It sounded amazing!

Sitting in front of his computer, Fang Chang's eyes lit up, wishing this "insider" would reveal a little more.

And this Brother Guang didn't disappoint his expectations, continuing to type on the screen.

Light: [That's right, it's an artificial intelligence that is completely close to humans!]

Light: [He possesses his own personality, memory, thought patterns, as well as values and behavioral motivations, so we have given him the authority to restrain players and the responsibility to guide players into the game.]

Just as I thought!

I'm practically a genius!

Fang Chang was so excited he almost dropped his phone on his face, his trembling thumbs continuing to type.

Fang Chang: [I get it! No wonder his decisions can affect your testing progress! I've actually already discovered that the content of this game itself has been developed quite completely, and the immersive feeling is just like a real world! It's no exaggeration to say that even someone as picky as me can't find a single obvious BUG!]

Fang Chang: [If there's one slight imperfection, it might just be that there are too few NPCs! So, at that time, I thought, is it possible that you are not actually testing the game itself, but testing the game's AI. Even including the expansion pack "Winter is Coming" released in the alpha 0.2 version update, is for this purpose... Am I right?]

Hitting the nail on the head!

Getting straight to the point!

This was Fang Chang's evaluation of his own statement.

Combining various clues, he felt he had completely grasped the intentions of the game developer.

The group members were all discussing why Wasteland Online released the Winter is Coming expansion pack during the closed beta phase, and the fragmented conclusions and speculations they came up with were, in his opinion, all superficial.

At most, they only saw the first layer, and some didn't even reach the first layer.

Only he, this time, was standing on the exosphere!

The mysterious company developing Wasteland Online was seemingly testing the game, but what they were truly testing was the "complete artificial intelligence" running within the game framework!

And this expansion pack, titled "Winter is Coming," is precisely this mysterious company's test of the "First Generation Complete Artificial Intelligence"!

Silence lasted for a while.

Seeing that the "Brother Guang" wasn't speaking, Fang Chang already had the answer in his heart, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously curled up.

I really am a genius!

Light: [You are very smart.]

Light: [It is indeed as you said. The "Winter is Coming" expansion pack is indeed for testing the performance of the first generation complete artificial intelligence, and this is also a necessary procedure to start the next round of testing.]

As he typed these words, Chu Guang silently deleted the set of explanations he had just edited in his document.

Because he felt that this brother's rambling sounded more convincing.

Honestly, this guy is truly talented.

Just in terms of imagination...

There Will Be Plenty of Time in the Future: [I think I understand what you mean. So the progress of the test is indeed affected by the game's plot progression, right?]

Light: [Yes.]

There Will Be Plenty of Time in the Future: [And at this stage, only the manager of Shelter 404 can advance the plot, right?]

Light: [Right.]

There Will Be Plenty of Time in the Future: [Thank you! I understand! Sorry to have troubled you, revealing so much inside information to me. But don't worry, I will definitely keep it a secret! (Grinning)]

Light: [Actually, it's not really inside information. It's okay if you don't keep it a secret.]

There Will Be Plenty of Time in the Future: [No, no, no, I will definitely keep it a secret, you can rest assured! Everyone who knows me knows that I am super reliable! (Grinning) (Grinning)]

Chu Guang: "..."

Is this the legendary corporate-level understanding?

What an eye-opener.

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