Argument

The contracts on the Godfall Continent were far too strict. I was born in a town, and my sorcery talent was pretty good. But when I wanted to join the local sorcerer faction, they made me sign a contract of indenture right away. I flew into a rage, but swallowed it back down. What else could I do? I didn't have the money to buy a Sorcery Pattern Scroll.

The person above, you were already lucky enough. At least you had a way to buy a Sorcery Pattern Scroll. I was born in a godforsaken little village where there weren't even any sorcerers. Even if I had sorcery talent, I had no way to put it to use.

Please, don't let the topic stray so far. What we're most concerned about right now is why the authorities waited so long to release the news. Those of us who haven't registered accounts yet won't be able to catch up with everyone else if we log in now, right?

Don't worry. Godfall Continent isn't a traditional game. It's a real world. If you want to gain power, you have to put in the effort to learn. It's not like clicking a mouse once will let you learn a skill.

As far as I know, during the first two closed betas, practically no one managed to reach LV10.

Actually, I think the authorities were considering us too.

If they had announced from the start that Godfall Continent was a real world, wouldn't everything have descended into chaos instantly? With the information being revealed step by step, at least everyone had time to prepare themselves mentally.

That time difference gave the authorities enough time to gather some information and tell us about it. It could prevent most people from choosing guest login.

According to you, then, those of us who clicked guest login during the closed beta are the suckers? So we're the only ones who got unlucky?

There's nothing that can be done. That's just how this world is. At least you're still alive. Besides, the authorities didn't force you to choose guest login. That was your own choice.

If the authorities had told us sooner that guest login wasn't allowed, wouldn't that have prevented this?

Could you stop blaming the authorities for everything? If they had announced so early that Godfall Continent was a real world, society would have descended into chaos by now! Everyone needs to put themselves in the other person's shoes.

Those who chose guest login, don't panic. If you're worried about danger, just don't log in.

Or wait and see how things develop. We can add friends offline, so when you log in to Godfall Continent, you can arrange to meet your relatives and friends who are official players at a certain location.

Official players all know where the Novice Village is. They can take you there. There will always be a way for the Novice Village to accept you.

One benefit of the authorities releasing the information was that everyone could discuss it online without any reservations.

Players who had accidentally clicked guest login complained online, and people thoughtfully offered suggestions.

It wasn't only the kindhearted people online. The authorities had also long since figured out how to accommodate players who had chosen guest login.

Their idea was almost identical to that of the helpful people online: find those guest-login players and take them to the Novice Village.

But Yun Xi knew that this proposal was completely unrealistic.

Godfall Continent was simply too vast. Far too vast—so vast that it exceeded everyone's imagination.

To this day, she had encountered only three or four players in Qinglan Town. In her previous life, after traveling through so many regions, she had encountered no more than a few hundred players.

The authorities could only rely on luck to find these guest-login players. They might not even encounter them at all.

You're all making it sound too easy. I was a guest-login player during the first closed beta. I still logged in for an hour or two every day to look around, but I couldn't even find another person.

That's not even the worst part. Do you know what our main quest is? Good grief, we get one Copper Coin for every day we survive. Are they treating us like beggars?

Seriously? Guest login is really that miserable?

You'd know if you tried it. The wilderness is far too dangerous. I only dare to log in for a little while during Godfall Continent's daytime. The moment something feels wrong, I have to log out quickly. Otherwise, I wouldn't even know how I died.

My friend has already gone missing. It should be because of guest login.

With the authorities deliberately turning a blind eye, news related to Godfall Continent spread rapidly.

Within just a few hours, everyone in the Flower Country knew about Godfall Continent.

Before this, most people had only heard about it. Its authenticity still remained in question. After all, they couldn't register accounts or experience it personally, so they had never dared to believe it.

Now that the game had entered open beta and no longer restricted the time for registering accounts, curious people stopped their studying and work one after another, opened their phones, and registered accounts. They wanted to experience it for themselves.

Of course, most people also valued their lives highly.

They didn't ignore the authorities' warning that "Godfall Continent is extremely dangerous." As a result, they logged in only briefly before quickly logging out, planning to gather more information before officially exploring.

In such a short time, some people even began thinking about stopping work and simply quitting their jobs. Fortunately, most people still retained some reason.

The authorities constantly monitored the trends in online discussions and promptly issued several announcements concerning people's schedules for logging in to Godfall Continent.

They advised everyone not to affect their real-world work as much as possible. If the Flower Country's society came to a standstill, it would benefit no one.

This was especially true for staff working in important positions, such as power stations and water utilities. The authorities had already sent people to supervise them in advance, to prevent anyone from logging into the game during work hours and affecting the public's normal lives.

Of course, to ensure that the staff at important posts could continue working normally, the authorities also promised to compensate them.

The compensation consisted not only of Flower Coins, but also a small amount of Copper Coins.

After all, once the game entered open beta, the system no longer allowed players to recharge.

Almost everyone knew that Copper Coins were now worth far more than before.

The value of Copper Coins from Godfall Continent rose sharply, jumping from the previous rate of 1:120 against Flower Coins directly to 1:200, or even 1:300.

When the authorities learned of this news, they felt somewhat regretful as well.

If only they had known, they would have announced Godfall Continent's reality sooner.

But there was no medicine for regret, and the authorities didn't know everything.

Even though Yun Xi had been reborn and knew about this development, she couldn't reveal it ahead of time.

First, she had no way to explain the source of her information.

Second, the enemies from the Treasury quest were still lurking in the shadows. If they used some special method of detection and realized that Yun Xi had once revealed information related to this, they could deduce that she was a reincarnator who possessed a Rebirth Divine Stone.

When that happened, Yun Xi would certainly meet her end.

Facing enemies capable of destroying the divine race, the Black Mist Stone Earring she had obtained earlier was nothing but a joke. It couldn't block their investigation at all.