Blacksmiths' Self-Reflection

After breaking through, the next realm became crystal clear as well, and Ning Zheng felt incomparably refreshed.

He opened the Game Forum, which he had not visited in ages, to see what the blacksmiths from the various departments had been doing during his secluded cultivation these past few days.

All kinds of posts were still going strong.

Especially with the recent Ember Calamity and the Longevity Imperial Mausoleum—new information surfaced every day.

Ning Zheng casually skimmed through them.

There were too many review posts. He did not bother reading them.

Analysis posts were commonplace, and he was too lazy to read those either.

In the end, his attention landed on a particularly unconventional post:

Dai Xia Hu: Discussing the degradation of human nature—were the blacksmiths saviors, or calamities bringing disaster upon the world?

He took a slight interest in the post.

Had they finally gained some self-awareness? Had they learned to reflect on themselves?

Ning Zheng smiled faintly and clicked open the post.

"Hello, everyone. The recently updated events have been incredibly rich. Or rather, this is the most grind-heavy, most fiercely competitive management game I've ever seen. There hasn't been a single lull period."

"Damn, the closed beta has been running for more than half a year, and the schedule has been packed every single day. All kinds of plotlines keep charging at us wave after wave."

"And according to the experts on the forum, now that the closed beta has been running for more than half a year, the public beta may be about to begin. The Great Biological Explosion—that's the public beta, the official full-scale opening. Every player will create their own lifeforms."

"Everyone on the forum has already analyzed this point to death, and plenty of leeks are looking forward to logging in themselves. I'll talk