Version Update

Chapter 25: Version Update

With 13 million Sacrificial Power gifted by Ice Blade.

Qi Sheng decisively initiated the third round of recruitment, planning to release ten thousand player slots this time.

The primary target remained players who wanted to experience Dark Land but were deterred by the game's price or the difficulty of purchasing it.

Promoting and recruiting under the guise of a new game would hardly attract new players.

Even with elaborate descriptions, players would dismiss it as false advertising. Therefore, he had to continue leveraging the Dark Land name to rapidly acquire new users.

That evening, links to the game promoted by Qi Sheng appeared in numerous game groups.

Most of these groups would ban him, mistaking him for an online scammer.

However, a significant number of players still chose to download and try the game, subsequently promoting it further and bringing more players into the fold.

The ten thousand available slots were downloaded and claimed in less than two hours.

A large influx of players began logging into the game around 9 PM.

The previously empty resurrection point in Emperor's Tomb Village was instantly swarmed by players.

With the continuous flash of white light, new players were respawned in various areas of Emperor's Tomb Village, no longer confined to the resurrection point.

"Holy crap, this game is so realistic. The 128,888 wasn't a waste."

"Stayed up all night to grab it for three rounds, finally got it, hahahaha."

"Looking for a team, solo player here. Any rich whales looking for a subordinate!"

Emperor's Tomb Village became as lively as a bustling marketplace.

Many players immediately started experimenting upon entering the game.

Eat Earth, sprinting, self-inflicted pain (testing pain feedback)... They evaluated the game's realism through various methods.

The feedback left players exclaiming in disbelief.

While marveling at the game's realism, the players recruited in this batch tacitly avoided mentioning the download link when communicating.

They believed that exposing the pirated link might harm the "Welfare Officer" who gifted them the game, and could also lead to their qualifications being revoked.

They subconsciously assumed that other players around them had paid real money, so many players would proactively boast about how lucky they were to obtain a game purchase qualification.

Under Qi Sheng's watchful eye, after learning the basic game settings from the Guider beside them, the players recruited in this round all left Emperor's Tomb Village to explore outwards.

The player army, now in scale, began to show its ferocity.

The resurrected Cursed Soldiers along the way became the primary targets for player leveling. Most were still struggling to stand before being pounced upon like hungry tigers.

To compete for the kill rights of the Cursed Soldiers, various conflicts erupted between players, and the regional chat channel was flooded with curses.

In a corner of the northern Ancient Battlefield, a player was tightly entangled by three Black Armor Snakes.

"Bro, I was wrong, please spare me."

"Who told you to steal my kill? Die and go back to the newbie village!"

On the eastern side of the Ancient Battlefield, a player whose initial form was an Eagle Head Demon flapped its wings frantically, a group of players in hot pursuit.

"Brothers, that's the bastard! Don't let him escape. You like sneak attacking and finishing off kills, right? If we can't kill Cursed Soldiers, we'll kill you!"

On the western side of the Ancient Battlefield, two teams of players erupted into a monster battle for the kill rights of a Cursed Soldier.

In just ten minutes, over a hundred players were sent back to the newbie village by players of their own faction, entering a resurrection cooldown.

The addition of new players also brought a bit more life to the Ancient Battlefield.

The advantage of numbers was vividly demonstrated at this moment.

When the first batch of players, such as Li Zheng, entered the game, they explored cautiously, fearing a sudden encounter with multiple resurrected Cursed Soldiers that could trap them.

However, the players who joined in this recruitment round had the exact opposite mindset.

They only feared not being able to get a Cursed Soldier, not the problem of there being too many Cursed Soldiers.

Whenever a Cursed Soldier stood up, nearby players would swarm it from all directions like cats smelling fish.

The numerical advantage allowed the new players to turn the early exploration phase into a carpet-like push.

This left Qi Sheng, observing from behind the scenes, amused and speechless.

The players' performance validated his initial concept.

To forge a fearless, infinitely potential super army to help him sweep through the various monster factions, collect primordial powers, and reclaim lost nodal territories.

Just then, a Guider suddenly appeared beside him:

"Boss, Yan Ming's feedback testing space is ready."

Following that, a light screen popped up in front of Qi Sheng. Yan Ming looked at him with a poker face:

"My task is complete. I've added many known primordial abilities to the testing database. While they might not be findable at this stage, they might be useful in the future."

"Good work."

Qi Sheng nodded, waving his hand to summon the Challenger System.

Light and shadow intertwined, and countless mysterious characters enveloped his body.

Among these complex and numerous characters, a new piece of content composed of blue characters had been added.

Yan Ming, displayed on the light screen, spoke at this moment:

"Little Qi, the content has been constructed. We still need a medium to assist players in entering the test space."

Qi Sheng listened, pondered briefly, and then nodded:

"Then let's build a functional building in Emperor's Tomb Village to connect players to the test space."

"Understood." Yan Ming nodded, and the light screen dissipated.

Half an hour later, the Challenger prompt sounded in the minds of all online players:

[Challenger Prompt: The game will soon undergo version 1.1 update. Update contents are as follows]:

1. Emperor's Tomb Village has added a functional building, the "Test Tower". Players can use the Test Tower for simulated testing of Star Vein inlay, body refinement level, ability combinations, and item usage. Each test will cost 1 point of Sacrificial Power.

2. The game's function panel has added a "Forum" feature. Players can post on the forum for communication and strategy sharing. Additional features include post rewards and game live streaming. (Players can still use the forum function through the virtual interface even after entering a death cooldown.)

(This update is an online update, players do not need to log off and wait.)

Following the update prompt, the ground in Emperor's Tomb Village shook violently.

In the ruins of the western district, a tall tower rose from the ground.

The tower was constructed from black material, covered with a layer of blue-purple halo. Its peak was sharp and towering, pointing straight into the sky, with a large crystal ball slowly rotating above it.

This building was the Test Tower, completed by Yan Ming.

The tower possessed spatial rules that automatically created layered spaces. Different players entering the tower would enter different layered spaces, unaffected by other players during their tests.

The appearance of the new building quickly became a hot topic in the regional channel, and its popularity soon spread to the newly opened forum feature.

Especially for the veteran players exploring the Gloomy Caves, they were very excited about this update.

They were all in the second or third soul selection stage for Star Vein enhancement, and they urgently needed the Test Tower to simulate their future growth directions.

(End of this chapter)