Cyber Cloud Player

Chapter 6: Cyber Cloud Player

Star Network Forum: Human Race Rise.

Section: Dark Land - Player Recruitment

[Level 8 Great Gale Guild recruits new members, excellent benefits, guaranteed daily income of 200, requires participation in guild activities and adherence to guild management.]

[Shui Po Liangshan Guild recruits active players, daily activity stats tracked, kicked if dissatisfied.]

[Hero Guild recruits strong players, requires combat power to be in the top 100,000 of the Human Race Federation region, must participate in all activities, guild leader often distributes red envelopes, many single ladies in the guild, beautiful and sweet voices.]

After a quick search, Li Zheng quickly found a familiar guild name.

He clicked on the post, copied the administrator's account, and opened his chat software to add them.

Before long, a verification approval pop-up appeared.

Black Dawn - Xiao Hei: Friend, you want to join our Black Dawn guild?

Game Brick Mover Party: Yes, our team currently has ten people... May I ask, what are the guild benefits like?

Black Dawn - Xiao Hei: Judging by your ID, you're a brick-moving player. Our guild's management are all well-known entrepreneurs in reality. We can purchase all the resources you produce at a high price. All you need to do is participate in group activities. After we establish the guild in-game, you'll need to complete daily guild tasks to provide development resources for the guild. Of course, all of this will be paid for.

Seeing the Black Dawn administrator's reply, Li Zheng became excited.

This organization clearly had strength, and future income seemed guaranteed.

So, he quickly replied:

Game Brick Mover: We are willing to join. Our team currently has ten people, and a few more brothers will join later!

Black Dawn - Xiao Hei: Good, please provide a screenshot of your electronic purchase bill first.

Game Brick Mover: Huh? You need proof of purchase?

Black Dawn - Xiao Hei: Too many people have been sneaking in lately. We've added several who just joined the group to scout game content, but are actually cloud players who haven't even bought the game. They're just wasting our time. To reduce such incidents, we need to verify that brothers who want to join the guild have already purchased the game before allowing them into the guild chat.

Game Brick Mover: ...

Seeing Li Zheng's delayed reply, the other party sent a dismissive emoji:

Black Dawn - Xiao Hei: Heh heh, I knew it was probably another cloud player. You're the fifth one today. Let's unfriend each other.

After being unfriended, Li Zheng had no choice but to return to the forum to continue searching for a game organization.

But after a round of searching and adding several team leaders recruiting new members, he was invariably asked to provide an electronic purchase bill.

Li Zheng understood this requirement but also felt extremely helpless.

They had all downloaded the game through pirated links, so how could they possibly provide an electronic purchase bill?

After being rejected repeatedly, Li Zheng didn't give up and continued to browse the forum.

Finally, he found a post on the forum:

[Star Sea Guild recruits active solo players.]

Recruiter: Star Sea

Content: Betrayed by my beloved in my past life, brothers turned against me, the guild management stole my wealth. Today, reborn on the day Dark Land opened, I will reclaim everything that belongs to me. Join the guild and listen to my revenge plan.

Contact: 234****

After verifying the friend request, Li Zheng asked with trepidation:

Game Brick Mover Party: Are you recruiting solo players?

Star Sea: Yes, brother, do you want to join? (laugh.jpg)

Game Brick Mover Party: Uh-huh, our team has ten people who want to join the guild.

Star Sea: So many people, welcome, a warm welcome! (drooling.jpg)

Game Brick Mover Party: May I ask what benefits the guild has?

Star Sea: Sorry, we're just a casual guild, no money for benefits. We focus on playing for fun, not competing for rankings, nor do we seek to recruit high-level players or spenders. What I can guarantee is that all members will share in the profits the guild earns in the future.

Star Sea's reply made Li Zheng a bit disappointed.

But at this stage, they really needed to join an organization to share game intel and discuss game content.

After much deliberation, Li Zheng decided to bring his brothers into the guild to take a look first, and leave if it didn't feel right.

Game Brick Mover Party: We are willing to join.

Star Sea: Welcome, new brothers! You can forward the group chat link to your friends and join the group first (Share Link: Star Sea Disco Chat Group)

After applying to join, Li Zheng was verified the next second.

He then forwarded the group link to the hardcore player group.

He was met with a string of repetitive replies: "Adoptive Father, you truly haven't disappointed me."

Soon, all ten players from the "Grind King" group passed verification and joined the Star Sea chat group.

With new members joining, the group became exceptionally lively, with everyone sending welcome emotes.

At this moment, a player in the group sent a message:

Star Sea-Dali Niu: What skills did you guys learn at level 2? I feel like Dark Grasp and Dark Amplification are both good. How did you all choose?

Star Sea-Xiao Diandian: I recommend Dark Amplification. Your energy bar is pretty small at the beginning, so I don't suggest taking active skills.

A heated discussion erupted in the group regarding the choice of initial skills at level 2.

This left Li Zheng and the others utterly confused.

You can learn skills at level 2? I don't think there's a setting like that in the game.

Killing Intent Stirred: Sorry to butt in, but where can I learn initial skills at level 2?

Star Sea-Dali Niu: ??? Doesn't a quest automatically trigger at level 2 to learn skills? (Confused.jpg)

Family Shared Godfather: Damn, what quest to learn skills? We never got one.

Star Sea-Dali Niu: Impossible, this is a mandatory main quest, otherwise how would the main story progress?

Broke to the Bone: Bro, where are the main quests in this game? Isn't it super free-roam exploration with randomly triggered quests?

Leopard Head Zero Charge: Yeah, the beginner's guide clearly states that quests in this game are randomly triggered. How can there be specific main quests?

Star Sea-Mad Shark: Bro, did you guys join the wrong game group? This is the Dark Land player group. Which game are you playing? (Bewildered.jpg)

Star Sea-Night Hawk: You must have joined the wrong group. How could there be no main quest? It's automatically accepted at the start! (Confused.jpg)

The string of replies made Li Zheng and the others even more bewildered.

The group then returned to the Grind King group to discuss:

Family Shared Godfather: Brother Li, I think you joined the wrong group. The players in this group aren't playing Dark Land released by Moon Eclipse Clan at all. It's just a virtual reality game with the same name.

When asked, Li Zheng was also completely clueless. He then opened the forum and looked at the Star Sea Guild recruitment post again.

Confirming that the recruitment was for Moon Eclipse Clan's latest release, Dark Land, he became even more confused.

Recalling the guild managers he had added earlier, who stated they needed electronic purchase receipts for verification to join the group, Li Zheng suddenly realized a possibility.

Game Brick Mover Party: Damn it, we probably joined a group of "cloud players." They're just virtually discussing game content in the group, not real players at all.

Broke to the Bone: Hahaha, cloud players are terrifying. They can chat so enthusiastically about a game they don't even have, acting like they've actually played it.

Family Shared Godfather: LMAO. Although we're playing a pirated version, at least it's the real Dark Land. It's much better than them simulating game content through chat. I'm not saying more, I'm leaving the Star Sea group first.

Killing Intent Stirred: Hahahahaha, the players in this group are really interesting. Cyber cloud virtual reality, content based entirely on imagination, they can have whatever they want.

Happy National Day~

(End of this chapter)