Escalating Conflict

The seventh day since the release of Omnipotent God.

[Player "Yue Cailiang" has logged into the game. Parsing soul information, creating second soul...]

[Player "Fan Wa" has logged into the game. Parsing soul information, creating second soul...]

[Player "Jian Qinghan" has logged into the game. Parsing soul information, creating second soul...]

Because Tang Yu had set up login notifications for new players within the God-Demon Space, he received feedback in his mind every time a new player entered the game.

At first, with the number of players being low, Tang Yu didn't see any issue with it.

Now, however, the rate of new player growth had increased significantly. The feedback information popping into his mind from time to time gave Tang Yu a massive headache, so he simply blocked the new player login notifications.

The reason for the sharp rise in player numbers over the past few days was related to the brawl at the abandoned mine.

The mine brawl four days ago had shown the players the cruel side of the game Omnipotent God.

They also realized that one of the core gameplay elements of this game was the contention for resources.

With the number of players in Omnipotent God currently under two hundred, a large-scale conflict had already erupted over resource issues in the mine. They could already imagine how intense the struggle for resources would become in the future once millions, tens of millions, or even over a hundred million players joined.

For such an epoch-making game, they wouldn't be surprised no matter how many players it had in the future.

Consequently, many players began to take precautions.

They started recommending the game to friends in reality, hoping to form their own power alliances to ensure they would have a place in the future struggle for hegemony.

This led to a significant surge in downloads for Omnipotent God within just a few days.

By today, in just half a day, 1,023 players had already downloaded Omnipotent God.

Before coming into contact with Omnipotent God, these players who had been recruited didn't know anything about the game; they came with the mindset of just trying it out, prepared to uninstall it if it wasn't fun.

However, after truly experiencing the game's content, they all became loyal players of Omnipotent God.

While the number of players grew, conflicts within the game were constant.

Large and small brawls erupted in the mine several times every day.

The "Heaven-Equal Alliance" formed by Wang Qi and a faction formed by another group of players had reached an irreconcilable point of conflict.

The first level of the abandoned mine had turned into a gladiator arena.

Often, after one faction was forced to log off, they would regroup after a few hours and return to fight again.

To overwhelm the other side, both sides were full of energy, discussing strategies in the group chat every day.

For example, after the alliance led by Wang Qi was collectively forced offline, they came up with an idea while discussing in the group chat.

They would pool their divine power together to summon a high-tier unit to join the battle.

This idea was quickly put into practice.

The low-tier "Blood Gladiator" unit, summoned by pooling 300 divine power, slaughtered everyone in the mine, taking on ten enemies at once, which truly allowed Wang Qi and the others to vent their anger.

However, this method was quickly learned by the opposing side, who retaliated in kind.

The fierce competition for resource points in the mine by the two factions suddenly brought the game's core gameplay to the forefront, and also gave the players involved in the dispute a strong desire to become stronger.

But some players felt distressed by this.

Because they hadn't joined any faction, some solo players were caught in the crossfire and couldn't mine normally at all.

Sometimes, while they were mining peacefully and dreaming of the future, they would suddenly see a large wave of players rush into the first level of the mine to start fighting.

Many solo players were also caught in the brawls, getting knocked to the ground and beaten black and blue in their confusion, looking absolutely miserable.

Thus, a third-party faction emerged.

These solo players, who were caught in the middle and had reached their limit, quickly gathered together to form a third-party faction and joined the mine war.

As the number of players increased, the scale of the brawls grew larger and larger.

This was tough on the purely casual players.

Although they also liked to develop their factions, their joy in doing so lay in the process of growth, not in the killing and fighting that followed.

This type of player existed in all major games.

Some liked to collect game skins, some liked to collect out-of-print items, some liked to collect game achievement points, and so on...

In the game Omnipotent God, the goals of this group of players were also very simple.

They enjoyed the process of increasing their units, gaining more divine power, and gradually expanding their influence, rather than the struggle for hegemony after their power grew.

Unwilling to join the melee, they completely turned into "scenery hunters" during this period.

With nothing to do, they began to explore Dragon Scale Island.

The casual players' unintentional actions, however, contributed to the subsequent development of player factions.

During their exploration, the mist covering Dragon Scale Island on the map was gradually dispelled, and new resource points were constantly being discovered.

A post that appeared in the game's discussion forum changed the landscape of the game even further.

[Sharing my game map. Everyone, stop fighting; wouldn't it be better to focus on development?] OP: Meow Meow Fist

Content: (Shared game screenshots)

Dragon Scale Island Map (Exploration Progress: 4.821%)

Discovered Resource Points: Abandoned Mine (Coordinates: 634.675), Crystal Mine (Coordinates: 213.135), Lava Rock Mine (Coordinates: 345.135), Abandoned Spirit Field (Coordinates: 121.87)

The appearance of this post caused quite a stir in the Omnipotent God discussion forum.

Many players realized for the first time that they didn't need to fight over resources in the Abandoned Mine; in reality, there were many more options waiting for them to discover.

With that, the Abandoned Mine was no longer the only resource point on Dragon Scale Island.

Players who were unwilling to join the conflict abandoned the Abandoned Mine resource point one after another, taking their troops to the new resource points to grind.

The issue of resource allocation was alleviated in the short term.

And the one happiest during this period was Tang Yu.

When players got heated during fights, they chose to consume divine power to resurrect their troops and rejoin the battle.

This also led to an increase in his commission income from divine power.

Although many players subsequently gave up on group fights and began heading to the new resource points to grind and develop, Tang Yu's income did not decrease.

This was because these players would sell the resources they obtained from grinding to the game mall in exchange for divine power, and ultimately, they would still spend that divine power in the mall to summon troops or purchase mall items.

As the number of players increased, Tang Yu profited regardless.

Compared to the players, Tang Yu felt that he was the one truly earning money while lying down.

And all the players were his laborers.

That day, Tang Yu logged into the Infinite Game Platform as usual.

Upon entering the backend, Tang Yu was surprised to find an extra email in his platform inbox.

The sender information clearly read, "Infinite Game Platform Administrator."

With a sense of confusion, Tang Yu opened the email.

Thanks to my friend Yun Dongliu for the Helm Master tip.

Thanks to Fengdu Zhengzhou for the 1000 Qidian coin tip.