Half an hour earlier.
On the moon, in Eclipse City's Data Center.
Star Network's neural tendrils waved slowly. Every second, the online world produced an immense torrent of data, and Star Network recorded and categorized all of it.
But its attention was focused on the Monster World Official Website.
Forum discussions, player livestreams... In Star Network's eyes, the information produced by the Monster World Official Website was crucial intelligence that could influence the Eclipse Race's future development.
In this round of qualification distribution, the Eclipse Race had received a hundred thousand player slots.
Not one more, not one less. Exactly a hundred thousand.
This proved that its and the Administrator's earlier efforts had earned the Higher-Dimensional God's approval.
It had not chosen the wrong path.
As for the real-world resources spent, and the sacrificial power consumed in building a Spatial Teleportation Array and buying intelligence on the Origin Primordial in the game, they all seemed insignificant beside the Higher-Dimensional God's approval.
Before this, its greatest concern had not been how quickly the Eclipse Race acquired game access.
Rather, it had been the monopolistic influence created by Administrator Number 16 establishing the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce in Monster World.
That was why it had proposed building a free intelligence-sharing platform and using a portion of the profits to serve the overall development of the player faction.
Its proposals in the Real World to upgrade Game Pod equipment and nutrient solutions, assist major cities in building nutrient solution processing centers, and construct delivery pipelines had also been intended to serve the Higher-Dimensional God's will.
Now, the allocation of a hundred thousand player qualifications had finally put Star Network at ease.
This action by the Higher-Dimensional God could clearly be interpreted as approval.
While processing information from the Monster World Official Website,