Are you sure those things will still be in that room when we get back?
[ Gill's Cuisine ] nodded:
"Due to the continuous increase in the number of players, there have been many discussions on the forum recently regarding matters related to the 'community code'."
[ The Western Sharpshooter ] frowned and asked in confusion:
"What is that?"
[ Gill's Cuisine ] explained:
"If you haven't played this type of game before, you might not be familiar with it. Because these games have a very high level of interaction between players, in order to take care of everyone's gaming experience, various community rules will appear once the game community expands to a certain size. We usually call these 'village rules'."
"Although these regulations are not officially recognized, they were actually created for the gaming experience of the vast majority of players, so they generally receive support from players."
"For example, theft happens within a game, so the official rules won't prohibit it. However, theft will definitely affect other players' gaming experience. So, if you get caught, you might be exposed on the forums or marked and then hunted down at your respawn point."
[ Western Sharpshooter ] nodded thoughtfully:
"I'm actually a little tempted by this, but will these regulations really gain everyone's approval? Is the safety in this game world really any better than in real life?"
He then gave a self-deprecating laugh:
"If only we could drag and save valuable items from the real world into the game world, just like you said."
"Haha, dream on! Wouldn't it be best to add a locking feature so others can't melt down your valuable items?"
"That's a great idea, Gill. Shall we go rent a room now?"
[ Gill's Cuisine ] nodded:
"If the two of us share the apartment, we can get it for half price."
"According to the game's mechanics, it's basically nighttime here when we log in, and you know how zombies are—they're more active at night than during the day. I have a feeling we'll rack up a huge number of contribution points this time, and maybe this event is the perfect opportunity for us to climb the power rankings!"
The two chatted and laughed as they walked toward the inn, eventually securing the last room on the first floor for 13 silver coins a month.
The hotel owner didn't actually object to the business that suddenly came knocking on his door tonight.
The rooms on the first floor were not easy to sell due to issues such as poor lighting. Now that so many people are using them as storage rooms, since they don't have to clean or be provided with meals, it doesn't seem like a bad thing.
Although the monthly settlement price is slightly lower than the daily settlement price, these Soul Returner are very polite, completely different from the previous guests who liked to haggle or find fault.
Having settled things here, the two Soul Returner, who didn't need to adjust to the time difference, chose a route and disappeared into the jungle, just like their many companions.
The players on the forums are right. Since Ed is the only person on the development team, he does indeed stalk the forums to find areas for improvement.
He had already discussed with Little Green that they would launch the new Service-Type Aberrant Plant, the Teleportation Tree, tomorrow. However, it was obviously not very meaningful to only bring up such a small amount of new content in a hot update, so he planned to come up with some other new features.
Seeing the comments with the number of likes constantly increasing, Ed felt that personal land plots were a good idea.
He had actually noticed this matter a long time ago, but due to various commitments and the fact that there weren't many players at the time, he chose to put it aside for the time being.
As the number of players gradually increased, he first opened up applications for "commercial land" to gain practical experience in this area.
The number of players is now approaching one thousand, and I've developed some ideas on how to handle this. It seems it's time to give them their own little territories.
With a thought, a new hot update announcement was already being drafted in Ed's mind:
[ World of Disorder Update Announcement:]
Dear Soul Returner, we have received a lot of feedback regarding game optimization over the past period. The development team has optimized the following aspects:
1. Economic system optimization: The land purchase function is now available. Players can initiate land purchases within the actual control area of the game faction [ Second Holy See ]. Please note:
(1) The land available for purchase must be located within the [Safe Zone] and [Neutral Zone]. This function is temporarily unavailable in the [Danger Zone] and [Restricted Zone].
(2) Purchases must be made within the area designated by the system. It is not permissible to maliciously obstruct neutral facilities or other existing functional buildings (such as purchasing land to build houses and block roads or other shops to achieve the purpose of malicious competition).
(3) The use of the purchased land is not limited (such as construction, storage, planting, individual operation). The land owner can freely trade with friendly units, but the maximum area of land held by a single person is 100 square meters, and no more than five plots are allowed.
(4) If there is a need for a large plot of land, you can apply for "special land use" from the guide Ed.
2. The new feature [ Root Network ] system is officially launched:
(1) The following are the special Aberration plant types currently in the system: " Vending Tree ", " Public Resurrection Tree ", " Self-Service Deposit and Withdrawal Tree ", and " Dungeon Management Tree ";
(2) A new special Aberration plant, " Two-Location Teleportation Tree)," has been added. Players can use this shared fixed item to teleport quickly (Note: This item is only available to Soul Returner ).
(3) Players' personal " Tree of Rest " will be connected to the [ Root Network ] in the next version, at which time more features will be available.
Enjoy the game! Odin Game Company, the developers of " World of Disorder ", September 20, 2037, current version: v0.3
As Ed predicted, the release of this update caused quite a stir, as the pursuit of private property is an instinct inherent in human beings.
After learning that they could actually own a piece of land in " World of Disorder," even with limitations on size and location, players inevitably went into a frenzy.
The comment section of the entire update announcement almost turned into a tactical discussion forum, with some experts even writing and posting manifestos against the Blood Corpse, completely disregarding whether the Blood Corpse could even see them.
Ed could certainly understand this behavior; selling land to players would undoubtedly greatly increase their fighting spirit, as people always want to protect what belongs to them.
In part of his memory, when the concept of a certain cyber land was first proposed, many people spent huge sums of money to buy real estate that did not exist in the real world.
Although those properties are fake, the money they spent is real, and Ed is now only allowing players to use "virtual currency" to trade "virtual properties," so players are naturally very accepting of this.
While the players were cheering, another group of people were also extremely excited – the construction workers.