Chapter 229-1: The Truth of the Game, Racial Easter Eggs (1) |
Moon, Lunar Eclipse City.
Monster World Special Briefing.
The notice released a day in advance by the Lunar Eclipse race drew the attention of all races in the Earth Alliance.
Different groups entered the briefing livestream with different needs.
Members of various races who had not obtained qualification all hoped to hear good news in this special briefing about Monster World qualifications being prepared for large-scale distribution.
Especially the guests who spent every day on the Monster World forum or in livestream rooms.
Although they did not have player qualifications, watching others play Monster World had already become a pleasure in their lives.
Among them were quite a few players who had subscribed early for Dark Land qualifications.
Compared to Monster World, Dark Land was not just a little inferior. It was completely like an old game lagging behind by several eras.
Then they felt as if the sky had collapsed.
Especially after Monster World officially went online and they experienced the content from the guest perspective.
As one player put it online: the Lunar Eclipse race are truly beasts, making those who paid eat crap while giving those who get it free a lavish feast.
After these guests entered the livestream, they began spamming the screen.
They demanded that the Lunar Eclipse race distribute qualifications as soon as possible, or even cancel qualification restrictions and fully open access so that members of all Earth races could experience this top-tier virtual game, Monster World.
Players who had already obtained Monster World qualifications, on the other hand, hoped this briefing would mention optimizations to the game content.
For example, improving the difficulty of obtaining sacrificial power and the slow player growth settings, so players could have a more exhilarating game experience.
Best would be to regularly distribute a sum of sacrificial power.
Like the sign-in check-in mode in early-era games, where you check in once a day to receive 100 points of sacrificial power.
Or check in a certain number of times per week to obtain an extra sum of sacrificial power.
Using such methods would ease the difficulty of improvement caused by insufficient sacrificial power.
The number of people in the Monster World Special Briefing livestream surged to over five billion one hour before it began and was still skyrocketing.
Bullet comments were directly blocked from being sent. Text in the comment area was displayed by region, otherwise the scrolling text would make it impossible to see any content.
You would probably see a single word before hundreds of thousands of bullet comments pushed that comment off the screen.
Representatives and reporters from each race stationed with the Lunar Eclipse race had already gathered at the Monster World Special Briefing venue, ready to seize this opportunity to ask the Lunar Eclipse race’s governor some questions about Monster World.
Normally, the Lunar Eclipse race would not reveal any Monster World content.
This briefing was undoubtedly their best chance to obtain key information.
While they waited, No. 1, wearing a black governor’s uniform, appeared. The venue instantly quieted.
Only the livestream room remained abuzz.
The No. 1 Governor walked slowly onto the podium. After standing firm, his calm gaze was cast toward the livestream camera.
In the livestream picture his features were handsome. His contours were defined yet not sharp, with elf-like slender ears. His facial features were combined just right, neither ostentatious nor lacking in elegance, giving a gentle and composed impression.
He lowered his head at this moment to sweep his eyes over the attendees of all races gathered below the podium, and nodded lightly in greeting.
When he raised his head, his deep blue eyes again met the livestream camera. He smiled and said.
“Reporters of all races, and netizens of all races watching the livestream, good afternoon.” His voice was gentle and clear, carrying a reassuring power that instantly closed the distance with everyone.
“Today’s briefing is mainly to answer a series of questions that have left everyone quite confused.”
“Next, let us get to the point.”
“I believe everyone must be curious about the significance of our Lunar Eclipse race investing a large amount of resources and energy to create this game, Monster World.”
“There are many answers on Starnet about this question, and even conspiracy theories, claiming that our Lunar Eclipse race wants to control players through the game. These ideas are nonsense, but there is one view that guessed our core purpose.”
“Before our Lunar Eclipse race came to Earth, we experienced an unprecedented calamity. This calamity ultimately made us abandon our former homeland and flee to different worlds in five groups. One of the groups descended on Earth with the Starnet AI core, which is the main lineage of the Lunar Eclipse race to which I belong.”
“We did not live through this segment of history, yet it has always been recorded in the histories.”
“To prevent such events from occurring again, Starnet proposed a virtual war plan, training troops through a virtual world. From this was born a series of virtual games with war as the main theme, including the previous Conquest series, Sin Land, and Dark Land.”
“Players who have played these virtual games will find that each virtual game has many similar monster settings, such as the Black Tide.”
“And Monster World is a virtual game personally created by Starnet, combining entertainment and war, providing us a more complete training ground. All new technologies can be tested in Monster World’s scenes.”
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As the explanation continued, the mysterious Monster World in the eyes of the races lifted its veil.
Back then there had been a so-called rumor circulating online that virtual games were actually created by the Lunar Eclipse race for troop training.
This could be seen from the high-intensity racial confrontations in the games.
Only this view had never received a clear response from the Lunar Eclipse race.
But this time the No. 1 Governor gave an answer and affirmed this speculation.
During the Q&A session, a Human reporter stood up, with a trace of urgency in his tone.
“Hello, No. 1 Governor. After hearing your account, do you think the calamity once experienced by the ancestors of the Lunar Eclipse race will also appear on Earth?”
The No. 1 Governor shook his head slightly, his expression steady and calm.
“We have no way of knowing what the future will be. All we can do is actively prepare for war. As long as we are strong enough, even if calamity descends, we will have the ability to cope.”
The reporter immediately followed up.
“Now all races are very interested in this game, Monster World, and hope to obtain more game qualifications. Why is the Lunar Eclipse race distributing qualifications so slowly?”
The No. 1 Governor nodded, a trace of seriousness in his eyes.
“This is precisely a question I will explain next.”
He paused slightly, his tone calm yet forceful.
“After the official site opened, regardless of whether one has obtained qualification, everyone could experience the realism of Monster World. It has already reached the degree of perfectly replicating the real world. Every detail players feel in the game, from sight and hearing to touch and even emotional feedback, is supported by our most advanced technology.”
“However, this extreme realism also places a huge burden on the servers. The access of each player consumes a large amount of computing resources. In order to ensure the game’s smoothness and stability, we must strictly control the number of players and gradually open qualifications.”
“Recently, we have already begun shutting down Server A and transferring resources to Server B, which is the Monster World server everyone is experiencing. Therefore the speed of distributing game qualifications has already accelerated recently.”
“Before long, we will continue to add new servers for Monster World and speed up the distribution of player qualifications.”
“We understand the enthusiasm of players of all races for Monster World. But to ensure that every player can obtain the best experience and at the same time avoid technical and experiential problems caused by server overload, we can only adopt a cautious attitude. Please believe that we are making every effort to optimize the system and strive to expand the scope of qualification distribution as soon as possible.”
“Here, on behalf of the Lunar Eclipse race, I promise the players of all races in the Earth Alliance that Monster World will be permanently free. It is a gift Starnet presents to the whole world.”
The No. 1 Governor’s answer drew applause at the venue.
This answer did not avoid the important points. It candidly mentioned the core philosophy behind creating Monster World.
It even addressed the issue of slow qualification distribution caused by technical limitations.
It both responded to the reporter’s questions and soothed the expectations of the races for the game.