Chapter 21: Version Update

With the 13 million sacrificial power gifted by Ice Blade.

Qi Sheng decisively opened the third round of recruitment, this time he planned to issue 10,000 player slots.

The primary target was still those players who wanted to experience *Dark Land* but were troubled by the game price or the difficulty of snapping up.

Promoting recruitment under the name of a new game was clearly difficult to recruit new players.

Even if described as flowery, players would only think it was false advertising, so he still had to continue to attract new players quickly in the name of *Dark Land*.

That night, many game groups appeared with game links promoted by Qi Sheng.

Most of these game groups would choose to kick him out of the group, thinking he was a cyber scammer.

But there would still be many players who chose to download and experience it, and then further promote the game, attracting more players to join the game.

The 10,000 qualification slots were downloaded in less than 2 hours.

A large number of players logged into the game one after another around 9 PM.

The originally empty Di Zong Village resurrection point was instantly crowded by player figures.

Accompanied by white light flashing constantly, the newly entered players could only refresh in various areas of Di Zong Village, no longer limited to the resurrection point.

"Holy crap, such a realistic game, this 128,888 spent is not a loss."

"Stayed up late to snap up three rounds, finally snapped it up, hahahaha."

"Solo player seeking team, are there any pay-to-win big shots taking little brothers!"

……

Di Zong Village was as lively as a vegetable market.

Many players began their flashy maneuvers the moment they entered the game.

Eating dirt, running, self-abuse (pain feedback test)... testing the realism of the game in various ways.

The feedback obtained made players call it incredible.

While marveling at the realism of the game, the players who entered this round of recruitment, when communicating, all tacitly did not mention the download link.

They believed that exposing the pirated link might cause the "welfare worker" who gifted them the game to be harmed, and might also cause the obtained qualification to be canceled.

They subconsciously believed that other players around them were all spending real money to buy it, so when communicating, many players would take the initiative to show off that they were lucky enough to draw the game purchase qualification.

Under Qi Sheng's gaze, the players recruited in this round, after understanding the basic settings of the game through the guide beside them, walked out of Di Zong Village one after another and began to explore outward.

The player army showed its ferocity after being scaled.

The Cursed Soldiers revived along the way became the first choice for players to level up, and they were greeted by fierce tigers pouncing on them before they even stood up.

In order to compete for the kill right of the Cursed Soldiers, various contradictions broke out between players, and the regional chat channel was also swiped by scolding.

In a corner on the north side of the Ancient Battlefield, a player was tightly wrapped by three Black-Armored Snakes.

"Brother, I was wrong, let me live."

"Who told you to grab the monster, die back to the novice village for me!"

On the east side of the Ancient Battlefield, a player whose initial form was an Eagle-Headed Demon flapped his wings and ran wildly, followed by a group of players.

"Brothers, that's the bastard, don't let him run away. Like to sneak attack and finish off, right? If we can't kill the Cursed Soldiers, we'll kill you!"

On the west side of the Ancient Battlefield, two teams of players broke out into a monster war for the kill right of the Cursed Soldiers.

……

In just ten minutes, more than a hundred players were sent back to the novice village by players of their own faction, entering the resurrection cooldown.

The addition of new players also brought a bit of life to the Ancient Battlefield.

Strength in numbers was vividly reflected at this moment.

When the first batch of players like Li Zheng entered the game, they were cautious throughout the exploration, fearing that they would suddenly encounter multiple revived Cursed Soldiers and fall into a situation of being besieged.

But the players who appeared in this round of recruitment had the exact opposite mentality.

They only feared not being able to grab the Cursed Soldiers, and didn't fear the problem of too many Cursed Soldiers at all.

Whenever Cursed Soldiers stood up, nearby players pounced from all directions like cats smelling fishy.

The numerical advantage made the new players play the early exploration mode into a carpet-style push.

This made Qi Sheng, who was observing behind the scenes, cry and laugh.

The players' performance also verified his initial concept.

Build a fearless, infinitely potential super army to help him push across the various forces entrenched in the monster world, contain Origin power, and take back the lost node domains.

Just then, the guide suddenly appeared beside him:

【Boss, Yan Ming fed back that the test space has been built.】

Then a light curtain popped up in front of Qi Sheng, and Yan Ming looked at him expressionlessly:

"My task has been completed. I added many known Origin abilities to the test database. Although they may not necessarily be found at the current stage, perhaps they will be useful in the future."

"Hard work."

Qi Sheng nodded and waved to summon the Challenger System.

In the interlacing of light and shadow, countless mysterious characters shrouded his body.

Among these complex and numerous characters, there was an extra string of new content composed of blue characters.

Yan Ming in the light curtain spoke at this time:

"Little Qi, the content has been constructed, and a carrier is still needed to assist players in entering the test space."

Qi Sheng heard this, thought for a moment, and nodded:

"Then build a functional building in Di Zong Village to dock players entering the test space."

"Understood." After Yan Ming nodded, the light curtain dissipated.

Half an hour later, a Challenger Notification rang in the minds of all online players:

【Challenger Notification: The game is about to undergo a 1.1 version update. The update content is as follows】:

1. Di Zong Village adds a new functional building "Test Tower." Players can perform simulation tests on Star Pulse embedding, Body Tempering level, ability combination, and item use in the Test Tower. Each test charges 1 sacrificial power.

2. The game function panel adds a "Forum" function. Players can post on the forum for communication and strategy sharing. There are also additional functions such as post tipping and game live streaming (players can still use the forum function through the virtual interface after entering the death cooldown).

(This update is an online update, no need for players to go offline and wait.)

……

Accompanied by the update notification, the ground of Di Zong Village shook violently.

In the ruins of the West District, a tall tower rose from the ground.

The tower body was built of black matter, covered with a layer of blue-purple halo on the surface, and the tower top was sharp and towering, pointing straight to the sky, with a huge crystal ball slowly rotating above.

This building was the Test Tower completed by Yan Ming.

The tower was equipped with the spatial rule power of automatically opening layered spaces. Different players entering the tower would enter different layered spaces, and would not be affected by other players during the test.

The appearance of the new building soon caused heated discussion in the regional channel, and the popularity spread to the newly opened forum function version.

Especially the old players who were exploring the Gloomy Caverns were very much looking forward to the content of this update.

They were all in the second and third soul selection stage of Star Pulse enhancement, and they just needed the Test Tower to perform simulation tests on their future growth direction.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 26 =====