Happy tis always seem to pass by rather quickly.
Before they knew it, the players were dancing and celebrating until midnight in the central square of Chosen City, their laughter echoing throughout the night.
What finally brought their revelry to a stop wasn’t fatigue or boredom, but rather a sudden forced logout announcent from the system, which abruptly ended the festivities.
The new version update is finally being rolled out!
To maintain the cleanliness of the city and avoid displeasing the local NPCs, the players hurriedly cleaned up the ss they had left behind from their celebrations and then promptly returned to their usual logout spots just before the scheduled update maintenance.
Most of the top veteran players with luxurious villas in the Chosen City returned to their hos, while the longti laid-back casual players who had accumulated enough contribution points from their extended playti were able to afford modest yet still expensive private courtyards.
As for the newcors from the fourth beta, most of them either still lived in taverns or in those communal ‘morgues,’ with only the most dedicated grinders and wealthy whales amongst them having been able to secure private places for themselves.
It is in monts like these that the wealth disparity within the ga becos glaringly evident.
Nevertheless, despite the differences in their financial status, there is surprisingly little resentnt among the players.
Part of this was mainly due to the players’ inherent understanding of the ga, which made them less sensitive to wealth gaps within Elven Kingdom.
In addition, ElvKing wasn’t purely a pay-to-win oriented ga.
While the rich whales could use their real-life money to gain contribution points and beco stronger within the ga, the path to reaching the top is not restricted to this thod alone.
There are many other opportunities available to everyone, and just as long as you are willing to work hard, have so luck, and stay sharp, being a top player is not just a distant dream.
Take ng Zhihan, for example.
As an ordinary player from the third-beta, she diligently completed a lot of daily tasks and had just the right amount of luck to get where she currently is.
Then, after the requirents for jobclass advancent were announced, she intensely fard mobs nonstop.
As a result, not only did she reach level 40 before the scheduled update, but she also secured a spot for the jobclass advancent promotion.
After bidding farewell to Li Mu and her other guild mbers, she and her best friend, Yuanjuan, returned to her ho in Chosen City.
It was a private courtyard built by Moe Moe Committee’s real estate developnt team during the third-beta.
Although it wasn’t as large as the mansions built during the first two betas, it was still well-equipped with all the facilities she needed despite its relatively small size.
However, make no mistake: despite its smaller scale, it still cost her a hefty 20,000 contribution points when she bought it.
Of course, after the fourth-beta players joined, her house’s property value skyrocketed several tis over.
In a sense, with her property included, she was now considered quite a wealthy player within the ga.
Still, despite this, she never considered selling her current house in Chosen City to buy a new one.
The reason was simple: it was situated in a great location, surrounded by top players as her neighbors.
Even if it wasn’t as grand as so of the newly built houses on the outskirts, it was a symbol of status in its own right.
Not to ntion, it was just a ten-minute walk to the teleportation array which is connected to various maps, or even quicker if she rode her little unicorn that she had recently ‘acquired’ from the forest.
ng Zhihan returned ho and locked the door.
After feeding her magical familiar so fruits and shooing away a vain battle mage who wanted to sleep with her in the guest room, she took off her gear and lay down upon her bed.
After such a hectic day within the ga, nightfall had gently descended upon the land of Seigües.
Chosen City was no different in this regard, with its surroundings slowly slipping into silence as each players logged off one by one.
This bustling tropolis, which had nearly beco a city that never slept since the arrival of the fourth-beta players, began to drift into a deep, peaceful slumber.
ng Zhihan gazed out the wooden window at the sky while lying in bed under the silky soft quilt woven from crypt spider silk, which had beco quite popular among the players recently.
Unlike back on Earth wherein light and air pollution often obscured the skies to the point of hiding every single star, the night sky here was stunningly clear.
The vast array of stars sparkled like a celestial tapestry, far more breathtaking and magical than the Milky Way she had glimpsed online.
As ng Zhihan gazed at the stunning starry sky through her window, whilst listening to the faint chirping of insects outside and savoring the fresh, earthy scent of her elven abode, her heart, which had been restless from a day of intense grinding, gradually calm down.
“Master once said that every star in the skies represents a different realm. I wonder… could there be another world like Seigües up there?”
As ng Zhihan gazed at the twinkling stars, she couldn’t help but recall the various legends she’d heard from her ntor, Carlos, the elven blacksmith.
Even though she knew it was just a ga, her mind still couldn’t help but fantasized about it.
“I really hope that one day I can explore every corner of this ga world and experience the unique cultures and customs of each race out there…” she thought wistfully.
After attending the etup event, ng Zhihan felt an even more deeper fondness for this ga.
She truly loved this world and its lifelike NPCs, as well as the countless players she t along the way.
This place was, in essence, their dream paradise.
As she gazed at the shimring sea of stars on the horizon, a soft smile gracefully touched her lips.
“See you later, Elven Kingdom…”
She softly whispered before clicking the “Log Out” button on the system nu as her avatar gradually fell into slumber.
anwhile, back in reality—
Unlike in Elven Kingdom, where it was still deep into the night, Earth was bathed in bright daylight.
ng Zhihan slowly climbed out of her VR pod and promptly checked the ti, finding that it was already past ten o’clock in the morning.
No matter how many tis she experienced it, witnessing the difference in the flow of ti between the two worlds always felt surreal to her.
Whilst yawning lazily, she dragged her much heavier and slower real-world body to freshen up before stepping out of her hotel room.
By this point, many players had already risen, and ng Zhihan decided to first wake her best friend next door so that they could head to the dining hall together to eat.
Taking the players’ varied schedules into consideration, the lunch provided by Tianchen Hotel is still served in a buffet style, with the dishes being excellent and mouthwatering.
Alas, ng Zhihan and many of the other players seed too preoccupied and didn’t pay much attention to the food as around eighty or ninety players hurriedly finished their als and, after resting briefly in the hotel lobby, rushed back to their respective rooms just before noon.
These were the players who had secured a spot for the jobclass advancent promotion.
Compared to other players, they were far more excited about the new update of Elven Kingdom to care about anything else and ng Zhihan was among them.
After using the restroom and making sure everything was ready, she quickly climbed back into her VR pod as soon the ti reached exactly 12:00 p.m on October 1st.
“I’m back.”
ng Zhihan silently muttered to herself.
While putting on the helt, she swiftly pressed the icon of Elven Kingdom in the virtual interface.
“Start the ga — Elven Kingdom!”
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【Connection Status: Success 】
【New Version Detected: Elven Kingdom ver 1.70】
【Updating version…01%..02%…】
【99%…100%—Update successful!】
【Logging in…】
【Userna: ng Zhihan】
【O’ Chosen One, welco back to Elven Kingdom!】
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