---Viktor's POV---
The night sky was dazzling with stars. I stood bathed in moonlight as I returned to the Lord's Residence.
It was already past midnight.
Finally, I had the ti to deal with my long-neglected divine power reserves.
[Divine Power: 5023]
Despite spending the day setting up a secondary server, or rather, a player signal tower, at the ruins, and another 250 divine power in the evening to help players break through to higher realms, the influx of new players brought an imnse increase in divine power.
Each new player contributed 100 divine power on their first day, and the stronger the players beca, the more divine power they provided daily.
With just 50 active players logging in daily, the average divine power gain had already reached 180.
I checked the logs of my divine power gains and was astonished to find that during the battle against the terror beast that morning, half of the participating players had contributed a whopping 800 divine power.
"No wonder those old geezers who love to put on airs are so eager to organize divine descents with their believers," I remarked in amazent.
It might be an old-school way to show off, but it sure worked.
Even in my half-baked faith-based ga system, I had managed to rake in nearly four digits in divine power. For those with higher faith conversion rates, their ritual profits must be even more substantial.
However, despite the seemingly significant gain in divine power, not a single new function was available for direct purchase.
The console's features had barely been discounted recently, leaving helplessly hinting to players, "Don't you think the ga could use so new features? Co on, brainstorm and influence the pricing algorithm!"
After setting prices for a pile of low-level magic artifacts, I couldn't help but covet [Appraisal].
It would save so much trouble, but the price was absurd: 99,900 divine power.
Well, at least it was 100 points less now.
Reluctantly, I tore my gaze away from the skill and started working on alternatives.
"I'll just have to create a stripped-down version to tide over for now."
Aside from overseeing the goblin nest raid, I had also been busy tinkering with the Earth Network. After tireless efforts, I finally figured out a way to integrate the network with the ga console.
Directly unlocking Appraisal required too much divine power, so what about creating a basic unified function instead? Hm... that was actually a nice idea for the current situation.
The ga's official website's database already housed a plethora of player-submitted data on plants, animals, and the ga's background.
If the new function only needed to catalog, search, and compare against the database while recording new discoveries about creatures and factions, the only divine power cost would be the scanning feature. The rest could be handled through coding.
"Perfect."
When the new [Illustrated Handbook] function appeared at a cost of 500 divine power, I was delighted.
As expected, I was getting wiser with age. Or was it because I didn't possess a brain anymore? Anyway, no hesitation was needed; the price was a re drop in the bucket for now.
Using this idea as a foundation, I also launched a Pathfinding Function that recorded terrain walked by players and converted it into 2D maps.
Then ca a Translation Function: directly imprinting psychic translation onto players was too risky, but a translation system that expanded safe vocabulary could ease their language struggles while preventing terms like "ga" and "NPC" from leaking to the natives.
Similarly, the half-finished Forum Direct ssaging function was polished and integrated into the ga.
Once everything was done, I sighed contentedly.
"Truly, the power of computers is limitless."
If I'd picked up these skills earlier, I could've saved so much divine power.
With all minor bugs fixed and new major features launched, I had spent just over 3,000 divine power points.
I scheduled an announcent with detailed explanations of the new features, attached a pre-prepared promotional video, and set it to release automatically.
Finally, I double-checked the extracted essence from the terror beast.
Though the beast's self-destruction had left its corpse fragnted, reducing the essence extraction to half the usual amount for a Level-3 magical creature, it was still sufficient for a good while.
Once I confird everything was in order, I finally went to sleep.
---Third POV---
While Viktor rested, the Earth was still in daylight.
Players who had died early were bragging about their accomplishnts on the forum.
When the new promo video, scheduled for release, went live, it racked up 100 comnts in just five minutes.
By the ti players finished watching the 21-minute video, the comnt section had exploded to over 5,000 posts.
The video condensed over 20 days of gaplay, from the Lucky Stars Team discovering items in a red worm's body to the final battle with the terror beast.
It included major monts like capturing the first great goblin using traps, two days and nights of deciphering scrambled jungle signals, players experinting with gunpowder, and a large-scale raid mid-story. Even so casual footage of players goofing around outside the main plot made the cut.
Each minute was packed with content.
[SoySauceLeader]: ?!?!?
[DroolingEvenCured]: Your favorite content creator finally updated!
[ChestBurster]: Wait, the gunpowder guide from the forum actually works?! This is insane!
[Apple]: Wait, the main storyline is made into a video? Won't I get publicly mocked for my bad behavior?
[FastingMidLane]: Thanks. I'm already digging my toes into the floor in embarrassnt
[StoleYourOfferings]: Only 50 players? My grandma's village fights have more people than that!
[BobBobby]: Bro, have you ever seen a fight with just two digits worth of people?
[ChestBurster]: Never mind him, check out the video! Oh my god, the high-level gaplay is insane!
[SoySauceLeader]: Yeah, especially when everyone charged over the hill and scared the patrolling goblins, it was hilarious!
[CowardlySurvivor]: Wait, is that how I look from a third-person view? Way cooler than I thought!
[LootGoblin]: Hold on, why didn't they include my betrayal scene? I practiced my acting for two whole days!
[Thor]: Don't even talk to . My pants got ripped off by a goblin, and they kept that in...
[PinkGuy]: This is amazing! Every character has their own personality. Is this a teaser for a movie?
[ExpiredKid]: You can tell they spared no expense, aside from fewer magical effects, the quality is flawless!
[Blade]: "True, even though it's a magical setting, most of the ti it's just comically chaotic lee combat."
[Blade]: If it were , I'd solve it all with one firewall spell
[FastingMidLane]: Cloud players really are the most impressive
[People Are Showing Off]: Fire magic is unbeatable. New players, welco to choose fire magic!
[LootGoblin]: True
[Hedgehog]: Sigh, it just ended too quickly, I didn't get enough kills!
[ProGar_Daddy]: And I didn't make enough money...
[Hedgehog]: I strongly suggest the developers add a fixed monster spawn point. I need to level up!
[FastingMidLane]: Friendly reminder: Death penalties have been reinstated.
[ClankClank]: I want to report soone! At 11:23, there was a player slacking off on the battlefield!
The tight plotline and spectacular visuals caused the video to skyrocket in popularity, with views and comnts climbing rapidly. So even submitted the video to other websites, further increasing its reach.
Besides the unanimous praise for the stunning battle sequences, many cloud players were puzzled: Why do the muscular n in the video all love wearing short skirts?
Players from the closed beta who made it into the video were shedding tears. If only they had known the footage would be recorded, they definitely wouldn't have been so cheap and bought the least expensive newbie outfits from the workshop!
At the very least, they'd have worn sothing presentable during the cutscenes.
With deep regret, they resolved to do better next ti.
So much so that, within half an hour of the video's release, NeverShowOff received five orders for patchwork pants. Each order was for at least five items.
He was moved to tears.
Previously, since new players had gotten used to the breezy feel of short skirts, their newly launched pants sales were dismal, with pitiful promotional effects.
But now, players were finally gaining an awareness of proper attire.
The Cloth Cuckoo Workshop might just beco the biggest winner following the release of the new promotional video!
The promo video was mostly a carnival for cloud players, while also satisfying the vanity of so top-performing players.
The real highlight for all closed-beta players was the upcoming update announcent.
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[Chronicles of Aeltia Closed Beta Patch Notes]
[Key Updates:
Weaving! Farming! Building! Expansion! The external crisis has been temporarily resolved, but The Watchers must not stop moving forward. The best ti to plant a tree was ten years ago. The second-best ti is now.
Farming, construction, weaving, fishing, expanding your territory… If you can dream it, you can do it! Viktor will provide substantial support for all feasible plans. Although it's late sumr and not the ideal farming season, perhaps the newly joined Watcher, Dwarf Craftsman Hawkes, might have a solution…
New Wave of Closed Beta Recruitnt:
A total of 200 new spots will be available.
To prevent server congestion, spots will be released in batches. Returning adventurers, please stay tuned. The church's capacity is limited, and mornings might see peak logins~ Recruitnt updates are ongoing, stay excited!
Major Ga Functionality Updates!:
New encyclopedia and data collection feature; New private ssaging function (limited to reachable signal zones); New pathfinding feature; Translation feature remains in testing.
Other Events:
New encyclopedia and data collection feature; New private ssaging function (limited to reachable signal zones); New pathfinding feature; Translation feature remains in testing.
The Industrial Star event:
With dangers resolved, applications for factory-related daily tasks have resud.
Watcher's mber Handbook:
Due to the rescue of nurous NPC captives, the handbook now includes the Prisoner Interaction Treaty, please review it carefully. Treasure your sanity; avoid the "little black room." The celebration banquet will be held tomorrow evening at sunset, don't miss it!
Other Updates:
- Visual style optimization
- Physics engine adjustnts
- Minor bug fixes]
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[ProGar_Daddy]: First comnt!
[NationalChampion]: 200 newbies and dozens of new NPCs?!
[FastingMidLane]: That's a lot of people
[ImmuneToBeauty]: This ti, surely I'll get in?
[SoySauceLeader]: Dream on. Look at the number of applicants, it's already over 20,000
[ImmuneToBeauty]: What the heck! You doubters who don't even believe the ga exists, why are you seriously filling out the application forms?!
[StoleYourOfferings]: I have internal ga channels, 10 beta keys available. DM if interested
[Apple]: Wait, didn't you just say a few days ago that the ga was fake?
[Hedgehog]: Finally! My endless feedback paid off, translation functionality is finally here!
[ProGar_Daddy]: Don't kid yourself. Your low favorability with Alyanne has nothing to do with communication barriers
[GaLord420]: The encyclopedia is what's most important! I don't have to morize those data modules anymore!
[FastingMidLane]: Just the biological data alone is over 100,000 words. Hats off to you
[Garble]: The pathfinding feature isn't bad either. The forest's terrain and mines are so complex, this will be useful for exploration teams
[CowardlySurvivor]: Now LootGoblin won't have to worry about getting lost anymore
[LootGoblin]: That was just an accident last ti!
Only closed-beta players truly understood how significant these updates were for the ga.
Finally, they wouldn't have to endure NPC gibberish!
And LootGoblin wouldn't get lost anymore!
Cough cough, that last part could be ignored.
In short, the imaginative players flooded the comnt section with countless ideas, eagerly waiting to implent them once they resurrected or their fatigue levels cleared up.
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The next day, in the lamplit Honeyvale Town, early mornings were often peak tis for player logins. At the sa ti, the temporary residents of the town began their workday.
Players erging from the church couldn't help but rub their eyes.
"Wait, are there new NPCs in our ga? And so many of them!"
"Heh, must be the recently resurrected ones. They started working yesterday!"
"Task points should be back to 24/7 operations, right? I'm going to find Alyanne for so bonding!"
"The notice said the dwarf craftsman is around here…"
"Selling loot! Fresh goods scavenged from the goblin warehouse, any takers?"
"Found so colorful mushrooms on the road, eat them to see stars during the day!"
Players quickly found tasks they wanted to tackle and dispersed throughout the town. Although the main storyline had ended, many players ca to pick up daily tasks.
But with four new helpers around, Alyanne found herself much less burdened. Watching the four temporary recruits bustling around the counter, she felt an inexplicable sense of satisfaction.
"Hahaha!"
At last, soone else was dealing with the players' tornt. She always knew the problem lay with the players, not herself.
During a rare break, she used her limited knowledge of English to maintain order, "Exploration tasks line up on the left; construction and cleaning tasks on the right! Don't mix them up!"
"Where do we line up for the romance missions?" a cheeky player joked from the crowd.
Unfortunately, only other players could understand and laugh.
Those who received their tasks dashed off quickly.
After the peak rush, the task point beca quiet, with only occasional arrivals every ten minutes.
Alyanne looked gratefully at the scar-faced newcor.
"Thank you, Cobb!"
His calculation and hands-on skills were extraordinary. Thanks to him, the players were dispatched so efficiently.
60 advance chapters!
/Malphegor
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