A red square with a white play button.
The icon of the world’s largest video channel, MyuTube??.
I tapped the icon floating in the hologram and went to my subscription feed. As expected, a new video has been updated.
[MyuTube??]
[Channel of the Pick
Up Master, ‘Anytng’]
[Subscribers: 318,119]
The subscriber count had surpassed 300,000.
It was large enough to call her a popular MyuTuber. Compared to a few months ago when it wavered around 10,000, it was unbelievable growth.
I scrolled down.
The freshly uploaded video from yesterday has attracted nurous comnts.
The title was Townia, 75th Floor.
[Comnts: 875]
15 minutes ago
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The comnts were more filled with criticism of Pick
Up in general and rumors about Anytng than with genuine reactions to the video.
Comnts ranged from complaints about ranking in a dying ga, conspiracy theories that Anytng and Loki were working together to dominate the second server, to calls for quitting the ga altogether. The frustrations were understandable; there were too many suspicious details.
Anytng had reached the 75th floor of Pick
Up, which was said to be nearly impossible, in less than a year. Being within the top 100 out of millions of Masters was an extraordinary feat. The community even coined a term for an obscure group called “Amjinyo,” demanding the truth about Anytng. They were convinced Anytng was using an operator’s account with cheats.
And I was also under suspicion. Any Master who picked a fight with Anytng ended up decimated.
The theories circulating on the boards claid:
Anytng is Loki’s alt account.
They are married.
They’re both using /N_o_v_e_l_i_g_h_t/ operator accounts.
No matter what, one thing was clear...
The ga was on a decline.
Before I got sucked into this world, Pick
Up was the most popular mobile ga worldwide. But within a year, that glory faded. It had dropped out of the top 10 revenue gas long ago and was bombarded with criticism as a “luck-based money pit” where whales ruled. The steep learning curve, veteran players’ gatekeeping, and aggressive PVP had deterred new players significantly.
Above all, server issues and bugs plagued the ga. Servers would crash every few days, which beca a routine occurrence. Previously, these outages were spaced out, but now, they happened at least once or twice a week. Complete server breakdowns weren’t unheard of either. Players reported missing heroes and forced stage terminations due to bugs.
More than just a decline.
If things continued this way, Pick
Up would soon fall into obscurity or even face a complete shutdown.
All gas have a lifespan.
As the moon waxes and wanes, every popular ga eventually sees its pri pass and decline set in. Three years was already a long run for a mobile ga. Revenue had been milked dry, and even a public service termination wouldn’t co as a shock.
“But still... This is problematic.”
“What’s problematic?”
I looked up.
Jenna, dressed in her dark blue leather coat, was tilting her head at .
“Oppa, we’re ready to go.”
“Already finished?”
I glanced around.
The view unfolded below the railing.
A vast space. Simply calling it large didn’t do it justice.
[※ Caution!]
[This mission requires over a hundred parties! If you’re short on mbers, use the paid or free summons to recruit more heroes!]
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