Chapter 2: New Century (Epilogue)
Chapter 738: Beta Testing is Approaching
“Help me, brothers! How do I increase city favorability? I’m stuck!”
“Me too, I can’t unlock any buildings!”
Soon, lords players were asking for help on the world channel, and one of them was (Player Name) (M).
Aryk had just finished building the barracks and a level two city defense. Seeing the players’ questions, he had a thought and asked, “Did you trigger a choice mission that asked if you wanted to offer your wealth to the King of Winter? You chose to be ungrateful, didn’t you?”
“(Player Name) (M): That’s right!”
“Then what reward did you get?” Aryk asked curiously.
“(Player Name) (M): Uh… the system directly gave me a lord pet named ‘Sand Sculpture’.”
“My brother doesn’t lay eggs: Damn it, mine also rewarded me with a Sand Sculpture…”
Sand Sculpture?
Such an idiot, hahaha.
Aryk almost burst out laughing.
This game system understood the subtext.
“You should have chosen option one. That way, you would have directly received 50 city favorability, and both the beginner and intermediate buildings would have been unlocked.”
…
Torrandrid City.
(Player Name) (M) looked at Aryk’s reply and wanted to cry.
He wished he could slap himself twice.
If only he hadn’t been greedy. What should he do now that he couldn’t unlock city buildings? Did he have to proactively hand over the assets in his warehouse?
But now the King of Winter had already returned to Winter City… He couldn’t possibly commit suicide just to run back and forth, could he…
(Player Name) (M) scrolled up and down in the City Lord System and accidentally found a “Tribute” function button.
[Tribute] As a lord under the allegiance of the King of Winter, you are obligated to submit a portion of your income to the King of Winter.
With a trial mentality, (Player Name) (M) clicked on Tribute.
[Please select the supplies you wish to offer:
Gold Coins: 270,000
Mineral Resources: 145 tons
Treasures: 5
Magic Crystals: 12 tons]
These were all movable assets under his name.
With a trial mentality, (Player Name) (M) donated one gold coin.
[The King of Winter’s favorability towards your city has decreased by 1.]
What the heck?!
Why did it decrease?
(Player Name) (M) widened his eyes.
Did the system think his tribute was too little?
Was the system really that intelligent?
(Player Name) (M) offered tribute again. This time, he directly offered 100,000 gold coins.
[The King of Winter’s favorability towards your city has increased by 11.]
“As expected!”
(Player Name) (M) punched his palm with his fist, tears welling up in his eyes.
“What a broken system! The King of Winter must have developed it, otherwise, why would everything revolve around the King of Winter?”
At this moment, a player’s message popped up on the world channel, perfectly capturing (Player Name) (M)’s complex emotions.
[Crying to death, the King of Winter could have just robbed us directly, but he still gave us the freedom to choose! He’s so gentle and democratic!]
…
Winter City.
The democratic and gentle King Xi Wei smiled heartily as he looked at the gradually filling national treasury.
Cain Continent was equivalent to having no regent king; it was directly responsible to him. He was the King of Cain Continent. The uniqueness of the players also allowed Xi Wei to span across the North and South Continents to exercise complete control over Cain Continent.
However, this did not mean that Xi Wei condoned the players’ unrestrained development.
All final resources must be concentrated towards the Wintery Empire.
To put it bluntly, the players only had the right to use the cities, not to own them. This was not explicitly stated, but it should have been made quite clear.
Looking at the mournful messages popping up on the player world channel, Xi Wei couldn’t help but sneer:
“Don’t forget the source of the water when you drink. You’re already crying after taking half? System!”
[Yes.]
“Increase the national tax by 20% for those players who chose option two. They have to pay it every month! If they don’t pay, their city favorability will be deducted!”
[Understood. New rules are being issued below.]
As the system’s voice fell, Xi Wei watched the player world channel messages, and indeed, there was another wave of wailing.
[Host, once those players occupy cities and become lords, public beta testing can begin. Beta testers will descend from the players’ cities, which will greatly reduce the pressure on Winter City.]
“It can already start public beta testing?”
Xi Wei scratched his head. The system intended to pull all players to fight against the Old Ones, didn’t it?
“Isn’t that a bit too hasty?”
Xi Wei felt an inexplicable sense of unease in his heart.
[Cain Continent is the signal for the Old Ones’ full-scale invasion. Now, recruiting players for public beta testing requires some time for them to grow, and this is the best time. However, some preparations need to be made before public beta testing.]
“You have a point.”
Xi Wei nodded and said, “Let’s wait until the Teleportation Gate is built. Without a Teleportation Gate now, players have to rely on suicide to teleport, making it seem like a half-finished product. When there are so many players, the Villain Points required for resurrection after death will be an astronomical number. Even if the Godhead of the God of Wilderness offsets some of it, I can’t afford it. We need to place some restrictions on them, so these Novice Players learn to cherish their lives.”
[Restrictions are necessary. However, Host, you can provide a portion of Death Divinity to maintain the player resurrection system. This will greatly alleviate the pressure on the “Server.”]
“I can do that?” Xi Wei looked stunned.
At this point, he could already act as an external server?
[Of course you can. Death Divinity is not Faith Divinity. It can recover naturally after being consumed. At that time, maintaining a balance between consumption and recovery will suffice.]
“Then it’s settled. Let’s start preparing!”
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Blue Star, Dragon Country.
After school, Ye Bai went home and, as usual, opened his computer to log in to the Cain Continent website to see if there was any information about the fourth test. Although he didn’t hold out much hope, it had become a habit.
“It seems there’s no news today…”
Looking at the Cain official website, which had only updated some videos and announcements, Ye Bai felt a little regretful.
Just as he was about to close the website, a golden, game-ad-style pop-up window suddenly appeared.
The title was in striking red text.
[Cain Continent Public Beta Testing Scheduled!]
