WTYTIAAN Chapter 176

Chapter 176

Yan Yunqing also received the notification that Internal Beta 1.0 had ended and all players were being forcibly logged out. He was taken aback by the sudden eagerness in the eyes of the players in front of him.

What’s going on? He had just finished speaking a bunch of riddles as usual, and the game was already updating?

Internal Beta 1.0 is over, so what’s next? 2.0 or public beta?

Yan Yunqing frowned, feeling annoyed that his plans were being disrupted.

At the same time, he felt like he was being watched by someone, and he couldn’t help but get goosebumps.

Really…

If you’re going to hide, then hide properly. He had barely finished speaking, and a version update came along. Was it afraid he wouldn’t notice he was being watched?

Yan Yunqing rolled his eyes, taking advantage of the hood concealing his face.

*Huh* (Huh – a soft, whimpering sound)

Yan Yunqing: …

Yan Yunqing: ?

Did something just whimper in grievance?

Yan Yunqing hesitated, looking around, but didn’t notice anything amiss.

Was it his imagination?

Yan Yunqing tried cursing the game a couple more times in his mind, and this time, the strange feeling disappeared, as if it had all been his imagination.

Yan Yunqing: …

Tsk, now he’s even more suspicious.

In any case, the players were about to be forcibly logged out, so Yan Yunqing nodded to the players in front of him: “It seems you all have other things to do. Well then, goodbye for now.”

The mysterious person in the players’ eyes gave a slight bow and disappeared on the spot, as mysterious as when he came.

“The Eternal God Cult should be the main storyline for the next version, right? The mysterious NPC finished talking about the Eternal God Cult and then suddenly the version ended. How long has it even been! Could that really be a coincidence? If it is, I’ll do a handstand and wash my hair!”

“The update was too sudden. Could the internal beta versions be iterating based on a main storyline trigger mode? As long as the next version’s plot is triggered, it automatically updates or something?”

“Then the game must be run by a super artificial intelligence, right?”

“It’s all full-dive VR. What’s so amazing about super artificial intelligence? Artificial intelligence has already been developing rapidly in the past few years, hasn’t it?”

“You have a point.”

“Stop chatting, there are only a few minutes left before we’re forcibly logged out. Let’s quickly find a safe place to log off. Should we add each other as friends? Then we can create a small group chat to discuss this main storyline together…”

“Okay, my Antarctic Little Goose account is…”

…

The players scrambled to find safe houses to log off. The internal beta had been going on for nearly a month, and they more or less understood the death penalty. Although this update seemed to be for three days, even if they died, it would directly override the resurrection cooldown from the death penalty, but the lost experience and items wouldn’t come back!

And the players in Romunike Newbie Village felt like the sky was falling. They had just accepted a traveling merchant quest, rubbing their hands in anticipation to quickly complete the quest and unlock the traveling merchant’s inventory. However, they couldn’t find the other key NPC in the quest, and were about to plow the entire Newbie Village.

The players couldn’t help but hold their faces and cry out: “Mayson, where did you go?!”

The players started to theorize whether the mysterious traveling merchant kidnapped Mayson because Mayson wouldn’t give him a discount on weapons, then pretended nothing happened and gave them the quest.

But before they could find Mayson, the system popped up a message saying that Internal Beta 1.0 was over and that the game would be updated, forcibly logging out the players, and they couldn’t log in for three days.

Players: What? What about our quests? This is a limited-time quest!

However, the game system was ruthless and unceremoniously kicked all the players offline when the countdown ended.

Players: *Muttering and complaining*.JPG

As soon as they logged off, the players found that the game’s official website also had a new announcement:

[Internal Beta 1.0 has ended. The game will be undergoing a version update for three days. Internal Beta 2.0 will go live in three days.]

[2.0 will add 7,000 new internal beta players. Fill out the application form to enter the lottery for internal beta access. – [Application Link]]

At the same time, the game’s official website underwent an epic-level update.

Originally, there were only reservation and in-game recorded videos to interact with. The entire official website was bare. When the internal beta went live, there was only an additional page that could be clicked to sign up for the internal beta.

Now, it was like it had been reworked from head to toe. The main color was still black and red, but there were several more sections: [Faction Details and General Distribution], [Monster Encyclopedia], [Game Videos], [Game Information], [Forum].

Players who saw the forum: ???

Clicking in, they found that the original forum sections had been completely moved to the game’s official website. The old posts’ data were all there. They could still log into their original forum accounts on the game’s official website. The posts they had made and the things they had said in the “Return” section could all be found.

Was this a direct data transfer?

They knew that the reason their previous game forum had a high daily active user count was because it was backed by a large company, and the promotion and retention were done well, which allowed them to retain users.

However, this forum backed by capital would agree to transfer and share data with a game company? What’s going on? Did the capital finally make a move and acquire “Return”?

They hadn’t heard of this news? The capital’s official Weibo account hadn’t reacted at all. Wouldn’t they have announced it by now?

Little did they know that the technical department’s background programmers in the game forum were sweating profusely, all buried in their keyboards.

Damn it, are the “Return” game studio robbers? They directly broke into their server background to copy data and even forcibly shared data?

How the hell did they do it? They couldn’t find any virus plugins installed in their background data? Could they have stolen the data stream out of thin air? Where is the other end of the shared data? Why does the address keep redirecting to their server no matter how they check!!!

The scariest thing was that after they discovered this situation, it was useless whether they wanted to issue a statement to clarify or send a lawyer’s letter to warn and condemn, because the article would be 404 the second after it was posted.

They couldn’t post it, they just couldn’t post it!

These were real robbers!

*

When the forum was shared on the game’s official website, it welcomed another eruption.

New posts emerged one after another, discussing everything from the 7,000 new internal beta spots that were about to be released, to whether “Return” had been acquired by capital, to why the internal beta update was so sudden.

Among them, a post titled [2.0 Internal Beta Plot Main Line Prediction Analysis] attracted widespread attention.

This post was posted by [Big A Bro]. He summarized the analysis of several other players and completed this analysis post. At the same time, he also mentioned his co-creation teammates in the post.

The post described in detail the hidden quest content they had received, and after the mysterious NPC said “I don’t know if you, as Skyfallers, can really save everything as the prophecy says,” the internal beta update announcement was released. They guessed that the next major version’s main story would be related to the Eternal God Cult.

[There are currently several guesses: 1. The 2.0 version’s main storyline is related to the Eternal God Cult. This point is basically confirmed. Players may directly confront the Eternal God Cult.

However, there are currently few related plot clues. According to the mysterious person, this Eternal God Cult is hidden very deeply. It’s unlikely to be completely eradicated in one version. Perhaps it’s a long-term storyline? I feel like this Eternal God Cult is similar to the Abyss Order of a certain game. I’m betting that the Eternal God Cult is related to the Skyfallers!]

——[Reply: Thinking, do the Skyfallers also have an older brother or sister in the evil cult as a villain?]

——[Reply: Upstairs, although this is an RPG game, it’s a large-scale multiplayer online RPG. How would they set up a blood relative for you?]

——[Reply: I guess you’re right]

[2. Although the Eternal God Cult outwardly believes in the Eternal Lord, the man who ended the war of the gods, the former followers of the Eternal Lord not only do not recognize them, but also chase and kill the people of the Eternal God Cult. It can be clearly seen that these two sides are opposing factions. There may also be exploration quests related to the Eternal God Cult in the future.

Also, the historical records of Ermann don’t say that that man died. Maybe there will be the existence of that man in the future plot?]

——[Reply: Which man?]

——[Reply: The Eternal Lord. I saw his introduction in Xue Ge’s post. He’s really amazing. His experience is no exaggeration to call him the protagonist of the world.]

——[Reply: Looking at Xue Ge’s post, the Eternal Lord should be considered a great man who ended the war and unified the continent, right? Why is the title passed down as Demon King? So unlucky.]

——[Reply: Why do you think his title is so unlucky? Because he’s ‘benevolent’! He didn’t want to see the gods continue to rule humanity and suffer, so he killed them all.]

[3. The mysterious man said in the end, ‘War and disaster descend, the world is destroyed, only the Skyfallers can save everything.’ Some people may not be familiar with this. Please jump to Xue Shen’s post [Livestreaming My Experiences in the Ermann Continent], which introduces this line.

This is a prophecy that has been circulating for thousands of years. It is known that more than a thousand years ago, someone predicted the appearance of the Skyfallers, that is, the players. What does this prophecy represent?

War and disaster should be referring to the rise of the two great empires and the appearance of the monsters. Then why will the world be destroyed? What are the Skyfallers going to save?

This may also involve the future plot direction. If the Eternal God Cult is the main storyline of the current version, then the world’s destruction and the Skyfallers saving the world is the game’s overall main storyline.]

——[Reply: Am I becoming a savior again?]

[4. So far, none of the characters that have appeared in the in-game recordings have appeared, especially that Joker, who was hotly discussed in the forum before. He hasn’t shown his face even once in the early plot. Instead, a mysterious NPC with a very deep connection to the main storyline appeared.

As the only character with voice acting in the game recording, Joker is definitely not a simple ordinary NPC. Players in Bato Vita Newbie Village should have seen that wanted poster, right (laughs).

I personally guess that Joker hasn’t appeared in the initial plot of this 1.0 version, and is likely escaping capture. After all, he is the warrior who cut off the old Bato King’s life root.]

——[Reply: Ah? What? Where did you see this?]

——[Reply: Upstairs, the cities around the three Bato Vita Newbie Villages all have wanted posters about Joker. After the update is over, you can go take a look. This guy is really amazing]

——[Reply: Seen the wanted poster +1, but the wanted poster doesn’t specify what Joker did. After reading it, you can ask the mercenaries dressed people. They will be very enthusiastic to gossip with you about what Joker did that night.]

——[Reply: After understanding the whole process of the wanted poster, this plot is actually shown in the first game recording, that is, the famous scene where Joker said, ‘We are reborn in the flames, our souls will never wither’. That was the scene before Joker cut off the Bato King’s little ding-ding.]

——[Reply: Just thinking about Joker saying the riddler words handsomely and then turning around to cut off the Bato King’s little ding-ding makes me laugh.]

——[Reply: Enough! Does Joker not have a face!]

Yan Yunqing wanted to say enough when he saw this. Did he not have a face!

Also, it really wasn’t him who cut off the Bato King’s little ding-ding! How long was he going to carry Cornelia’s blame!