Building a sect from scratch.

Chapter 303 Public Beta Countdown

The wilderness of Duguang is not too far from Chang'an City, but it is separated by the Ten Thousand Mountains, so it has never been known to players.

Of course, the main reason is that players subconsciously adopt the maps provided by the game system and never consider referring to the hand-drawn maps that already exist in the Guixu Realm. So, as long as a place is marked as a fog on the game map, people naturally never think that Luocheng will land there.

Gu Wei's suggestion, on the contrary, cleared up the fog for the players of Gugu Chicken Community.

Yes! This game world is so big, and there are still many unknown maps where the fog of war hasn't been lifted, so you can still find cities!

"This is it,"

Gu Wei sketched on the paper with a charcoal pencil, gradually drawing the outline of Zhongzhou. He then drew a circle to the south and wrote the character "万" (wan), representing Wankuzhou, and said, "Once you cross the Hundred Thousand Mountains of Zhongzhou, you will reach the Duguang Plain. Further south of the Duguang Plain is Wankuzhou. Between the two lies the Black Sea. The books say that the Black Sea connects to the Nine Netherworlds, filled with miasma and teeming with demons and monsters, making it difficult for people to pass through. Therefore, although Wankuzhou is connected to Zhongzhou, it can only be reached by sea."

One player asked doubtfully, "Hey? If we land our city in the Tohiro Plains, won't it be unsafe? Isn't the Tohiro Plains supposed to be near the Black Sea?"

Thursday analyzed, "Definitely not! The Hirono Plain sounds huge! We're located near the Ten Thousand Mountains, so there shouldn't be any problem!"

Gu Wei nodded in agreement and said, "That's right! The Duguang Plain is exceptionally large! And the book says there's also a Duguang Kingdom there! With the Duguang Kingdom separating it, it won't touch the Black Sea!"

"Du Guang Kingdom!? Wasn't it said that there were no kingdoms in the Guixu Realm!?"

"No? That can't be right."

"Yes, there are!" Gu Wei stopped the players' argument and said in a serious tone, "There are many countries, such as Qingqiu Kingdom and Wuyan Kingdom! But they are called countries because they have a king! And the book says that they are all demon cultivators, and only demon cultivators can have countries!"

"Wow! So Duguang Kingdom is also a country of demon cultivators?"

Gu Wei nodded and said, "Yes, but unlike other demon cultivation kingdoms that are mainly composed of the same type of race, the Kingdom of Duguang is said to be a mixed bag, with demon cultivators of all kinds of origins. The master once said that the current King of Duguang is the God of Duguang, a phoenix, who is over three thousand years old!"

Gu Wei was only thirteen or fourteen years old, but she spoke clearly and logically, showing great intelligence. However, the players didn't have much contact with underage children and didn't really understand the concept of children, so they treated Gu Wei as if she were their peer, communicating with her in a back-and-forth manner, which made Gu Wei very happy.

However, as Gu Wei spoke with great enthusiasm, the players looked increasingly bewildered, and some even began to speculate wildly.

What is a 'Yuzhu'?

"Is the storyline of 'Doujihiro' part of a new expansion?"

"Is a new map going to be released in Hirokuni?"

"An open kingdom of yokai? A hundred demons... no, a hundred yokai parade at night?"

"What the hell is this 'Hundred Demons Parade at Night'? Don't just randomly graft it onto anything!" "Does that mean it might mean we can open up beast taming? Like having some kind of demonic beast pet or something?"

"Don't we have a dog in our community?"

"That dog is so stupid! Look at the cabbage, and then look at it! Ugh! I can't even look at it! What I want is a cute yet violent monster! Or at least one as smart as the cabbage!"

"Wake up! You think you can compare to the most famous lucky koi in the entire server?"

"Be bold, what if the public beta actually includes the map of Guangdong?"

As everyone discussed the matter, they completely forgot about the city's collapse and started talking about the game update.

According to the game announcement, the servers will be down for maintenance tomorrow. Each update to *Ten Continents Chronicles* introduces a new expansion and storyline. However, unlike other games, *Ten Continents Chronicles*' expansions don't showcase newly added storylines; instead, they record stories and history from a past period, such as "Protecting Guangcheng Sect" and "The Story of Divine Blessing Village."

This drastically different "expansion pack" format surprisingly didn't trigger a barrage of angry comments from netizens on forums. Instead, they all praised it as a great design that made players feel more immersed.

Of course, some lucky players were unlucky enough to be "on TV" – that is, in the expansion pack – and experienced a major social breakdown. As a result, they couldn't help but give the dog planners passionate and intimate greetings. Among them, the Jade Emperor and his famous "My mission is complete" scene are the most well-known. Some netizens even photoshopped it into a GIF emoticon, which became very popular in various group chats.

However, the main reason everyone is more concerned about this update is because it will launch the open beta, which will bring in 10,000 new players! And it's rumored that more slots will be added daily until the platform reaches 200,000 users! That's a "golden age" that most casual gamers can only dream of!
Originally, the players of Gugu Chicken Village planned to establish their city before the open beta, so they could take advantage of the open beta and use the cheap labor of new players to build Gugu Chicken City. However, if the plan is to establish it in Hironono, just figuring out how to get there will be difficult, and it seems unlikely that the city will be established anytime soon!

“If it’s not to Rongyuyuan, then it should be about the same distance as to Longshan Port,” Wei Wo Wushi said, gesturing dramatically with his hand to the hand-drawn map on the paper, which made the distance impossible to discern. “How long did it take them to clear the land to Longshan last time? Does anyone know?”

A player who knew the inside story quickly replied, "I know, I know! It seems to have taken three or four days! And they didn't walk there, they flew there, and then they probably fought some monsters and cleared the map along the way!"

Thursday's disappointment was immediately apparent: "Good grief! The people from Longshan will take three or four days, so let's just wash up and go to sleep. I guess we won't be able to get through this anytime soon!"

“Hmm…not necessarily,” Wei Wu hesitated for a moment and said, “We can pay to do it. Doesn’t Longshan have airships? Or we can ask Er Gou for help. I remember we players have several airships. We can skip the exploration and just get to Luocheng! I just don’t know if the map there is open yet!”

Thursday clapped his hands excitedly and exclaimed, "That's right! I remember there was a big shot in Longshan who learned how to fly a flying boat!"

Wei Wo proudly raised his head, feeling incredibly intelligent, and confidently gave orders: "Okay, I'll contact someone to find a flying boat and try to land in the city today. Then the rest of you can hurry up and pack your things these next few days so that we can recruit new players to build the city we landed in after the open beta starts. Then we can just move over there!"

"no problem!"

"Definitely the boss!"

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