T0 Gaming Guild Saves the World.

Chapter 497, Section 496: A Sudden Version Update

Early in the morning, the candlelight seemed somewhat restless.

Chen Shaoyu mentioned that she was distracted during the magical boundary between reality and illusion last night.

He even asked, somewhat bewildered...

"Critical copy?"

A layer of mist settled over those bright eyes, making them no longer clear.

As the data center for the entire game, she should be fully aware of everything that happened in the Tower World last night.

Chen Shaoyu felt something was strange and asked a few more questions, but he didn't see any difference between the candlelight and the usual one.

After breakfast, the candlelight remained lit for a noticeably longer period, and communication also tended to come to a standstill.

If it weren't for his eyes still instinctively following Chen Shaoyu's finger movements, he would have suspected that the candle was broken.

"ring."

Chen Shaoyu, who had made an excuse that the candlelight made him uncomfortable and hadn't shown up when his relatives visited, was startled.

In the bedroom, the candlelight, sitting upright on the bed, slowly turned its head and stared intently at the vine-shaped ring that he wore around his neck as a necklace.

This is a masterpiece left behind by the world's primordial spirit "Wu," and it is also one of the few items that can directly communicate with the magical side of the world.

Since the candlelight and the wind-weaving were separated, it has always been kept on his person to prevent any accidents.

"You...you wouldn't happen to be Zhifeng, would you?"

Candlelight walked to the bedside, picked up the vinegar bottle, and started chugging it.

"Here you go." Chen Shaoyu handed it over readily.

"I'll borrow it temporarily and return it to you later."

"No, no, no, it never belonged to me in the first place." Chen Shaoyu shook his head.

"Don't you want to possess this power?" Candlelight asked. "Your world has the potential to be turned upside down."

"The reason you enjoy communicating with me is precisely because I can control my curiosity and suppress my desires, right?"

"Your curiosity hasn't seemed to be well controlled lately," Candlelight chuckled. "I think a major characteristic of a good relationship is that you can't help but want to get to know the other person better, right?"

When his prediction came true, Chen Shaoyu was immediately embarrassed and at a loss for what to do.

The candlelight finished a bottle of vinegar and turned around contentedly.

"I'll be leaving for a while, but I'll be back for dinner."

The tone was as if a child who had finished their homework and was going out to play was giving instructions to their parents.

Then, like a painting erased by an eraser, she disappeared from the room.

After a moment of stunned silence, Chen Shaoyu couldn't suppress his curiosity.

"What would you do with the ring?"

The phone suddenly rang.

The person in the notes is a colleague from the Chinese server operations team.

"Brother Chen, why the sudden announcement of an update? Did the boss communicate with you about it?"

"Update?" Chen Shaoyu asked blankly, "What update?"

"So you don't know either, Brother Chen. Do you have a computer with you? Try browsing the official website homepage."

Chen Shaoyu quickly logged onto the website.

After pressing F5, a new update announcement appeared on the homepage: the server would be down for maintenance for 2 hours.

"New main world/tower world added, monster behavior mods added, new monster types added, new storyline added, new items added..."

"During the opening of the Tower of Ascension world, the experience gain rate for levels 10 to 30 in the main world will be increased."

"All players' challenge attempts increased by 2."

"In the Tower World, every 7 days in reality, players with 0 challenge attempts will have 2 challenge attempts restored."

"The in-game store will open the purchase channel for Divine Job Change Scrolls for a limited time of 7 days, allowing players to freely change their first and second jobs. Job change will be synchronized with the original job's skill configuration."

"The online store will open the channel for purchasing name change vouchers for a limited time of 7 days."

"Custom emoji packs are now available for purchase in the store."

"..."

With so much updated content, it took Chen Shaoyu several minutes just to find the key points worth browsing.

Despite the massive amount of updates, Candlelight unusually did not discuss it with any of its operations team members.

They should have made advance announcements to support off-site marketing.

Chen Shaoyu's phone kept ringing. After replying to everyone in the group, he received inquiries from the top 4 players in the Chinese server.

"This is a New Year's surprise. We've hidden something big. Happy New Year!"

As an operations manager, he has a very strong mindset.

Although I don't know how the candlelight was arranged, it's been a long time since the last update of the materials, and it's during the New Year, so it's perfectly reasonable to offer a few blessings and blend into the festive atmosphere.

only……

During the Tower World Tournament, the game was updated, and Zhifeng actually agreed to it?
Magic.

The hot topics and highlights in the morning were on the verge of being real or unreal, but they changed after the announcement was updated.

Discuss who is stronger, the male/female duo or Yuru;
Is the Grim Reaper jailer also a Tier 1 gatekeeper on the list?
When will the boundary between virtual and real return to the top of the list?
At this moment, everything stopped.

The ingredients are plentiful.

The last update seems to have been the one before.

As a major update, Tower of Towers didn't actually add many new main world gameplay elements, which left many life skills players who couldn't participate initially feeling somewhat resentful.

Fortunately, later versions allowed them to spectate the game through the World Bubble.

This update increases the margin for error for players.

Whether it's the increased speed of early-game upgrades in the main world or the two weekly challenge opportunities, both have expanded participation in the Tower World.

Job change scrolls and in-game custom emoticons, two of the most requested items, have finally been released after much anticipation.

The jailer had been looking forward to the latter for a long time.

It would be awesome to be able to use emoticons in games.

Especially in interactive and competitive events, even without speaking, simply choosing an expression and throwing it out can be more entertaining than trash talk.

I'll go back and upload a bunch of annoying memes.

Oh, and he also needs to upload some seal emojis for the Tea God, sending one out before each draw to actively interact with spectators!
"Don't worry, the emojis I chose for you will definitely make players feel warm all over."

"Look how cute these seals are, trust me."

Tea God didn't suspect anything and uploaded the compressed file sent by the jailer to the website's upload page.

While chatting with everyone, she stole a lot of strange and funny emojis, many of which were beyond the scope of words.

The prison guard's meme collection is the most complete, encompassing both the comedic and the eccentric extremes.

You can't go wrong using his, right?
As night fell, many people rushed out into the wilderness, eager to see what new features had been added to the new version.

Jiang Heyi opened the online store, and two eye-catching items appeared in the limited-time offer list.

Divine Job Change Scroll: 50 yuan

Name change coupon: 80 yuan

Why does changing your name cost more than changing your job?

Muttering to himself, he bought both.

There's no need to change jobs, and it's even less likely that they'll change their names, but that's just how gamers are.

It always feels wrong not to buy items that are on limited-time sale.

If you really don't need it, it's perfectly fine to leave it in the warehouse as a collectible.

The in-game emoticon feature costs 99. This price is a bit high, but Jiang Heyi completely understands.

After all, you never know what kind of outrageous things might come up, like some legendary or bizarre gadgets trying to fool the censors and make headlines.

Setting a threshold of 99 to filter out troublemakers is excellent.

After purchasing them, all the emojis I had uploaded to the website that morning were loaded all at once.

He selected a cat emoji and sent it; the emoji immediately appeared above his head.

You can also choose the position where the emoji pops up according to your preference, which is very convenient.

During the Chinese New Year, these are all items that players have been looking forward to, so you can imagine how many people are spending money on them right now.

Considering that the dividends of the Stars' Proof are based on the monthly revenue and are adjusted proportionally under the control of Stars' Bonfire, the distribution of profits is subject to change.

Jiang Heyi looked around at everyone.

Even when it came to fries, everyone's face wore an awkward expression, as if they had been forced to accept a red envelope during the Lunar New Year, but couldn't refuse.

Back at the guild, the three members of Mint, who had been completely exhausted last night, had regained their energy and spirits.

Kesha was extremely dissatisfied with her embarrassing state of being reduced to a dried fish after the first half of the game. She gritted her teeth and begged everyone to give her another chance to redeem herself.

She was so enraged that she had no idea how intense the battle had been the night before!

Although it's unclear what kind of doll the woman took out in the other dimension was, its ability to instantly destroy space suggests it carries some kind of authority.

Just like the bizarre three coal balls.

It's an incredible feat that even women wouldn't expect, that Kesha was able to withstand the doll's intimidation and protect Mint Renee.

In an instant, Kesha felt like he had entered a praise group.

Both the virtual and real worlds successfully completed their orders, praising her heroic performance in the unstable magical space last night.

With the combined efforts of the seven people, Kesha, who had been doubting that his dried fish was holding him back, breathed a sigh of relief.

Mint and Renee helplessly shrugged.

“We’ve been saying the same thing for ages today, but she just won’t believe us.”

Kesha covered her face: "You're all fighting a fierce battle, but I fainted because I was exhausted from magic and couldn't catch my breath. This is so embarrassing!"

"Please, please, please don't tell anyone in the Fallen Star Sea... and especially don't let Her Majesty Jingxin know, otherwise..."

Everyone in the hall shook their heads.

The Slime King trembled like a pudding.

The insect fog has become like a zipper, automatically sewing itself shut.

【Want to Go to the End of the Stars with You】is now available.

【A Sky Full of Stars Accompanying You】is now available.

After glancing at it, Jiang Heyi took out the props that he had discussed with everyone during the day and stuffed them into his backpack.

While other guild teams were gathering, he teleported to a conflict zone near Windjammer City that allowed player-versus-player combat.

Soon after, two furtive figures peeked out from the bushes.

Liu Jinhong asked impatiently, "Xiaofei said she has something for us, what is it?"

Jiang Heyi showed his backpack, and the two of them shuddered, their eyes filled with barely suppressed elation.

"Is it really possible?"

"These are disposable items for us. If you don't want them, we can only give them to Xilu to exchange for points."

Lu Xinxin wondered, "But this is a bound item, it can't be traded."

"There are different types of bound items. This one isn't completely permanently bound; it can be picked up when it drops."

"But if you actively discard it, you're directly destroying it."

Jiang Heyi rubbed his forehead.

Even after having our own small, established circles for so long, I still feel like I haven't quite figured out how to play the game properly.

You spend all your time surfing the community, but don't you pay attention to some practical tips and tricks, or learn more about the game details?
Such pure gamers! To be teammates with the "Nuwai Couple" and stay together, they must be pretty much the same kind of people. They seem like a really cute bunch...

"I can't throw it away voluntarily, so why don't you do it for me?"

"How to do it."

"I wasn't even wearing 'Chao'!"

Two minutes later, the couple left, leaving Jiang Heyi, in a wandering state, back in the guild.

We lost some experience, but as long as my parents and his friends are happy, it's all worth it.

Speaking of which...

Last night's battle was so intense, but in the end, the women didn't gain any experience at all.

Jiang Heyi was still fantasizing about everyone increasing by 5 levels in one go.

Level 45 is basically equivalent to Tier 9 in the game's world view.

Women and men should correspond to level 10 of level 50, right?

French Fries asked with concern, "Is it all done?"

“One backpack should be enough. If not, we’ll add more,” Jiang Heyi said. “If it really doesn’t work, we can go out and help out when we have some free time.”

"Then forget it, let them do it themselves. Mom and Dad have made new friends, so let's not steal their thunder."

Jiang Heyi smiled.

They complain about their overly affectionate parents, but actually...

At the same time that the five teams that had banded together during the Green Embroidery City siege met again, Fries's greasy parents also returned to their guild with a heavy harvest.

Their guild is called [Lemonade Hut].

There's no special meaning behind it; it was just a spur-of-the-moment decision. I didn't want to agonize over the name of the guild, so I just filled in whatever came to mind.

There were no special guild decorations, no money or items for renovations, the guild's internal structure was dilapidated everywhere, and even the dolls were only those brought by the players themselves, with no extras.

There are no workshops left.

Zero output, guild construction halted.

If the guild at the boundary between the virtual and real worlds is a luxurious palace complex, then the Lemonade Hut is undoubtedly an open-air coffin or a small matchbox casually built by an Minecraft player.

The guild members brought along their parents, making a total of 8 people.

Liu Jinhong is the guild leader—he was very popular when he was doing dungeons in the early days, and he was given the title of guild leader by everyone's applause.

The troll [Hibernating Orange Cat] slowly stood up and stretched: "The guild leader slipped out the moment he logged on, where did he go?"

The demonic fox [Withered Realm] clicked its tongue and said, "He's probably off somewhere being all lovey-dovey again. No need to think about it. Let's get back to work. We should continue exploring the foggy area today."

The orange cat couldn't help but ask, "What if those guys come and try to steal it again?"

Withered Realm clenched his fist: "Then let's fight! I'm just a worthless life, who's afraid of who?"

"The surrounding space is so big, and we just happened to be assigned to a bubble world. Instead of exploring separately, they just linger around it. Isn't that just deliberately trying to annoy us?"

Seeing that the withered realm was getting more and more agitated, the orange cat quickly stopped her and told her to calm down first.

Liu Jinhong chuckled.

"It's okay, just watch me today."

"Once everyone is online, we'll gather and set off. No matter who comes today, I'll be there to support them."

"Huh... the president seems unusually confident today." The orange cat frowned. "Didn't you act as a peacemaker last time, trying your best not to get everyone involved in the conflict? ... Wait, there's a murderous aura about you."

"How could the guild leader possibly have murderous intent? You're completely overthinking it." The Withered Realm cultivator waved his hand. "Let's watch my moves today!"

"I secretly had a fine weapon forged by a craftsman. Watch me test it on those pig coins today!"

Lu Xinxin poked Liu Jinhong's cheek.

"What an unauthoritative president! Everyone's talking over each other, all eager to try."

(End of this chapter)