Miss Player, please don't cast spells on me.

Xuedao was now staring blankly at the comments section below her video.

'Isn't this basically saying that the Blade of Chaos is a limited-time resource? The official Dream City team is releasing a new version and still making it a player-limited resource… isn't that going a bit too far?'

"This isn't the first time Dream City has sold limited-edition equipment; complaining about the official channels won't make a difference! You might as well take advantage of the fact that the Blade of Chaos is still easy to get and get one now!"

'Putting everything else aside! This new Rebirth version of Dream City is seriously fun! Aww… my daughter is just too cute!'

Among all these comments, the one that truly devastated Snow Island was…

No need to purchase *Rose Kingdom* or *Dungeon Sanctuary 2*, the limited-time item "Blade of Chaos" from the Rebirth version is now available on eBay. Limited quantities available, first come, first served!

Here comes the most terrifying stage that this looting and plundering can reach: the influx of merchants!

Because of the popularity of the Rebirth version, and the fact that the item Broken Blade can be freely traded, the potential profits are enormous!

Although Shanor will only give the Blade of Chaos to players who have completed the final ending of "The Principality of Roses", it's too easy for merchants to solve the 'personnel problem' with this kind of limited-purchase item that is only available to one person!

As a result, a large number of merchants who saw an opportunity to make money rushed into the Rose Kingdom and the Labyrinth Sanctuary, and began to plunder, slaughter and harvest the flesh and blood of the Shanor people in the most brutal and efficient way!

The Shanor people are incredibly important to Snow Island, to which countless emotions have been invested, and to which they are cherished and protected at all times.

Now, amidst the hype surrounding the Dream City Reborn version, it has completely transformed into a treasure that other players are vying to plunder—no… it can no longer be called a treasure! It's more like worthless livestock!

One after another, Shanor were sent to the assembly line to be slaughtered and dismembered under the operation of merchants, and finally turned into the only useful tool, the Disorder Blade... and then their only value was to be hung on the merchandise shelf and sold.

"Why...why did it turn out like this!"

Xuedao has been asking herself the same question countless times these past few days.

Just when she was so frustrated and on the verge of collapse that she wanted to make one more video... to use her last bit of voice to urge everyone not to do this.

"Sister Xuedao, don't go anywhere today, just chat with me."

Red-eyed Shanor called out to Snow Island, who was about to switch windows.

"Chatting? Xia Nuoer, I... I'm fine! At least for now!"

Snow Island may have mistakenly thought that Xia Nuoer had noticed that she had been acting strangely lately, so she wanted to keep her here and have a heart-to-heart talk with her.

So just as Xuedao stood up from her seat, wanting to leave the labyrinthine sanctuary to focus on making the video, Shanor suddenly reached out and grabbed the hem of her clothes.

"Eh?"

Snow Island was stunned at this moment. In the past, although this red-eyed Shanor would try to keep her, he would never do it in such a childish or naive way.

He usually grabbed her wrist forcefully, with a "this woman isn't allowed to leave" attitude, but today...

But after making this move, the red-eyed Shanor's next words stunned Snow Island for a moment.

"Sister Xuedao, could you stay with me for a while today? Please."

"..."

The reason Xuedao was stunned was not because of Shanor's lines, but because Xuedao sensed an emotion in the trembling tone of this red-eyed Shanor that should never have appeared on him.

He...is scared!

This is absolutely not the kind of emotion that should be present in Shanor, because after the events in Shanor Village, Snow Island can clearly sense that these kids are all a bunch of lunatics!!

A group of crazy girls who would do anything for the player.

The fact that they would tear apart their own souls and offer up their own flesh and blood just to make the player happy is enough to demonstrate their madness.

But this group of fearless, crazy people... are now showing fear in front of the snow island?

Really? Is that how it is? Why didn't she realize it sooner?

The fact that their flesh and blood were being stripped away, plundered, and devoured bit by bit by those greedy players was something that Xia Nuoer and his ilk found unbearable and terrifying.

They were also unwilling to selflessly dedicate everything they had to that group of strangers.

"I am such a hopeless idiot."

Snow Island, thinking of this, could no longer suppress her emotions and hugged Shanor.

"Why...why couldn't I have been more selfish back then? I should have realized sooner that all my generosity was built on cruelty towards you. What stupid things did I do for that little bit of vanity and self-satisfaction!"

"Ah Xue..."

At this moment, Xiaomian walked into the room and gently patted his younger sister, who was covering her face and silently shedding tears.

"Sister... what... what should I do?"

Snow Island truly felt she had entered a dead end this time; it was a problem that couldn't be solved by playing games.

"Leave it to me." Looking at the video comments popping up on the secondary screen on Snow Island, she said, "I will make all those who hurt you pay the price! A terrible price!"

As the princess wept through the night... the dragon was about to fly out of her lair and begin to burn the world with her angry breath.

P.S.: I'm continuing my challenge of updating a second time later today~ Hope I succeed!

Chapter 88 is truly a good show.

Qingye Hui kept a close eye on the dynamics of the "Dream City" player community throughout the entire process.

Today also happens to be the day when three episodes of "Puella Magi Madoka Magica" air back-to-back, namely episodes four, five, and six.

In these three episodes, the mermaid princess Sayaka officially becomes a magical girl, and the cruel premise is revealed: after becoming a magical girl, her soul will be sealed in the Soul Gem, and her original physical body will become a zombie-like existence.

These three episodes cast an even darker shadow over Madoka's already oppressive atmosphere. As Kiyono Hai looked at the comments about this episode online, everyone unanimously began to worry about Sayaka's future fate.

Ironically, while everyone was worried about Sayaka's fate in the series...

In reality, there is also a person or group who suffers similar torment, namely the female players who raised Xia Nuoer. They painstakingly appealed online to everyone, begging everyone to treat Xia Nuoer kindly, but no one listened at all.

Qingye Hui saw all the female players who loved Xia Nuoer crying online.

But Kiyono Hai knew that now was not the time to solve this problem. At least until the tenth episode of Puella Magi Madoka Magica aired, players of Dream City would not be able to experience the despair of 'wanting to save the one you love, but no matter what you try, you only get a painful ending'.

Meanwhile, Kiyono Hai is currently sitting in the conference room of 21Rain Idol Agency.

After Kiyono Hui took on a nominal screenwriter position at 21Rain, the other staff members at 21Rain initially thought that Kiyono Hui would become the kind of person who steals salaries through connections.

Who knew that the "Puella Magi Madoka Magica" project, which was planned right from the start, would completely ignite the entire ACG community.

This inexplicably increased Kiyono Hai's influence at 21Rain Agency, but that's not the most important thing... Today, 21Rain Agency received a very important guest.

This visitor came from the operator of "Dream City" and his identity was not simple; he could be considered a member of the board of directors of "Dream City".

Kiyono Hai didn't need to deliberately inquire about his true identity as a god; this visitor was none other than the present god, one of the three main gods of Dream City.

Nobuo Sanada is his real name.

This god is much more real than the other two gods in Dream City; he is a money and profit-driven individual.

He took over most of the operations of Dream City over the past three years.

This time, Nobuo Sanada, the current idol, came to 21Rain Idol Agency to find Hai Kiyono, not for any purpose of revenge or provocation, but to... commend Hai Kiyono for his contributions to the dream city.

"Wow, Kiyono-kun, you are a true genius. Just a simple Rebirth version has nearly tripled the daily active users of our Dream City."

“During this period, we have introduced a lot of methods to try to get old players to come back to the game, but none of them have been very effective. As a result, when you, Kiyono-kun, made your move, a large number of old players came back to the game.”

"We don't know how to thank you enough for such a great contribution and such outstanding achievements."

Nobuo Sanada is a middle-aged man who wears sunglasses and a meticulously tailored suit even indoors.

"Although I really want to say that you can just give me money or shares and that's it, I still want to ask you, do you really think this is a good thing?"

Kiyono didn't even look up at the guy; he just kept typing away on his laptop the whole time.

During this time, with the help of Sayaka and Shiina Akane, Kiyono Hai infiltrated a large group of high-end players in Dream City, as well as the top-ranked guilds in Dream City.

Right now, a top-notch drama is unfolding in these groups representing the core players of Fantasy City.

The star of this grand drama is none other than Xiaomian. Xiaomian can definitely be considered a star player in Dream City, a monster who has been in the top three of the Dream City PVP rankings for many years.

Xiaomian still has considerable influence among the players of Fantasy City. This time, she gathered many core players of Fantasy City, such as guild leaders and top players who have been at the top of various leaderboards, and created a group for them.

The purpose of Owlface's actions was simple: to explain the importance of Shanor to the core players of Dream City.

Of course, she wouldn't be as foolish as her sister... trying to emotionally manipulate them with things like, "Xianor is so cute!" or "Be nicer to my kids!"

Instead, it was purely about negotiating profits with these guys!

Owlface quantifies Shanor as a mineral or a certain plant fruit.

"I'll be blunt! If you want to guarantee a stable production of 'Blades of Disorder,' then you need to guarantee you'll spend five to seven hours completing 'The Principality of Roses'! Otherwise, what if that NPC, Shanor, really goes out of business?"

'So what if we're really finished?'

The speaker was a businessman named Sang Ming from the Starfire Alliance. He was the first to stand up and contradict Xiao Mian.

"It would be better if things went completely out of control for us. Hoarding and speculating would allow us to sell the Blade of Chaos for tens, thousands, or even tens of thousands of times more than it is now."

This isn't the first time Dream City has implemented such a limited-edition strategy, or perhaps it's a purchase restriction policy?

This is probably the most effective strategy for a game that is experiencing a serious player churn problem to retain its players.

Previously, the limited-edition magical girl characters released by Dream City were all limited editions, but the effect was not very good... after all, those old players didn't feel any sense of immersion at all.

The rebirth version of Qingye Hui is amazing. It brings veteran players back to the game and makes them all want to raise their daughters.

It's safe to say that the official Dream City team not only won't prevent Xia Nuoer from becoming a 'limited edition', but they're actually quite happy to see the news of Xia Nuoer becoming a limited edition spread, as this will encourage more veteran players to return to the game as quickly as possible.

If Shanor ultimately dies from exhaustion due to the excessive removal of his flesh and blood, then it has even less to do with the Dream City.

They can find any time and any excuse to recreate the 'Blade of Disorder' item.

"So as long as you invest five to seven hours in *Rose Kingdom*, the Blade of Disorder won't become unavailable! @Dove @Rin @Seattle @Night Voyager..."

As she spoke, Xiaomian tagged the leaders of the top-ranked guilds in the group chat and questioned them.

'Do you really want these businessmen—no, I should say, dog dealers—to make money off you for nothing?'

"I'm sorry, Owlface, although you say that... our guild has already acquired all the necessary Broken Blades these past few days, so there's absolutely no reason or need for our guild members to invest their time and energy in that otome game. Besides, to be honest, some people in our guild are also stockpiling these things."

The leader of the number one guild in "Dream City", "Crystal Garden", replied somewhat awkwardly.

"Our guild is the same. We've already got all the Blades of Chaos, and what you said about us taking good care of Shanor is just about helping someone else raise Blades of Chaos, isn't it?! What obligation or necessity do we have to waste unnecessary time taking care of some NPC named Shanor for a bunch of strangers?"

Rin, the guild leader of Hyakkiin, a guild that focuses on PVP in the fantasy city, gave a more aggressive reply.

That's right, they already have the Blade of Disorder. Even if they go back to play "Rose Kingdom" now, they're basically just raising someone else's Shanor.