The developers still haven't forgiven the players.

Jiang Chen quietly returned to the tribe without alerting anyone.

Instead of heading to the open area where players mainly gathered, he came to a dilapidated courtyard.

The player base has gradually grown, and he no longer needs to supervise them like a babysitter. Under these circumstances, he would rather find a quiet place to stay.

In fact, the Xishi tribe itself occupies a considerable area.

At its peak, the population exceeded ten thousand, and there were thousands of gray stone houses standing side by side.

There are more than one open space like that, about half the size of a football field, in the tribe. It's just that the players' spawn points are around that open space, so players tend to gather there more often because of the proximity.

Jiang Chen leaped onto the roof and lay down casually, his hands behind his head.

His eyes were slightly narrowed, and to onlookers it looked like he was dozing off, but his consciousness had actually entered the Internet.

Having been interrupted by some impetuous young players, I now have some free time to check where this surge of traffic to the game's official website is coming from.

The process of accessing the official website felt more laggy than it had been in the afternoon.

Opening the forum section, you won't find any posts from test players sharing strategies; instead, you'll see nothing but irrelevant information, such as "Coming for the Recommendation" and "The Niu Family Army Sets Off."

There were a lot of such spam posts. Jiang Chen deleted a few, but new spam posts kept popping up, and he couldn't delete them all.

Let's mobilize the masses.

He used a pseudonym to post a job ad for a moderator and pinned it to the top.

There's no need to rush to select forum administrators. Users who are hastily signing up can be ignored, since in the end, they will still have to be chosen from among the players.

He put the matter aside for the time being and patiently began to examine these spam posts.

Thanks to the poster's lack of awareness of concealing information, he quickly identified the source of this surge in traffic after scanning a few posts.

It seems that most of them are fans of an up-and-coming content creator called "A Niu's Game Bureau".

Following the clues, Jiang Chen jumped to a video website called Nicole Pili and found a video that had been uploaded less than half a day ago.

The video is titled "Would you like to play this kind of game?"

Jiang Chen clicked on the video out of curiosity.

The video begins with a promotional clip for the game, featuring a series of elements including skyscrapers, gangs, nightclubs, car chases, and gunfights.

The background music fades, and a clear human voice begins at the right moment.

"Let's talk about games and make friends. Hello everyone, I'm your old friend A Niu. I believe that viewers who regularly watch our channel will recognize the game trailer at the beginning of the video. It's the game that was officially announced to be released next year, Game 6, which pioneered the open-world game genre..."

He spoke at length, then suddenly changed the subject.

"...But what I want to discuss with you today is another game."

"I'd like to make a bold statement: so far, no matter how large the map or how rich the quests are, so-called open-world games can hardly be considered true open worlds. They are essentially sandboxes revolving around the player. Due to limitations in device performance and workload, it's understandable that game developers make trade-offs."

"However, Ah Niu recently came across a game that does the opposite of what you're looking for. The player is no longer the main character; the world will keep turning whether you are there or not."

This game also abandons the quest system, so there's no sense of loss like in other games where missing a quest means losing your way. You are only responsible for the present moment in every action you take.

Moreover, the extremely high degree of freedom brought by immersion means that players will never have to worry about having nothing to do. That's right, the most important point is that this is a completely immersive virtual reality game. Whatever you can do in real life, you can do in this game as well...

As the video played, Jiang Chen saw that the screen was now filled with a dense array of question marks.

Aside from these question marks, the remaining comments were basically formulaic: "Want to play," "Looking forward to it," and "How much did the game company pay you to brag like this?"

Jiang Chen breathed a sigh of relief and silently turned off the video.

Sweetheart, it turns out it was you, with your thick eyebrows and big eyes, who caused me this trouble.

Upon hearing the voice at the beginning of the video, Jiang Chen immediately recognized the content creator's identity.

Alright, now he doesn't need to worry about choosing forum administrators.

Whoever pollutes, cleans up.

He was prepared for Niu Ge's application to be approved at lightning speed.

……

"Burp~"

Old Kuai finished three large bowls of slug porridge in one go, so full that he had to sit cross-legged by the fire, supporting himself with his hands behind his back.

Ke Yun was still very unhappy, glaring at him sideways: "I can't accept this, Lao Kuai, you better confess, did you fire him?"

Old Kuai was genuinely worried that the game developers might optimize him, so he quickly stuck out his neck and launched into a long monologue, like a stand-up comedian.

"Don't call it nonsense. There's no such thing as a cheat code. What you're born with is called talent, and what you learn later is a skill. Just because it's not turned off doesn't mean it's turned on. I'm a sports student, so what's wrong with having a few extra skills?"

Dog Brother watched the two college students bickering with amusement, feeling much younger himself.

He wasn't jealous of Lao Kuai's rapid advancement; after all, in his view, the difference was negligible now.

Once the game opens up a pay-to-win system, you can easily catch up by spending a little money.

Dog Brother picked up the stone bowl in front of him, drank it all in one gulp, smacked his lips, and turned to Sweetheart One-Hit Bull beside him: "By the way, Old Bull, where did your brother-in-law go?"

Brother Niu shrugged: "He thought killing slugs was boring, so he went to explore on his own. I don't know exactly where he is. I'll ask him if he's dead when I log off later."

It was completely dark by then, and it was extremely risky to be out in the mountains alone at this time.

However, just as Brother Niu was pondering his brother-in-law's whereabouts, he suddenly felt a pang of heart palpitation.

It was a purely biological instinct of alertness, as if someone had thrown me into a cage and locked me up with a tiger.

Clearly, not only him, but all the players present, including the level 11 Old Kuai, felt this pressure to varying degrees.

"What's going on?"

The players quickly pinpointed the direction of the oppressive feeling: it was coming from the figure at the tribe's gate.

The spread of military power across the land is progressing very slowly.

Although the journey had given him more control over his power, he was still not quite sure how to conceal his aura.

Brother Niu stood up to greet him: "Brother-in-law? What brings you here?"

Players gathered around, and even those unfamiliar with the game couldn't help but be curious.

His powerful aura was far more exaggerated than that of Lao Kuai.

With a touch of emotion, Tianxia Buyu said, "It's a long story."

Brother Niu cut to the chase: "Just tell me what level you are now?"

Tianxia Buwu checked his personal profile and answered truthfully, "I'm almost level 28."

Old Kuai: "..."

Ke Yun: "! You opened one too?"