<h4>Chapter 440: Version 1.0 Update (2)</h4>
<strong>Trantor: </strong>As Studios <strong>Editor: </strong>As Studios
“Hello yers, this is Gxy Times, dedicated to sharing first-hand game information. Your gaming career is our top priority.”
The male and female host read the familiar opening line. The moment the show started, tens of thousands of viewers flooded in and started the usualments began floating along the top of the video.
“Looking forward to the discussion of the version update.”
“Gxy Time rules.”
“Spam thements and cover the cold joke!”
The usual extremely awkward opening joke passed by quickly, and they got to the main topic.
“In a few days in game time, the Version 2.0 update will arrive,” Male host said. “Gxy will enter the storyline of the next version. In regard to this, we have obtained first-hand intel and some unproven information, which we will be filtering and sharing with the audience in this episode, specting and analyzing what the next version will entail.
“So, before the analysis starts, let’s first do a summary for the storylines across the variouss in this version. A very big part of our dataes from the chronicles, which the yers arranged and added to. For this, we sincerely thank these yers—this data has helped us a lot in our work.”
The yers felt joyful as they were mentioned.
Next, the two hosts summarized the storylines of the various novices. By this point, the main storyline of every had already ended, so they went through the storylines from head to toe, including the major events and characters involved. They also discussed andmented on various parts. Of course, it was not just them speaking—images and videos were also shown to aid the process.
Every time the history of a was mentioned, the yers of that would be the most active ones. The Version 1.0 storylines of theses were very diverse as well—Lord Singse’s incident on Winterfrost, Arcane Tide on Brighton, Dynasty Divergence on Lasting Song, Shadow Group incident on Summer, Chaos Expedition in Sourne, and many more. These were all core main storylines, and there were also the side storylines. For example, in the case of Aquamarine, the core storyline was the Six Nations and Germinal Organization, while the sub main storyline was Bet’s sanctuary construction.
Due to the different backgrounds of theses, the feeling that their main storyline gave was also very different. Some were filled with technology; some were surrounded by magic; some were mysterious. The vast majority of yers had not entered space, so they did not know where their was in the universe, but Han Xiao did. The novices were quite evenly spread among the Star Fields, and Aquamarine was the only novice in Shattered Star Ring.
In all the core main storylines, the one on Aquamarine ended the earliest, and it received the most attention. There was definitely a main character in these storylines that was very connected to the storyline. The two hosts continued their speech, and it was finally Aquamarine’s turn.
“Speaking of Aquamarine’s main storyline, we must mention someone no matter what. After the Aquamarine storyline ended, he’s still been active in the eyes of the yers. He was the first to take yers into space. I’m sure our regr viewers are familiar with his name...”
Thements rampaged. Maybe they did not know the storyline of others, but almost everyone knew Han Xiao. These fans had amon topic instantly.
“It’s ck Star!”
“Is that ‘ck Phantom’ Han Xiao, Destroyer of the Germinal Organization, Sanctuary Owner, Interster Explorer, Prophet, ck Star Mercenary Group Captain, Supporter of Materialism, Maniptor of Loot Boxes?
“ck Star: You kids are talking behind my back again.”
“Thirty Second True Men Group requests to battle!”
“Ahhh! I want the Dragon Emperor! I want Aroshia! I’m going to lick them to myst breath!”
“Go away, screen licking monsters!”
It was the Aquamarine yers’ turn to be active. The density of thements increased to another level. The Chinese yers had leveled up the useful ability to spamments to the max level.
The male host continued to read the script and exined Han Xiao’s background briefly.
“Original name Han Xiao. Member of the Alumera family, almost killed during an ident but was captured by the Germinal Organization. The Germinal Organization made him into a test subject but failed the brainwashing. He disguised himself for a very long time, and in the end, he found the opportunity and escaped from the Germinal Organization’s control.
“From then on, he acted against the Germinal Organization. He once joined Stardragon but leftter and became a contract killer for the Dark Net, code name [ck Phantom]. The Germinal Organization chased after him for many years but only saw his shadow. He awakened some kind of foresight ability that allows him to obtain benefits as well as avoid danger.
“After a period of hiding, he started his revenge. He alone directed the Six Nations’ expedition against the Germinal Organization. In this war, he infiltrated the Germinal Organization Headquarters and stole all their confidential intel, bringing the Six Nations’ victory. He became a hero of Aquamarine, but his journey did not end there.
“One day, he foresaw that a disaster is going to break out in Aquamarine. So, he summoned a spaceship in some way and led the warriors that he had carefully selected and handpicked into the gxy, looking for a solution...
“As before, most of our dataes from the chronicles provided by yers.”
The yers searched for a lot of intel during the exploration times. Han Xiao’s history had already been made public. In the things that had happened on Aquamarine, Han Xiao was like a puppeteer behind doors, and many things were connected to him. In the chronicles, Han Xiao’s name was mentioned countless times. This had led the new yers to know what happened in the storyline before, continuing to increase Han Xiao’s reputation.
The chronicles of Version 1.0 were enormous, but Han Xiao was still a bright star among all the storylines.
After the hosts finished talking about Aquamarine, the summary of the Version 1.0 storyline hade to an end. The hosts started the next topic, which was the main theme of this episode—analyzing the new version.
“ording to the intel we have, we have made a few deductions. First, in the new version, the yers will definitely connect with the gxy and be able to leave their original, starting to explore the universe.
“Second, other than the current thirteen novices, the new version will add more births. Due to what we have mentioned, the new births should bes that allow the yers to enter the gxy directly. Therefore, we have made a daring guess that the difference between the new and the old novices is that yers in the olds will only be able to enter the gxy after going through the new storyline, while yers in the news can enter the gxy directly. The price is that these yers have to start with a new ount, while the old yers can continue to use their high-level ount. Hence, old or new, they have their advantages.
“Third, although the new storyline of thes is unknown, there will definitely be someone that will lead the yers to the new storyline. The clues of the new storyline are definitely hidden in some characters. We suggest looking for clues from NPCs in order to guess who will lead the next version’s storyline. What role will the main character of Version 1.0 y in the new version? The clues are limited in mosts, except for one Aquamarine!
“Before ck Star left, he left behind a frozen mission—[The Last Bastion]! The mission introduction is as follows.
“Someday in the future, a cmity will strike this world, and Sanctuary Three will be thest remaining bastion for humanity. Protect this dwindling me from the encroaching darkness. Only then will there be hope to ovee this cmity.
“The mission requirement is to protect Sanctuary Three and make sure its destruction rate is not above fifty percent. So, we have reason to believe that this mission is a hint to what will happen to Aquamarine in Version 2.0. There will be an unknown cmity, and the entire will be affected. ck Star will definitely y a role in this disaster...”
The reason that Han Xiao had left the frozen mission was exactly to give the yers direction for imagination so that he could increase his fame. In his previous life, every time there was a version upgrade, there would definitely be a wave of spection over the new versions. This was within his expectations.
...
In Aquamarine, Sanctuary Three...
With the tall, metal walls and tight air defenses, the current sanctuary was fullyplete like a huge fortress standing on a destend. Han Xiao had been gone for more than a year, and the current manager of the sanctuary was Huang Yu. He had constructed the sanctuary as nned and had already taken in more than three million refugees. Other than those who sought protection, there were also hundreds of thousands mobile inhabitants, the Inhumans.
Countless yers took Sanctuary Three as the main city, not only because there were more than enough daily missions and rewards there, but also because the decisions that Han Xiao had made when he was there had developed the yers’ habit. After they developed a habit, the yers liked to gather there and interact with each other.
The feeling of the residents toward the Inhumans was very conflicted. On one hand, the Inhumans like to help them do stuff; on the other hand, most people envied the Inhumans and saw them as outsiders, so there was always a sense of alienation. In the eyes of some residents, the square where the yers gathered was very dangerous, and they did not dare get close.
The Inhumans had helped Bet build many sanctuaries, but after that, most Inhumans returned to Sanctuary Three. Huang Yu could not understand why they did this, so he thought it had to be because of his boss. He felt that only ck Phantom would know the reason.
However, over the past few days, a huge number of Inhumans had migrated to the sanctuary from all areas without any warning. Huang Yu took this phenomenon very seriously.
In the sanctuary meeting room, Huang Yu asked his subordinate, “Have we found the reason?”
After he took control of the sanctuary, he had built a group of subordinates himself. The people here were all members of Dark Net and worked directly for Bet.
“No. We gathered intel from all areas and still have yet to find out why the Inhumans have mass migrated. Currently, the number of Inhumans in Sanctuary Three has exceeded 800,000, and it’s still growing.”
“This is not a good sign.” Huang Yu was very troubled. “Although most Inhumans are peaceful, there are destructive ones as well. We have already been attacked a few times in the past year. If these Inhumans have an ulterior motive, the damage that 800,000 Supers can cause is unimaginable. If not handled properly, the Sanctuary Three that took two years to build might be gone within a night.”
Of course, there was no way for him to know that the reason that the yers had gathered in Sanctuary Three was because of the spection that Gxy Times made from the mission that Han Xiao had left behind. Sanctuary Three would very likely be a key area in the uing main storyline, and there was a very high chance for it to be a safe area.
Therefore, most yers had decided to go to the sanctuary before the update. This way, not only could they get into the main storyline as soon as the new version arrived, but they would be safer than those in other ces.
“We have to prepare measures for this kind of hidden threat,” Huang Yu said.
“But... the order that ck Phantom left was not to use any hostile strategy against the Inhumans and not try to control their freedom, except for those who cause trouble. We’re going against his words by doing this.”
Huang Yu shook his head. “I know, but we cannot not guard against the Inhuman because of that. ck Phantom has been gone for more than a year. If he was here, I would not worry about anything at all, but he’s not. Therefore, we need to be flexible.”
“Then what do you n to do?”
“Split them,” Huang Yu said with a deep voice. “Forbid some Inhumans from entering the sanctuary main city and chase them to the two guard cities nearby. Alumera and ck Pine are both fine. This way, even if a riot breaks out, it won’t happen in the most important ce.”
They exchanged looks.
“That’s my decision. Report this to the rulers of the two guard cities, and tell them to gather an army just in case. We’ll start to split the Inhumans in three days,” Huang Yu said firmly.
Suddenly, he felt very sleepy and yawned uncontrobly.
...
In the dark conference room of a certain DarkStar mothership that was in stealth mode, the disy screens were giving off a dim light.
These people were the superiors of DarkStar. Every screen was showing a blurry outline of a person and no face—it was very mysterious. Even for Godora, who had been an enemy of DarkStar for many years, they only knew a few of the superiors. DarkStar was like a mysterious fog, always hidden in the darkness.
The middle screen was DarkStar’s leader. It was blurry as well, and the voice also went through a mechanical voice changer.
“What stage have the Mutation Sources that we nted developed to?”
“Based on the time, therval stage has passed. All Mutation Sources will enter the pupa stage, and the impacts have already been done. In an estimated time of around one year, the Mutation Source will enter the eruption stage. However, the time predicted is not too urate. After all, we cannot control the thoughts of the Mutation Sources.”
“Maintain the observation,” DarkStar’s leader said. “Godora has obtained a Mutation Source, and we don’t know how much headway they have made in their research. The n needs to be improved; we can’t wait for the Mutation Sources to grow on their own. After the symptoms break out, we need to take action. The details will be discussed again. Anur, how’s Ember?”
Thest question was directed at Anur, one of the Grade A Supers in DarkStar, Ember’s teacher.
A voice came out of the screen that represented Anur. “I made him focus on training his power, and it’s going quite well. His strength has increased visibly. There’s more than a twenty percent chance that he can enter Cmity Grade.”
“Hmm. Rogue died in battle, and Vivira is imprisoned in Rainbow Prison, so we have an imminent need to add high gradebat power. Esper currently has the highest chance to reach Grade A, and his Esper power is very strong. Tell him I have high hopes for him... Meeting dismissed.”
The screens turned ck one after another. The dark room returned to dead silence.