"Haha. Indeed." Cyanideughed.


    "Random question but I and some viewers have been wondering, do you have any ns of making aeback to the industry?"


    "Not at the moment. I''m pretty satisfied where I am right now." Cyanide smiled.


    "Uhm, where are you at now?" The female host, who had finally recovered from the shock of Cyanide''s appearance, asked.


    Recalling that Hashimoto wasn''t introduced as a retired yer or even beta-tester, Sato was interested in knowing who he currently was.


    "Well, apart from some part-time beta-testing, I''m also working as a developer. I''m one of the developers of Martial World, as well the current most hyped game, Infinite Realm."


    "Oh wow. Sugoi~" The female co-host praised.


    While in the current world, developers didn''t earn as yers, it was only dependent on the poprity of their game. And since not much constant effort was put in, quite a number of people preferred working at the back-end of the VR gaming sector.


    "Alright, now back to the interview. About a week ago, the first-ever dungeon was unlocked in IR. Following that, more bad more dungeons popped up right after. By now yers must have gotten used to their existence but what we want to know, or rather verify, is some of the rumours that have recently started to be prominent." The male host said.


    "Indeed. We''ve been hearing a lot of stuff recently and we decided to get you onboard to clear away any random doubts and ideas." The female host added.


    "Okay then. I''m yours now so ask away."


    The male host then said,


    "So with the appearance of the dungeon, a lot of yers have be my more pumped about the game, especially the rankings. However, a few other yers water wondering when the other features of the game would be released. Say, for instance, the Fiat to Coin conversion."


    "Apart from having to sell their coins traditionally, where a buyer and the seller meets up, there''s no other format and the present one is quite risky to some. There have already been usations of some sellers attacking their buyers all over again and robbing them of the traded coins. Because of this, the financial transactions in the game have dropped ording to the Hermes guild''s report. Obviously, this isn''t a good thing" The female host added.


    "So now, a lot of yers were wondering when the official trade store would be open. If there''s any that is."


    "Hmm. That''s a good question. Well, we all know that the official trade store will not only help the yers make some cash out of the game but it would also increase the game''s poprity and boost profits. So it''s guaranteed that there would be one. In fact, ording to what I''m aware of, it should beunched within the week." Cyanide answered.


    ''So soon?'' Sato couldn''t help but exim mentally.


    ''But that''s still good.''


    Apart from guilds and clubs that made money from sponsorships, donations, andpetitions, solo yers and independent teams made their money through the exchange store. There they could sell off their gold coins to other yers in exchange for cash which could be used in the real world. The more advanced features of this even enabled yers to sell off their equipment and weapons in auctions or yer-owner stores for cash. In other words, rather than selling a piece of equipment to others in exchange for coins, yers could do so in exchange for cash.


    Though it was true that before the official exchange stores and features were activated, some yers had already begun making transactions with real cash, the efficiency and rate of doing so through the system was a lot better and cheaper. There was also the fact that yers couldn''t be scammed if they relied on the system''s guidance so it could be said that the exchange store was way better than regr transfers between yers.


    ''I need to focus more on cksmithing then.''


    Sato''s n for creating funds for his team was through the sale of products made by the lifestyle ss holders in his team. This consisted primarily of him, Fudo and Xue Yan, as the trio each possessed the most lucrative subsses when ites to making money.


    "Also, there are a bunch of other new upgrades in ce for lifestyle yers. We know that they have no interest in fights so the development team has made certain considerations on their behalf. Though for now, they won''t be able to witness any of that." Cyanide added.


    "You see, the town stage is a low-level introductory stage for yers. During that period, they don''t have ess to a lot of features and they don''t reallye in contact with much of the world or the plot within the game. You can even say that they have things easy to an extent. However, the city stage changes all of this. yers now have more freedom to explore their surroundings, rte NPCs, and experience a whole different life from the one we have here.


    "At the city stage, you could say that they can finallye into contact with the ''Infinite'' part of the game."


    "Interesting."


    "Truly amazing."


    Both co-hosts praised.


    "So now we have information rting to the game world, do you have anything for us concerning Infinite Realm in the real world?" The male host asked.


    The female co-host nodded as she added to the statement,


    "That''s true. Infinite Realm just bumped up in rankings from 12th ce to 7th ce. Do you guys have any ns on how to not only maintain this rank but possibly improve on it? It was once mentioned that the goal of Infinite Realm is to be number one. Could we know how you guys n on doing this?"


    Cyanide spread his hands open as he replied, "What more can we do other than what we have done already. yers will have to experience the world on their own and decide whether the game truly deserves the top spot.


    "As for how our next series of operations, I can''t say much but there is a n of hosting an internationalpetition sometime during this year. The n isn''t solid and could still be called a suggestion, but if it does happen, it would be worth participating in and viewing."


    "Oh? What are the chances of it happening?" Thedy asked with interest.


    "As I said, it''s still in the consideration stage and there''s no solid n yet. But better safe than sure, I think the pro yers put there should be prepared for one." Cyanide said with a strange smile.


    "Apetition already?" Sato couldn''t help but be surprised.


    VR gamingpetitions were quite popr, especially ones involving any of the top 10 VR games, more so for the top 5. Just the earnings from broadcasting rights and attendance would be a lot, thanks to the massive poprity of VR games.


    Infinite Realm currently had the potential to make it to the top 5, so an organisedpetition from them would be worth it. This was even more so since it would be their first-everpetition and the studio behind the game would want it to be a st. The rewards alone would surely be very impressive and the participation number would be very high. And since thepany would want to use that opportunity to make their mark, the number of channels that would be broadcasting the matches would be a lot and this meant that yers, guilds, and clubs could gain a lot of poprity from thepetition so long as they did well even in one match.


    ''So there''s both the exchange store and the uingpetition. Sigh, I need to start making preparations, fast.''


    The show was alreadying to an end and the main host was already wrapping up the interview with Cyanide, hence, there was no reason for Sato to keep watching. With that in mind, he departed from the sitting room and headed upstairs towards his room, where he downed a bottle of Grade E energy drink before grabbing his VR helmet and preparing to log in.


    ''Using a VR helmet isn''t satisfactory. I need to change to a cabin once I can afford it.''


    With that as hisst thought in reality, Sato put on the helmet as his consciousness departed from this world.