VCRMM: Chapter 145 Part 2

So after making another appointment, Xu Sili and Si Sheng left the private room. Mr Huo also hurriedly went offline to contact his friends.

Before leaving the Star Network community, Xu Sili also paid attention to the matter of the Genius Competition. Currently, Si Sheng’s points ranking was temporarily first with a win rate of 100%.

He was followed by Seltema of the Bruner Empire. This person also had a 100% win rate and the difference between his and Si Sheng’s points was only a hair’s breadth.

The Bruner Empire ranked first in the Interstellar Alliance. It had fewer planets than the Flanders Interstellar Federation and it had stronger military strength.

It was said that these two nations once fought a war and Flanders was completely beaten to the ground. Later, they made many concessions in political and economic terms.

It was just that Flanders was a manufacturing nation with a high level of welfare, the attractiveness to immigrants was higher.

In the future, this Seltema would definitely fight with Si Sheng in the future.

“Ah Sheng, jiayou!”

Xu Sili finished reading the points ranking and patted Si Sheng’s shoulder. Then he thought about it and said, “It doesn’t matter even if you are second. There is no need to be pressured.”

“……”

Si Sheng looked at him and smiled. “Are you trying to play tricks?”

Xu Sili tried to play the fool.

“No, I’m just afraid you will feel too burdened.”

Si Sheng’s eyes curved in a smile. With his black hair and black eyes, he had a different charm than usual. If Xu Sili had to think of a way to describe it, it was probably… evil, charming and mad?

Xu Sili was amused the moment these words popped up.

Si Sheng raised an eyebrow, unable to guess what he was happy about. Therefore, Si Sheng reached out and rubbed his fluffy head. His short silver hair was particularly comfortable to touch.

“It is true that there is a bit of pressure, but what is that pressure compared to creating good memories with you?”

Listening to him speak so righteously, Xu Sili couldn’t help snorting at him. What creating good memories?

There were the two person holographic little games, what type of good memories were they?

He decided to ignore this person. After returning to the virtual room, he instructed Xiao Wu to help him check the underground exchange closest to Escher.

For the materials he wanted to purchase, he had to register if he was buying through formal channels and he might not even be able to purchase it. The underground exchanges didn’t have this concern.

“Are you ready to go out?” Si Sheng asked when Xu Sili finished explaining to Xiao Wu.

“That’s right.”

Xu Sili nodded and reached out. “Go out and play. We can also see if we can bring back Mr Huo and the others along the way, so that they don’t have any accidents.”

Dr Ding’s incident was a bit strange, but he couldn’t rule out the possibility that Dr Ding had lied. If Mr Huo and the others were also kidnapped by star thieves then Xu Sili would directly vomit blood.

To be on the safe side, it was better for him to go and pick them up in person.

Si Sheng naturally had no objections.

Recently, Ah Li had lost weight from fighting in the war and it was time to rest for a while.

The two of them discussed some details together. Then they left the virtual room and summoned Wen Jishan and Qiu Zheng, as well as several ministers they could trust.

After knowing Xu Sili’s decision, the ministers naturally disagreed but…

Was it useful to disagree?

Leaving aside the marshal’s strong support of the emperor, His Majesty’s performance in the battle of Glass Sea Plains fully proved his strength.

Roland respected the strong. Now no one in the empire dared to openly oppose His Majesty.

Now when they went out on the street, anyone who dared to scold the emperor loudly would be beaten by the people and drowned by spit before the city guards could even come.

“Your Majesty wants to personally go to an alien planet to pick up people. This is fine.”

Finally, Wen Jishan made a decision. “But you must ensure your safety!”

“Of course.” Si Sheng said calmly. “I will accompany His Majesty. During our departure, the military affairs will be handled by Admiral Joyce.”

“If I am accompanied by Marshal Si Sheng then I don’t have to worry about my safety.”

Xu Sili agreed.

“Moreover, I am also ready to bring a group of braves with me. Their performance in the battle of the Glass Sea Plains is obvious to everyone. I believe I don’t need to say anything else.”

The second closed beta would end in six days and players would be kicked out of the game, but he didn’t expect the players to protect him.

During the open beta, all players would start the game from the birth point again and wouldn’t stay on the alien planets. He had learned about this from the future forum.

Si Sheng pursed his lips when hearing that he would bring the braves. Finally, he nodded silently.

In the end, Xu Sili’s decision was unanimously approved. Some ministers couldn’t hide their worry but he treated them as invisible.

However, Xu Sili also realized a problem.

Now Roland could only contact the aliens through Xu Sili and Si Sheng’s two game cabins and their communicators.

Therefore, he asked Adrian to buy a few more for Wen Jishan and the others to use. Otherwise, he would be disconnected from Roland when he left.

Things were arranged in an orderly manner. Once Xu Yuheng went online in the evening, Xu Sili discussed the matter with him again.

Xu Yuheng was speechless for a while.

He felt that after knowing about this, the people from the game group would probably go crazy.

According to the original plan, the players stepping foot into the universe should be the second expansion.

The first expansion was naturally to develop the Roland Empire and conquer Escher Star. Then there would be a major update at the right time to usher in the second expansion.

Now his brother directly advanced this matter by at least a year or two.

Even he couldn’t bear it when listening to this, let alone the planners in the game group who wanted to delete the files and start over.

Xu Sili also knew that this news was a bit exciting for his second brother and he smiled in a flattering manner. “I won’t take the players out after the open beta.”

“It is only in the second closed beta and it can be regarded as giving people a preview in advance. This will show the game theme of ‘Starry Sky Age’. Once the time comes, you and our brother can cooperate and take the opportunity for a wave of publicity.”

Judging from the name, Starry Sky Age had an interstellar background but the plot entry point chosen… it can’t be called a failure but it was true that it was a bit off topic.

This had also been criticized by the players in the early stage and he often saw such complaints when browsing old posts on the future forum.

Admittedly, the planners had their own considerations.

After all, this holographic game was epoch-making and there were no previous cases to be referred to. It was understandable that the game group didn’t dare to take too big a step.

But for players, this arrangement obviously wasn’t satisfactory to them. If it wasn’t for the excellent quality of the game and the fact that it was the only holographic game on the market, it probably would’ve encountered a huge failure in the beginning.

His words made Xu Yuheng fall into deep thought.

Advance preview?

It seemed it wasn’t impossible.

If it was really as Xiao Li promised and he wouldn’t take players out into the universe after the open beta, only letting players experience it in advance in the closed beta, then it was a good gimmick.

Moreover, the effect of the battle of the Glass Sea Plains was actually very good. The live broadcasts of the battle for nearly seven days directly doubled the daily traffic of the live broadcast rooms of the Starry Sky Forum.

It was also this data that silenced the game planners who were about to issue a report again.

In the end, Xu Yuheng nodded.

“Okay, leave me one… no, three places.” His mercenary group had developed now and it was managed by Baifeng for him. He also had another friend who played well.

He was the hands-off leader while the two vice-captains usually worked very hard. He naturally had to help them fight for such benefits.

“No problem!”

Xu Sili naturally agreed.

If he passed the test of his second brother then his stepping into the universe was a certainty and no one would be able to stop him.

“And…” Xu Yuheng looked at him and stopped talking. “You and Si Sheng can have a good time but don’t be too public.”

Xu Sili’s ears were slightly hot but…

“Are we too public?”

He hadn’t been showing off love with Si Sheng recently, had he?

Xu Yuheng glanced at him, not wanting to say anything.

The battle of Glass Sea Plains was broadcasted live from beginning to end. After each fight, Si Sheng would definitely appear. He would either ride the shadow leopard to carry Xu Sili away or disappear directly with him. In any case, it would always be captured by the camera.

Later, the moment he appeared, the live broadcast’s barrage would become filled with things like, ‘Si Sheng came to pick up Snow from work’, ‘he is so punctual’, ‘I ship it’ and so on.

The CP popularity of the two of them was rising and no one could shake it.

Xu Sili knew nothing about this and felt very innocent.

“Pay attention to yourself, otherwise…”

Xu Yuheng thought of his oldest brother Xu Fengqing and had another headache.

After the text message exchange with his brother last time, his older brother directly called him, scolded him in a bloody manner and even planned to delete the file and start over. In any case, he didn’t understand the matter of the two of them.

If it wasn’t for him mediating, his oldest brother might’ve gone crazy.

Xu Yuheng felt very tired, but the popularity of his brother and Si Sheng’s relationship was very high. It went on the hot search three to five times and it made him worry every day.

Xu Sili probably saw something from his expression and realized that he should keep a low profile before he was recognized by all his family members.

He obediently responded before asking, “When will Oldest Brother enter the game?”

“Things should stop being so busy when it is time for the open beta.” Xu Yuheng thought of something and said, “Oh, the problem of the game time flow rate…”

“According to the original plan, once the second closed beta ends, the game time flow rate will be the same as the first closed beta, at a speed of 6:1 with reality.”

In other words, the open beta will be a month later in reality while it is half a year later in game time. But…

He paused before continuing, “Now the game is developing too fast. The game team is likely to cancel this setting or even reverse it.”

“Reverse it?” Xu Sili was slightly startled.

“That’s right. It is possible that one month has passed in reality but only a week or two has passed in the game…”

“That isn’t possible!”

Xu Sili subconsciously cried out.

According to the records of the future forum, the best wave came in the seventh month of the open beta, plus the one month when the server was closed. In other words, the game would usher in the beast wave after eight months.

However, the difference in the time flow rate when the server was closed meant there were six more months in the game, in other words, 13 months later.

So was the arrival of the beast wave calculated according to real time or game time?

Proofreader: Purichan