VCRMM: Chapter 154 Part 1

The next day, the discussion about changing factions in the Starry Sky Forum still remained high. It was less than 24 hours before the end of the second closed beta.

The player called Super Invincible Commander was finally taken out of the hotel by the NPC guards and casually thrown in some alley.

After waiting half an hour, he came back to life and was questioned a lot by the police who believed that a homicide had occurred.

There was nothing left on this player except for the initial outfit. There was even only a little bit of food in his backpack.

The NPC police saw that he was pitiful and gave him a dozen cosmic coins. This way, his devastated heart could finally feel a bit of warmth from the world.

Since the start of the live broadcast, his camera hadn’t been turned off and this segment was faithfully displayed to the forum players.

After sighing and laughing at his bad luck, everyone showed great interest in his subsequent encounters.

The Roland faction might be fun but the conditions were difficult and the environment was relatively backward. Now that they had seen the colorful world of Kechibal Star, players were naturally fascinated and couldn’t help feeling itchy.

They knew that the alien map wouldn’t be opened so early. It was estimated that it wouldn’t be playable at the beginning of the open beta.

Now the second closed beta players experienced it in advance, which made people envious and jealous. This was especially so of those who had enough reputation to redeem the hotel room cards.

As the hotel with the highest specifications in Kechibal Star, even the most ordinary rooms were much more high-end than other places, let alone realistic.

Judging from the quality of the live broadcast, many people who didn’t know this was a game would think it was a new exotic theme room of a big hotel.

In addition to the high quality hotel decorations, there was other high-tech furniture such as online fitting rooms. They could purchase clothes after virtually trying them on and have it delivered to their doors.

Deng Jianan chose such a service.

He received a thank you fee for acting as a translator for the lost child and helping the hotel through the crisis. From this point of view, the service level of Kechibal Hotel was indeed first-class.

There were 2,000 cosmic coins, which could be exchanged for 100,000 Escher coins in the faction warehouse. The exchange rate was terrifyingly high.

However, Kechibal Star had a very high level of consumption and 2,000 cosmic coins were really nothing. Deng Jianan bought a decent set of clothes and didn’t have much money left.

There wasn’t much left, so he simply ordered a luxury hotel package for himself and started a food broadcast.

According to his thoughts, the second closed beta was about to end. He should enjoy it as long as he could. Who knew when he could go out into the universe again?

As for the money, he could earn it again.

Soon, the hotel robot delivered his meal.

These bionic robots looked no different from ordinary humans in appearance. If it weren’t for their mechanical voices, Deng Jianan wouldn’t be able to tell.

Once the dinner plates were revealed one by one, the barrage was filled with envious drooling.

In the Starry Sky Age, 99% of the taste of reality was simulated and they couldn’t become fat from eating!

The thing that surprised Deng Jianan was that while the luxury package looked good, the taste was really average. It was flashy and only suitable for pretending.

Once he made this assessment, none of the barrage believed him and said he was showing off.

Deng Jianan felt that he was innocent. He was obviously making a real assessment, okay?

Starry Sky Age was really good everywhere. The sense of taste was also very real, but the taste of the food wasn’t good. It was probably reserved for players to develop it.

For example, the hot pot barbecue of Twilight Frost City tasted quite good.

“In the future, I will open a store in the game to make food and allow these NPCs to know what food is! When the time comes, let them all take the spaceship to Roland to eat.”

Deng Jianan and his fans imagined a better future.

In a short time, he didn’t want to switch factions. Roland’s business gameplay was actually quite challenging and it was very cool to follow His Majesty Snow to clear the monsters!

Subconsciously, Deng Jianan had developed a sense of belonging to Roland. Everything on Kechibal Star was very advanced but he felt that Roland wouldn’t be bad in the future.

The audience was also very supportive.

[Hahaha, that’s fine. I will definitely join you during the public beta!]

[Wow, so we can still meet Brother An during the open beta? Be sure to take a photo!]

“It is easy to say.”

Deng Jianan was triumphant. He thought to himself that it was a pity that the kid Ah Xing didn’t have a high enough level and was still working as an apprentice in the weapons store. There was no way for him to come to Kechibal Star to play with Deng Jianan.

Fortunately, now the other person finally didn’t need to strike iron and could start learning to forge weapons. This could be regarded as his determination paying off.

However, players like Deng Jianan only accounted for a small part. The rest were still eager to change factions.

But could they still play if the punishment for switching factions was so high?

The forums complained, scolded and pleaded for a reduction in punishment. They made post after post, almost to the point of making a fuss. Many people hoped to pressure the game team to change this setting before the open beta.

The head of the game group had a headache. At first, they came forward to answer questions. In the end, they simply let the players quarrel while they continued to meet and discuss it.

Everyone agreed that it was best to delete the file and start again during the server closure period. This was the safest way and it would also bring the out of control situation back to the original line.

There was such a big problem. They wouldn’t get stuck on the Xu side this time, right?

In the end, the game team submitted another report to Xu Fengqing. This time, the report was undoubtedly much more detailed and convincing than the previous one.

As for Xu Fengqing, he also had the idea of deleting the file and starting over countless times ever since he knew that Snow Roland, the character based on his own brother, had a relationship with an NPC in the game.

He had no prejudice against the orientation of others. After all, it had been more than a decade since same-sex marriage was legalized and social ethos and perceptions had changed.

What he couldn’t stand was that a virtual character with the face of his brother was in love with another NPC and the world was shipping their CP.

For this reason, Xu Fengqing expressed his strong dissatisfaction with the game team.

Obviously, it was agreed in advance that an emotional line wouldn’t be added but there was such a big deviation in the end. There was also the problem of the game developing too fast. The reason why these situations caused big problems had a lot to do with the game group’s insufficient plans.

In short, from the first and second closed betas to now, the game team, especially the planners, hadn’t completed their work very satisfactorily.

Facing Xu Fengqing’s questioning, the game group was bitter and unable to speak. However, there was no way to shirk it. In terms of holographic technology, they thought they had achieved the peak.

But for such an epoch-making holographic game, there were indeed too many details that they hadn’t considered beforehand.

“President Xu, we will work hard to improve the problems you have raised in the future, but the best way now is to delete the file and start everything over!”

For this matter, Old Wang personally rushed to the Xu headquarters and handed over the report to Xu Fengqing.

“I also know that Xiao Xu has deep affection for the current Snow. It is difficult for him to accept deleting the file and starting over, so he has been blocking this decision.”

Old Wang said solemnly, “But President Xu, this project has cost countless people more than ten years of hard work and has a huge amount of money invested. We can’t afford to fail!”

Xu Fengqing sat behind the desk. He put down the report in his hand and rubbed his forehead a bit tiredly.

He looked at the old man and said helplessly in a low voice, “Old Wang, it is no longer the time when I have the final say. Some decisions must be made while considering the opinions of our partners.”

He was a man of action so he had long consulted the opinions of the Yin and Yin families on deleting the files and restarting in the open beta.

The two Yin families had helped the Xu family tremendously and it was like providing help in their moment of need. It greatly relieved his pressure and both of them clearly came for Starry Sky Age.

One family had a younger brother paralyzed in bed while the other had a daughter who was in vegetative state. Both needed to live in Starry Sky Era and the two families naturally attached great importance to the game.

What made Xu Fengqing helpless was the two families agreeing that there was no need to delete the file and start over.

“The game can’t only have the first batch of players. There will be a steady stream of new blood in the future. New players will never be able to catch up with old players. This is an inevitable situation caused by having only one unique server.”

“Since the game group claims to be unable to control the development of the game, let it go. It is more interesting.”

This was Yin Hong’s evaluation. She had been playing the game for two months. Her understanding of the game might not be as deep as the game group but she could better understand the players’ mentality and the charm of the game.

“President Xu, it is just like Second Young Master Xu said. Starry Sky Age will become the players’ second life and its power will exceed your imagination.”

“So be confident in it. It will develop faster. There might be a short period of chaos at the beginning but I believe that it will be solved soon.”

“Also, Ah Xing has been striking iron for more than a month for five or six hours a day. Deleting his data now and making him do it again? How funny!”

If he hadn’t heard Yin Hong’s words behind the door of the meeting room because he left his phone and went back to get it, Xu Fengqing might’ve been persuaded by her previous analysis.

The Yin family was more straightforward.

Elder Yin didn’t play the game but according to the data feedback, he felt there was no big problem at present and there was no need to take too much action.

“Xiao Xu, my family’s Xuemei is having a lot of fun in the game. I heard that the first batch of crops she planted is about to enter the harvest period. Don’t you think it will be a pity if it is ruined?”

“Moreover, if the game group has so much energy, it is better for them to step up the development of the game cabin suitable for middle-aged and elderly people. Once it is promoted, I believe that the market of this age group won’t be smaller than that of young people.”

In the face of Elder Yin, a leading figure in the business world, Xu Fengqing could only nod in agreement. What he said was indeed reasonable.

If they let middle-aged and elderly people regain their vitality in the game, perhaps the needs and stickiness of the middle-aged and elderly people would be stronger than the young people who were only motivated by interest.

Now that the level of national welfare had risen, the life of the elderly people had become more and more colorful in their later years.

In the end, Xu Fengqing could only say that the business partners his second brother found were all the same type of people as him.

No matter how much of a headache he had, he couldn’t ignore the opinions of these two families and act arbitrarily. It wasn’t suitable for the cooperation between both sides.

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