Four or five days had passed since Xu Sili returned to Roland and unknowingly ushered in the day of the open beta of the game.
In the past few days, he made arrangements and also informed Wen Jishan and the others in advance about the number of braves. This way, they could do a good job of receiving and guiding them.
After one or two tests, Wen Jishan was already handy in arranging these things. He also roughly understood the characteristics of the braves who acted strangely and the work was arranged in an orderly manner.
There were 106,000 people and an average of over 20,000 per main city, more or less.
For Roland, which had a population of nearly 100 million, they could digest this amount. There would be no big problems as long as the relevant guidance was good.
With money and confidence, Xu Sili used all the communicators purchased from the black market as rewards for the weekly missions.
By completing weekly missions, new players would be given a communicator.
This was an important prop for Xiao Wu to monitor players. It was also a tool for players to access the mercenary platform and he wanted each new player to be equipped with one.
Aunt Val had been settled in her old room and her body was still very weak. She needed to recuperate for a while.
Joan also knew the truth.
He didn’t have any overreaction, but the loss and confusion he showed from time to time made Xu Sili feel distressed.
However, this matter wouldn’t be settled for a while. He could only wait for Joan to digest it and figure it out.
Elder Huo and the other mentors had already been arranged at the Elementalist Academy.
Each of them had their own areas of expertise but they were all branches developed by the elementalists. Before they grew again, they were still the most suitable for the Elementalist Academy.
As for the age group of the elementalists and the conditions they needed to meet to learn the branch professions, it was up to them to negotiate a set of rules.
Xu Sili didn’t participate in these things. He would just take a look once they made a decision.
After nearly five months of construction, except for Imperial City, the other four main cities had met the conditions for upgrading.
However, since Imperial City was always higher than the other main cities, the other main cities could only continue to improve only after Imperial City was upgraded to Lv 4.
In order to make an early breakthrough, Xu Sili once again urged Wen Jishan to pay attention to infrastructure construction.
In particular, it was now spring and the temperature wasn’t as low as in winter. The construction speed could be improved. He wanted to strive to upgrade Imperial City to Lv 4 within a week of the start of the open beta.
Now the timeline had been completely disrupted and he didn’t know when the beast wave would arrive. To be on the safe side, he calculated it according to the shortest six months.
In half a year, he had to develop his strength as much as possible.
Finally, the day of the open beta of the game came.
On such a big day, Xu Sili originally planned to show his face in front of the players to increase his sense of existence. But in the end, he didn’t do so because—
He suddenly had the inspiration to start drawing his first card in reality.
[Ding~ You have designed and successfully made a new card. Please name this card.]
Seeing the system notification, Xu Sili was slightly happy in his heart.
He just wanted to try it but in the end, he really succeeded!
He looked at the card in his hand.
This was a completely blank card without any pattern on the front. The back was engraved with dark lines that only a card master could understand. This was the graphic structure of the card and it was mysterious and beautiful.
Xu Sili used his spiritual power to mobilize the sound elements. He saw that the originally blank card in his hand turned into a light purple.
Seeing this change, he smiled slightly and withdrew his spiritual power. He watched the card turn back to white. Then he called Janice and asked her to hold the card.
Janice took the card.
There were obvious doubts in her eyes but she didn’t ask any longer. She just waited respectfully.
“Janice, take a closer look at the card,” Xu Sili said.
Janice replied positively before dropping her gaze to the card.
She was about to study and see what was so special about this card when she felt a surge of enlightenment in her heart. It was as if some power was gushing out of her body and was being led to touch the card in her hand.
The blank card didn’t have the slightest change.
“Your Majesty?” Janice was slightly startled.
It was only at this time that Xu Sili remembered that Janice was a warrior of the water system, not a spiritualist.
However, this also confirmed that the card wasn’t valid for warriors.
Xu Sili nodded in satisfaction and asked for Janice to call a spiritual elementalist over, ready to confirm it again.
Once Janice went out, he looked at the system notification that asked him to name it and casually wrote the words ‘Spiritual Elementalist Test Card.’
As a result, when the naming was successful—
[Ding~ You have successfully created the one star card ‘Spiritual Elementalist Test Card.’]
[Ding~ You have met the promotion conditions and can become a one star card master (trainee card master).]
[Since you are the leader of the faction, there is a new profession system-the card master in the Roland faction can be inquired about through the talent reserve panel.]
Looking at the system information, Xu Sili was completely stunned at this time.
After two months of study, he finally crossed that threshold and successfully advanced to become a real card master!
A new profession system? The talent reserve panel?
He quickly opened the panel to check. Sure enough, he saw that there was a card master column and he was a card master mentor.
Xu Sili didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. A mentor? What qualifications did he have as a trainee card master to be a mentor? But…
Was it possible to kidnap Lilith to Roland as a mentor? In any case, her mission was to spread the fire of the card civilization. He could provide such an environment and conditions for her.
Just as Xu Sili was thinking about the feasibility of this, a system notification popped up again.
[Ding~ The conditions have been met and the rare race management panel has been activated. This can be viewed in the faction panel.]
Xu Sili blinked. What? The rare race management panel? What was this?
Today, Starry Sky Age finally ushered in the much-anticipated open beta. This was undoubtedly a big day for players who had been following the game for nearly half a year.
Due to the garbage production of the game cabin, the lucky ones who entered the game in the first round were only 100,000 people.
For other newly released games, 100,000 people wasn’t a small number but for Starry Sky Age, this 100,000 was just a small number.
In the Starry Sky Forum, there were still a large number of players who couldn’t buy game cabins and were waiting to watch.
The first batch of open beta players entered the game and started to post feedback about the game on the forum. This made the forum, which had originally decreased in activity during the shutdown period, reach a new peak in traffic.
“F*k, this 99% authenticity didn’t deceive me!”
“Ahhhh, a holographic game is so cool. Don’t stop me, let me go to the hot pot city to eat a good meal!”
“Help, coordinating with Imperial City. Where does Alice in Mercenary Town live? I received a daily mission to help her sweep her floor.”
“Ahh, I’m lost! How to play this game? Is there no automatic pathfinding? Why isn’t there even a system map?”
“I’m confused. Why is my birth point in the water?”
In the crowd of emotional and help-seeking posts, such a post that was originally inconspicuous due to the continuous posting of people, appeared on the homepage and quickly attracted the attention of the forum netizens.
As long as they clicked in, they would definitely be attracted by the poster because of the town map…
It was the merfolk!
Panda Breeder:
[Why do I feel like my birth point is different from others? There is water all around me and I have a fish tail.]
[Photo.]
In the photo, there was a boy with black hair and blue eyes. He wasn’t very old and was estimated to be 16 or 17 years old. He wore the novice clothes that were as thin as cicada wings on his upper body and there was a fishtail with blue scales for his lower body.
The netizens were shocked.
[F*k, isn’t this the merfolk?]
[A hidden race?]
[Fk, fk, is the poster the reincarnation of a lucky emperor? You can actually play as a merman!]
[In addition to humans, Roland also has merfolk?]
[Poster, look at your faction. Is it Roland?]
Panda Breeder:
[I seem to have really become a merman! Breathing in the water feels amazing! In addition, my fishtail. I feel like I really have an extra tail. I have to adapt to how to swim with the tail.]
[An NPC merfolk is coming!]
[He looked at me strangely and asked me why my hair is black. How can I answer this…]
[Faction? I’ll take a look.]
[I’m from Roland’s faction but there is a parenthesis in the back that says sea elves.]
According to the feedback of the poster, the other players basically came to a judgment. This poster was really playing as a hidden race!
[Awesome! Starry Sky Age even has this setting!]
[Suddenly, I think the milk tea in Mercenary Town isn’t fragrant. I also want to play as a merfolk.]
[It isn’t the merfolk, it is a sea elf! So there are still land elves?]
[How can I play as a hidden race? Is it random or are there other triggers?]
The post was filled with all types of envy and jealousy toward the landlord, as well as discussions about how to play hidden races. Some people even ran to question the officials, saying that the setting was too unfair.
However, these players who were envious and jealous and shouting loudly were slapped in the face.
Panda Breeder:
[Ahhhh, it is terrible. Mom, I just swam with NPCs outside the spawn when I was chased by a big fish!]
[It was a really big fish. Ahhhh, the NPC pulled me to run. Before I could react, I was bitten by it and eaten!]
[Fortunately, I have read the strategy before and lowered the sense of realism so it doesn’t hurt. Now I have died back to the birth point and it will take half an hour to resurrect.]
[The feeling of being eaten is really terrifying. My heart is still pounding now. F*k, it is so dark outside. I seem to be able to see things clearly but it is really scary 5555.]
At this time, the setting of the hidden race had spread and many old players of the first and second closed betas had come to watch. When they saw the follow-up feedback of the poster, the players of Glass Sea City had something to say.
[Poster… your birthplace isn’t in the sea, is it?]
[Escher Star seems to be completely occupied by interstellar beasts except for Roland’s five main cities and the freshly cleared plains. The sea is no exception.]
[Yes, I went to the beach to play before and was directly dragged into the water by an ocean interstellar beast when I wasn’t paying attention. The shallow water is already terrible, let alone the deep sea.]
[The birth point of the merfolk must be in the deep sea, right? F*k, this opening is hell mode. Lighting a candle for the poster.]
[Hell mode? I think it is Asura mode. Are there any other merfolk players besides the poster? If not, it is really better to delete your account and start again.]
Due to the super miserable faction event of Super Invincible Commander in the second closed beta, the game team finally gave a solution.
Every player had a chance to delete their account for free. If they wanted to keep deleting it, they would have to pay money.
This price was hung on the official website and it was similar to the price of a game cabin, so this free deletion opportunity was very precious.
Some people criticized the price for being too high but most players were still very satisfied and cherished this opportunity.
Due to the influence of the first and second closed beta’s player strategy posts and videos, the wind system, water system and dark system had undoubtedly become the most respected talent choices for newcomers.
However, there was such a variety of gameplay that some people felt itchy. If they felt their initial choice wasn’t suitable in the future, they could delete their account and choose their talent again.
It was worth mentioning that the player who promoted the implementation of this benefit, Super Invincible Commander, didn’t delete his account to start again.
The last incident did bring him a wave of popularity. After a month of psychological construction, he actually broke the jar.
He was born on Sigta Star and explored this strange planet while opening a live broadcast. This greatly satisfied the curiosity of the audience.
Speaking of hidden races, it was more appropriate to describe them as rare races.
After knowing that the merfolk were in such a difficult situation, the clamoring of the jealous players died down.
Rare races were interesting to look at but the opening was too difficult. This game had also started the open beta for less than half an hour and he had actually died. It was also so miserably…
Forget it, being human was still the best.
Around half an hour later, the poster called Pander Breeder was resurrected again. Then…
He accidentally died again.
Dying meant waiting another half an hour.
It was too difficult to be a fish! How could someone play like this? Sure enough, there was no free lunch in the world and no conscientious game planner!
After the poster died for the third time, there were no longer voices of envy. What was the use of looking good? They couldn’t even get out of the birth point?
However, this player was stubborn. Other people asked him to delete the account and start again, but he didn’t. He continued to explore the map while dying.
Xu Yuheng was overwhelmed by Baifeng’s messages and couldn’t help falling silent when he saw this.
His older brother’s account…
A strong sense of unease welled up in his heart.
He couldn’t help thinking back to the phone call just now. The attributes were more power… prepared for a role that wouldn’t be released until a year or two later…
F*k, his older brother wouldn’t be playing a hidden race, right? That… was his birthplace even in Roland?
Realizing this serious problem, Xu Yuheng quickly withdrew from the forum and continued to add Xu Fengqing as a friend. He prayed in his heart that his older brother wasn’t born in some remote and dangerous place.
Xu Fengqing slowly opened his eyes.
Even though he had experienced it in the R&D center before, he was still shocked when he entered Starry Sky Age again.
This almost real sensory sensation made it difficult to tell if this was a game or reality.
It was this experience that made him keep refusing to enter the game.
He never wanted a virtual character to take Xiao Li’s place but at this moment… what was he doing?
It seemed that in the end, it was impossible to escape…
He comforted himself that the virtual character couldn’t be exactly the same as Xiao Li. Maybe he would be completely disillusioned after seeing the virtual character?
Xu Fengqing thought like this. Then he finally emerged from his thoughts and found something wrong.
It seemed that this birthplace wasn’t any of Roland’s main cities?
Proofreader: Purichan
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