The Brave Square in Imperial City was bustling with a large crowd of onlookers.
There were old players and NPCs. Of course, the absolute majority were the newbies who just entered the game.
Many of them had been lurking in the Starry Sky Forum for a long time and had a certain understanding of Starry Sky Age. However, understanding wasn’t the same as feeling it.
The moment they actually entered the game, especially for the players using the game cabin, the sensory stimulation brought about by the real experience was so fascinating.
It was like they really arrived in another world!
The moment they entered the game, they encountered the major event where His Majesty Snow unlocked the seal of Imperial City and upgraded the main city.
Watching the silver-haired emperor on the giant TV screen, they felt like they were actually there and truly experiencing the epic moment.
As the image of His Majesty Snow disappeared from the screen, a huge beam of light shot up into the sky from the teleportation hall.
In this dazzling light, it wasn’t just the people near the teleportation hall. The entire Roland Empire, and even all the native life forms on the entire Escher Star, felt a clear change.
Another shackle hidden inside their bodies was released. The concentration of elements in the surrounding environment was increasing at a speed that ordinary people could fully perceive.
Almost all the lives that sensed this knelt down in the direction of the light beam.
Only the players were a bit confused, but they soon started cheering.
[Roland’s Imperial City has increased the level to Lv 5. The level limit of elementalists has been increased to Lv 50.]
[After bathing in the holy light, you have gained a new understanding. All attributes +10.]
[You have just become an elementalist and your perception of the elements is highly acute. You have gained more benefits from this holy light bath. All attributes +20.]
Veteran players got +10 points for all attributes while newcomers who had just become elementalists got a full 30 points for all attributes.
The newcomers, who had been feeling a bit resentful about the big gap between themselves and the veteran players, all cheered excitedly after learning about this differential treatment. They said that the crappy planners had finally become a good guy.
The old players were unhappy but few of them thought there was anything wrong.
As the game plot progressed, the game would provide support and rewards to newcomers. This was a normal operation. They didn’t lack these 20 attribute points anyway!
The old players were jealous, the newcomers were excited, and only the fans in the forum who failed to grab the gaming equipment again sighed with regret.
Then posts complaining about the game progressing too quickly flooded the screen.
[The game has only been in public beta for less than a year? The level cap has already been raised to 50? It is even faster than a rocket!]
[The key is that this game has only one server! Why is it upgrading so quickly? This map isn’t fully opened yet!]
[Ahhh, why are gaming helmets so hard to get? Rubbish gaming company. If you have the ability to upgrade, you have the ability to sell equipment!]
The planners expressed their innocence. They didn’t know why the main cities of the game were upgraded so quickly. According to the plan, this should’ve happened in a few years.
However, since the beginning of the closed beta, Starry Sky Age had been like a wild horse that broke free of its reins. Everything was out of their control, especially the game progress.
Once the main cities were upgraded, how could they continue to attract players? They were also at a loss, but there was nothing they could do.
In the end, they had no choice but to…
Continue to develop game products and make more bonuses while Starry Sky Age was still popular!
Now, Boss Xu had improved their welfare benefits. Once the products they designed were put into use, they would be given a partial commission of the profits.
It was only one in ten thousand, but based on the current size and potential of Starry Sky Age, they would make a fortune as long as they could create a hit product!
As for being scolded? Just get used to it!
Curse as much as they want, as long as they were happy!
However, their concerns might be unfounded.
Once Xu Sili upgraded Imperial City to Lv 5, he felt that the shackles on his body had been removed and there were a series of upgrade reminders.
The experience points he had accumulated now directly upgraded him to Lv 45.
After four stars, the experience points required for each level had increased several times compared to three stars. If he relied on himself to kill monsters, it was unknown how long it would take to reach Lv 50.
He looked at the upgrade conditions for the Lv 6 main city again. He didn’t know until he saw it…
The joy in his heart immediately faded by half.
From Lv 6, he was no longer limited to the five main cities. Of course, these five main cities weren’t left out but there was one more very important point.
The territory recovery rate had to reach 50%.
But now, the Roland Empire’s territory recovery rate was less than 1%.
After all, the entire Escher Star had an area of one billion square kilometers. The land that Roland had recovered so far was less than 10 million square kilometers.
This meant that in order to unlock the seal of the Lv 6 Imperial City, it was necessary to recover approximately 500 million square kilometers of territory.
Xu Sili looked at the number and felt overwhelmed.
The only quick way was probably to send out Si Sheng, the ultimate killer, but…
Xu Sili knew that he couldn’t do that.
Si Sheng might not mind, but this great cause could only be completed by the players and NPCs of the Roland Empire.
Xu Sili shook his head and closed the panel.
Maybe it was time to slow down. It had only been less than a year since the server was launched, but it was actually several years ahead of the timeline of the future forum.
Slowing down the pace at the right time would generally only benefit the Roland Empire because…
The NPC upgrades couldn’t keep up at all.
Now in the entire Roland Empire, only a very small number of NPCs had broken through to three stars. Most of the others were still struggling between level 15 and 25.
There were many players who had reached level 40. Most of them were already above level 35.
This type of development was unbalanced. Even though the NPC attribute values were greater than those of the players, the player’s strength would sooner or later surpass the NPCs on a large scale.
This wasn’t what Xu Sili wanted to see.
If this was the case, no one knew what the consequences would be and whether the tragedy of players seizing cities in the forum would happen again in the future.
In addition to narrowing the gap between new and old players, the level limit also gave NPCs time to grow.
Xu Sili thought of this and relaxed again.
In any case, even if he only trained to level 50 now, he had the capital to gain a foothold in the interstellar space. For example, the leader of the lizardmen seemed to be only level 50-60.
Of course, the pace of recovering territory couldn’t be stopped or how long would it take to reach a 50% recovery rate?
In any case, it was just a matter of recovery, into development and utilization. It was relatively simple.
However, Xu Sili could already imagine the future.
It was because there was a column called ‘land utilization rate’ in his panel. Perhaps after all the territory was recovered, the subsequent upgrade condition would be land utilization rate.
Xu Sili couldn’t help cursing when he thought about it. “Dog planners!”
Si Sheng, who was beside him, looked at him strangely. Seeing him gritting his teeth and scolding someone, he couldn’t help asking what was wrong.
Xu Sili shook his head.
Of course, he couldn’t tell this to Si Sheng. Si Sheng was so strong. What if he broke through the dimension directly in the future and went to reality to kill the dog planners?
However, this was just his imagination.
After scolding, he felt much better.
He confirmed that the upgrade was complete, left the teleportation hall and handed the site over to the guards for maintenance.
He happened to meet Xenos when he returned to the palace.
The silver-haired man stood at the door of his bedroom, waiting quietly. A type of indifferent and gentle temperament lingered around him which made people forget the world when they saw him.
More than half a year had passed. His figure was still slim but not as skinny as before. His whole mental outlook had changed a lot.
“Imperial Brother!” Xu Sili greeted him. He felt the change in the other person as he approached.
“You made a breakthrough?” He was pleasantly surprised.
“Your Majesty, Marshal.”
Xenos saluted the two of them before smiling. “Yes, Your Majesty. I seem to have gained a lot from unlocking the seal.”
Xu Sili cast the Insight technique on him and couldn’t help gasping.
Level 39.
It was very difficult for NPCs to upgrade, but it was also quite simple. As long as there was no level restriction, they practiced hard enough and gained enough understanding, their level might soar like a rocket.
They didn’t have to level up like the players.
But many times, they might get stuck at a bottleneck and might not make progress for decades. There was too much uncertainty.
“Congratulations, Imperial Brother,” Xu Sili said with a smile. “Are you here to see me for something?”
Xenos shook his head. “I just suddenly had some free time and didn’t know what to do. Therefore, I came to sit here with Your Majesty.”
Now Roland had introduced the latest e-government system from the interstellar world and made localized adaptations.
The assistance of a powerful artificial intelligence and the process optimization meant that many trivial issues were handed over to the next level of administrators.
His work efficiency improved a lot and the burden on Xenos was lightened. Now that he had more free time, he felt a bit overwhelmed.
Xu Sili was also a bit troubled.
Could it be possible that he would send Xenos to the front line like Silin? Putting aside his health, there must be someone in Imperial City who could take charge.
After all, he and Si Sheng often ran around. It was easy to lose track of them.
He thought about it before suddenly coming up with a good idea.
“Imperial Brother, if that is the case, why don’t you go to the Star Network and experience the life of interstellar humans?”
“Father also did something like this in the past… Ahem, you can learn from him.”
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