VCRMM: Chapter 202

“The second group needs support. The light healing team will follow!”

“Earth elementalists, pay attention to strengthening the city wall. You only have one task. It is to hold up the wall for me! Hold on until noon. Someone will come online to replace you at noon!”

“Magicians in the back, don’t relax. Replenish mana in time to maintain your condition. You don’t need me to remind you, right?”

“Don’t scatter your output. Concentrate your firepower!”

Qing Yan shouted hoarsely in the team channel.

After commanding for nearly 40 hours continuously, she didn’t feel physically tired but her mind was exhausted.

“Qing Yan, hold on first. I’m going offline. I will be back as soon as possible.”

At this time, Lin Mu’s voice was heard from the command team’s channel. Qing Yan couldn’t help cursing softly.

As competitors, the two of them usually didn’t deal with each other very well. However, it did relieve a lot of her pressure when Lin Mu went online last night.

Now, this guy was actually leaving at the critical moment when there were fewer players available?

Qing Yan was furious.

The current situation was completely different from when there were fewer people in the beginning. The most important thing in a team fight was momentum. The fewer people they had, the less energetic people would be. This could easily lead to a collapse in morale and a complete defeat!

She didn’t believe that Lin Mu, who had extensive command experience, wouldn’t understand this.

“Can’t you just take a day off?” Qing Yan couldn’t help yelling at him.

Lin Mu said apologetically, “It is true that something has happened in the past two days. I’m sorry. Please hold on a bit longer. I just saw a new announcement.”

“What new announcement?”

“After 24 hours, the game time and reality will be adjusted to 1:6. In other words, one hour in the game is 6 hours in reality.”

Lin Mu explained it to her, “At that time, there won’t be a situation where the large army will be absent for a long time.”

Of course, this measure could only serve as temporary relief.

Assuming that the office worker group could spend half a day in Starry Sky Age, there would be a large number of people absent every two hours in the game.

Therefore, the most important point of this announcement was:

“In one month in reality, which is six days in the game, there will be one million new players. We just have to stick to it until then and the chances of winning will greatly increase.”

Qing Yan wasn’t relieved at all.

“You really want to say that this beast wave will last a week? Are you kidding me?”

“Qing Yan, this will be a protracted battle.”

Lin Mu patiently analyzed it with her. “This beast wave was so sudden with no warning in the early stage. It was obviously beyond the official’s expectations. Moreover, this beast wave is extremely dangerous or the officials wouldn’t have taken such emergency measures.”

“Four years ago in game time, there was a very serious beast wave that lasted for over a month.”

“I’ve seen some video data left by NPCs. It is similar in scale to this time. We have to be mentally prepared.”

Qing Yan wanted to say he was talking nonsense, but Lin Mu’s words did sound very reasonable.

She felt more stressed.

Qing Yan took a deep breath and whispered, “Okay. Get out of here and come back quickly!”

“Yes, I’ll be back at around 7 o’clock in the evening. Just hold on.”

Then Lin Mu went offline.

Qing Yan gave a low curse and threw herself back into battle.

The game was in full swing. Meanwhile, the forum was full of talk about the new announcements.

The pros and cons of adjusting the flow rate of game time and real time had been repeatedly discussed. Most people in the forum supported it.

In particular, the casual fans who were still waiting for the gaming helmets and cabins.

The waiting time was the same in reality but when they entered the game, they wouldn’t be left so far behind from the previous players!

Everyone watched the live broadcasts. Defending the city was hard, but the benefits obtained were considerable.

In less than a day, the level of players in the game had increased by two or three levels on the original basis. The high-level players had also generally increased by one level!

There was such a large improvement. If they missed this wave, it would be difficult to catch up again. Therefore, this decision not only had an impact on them but it was also profitable!

How could this type of good thing not be supported?

The official quota of one million gaming helmets was just released and it was sold out in just half a day. All players who paid successfully would receive the physical goods one month later.

In addition, the orders of the game cabin didn’t decrease but increased. There were no cancellations.

Unlike gaming helmets, the game cabins accepted reservations and welcomed all people, but they needed to pay a high deposit.

This was enough to show the popularity of Starry Sky Age.

As for the players who already owned gaming equipment, they reacted strongly at first. Then after reading various analyses, they accepted such measures.

After all, not everyone was so free that they could stay in the game all day long.

They had to go to work, study, and socialize, but they also had the game in mind.

They didn’t want to finally finish their trip and rush back, only to find that the battle was over or even lost.

At this time, they even hoped that the game could be paused and played again when they returned, but this was obviously unrealistic.

The time flow rate might’ve become 1:6, which meant that the time they spent in the game felt less, but they originally used their sleep time to play.

If they could use this to win the battle to defend the city, it could be regarded as a strategy. For players, any tactics adopted were reasonable as long as they could win.

Moreover, the word ‘temporary’ was written in the announcement. Everyone speculated that it would be adjusted back when the gaming helmet was released.

Many people couldn’t help wondering that since the game company could slow down thinking, could it also speed up thinking?

At that time, it would be one hour in reality but they would spend six hours in the game. How awesome would that be? They could even adopt a strategy of slowing down the flow during the day and speeding it up at night.

In this way, they didn’t have to worry about not playing during the day and being unable to keep up with the progress of the game. They could also enjoy six times more entertainment at night!

Seeing such a suggestion, the game group could only smile bitterly.

Judging from the test data, no problems had been found for the time being. However, they couldn’t be sure that the adjustment of slowing down and speeding up thinking wouldn’t cause harm to the human body.

Not to mention, such adjustments being made within the same day.

Regarding the new announcements, the viewers and streamers in the live broadcast room had the biggest opinions.

For a streamer like Ah Caizi, who considered live broadcasting as her main job, such an adjustment was like a bolt from the blue. It directly destroyed the cornerstone of her career.

However, the game company hadn’t signed a contract with the streamers. They had no obligations or responsibilities to the streamers, so the streamers had no way to complain.

Therefore, no matter how their minds collapsed, the streamers could only adjust and adapt.

Fortunately, the game company wasn’t inhumane. Considering the role of streamers in promoting the game, the officials compensated these full-time streamers and provided live broadcasting tutorials for the game.

The live area of the Starry Sky Forum was opened at this time and related activities were held. The reward setting was very attractive.

All these measures finally calmed down the grievances of the streamers and firmly stabilized the reputation of Starry Sky Age.

Therefore, after the official release of several videos, the audience could understand why this was done.

It was a monitoring video of the game shutdown. It could be seen that the playback was completely accelerated or slowed down from normal speed. In this case, it couldn’t be broadcasted live at all.

Unbeknownst to players, approximately 100 Starry Sky Age experience stores across the country were being prepared. They would open simultaneously across the country on the day when one million gaming helmets were officially launched.

The experience store would be open 24 hours a day and would only operate Starry Sky Age-related businesses. Naturally, the gaming helmets in the experience store weren’t bound and could be used by multiple people.

Xu Yuheng had also considered directly investing in various Internet cafes. With the popularity of Starry Sky Age, no Internet cafe owner would refuse.

However, after using a gaming helmet to enter Starry Sky Age, the user would enter a deep sleep state. This placed high requirements on the safety of the environment.

In order to avoid accidents and because he now had sufficient funds, he finally decided not to invest in the outside world for the time being.

In reality, all the arrangements were going on in full swing. But in the game, the tug-of-war between players and interstellar beasts continued.

The battle was brutal.

Almost every player had died once. Some of the players at the forefront even died over ten times.

Fortunately, the rules of resurrection had been adjusted a few days ago.

As long as the player died in the battle with the interstellar beasts, the players could choose the birth point to resurrect. They wouldn’t be restricted by the resurrection time.

Therefore, after the interstellar herd attacked the high wall, the light of the teleportation circle lit up one after another. The players who died ran back. They were blessed by the Light Body technique by the wind elementalists guarding near the teleportation circle.

Under the influence of the Light Body technique, they could return to the battlefield faster.

“F*k, how long will this battle last?”

On the wall, a player drank health medicine while complaining. Then he launched an attack on the interstellar beasts through a small window in the wall.

From noon yesterday until now, he had been online for nearly 20 hours continuously.

The game was fun and the realism was great, but such continuous concentration and repeated operations really tested one’s willpower over time.

“If you hold on, someone will change shifts with you at noon. We just have to wait for the game flow rate to be adjusted later,” someone next to him said.

At that time, they could go offline for an hour or two before going online to replace others. They would probably recover after surviving this wave of beasts.

Boom!

The wall shook again. The player who complained just now lost half his health again. He had to drink the last bottle of health medicine.

Looking out the small window in front of him, the battlefield was in chaos.

There were too many interstellar beasts. No tank could endure them or hold the aggro, so the players could only rely on the cover of the wall.

However, the shock coming from the wall and the attacks released by the interstellar beasts through the small window was still enough to damage them.

“Get out of the way. I’m going to throw a bomb!”

At this time, a player pushed the person away and took a bomb out of his backpack.

“Why don’t you go up there and throw it? Why grab my spot?”

“Hey, it is too dangerous above. I can’t endure it. It is better and safer to throw it here.”

With these words, the player had already controlled the bomb he just made to fly out of the small window. He should be a wind elementalist, which was how he could control objects to fly.

Boom boom!

Roar!

The vegetable oil fire outside still wasn’t extinguished. The bomb exploded directly without igniting it.

This player wasn’t idle. He threw bombs out one after another like money, killing interstellar beasts directly.

“Your job of throwing bombs is too cool!”

“The danger is also very high! I can accidentally blow myself up. Hey, I have no more bombs.”

The wind elementalist started to throw wind blades outside. He had never gone to the Elementalist Academy to study. The spells he knew were the most basic skills and the damage wasn’t very strong.

“Hey, this battle is difficult. I feel like the third line of defense can’t hold on any longer.”

“Keep holding on. Even if you die, you must bite off a piece of meat from the interstellar beasts!”

The spaceship was suspended in mid-air and no player noticed it.

Xu Sili looked at the players below who were still persisting. He couldn’t help feeling moved. These players actually delayed the beast wave for one day.

Roland’s border was surrounded by towering mountains on both sides. The City of Braves was located just at the exit, blocking the large army of beasts.

However, Xu Sili still didn’t plan to make a move.

It would be an endless battle once he took action. He finally got a break. He didn’t want to dig a hole for himself.

Perhaps his mentality had unknowingly changed after he rescued Silin and Xenos. Today’s battle also allowed him to see the possibility of players.

Looking at the players below who were still fighting hard and refusing to give up, Xu Sili decided to adjust the battle plan.

He took out card-making materials from the space capsule. Many card-making materials had been lost, but the materials for the one he wanted to make happened to be available.

Xu Sili held his breath and entered a state of concentration.

Two hours later, a brand new card appeared in front of him.

[Card (Balance)]

[Level: Three stars.

Description: A skill card that isn’t about scarcity but inequality. You can designate a team. The damage suffered by team members will be evenly distributed to each member of the team for 30 minutes.

Producer: Snow Roland.]

Xu Sili smiled with satisfaction when he looked at this card. Then he set the conditions and threw it into the faction warehouse.

In the sky, a huge firebird flapped its wings and flew over the high wall. The flames it released burned the wall and roasted the players hiding inside the wall.

“Water elementalists, Heavy Rain technique!”

Qing Yan roared in the channel, feeling that she really couldn’t stand it any longer.

Just then—

[Ding~ You have been commanding the team to fight continuously in the game for over 48 hours, and achieved amazing results. You have obtained the achievement of ‘Commander’ and can receive rewards in the faction warehouse.]

Qing Yan was stunned. Commander? Achievement title? What were the rewards for this title?

She frowned. She didn’t have much hope, but she still opened the faction warehouse and looked at it. Then…

She couldn’t help freezing.

Looking at the card that appeared in front of her and the attributes and description of the card, Qing Yan was so excited that she couldn’t help jumping on the spot twice.

It turned out to be His Majesty Snow’s Balance technique!

Ahh, it was the magical skill that could balance damage!

Qing Yan was about to cry. This couldn’t have come at a better time! She announced that starting from today, His Majesty Snow will be her male god!

Then the problem soon came. This card…

How to use it?

The moment this question came to mind, Qing Yan felt that there was an inexplicable power coming from this card. It guided her spiritual power to wrap around the card.

Then—

[Ding~ You have successfully used the card ‘Balance.’ Please select the target team.]

F*k, it actually succeeded!

---

Advance chapters are available over on my Patreon. You can go check out the details on my Patreon page.

Proofreader: Purichan