BXBX NOVEL Chapter 52 - 49: Players value freedom and will never accept commands! (2 in 1 Chapter)
T World Community,
TOI District,
Taylor Star (a supergiant planet),
The technology on this planet is incredibly advanced, even to the point where it’s on the verge of causing a terrifying catastrophe that would surpass the intelligent machine crisis.
Magnetic Levitation Daily Technology, Holographic Projection, Virtual Layered World…
On Taylor Star, besides the major consortia that rule the world, what’s most prestigious are the virtual gaming companies, jointly invested in by these consortia.
Virtual gaming companies can influence a city’s laws and its citizens’ levels!
One could even say that, in some ways, virtual gaming companies are the “Federal System” of Taylor Civilization.
Within the cities of Taylor, there are countless robots controlled by artificial intelligence, performing highly efficient low-intelligence repetitive labor, completely replacing human labor.
At this moment, there are countless large-headed, translucent skull beings that allow a glimpse of their slightly wriggling, slightly crystalline brains, with slender and fair limbs.
These are the highly-evolved Taylor people with exceptional spiritual power.
Countless Taylor people log into the Taylor Wisdom Network, open the top-ranked virtual games, and upon clicking, a myriad of games appear before them.
At the forefront is a newly-developed game. “A new game is really out!”
“And it’s a massive team exploration game.”
“Yeah, it’s been a long time since a virtual gaming company released such a huge game.”
“Exactly, I’ve always wanted to become a professional player and earn a noble title. I think my strength is already enough, but the old games are still dominated and continuously developed by the major guilds. It’s hard for us newcomers to stand out and earn enough merit points!”
“Right, I remember that every time a new game comes out, some people can earn noble titles based on their merits. This is a massive game, aren’t there chances for even high-level noble titles to appear?”
“Yeah, game level and titles in reality are linked. I’ve had my eyes on a nearby city’s aerial garden for a long time, but unfortunately, only viscounts are qualified to buy it.”
“Upstairs, looks like you won’t have a chance.”
“Take a closer look, the entry requirement for this game is viscount-level professional players, even ordinary professional players can’t participate!”
“That’s right, I heard that this game will also be included in the Viscount League’s evaluation index!”
[Note: Amateur players – First Level, Baron-level Professional Players –
Second Level, Viscount-level – Third Level (Ranks 7-9), Earl-level,
Marquis-level, Duke-level – Transcendent Tier, Prince-level – Throne,
Emperor-level – Dominator!]
“Damn, what’s the point of releasing this game?”
“Yeah, if it’s not open to amateur players, why put it on the homepage?
“Mom’s wise.”
“I remember last time Magic Abyss Group spent 100 billion credit points just to put an advertisement on the homepage!”
“Although we don’t have access, we can sign up, right? If we successfully sign up, we can join as a legion player and do whatever we want, but we have to listen to the commands of the viscounts!”
“Players value freedom, we absolutely won’t accept commands!”
“There are merits to be gained!”
“Ah, where’s the registration entrance? I didn’t see it when I opened the game.
Upstairs, dad, show it to me.”
As they watch the continuous flurry of messages on the forum, several earl-level professional players are rubbing their hands in anticipation and teasing each other:
“That guy pretends to understand, but joining a legion isn’t that easy.”
“Even we, as baron-level players, have to compete to participate in this game and possibly join the legion as a member. Those amateur players can forget about it.”
“Ordinary citizens and amateur players, barons, viscounts, earls, marquises, dukes, princes, emperors…”
“Becoming an emperor-level player… That’s the ultimate dream of every Taylor person!”
“Forget about it, as long as you become a prince-level… No, an earl-level player, you can already get a large share of the consortia’s stocks, not to mention that there are only a few emperors in Taylor.”
“Yes, it’s too far away, it has nothing to do with us.”
“Speaking of relevance, I remember that rumor that recently started spreading.”
“You mean the rumor that only viscount-level professional players can barely touch the truth of this world?”
“Yes, that one.”
“What’s so special about that? Who doesn’t know that the virtual game world is not that simple?”
“What’s the point, just keep climbing. When you become a prince-level professional player one day, even those consortia will have to serve you.”
“I heard that the opening of this new game is related to the recent mysterious activity in outer space, and the virtual gaming company explained that it’s a space military exercise.”
“Some experts say it’s a collective illusion, with lots of professional terms I can’t remember.”
“There are experts who say it’s a follow-the-crowd mentality, and some say it’s a natural phenomenon on Taylor Star, perfectly normal.”
“Well said, but I don’t believe it.”
The algorithm space given by this Al is said to be unprecedentedly large.”
“Yes, well, I won’t say any more. I’m going back to playing the Flame Demon game. I’m saving up a bit more, and I’ll have enough to upgrade the engine of my high-intelligence armed robot to a viscount-level engine, and when that happens, my combat power will increase to another level!”
“Engine upgrade, can you handle it? Can you control it?”
After chatting for a few moments, they continue to play their respective games..