Xu Sili looked at the date of the post on the forum and suspected that there was a bug in the forum.
Year X046.
He clearly remembered that he had died in a plane crash in September of X026. To him, that was only a little more than a month ago.
Xu Sili realized something and his heart beat wildly.
He remembered the Starry Sky Forum that he saw when he was still a soul before he transmigrated.
It was also the forum that let him know some things that would happen in the future. He knew that Snow Roland died before the beta test started.
It can't be, right?
Xu Sili closed the forum and opened it again. He found that it was still the same interface, but the posts kept refreshing. He could see that the daily activity was very high.
He couldn't help but gulp.
"Your Majesty?"
Si Sheng noticed that something was wrong with him and came in front of him. He frowned and looked at him.
Xu Sili came back to his senses and shook his head. He was thinking about the forum, but Si Sheng was here, so he couldn't think about it.
He thought for a while and continued the topic.
"Those warriors are weak now, but they have a lot of potential, and …"
He hesitated whether to tell Si Sheng directly, but in the end, he said, "They seem to have a special racial talent, or skill."
Si Sheng nodded, but his eyes lingered on his face.
Xu Sili was about to say that the players could be resurrected when he suddenly noticed something. He couldn't help but frown. "What are you looking at?"
"You look very special today."
Si Sheng looked at him, his gray-blue eyes filled with tenderness. The corners of his mouth were slightly curved, and his smile was charming.
Xu Sili blinked and looked at him in confusion. "What do you mean?"
Si Sheng raised his hand and approached him.
Seeing that he didn't move away, he plucked up his courage and gently tucked his silk-like silver hair behind his ear. "It's very beautiful."
Xu Sili's heart skipped a beat.
The man's slightly cold fingertips touched his ear, but it made him feel like he was scalded. His ear was a little hot.
He quickly looked away.
Of course it looked good. He had carefully chosen this outfit. How could it not look good?
He pursed his lips to hide the smile at the corner of his mouth. He rolled his eyes and rudely said, "I'm talking business with you. Stop flattering me."
Si Sheng nodded. He put his hands behind his back and looked serious.
Xu Sili glanced at him and ignored him. He turned around, took off his cloak and threw it on the couch, then sat down on the sofa and crossed his legs.
Although it wasn't a long time, it was still very tiring to meet almost two hundred people in one go.
"You should pay more attention to them. These heroes aren't simple." In the end, he decided not to mention that the players could be resurrected. He only gave a reminder.
After all, he felt that Si Sheng did not seem to care much about it.
It was as if there weren't many things that could make him worry. He was clearly very cold before, but recently, his mouth seemed to be smeared with honey.
Xu Sili shook his head inwardly.
"You said you wanted to see me, so you came back early. Is something the matter?"
Hearing this, Si Sheng looked up and looked into his pure eyes. He couldn't help but feel helpless. He thought for a while and casually found a reason.
"The heroes are here. I'm worried about Your Majesty's safety."
Xu Sili curved his lips. Regardless of whether this was true or not, it felt good to be remembered.
He was about to say that the players were not a concern, but on second thought, he said, "Well, then you should stay here first. Don't go running around."
Si Sheng looked at him helplessly. "Your Majesty, I'm going to carry out the mission you gave me."
He didn't mean to run around.
Xu Sili curled his lips. "Now that you've completed it, don't go out."
The young man's voice was slightly soft. He didn't realize that he was acting coquettishly.
Si Sheng looked at him and felt his heart palpitate slightly.
He smiled gently and said, "Your Majesty, do you want me to stay by your side?"
"Yes."
Xu Sili had already reopened the forum. He nodded absent-mindedly. "I can't go out and play without you."
Without Si Sheng's [Passerby's Halo], it was really inconvenient. Although he could use his skills, he couldn't afford to use them due to the high cost of magic.
Si Sheng paused. "That's the only reason?"
"Hmm …" Xu Sili thought for a while and said, "I'll feel more at ease if you're here."
Si Sheng felt that he was daydreaming again.
In fact, he had noticed this a long time ago. Lord God would occasionally stare blankly at a certain part of the void, as if he was reading something.
Perhaps in Lord God's eyes, the world was different.
Si Sheng didn't say anything else. He quietly poured a cup of tea for him and placed some pastries beside him. Then, he sat on the sofa and quietly watched him.
He was satisfied as long as he could watch him like this.
Xu Sili's attention was completely diverted by the forum. He frowned and pondered.
He found that … the forum that he had activated seemed to be from the original timeline because he had searched for Snow Roland's post.
So, he saw the future forum in the parallel timeline?
After coming to this conclusion, Xu Sili's confusion slowly turned into excitement.
Did this mean that he had a cheat code that allowed him to know the future direction of the game?
However, because of his arrival, many things had changed. The information that he obtained was probably only useful for reference, but … it was still very useful!
This was much more useful than looking at the newbie forum in the current timeline.
Ten years worth of posts, this was a huge fortune!
Of course, he had to choose some old posts to look at. The ones that were too new were worthless.
Xu Sili hurriedly searched for more information.
He thought of various potion formulas. These were probably what the Roland Empire lacked the most.
It was obviously a game with a magic background. It was illogical to not have health and mana recovery potions.
He entered blood potions into the search bar and set the conditions. The time was arranged in order.
The earliest post was from the closed beta. Some people complained that it was inconvenient to not have blood potions and that the death penalty was too heavy.
Xu Sili then knew that players had to wait 30 minutes before they could be revived.
This was a very important piece of information.
If he wanted to let players fight in the future, he would have to pay attention to the timing.
He silently noted it down. He read a post from a long time ago with great interest. At the same time, he got a lot of information.
For example, the death penalty of players, the number of revivals per day, and the flow of time between reality and the game was 1: 1 when the server was opened and 1: 6 when the server was closed.
When the server was closed, a month in the game would only be 5 days in reality.
There were also posts that complained that NPCs were too strong. Often, players would be slapped by NPCs and lose half of their HP or even directly killed.
In other words, in the early stages of the game, there was no same-faction protection strategy. NPCs could attack players, and players could also attack NPCs.
When he saw these posts, Xu Sili was slightly worried.
This was because he understood the mentality of players very well.
I am playing the game to play. If I am played by the game, I can either abandon the game or play back!
Don't think that you are just an NPC. Players have a strong desire for revenge, especially when the NPC's HP bar is lit up!
NPCs with green names are called NPCs. Those with red names are monsters, bosses!
In the end, Xu Sili saw that there was a conflict between players and NPCs.
In the first month of the open beta, a large number of players entered the game. A very bold player leader organized a city attack. They wanted to take advantage of the inconvenience of communication between the main cities to attack the next main city!
In the end, they almost succeeded.
This group of immoral people destroyed the protective array of the first level main city. The galactic beasts that were blocked outside the city broke through the protective barrier.
In order to stop the galactic beasts from invading, a large number of NPCs went to the front line to fight while the players were at the back!
Many of these players were old players from the closed beta.
NPCs were unable to travel to and from the main cities, but these players were not restricted. They had made a careful plan.
In order to gather all the old players from the main cities, they used the ten times per day to revive on the spot. It took them a whole month to gather all of them in Mu Shuang City, which had the weakest defense in the Empire.
Then, they destroyed the protective array and took the opportunity to seize the spawn point of Mu Shuang City to make it the base camp of the players.
This action undoubtedly caused the novice players who were born in other main cities to be furious.
This was because it was too immoral!
However, these veteran players still did as they pleased. The temptation of a main city was too great. They even learned about the abolition of the slavery system by the Empire and wanted to enslave the NPCs.
Xu Sili searched for posts related to that period. There were even livestreams posts. When he read them, his scalp went numb.
These players were too bold!
Although they were suppressed by the Guardian God Si Sheng in the end, because of the galactic beasts' invasion and the NPCs that were killed by the players, they could not be revived!
Xu Sili originally only wanted to search for the blood potion formula. He did not expect to find such a vicious post. His mood was heavy.
He thought about it and went back to the posts from that period.
Actually, there was no irreconcilable conflict between the players and the NPCs that led to the rebellion. In fact, it was because there was no proper guidance in the beginning, which led to the accumulation of resentment.
He had to set up a system to allow the players and NPCs to have a good relationship.
He could not underestimate these 1,000 beta players. There would be a second beta test in the future. When that time came, more players would be released.
They were the pathfinders for the novice players. Many of them would become guild leaders in the future, which directly affected the players' attitude towards the NPCs.
Players were a group of people who did as they pleased and valued relationships. If they valued and cared about you, they would be willing to create benefits for you. They would even be happy to do anything for you.
For example, those tedious daily quests were just small items. They would spend a lot of time to do them every day.
Xu Sili fell into deep thought.
He was not in a hurry to search for information about the blood potion. Instead, he thought about how to guide the players.
Now that the beta test had just begun, and with his presence, the tragedy in the other timeline could be avoided.
After a while, he sent a message to Li Zheyu.
Before returning to the bedroom, he had asked Li Zheyu to bring all the players to Mercenary Town. Originally, he wanted to let them fend for themselves. There were many quests there, which were enough for them to level up.
However, he had changed his mind.
Li Zheyu quickly replied that they were still on the way and would only arrive in the afternoon.
Xu Sili was relieved.
Now that the expansion plan of Mercenary Town was in full swing, because the local Elementalists were joining the Mercenary Association and needed to complete the beginner quests, Mercenary Town did not lack houses.
However, he was not going to arrange a place for the players to stay so easily.
He sent a message to Wen Jishan and asked him to pick out 200 families that had lost their backbone and were left alone.
According to the population structure of Mercenary Town, there should be a lot of such families. The casualty rate of mercenaries was still very high. Even if the young and strong were still alive, they might have been working hard all year round.
Wen Jishan did not ask any more questions and went to arrange it directly.
After Xu Sili received the reply, he opened the quest panel and started to edit new quests.
He did not have any mana now, so he only planned to release normal quests.
Normal quests would give players 1 Reputation and 10 EXP as a basic reward. If the completion rate was high, the maximum reward would be 8 Reputation and 89 EXP.
It was very little, but if it was a Daily or Weekly Chain Quest, the rewards would be quite good.
Xu Sili recalled the quests in the game and started to edit them.
First, there were the Daily Quests for the Sixth Circle.
The name of the quest was very simple. It was called "Respect the Old and Love the Young." As for the content of the quest, Xu Sili made up 20 quests in one go.
These included playing with the children for 10 minutes, brushing the children's teeth and washing their faces, telling the children stories to coax them to sleep, helping the elderly buy groceries, preparing breakfast, lunch, and dinner for the elderly, helping to chop firewood …
When the players were running, these quests would appear randomly. It was guaranteed that they would not repeat in a short period of time.
Every time they completed a circle, they would receive the basic reward.
In addition to the basic reward, the triggering condition of the additional reward was that the NPCs who helped the players increased their favorability towards the players.
It did not matter how much the favorability increased, as long as the favorability increased.
The first five daily quests were random, but the last one was fixed and very simple.
All they had to do was smile and say to the NPC who helped them in the end, "I'll be back tomorrow!" Then they would receive 50 EXP.
In total, they would receive at least 100 EXP and 5 Reputation from a single daily quest.
It was still very attractive to the players at the current stage.
After all, Xu Sili had also experienced this period. At that time, he received 30 EXP from meditating for a night, which made him happy for a while.
Then there were the Weekly Quests. If they completed a total of 7 daily quests, they would receive 99 EXP and 9 Reputation, as well as 500 EXP as a reward.
That was a maximum of 100,000 EXP per week.
Thinking of Wen Jishan's ability to make money, Xu Sili felt that there was nothing to worry about.
Finally, he set the acceptance conditions: all players could accept the quests, but he kindly wrote a reminder for the players in the Imperial City.
After checking and confirming that there were no errors in the logic, Xu Sili clicked publish.
With this guide, it should be able to improve the relationship between the players and the NPCs faster, right?
On the main road to the Mercenary Town.
All the players were arranged to sit on the floating bus, and they were full of anticipation and excitement for the upcoming journey.
Some of them were passionately discussing in the group channel, some were whispering to each other in small groups, some were bragging on the forums that they had met the Emperor, and some were studying the game, trying to find out if there were any problems or bugs.
In short, no one was scared.
At this time, everyone suddenly stopped.
Because a system notification popped up in front of them, and the light blue screen read:
[Ding ~ Successfully triggered normal quest — Respect the Elderly and Love the Young]
[Description: The Roland Empire is in a period of time where many things need to be done. Years of war on the frontlines have caused countless elderly to lose their children, and countless children to lose their parents. They need the help of the Hero!]
[Quest Details: Help the elderly and children of the Roland Empire. This quest is a chain quest and can be completed once per day.]
[Reward: Large amounts of EXP, Reputation, and Exp]
Apart from this, there was more!
[Ding ~ Successfully triggered normal quest — Dripping Through Stone]
[Description: Your perseverance has moved the Emperor, and he has decided to give you a reward.]
[Quest Details: Complete [Respect the Elderly and Love the Young] quest 7 times. Reward: 99 EXP, 9 Reputation, and 500 Exp]
[Gentle Reminder: The Hero in the Royal City can go to the Mercenary Town and find Wen Jishan. He will give you a hint.]
They were daily and weekly quests!
The players who received the hint were not very excited. After all, they had just completed an elite quest easily, and they were hungry for more.
These daily quests seemed very troublesome …
At this time, another system notification popped up.
[Ding ~ Successfully triggered normal quest — Recognition]
[Description: You need to prove your identity as a Hero with actions. If you cannot prove your identity, you may become a wanted criminal and be hunted by the entire country.]
[Quest Details: Complete one [Respect the Elderly and Love the Young] quest]
[Reward: 10 EXP, 1 Reputation, temporarily obtain the right to live legally in the Roland Empire (valid for 7 days)]
"Damn! What a shitty producer! "
After the third quest appeared, the players all cursed.
This forced them to do the daily quests!
However, there were also female players who did not care. Instead, they read the gentle reminder again and again.
Sob, I can see Wen Jishan soon!
Wen Jishan was the representative of the black-bellied scum, and his popularity was much higher than Li Zheyu's.
This holographic game was the blessing of the players of "The Gods' Game." However, it was only a closed beta, so there were not many players of this type.
However, this type of female player was more likely to be able to unleash more power.
At least one could imagine how grand the open beta would be.
After the players passionately cursed the producer 300 times, someone noticed that there was an update to the faction storage.
[When your Reputation reaches [Friendly], you will automatically obtain the right to live legally in the Roland Empire]
This update made it easier for the players to accept.
This meant that after accumulating 100 Reputation, they could ignore the daily quests, right?
The players quickly accepted the daily quests and weekly quests.
Although they wanted to know how to learn skills, this was still a closed beta, and they could understand that there were many imperfections. Later on, they would give feedback on the forum and let the game team optimize and improve.
After Xu Sili released the daily quests and weekly quests, and gave the players the right to live in the daily quests, he did not care about it anymore.
He did not forget that he was looking for the blood potion in the beginning.
Then, he realized that the blood potion would only appear after the open beta.
For Xu Sili, this was too long.
He decided to search for the blood potion formula.
As long as he had the formula, he should be able to make it, right? At least he would not have to take so many detours.
He really found a post about the blood potion formula, and there was only one post. However, when he was about to click on it, a notification popped up —
[This post is a dry post, 10 points are required to read it. You have not logged in yet, please log in to read it.]
Xu Sili blinked.
Log in? How do I log in? He looked at the registration on the top right corner of the page and clenched his teeth to register an account.
Then, he found that … it was actually possible?
Xu Sili was stunned. He, a person from a parallel universe, could actually register on the forum of another universe?
The whole process was very smooth. He did not need to fill in any verification and registered successfully, and he even received 10 points as a reward.
Then, he received another 5 points from checking in.
Xu Sili read a little about the rules of the forum.
He could post all kinds of posts and reply to comments, but reading dry posts generally required points. The points ranged from 10 to 1000, and it was set by the author.
If he posted a question, he would also need to pay 1 point and set the reward for the best answer. Ordinary posts did not require points.
The posts that he had read before were all lousy posts.
There were many ways to obtain points, mainly through checking in, fan rewards, and reading of posts.
Xu Sili was a little helpless, but he also understood that knowledge could not be free, not to mention knowledge that could create huge benefits.
He clicked on the 10 points.
The OP of this post was very simple and crude, directly throwing a screenshot of the game screen on the first post.
[Beginner Health Potion]
Description: Can be made into a potion that can restore vitality.
Materials required: Snow Valley 100g, Dracaena 5g, Xanthite 15g, Dew 500ml.
Instructions: First boil the Snow Valley into a paste with dew, add Dracaena and Xanthite, and then use elemental fire to temper.
Restricted class: Elemental Pharmacist
Xu Sili quickly copied down the formula.
Sure enough, the raw materials required Snow Valley! But when he saw the Elemental Pharmacist, he could not help but feel a little confused.
Because in Snow Roland's memory, there was no information about this class.
He had to send a message to Dean Justin.
The old man did not reply immediately, so he did not bother. Instead, he searched the panel of the faction warehouse and found that there were indeed Dracaena and Xanthite.
But they were very rare, because they were the companion of some interstellar beasts, which meant that only frontline troops or mercenaries could collect them.
Maybe later, when the players' levels increased, he would need to issue a large number of Dracaena and Xanthite missions.
But now, he could let the Elementalist mercenaries do it …
Suddenly, Xu Sili realized something.
His eyes lit up, and he quickly typed in the forum: A way to get to and from the main city quickly.
But he did not find anything. He gritted his teeth, pretended to be a newbie, and spent 1 point to post a question, with a reward of 5 points.
He wondered if there was anyone with so little points …
[Ding! Someone replied to your post, go check it out.]
Xu Sili's heartbeat inexplicably sped up.
Would there be anyone? A way to get to and from the main city quickly …
If he could avoid the interstellar beasts and get to the main city quickly, he would be able to find his second brother!
[Rowing All Depends on Waves]:
"Hahahaha, in this era, there are not many cute newbies like the OP. Are you interested in becoming my disciple!?"
"Of course, to get to and from the main city quickly is to use the teleportation circle ~"
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