Before Gaia's fifth year, players would be under Gaia's protection. Like children, they would gradually adapt to the law of the jungle, moving from a peaceful civilized world to a barbaric wilderness.
In Gaia's sixth year, players would lose their protection and face savagery.
"World Announcement: On the fifth anniversary of 'Earth On's' launch, the game will be releasing the fifth expansion pack, [Beast Horde Invasion]. Please log on to the official website for the details."
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This update had already dropped a bombshell on the global player community.
Those with a keen sense of smell, or those who had access to special information channels, had already caught a whiff of something unusual in this update.
The entire game world was undergoing a metamorphosis.
At this moment, Gaia's release of a new expansion pack naturally made people's imaginations run wild. They were eager to know the details.
Ouyang Shuo took out the communications compass that Gaia had just given him. The entire interface was very simple. It only included a web browser, the game's official website, chat, mail, call, and video.
Every icon was very Chinese. It appeared that Gaia had been baptized by the Chinese civilization.
Upon entering the official website, the information about the expansion pack, [Beast Horde Invasion], was pinned at the top. What greeted him was a huge poster of a sea of insects that blotted out the sky as they attacked from afar.
[Beast Horde Invasion] was targeted at the mysterious underground world.
According to the information that Gaia had revealed on the official website, after the expansion pack was released, the underground world would undergo a complete refresh. It would reset the types and numbers of monsters.
Be it the strength of the monsters or their numbers, they would triple from their current foundation.
This was definitely a huge challenge for adventurers. When that happened, it would be a problem to defend the already explored areas, much less explore deeper.
A single mistake could even cause the monster horde to rush out of the underground world.
If that really happened, they would probably need to mobilize the army to suppress it.
Since it was a monster horde, there was naturally more to it. After the expansion pack was released, other than the satellite cities and the entrance to the underground world, Gaia would also randomly spawn monster nests of all sizes in the wilderness.
Every nest was an entrance.
Gaia had made it very clear that the monster horde in some of the giant nests had the strength to take down a city, much less a village that had no defense.
A single mistake could lead to a great loss of life.
This meant that at the same time the territory defended its borders, it had to deploy troops to set up defenses in the territory and defend each monster nest to the death. Otherwise, the consequences would be dire.
Thankfully, Gaia did not make things too difficult for its territory. Monster nests respawned once every six months. He would not say that a monster nest suddenly popped up and caught the army in the territory off guard.
Even so, it would definitely affect the speed of expansion of the territory.
After reading the information in the expansion pack, Ouyang Shuo immediately realized that Gaia was making preparations for Planet Hope. The so-called Monster Nest had to be related to Planet Hope.
Due to this, even if there were a lot of adventurer players in Great Xia who could help the dynasty suppress the monster nests, Ouyang Shuo asked the other divisions to take turns to deal with the monsters.
Perhaps, this was one of the reasons why Gaia had increased its army's overall strength.
Ouyang Shuo had a nagging feeling that Gaia was playing a huge game of chess. However, he had too little information, preventing him from dispelling the fog and seeing the truth.
After the announcement ended, Ouyang Shuo heard the sound of a system notification.
"System notification: Player Ouyang Shuo, due to the fact that item 2 of this update has violated the legitimate interests of Great Xia, the system has decided to give you appropriate compensation. Please state your compensation request."
Great Xia's hidden building, the Literary Tower, could protect the civil officials. The Confucian Temple and Guanlin Temple had the same effect with the blessing of the Two Saints of Literature and Martial. In addition, the General Souls and the Divine Martial Guards' resurrection were all ineffective.
To Great Xia, this was indeed a huge loss.
Ouyang Shuo thought for a moment and asked, "Can I make any request?"
"System notification: According to the system's evaluation, Great Xia's loss index is 72 points. Player can only request compensation equivalent to this index. If the index is exceeded, the compensation request will be ineffective. "
Following the system notification, Gaia brought up a list of compensation.
There were Emperor-level summoning talismans, divine weapons, substitute dolls, and other special items. Each item was labeled with a value. For example, the substitute dolls were labeled with 8 points.
Based on this, Ouyang Shuo determined that the 72 points of compensation index was rather precious.
At the bottom of the list, Ouyang Shuo suddenly saw an item that made his heart throb inexplicably. It seemed like this item was very important to him. He took a look and realized that it was a god-level technique, "Nanhua Sutra".
"Nanhua Sutra" was "Zhuangzi". Together with "Laozi" and "Zhouyi", they were known as the "Three Mysteries".
Gaia used "Nanhua Sutra" to name this technique. It was evident that it was a top-notch Daoist technique. Ouyang Shuo's eyes lit up when he thought about the "Yellow Emperor's Internal Canon" and "Yellow Court's Internal Scenery Scripture" that he had previously obtained.
"Could it be that this is the last combination technique that he has been searching for?!"
Ouyang Shuo opened it and saw a note: "This technique is the third volume of a certain combination technique. Please explore the rest by yourself."
Just based on the note, Ouyang Shuo was only 70% confident.
There were many combination techniques in the world, and it might not be the one that Ouyang Shuo was looking for.
He then looked at the standard value of the Nanhua Scripture. It was 80 points. This caused Ouyang Shuo to suck in a cold breath. If he didn't remember wrongly, there was also a god-level technique on it, but it was only 45 points.
A "Nanhua Sutra" was actually so valuable.
This further strengthened Ouyang Shuo's determination to obtain this technique. Regardless of whether it was the technique or not, it was worth the gamble. However, he was still 8 points away from 80 points.
"This is going to be difficult."
Ouyang Shuo tried saying, "I'll choose" Nanhua Sutra "!"
"System Notification: Insufficient Compensation Value. Please choose again!"
Ouyang Shuo's heart turned cold. He said unwillingly, "Among the items listed, I only need" Nanhua Sutra ". The other items do not meet my requirements. How are you going to compensate me?!"
"System Notification: Player's request exceeds the system's authority …"
"I can use other items to exchange for the 8 points I lack." Ouyang Shuo hurriedly added. He was really worried that Gaia would randomly compensate him with an item of this value. If that happened, it would really be too late for regrets.
Who knew when he would have the opportunity to encounter "Nanhua Sutra" again. This concerned Ouyang Shuo's cultivation foundation. It was more important than anything else.
"System Notification: Player's request exceeds the system's authority …"
Ouyang Shuo was really anxious, but there was nothing he could do.
At the same time, in Sky City's main hall, Gaia looked at a crystal ball in front of him. It was reflecting the scene beside Ouyang Shuo.
Hearing that Ouyang Shuo was acting shamelessly, Gaia's eyes flashed. The look in his eyes was different from before. There was a hint of spirit in his eyes.
This Gaia was no longer the other Gaia.
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