Chapter 79

Unlike Qi Peng, who focused on different aspects, others were also incredibly surprised when they noticed this event.

"An official new event has actually come out!!!"

An official new event has come out!

After this news appeared, it immediately caused a huge stir.

For any online game, it is very normal for the official side to release new content.

However, it is abnormal for a game like "Dragon Tomb" to have such a situation.

As the world's only fully immersive simulation online game, the official website of Dragon Tomb is a very "unique" existence.

They never pay attention to players' protests and never care about the true thoughts of the players.

As the official side of the game, they have... well, done almost nothing for the game itself.

Of course, from a certain perspective, this can also be considered a characteristic of the official side.

On the surface, this game with "artificial intelligence" does not even require maintenance. From the opening of the server to now, apart from the previous game version upgrades, they have not shown any "poor performance."

Of course, this does not mean that the official website of "Dragon Tomb" is completely inactive.

The official website of this game has a very mature system, a native arena mode, and a vast database.

The official website also collaborates with many companies, and their activities are often placed on the official website.

When the "New City Planning Design Competition" was announced, others were also curious about who had organized such a competition—however, they did not see any collaboration statement, but rather a purely "official" event.

After discovering this, the news quickly spread, reaching every corner of the game.

Of course, the vast majority of people only treated this as a joke: would you care about the distant cousin of your neighbor?

Obviously not.

Now, "Dragon Tomb" itself is a brand. For some newbies, when they mention "Shenglong Group," they might not even know what it is.

...

The internet was in an uproar.

But for Zhou Xian and others, last night was a rare experience. As for the news on the internet, they were just getting out of bed and were not yet fully aware.

The houses here are all very large, but each room is a separate unit, with a washroom and bathroom in each room.

"How luxurious must one be to think of making each room have a different style and to install a washroom in each room?"

Standing in front of the washbasin, Zhou Xian, who had just washed his face, looked around with some emotion.

Such actions give people a feeling... how to put it, it's like a nouveau riche.

Although saying this might be a bit impolite, this is indeed Zhou Xian's feeling here.

Are the hobbies of rich people really so strange?

To be honest, in 2033, with the advancement of science and technology and the further liberation of productivity, the gap in people's lives has been narrowing. In terms of general living standards, there is no problem. As long as one has a stable job, they can live a stable life.

However, Zhou Xian rarely had such "stability." After his father's death, as an orphan, Zhou Xian's situation was very special, but he managed to persist.

"Knock, knock, knock." A knocking sound came from outside.

"Who is it?"

Zhou Xian, after washing his face, placed the towel in the disinfection storage cabinet behind the mirror in the washroom.

"It's me, Liuli. Breakfast is ready now, I'm here to notify you to come and eat."

"Oh, okay, thank you."

After saying this, the other person left to notify the others.

Zhou Xian came to the door. Behind the door, there was a very considerate map showing the layout of the room, and the location of the dining room was clearly marked.

Zhou Xian originally planned to go online and check the impact of what he did on the official backend last night, but since it was breakfast time, he decided to wait until after eating.

When Zhou Xian arrived at the dining room, the members of the Dragon Tomb Society were already there.

"What a big bed... what soft blankets. I have never slept on such a soft bed in my life!"

The dining room of the manor was very large, and the members of the Dragon Tomb Society all sat together, with plenty of space. On their table, there was a well-prepared steak.

"Fatso, with all that fat, you can be used as cushioning material. What bed can you not sleep on?" Lai Yiming looked at Tao Shan's figure and silently came to this conclusion.

"Fat people have rights too!" Tao Shan pouted, "Although I am very fat, fat people can also enjoy such soft beds... Speaking of which, the beef here is really good. I remember that most of the staff here are robots. When did robots become capable of making such delicious food?"

Robots and humans are always different. Although robots can make food that is similar to human-made, there is always a slight difference.

"This is a ribeye steak," Li Chuyu, who was sitting next to him, answered. "Since there are only a few managers here, and the rest are robots, Miss Liuli asked me to help prepare breakfast for everyone."

That's how it is.

"I was saying, how could there be such advanced robots in this world?"

Zhou Xian looked at Tao Shan, and he increasingly felt that Tao Shan might have a lot of wisdom when it comes to food.

Yes, it's inversely proportional to his academic performance in class.

"Old Zhou, what do you plan to do next?" Xu Tianyun suddenly asked.

Zhou Xian raised his head, then glanced at Zhang Taihuo, who was elegantly cutting his steak, and then looked around the large dining room.

"Well, to be honest, I want to try to improve my artisan skills in the real world. I think there are many things in the real world that can be used as references."

"I know, like Tai Ah, Longquan, Ganjiang, and Moye... Although they are not as exaggerated as in the game, just in terms of technology, to create such divine weapons with ordinary materials from our world, the design must be quite remarkable, right?" Beidou, who was a classmate, carefully retracted his previous playful expression.

"Although that's true, it's not something that can be accomplished in a short time. I might not start until August."

Originally, there should have been military training before the start of the school year, but due to the "mysterious virus" case, the school moved the summer military training to the October holiday.

"By the way, Zhou Xian, since you can forge weapons, can you make a weapon for self-defense? Carrying a long sword around is too scary," Lai Yiming asked.

After the attack yesterday, although it's not to the point where everyone is in a state of panic, the members of the Dragon Tomb Society indeed felt a sense of crisis.

"This is indeed a problem."

The enemy is not just in the game but also in the real world. Lai Yiming's suggestion gave Zhou Xian some new ideas.

Perhaps... creating some self-defense capabilities in the real world might be a good idea.

"But weapon modification is a big project, right?" The maid Liuli, who had knowledge in various fields, was indeed quite reliable, except for certain aspects.

"Don't worry about that. I have the Perfect Three Veins, which give me a mysterious boost when designing weapons, so that's not a problem."

Zhou Xian himself is only at the stage of understanding and mastering blades and swords. To create something is not that simple. However, in Zhou Xian's body, the Wisdom Vein, Strength Vein, and Skill Vein of the Artisan have all reached a perfect and complete state.

With the boost from the three veins, Zhou Xian can create some exquisite designs—the Fire Dragon Cannon in the game is a result of this.

As for the real world, he can't really say how it will turn out.

After breakfast, Su Xiaoyue, Xu Tianyun, Lai Yiming, and Tao Shan logged into the game and started their leveling journey.

The changes in this world are not limited to the real world; there might be clues in the game world as well. Therefore, more powerful strength is necessary. Currently, the levels of these few people are not particularly advantageous, so they plan to form a team and go to a dungeon to level up.

As for Zhou Xian, Zhang Taihuo, and Li Chuyu, their levels in the game have already exceeded sixty, so they are not in a hurry.

The newly joined Beidou classmate said his level was good and there was no need to worry. Zhou Xian had no further requirements for this absent-minded lady.

After eating, Zhang Taihuo logged into the arena to start competitive matches. Li Chuyu did not enter the game but went to the virtual space, saying she wanted to design a set of sword techniques for Zhou Xian to use.

And Zhou Xian did not enter the game either.

After taking care of these matters, Zhou Xian went to a well-known domestic game forum.

Sure enough, as soon as he entered the forum, Zhou Xian saw various posts shouting and screaming.

This matter has become a carnival for the players.

"I never thought that just a notice would make the players act like it's a carnival."

At this moment, these players seem to be not too concerned about the content of the news in the game. They are only shouting about one thing: the fact that the official side has released an event.

Design a city?

Sorry, we don't have that level.

Of course, many people are also participating with a prank mentality, giving the new city some bizarre designs, like a school city or a Red Alert army... These people are really having a carnival!

"When I first logged into the game, I forgot to use a proxy IP. I wonder if I will be exposed..."

On the internet, every device has an IP address, and sometimes, based on the IP address, it is possible to trace who and where accessed the network.

That's why Zhou Xian used a foreign proxy when he entered the game to post the announcement and register for the event—this way, if others try to trace him, they will only end up with some useless foreign information, which has nothing to do with Zhou Xian.

Of course, if a more experienced hacker were to try, they might still be able to trace Zhou Xian. But this is one of Zhou Xian's goals.

He wants to use this method to flush out the hidden darkness and find the clue he is looking for.

The clue about his father.

The more Zhou Xian browsed the internet, the more his expression became strange.

Zhou Xian clearly did something that could attract attention in the gaming world, but as the game's managers, these people... did not stop them?

"Too strange."

Although Zhou Xian is now a fifteen-year-old boy, he believes that if such a bizarre thing happened, it should not be ignored... but these people ignored it?

It's really bizarre.

The "event" that Zhou Xian posted in the game has not been debunked by anyone.

Neither the official website of the game nor the Shenglong Group has shown any reaction.

—Yes, the best word to describe this is "indifferent."

"Unless, from the beginning, there were no so-called 'managers.'"

Zhou Xian had not thought about it this way before. But after entering the backend that had been unused for five years, Zhou Xian felt that this was not impossible.

But why?

Who is the real mastermind? Why is the backend of the official website of a globally popular game like "Dragon Tomb" not logged into by anyone?

Zhou Xian entered the game's backend again and started browsing the information.

To Zhou Xian's surprise, he actually received more than twenty resumes... yes, resumes. Because many people spread the rumor that the essence of this event was a recruitment method by the game company, some people thought of doing this.

As for the number of entries, there are many, but in terms of quality, Zhou Xian has a very good word to describe his current mood: "haha."

"…Huh?"

At this moment, Zhou Xian noticed a peculiar entry among the submissions.

"New City Planning Outline, Phase 1."

How professional.

When he opened it, Zhou Xian was directly blinded.

It turns out that this was an employee of a real estate developer who directly moved their project over.

"Believe me, it's my fault, I'm sorry."

To be honest, Zhou Xian did not intend to use this method to plan and design Baihuacheng. It was just a whim yesterday