Chapter 59

"Pet system open? This is serious." Yehang, the first to react, frowned and said, "I didn't expect this game to actually have a pet system. I thought pets were just for show."

"Huh? What's going on?" Li Huailin asked curiously.

"Actually, a few of us in the guild have managed to get pet eggs, but they were all plain pet eggs. A few members have hatched them, but the white pets that came out have no attributes at all. They can only be carried around for show, and they can't be attacked, have no health points, and can't be buffed. In short, they're just for show. But just now, the system announcement mentioned not only plain pet eggs but also more advanced bronze-level pet eggs. This means there are even higher levels like silver and gold pet eggs." Yehang immediately analyzed, "And from the announcement about the pet shop opening, it seems that pets at the bronze level and above can help players in battles. But these pet eggs are really hard to get. In our guild, with thousands of people, only a few have managed to get them. And in the entire China region, with nearly 100 million players, only one person has managed to get a bronze-level pet egg."

"Pet system, huh." Li Huailin's eyes suddenly lit up. If he wasn't mistaken, this pet would likely be a lifelong companion. Why not take advantage of the current powerful attributes and get one now? It would give him a significant advantage in the future.

"Let's not talk about this anymore. It looks like the maintenance is about to start. We don't know what will be updated this time. Our guild will have a meeting offline soon. I'll head down first. Huotou, you guys should also head to the company quickly. The guild leader said we need to have a meeting." Yehang, who had probably already received a message from the guild leader, said.

"Okay, I'll be right there." Lingjie Huotou nodded.

"That's it. I'll log off first. Huailin, we'll talk next time." Yehang said goodbye to Li Huailin.

"Sure, next time." Li Huailin had already forgotten about selling the Flame Essence to Lingjie. His mind was now filled with thoughts about pets.

Yehang and the others quickly logged off, leaving only Li Huailin and Hongyan Heishui in the game.

"Brother-in-law, the maintenance will last 8 hours. It's only 7 now, and it will be 5 in the morning when it's done." Hongyan Heishui, who usually woke up at noon, had just practiced for a few hours and was quite bored. She was unhappy because she had planned to go out with Li Huailin, but the server maintenance had interrupted their plans.

"There's nothing we can do. Let's log off. The maintenance is about to start." Li Huailin smiled and said.

"Okay..." Hongyan Heishui nodded unhappily and then said, "Brother-in-law, you have to take me out to play tomorrow."

"We'll see. If I have time, I'll take you. But it might not be very fun." Li Huailin thought for a moment and said, "Tomorrow, I'll check out the pet system first. You can come along if you want."

"Following Brother-in-law will definitely be fun." Hongyan Heishui said blindly.

"Alright, that's settled. I'll log off first." Li Huailin waved and said.

"Brother-in-law, see you later. Have a good sleep." Hongyan Heishui said.

"Sure."

After logging off, Li Huailin checked the system time. It was indeed only 6:55, not quite 7 yet. He took some leftover convenience food from the fridge and, while eating, opened the official website of *Glory Heart* to check the update notice.

However, the official website of *Glory Heart* was also under maintenance, with only one announcement: "The game system is under maintenance. The estimated maintenance time is 8 hours. Please check the official announcement for specific updates." It seemed that the official maintenance staff were still writing the update notice, which wasn't ready yet. However, the website maintenance would likely be completed much faster than the server maintenance.

With the official website also under maintenance, Li Huailin could only check the official forum. Fortunately, the forum didn't need maintenance and was still open.

As soon as he entered the forum, Li Huailin saw a pinned post about pets. He quickly opened the post and read it. The post was an analysis by a forum theorist who had pieced together information about the pet system. Li Huailin skimmed through it and found that it was largely similar to Yehang's guess. The theorist also predicted that pets would have levels like equipment, such as bronze, silver, gold, epic, and legendary, and that pets would be able to help players attack or provide special attributes.

Li Huailin had never paid much attention to pets. He hadn't leveled up by killing monsters, and the drop rate of pet eggs was very low. He had never even heard of pet eggs. Now, with this sudden development, Li Huailin quickly searched the forum to catch up on this knowledge.

After searching, he found many lucky players who had posted about their white pet eggs. Li Huailin saw photos of bird pets, wolf pets, and even elemental pets. While they were cute, they couldn't attack, so Li Huailin wasn't very interested. He was a practical person; the pet had to be both cool and powerful. If he couldn't have both, he'd rather have a powerful one.

Since pets had just appeared and the update wasn't complete, most of the posts on the forum were speculative, and there wasn't much practical information. Li Huailin casually browsed through the posts and then started looking at other threads. However, he soon saw many posts with random names that were defaming him. Indeed, there were all kinds of people, and the posts were all well-constructed, as if the authors had really seen him.

"Damn, there are so many of them. So many alts." Li Huailin flipped through the pages and found that these posts were everywhere. He could see at least one on every page, and the views and replies were quite high. When he clicked into the posts, he found that his fans and haters were having flame wars, and some had even escalated to PK challenges. These posts were constantly being bumped, making it hard for them to sink.

"It must be the people from the End of the World guild." The more Li Huailin thought about it, the more likely it seemed. He couldn't think of anyone else he had offended besides the End of the World guild. However, he didn't bother to reply or argue. Ignoring these posts, Li Huailin continued to browse other threads. Of course, his current hot topics were pets and land deeds.

Although he had already searched yesterday, Li Huailin wanted to see if there were any new posts about land deeds today, so he searched again. However, the results were not ideal. There were a few more posts about land deeds, but none of them mentioned where to get them. Most were just asking.

"I remember Hongchen YanYu mentioned that besides land deeds, you can also earn military merit in battlefields and then exchange it for titles to purchase..." Li Huailin recalled something and started searching for keywords like "battlefield," "military merit," and "titles."

Unfortunately, Li Huailin found a lot of posts, but after reading them, he realized they were all speculative. No one knew how to enter the battlefield or how to exchange for titles. They had only heard a few NPCs mention it.

"Damn... Land deeds are really hard to get..." Li Huailin was a bit frustrated. With his current attributes, he was confident he could complete any quest, but the problem was that he couldn't find any quests. He had no idea what to do.

However, getting anxious wouldn't help. Sometimes these things depend on luck. Li Huailin thought about it and decided to let it be. He couldn't just make them appear. He checked the official website again, which was still under maintenance. It was around 9, so he decided to go to bed early and get up early to play the next day.

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