537 Public Beta Version 1.0 Part Two (2/2)

Sherlock replied casually to Bru, ”I've considered your questions and discussed them with Professor Bacon. Though it may be slightly dangerous for common students to be exposed to the gamers, if Specter College can cultivate capable Liches, the risk is insignificant. We can make prior preparations to prevent the students from fighting the gamers on their own. Then there won't be too much of a risk.”

Bru quickly said, ”Those gamers are familiar with Specter College. If they are allowed to interact with the new students and if things get out of control…”

”No more pointless speculation. Our collaboration with Specter College is only beneficial to us. Even if the gamers cause the death of the students, the risk is still within an acceptable range.”

Sherlock said, ”Those graduated Liches are most likely coming to Eternal Kingdom.”

”Wait, Lord Sherlock, what do you mean? Why are those graduated Liches coming to our Dungeon? From my understanding, you'll not employ them with a high salary.”

Bru asked in surprise, and Sherlock smiled and said, ”I won't employ so many Liches since I already have Brainiac. Why would I employ them?”

”Lord Sherlock, your intention is…”

Bru asked curiously, and Sherlock said, ”The gamers will employ them. Since we opened up the Lord Overseer System to let the gamers build their Strongholds, we have to arrange manpower for them. I can levy manpower charges on the gamers.”

Sherlock spoke cheerfully. He could imagine the Magic Stones flowing into his pockets when the gamers paid the salary of their employees. The more employees the gamers had, the more Magic Stones Sherlock would earn.

Sherlock had another chance to earn passive income. How could he not be happy?

Bru said with admiration, ”You're indeed Lord Sherlock. Only you could think of such money-making schemes. I thought you opened up the Lord Overseer System because you were thinking of enriching their gaming experience. I thought that once the Lord Overseer System was opened up, there would be fewer chances for the gamers to work. However, if they maintain their territory and recruit more and more NPCs to work in their territory, Lord Sherlock will be able to impose levies on the gamers. Only Lord Sherlock could think of such a brilliant idea.”

Bru was sincere and didn't sound like he was fawning.

Previously, Sherlock's policy was having the gamers create wealth and obtaining income from death compensation.

After opening up the Territory System, the gamers could create their own cities, recruit their own employees, and assimilate the local inhabitants. The wealth created by the local inhabitants and the employees could also be taxed by Sherlock.

The income earned would be faster than just squeezing the gamers alone. The gamers were also elevated from exploited employees to stakeholders.

The gamers were those who had the capability to create their own territory and Kingdom.

Sherlock had many matters to deal with. For example, dealing with the member of the 72 Devils hidden in Evelynn's body, discussing collaboration with Specter College, promoting the internet TV with the Gladiator Arena, and preparing for the new gamers of the Public Beta. According to the registration counter on the official website and the gaming capsule purchase data, there were more than 10,000 gamers. The actual count could be a hundred times more than that.

It was also possible to reach 1,000 times more!

Sherlock's preparations couldn't be completed quickly. To properly prepare, Sherlock arranged for the Public Beta to be held three days later.

The three days would be sufficient time for the gaming capsules to be delivered to the new gamers.

The detailed preparations were:

No. 1: Strengthen the system's control over the gamers. Upgrading the Dungeon Core would solve this issue. The upgraded Dungeon Core could locate the gamers with precision and perceive what the gamers were doing and seeing. That was what Bru couldn't do previously. He had to focus all of his energy to do distant surveillance on the gamers.

No. 2: Upgrade the Dungeon Core's control on the gamers. That was the most important point. If control was lost over the gamers, their erratic behavior would cause unknown effects to the world that would be detrimental to Sherlock.

Sherlock wanted to create the greatest Dungeon. He had no intention to make enemies with the Surface World and Underworld.

No. 3: Refine the world view of the game. Sherlock's world was a real world, but to the gamers, it was a game world. The most important thing was for the gamers to have a sense of belonging and a great sense of entertainment. To the gamers, becoming the savior of the world and a famous and great character were the greatest motivations.