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While Sherlock was thinking of setting up a movie theater and using the movie produced by the gamers to make money, the gamers in the Otherworld were cheering excitedly about the Public Beta that was about to commence.

Gamers weren't limited to the Chinese. Even gamers from the western countries were happily anticipating the commencement of the Public Beta. They didn't have the chance to participate in the First Beta Testing, so they didn't want to miss this opportunity. The western gamers learned Chinese so that there wouldn't be any miscommunication with their Asian counterparts.

However, when they wanted to purchase gaming capsules, they were befuddled because they were unable to pay for them and have them delivered to their homes.

They strove hard to obtain gaming capsules from Chinese gamers, but each gaming capsule was bound to a gamer, so they were unable to use it even after they tested it for a long time.

Western gamers were resigned to their fate. It seemed like they weren't allowed to play the game during the Public Beta.

Though western gamers were unable to play the game, Chinese gamers could play without restriction.

After a year of Beta Testing, the discussion about ”Dungeon” being a scam or a revolutionary game had ended. Though some people thought that it was a scam, the experiences of the Beta Testers indicated that it was ultra-realistic. If there were such a game, then the technology must be arcane technology, and the Humans must be summoned to the game world for free labor.

If the 100 First Beta Testers were fake, then were the later 2,000 and 5,000 Beta Testers a scam too? There were too many videos that were too realistic. Which company would spend so much money on special effects just to create a scam?

Many professional engineers performed research on the gaming capsule. They concluded that it was arcane technology that was way beyond the current understanding of science. If it wasn't science, then what was it?

Nobody knew the exact number of gamers for the Public Beta.

There was no official count on the official website. The gaming capsules were sold directly on the official website, so there was no official data.

Some people estimated that it had breached 100,000 gamers or even 1,000,000 gamers. Only Sherlock and Bru knew the exact number.

”Fifty million gamers?”

Sherlock was taken aback by the number given by Bru. Though the number of Underworld residents was high, it wasn't in the range of tens of millions.

Only an extremely large Dungeon would have millions of residents. Most of the starting Dungeons only had ten to twenty residents, while the larger Dungeons would have thousands to tens of thousands of residents. The humongous Dungeons would have residents similar to a developing city.

Winterfell, which belonged to the Merchant Alliance and was a neutral city, was an exception. The residents of Winterfell weren't employed by the Merchant Alliance. They settled in Winterfell voluntarily, just like residents of a city. As such, the Dungeons under the Merchant Alliance were much larger in size compared to other Dungeons.

Sherlock didn't expect the number of gamers to breach 50 million, and he was astonished.

”Our Dungeon isn't able to provide sufficient food. Don't worry, Lord Sherlock, I've made preparations to limit the number of gamers even though we aren't able to stop them from registering for game accounts,” Bru said, and Sherlock understood him.

Sherlock looked at the time and said, ”It's almost time to receive the Public Beta Gamers.”

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”Dungeon” didn't stop the game service prior to the Public Beta. The updates were conducted online without cutting off the internet connection.

Peasant looked forward to the participation of the Public Beta Gamers. The new gamers would boost the strength of his Guild and provide many business opportunities.

The equipment and skills of the new gamers would be inferior to veteran gamers. For the new gamers to upgrade their equipment and improve their skills, they had to look for a teacher and large amounts of equipment. Only veteran gamers could provide them.

Many veteran gamers intended to recruit students for a fee and sell their obsolete equipment.

Those pieces of equipment were worth money. In addition, many materials could be sold for money as well.

There would be many gamers during work hours. He originally wanted to stay online until the commencement of the Public Beta, when the new gamers would come in, but he had to get offline due to some matters in the real world.

He hastily returned back home, but it was already past the time for the Public Beta.

A youth threw his backpack onto his bed before rushing to his gaming capsule. A middle-aged woman shouted at him, ”Why are you playing computer games the moment you come back?”

”Mom! The Public Beta is commencing. If I'm late, I won't be able to sell my equipment and materials at a high price.”

The middle-aged woman couldn't say anything to rebuke him.

After playing the game, Peasant was able to earn some money every month. He gave most of the money to his mom and dad to supplement the family income.

The money wasn't given by Arthur. It was easy to earn money in the game. He could earn thousands just by hunting Spiders and selling the materials. He could also do Daily Missions and sell the gold coins, which were worth a lot of money. Since the gold coins were produced manually, and there was no chance of cheating, the game officials didn't interfere with the gold coin transactions between the gamers. The game officials wouldn't even care if there were scammers. Why would they care about the gamers selling their gold coins?

Peasant couldn't wait to enter the game and experience the new game content, which included the new Viewport System, the Assistive Combat System, Trading Groups, and Chat Channels. Traditional online games had all these features, while ”Dungeon” didn't have these until the Public Beta. Hence, this was a huge upgrade.

Peasant lay down in the gaming capsule and took off his clothing, leaving only his underwear. Then he shut the gaming capsule. A special liquid flowed out and covered his whole body. With the activation of the gaming capsule, Peasant entered a strange state of awareness.

It was all pitch-black. Then, it became bright, and a simple interface greeted him. The word ”Dungeon” shimmered while Sherlock's handsome portrait appeared before him.

Was the entry interface upgraded? Peasant couldn't help but wonder in surprise.

Peasant identified himself and entered the game.

The character selection was limited to one choice since each gamer could only have a single character. If a gamer wanted to experience other races, they could complete the required missions in the game to change races. There were no fixed professions. A gamer could wear armor while playing as a Magician and could also wear a robe and be a frontline warrior.

A gamer could even attack a BOSS while naked.

The game didn't place any restrictions on profession selection. There was a lot of freedom in the game as long as the gamers didn't touch Sherlock's private property or damage the facilities of the Dungeon.

That was why the game was so attractive.

Peasant waited for a while, but he didn't enter the game. Was the game loading very slowly today?

It was then, amidst his curiosity, that a row of words appeared before him.

[The servers are full, you are number 562,352 in the queue.]