Chapter 716 - New Version-Crimson Tide! (2/2)
“It’s already Version 3.0, and we still can’t take off our pants? Bad update!” A male player roared in rage.
“My goodness, it is already Version 3.0, and the pants stripping party still hasn’t given up?”
“We will always be around and never leave…”
“Long Sky is so cool! Hao Tian is so cool!” There were still some who were trapped in the second Pro League.
In the base, the players all chatted with each other excitedly, and the entire base was bustling like a market.
Before the update, many players had logged off in the various bases with the number of players in Base No.1 being the most. More than 100,000 players had appeared in Base No.1.
Frenzied Sword was also among the first wave of players to log on. After the Pro League ended, he took a good break. However, he was a professional player and could not afford to fall behind during the release of the new update. Thus, all the professional players all logged in at the very first moment.
Frenzied Sword, Hao Tian, King Admiral, Li Ge, and the others had all logged off in Base No.1. They all gathered together and instinctively opened the interface to check any changes.
“Our attributes and skills didn’t change, but the level limit has been increased. The level limit in Version 3.0 seems to be 120,” Hao Tian said.
“The faction interface is still present. Thankfully, the Black Star Army didn’t close shop.” Frenzied Sword and many others heaved a sigh of relief.
As long as the Black Star Army was still around, the Faction Contribution Points that they had spent a great deal of effort to accumulate would not be wasted.
After checking their attributes on the interface, the professional players all heaved a sigh of relief. At this moment, the other players also snapped out of their initial excitement and got to work.
Having experienced the previous version refresh, the players knew what they should do. The most important thing to do after the update was to understand what had changed in the world.
Including the professional players, all the players in the base took out their communicators to see how long had gone by since the last time they logged in.
Looking at the date, everyone was immediately shocked.
“My goodness, it has been a full ten years?”
“Isn’t this a little too long? Will the NPCs from the previous version have forgotten about us?”
“Version 1.0 and 2.0 were only separated by about a year, but this was multiplied by ten times…”
“How terrifying, truly terrifying…”
“Could this be because of the Main Storyline in this version? Could it be that ten years was required to develop the Main Storyline? I remember Black Star personally revealing the existence of the Crimson Dynasty in one of Bun-Hit-Dog’s videos. Bun-Hit-Dog analyzed that Version 3.0 will very likely be related to the Crimson Dynasty. Could this be why this version is called Crimson Tide?”
It had been a full ten years since the previous version. This discovery truly shocked all the players. This was the longest time skip between versions!
Everyone discussed the changes as they looked around the base to see the changes over the past ten years.
Everyone quickly realized something strange. In the past version, this base was the headquarters of the Black Star Army and had many NPC mercenaries around all the time. However, the base was extremely silent now without a single NPC in sight. It was as though the entire base had been deserted.
“Could it be that something happened to the Black Star Army?” Someone opened up the Mercenary Alliance page and realized that the resume of the Black Star Army had disappeared.
Following which, everyone then attempted to open up the child AI program of the Black Star Army but received an ‘Insufficient authority, please sign up again’ message.
In the past ten years, Phillip had updated its child program many times, and the program in the players hands was completely useless. They had to obtain approval from the Black Star Army and submit a new application before they could use the program.
This discovery was instantly spread among the players, and everyone immediately grew nervous.
Almost all the Chinese players were in the Black Star Army, and the Black Star Army was already their own faction. The players were desperate to find out what had happened to the Black Star Army in their absence.
“Let’s go take a look first.” Frenzied Sword was the most anxious, and he left the base with the other professional players behind him.
With someone in the lead, the players all swarmed out of the base and realized that there was not a single guard present.
Walking out of the base, the players realized that Base No.1 was much smaller than before as though it had been renovated. Many regions had been dismantled, and it seemed extremely desolate. Upon realizing this, Frenzied Sword and the others could not help but feel nervous.
The busy streets of Planet Golden Gate were located right outside the base, and the buildings were all covered in a warm evening sun. The street was completely filled with players, and some players had no choice but to activate their mechanical suits to fly up into the sky. They immediately got into action and searched for NPCs to find some clues.
Not too far away, there were a few Godoran pedestrians, and Frenzied Sword, Hao Tian, and the others immediately rushed forward.
“What do you guys want?” This pedestrian looked a little frightened.
“Don’t be afraid. We only want to ask you some questions,” Frenzied Sword hurriedly replied.
The pedestrian nodded with a tinge of fear and caught a glimpse of the Black Star logo on Frenzied Sword’s mechanical suit. His expression immediately changed, and he asked, “You guys are from the Black Star Army?”
Everyone’s face lit up. This person still knew about Black Star even after ten years! This meant that there was some hope!
Frenzied Sword hurriedly pointed to Base No.1 and asked, “Can I ask if that is still the headquarters of the Black Star Army?”
“You guys are from the Black Star Army. Why do you have to ask me that question?” The pedestrian had a queer look on his face but still replied honestly, “That is no longer the Black Star Army headquarters.”
“Then where is the Black Star Army headquarters located?” Frenzied Sword asked.
The pedestrian pointed up toward the sky and said, “It’s up there.”
In the sky?
Frenzied Sword and the others looked up doubtfully, and their faces immediately froze in place with their jaws dropping in shock.
All the players then looked up with their mouths wide open as though someone had cast a spell on them.
A gigantic metal planet floating outside the atmosphere of Planet Golden Gate appeared in their eyes!
There was no need for them to even search. They would not be able to pretend that they could not see such a gigantic planet.
Could it be that the gigantic stronghold about the size of a planet was the current headquarters of the Black Star Army?
The hundred thousand or so players were completely dumbfounded!
In Version 2.0, the Black Star Army’s headquarters had only been a single base. But after ten years, the army had a planet that was not smaller than Planet Golden Gate as their headquarters?
Just what did the Black Star Army experience over the past ten years?
Just what did they miss!