Chapter 1009 - Online (1/2)
The time when the dynasty would announce the opening of the Flickering World got closer every second.
Seconds felt like years. Finally, the dynasty’s announcement sounded from the area communication channel and on every single spaceship present.
“It’s time. On behalf of the Crimson Dynasty, to the entire universe… the Flickering World is now officially open!”
The next moment, all the stargates were activated. The vortexes at the centers of these stargates started spinning, forming blue wormholes.
All the spaceships moved, forming a queue that seemed to extend infinitely, entering the various stargates one after another. It was marvelous.
Not far from these civilian stargates were VIP military stargates for the dynasty’s allies.
Black Star’s ride was in the queue. The various officers stood in the command room, looking at the person standing before them.
With his back turned away, Han Xiao looked through the porthole at the seemingly endless sea of ships not far away and softly asked, “Did you guys hear that?”
“Hear what?”
“The sound of the new era breaking through its shell.”
Han Xiao chuckled softly.
In his eyes, the interface was hovering before him, notifications were popping up one after another.
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Version 4.0 Activated!
Fetching data… Fetching data complete!
Player forum opened.
Welcome to Galaxy Version 4.0—[Flickering World]!
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This day has finally come… Han Xiao took a deep breath.
This was an important turning point version. In Version 4.0, the players would officially enter the stage of the fight within Galaxy. They would interfere with history and achieve notorious names such as Cancer of the Universe and The Fourth Calamity.
The strength the players controlled would truly cross a limit, allowing them to enter a standard where they would have a completely different influence on the universe. With the Lv.150 level limit of the version, the players would have a consistent strength of Grade B+!
Once the tinder of anarchism was ignited, it would engulf the entire universe.
At this time, Sylvia seemed to have received some kind of report. She took out her communicator and looked at it. Her pupils then constricted, and she said with a deep voice, “Army Commander, those immortals of the army have appeared again.”
Han Xiao finally turned around, looked at everyone, and nodded slightly.
“Bring all of them over.”
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At the same time in the Black Star Army headquarters…
Before the version update, many players logged off in the Black Star Army headquarters. Once they logged in again, with countless flashes of white light, the empty hall suddenly became crowded, boisterous, and noisy like a wet market.
“Galaxy, I’m back!”
“I’ve already bought ten cans of Blue Bull, brothers!”
“Did the new version repair the bug that causes us to not be able to go naked?”
“There they are! I knew it! Those ‘No-Pants-Supporters’ never left!”
“By the way, are there any new functions added? Since this is already so close to reality, why not add a function to reproduce? Creating offspring is the soul of a social system!”
“If we could really reproduce, this would be the most god tier game ever created.”
Countless players cheered in excitement. Meanwhile, at the edge of the crowd, a group of professional players logged in one after another. The members of the four biggest clubs of China were basically all there, as well as Frenzied Sword, Maple Moon, Bun-Hit-Dog, and so on.
“Yo, the maximum level of the new version has increased to Lv.150.” King Admiral looked at the interface and smiled.
“The difference in the cost of leveling up is way too huge.” Second Prince could not help but twitch.
“The Black Star Army’s faction interface is still here. The army did not shut down.” Frenzied Sword checked the faction interface instantly.
“How could the Black Star Army shut down so easily?” Maple Moon softly murmured.
The players in the other Star Fields would have to worry about the faction they were disappearing after the version update, meaning all the Contribution Points they had farmed before that would go to waste. This was why stable factions were the most popular.
The players in the Black Star Army, however, had no such worries. After three versions, they already had complete faith in their faction leader, Han Xiao.
At the end of the previous version, the army’s position was already stabilized. The Arcane Church lost, EsGod was defeated, and they obtained a super business called Evolutionary Totems. Even the players knew that the army would not shut down easily.
At the start of the new version, the most important thing was finding out what happened during the version update as well as what the situation in the universe was now. This had already become the players’ habit.
Many players took out their communicators to look at the calendar and were met with shock.
“Wait, it’s Galaxy Calendar Year 729 now‽”
“It was year 709 when we logged off, right?”
“This means that the duration of this version update is twenty years‽”
“I thought the Version 3.0 update duration was long enough, but Version 4.0 doubled it!”
Frenzied Sword exchanged looks with Maple Moon. A tint of excitement flashed across both of their eyes.
Twenty years!
That’s not a short time.
How much will the Black Star Army have grown?
While exciting thoughts flashed across their minds, the notification sound from communicators suddenly appeared one almost simultaneously in the hall. Every player received a new message sent by the internal program of the army.
They quickly opened it. Virtual screens expanded before them, all showing Han Xiao’s face and playing the same recording.
In the recording, Han Xiao sat up straight, only showing half of his body as he spoke with a very formal tone.
“Comrades, I’m Black Star. In the past twenty years, we have obtained countless achievements, especially in the Flickering World. The army now has ten Star Systems as its territory, thanks to the effort of each and every member that helped to achieve the glory we have achieved today.
“Now, the Flickering World will be entering its fourth exploration phase and will be officially opened to the public. People from the entire universe will swarm into this Star Field. This is a new era; we need to grab the opportunity and charge forward… I hereby send a recruitment order to all army members. The army needs you… The Flickering World needs you!”
The short recording ended here. The pupils of the players gradually enlarged as they received a huge chunk of information from this message.