Chapter 9: Expansion Pack – Rise of the Monster Race
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Ding! The game will undergo an upgrade maintenance in ten minutes. All players, please log off immediately! All players, please log off immediately!
Upon receiving this message, countless players in the game began frantically searching for a place to stash their bodies.
Curse this ridiculous game! Even if you log off, your body doesn’t just vanish into thin air—it’s either a nap or stuck in the system’s care.
If any NPC notices that a player is being a bit too suspicious, the system will threaten them with account bans.
Indeed, a number of players had their accounts banned for triggering NPCs’ doubts about their existence.
Having learned from the misfortunes of others, players now took logging off seriously.
Those with money found a hotel to catch a snooze, while the broke ones crammed themselves into a remote forest. But hey, once you log off, the system protects your body from being gobbled up by wild monsters, though it does affect stamina recovery.
Using system care costs extra, but it can’t be used for leveling up, so unless they were absolutely desperate to escape an NPC’s watchful gaze, players reluctantly opted for that option.
The game had been live for over three months, and this was the first full-server upgrade maintenance.
After logging off, many players flocked to the forum, going wild discussing what big changes the game would unveil next.
Some speculated that the epic storyline had been laid down perfectly, and this update might just include significant plots that require player involvement.
Instantly, someone liked this idea: “Yes! From an operational and experiential standpoint, this game is close to perfect—nothing to nitpick!”
However, throughout this long stretch since launch, most players were just reveling in the joy of leveling up (whether it’s for cultivating immortality or living it up with life skills).
People’s focus had been on the game’s intriguing experiences.
But as time passed, they adapted to the virtual reality.
Without fresh excitement, players would likely get weary of the same old grind, which could be bad news for the game’s future.
Thus, this update was likely to enhance the relevant storyline, guiding players to experience wars between different races with a grand epic plot to boost immersion.
This discussion thread immediately got pinned, and participants were all hyped.
After all, for many players, the Questworld was a second life, and it couldn’t be as dull and uneventful as the real world. Who wouldn’t want to chase new thrills?
An hour normally flies by, but now, every second felt like an eternity for those waiting for the game’s update to end.
The moment the countdown hit zero, players rushed into the game like they were chasing their last slice of pizza.
“Upgrade Maniac” Tang Tong obviously wouldn’t miss his chance to log in first.
You see, while the Questworld is a virtual domain, it behaves just like the real world—once time passes, it’s gone forever! You won’t get a second chance to relive an epic storyline.
As a top-notch streamer, he needed to have a keen eye for spotting different epic plots that set him apart from other streamers.
This was exactly why his streaming room remained so popular.
Upon entering the game, the first thing he did was scan the update log.
Update Log:
Expansion Pack – Rise of the Monster Race: Activated.
