Chapter 909 - 861: Full Support for Skyshattering Thunder’s City Building
——"Good evening, dear audience. Welcome to the Hero News evening live broadcast. We have just received the latest news that at 11:00 AM Beijing Time tomorrow, the Southeast Asia Region and South America Region will officially launch. By then, players from ASEAN’s 10 countries—Singapore, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Brunei, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia, as well as Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Taiwan, China, Australia, New Zealand, and other regions will officially log in to the Southeast Asia Region..."
"Currently, 20 million game helmets have been distributed in advance, and players from various countries are eagerly prepared to welcome the server launch. In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Buenos Aires, Argentina, youths are holding large street gatherings to celebrate this launch with the excitement seen in football celebrations..."
"Since the launch of ’Heroic Creation Era’ nearly two months ago, whether in Europe or North America, young people have been feverishly involved in the game, with noticeable declines in street protests and vandalism. This has contributed significantly to social stability and law and order. As major international conglomerates continue to enter, Heroic Creation Era will become a comprehensive super online entertainment platform akin to the English Premier League, Serie A, extending to movies, concerts, international online shopping, and is expected to create 100 million jobs worldwide...."
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At the Star Guild Headquarters, Eternal Star was staring blankly at the scrolling news on the big screen.
According to online game conventions, whenever a new server opens, a large guild’s small accounts must occupy it to assert presence. Not to mention, this is a new server connecting to the National War Zone, equivalent to a colonial expansion. So Star also routinely sent several specialized overseas studios to prepare for registration and login.
At this moment, Eternal Star was in a very bad mood.
The Epic Quest of overthrowing the mayor, planned by Tianlan Star since the launch, was no longer feasible. In the face of greater trends, all the military officials who once supported Tianlan Star were now speaking and acting cautiously, no longer mentioning any topics related to the mayor. Tianlan Star had almost no chance of turning the situation around unless it could prove that the mayor was a traitor and a national traitor.
Fortunately, the farce by the Royal Blood Sea tonight didn’t cause any loss to Elorin’s properties, or else the mayor, who had the support of the Kingdom’s Military Department, would have taken the opportunity to retaliate by dismissing several military officials who had been opposing him for a long time. That would have been a devastating blow to Tianlan Star’s connections.
All in all, the failure of the Epic Quest meant that Star’s settlement in Elorin had to start from scratch, and Elorin was already the home ground of the Da Fei Guild, a situation that Eternal Star found intolerable.
Nonetheless, although Eternal Star was very dissatisfied with Da Fei, the Star Guild had never fallen out with Da Fei, and they had collaborated in several city defenses and other events. On the surface, the relationship was still fine. Ultimately, they just had to face reality with a broader perspective.
However, Da Fei’s giant ship, Beelzebub, and the Divine Artifact that could teleport fleets were realities that Eternal Star found difficult to face no matter what. Even though he knew personal players could experience a snowball effect due to initial luck, they are still limited by the game’s progress. But with Da Fei, it was like the momentum could never stop. How could the game continue this way?
At this time, the now-idle Tianlan Star accepted Skyshattering Thunder’s invitation to help him transport city-building materials to Divine Domain Space. The greatest value of the Divine Domain Space was its ability to reach uninhabited locations worldwide. Not only was the Dwarf Prince impressed by it, but Eternal Star was also very intrigued, especially since this area might hold various rare resources.
However, in this special scenario that constantly transforms like a Rubik’s Cube, marching and transporting materials required considerable intelligence and strength, which slowed down the construction progress. Of course, the main reason was that its development wasn’t part of Star’s development plan, so the invested effort was insufficient.
While personal players might develop blindly and whimsically, large guilds do not. From the start of the server, the large guild’s think tank had already mapped out the guild’s development route, ensuring every stage of the guild’s growth maximally served the plan. They would never change routes for some unexpected or currently unusable high-end items.
Take the Dragon Slayer Guild, for instance. Although they unexpectedly caused a big scene at the Pool of Radiance and suffered a significant defeat, the foundational Undead Force they mainly attacked wasn’t involved. Moreover, the fact that their Hell Race could develop was itself an accident; Dragon Slayer only used the unexpected results to stir up more unexpected situations, where winning would be delightful, but losing wouldn’t affect the big picture.
However, for Star right now, the defeat in Elorin somewhat affected the bigger picture. Not to mention that the development in Divine Punishment City also made Star’s established "rapid mobilization" route appear outdated, and more importantly, Da Fei’s advancements made Eternal Star uneasy.
Eternal Star then turned his attention back to the magical map, pondering whether to increase investment? Or, if the strength was lacking, to invite other guilds to develop it together? After all, even Skyshattering Thunder, a personal player, knew to offer benefits for cooperation with me. This business concept was indeed very advanced, so how could one of the three major guilds in China be worse than a personal player?
While contemplating, a team member hurried over to report, "President, there’s a problem. Our accounts from those overseas studios can’t register for the Southeast Asia Region and South America Region. The reason is that their IDs do not match the actual nationality, and registration is prohibited!"