Then Qing Ziming received a message from Xiaowan, "I'll go down first, and I'll go online after the update." ”

Qing Ziming curiously opened the flashing email, and the specific content of the email was:

Dear Players,

From 9:00 on July 23, 2025 to 9:00 on July 24, 2025, we plan to update all servers. Due to this downtime update, you will not be able to log in to the game during the downtime.

【Update time】:

9:00 on July 23, 2025 - 9:00 on July 24, 2025

[Update Compensation]:

Elite Equipment Gift Box*1

【Tips】:

Prior to this update, in order to prevent players from experiencing unnecessary losses due to downtime and maintenance while playing online, we will close the server login portal 3 hours before the version update! Please tell each other!

[What's new]:

The content of this server update is as follows:

1. Add a new mall (function introduction: Due to the unexpectedness of the game's promotion, the company has decided to open the mall after the update, and the mall can buy equipment, skills, clothing, etc. through some game currency or diamonds...... For details, please explore on your own)

2. Added an auction house (function introduction: after the update, you can sell or buy some equipment, skills, clothing, etc. from all players through the auction house...... For details, please explore on your own)

3. New guild function (function introduction: After the update, the guild function will be opened, so that players can better experience the game, please explore the details by yourself)

4. New duel mode (function introduction: After the update, a new game mode will be opened when players reach level 15, in which players can play against each other, the mode is divided into three modes: 1v1, team duel and 5-player melee, please explore the details by yourself)

5. Added intimacy relationship (function introduction: After the update, the intimacy function has been added to the game, and friends can get intimacy by playing together.) The higher the intimacy, the more rewards the two will get for clearing the script, and they can also bind intimacy, please explore the details on your own)

6. Added ladder leaderboard (function introduction: after the update, the ladder leaderboard will be opened, and the ladder leaderboard is divided into five lists, 1. Combat power list 2. Level list 3. Equipment list 4. Hidden mission list 5. Consecutive win list, please explore the details by yourself)

7. New exchange system (function introduction: after the update, you can use game currency or diamonds to trade RMB with other players, and vice versa, the company can guarantee that there will be no abnormalities in the transaction process, and a series of problems such as cheating money will be eliminated, please explore the details by yourself)

8. New punishment system (according to some players, the company stipulates that malicious pit teammates to obstruct customs clearance, malicious hang-up, malicious play with players and other behaviors that affect the continuation of the game will be punished, and the company will severely punish such players!) ）

[Bug Fix]:

1. Fixed the bug that there were some abnormal situations in some scripts

2. Fixed the bug that some players failed to enter the game

3. Fixed the bug that some regions could not access the server

[Optimized content]:

1. Optimized the game experience

2. Art optimization

3. Server performance and stability optimization

4. Adjust and optimize the difficulty of the script

Critical Operations Team

"Are you going to update......" Qing Ziming read the entire update announcement word for word, I have to say that this rectification is really good, creating a curious and wanting to explore psychology for players, and the planner's thinking is out of the common mode of other games, which is still very rare in today's society.

Looking at the time, it was already half past five in the morning, and the server was still half an hour away.

Qing Ziming decisively chose to quit the game.

I got up from the game pod and washed up at exactly six o'clock...... He's going to buy breakfast.

"My noodle soup and fritters!" Qing Ziming perked up when he thought of that smell.

Walking to the stall, the boss didn't ask, and directly gave Qing Ziming a "old look".

Just as Qing Ziming was about to leave for the office, a voice stopped him.

"You're really here every day." The sound of Kasumi Mist came from behind Aoko.

Looking back, I still don't have any dress like that day, but I still look good......

"Of course, I am very strict about the management of time." Qing Ziming smiled and said.

"Girl, do you still want a pound of fritters?" The stall owner asked at the mist of Kasumi.

"No, two is enough." Xia Zhiwu looked at Qing Ziming with a smile and replied.

"Here, here's your fritter, take it." The boss packed it in a plastic bag and sent it to Kasumi no Mist, who reached out and took the fritters in his hand.

Qing Ziming was slightly surprised and asked, "Why don't you want a pound of fritters?" ”

"Didn't you say you had to eat less in the morning?" Kasumi no Mist smiled leisurely.

"Okay then...... It is true that you have to eat less in the morning, because eating too much is easy to gain weight, and it may also cause some gastrointestinal diseases. After Qing Ziming finished speaking, he turned around and prepared to go back to the office.

"Xia Ziwu." Three words came out of the mouth of the mist of Kasumi.

"Qing Ziming." Qing Ziming continued to walk, and replied three words without looking back.

In the end, Xia Ziwu was left alone in front of the stall, and his face changed from a smile to a flat face, and he muttered: "I originally wanted to make fun of it, alas...... This guy is really a straight guy too. After saying that, he walked leisurely in the direction of home.

Qing Ziming didn't pay any attention to what had just happened. At this moment, he was sitting at the computer desk, eating fritters and drinking noodle soup, while opening the forum of [Fantasy] to check.

This game has already taken the world by storm.

Now there are more than 5 million people following the forum, and there are as many as 20 million posts, all of which come from the novelty of the game.

No one had ever experienced this type of game before, and this game has it all, and it has the ultimate experience that players have been looking for.

He randomly opened a few popular posts and looked at them one by one, and came across a post about a special NPC like Tom.

This player is participating in a team puzzle mode, and he did not expect to encounter a very unusual NPC during the game. He seems to have his own mind, knowing that the players are just a projection of another dimension, and he also knows that he is just a set of data, he even knows the skills and equipment that the players have, and this NPC has extremely strong strength, killing the players one by one within a few minutes, and also causing the players to quit the game after failing to clear the level, and the landlord suspects that this is a super bug.

The comments below the post were scolding, and some people also said that they had encountered it, after all, the punishment for failing to clear the level is the random loss of a piece of equipment or skill. Most blame the company for not taking care of the game's balance. A small part is expressing opinions with the mentality of listening to the story, for example: how can the characters in the game know that we are players, NPCs cannot have their own consciousness, I have never encountered this kind of NPCs, this is definitely hype...... The list of comments like this is innumerable, and the list goes on and on.

What Qing Ziming didn't expect was that the Advent Company also personally replied to the post, and the content was like this:

Thank you for your feedback, the company's rigorous handling of the script is really not good enough, after the update, the probability of such incidents will be minimized, but the company cannot guarantee that it will not happen, if such an incident happens again, players can be punished by the system and can feedback to the company, the company will make corresponding compensation. In addition, any questions can be fed back to us, your suggestions and feedback are our driving force! Hope to bring you a better experience!

I have to say that the reply of the Critical Company is quite wise, they did not completely eliminate the occurrence of this kind of incident, but only guaranteed that the probability of such an event would decrease, and the ambiguous answer was ...... After the update, those "viruses" must have been cleaned up to a few left, and then 10,000 steps back, even if these "viruses" are not cleaned up, the company will still make compensation, and the compensation they said should have been borne by the company, this set of rhetoric has enhanced the company's entire reputation and popularity, and by the way, it has played a wave of advertisements to better publicize the company.

In addition, some of the other posts are posts about professional teams.

Roughly speaking, some well-known professional players are ready to enter this game, and those who want to add guilds will add them as soon as possible after the update...... All in all, it is a strong attraction link of various well-known studios......

There are also some bored people who are speculating about the purpose of diamonds, diamonds are a currency in the new game, and in their past experience, diamonds must be rarer than game currency, so it is inferred that after the game is updated, there will definitely be a diamond section in the store, and the items sold in it will definitely be more practical and advanced than the game currency area. Diamonds can also be easily exchanged for RMB players (see the new exchange system after the update for details), and all the comments are full of hatred, no matter what game can escape this hateful mechanic!

It is also worth mentioning that the price of the game pod itself has been increased. Qing Ziming had also thought about this question before, after all, such a perfect and novel game, if it continued to be sold so cheaply, the company estimated that it would lose money. But Qing Ziming felt in his heart that in fact, the company was already a big loss...... Before, a game cabin was only 10,000 RMB, and it is estimated that the parts and workmanship of this game cabin are more than 10,000...... This can't help but make Qing Ziming guess, what is the purpose of this mysterious company? Wait for the later stage to earn it back?

After understanding the direction of the topics in the forum, Qing Ziming looked at the time, it was already seven o'clock in the morning...... Time is really slipping away.

Due to the shutdown and update of the game, Qing Ziming had no choice but to sit in the office again, hoping to usher in today's first commission......

This sitting was all morning, and no one entered the office, and Qing Ziming felt bored in his heart...... I had to watch the news and scroll through the forums again......

Suddenly, a phone call came.

"Brother Ming, the game is going to be updated, do you know?" Xu Fanping's voice came.

"Don't talk about the subject." Qing Ziming seemed to know Xu Fanping's purpose and replied indifferently.

"Do you want to think about ......," Xu Fanping said with a smile.

"It's all said, I won't go." After Qing Ziming answered first, he hung up the call directly.

Xu Fanping felt that Qing Ziming was quite talented in games, and had asked Qing Ziming many times to go to their studio to be a professional player...... But Qing Ziming was extremely unwilling, and used one reason: the firm still has to be open...... Although this reason is really not sufficient, how many customers can there be in a month......

Qing Ziming believes in his heart that the essence of games is to meet people's needs for passing time and entertainment. And people will choose the way that suits them, and games are one of those options, and that's it.

Games are just entertainment for Aoko-ming, something that makes him happy, but there is really no need to be a professional gamer......