◎Rose Continent◎
After throwing Yu Xianguang into the wild to fend for himself, Xia Li followed Yu Ziteng and the others to evacuate quickly, heading directly to the underground hall closest to them where the holographic warehouse was placed.
The holographic warehouse is not bound to the entrant. The player only needs to connect his or her spiritual body to any instrument. When Xia Li, Yu Ziteng and others entered the hall, they found that most of the holographic warehouses in the hall were already occupied. The three of them searched for a long time before finally finding three empty warehouses in the corner.
A familiar white light flashed by, and Xia Li was still standing at the place where she had last logged off—the door of Morgan's house. Other players who were alchemists like her also logged on one after another, their faces filled with fear and dread. It was understandable, after all, they had just experienced a great disaster. If it weren't for the underground hall serving as a shelter, bringing them back to the holographic world, they would probably have been invaded by the worms and turned into a pile of bloody corpses.
"It was horrible! I almost thought I was going to be surrounded by worms!"
"Luckily, my brain ring received a message saying there was an underground hall that could provide me with help, so I hurriedly brought my little sister here to take shelter."
"Me too! After I settled my parents in the holographic cabin, I felt at ease and entered the game. Wait!" Suddenly, the alchemist who was speaking seemed to remember something. He suddenly opened his pupils wide and looked around in panic.
"What's wrong? What are you looking for?" His companion looked at his panic-stricken appearance and blinked in confusion.
Alchemist: "Looking for my parents! Didn't they log into the game?"
Upon hearing this, his companion was startled. Only then did he suddenly remember his younger sister, whom he had dragged into the holographic chamber. "Oh no! I haven't seen my younger sister yet!"
The total population of Tost is approximately 10 million. Excluding the first few batches of players who registered and logged in long before, 70% of the people on the entire planet have never set foot in a holographic game. Not to mention holograms, they have never even come into contact with games.
This is totally normal. After all, it is impossible that all the residents of the planet are young people who are keen on games. In addition to them, there are many elderly people on Tost who have little contact with high-tech products, as well as middle-aged people who work hard to support their families and wish they could split themselves into three parts every day. There are also babies who are born without even all their teeth grown. These groups account for almost 70% of the total population of the planet, which just proves that only 30% of people have been exposed to miracles.
When the two alchemists standing next to Xia Li thought about the miracles that quickly flooded into 70% of the planet's population in a short period of time, they felt a chill all over their bodies.
"It's over. With so many people pouring into the Novice Village at once, the system won't just crash, right?!"
"Damn it! We finally found this safe place. Let's not let anything go wrong at this critical moment! Hurry up, let's go to the Novice Village!"
The two men looked horrified and left the scene in a hurry after saying that.
Looking at the backs of the two people leaving, Xia Li couldn't help but frowned slightly.
The course of events had indeed defied her expectations. As Yu Ziteng had said, the military had long since tracked down Yu Xianguang, the traitor, and had prepared for the situation, allowing them to navigate the massive wave of star beasts with ease. Others might not know this, but Xia Li knew it better than anyone else. She was only level 29 in the game, and had only been in reality for a little over two months. In her previous life, she had been on the planet of Miracles for over six months, and no worm disasters had occurred. So, how could this rebirth, in just two months, have seen such drastic changes on both the planet and the game?
What puzzled her most was the underground hall that was large enough to accommodate most of the planet's population. Putting aside how Baili Xi found out about the existence of this place, just imagining this vast underground space made Xia Li feel vaguely strange.
To excavate such a large area, it is bound to consume a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources. Although the major families in Area A have the ability to do this, it is absolutely impossible for them to do such a thankless task. Apart from Area A, the remaining Areas B, C and the major slums are even less likely to undertake such a meaningless project.
In addition, where did the tens of thousands of holographic warehouses in the underground hall come from?
In her previous life, even though she had been in Miracle for more than half a year, the supply of holographic warehouses on the entire planet was only 30%, which meant that only one-third of the population at most could enter the game. For this reason, the remaining young planetary residents complained online a lot, complaining that the efficiency of the official production of holographic warehouses was too low and that they simply did not take market development seriously.
She hadn't taken it seriously before. After all, no one could fathom the official's true intentions. Perhaps it was starvation marketing, or perhaps the backend system wasn't robust enough to support tens of thousands of players entering Miracle? Regardless of the situation, Xia Li never doubted the official approach.
However, things are different now. With the comparison between before and after rebirth, Xia Li couldn't help but doubt. There were obviously not enough holographic warehouses in the previous life, so why did they suddenly appear in large quantities in the underground hall in this life?
I always feel like there's something she's overlooked.
The holographic warehouse in her home was not actually bought by her. At that time, she had never even heard of the name of the game Miracle. But one day, a message suddenly popped up on her old and outdated computer ring, saying that she had won the lottery held by the official Miracle and was lucky enough to be qualified to get the holographic warehouse for free. So she received the holographic warehouse sent by the official without spending a penny.
There were many players like her who won the lottery. Xia Li was not sure how many there were exactly. She only vaguely remembered that in her previous life, many players discussed in the Novice Village that they, who had never won anything in the lottery, would actually have the chance to enjoy the holographic warehouse for free one day.
At that time, Xia Li just listened casually and didn't take it to heart, but now when she thought about it carefully, she suddenly realized a problem - from the beginning to the end, the players referred to the developers and staff behind Miracle as "official", but in the final analysis, it seemed that no one among them had ever mentioned who this developer was.
A strange feeling suddenly rushed from the top of her head to the soles of her feet. Xia Li narrowed her eyes, and memories kept rolling in her mind. She just stood there, like a statue, thinking quietly.
Suddenly, she remembered something.
"Chronos." Xia Li fixed her gaze, ignoring the players passing by as air, and muttered to herself.
She remembered that the holographic container she'd received had a circular symbol stamped inside it. It looked like a document stamp, red, with four small characters written inside: Chronos. Coincidentally, the game manual that came with the holographic container also had a stamp on the end. The shape of that stamp was identical to the symbol inside the container, and the words printed on it were exactly the same.
If I'm not mistaken, this is the producer of the holographic game Miracle, and also the manufacturer of the holographic warehouse.
Xia Li's brows were now furrowed even more deeply. Including her previous life, she had been in the miracle for nearly a year up to now. Although this period of time was not long, it was definitely not short either. She had never seen or heard the name "Chronos" once. It was as if the identity of the producer was deliberately hidden from the public's sight so that they could not find any trace.
So, who developed Miracle? Why did the developer deliberately conceal his identity?
Just as Xia Li was trying to sort out more of her confusion, her friend icon, which had been silent for a long time, suddenly flickered. Xia Li guessed it was either Qing Zhengyu or Yu Ziteng. One of them was definitely ready to have a serious talk with her. As for the topic, it was, of course, their positions within the military. After all, when Yu Ziteng rushed into the basement, gun drawn, and glanced at her and Tang Poxiao, the look of astonishment on his face nearly shattered Xia Li knew that everyone's disguises were broken.
However, after clicking on her friend's message, she realized that she had only guessed half right.
[Steamed Fish: Big Boss! Something terrible has happened! My elder sister Zi Teng has been assigned to the Rose Continent!]
Rose Continent? Xia Li raised an eyebrow. Which continent is this? As far as I can remember, apart from the human-ruled Shia Continent and the demon-occupied Saye Continent, there's no third continent in the entire Miracle. Could it be that the player has triggered a new continent through a side quest?
In order to find the answer, Xia Li quickly opened the world channel. As long as there was any important news in the game, the players would definitely discuss it here first.
Opening the world channel, as expected, a dense stream of chats crammed together like a flood. The text on top barely had time to pause for even a second before it was instantly crowded out of view by the chats below. Xia Li randomly touched the screen. This was the pause function in the channel, allowing the conversation to remain there and not be pushed away by the chats refreshing below.
Watching the conversation on the screen, Xia Li gradually realized that the miracle was more complicated than she had imagined.
[[希] Loves Carrots: Why the hell is there a "希" icon in front of my name?]
[[Luo] The awesome handsome guy:? What the hell? My ID has a new prefix too?!]
[Luo] Hercules: Oh my god, hurry up and check your profile! There's a new row of continents listed under your profession!]
[[Luo] Canned Fruit: Just saw this. How did I get assigned to Rose Continent?!]
[[希] Hehehe: Look at the world map! There's a new map in the south of the Xia continent!]
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[Dear players, welcome to the Miracle Rose Continent]
Nangong Zheyan just glanced at the welcome message sent to him by the system and waved it away. It didn't matter to him where he was. What mattered was that no matter where he was, he had to become strong in the shortest time possible. The weak were not qualified to negotiate conditions, and only the strong could control their own destiny.
The Novice Village issued tasks to every new player. Nangong Zheyan took a quick look and asked himself: go outside the village and hunt 10 rabbits. This was not difficult for him at all. So when other newcomers were still confused and didn't know what to do, Nangong Zheyan had already run out of the Novice Village and headed straight for the destination of hunting rabbits.
At almost the same time, Yu Ziteng also received a second warning from the system: [You have been randomly assigned to the Rose Continent. Please note that after the continental faction assignment, you are at risk of assassination on the Shia Continent. For your safety, please return to the Rose Continent immediately!]
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