The developers still haven't forgiven the players.

As Jiang Chen left, the players' discussions gradually grew louder, but quickly subsided when they noticed the pile of minced meat.

The inner emotions can be expressed later; the most urgent task is to refine this dissipated blood energy.

The open space was a mess, with severed limbs scattered everywhere, but that didn't stop the players from sitting down next to the corpse of the Beast Tribe Centurion.

Without a doubt, the Beast Tribe Centurion is the strongest enemy unit players have ever encountered.

The massive amount of blood energy emanating from its corpse was, in the eyes of the players, an astonishing pool of experience points.

Nearly 90% of the players died before they could receive the rewards for this boss battle.

But precisely because so many players died, even if the massive blood energy of the Beast Tribe Centurion were divided equally, each of the remaining players would probably be able to level up dozens of times.

Realizing this, the surviving players suddenly felt that there were still a lot of players left alive.

"I won't stand on ceremony."

The spring scenery on campus was anything but polite; in his eyes, it was a gift that his beloved friends and brothers, like Dog Brother and Meatball, had given him with their lives.

He felt no guilt, only gratitude.

Seeing that the other players were already refining and absorbing the spring scenery of the campus, they naturally didn't delay any longer and quickly joined in.

……

Including the seriously injured and unconscious Tenka Fubu, only eleven players remain.

Therefore, the official website forum is currently in a state of uproar.

Don't be fooled by the fact that only eighty-odd players died.

However, often, just a few dozen accounts are enough to create the illusion of widespread opposition across the internet.

Regardless of the players who died, they were genuinely dissatisfied and spontaneously came to the official website forum to post one protest thread after another.

Is this plot something a human could actually come up with? (Sweating soybeans)

Is it still playable?!

Where's the planner? Aren't they going to say anything?

If this boss isn't considered over the limit, then I'll livestream myself eating two pounds of shit.

"Have the game's numerical design team ever actually played the game themselves? They managed to stay composed in the face of such a serious incident; say whatever you will."

I'm quitting this fandom, and I'm posting this as proof!

The official forum is full of similar posts, and you can see that the poster's ID has the word "play" as a suffix.

This is lunchtime in the real world, and quite a few idle people are spending their time on the forum.

Seeing these posts, I couldn't help but marvel.

After all, in the past, users with the word "play" in their names would just post on forums like paid trolls, saying they wanted to rave about the game. I never expected that they would collectively come out to protest.

[Dongdong is not Dongdong: Hey, what's going on? The marketing expenses haven't arrived?]

[Request for a redo of the solution: If I had known this kind of fun was possible, I should have ordered takeout later.]

[Lying Ice Cola: Seriously, guys, don't you think this is terrifying? So many bot trolls are turning against us, is the android crisis coming ahead of schedule?]

[Shi Yixing'e: It's good that these online trolls keep praising it, but now they're doing this, it's making me lose confidence. Could there really be such a game?]

[My aggressive tone: What are you thinking? It's probably just that normal praise doesn't work, so they're doing something reverse. Look closely at those protest posts; they're all ostensibly negative but actually positive. Marketing, you should learn from them.]

It's not surprising that idle people would make such a guess.

The main issue is that post where they quit the game, saying something like "I'm making this post as proof."

Once you click on it, you can immediately see that the original poster posted this on the second floor.

[Taoist Fifteen Dogs (Player): Can the developers see this? I'm really quitting the game unless they can revert the level cap, remove the resurrection cooldown, and open a channel for purchasing Blood Qi Pills with real money. If they open a channel for purchasing Blood Qi Pills, then I can accept not reverting the level cap...]

[Sweetheart Strike Cow (Playing): Are you making a wish here?]

To be honest, this kind of sudden "plot kill" coupled with extremely severe death penalties can indeed dampen players' enthusiasm for playing the game to some extent.

To say that I would quit the fandom because of this would be a joke.

No matter how arrogant the official team is, even if they blatantly say "you don't have to play," this groundbreaking game is unlikely to trigger a mass exodus of players.

The fact that it can replace sleep is, in a sense, equivalent to extending life, and no one would give up such an experience.

Of course, protests were inevitable.

However, the purpose of the protest was actually to hope that the development team could optimize the player's gaming experience.

Back in his second-floor villa, Jiang Chen naturally noticed the wave of protests from players on the official website, a situation he had anticipated.

He wasn't arrogant enough to completely ignore the players' opinions.

I logged into my account and edited a pinned announcement.

[Dear players, the Primal: Human Spirit will undergo a non-downtime update half an hour after this announcement. Players can log back into the game for the update to take effect.]

1. The cooling-off period for death has been shortened to six hours.

2. Fixed several features.

Thank you for your support of Primal: The Spirit of Humanity. We wish you a pleasant gaming experience.

Jiang Chen's main purpose in issuing this announcement was not actually to appease the players.

To be precise, he simply brought forward the adjustments that were originally planned for the next version update to the present.

In fact, he initially set a 24-hour cooling-off period for revival in order to avoid making mistakes in the rush.

After all, he has to sculpt the clay figures himself. If the players die too frequently, he won't have to do anything else all day but sculpt their bodies.

However, after operating this model for a period of time, he found that the frequency of player deaths did not seem to be that high. Even if the resurrection cooldown time was compressed to less than half an hour, it would still be sufficient.

If the resurrection cooldown is shorter, players won't be idle for too long.

However, he doesn't plan to shorten the cooldown time too much all at once, leaving himself some leeway so that it will be more effective when needed.

Just like it is now.

As soon as this update announcement was released, players instantly "forgot" it.

Most players stopped protesting and instead expressed their gratitude in the comments section of the update announcement.

This is also due to expectations.

After playing for so long, players know that this game has a very hardcore art style.

The protests on the official website forum were mostly to vent some grievances, with no expectation of an official response.

Unexpectedly, the official response was swift, and the optimization focused on the death penalty, which was the most criticized aspect by players. How could this not delight the players?

Most players, let alone protest, couldn't wait to log in immediately and fight the Beast Tribe Chieftain for another three hundred rounds.

There may still be a few players, like Dog Bro, who are still dissatisfied and hope for more generous compensation, but they can no longer cause any trouble.

The forum's tone quickly shifted from being full of resentment to a discussion about the chieftain of the Wu tribe.