The developers still haven't forgiven the players.

Official website forum.

Undoubtedly, there are still many users contributing to the activity on the official forum at this moment, including a considerable number of players with test qualifications.

After all, Fat Tiger's post led to a large number of players heading to the Qinghe tribe.

Some players, like Peng Zhi and Campus Spring, were lucky enough to survive, while many others blindly rushed in and ended up battered and bruised.

These players can only learn about the latest information through forums while waiting for the game to be revived.

Therefore, the version update announcement, which suddenly appeared and was pinned to the top of the homepage, naturally received the most attention.

[Closed Beta Version 1.04 Update Announcement: The Qinghe Military Department has been added, a new hostile faction has entered the Primal World, and the World Channel is officially online!]

Players clicked on the post.

[Martial Arts Body Forging Technique (Official): Hello everyone! Yes, I regret to inform you that two of my colleagues got diarrhea after eating beef noodles, so I'll have to post this announcement myself. Okay, enough about things that might spoil your appetite, let's get back to the main topic.]

[The Primal Human Spirit server will undergo a server-wide maintenance at 12:00 noon today. The maintenance is expected to last from 12:00 to 18:00. If the maintenance is not completed within the specified time, a server-wide compensation plan will be triggered. Please take note.]

"The morning mist, carrying the smell of rust, enters the nostrils; a broken sword vibrates and hums as it is stuck in the scorched earth; and the crisp sound of bones breaking can be heard in the distance—don't get me wrong, this isn't a war movie set, it's a daily check-in point for new players."

Don't panic, we're watching. Those "smart" players who exploit loopholes and those "poor wretches" cowering in the corner are both on our adjustment list. After this update, the survival environment for weaker players will be much better. The ongoing technical adjustments have been very effective, so please look forward to it…”

Major version update:

1. An additional 200 test player slots will be added, and these new slots will be prioritized for users who are consistently active on the forum.

2. After the version update, players can view the world channel on their personal interface. Players can share what they see and hear in the game through the world channel.

3. The Spirit Essence trading system has been optimized, and a new "Official Trading Hall" entry has been added, supporting order placement for Spirit Essence and basic materials. (The development team reminds everyone again: Refuse private transactions, download the anti-fraud app, and protect your assets.)

4. Upgraded the departure detection mechanism and added an "AFK time limit". AFK for more than 30 consecutive minutes will trigger operation verification, and violators will have their experience points deducted.

5. A new exotic creature has been added – the Mist Wolf, which appears in the Misty Valley. There is a chance that it will drop "Wolf Bone" after being killed (which can be used as a rare forging material).

6. Fixed the "Spiritual Essence Retention" feature. Previously, players' spiritual essence would be retained after death, which was not cool at all. After discussion, our team made this difficult decision. After the update, players' spiritual essence will be automatically reset to zero upon death. Please remember to use it as soon as possible to avoid wasting it.

7. Improved player sleep quality. After the update, when players log off, their bodies will enter an "offline protection state". Attacking a player in the offline protection state may be judged as a "malicious attack". Players who make malicious attacks will be subject to an initial half-hour of unconsciousness as a penalty.

8. Fixed several issues, including problems with critical injury detection, map loading lag, and delayed monster spawns.

That's right.

This time, Jiang Chen released two hundred game slots in one go.

Although his cultivation had improved significantly after a large number of players died, doubling the number of players was still a bit of a challenge for him.

Because of the Qinghe tribe incident, he realized that he had to increase the number of players as soon as possible, at least to more than a thousand, before he could breathe a sigh of relief.

The players' strength has indeed improved very quickly. In such a short period of time, the highest individual strength has already reached the level of centurion.

The problem is, no matter how fast players improve their strength, they can't possibly sweep through everything.

Faced with the suppression of racial aura, even though players are generally stronger individually, they are no different from ordinary soldiers on large-scale battlefields.

If a force of alien warriors were to attack the Streamstone tribe, the racial aura would be so strong that unless all the players were centurions, their numbers wouldn't even be enough to fill a warrior's teeth.

On the official forum, users were having a lively discussion under the post announcing the update.

They didn't care what Jiang Chen was planning ahead of time; all they knew was that the production team had generously released two hundred game slots this time.

Users who obtained game access posted screenshots of their experiences in the comments section of the post.

Users who didn't get game access didn't swear. Judging from the pattern that the number of game slots released with each update doubles, there might be 400 game slots next time. As long as they are active, they will get their turn eventually.

……

An office at a university.

A man in his early thirties, wearing black-rimmed glasses, was staring at the computer screen, scrolling the mouse wheel repeatedly.

Seeing his focused expression, the middle-aged man sitting at the desk opposite him joked, "Professor Fu, looking at that website of yours again?"

Fu Yun smiled and said, "Brother Wang, don't say that. You know perfectly well that this isn't a website I made."

Brother Wang shrugged: "That's about right. It's not your website, yet you're so concerned about it, spending money to expand the website's bandwidth."

Fu Yun thought for a moment and said in a joking tone, "Brother Wang, do you believe in extraterrestrial civilizations?"

Brother Wang pushed up his glasses, a confident smile on his face that blended scientific rigor with the unique confidence of a communications engineer: "I certainly wouldn't believe it until I saw it with my own eyes. Do you?"

"If you ask me, I believe it. It's not a matter of faith; it's a high-probability event in terms of communication principles."

From early radar to today's signal base stations, and even Starlink satellites, the mobile communication technologies we use every day are essentially information carriers that radiate energy outwards. With a radio telescope of the SKA's caliber, it's entirely possible to intercept our signals.

As Fu Yun got excited, he gripped the mouse a little tighter: "So, instead of asking me 'Do you believe it or not,' I'd say I'm waiting, waiting for the day when our receivers will be able to filter out that modulation signal that doesn't belong to Earth from the background noise of the universe."

Brother Wang lit a cigarette: "Then you can wait patiently. But what does this have to do with how much you care about that website?"

Fu Yun did not answer immediately, but first glanced at what was displayed on the computer screen: "Game qualification being sent".

"I'm just a little curious. I want to see if I can get in touch with the team behind this website."

Fu Yun stood up: "Now that I have no classes, I'd like to go back and get some sleep."