Poverty makes me capable of anything.

For most players, this is an incredibly exciting cinematic sequence. After the clash between red and black ends, that's where they'll level up.

Some interesting things also happened outside of the game during this time—

Because the plot went completely off track!

The game development team is gathered together, discussing why the story isn't progressing as they had planned.

It seems someone needs to step forward and take the blame.

Because after the storyline went wild, they needed to spend a lot of energy balancing the content of the next version. All the originally planned events had to be scrapped and redone, which would significantly increase the time the game would stay at version 2.2 and cause considerable losses to the company.

"This must be the fault of the planners!"

According to a poll conducted by a media outlet, in the poll "Who is the perennial scapegoat for game companies?", 55% of the participants voted for the game planners.

He truly deserves the title of "King of Pots".

"This must be a problem with the program. Our goal is very clear, and there are no abnormalities."

"This is a testing problem!"

"We, the story planners, are not to blame for this; it's all a problem with the numbers."

"This……"

Alright!

After a heated discussion, the entire team was dumbfounded.

They received a decision from senior management to replace the operations team!

The top management was very firm in their stance: replace them, replace them immediately, and replace them with a newly formed team.

Before they even met the new team members, the original team members were transferred to other places.

Completely bewildered.

The player forums were in an uproar.

[Breaking news! The developer had a change of heart and replaced the current incompetent operations team that only knew how to tinker with pay-to-win systems!]

There must be something fishy about this.

[Perhaps they felt their methods for implementing a pay-to-win system weren't sophisticated enough, so they replaced them with something more powerful.]

Get out!

[It can't be this bad, can it?]

[Damn it, all you ever did was sell skins. Hurry up and update with more new races!]

I also want to become a cool demon, sob sob.

That's right, that's right, I'm not going to be human anymore!

[After turning into a demon, I probably won't be able to accept any quests anymore. The player who turned into a tentacle monster is only level 60-something now, and he joined the game right after the open beta.]

[Bullshit! Even though his level isn't high, he's the sea lord of that native planet. Isn't that much more comfortable than you running around all day? I also want to be surrounded by a bunch of pretty NPCs, cute boys would be nice too! Damn!]

Our target is the demon girl.

"..."

An Ran was speechless, dozens of question marks popped up above her head. She didn't understand why they needed to change teams. Generally speaking, unless the game was operating very poorly and affected the company's performance and image, the game company would change teams in order to reverse this unfavorable situation.

Although the planners of "Night of the Stars" get criticized every day, that's normal for planners. What online or mobile game planner doesn't get criticized?

This is truly baffling.

Immediately after the team was changed, all players received a double experience card as official compensation.

The matter seemed to be turning a blind eye, and the official update schedule for version 2.3 was released.

After the turmoil in the empire ends.

It also revealed some possible update content, including a new map, new quests, and a new race.

The official announcement says that after version 2.3, the game will usher in a new chapter!

The new team seems much more diligent.

The style is completely different now!

As long as I get compensation, I'll be satisfied. If I get more compensation, I can escape poverty and become rich.

Keep dreaming!

"Commander-in-Chief, Commander-in-Chief?"

Suddenly, a voice called out in my ear.

"Is there a problem?"

An Ran turned her head, and standing in front of her was Satorkazi, the interim commander of the coalition forces from the Republic.

“We have arrived near the Sky Mirror,” Satorkazzi said.

That famous tourist attraction, now a death cemetery, slowly unfolded before Anran.

This is a spectacular sight in deep space.

The area enveloped in dazzling light resembles a sky with drifting white clouds when viewed from afar.

White clouds, dark night...

As an essential part of the capital's star-circle tourism, it has left room for countless people's imagination and inspired the creative passion of countless artists.

"It's about to begin!"

The plan has already been made; all that's left is to follow it.

Anran brought the panda over, while Ella remained on Sark Planet leading the group of players on patrol.

Such a dangerous battle is beyond the players' control. After the ancient god Suleien falls and this "story CG" is finished, the next war for the unification of the empire will be the time for players to show their skills. That will be the best stage to let the world know that the transdimensional world is not just about three grandmasters.

"This time, we must successfully break through the Sky Realm and inflict heavy damage on the monster!"

Everyone was full of confidence.

Apart from the few Grandmasters trapped near Aistar and the necessary personnel left behind, the strongest fighting force that the Empire and the Allied Forces could mobilize was all here.

No matter how strong those monsters are, they can't possibly be their match!

"The time has come to show those monsters that crawl out of their graves how powerful we humans are!"

"This time, we must make those traitors die without a burial place."

"This is a golden opportunity to wipe away our shame!"

The soldiers on the lower ranks were filled with fervor. The media hype and their hatred for the monsters had fueled their anticipation for this day. They were fighting for their future; if they could win this battle, every one of them would become a hero of the empire.

The fervent anger seemed to be setting the spaceship ablaze.

An Ran cut into the Sky Mirror from a fold in the clouds. The drifting interstellar dust severely affected her vision, which also caused communication problems between the mechanical devices. Fortunately, her domain could build bridges between the mechanical devices.

"No wonder those monsters won twice in a row here."

For the Zerg and Demons, who can communicate in special ways, this is practically like playing on their home turf.

An Ran opened her True Sight Eye. In the blood-red pupil, the world suddenly changed. There was overflowing energy everywhere, which caused a considerable error in the True Sight Eye's judgment.

"Why is the Ancient God Suleien slowing down its offensive pace so much?"

"Perhaps it's because its strength hadn't fully recovered when it first came out," Dolores guessed.

An Ran nodded and temporarily ended her call. She didn't want to reveal too much about Ella and Panda's special abilities, as these were her trump cards.

Although it seems a bit strange, this inference is still quite reasonable.

"Let's check if there's anything unusual in the surrounding space first."

Anran said to the panda who was walking and pinching the baby panda as she carried it.

"Okay!"

The panda casually stuffed the half-finished panda into its dimensional pocket.

Although they are both Void beings now, Anran is no different from a newborn baby in her use of Void power; this is something that the panda should do.

The panda closed its eyes and tried to feel with its heart.

Like Ella, she doesn't have a domain in the traditional sense, after all, it's a completely different power system.

But the entire space is no different from an empty back garden. Through the space, they can sense a lot of information that ordinary people cannot perceive.

The panda opened its eyes: "There are four weak points, and two more places are adjacent to other dimensions."

Anran and the panda clasped hands.

swoosh~

The two quickly exchanged information; Anran captured the anomalies that the panda had noticed, and the panda also captured Anran's opinion of him.

Is your butt too flat?

So, it's upturned?

An Ran stared in astonishment at the panda's strange behavior, something seemed off, and she realized she had been exposed!

Fortunately, the panda didn't understand these things at all, otherwise it would definitely have accused her of harassment.

cough……

Let's mark the map first.

After marking six points on her game map, Anran turned on her communication device again, and as soon as she logged on, she received a series of notifications.

Satorkazzi: "The Zerg and the Demons have launched an attack on the Allied forces' forward positions!"

Vesa: "Chief of the Guard, we were suddenly attacked by followers of the Old Gods on our march."

Dolores: "The demon master has been dispatched."

An Ran's eyes lit up immediately.

The third quest in the Rebuilding the Empire series, Purification of This World II, requires her to kill three Demon Lords, which are Grandmaster-level demons. Now she only needs one more to complete the quest.

"You wait!"