Poverty makes me capable of anything.

Ciqiya chuckled, not intending to argue with Anran.

After all, she was a guest who insisted on staying here to freeload, and it was unreasonable for a guest to interrogate the host.

Virginia, who had returned to normal six months ago, had already gone back to Silent City.

Tsykia did not return with Virginia; instead, the genius of Silent City, Cherny, stayed behind with her.

In Tsykia's words, this was in return for Anran's assistance to Silent City.

The Cult of Machine God is in its early stages of development and needs a large workforce.

Having Cherny stay and help out will only bring benefits and no harm.

An Ran seemed to accept this explanation.

As for what Tsykia was really thinking, no one but herself knew.

Anran directly assigned Cherny to take charge of the newly established Aetheric Order of the Mechanicus.

Both the Ether Order and the Chronosphere belong to the Guardians of the Faith. The difference is that the Chronosphere's main force consists of players, while the Ether Order's main force consists of NPCs who have sided with the Cult of Machines.

Anran had originally planned to transfer Christopher over.

Now that we have the more capable Cerny, we don't need to go through all that trouble.

The Ether Order has only just been established and is currently just an empty shell with few members, but Anran believes that it will soon be perfected as the war progresses!

Ten days later.

Version 3.3 has been officially released.

As is customary, the official team released a new promotional video before the update.

Version 3.3 —

A New Beginning on the Other Shore

This is a version that develops along two lines.

However, what players actually see is just a white line that flashes across the screen.

The dark line below is not only very small in area, but also very blurry.

War and exploration are the themes of this version.

The period of peace has ended, and war is about to resume. Endless adventures await players.

Version 3.3 includes many updates, but the most notable is the increase in the level cap.

Raise the player level cap to 155 and unlock the Star Slayer advancement quest.

When a player's rank reaches Star Slayer, a new death penalty mechanism will be unlocked.

Faced with this unreasonable fourth natural disaster, the authorities have come up with new restrictive measures.

The first stage is the period of weakness.

When a player dies, they will enter a period of weakness, the duration of which is related to the number of deaths accumulated in a short period of time.

During the weakened period, the player's attributes are reduced to half, and their strength is greatly reduced. It is no longer so easy to cause trouble by relying on infinite resurrection.

Then there's the escalation of penalties.

Each time a player dies, the experience required for the next level up increases by 20%.

Prior to version 3.3, the only penalty for player death was a long respawn time. The new penalty mechanism has, to some extent, limited players from recklessly recklessly playing.

Cherish life!

The official stance is practically to have those four words printed on the players' faces.

Class balance is something that happens in every version, especially for the Mechanic class, which is either being buffed or on its way to being buffed.

However, the update announcement for version 3.3 strangely did not mention the word "Mechanic".

Not only the mechanic, but all control and summoning classes were absent.

Players who are sensitive to class balance immediately noticed the anomaly.

By connecting this to the death penalty mechanism of the Starkiller rank, these players discovered the truth.

I have a feeling that patch 3.3 will be the dawn of the rise of control and summoning classes!

This post was quickly featured on the forum's homepage.

After the discussion among those experts, the onlookers who were initially unaware of the situation gradually came to their senses.

The reason is very simple.

Only those who survive can contribute!

Control and summoning classes that don't need to go to the front lines have a greater chance of survival.

A skilled mechanic is often the core of the team's output.

Don't let the mechanic's fragility fool you; he has quite a few guards protecting him.

New tactics and new gameplay have become the focus of attention for professional teams and guild players.

In addition to the above, version 3.3 will continue to add new dungeons, new maps, and new quests.

and also--

A brand new starting planet!

Given that the main quest in version 3.3 takes place in a distant planetary graveyard, the developers have specially opened up many new birth planets on the border between the two major factions to welcome new players and veteran players who are preparing to delete their accounts and start over.

Fortunately, Dawn Camp is located in a star sector on the border of the Exiled Empire.

"The opportunity has arrived!" An Ran thought excitedly.

Once players reach the Star Slayer rank, they become a force to be reckoned with.

Whoever can attract more players in advance will have a greater advantage in future versions 4.0 and 5.0.

The two additional birth planets opened at Dawn Camp could not satisfy An Ran's appetite, so she set her sights on birth planets in the nearby star sectors.

Before other forces could react, Anran, under the pretext of trade and mercenary missions, dispatched several small fleets.

The fleet's goal is to quickly guide these new players to level 30 and then bring them all to Dawn Camp.

Main quest?

All you need to do is develop rapidly according to the route I've set up!

……

Watchers' Coast.

Planet No. 2 where they were born.

Dozens of dark clouds suddenly appeared in the azure sky, blocking out the originally annoying scorching sunlight.

The player [Chongzou Jidu], who was slowly walking through the alley, breathed a sigh of relief.

"Luckily, a cloud drifted by. It's not a good thing that the game's motion controls are too realistic. Let's turn it down a bit."

Just as I opened the panel after several attempts, I heard the NPC next to me say, "What cloud? That's clearly a spaceship."

"A spaceship?" Chong Zou said in surprise.

"If you don't believe me, see for yourself."

When he looked up several times, he realized that it was indeed a spaceship.

It was a spaceship larger than he had ever imagined.

After he used a scale tool to measure, he found that even the smallest spaceship was 7 kilometers long.

"It's a ship from the Mechanicus! It's a ship from the Mechanicus!"

Suddenly, the NPC who had just warned him shouted excitedly.

"..."

Is this really something to get so excited about?

I walked that path several times, but still couldn't understand.

“You don’t understand,” the NPC shouted. “The Cult of the Machine God is a powerful force with a Starfield Overlord in charge, a wealthy tycoon who controls the fate of an entire star sector! Just a few days ago, the news said that the Cult of the Machine God sent out several trade delegations, and one of them actually came to our area! My God, we’re about to escape poverty and become rich!”

The NPC was as excited as Fan Jin after passing the imperial examination.

I walked through it several times, staring in disbelief at the scene before me.

He had heard of the Cult of Mechanics and Anran before entering the game, but he never expected the Cult of Mechanics to have such a great influence in the game.

A few days later, after revisiting the planet several times, I heard that the Mechanicus had built a large spaceport on this planet.

Is this the financial power of a major faction?

I gasped for breath as I walked past it several times.

This is absolutely terrifying!

Chapter 28 Internet Purification Campaign

In just two days, the merchant corps sent by the Cult of the Machine God built a new, even larger airport next to the airport site that had been planned for five years on Woodland, but had not yet been started.

I walked back and looked up several times.

This is a super complex integrating transportation, storage, and commerce. It stands 17 kilometers tall and is said to be able to accommodate up to 10,000 Class A commercial spaceships and nearly 100,000 Class B commercial spaceships. Even motherships that are nearly 100 kilometers long have dedicated berths.

Such a colossal building, placed on Woodlandor, could easily be called a man-made wonder.

Even with Woodland's financial resources and technology, it would be impossible to build such an airport even if it took another fifty years.

I walked over several times and looked again at the airport next door that was still in the planning stage.

The airport's foundation hasn't even been laid yet, but the commercial plaza was already completed long ago.

The reason? Those who know, know.

The sign at the airport entrance reads "Lookout".