Poverty makes me capable of anything.

This……

Anran, Ella, and the players were all stunned.

The sky island seemed to have been infected.

What they saw was not the lush grass described by the rippling water.

The color of the land became almost identical to the Nether in Minecraft.

The eerie strata were interspersed with dense, red crystals that resembled blood vessels.

This is probably what the real apocalypse will look like.

At most, add some epic scenes of sky islands crashing.

"Ding! Congratulations on becoming the first player to unlock the map [The Source Sea Infected by the Void]."

Awarded a title.

The player standing on the floating island suddenly received a game notification.

"This place has been corrupted by the void..."

He murmured to himself, savoring the unexpected surprise.

This is not the end.

The instant after the game gave him the notification, the game released a brand new announcement to all players on the server.

"Attention all players: The special map for version V1.5, [The Source Sea Infected by the Void], is now open."

Even after the announcement was read three times, it was still not over.

However, the announcement was changed from a voice message to a pinned post on the forum, which happened ten minutes later.

According to the post, the storylines of the different versions of the game were basically told separately. Even if the players' participation affected the planned direction of the story, the impact would not spread to the entire star field that the game is currently open to.

However, the [Source Sea Infected by the Void] will be the most unique map to date.

It's so special that even if the Night Owl is taken out early with the player's help, the impact is still not as great as this.

The choices players make on this map will significantly impact the storyline after version 2.0.

The promise of changing the course of the storyline was such an enticing phrase that it immediately captured the attention of all players.

However, the authorities quickly poured cold water on the situation.

First, as the game updates, there will be more and more maps like this, and eventually players will even be able to completely decide the course of the game themselves, but that will definitely happen towards the end of the game.

Secondly, although it sounds tempting, this map is of an extremely high level.

The officially recommended level range is Lv65 to Lv95.

The level cap for players in version V1.5 is 70.

This shows what?

The story is beautiful, but reality is cruel.

You're filled with excitement, eager to change history, but once inside, you discover that even a roadside melon vendor could slap you awake from your dream.

"Wake up, kid. Instead of daydreaming, why don't you buy a melon from me?" He revealed a calm and kind smile.

"..."

The players then looked at their average level.

Lv52!

If we only consider players who joined in the first ten days after the server opened, their level 55 is still not high.

The player with the highest level in the entire server at present is [Arc Lamp], Lv64.

"..."

A player far from Naglia said, "I'd better kill a couple more chickens to level up first."

A player who lives near Naglia said, "If you die ten times, you'll lose most of your equipment."

However, true players are not afraid of such a small difficulty!

Level 70 is the cap? I'm going to surpass that cap today!

No matter how great the difficulties, they will not make me back down!

I've already gone up, what about you guys?

In no time, many players started logging in.

After countless attempts using so many natural portals, they actually found a route that only required one spaceship ride.

With heads held high and chests puffed out, the brave adventurers stepped into the territory of the Void Infection.

……

"Why wasn't such an important plot point mentioned at all in the trailer?"

Anran pulled out all the promotional videos for version 1.5, stripped them naked, and examined them carefully several times.

Her fair and delicate body was covered with the same words—nothing!

Why not?

"I want to know why too."

A team at a game development company is having a meeting when the planners and writers are being sternly questioned by their boss.

"No, boss, listen to me. This time it really wasn't my oversight. In my script, this image was supposed to appear in version 1.6."

"That's right, that's right. Back then, the player level cap was raised to 80, so entering this map was no problem at all."

"We originally planned for the 1.5 version of the story to be about six months of gameplay, but subsequent updates will push the story forward by three months."

But it's only been a month now.

"By the way, boss, look at this scene in the promotional video!"

The image frozen in time is of the masked man kneeling on the ground, pleading.

"This marks the end of our planned Nagria map version 1.5. After that, there will be a window of time for players to freely explore before the update."

"Boss, the only way to find out what happened is to look into the mainframe's database, but the problem is that the mainframe is locked in the hands of the board of directors, so there's nothing we can do."

"..."

Never mind, never mind, I'm not angry.

Although his subordinates called him the boss, he was actually just an "employee".

Employees are prohibited from accessing the console's database, the game's storyline is entirely based on the console's own rendering, and the promotional videos are made according to the console's rendering. In his more than ten years in the industry, he has never seen a game company like this before.

Despite the harsh conditions, everyone stayed.

Because "Night of the Stars" was such a success.

Generous compensation and external praise are enough to retain talent.

The fruitless meeting ended, and everyone went about their business, eating and sleeping as usual. As employees, they also relax in games during their free time.

……

"It seems that if we don't do something, the monster might be released ahead of schedule, or this infected area will grow bigger and bigger until it affects the entire park."

An Ran felt somewhat heavy-hearted.

Letting loose and giving that monster a piece of my mind doesn't seem to be a good thing...

and many more.

Now that we've already obtained the seal that sealed it, even if we don't curse it, it will still hold a grudge. We can't possibly release it, so why regret it? We might even curse it a few more times.

"Holy crap... Fine... After I kill you, I'm definitely going to eat you up!"

After confirming that the spatial rift was passable, An Ran piloted the Flying Starship directly into it.

It's dangerous here, but she has the starship and mechs, so it's not so dangerous relatively.

Moreover, there are many high-level monsters here, making it a great place to fight monsters and level up.

Killing players won't give her anything at this stage.

The Flying Starship plunged into a quagmire, and after a brief period of darkness, the large screen in front of the cockpit was stained with a blood-red sky.

The Source Sea, polluted by the void.

An Ran finally arrived here.

The Flying Starship was incredibly lucky to land above a floating island. Although it attracted the attention of several monsters, they were quickly destroyed by the ship's cannons.

Anran and Ella stepped off the spaceship and stood on this land that had been "transformed" into the lower realm.

Withered, decaying, desolate...

Anran dug up a piece of soil from the ground, but the soil turned into powder as soon as it was removed from the earth.

"..."

Could it be that everything here will eventually turn into nothingness?

If that's the case, then the crisis is far greater than that of Dolphin Planet.

An Ran summarized her current situation.

Danger!

We need to find Tan and what he left behind as soon as possible.

There are many monsters on the Star Origin, and the Star Origin is surrounded by Extreme Colors, which contain many Void Demons, making the outside seem even more dangerous.

"Let's hide the spaceship for a bit," Anran said to Ella.

She retrieved the device, and Ella transformed her hands into the device.

So the diggers began their work.

One by one, the blocks were dug out, and the Flying Starship sank dozens of meters. With the ship's built-in concealment system, even if someone was standing on the ship, they might not be able to detect it.

This way, Anran can confidently take Ella to explore the Sky Island.