Poverty makes me capable of anything.

In early July, the Selene military industrial district saw its second large-scale battle. Fortunately, the fighting did not reignite in the previously ravaged area, and the worried residents did not have to worry for the time being blown to pieces by shells falling from the sky while they were sleeping.

To An Ran's surprise, she thought the 2.0 version of the promotional video would not be released until the end of July or the beginning of August.

However, while the time-traveling fleet was still on its way, the official team released a brand-new promotional video to hype up the atmosphere of version 2.0.

In the real world, the official promotional video was released at 11:00 AM, and the server is expected to open at 4:00 PM.

Countless players have simultaneously logged onto the official website and watched the promotional video for version 2.0.

What's "surprising" is that what everyone sees is still the same five countdown trailers that were released in a row before, but thankfully the progress bar of this video is long enough.

After the pirate princess's authoritative voice ended, a deep and endless starry sky suddenly appeared before everyone.

The storm had been brewing for a long time.

The lightning-fast text flashed by slowly, and then the still starry sky began to change.

As you zoom out along a certain area of ​​the starry sky, you move from a star region to a galaxy, and then to a planetary system.

Beside a sea-blue planet, a loosely organized small fleet gradually enlarges.

Finally, their target was the most magnificent of the spaceships.

For players who frequently study the trailers and promotional videos for Night of the Stars, this scene is filled with various senses of déjà vu.

After breaking through the barrier in my mind, the barrage of comments on the 2.0 promotional video exploded.

"Damn, isn't this exactly what was in the public beta trailer?"

"I remember now, it's the pirate princess's ride!"

"That's right, it's the pirate princess who was humiliated by the three warriors!"

Ok?

An Ran frowned.

Quickly check which unlucky person posted this comment!

Don't let me catch you.

Then the tone of the comments section suddenly changed.

"Holy crap, what kind of marketing is this? First they used a countdown trailer to fill the time, and now they're using a public beta trailer to pad the numbers. You guys are really something else!"

"Publicity Bao Cai, you found a ghost on Starry Night."

"Where is your sincerity? Where is your sincerity?"

The video was completely covered by a dense barrage of comments; without turning on the comment filtering, it was impossible to understand what the video was about.

However, as soon as the comments were cleared, the players immediately realized something was wrong.

"The plot has taken a completely different turn?!"

In the public beta promotional video, the "Three Warriors" crashed their spaceship directly into the pirate princess's vehicle, wreaking havoc on the spaceship as if it were their own backyard.

However, in the 2.0 promotional video, the Three Warriors' spaceship had not yet approached the ship.

The pirate princess, seated in a chair, wore a strange smile. Her face, only half visible in the video, possessed a peculiar charm that made one's breath quicken.

The next second, the scene changed, and an incredibly terrifying beam of light struck the small spaceship flying towards them.

The pirate princess's vehicle began to transform.

Star Pirate + Artillery Expert.

After a close-up of the menacing artillery array, what followed was a dazzling barrage of firepower that sent adrenaline soaring.

The three warriors perished in the barrage of fire before they could even show their faces.

Ok?

A new interpretation of the trailer?

Was everything I saw before fake?

After the image was folded, a pair of "long legs" appeared before everyone's eyes, and the heels of the boots made a crisp thumping sound on the narrow road.

"Darkness peers out from the abyss!"

"Death is just the beginning!"

"..."

An Ran's expression was somewhat strange, because of those "long legs"...

She turned her pants into a short skirt, then paused the video and stared at her legs for a long time.

The legs I've played with for years are still very familiar; they seem to look no different.

The owner of the "long-legged" figure pushed open the door in front of him, and the video feed switched again.

A hazy mist was swirling, and with a low growl, an incredibly ferocious monster emerged from the mist, its sharp claws pointing at a sphere that seemed to gather countless stars.

It is you, the void before you became a panda!

An Ran recognized it very quickly; its ugly and frightening appearance was so easy to spot.

As expected, the next series of explosive battle scenes was the battle in which Tan and many others sealed the void.

Strange fog tainted the starry sky.

A planet that exploded in the aftermath of the battle.

Countless people are wailing in suffering.

The epic feel was immediately apparent, and coupled with Tan He's magnetic voice shouting, the entire promotional video seemed to have reached its first climax.

The void fell silent once more, but its followers endured.

The eerie sacrificial scene depicts the struggle between believers and the Royal Knights.

"This is a conspiracy!"

"Anran" continues its journey.

"Rising from my vulnerability, when I am given a second life, the storm of revenge will destroy the entire world!"

At this moment, Anran's voice was suddenly switched to that of the pirate princess.

Players who saw this immediately understood.

For some reason, the pirate princess, who could have easily defeated the three warriors, died, but she crawled back from the brink of death, and now she will take revenge on those who plotted against her.

But what is the meaning of the inserted section in the middle?

Could it be that the man who murdered the pirate princess was the same man who fought the monster?

The storm blew out of the passageway.

At the end of the video, war has engulfed the entire empire, showcasing a variety of cool and brutal battle scenes.

Almost every game trailer that tells a story of disaster or war likes to showcase its appeal in this way.

Action-packed scenes can indeed easily stimulate people's emotions.

Anran walked up the steps in front of her step by step, and the battle scenes around her vanished one after another. Finally, she came to the "monster" and stretched out her hand.

The dazzling light instantly filled the entire screen.

A roar came from the light.

As the light dimmed, "Anran" appeared, facing the screen and lifting the lower half of her mask.

The smile that appeared was exactly the same as the pirate princess's smile, only the shape of her face had changed slightly.

boom!

On the eve of the storm

【Night of the Stars 2.0 is coming soon】

On the large map, the storm spread from the Empire to the entire star system.

The promotional video has now ended.

But the players' discussion is far from over.

In the most popular post on the forum, players are frantically sharing their opinions.

[I knew it! Why did they use the pirate princess as the main character in the public beta trailer? She has absolutely no connection to the storyline we've covered so far; at most, she's just showcasing the game's special effects. Turns out, the developers had this planned all along!]

[This character model is stunning! My wife is amazing! o(￣▽￣)d]

[Wow, judging by his appearance, he's at least a big shot in some faction, maybe even a top-tier boss!]

[Screenshot! Screenshot now! This will be my game pod login desktop from now on!]

[I'm not going to say anything more, I need to go look at some more beautiful photos of my wife.]

[Damn, another cliffhanger. The last half of her face that was revealed was clearly not the Pirate Princess, meaning that the Pirate Princess's appearance after her resurrection (or rather, her never being dead to begin with) has completely changed. Since there are no reference points and we don't know how tall she is, it's impossible to guess the Pirate Princess's new identity.]

Was the pirate princess secretly instigating the empire's civil war?

[Damn it, I have face blindness, how am I supposed to play like this?]

[Damn it! These damn developers, we still didn't understand how the story would develop after Vesa's rebellion in the last update, and now they've thrown out a bunch of cliffhangers. They should just kill all those half-baked plots.]

The wind was quite strong on the rooftop; I had my hand on the planner's back.

【…】

The official team brought the pirate princess back into the spotlight, showing her legs and half her face, along with a few serious lines. An Ran already had a premonition.

Although players may not find evidence in the short term, they will eventually suspect her over time.

She must remove the shackles on her body as soon as possible and upgrade to the Grandmaster level. Otherwise, if she is "reported", if an NPC believes it, or if an NPC makes a move in advance, wouldn't she be doomed?

"It absolutely mustn't get cold!"

An Ran pointed the knife at the Ship Bottom Galaxy.

"Watch closely, this is war in our world."

Anran initiated audio-visual sharing with the Void Panda.