Chapter 219: How Many Slots Can They Get?
Finding an excuse to join a small sect is easy.
You can just claim you were a Loose Cultivator who practiced on your own and use that as an excuse to get in.
But that doesn’t work for a Major Sect.
Their background checks are too strict.
Song Jiulai thought for a moment. "Alright. The Energy Pool gave us a lot this time. Go ahead and release the announcement. Say that in one week, we’ll have the non-wipe 1.002 update and release one hundred and fifty new slots."
’She won’t be able to leave this Secret Realm for a while.’
’If she doesn’t gain anything by the time this Secret Realm ends, she’ll have to back out and create a new puppet.’
’The three-day mark is almost here again.’
’She has to switch to a new small world. The harvest from the first one was substantial, but the second was mediocre. If the third is the same, there’s no point wasting any more time on it.’
’Right now, the players are still the most important thing.’
’After all, this kind of public attention is fleeting, but the energy generated by players is continuous.’
’So naturally, the more players, the better.’
On top of the last Energy Pool replenishment, the new energy combined with the Sect’s steady growth during this period had allowed her reserves to break past three thousand.
Given the daily fluctuations of only ten or twenty-odd points, who knew when the next major breakthrough would happen.
System: "Okay."
And so, a few hours later, after the matter had been brewing in the real world...
By now, news of the Broken Sect was sweeping the globe.
The follower count for the Broken Sect’s Weibo account had reached a terrifying ten million.
The impact this time was even greater than the last.
Then, the long-dormant Weibo account for the Broken Sect finally showed signs of life.
[Starting with a broken sect V: Hello, everyone! To show our gratitude for your recent attention and enthusiasm, we will be implementing the non-wipe 1.002 major version update one week from today at midnight. We will also be releasing one hundred and fifty new slots. The rules for this update are as follows:]
[1. New game maps will be opened: Liuyun Sect, Taohua Sect, Sea View Sect, and Taixue Sect. New players who choose the Longevity Sect will be temporarily classified as new disciples of the Feique Sect.]
[2. Players may choose to start in any of the four new maps mentioned above.]
[3. This game has no resurrection mechanic, so new player survival is not guaranteed. However, different reward tiers have been established based on the unique mechanics of each new map.]
[Longevity Sect: 99% safety rate. Players begin as Outer Disciples with no additional rewards.]
[Liuyun Sect and Taohua Sect: These are trial runs for new Sects. 80% safety rate. All reward points earned by new players in their first month will be doubled (this does not apply to points acquired through trades with other players).]
[Sea View Sect: 35% safety rate. All reward points earned by new players in their first month will be multiplied by 2.5 (this does not apply to points acquired through trades with other players).]
[Taixue Sect: A high-difficulty new map. 2% safety rate. All reward points earned by new players in their first month will be tripled (this does not apply to points acquired through trades with other players).]
[New slots must be used to log into the game within one hour of acquisition. Failure to do so will result in forfeiture of the slot.]
The moment this post went live, it sent waves of excitement through every corner of the internet.
Following the last release of a mere fifty slots, the Broken Sect had done the unthinkable and released one hundred and fifty!
One hundred and fifty! That was equal to the entire current player base combined!
It was like the sun had risen in the west.
In an instant, the post was flooded with a terrifying number of comments—tens of thousands—with the top-rated ones all begging for a slot.
[I pray to all the gods and buddhas! This humble devotee is willing to go vegetarian for a year in exchange for a slot in the Broken Sect!]
[(Via translation software) Please look after your international fans, thank you!]
[(Via translation software) Don’t discriminate! Please open up a channel for us to get slots overseas!]
[Why are there foreigners in the comments? Are they dreaming? We only have a few hundred slots for our own country, and they think the Broken Sect is going to give them to people overseas?!]
[AAAAAHHHH I’d trade a five-million-dollar lottery win for a slot, I swear!!!]
[Hundreds of thousands of comments in three minutes... Holy cow. I can’t even imagine what kind of god-tier luck you’d need to actually snag a slot this time...]
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"They’re out! The new slots are announced!"
Instantly, most of the people in Wei Jun’s department were excitedly proclaiming the news.
They had been waiting for so long, and at last, the Broken Sect was releasing more slots.
"One hundred and fifty?"
Wei Jun’s pupils contracted. "Still too few."
’But it’s better than nothing.’
Wei Jun had a good guess as to the Sect’s intentions.
He said to Liu Wen Yu, "They’ve released one hundred and fifty slots and opened new maps. If I’m not mistaken, it must be because the Longevity Sect can’t handle any more players."
Liu Wen Yu nodded. "The current number of players in the Longevity Sect already exceeds that of an average small sect. Accepting another large batch would definitely draw unwanted attention. The only way around it is to use other Sects to divert that attention."
"Taixue Sect..." Wei Jun thought of Zhan Sheng’s new map. "I didn’t expect them to open it this time. I thought Zhan Sheng was the only one who went there. The Longevity Sect’s reach can’t extend that far yet, can it?"
"That’s why the survival rate is only two percent. The average player has no hope of surviving there," Liu Wen Yu said, tapping her tablet. "Of course, there is one relatively safe approach: pose as a Loose Cultivator, leave the Taixue Sect’s territory immediately, and find a smaller, affiliated sect. The problem is, players don’t have a map and have no idea where they’ll spawn within Taixue’s borders. Furthermore, the geography and environment of the Li Yun Sect and the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect seem vastly different, so it’s not like the Sea View Sect and Feique Sect, which seem to be geographically linked."
Wei Jun thought for a moment. "Is Zhan Sheng still inside the Taixue Sect? Would they have time to provide us with some geographical intel on the area?"
Liu Wen Yu raised an eyebrow. "Boss Zhan has been spending the last few days familiarizing themselves with the environment inside the Sect. They haven’t been able to leave Taixue Sect yet and will probably have to wait for an opportunity. I’ll go ask them in a bit. Besides, it’s not a given that anyone will even dare to choose that map."
Unless they were one of our people, an ordinary player who got in would want to protect their account. The chances of them choosing Taixue Sect were slim.
"We still need to prepare for multiple contingencies."
After saying this, Wei Jun called Xiaoqing in.
"Xiaoqing, send out a notice immediately. One week from now, everyone except for a skeleton crew will have the day off to prepare for the battle to secure a slot in the Broken Sect. Anyone who succeeds is to report back immediately."
Xiaoqing nodded. "Yes, Director. I’ll go inform them right away."
After he said this, Wei Jun gave a wry smile. "If I didn’t have to oversee things here, I’d want to go home and try my luck at getting a slot, too."
Unfortunately, he was in charge of the department. As the intermediary coordinating multiple parties, he couldn’t enter the game for the time being.
Liu Wen Yu said softly, "Director, what we should be worried about now is this: with only one hundred and fifty slots, and all those crazed foreigners flooding into the country, how many of those slots will actually end up with ’us.’"
Wei Jun froze, then murmured.
"You’re right. And what about those from our own country who have ulterior motives? Will we even be able to tell them apart?"