Chapter 323 - 161: Sky Control’s Expedition to Other Game Worlds, a Sudden Version 4.5 Update
Sun Yu, who had a weakness for his card-based waifu, pulled Cyan Sparrow—summoned to the real world for the very first time—into an embrace.
"Master~~"
She didn’t shy away from Sun Yu’s arms. Once in his embrace, Cyan Sparrow called out softly, her voice taking on a gentle tone she reserved only for him.
"Heheheh!!"
Although he had just heard shocking news, under the spell of Cyan Sparrow’s gentle voice, Sun Yu felt all his worries melt away.
"I should have inherited you sooner!" he couldn’t help but say, burying his face in her neat ponytail.
"Master~~" Cyan Sparrow simply responded with a gentle murmur.
Inherited Heroes were completely and utterly loyal to their players. They would do anything...
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SWISH—
Back in his bedroom, Shen Fei immediately logged onto the Forum.
"Hm?"
He had originally planned to check the Forum for news about the monster tides in other regions but was surprised to find that the two hottest posts at the moment weren’t even about the monster tides caused by the full Version 4.1 release. They were about two other things entirely.
CLICK—
Without a second thought, Shen Fei clicked on the post that piqued his curiosity the most: "SHOCKING!! Forum Sections Activated! Access to Other Countries’ Forums Has Been Shut Down!"
He opened the top-trending post, which detailed the recent changes to the Forum. Shen Fei saw that on the new Forum, the channels that previously allowed free access to the forums of other countries had been closed.
Many people who wanted to check the betting results for the grand melee in other countries were now completely stuck. Players within a country could now only communicate on their own nation’s Forum, and on this special platform, there were no so-called workarounds to bypass the restrictions.
Zero!!! What the hell are you doing?! Did you do this, or did the full Version 4.2 update force your hand?
Looking at the top-trending post, Shen Fei’s first thought was what might have happened to Zero. The new Forum had, after all, been initially built by Zero using a Divine Artifact and special abilities. Although Zero had told him that building it had gone smoother than imagined—suggesting help from an unseen force—he also held high-level permissions. Shen Fei felt that Zero must know something about this strange development.
Unfortunately, he had lost contact with Zero, so he couldn’t ask anything.
Hm? The permissions are gone? Has the new Forum been completely systematized and locked down by rules?
He tried using a little trick Zero had taught him to check the Credit Points in other people’s accounts on the new Forum, but Shen Fei was surprised to find that even this little loophole had been patched.
The scope of Version 4.2’s total system update is beyond what I imagined...
A quick look around revealed that the biggest change on the new Forum was the inability to access content from other countries. In reality, however, there were many other small, detailed changes. It was obvious the new Forum had become much more official and fair. It was precisely because of these many minor changes that this post about the new Forum had become the top-trending one.
CLICK—
After reviewing the changes to the Forum, Shen Fei pushed his questions to the back of his mind, deciding to wait until he could contact Zero again. Then, he clicked on the second-hottest post.
"AHAHAHA!"
"I inherited my female Hero tonight!"
"My 2D waifu!!"
"She’s exactly like a real person!"
"And her personality is exactly the same as her in-game one!"
"I love her so much!!!"
"I regret waiting this long to inherit her! I should have done it sooner!!"
The second-hottest post was a personal thread started by a player. Looking at the timestamps of the first few posts, Shen Fei saw that it must have been created right after the third ability inheritance became available.
What made this post blow up was the content that followed:
"HOLY SHIT!!"
"HOLY SHIT!!!!"
"My 2D waifu isn’t a virgin!!!"
"Someone assaulted her!!"
"She told me that after some NPC gained sentience, he RAPED her in the game!!!!"
"HOLY SHIT!!! HOLY SHIT!!!"
"I’ve been cuckolded!!!"
"I’m gonna kill someone!!"
"I’M GONNA KILL SOMEONE!!!!"
"I’m gonna kill him!!!! The game is invading reality!! I want to invade the game! I HAVE TO KILL HIM!!"
The reason the post’s popularity exploded wasn’t because the original poster was cuckolded. It was because of what the OP revealed through his female Hero: the NPCs in the Game World were running rampant.
By now, more than three weeks had passed since game abilities started being inherited, and across the world, 99.999% of all games had become inaccessible. Previously, everyone thought the Game Worlds wouldn’t change, that they just had to wait for each new inheritance. Now, after hearing what this "Cuckold Bro" had to say, everyone finally understood. After the creatures inside the Game Worlds were granted intelligence, the worlds within the games continued to evolve on their own, even if players no longer logged in.
Things weren’t what you thought they were. The Game Worlds weren’t static!
Aside from the game abilities that had already been inherited and were now set in stone, everything else still inside the Game Worlds was subject to change. For example, this poster’s "2D waifu" could end up... no longer "unblemished"...
This situation immediately sparked a massive discussion. In fact, the hype around this discussion had even overshadowed tonight’s game ability inheritance and the discussions caused by the full implementation of Versions 4.1, 4.2, and 4.3.
It’s not just the sentient creatures in the Game Worlds that will cause changes...