Realized Game: I Hoarded 10 Billion Defense Towers

[DING!]

[Detected that Versions 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, and 4.4 have been updated!]

[DING!]

[Detected a conflict in Version 4.4 due to incomplete updates of prerequisite versions!]

[DING!]

[Accelerating rule evolution! Rapidly strengthening updates for Versions 4.1, 4.2, and 4.3...]

[DING!]

[Version 4.1 update complete!]

As Shen Fei watched, lines of text scrolled across his personal panel. Seeing the continuous stream of text, he abruptly shot to his feet.

Version 4.1 is already fully updated?!

Shen Fei had considered that tonight, during this inheritance of game abilities, there would be many updates and changes to the world’s version. After all, the Version 4.4 Secret Realm update had started several days ago, but due to issues with the prerequisite versions, the Secret Realms hadn’t manifested, descended, or activated yet. There was bound to be some action on the version update front tonight. He just hadn’t expected it to complete all the prerequisite versions in one go.

And what’s more, it was a whole chain of completed updates, not just Version 4.1. As Shen Fei stared in shock, the text on his personal panel continued to refresh.

[DING!]

[Version 4.2 update complete!]

[DING!]

[Version 4.3 update complete!]

[DING!]

[All conflicts caused by version update issues have been resolved!]

Before Shen Fei’s very eyes, updates that should have been slow were suddenly accelerated by thousands, even tens of thousands, of times. In his past life, Version 4.3 alone had taken half a year. Now, Versions 4.1, 4.2, and 4.3 had finished all their updates in one fell swoop, right at this moment, on this very night.

Shen Fei sucked in a sharp breath, knowing full well what this all meant. Then, he saw a flood of text continue to refresh on his personal panel.

[Version 4.1 full update detected!]

[All Monster Nests updated!]

[Monster Tides have appeared and will begin spawning immediately!]

[For any human settlement with a population greater than 10,000, a Monster Nest is guaranteed to appear within a 100km radius!]

[Around Neutral Cities, various Monster Nests will be activated within a 100km radius, based on the city’s size and type!]

[Large cities: 10 Monster Nests. Medium cities: 4 Monster Nests. Small cities: 2 Monster Nests.]

[Monster Nest Tide schedule updated!]

[A small Monster Tide every three days, a large Monster Tide every week!]

The complete Version 4.1 had arrived. Previously, the Monster Tides that appeared due to the Version 4.1 update were merely a side effect. Now, with the version fully updated, the era of systematic, comprehensive, and routine Monster Tides had officially begun. Any human settlement, as long as its population exceeded 10,000, would inevitably suffer a Monster Tide. As for the occupied Neutral Cities, they would face a super-sized Monster Tide every week, regardless of their population.

Shen Fei remembered. In his past life, it was precisely because of the complete Version 4.1 update and its rule that any settlement with over 10,000 people would trigger a Monster Tide. Many human settlements had been forced to divide their populations. As soon as their numbers approached 10,000, they would immediately split off a group and relocate them at least 100km away to avoid being completely wiped out.

And now, that very rule had arrived.

[DING!]

[Countdown to next Monster Tide eruption: 06:00:00]

[If the settlement’s population is less than 10,000 when the Monster Tide erupts, the tide will automatically disappear...]

Shen Fei saw that with the update, the time for the first Monster Tide eruption was now set: six hours from now. In six hours, the first full-scale Monster Tide would erupt. Any place inhabited by humans with a population over 10,000 would be swarmed. When facing a Monster Tide, you either had to resist it and wipe it out completely, or you would be engulfed by it. Furthermore, occupied Neutral Cities would face these tides regardless of their population count.

Doing some quick mental math, Shen Fei determined that because of the ring of large and small Neutral Cities surrounding Qing City, thirty-two different Monster Nests would erupt in six hours. And this was just the small, every-three-days tide. The large, once-a-week Monster Tide was still waiting in the wings.

The notifications about Version 4.1’s full update and the comprehensive eruption of Monster Tides appeared on everyone’s screens, causing a stir. Shen Fei saw them, and of course, his family around him saw them too. Just a moment ago, they had been a little confused when Shen Fei suddenly stood up. Now, seeing the text scrolling on their personal panels, everyone was stunned.

Qing City had experienced a Monster Tide before. The very first one, the Skeleton Monster Tide that had erupted from the Qing City airport, was single-handedly annihilated by Shen Fei back then. Now, seeing the new Monster Tide rules, his family instantly calculated that 32 Monster Nests would be spawning monsters targeted directly at Qing City.

"Brother!" Shen Yue couldn’t help but cry out to Shen Fei. As the text about the full update appeared, the faint sounds of various beastly roars and distant clamor could be heard from the outskirts of the city.

"Son!" Father Shen, who had just seen the Qing City Tourism Management Office group chat explode with messages about the update, also shot to his feet.

The Great Chaos Secret Realm had just ended, and his son had received the largest share of the rewards. Everyone had thought tonight would just be a simple inheritance of a third game ability. No one had expected this. This wasn’t an inheritance of a game ability; it was the starting point of an even greater crisis.

"Wait!" Shen Fei said firmly. "Let’s see what else there is!"

Seeing his father stand, followed by everyone else getting agitatedly to their feet and wanting to speak, Shen Fei waved his hand for silence.