Taming Master

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Ding-ding-dong!

Minsu hears the ringing sound as she hisses with a slight impression.

“Oh, I know just who the ringer is. ”

And outside the door, a familiar woman's voice began to rumble.

“Hey, Minsu, open the door! I'm freezing!”

“Oh, I'm coming out, so shut up! ”

One year later, Minsu and Young-hoon, who had taken off their freshman T-shirts, and seminars.

Today was the day that Trio, renowned after the game in the Department of Virtual Reality, decided to meet in Minsu's footsteps.

Despite the weekend, the reason they were out of the capsule was simple.

Due to the late night server maintenance, Kailan is currently offline.

Then why were they gathered in the footsteps of Minsu?

“Hey, we're not late, are we? You haven't started, have you? ”

“Phew, it's not too late. Don't worry, just sit down. We still have about two minutes. ”

“Phew, thank God. Young-hoon was so scared that he was going to be late. ”

Young-hoon glances at the semi of his eyes as he speaks.

“If you're a minute or two late... ”

“Shut up! Don't talk nonsense, just call the chicken house. ”

“Ha……. ”

Young-hoon takes out his smartphone quietly while sighing.

Meanwhile, the semi that had been roughly thrown in the corner of the booth was sitting on the couch and gazing fixedly at the TV screen.

And from the mouth of Minsu sitting next to him, a word suddenly popped out.

“Here we go!"

At the same time, Young-hoon's gaze was also moving towards the TV, and the screen had a huge title for the program.

- 'The middle line, and the Valley of the Warriors. Ask the Planner directly! ’

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Kailan has created a larger topic than any other game on Earth.

It boasts overwhelming indicators compared to existing games, as well as any games that have happened in the past.

Number of simultaneous contacts 1st.

Number of Cumulative Connectors # 1.

# 1 in annual sales.

# 1 in virtual reality fairy tale rates.

Etc.

But even though Kailan has become such a world-renowned game, it has not been easy for the developers who have contributed to making it.

Users were interested in the game itself, because they didn't care much about who created it and how.

The developers of the game were just constant sweaters in places invisible to the users.

But as everywhere, there are exceptions.

just like this guy in the newsroom of YTBC, the game station.

- Hi, I'm Kim Incheon, nice to meet you.

- Wow, you're really Kim In Cheon, right?

- Haha, what do you mean, of course I am.

- It's because I've been a fan of Kim Incheon, since I was a student.

- I'm a big fan, Lucia. I don't know what to do with myself since Lady Kailan is a fan of mine.

Kim Incheon, the head of the current Kylan Planning Headquarters, has written numerous myths in the Korean gaming industry.

He was such a character that any Korean gamer would have heard of.

And, of course, the name Jinsung, who is the game owner, Kim Incheon, was the name I had heard many times.

“Wow, that guy is all over TV.... This was really unexpected. ”

Harin leaning next to him, muttering sincerely, asked in an interesting voice.

“Do you know him? ”

“Yes, a very famous man. ”

And apart from their conversations, the program was ongoing.

- As you may know, we're a little nervous, to be honest.

- Hines is right. Today's program is a corner created by our YTBC request to LB, but we didn't even expect you to come in person.

- But now that you're here! Now that this is over, we're gonna have time to dig deeper into Kailan's secrets.

This is how I got my hands on it.

I'm going to get a residential, flowing Heins and Lucia.

And it was very natural for Kim In-cheon to tremble as much as for the two of them.

- Huh, guys, this is scary. I don't think I'm supposed to be here today.

- Hahaha, you can come when you want, but you can't leave when you want!

- Yes, of course!

Hines and Lucia just led the conversation like a veteran MC.

He seemed to be chatting for a while, but then the point started.

- Now, let's start with the "Canyon of Warriors" content that viewers are most curious about.

- Hiya, I was so curious! Tell me quickly, Planner!

And as the story began, Jinsung focused as if he were about to be sucked into TV.

I couldn't even hear Harren's voice speaking next to me.

“‘The Valley of the Warriors’ is in the Valley of the Warriors, right, Jinsung? ”

“…… Huh? What?”

“Phew... No, I'll ask you again later. ”

Kim Incheon had a minor age in his early fifties, but did not look the same at all.

I had a share in my appearance at first, but it was the most important thing to live younger than my age.

And that was one of the biggest reasons to be a live planner for more than fifty years.

- In fact, we've been dreaming of a global unified server ever since we first designed Kailan. But it wasn't easy.

- Isn't LB the best technology in the world? What was the problem?

- Well, there were many problems, but the biggest problem was the maximum capacity of the server.

In the words of Incheon Kim, Hines tilted his head and asked again.

- Hmm……. I don't get it. Now, with server technology, we know that hundreds of millions of people can have simultaneous access to space.

Kim In-cheon smiled and replied.

- It's not about technology.

- So what's the problem?

- It's a manpower problem.

- ……?

- Our planning team at LB wanted to make Kailan a perfect world. a world where users can really feel like another reality.

Kim Incheon continued to talk again after a while.

- Because of this, our planning team gave different personalities to all NPCs in Kailan's world. They made every single one of their stories.

In Incheon Kim's explanation, Hines and Lucia nodded.

What Kim Incheon just described was a story that anyone who played Kailan once could relate to.

- Obviously, Kailan's perfection is remarkable. In fact, it's great that we've designed and implemented a world of today, and there's certainly a workforce problem to build more than now.

- I agree with Lucia. But, promoter, I still have one question.

- What part?

- I think the world of Kailan is big enough. Wouldn't it be okay to have access to all the world's users in today's world without having to grow the world?

Kailan's map is vast.

Ground systems that have been played by users so far.

Among them, a small continent in real life is enormous in size.

Hines' question was, in fact, something that anyone could think of.

Although an enormous number of people around the world play Kailan, that number does not exceed 10 percent of the total population.

Combined with the human race, it would be more than 10 percent of the world's land area, and even if hundreds of millions of users entered it, it would not be a problem.

However, Kim Incheon shook his head with a smile.

- Of course it's not impossible, Mr. Hines. But if you do, you'll lose a lot of fun for Kailan.

- Why is that?

- One of the big reasons why Kailan is funny is because he's special in this world.

- Hmm…?

- Among the many NPCs that live in this world called Kailan, all users need to be "heroes."

Hines and Lucia chewed on Kim In-cheon's words and waited for his next words, and the story continued again.

- Even in Kailan's world, someone has to be ordinary. Some have to farm, some have to fly bricks.

- But that ordinary person shouldn't be me.

- Yeah, that's it.

The newsroom was briefly silent, and it was the same in the living room where Jinn and Harin sat.

It was because I felt some kind of firm belief in Kim Incheon's words.

After a while, the one who broke the silence and asked the question again was not Heinz, but Lucia.

- So, Incheon Kim, how many people do you think a single Kailan server can accommodate?

And Kim In-cheon, without hesitation, answered the question.

We believe 50 million users can be accommodated on one server.

- What's the basis for that?

- When we first planned Kailan, our planning team thought we wanted everyone in Korea to play this game.

- Ah……

- So from the beginning, we had a premise that 50 million users would play in one world. So in China, with a relatively large population, we had to open five servers in the first place. even though, of course, we've already lost half our capacity.

According to Incheon Kim, Heinze asked with an interesting face.

- Could you disclose any approximate figures?

- As I understand it, the number of Chinese users who are currently playing Kailan is…. 110 million.

-Huh, so many?

- In fact, Korean servers are even greater in proportion. We have over nine million people playing Kailan. It's over 1.3 billion people in China.

Kim Incheon unravelled the story with a unique low and bold voice.

And the stories had a strange magical pull to the listener.

- Anyway, for those reasons, our planning team was troubled. I wanted to satisfy millions of users of the world, and one day I wanted to create a server that could integrate the world.

- Aha...

- So what we came up with was the concept of parallel worlds.

- Parallel to... the world?

- Yes, first of all, the servers in each country with the same worldview are designed to be the concept of parallel worlds, each of which is present, and each of which is designed to be a server of the concept of a higher dimensional system that the parallel worlds can follow.

As Kim Incheon's story continued, Jinsung had to nod.

With a deeper understanding of Kailan's worldview than any other user, I empathize more deeply with Kim Incheon's suffering.

‘When I first heard about the concept of the intermediate world through Lugaryx, it was shocking. ’

Among many games that have existed before Kailan, there has certainly been an attempt to integrate servers around the world.

But Ian had never seen a unified server open naturally, in a squishy world view like Kailan.

And the efforts of these planners must have been the driving force behind making Kailan a more complete game.

- So, Planner, this valley of warriors, which will be open today, will be the first gateway for users from all over the world to reach the Integrated Servers?

As a veteran, Lucia was able to summarize the points with a clear question.

Jinsung was able to predict the answer coming from Kim Incheon's mouth without difficulty, and waited for his next words.

However, Incheon Kim's answer, surprisingly, was a little out of Ian's expectations.

- Well, not necessarily. A warrior village will serve as a gateway in the future, but the valley of the warrior is somewhat different.

- Yes?

- The Canyon of Warriors is a battlefield for select users.

Ian's pupils, which he heard from Incheon Kim, had to be slightly enlarged.