"Wandering Dragon Studio:
Hello, all players of the Original Gate. I am the current head of Wandering Dragon Studio 0288888.
At present, our studio is developing well, with our team having reached 1,500 people.
We are offering employment procedures for our players, along with free medical insurance from the Holy Hall Medical Group and generous employee benefits.
The actions of our studio within the game are part of normal competition.
We will investigate the claims made by streamer Lin Haowan.
If there is no evidence, we will sue streamer Lin Haowan for damaging our group’s reputation.
At the same time, regarding tonight’s village defense battle, our Wandering Dragon Studio will give it our all.
If we truly cannot hold the line, I will lead all players in a breakout together."
Amazingly, this apology letter, which did not seem sincere at all, was actually lauded!
— The bosses built the studio to give players benefits, isn’t it great to make money while gaming? Aren’t those people just jealous because they lack talent or have bad classes?
— Everyone, be rational. What Glory Studio and Universe Studio did has nothing to do with Wandering Dragon; Wandering Dragon is suffering an undeserved calamity too!
— With benefits this good, I want to join.
— If I weren’t a player on this server, I’d believe the above too. They haven’t done any less than the earlier servers, hogging resource points and stealing first kills. Now that it looks bad, they come out saying they want to defend the village—let’s see them defend it with their heads.
— Replying to the above: they spent so much money, they can play however they want. Haven’t you ever been crushed by a whale in a game before?
— If you’re this fragile when gaming, why not play some simple card game instead of a game where your character gets deleted instantly!
— Actually, the other two studios’ actions are also normal. How hard is village defense? Even experts with amazing talent find it difficult!
— Weren’t all the top players killed?
— Do you have proof? Don’t spread rumors!
"Crap, Holy Hall must have hired bots!" Huang Jiaojiao said angrily.
She hadn’t expected such a heated debate under this announcement.
It wasn’t a clear one-sided condemnation of Wandering Dragon.
But Chu Feng thought it was normal.
Having lived another life, he knew the strength of his opponents all too well.
"The key isn’t Wandering Dragon—it’s the Sun family!"
Chu Feng said coldly, "The Sun family controls Longhan Film and Television Company, a nationally renowned corporation. When Sun Jingya hit someone with her car, it should have been a societal incident, but not a whisper of it got out."
"Because everything was suppressed."
"Longhan Film and Television not only has many celebrities but also commands over 500 bot companies. What’s a little storm like this to them?"
"Just watch—Lin Haowan probably can’t even make a phone call right now with all the harassment!"
Chu Fu had also stopped crying and quietly operated her phone to send a message.
"I think he’s talented. I’ve already contacted Major Li Weizheng to reach out to him, at least to protect him for now."
The others turned to look at Chu Fu.
Lin Haowan had actually used their Thorny Brotherhood guild, deliberately dragging them into this mess.
And yet Chu Fu still wanted to protect him.
She was just too kind!
If Chu Fu knew what they were thinking, she would have been extremely embarrassed. It wasn’t kindness—with today’s village defense, they were likely going to merge with three servers.
There was no way to stay low-profile then.
Better to fight head-on!
Unlike Chu Feng, who kept his identity hidden—no one discovered who he was, not even Huang Jiaojiao and the others knew Chu Feng’s ID, though they knew he was a big shot from Zone 001.
Xie Lin sneered from the side. In the real world, he wore sunglasses, said little, and looked extremely stern and cold.
"What’s the use of all this talk? If we lose the village defense, we’ll still get cursed.
In gaming, being bad is the original sin!
Wandering Dragon Studio never cared about letting other players survive.
With the overall player strength as weak as it is now,
if a single studio could defend a newbie village,
then none of the previous servers would have lost it!
They’re just trying to stabilize the stock market. When the battle is over, they’ll realize their actions will backfire on them in a much bigger way."
He wasn’t wrong.
For previous servers to clear the content patch, they needed not only many players but teams capable of clearing nightmare-tier dungeons.
You even needed four such teams!
For Wandering Dragon to defend the newbie village was nearly impossible—harder than climbing to heaven.
Now they were forced into it, hoping to sacrifice this one studio to salvage the stock market.
At the very least, before they found some fool to buy out their other assets, the market couldn’t collapse.
...
At 4 PM.
After eating, Chu Fu and the others logged into the game.
On the rankings, the last three players had all reached level 10.
[System Announcement: 1,000 players in your server have reached level 10, drawing the Beast God’s attention. At midnight real-world time, a beast horde will launch to raze the newbie village.]
[System Announcement: First content patch—Beast Horde Invasion countdown begins: Remaining time: 8 hours. All players, prepare. After the invasion starts, you cannot log off until it ends. The invasion will last 24 hours.]
Chu Fu remained relaxed.
If she couldn’t clear the newbie village content patch, her eight days of effort would have been for nothing.
Just as she was thinking this, she spotted a semi-transparent person in the crowd.
In spirit form.
What was this? Had the Soul race arrived so soon?
But on their head, an ID was actually showing.
[Lin Haowan - Love to Play]
???
Chu Fu’s mind was full of question marks.
They clearly spotted Chu Fu, too, and immediately dashed over in a frantic drift, speaking excitedly.
"Hello, hello! You’re ‘Who Wants to Be a Plant,’ right!
I’m streamer Lin Haowan.
This time, at the invitation of Original Gate, I’ve become a war correspondent. I can teleport between servers to record promotional content for the Original Gate village defense battle.
Are you available now? Can I do a quick interview with you?"
Chu Fu suddenly understood.
A war correspondent.
This was indeed a special profession in Original Gate.
While in "interview" mode, you appear as a spirit, gain no XP, cannot be attacked, cannot touch or pick up items, and can teleport between servers for interviews.
But was this profession already appearing so early?
She asked curiously, "How did you apply for this job?"
Lin Haowan was very excited.
"I submitted a feedback request to the game officials. I said that allowing only photos and recordings was too outdated. Which game these days doesn’t support livestreaming? But Original Gate isn’t a PC game, so naturally you can’t livestream."
"Unexpectedly, the officials replied! They approved my request and granted me this permission."
