Dawn City and Member Recruitment

Twilight Cafe, a teenager wearing a black and white color-blocked hoodie with the hood up walked straight toward the second floor.

"Da, da, da..."

The Internet Cafe Manager, who had been dozing off, heard the footsteps coming upstairs and reached out to rub their sleepy eyes.

Walking up to the counter was a short, overly thin teenager. A large hood covered most of his face, making it impossible to see his eyes.

"Hello, I'd like to open a Game Pod."

A Game Pod?

The Internet Cafe Manager was a bit surprised.

"Are you sixteen yet? Alliance regulations state that residents under sixteen are not allowed to use Game Pods."

"I... I am."

"Let me see your ID card."

Beep—

Seeing the information automatically entered on the computer, the Internet Cafe Manager's fingers flew across the keyboard. "You are indeed sixteen. What model of Game Pod do you want?"

"The most basic one will do."

"Do you want nutrient solution? If you use the Game Pod for more than eight hours continuously, I suggest adding a bottle of nutrient solution."

"I'll buy it..."

Bai Yimo took the card handed to him by the Internet Cafe Manager and found the corresponding Game Pod.

It looks a bit old...

Even when he inserted the card into the Game Pod, Bai Yimo felt a pang of heartache.

He had only rented the Game Pod for eight hours, plus one nutrient solution, and it cost him a full two thousand alliance coins!

"If the game my Benefactor mentioned can really make big money, I must buy a Game Pod of my own!"

Lying down into the Game Pod and logging into the game platform, Bai Yimo quickly found the game his Benefactor had mentioned.

"miracle of creation", number of reservations...

"360 million!?" Bai Yimo widened his eyes. "The number of downloads is only three hundred... Do I really have a chance?"

Just as Bai Yimo was hesitating, the screen in front of him suddenly froze for a split second.

The next second, only a few large characters remained in front of him:

【 Your game "miracle of creation" has finished downloading. Do you want to open it? 】

"It actually worked?"

Bai Yimo swallowed involuntarily.

"Open!"

Darkness appeared before his eyes for a moment. When he opened his eyes again, Bai Yimo was surprised to find himself in a magnificent city.

The combination of Western classical atmosphere and the beauty of Eastern architecture, along with ancient runes carrying a mysterious aura, made everything before him look incredibly shocking.

It wasn't just Bai Yimo, the newcomer; even the veteran players were exclaiming one after another:

"Where did this bring me? Is this still within the country?"

"Oh my, I thought the player spawn point would change a bit after this update, but I didn't expect such a huge change! This is a miracle, right!"

"Everyone, don't forget, every brick and tile here is the blood and sweat of us veteran players. We are the creators of the "miracle of creation"!"

"I'm almost envious of this group of new players. They get to live in such a nice city as soon as they arrive, unlike us. Not only was our life comparable to savages, we were also almost wiped out by a rat plague!"

...

Just then, a new notification suddenly appeared in front of the players:

【 Welcome back to "Dawn City", players. Thanks to the hard work of veteran players, the number of players in this game will increase to six thousand, and gameplay such as "Planting", "Pharmacy", and "Artifact Refining"... will be unlocked. 】

【 To thank the veteran players for their contribution to the Human faction, the rewards for "Main Quest 1" are now being distributed. 】

【 Player "Sorrowful Sword Elegy", ranked first in contribution value, receives the reward: 70 million yuan energy, 1 Golden Winged Patterned Wind Flame Greatsword, 1 Dragon Roar Armor (Red Equipment), 1 Cloud-Swallowing Blade (Blue Weapon) 】

【 Player "Father Can Rival a Nation", ranked second in contribution value, receives the reward: 65 million yuan energy, 1 Dragon Roar Wristguard (Red Equipment), 1 cloud-breaking spear (Blue Weapon) 】

【 Player "My Cat Can Do Backflips", ranked third in contribution value, receives the reward... 】

...

"Oh my god!" The new player who had just entered the game had starry eyes. "This is too powerful, right? Big shot Sorrowful Sword Elegy got a Gold Weapon directly!"

"The rewards for other big shots are also very generous. Is this the benefit of being a pioneer player?"

"The most pitiful one is big shot Father Can Rival a Nation, right? Just looking at the yuan energy reward, you can tell he wasn't much different from big shot Sorrowful Sword Elegy, but he didn't even get a Purple Weapon."

"There's no helping it. It's like this in both games and reality. As long as you are one step slower, you will miss the opportunity."

Father Can Rival a Nation was only one day later than Sorrowful Sword Elegy in breaking through to become a Transcendent, and the gap between them became a chasm over time.

Father Can Rival a Nation himself didn't care. He already had a blue cloud-breaking spear in his hand, so he turned around and gave the cloud-breaking spear he received to the member with the best marksmanship in the guild.

The distribution of rewards ended. This was not only an incentive for new players but also a living advertisement for the two major guilds.

Relying on the only Gold Weapon in the entire server, Sword Intent Riding the Wind quickly became the guild most favored by new players.

Bai Yimo, who was still a bit lost, saw most of the people around him rushing in one direction and quickly grabbed someone to ask:

"Hello, what are you all going to do?"

"Choosing a guild," the person grabbed was also a warm-hearted fellow. "You haven't chosen a Breathing Technique yet, right?"

"No..."

"No rush. If you haven't done any strategy research in advance, ask for the opinions of veteran players. It's best if you can meet a veteran player willing to guide you. If you follow them, you can't go wrong!"

"What about the guild? Can you teach me how to choose a guild?"

Looking at the child's pure and expectant eyes, the person naturally couldn't refuse:

"There are currently two major guilds in the game. If you want a big shot to carry you, choose Sword Intent Riding the Wind. If you want to make money, choose Dragon Flame Guild."

"However, these two guilds are considered old-school guilds in the game. Their core personnel are already saturated. It's a bit difficult to get in and eat meat, but drinking soup is definitely no problem."

"If you have any great ambitions, you can wait for newly established guilds."

Bai Yimo was a bit puzzled. "Newly established guilds?"

This player was patient and broke it down for Bai Yimo to understand:

"Yeah, think about it. There are two big Buddhas in the game now, Sword Intent Riding the Wind and Dragon Flame. Who would have the guts to establish a new guild without ability or background?"

"Ever since the special features of this game became widely known, many Transcendents have also taken a fancy to this game, including Transcendents from large forces or big families. Do you think such capable people would be willing to stay in someone else's guild?"

"If you can join the new guilds started by these big shots, not only is the initial competition pressure small, but you might also find a big backer in real life."

Bai Yimo nodded. "I understand! Thank you for telling me this!"

"Hey, everyone is a player."

"However, I still recommend you go to Sword Intent Riding the Wind. It has the best reputation. You look a bit innocent, child, don't get cheated."

Bai Yimo firmly believed that someone willing to talk to him so much wouldn't cheat him, so he ran all the way to the location of Sword Intent Riding the Wind.

Ever since Dawn City was built, the game opened up the guild establishment function, but the yuan energy required to establish a guild is not a small amount.

Even the smallest thirty-person guild requires 300,000 yuan energy, which is 10,000 points per member.

Fortunately, the two largest guilds in the game currently have no intention of charging players an "initiation fee".

However, even so, both guilds have limits on the number of members.

The only thing that comforted the players who cursed the game for being heartless was that every guild that paid the guild creation fee obtained their own exclusive guild territory.

Guild members can chat freely internally, and they also have more affordable guild shops, guild technology that adds strength, and guild tasks with generous rewards.

Bai Yimo looked at the long line in front of the Sword Intent Riding the Wind guild hall and felt a little worried.

Does he still have a chance?

"Next."

My Cat Can Do Backflips looked up at the grey-eyed teenager in front of him. "What is your ID?"

"ID?"

My Cat Can Do Backflips looked at the confusion in the other person's eyes and couldn't help but be surprised:

This guy doesn't even know what an ID is?

"The ID in "miracle of creation" is your unique nickname... that is, what you are called in the game. Do you see the modify button on your panel? You can pick one now," after saying this, My Cat Can Do Backflips didn't forget to remind him, "Don't use your real name."

"Then... Black White."

"Black" was one of the few words he knew besides his own name.

Father said that Mo (Ink) is black, so Bai Yimo is white and black.

After pulling Bai Yimo into the guild, My Cat Can Do Backflips stood up and said apologetically to the people behind him, "Sorry everyone, the membership quota is limited, please look elsewhere."

That's... it?

Bai Yimo was just feeling emotional about his luck when he suddenly felt his shoulder sink.

A player wearing blue equipment except for red boots raised his eyebrows at Bai Yimo. "New member?"

Bai Yimo nodded.

"Great! Do you want to join my Feather Clan Players squad?"

Noticing Bai Yimo's guarded eyes, this player, who didn't look like a good person, generously revealed his ID:

"I am Night Raid Widow Village, fifth in the entire server for Main Quest 1 contribution value, the man who flies the fastest among all Feather Clan Players!"