32: Prepare the server, open the Bai Xiaosheng function

“Oh?”

Jiang Feng let out a soft exclamation.

He looked at Liu Meiqin curiously: “You found the problem so quickly?”

In this world, which had no concept of Xuanhuan,

everyone was unaware of the time required for cultivation.

The fact that Liu Meiqin reacted so quickly genuinely surprised Jiang Feng.

“Yes, Boss, this seems like a big problem.”

Liu Meiqin frowned: “According to your Xuanhuan setting, cultivation takes a lot of time, and of course, Lifespan will also increase.

However, you’ve designed an open world, not a story-driven level mode, so how will the time issue be resolved?

Players won’t still be Qi Refining after playing for thousands of hours, will they?”

Traditional Wuxia games often use a level-based approach to skip time.

For example, a player might start as a novice martial artist.

After he defeats the boss of the current map, a CG would play, and then the scene would shift to several years later, with the player now a pillar of the Martial Forest.

But the Xuanhuan World couldn’t do that.

Because in Jiang Feng’s plan, this would be a multiplayer online open-world game.

“This is indeed a problem, but there’s already a solution.”

Jiang Feng smiled faintly: “In the future, our Xuanhuan World will have two modes: a single-player or small-team mode, and a global shared server mode.”

“In the first mode, when all players are ready, the game will automatically accelerate, quickly skipping time.”

“In the second mode, the time flow will remain synchronized, but I will design an ingenious mechanism to compress cultivation time.

You’ll find out about that when the time comes.”

Good heavens.

Facing his Little Secretary, Jiang Feng actually kept her in suspense.

Liu Meiqin really wanted to punch her boss.

She panted heavily, finally calming down, and asked: “Then, Boss, when will our global shared server mode be launched?”

Even if a single-player game could have teams and highly intelligent NPCs, the gaming experience would be completely different from a global online mode.

For example, streamers like the Mage tried for an entire night just to clear the chase sequence.

If it were a global online mode, they would have to delete their accounts and restart after their first death.

That feeling, tsk tsk.

“You mentioning it almost made me forget.”

Jiang Feng patted his head: “Little Secretary, I’m giving you an important task.”

“Tell me, Boss!”

The Little Secretary puffed out her chest, her twin peaks jiggling.

Jiang Feng said seriously: “This task is extremely important, and you must complete it with quality and quantity.”

“Okay!”

“And, it needs to be done as quickly and economically as possible.”

“Huh?”

“Which means, the budget is limited.”

“Ah?”

Liu Meiqin exclaimed: “That’s not right, Boss, haven’t we made a lot of money? This has been selling like crazy!”

The Xuanhuan World’s sales were excellent; some industry insiders even estimated that final sales would reach millions, and if subsequent updates didn't flop, tens of millions wouldn't be impossible.

Some even thought the Xuanhuan World’s final sales would break a hundred million, but that was considered crazy talk due to its exaggeration.

But no matter what, Illusion Dream Game Studio definitely wasn't short on money right now.

Liu Meiqin frowned, looking at Jiang Feng with uncertainty and surprise.

Her boss wouldn’t… embezzle, would he?

No way?

“What are you thinking?”

Jiang Feng flicked her forehead.

He said irritably: “We did earn a lot, but compared to what we need to do later, it’s actually not that much.

At the very least, think about it: how much would it cost each month for servers capable of simultaneously accommodating tens of millions of people online?”

Liu Meiqin exclaimed: “Tens of millions online simultaneously? That would require a national-level game, wouldn't it? Only games like ‘Dream Shooter’ and ‘Tower Defense for All’ have that scale.

Are we really going to prepare for tens of millions?”

Jiang Feng nodded: “That’s right, I’m very optimistic about the Xuanhuan World.

Tens of millions online simultaneously is not impossible, and the peak might even be higher.

Alright, Little Secretary, the server matter is in your hands.”

Liu Meiqin was completely stunned.

Servers for tens of millions of players would definitely require signing long-term contracts to push down prices.

But what if it flopped, and there weren’t that many people… “Go get to work.”

Jiang Feng gave Liu Meiqin a confident smile.

Liu Meiqin hesitated for a moment: “Then, Boss, if all the money goes into servers, will our updates slow down?”

Jiang Feng chuckled: “Don’t worry about updates, they will proceed steadily.

Once you’ve set up the servers, the global shared server mode will go online; that will be a major update, so… aren’t you going to get to work?”

“Alright, I’m going now.”

Liu Meiqin went to work with a worried expression.

This world was highly developed, and society was also overly stagnant, so many people played games, and they spent a lot of time on them.

But similarly, there were also many games in this world, which diverted players.

Tens of millions online simultaneously could only be achieved by flagship games from major companies, and only during their growth phase.

Illusion Dream Game Studio was just a small company.

Could it really achieve that?

Liu Meiqin was very concerned about this.

Jiang Feng, however, wasn't worried at all.

Because he had the System, he could save on update costs through emotional value, so even if the player count wasn't enough, it would never break him.

“Alright, let me see if I can directly add the time compression function… Uh, not enough emotional value…”

The recent update to Efeng Mountain Range consumed a lot of emotional value, so a major update would have to wait for a while.

Jiang Feng thought for a moment and added a small feature.

“I need players to enter the Efeng Mountain Range storyline as soon as possible, otherwise, how will I get emotional value? If emotional value doesn’t come, how can the Xuanhuan World’s Follow-up unfold? Players, keep it up!”

Jiang Feng looked at the screen, legs crossed, chuckling.

With a click of the mouse, the update quickly went live… Meanwhile.

Old Potato woke up from his bed.

Friends who often stay up all night should know that they don’t feel tired the next day; instead, they feel very energetic.

Old Potato was somewhat excited now.

He casually took a can from the refrigerator; it contained processed nutritional food, and the taste was decent because a lot of seasonings had been added.

Finishing his meal in a few quick bites, Old Potato wiped his mouth, threw away the empty can, and lay down in his VR pod.

At this point, his assistant also came over, helped him adjust the VR pod settings, and connected to the live streaming platform.

“Eh? The Xuanhuan World has updated again?”

Old Potato didn’t log directly into the game but used the floating screen on the VR pod to check the official website.

“Efeng Mountain Range? Wasn’t that updated before? Oh, they added some NPCs and a storyline… What’s this?”

Old Potato suddenly saw an interesting update content:

【Added the “Bai Xiaosheng” function to the game.

Players can use “Bai Xiaosheng” to inquire about overt intelligence in their current map, including important locations and important NPCs.】