328: Major Updates

The press conference was very long, and many questions needed to be explained.

For example, the new machines adapted to Yao Guang Technology will no longer be traditional VR pods, but rather a central, massive data fortress where everyone will collectively “sleep.”

It had a feeling reminiscent of Jiang Feng's previous life in The Matrix.

Similarly, Yao Guang Technology will be fully rolled out, and all players will be able to qualify for free, so there is no possibility of old equipment being unable to synchronize with the new Xuanhuan World.

In addition, there were many other questions about reality and virtuality.

But for veteran players of the Xuanhuan World, none of this was important.

The player 'This Time Bu Ge' was still sprinting towards the edge of the forbidden zone of life in the Xuanhuan World, but the scene he was looking at was a virtual panel.

He was checking the complete update announcement for the Xuanhuan World released on the Huanmeng Group official website, which was millions of words long, making people exclaim how outrageous it was.

As a professional strategy streamer, This Time Bu Ge knew this was his moment. He had to read the announcement as quickly as possible to determine which parts were major updates that changed the gameplay and which were useless updates (in his opinion) related to the full virtualization of the populace.

Ultimately, he summarized the most important updates:

【All Xuanhuan World Maps Open】

After the Season Three update, all areas of the Xuanhuan World are fully open, and there will no longer be any inaccessible areas—if there are any, they will follow the rules of the Xuanhuan World itself, not due to insufficient game resources.

Initially, This Time Bu Ge thought that the map opening referred to the Newbie Village area and the latest Immortal Realm.

But after he looked closely, he almost stopped breathing.

This 'all open' referred to the entire universe, including Earth, the Newbie Village planet, and the Immortal Realm planet, and even other potentially vast spaces.

Completely and entirely open.

Even areas that players might not be able to explore in their lifetime have had their resources built and have begun to operate in the Xuanhuan World.

This Time Bu Ge immediately understood that this was not just a map opening, but a world that had been completely constructed.

In the Xuanhuan World, a Golden Core Rank Cultivator, which is a fifth-Rank Cultivator, can break through the atmosphere and roam in the Void Realm.

A fourth-Rank Nascent Soul Cultivator can use the Grand Void to achieve ultra-long-distance teleportation.

Stronger individuals above that must have more means of spatial movement, and traversing the Void Realm is definitely not difficult.

Previously, the Newbie Village area was limited by game resources; powerful enemies from outside couldn't enter, and powerful individuals from inside couldn't leave, making it very closed off.

But everything will be different starting from Season Three.

New powerful enemies might appear at any time, and players can also try to explore other areas; anything is possible.

It's even possible that in the depths of the distant starry sky, the aftermath of a battle between two powerful individuals could sweep across the Newbie Village; this is all possible.

The vast Xuanhuan World is full of infinite possibilities.

A Xuanhuan World with fully open areas is the complete form of the Xuanhuan World.

Based on this, This Time Bu Ge summarized the second important update content:

【All Cultivation Systems and Skill Systems of the Xuanhuan World Open】

Currently, in the eyes of most people in the Xuanhuan World, whether it's Cultivation Realm, item quality, or skill level, all can be divided from low to high, from ninth-Rank to first-Rank.

【There might be Ranks beyond first-Rank, but players at this stage can completely disregard them.】

The Xuanhuan World, starting from Season Three, with the full opening of the map, will naturally also open up complete Xuanhuan content, vast Cultivation systems, vast Cultivation skills, or various Heaven And Earth Treasures.

Players used to like using Golden Core and Nascent Soul to refer to strength Ranks, but starting from Season Three, we might have to use fourth-Rank and fifth-Rank for division, because it's very likely to encounter powerful individuals who cultivate other systems.

This Time Bu Ge was very much looking forward to this.

When he was in the Newbie Village area, he had seen systems other than Immortal Cultivation.

For example, the Buddhist Cultivator from the West, Yan Xiao's battle Qi, or the Demonic Cultivators who appeared in the South not long ago.

However, because the mainstream system within the Immortal Dynasty was Immortal Cultivation, the Buddhist Cultivators who were originally going to invade from the West were deterred by the state-stabilizing seal and dared not act rashly, the Demonic Cultivators in the South were still developing cautiously, and battle Qi was only cultivated by a few people like Yan Xiao.

Therefore, players do not know much about these special systems.

And the Yao Race's Body Refining method is essentially just an Immortal Cultivation Technique that fits the Yao Race; it is not a true Body Refining method. In fact, except for the specific modes of the Immortal Foundation and Golden Core Realms, everything else is completely consistent and can be regarded as a Cultivation Technique within the Immortal Cultivation method.

This Time Bu Ge speculated that with the Xuanhuan World content being updated all at once, players will have access to more and more systems.

Perhaps some reckless players will actively go to the West to contact Buddhist Cultivators, or go to the South to find Demonic Cultivators.

He even heard that Midnight Gao Sou had only recently encountered Demonic Cultivators, but it seemed that because they couldn't reach an agreement or for some other reason, he was directly killed, wasting an Opportunity.

But such incidents of contact with other systems will definitely increase after Season Three begins.

The third major update summarized by This Time Bu Ge was somewhat astonishing:

【The current Immortal Dynasty area will be transformed into a safe Newbie Village area】

Starting from Season Three, countless people from Blue Star will flock into the Xuanhuan World.

These people are not necessarily used to games, and many might not even be willing to fight.

Therefore, the official specifically transformed the entire current Immortal Dynasty area into a safe Newbie Village area.

However, it is worth noting that it does not mean players are invincible in this area, but rather that players cannot fight each other within the Newbie Village area.

Evil Cultivator gameplay like Midnight Gao Sou's will be extinct in the safe Newbie Village area after Season Three.

As for the influence of high-Rank Cultivators like the state-stabilizing seal, no action will be taken, and it will be entirely up to the players to deal with it.

The official even directly stated: to conquer the state-stabilizing seal and completely transform the Immortal Dynasty into a player's Newbie Village, this will be one of the most important tasks for the player community after Season Three begins.

This Time Bu Ge expressed great anticipation for this, as the current player community is a major Realm below the state-stabilizing seal, making a comeback very difficult.

Considering the full opening of the map, to crush the state-stabilizing seal, players will definitely need to leave the Immortal Dynasty and level up elsewhere.

This will undoubtedly give players more motivation to explore for Opportunities outside and find ways to become stronger.

The excitement of Season Three will definitely be higher than Season Two, which was themed around the conflict between humans and Yao.

As for the fourth important update, it was something This Time Bu Ge found very terrifying:

【Player Lifespan acceleration function canceled, original reincarnation points framework greatly revised, a more complete mechanism will be used to determine players' unique identities】

The Lifespan acceleration function is canceled... This means that if you go into seclusion for ten or a hundred years, you will truly be in seclusion for that long.

When This Time Bu Ge saw this, his mind buzzed.

How dare the official do this?