40: What big thing happened today?

"Yao Yao, please, next time you play games with the Designer, remember to call me. I also want to clear dungeons with them."

"In just one afternoon, Yao Yao's popularity soared to third place on the platform. Tsk tsk, is this game really that popular? I'm starting to consider getting into it."

"It released three consecutive news stories that shook the national gaming community, held the top spot for a month, and is rumored to have daily profits of up to tens of millions. You tell me if it's popular or not?"

"The Berserker's new skills are so cool. I hope to see my Asura perform just as impressively soon."

"Hahahaha, anyway, I currently have four Ghost Swordsmen, and they'll definitely all reach the Awakening stage before summer break!"

"Group Owner: @everyone What are you all talking about? What big event happened today?"

Since she hadn't shown up all day, Yu Waner had no choice but to ask her active friends in the group.

Upon learning of the Group Owner's appearance, the members excitedly explained the day's situation to her and shared video recordings of Lin Shufen and Xu Lian clearing a dungeon together that afternoon.

After watching for more than ten minutes, her previous depressed mood dissipated considerably.

Especially after seeing the Berserker's shocking Awakening special skills, Yu Waner felt incredibly excited; and upon learning that Xu Lian announced he would be releasing upgrade content for all classes during the upcoming holidays, her eyes filled with anticipation—she couldn't wait to see what her Soul Bender would transform into.

"Huh? So Shufen has already added the Designer as a friend?"

Only then did she realize how quickly their relationship had developed, and a hint of jealousy couldn't help but arise in Yu Waner's heart.

After all, she had spent so much money playing this game, yet she had never had the opportunity to personally participate in activities led by the Designer.

"It's all because of that person... I don't even know what her intention was in calling me back."

So she blamed her sister entirely.

If she hadn't been called back then, perhaps she could have fought alongside the Designer.

It was already very late, and most of the experts in the group had already gone to rest.

Therefore, Yu Waner had no choice but to embark on her long journey of clearing dungeons alone.

In addition to the four main Ghost Swordsmen she used, she also trained a supportive female Elemental Master as a backup option.

She opened the game character interface, intending to purchase some resurrection potions and supplies for the Elemental Master in preparation for future challenges in hard mode when...

"Iris verification failed. Please confirm if your account status is normal."

A warning box popped up on the screen, leaving Yu Waner a bit confused.

She quickly launched her banking app to check her personal assets.

"Dear user, your account has been temporarily locked. Please go to the nearest business outlet as soon as possible to complete the recovery procedures."

"Damn it!"

She couldn't believe that woman actually took action against her! Furious, she quickly dialed the contact number saved as "Old Auntie."

"Hi? Changed your mind? When are you planning to come back?"

A familiar yet slightly mocking voice came from the other end.

"You really froze all my money? You can do something like this? Do you have any conscience left?"

A mix of grievance and anger prompted Yu Waner to question her.

"I remember someone saying that she could live on her own abilities and wouldn't starve in this city, right?"

"Impressive, [smiling emoji]"

Although she was smiling on the surface, she still couldn't accept the current reality in her heart.

"It's good that you admit your mistake. Hurry home, and take a shower while you're at it. Look at how messy you look right now!"

"Get lost."

After replying with a national essence greeting, she decisively deleted her from the contact list.

...

"This brat actually dared to block me!"

At this moment, in a top-floor room of a luxurious office building in the central district of Haijiang City, stood a graceful woman in a black suit.

Around twenty-five or twenty-six years old, beneath her mature and charming appearance, a hint of anger was hidden.

This person was none other than the entrepreneur known as Gu Ruoxi, and also Yu Waner's nominal elder sister.

As one of the most renowned figures in the business world of Haijiang City and even all of China, her Oriental Group encompassed numerous industries: real estate, technology research and development, medical and health care, education... almost covering all popular fields, with total assets reaching hundreds of billions of RMB.

As the largest shareholder and CEO of this super-giant enterprise, she was almost universally known in the industry.

However, such a prominent business elite was actually played by her own sister!

One can imagine how intense Gu Ruoxi's anger was at this moment.

"Hmph, you're tough!"

With a mix of resentment and unwillingness, she dialed the number of her property management company...

The marketing campaign planned and implemented by Xu Lian yesterday yielded significant results.

In just one day, the Dungeon & Fighter forums and various social media platforms were filled with discussions among players about the Berserker's upcoming new skills and related costume designs.

Millions of game players eagerly awaited the arrival of the upcoming era of universal Awakening! To welcome this moment, many had already begun cultivating new classes, investing a lot of energy and financial resources into it.

Longing for rare equipment? Then go to the auction house or stalls to find it!

Want epic equipment? But unwilling to work hard clearing dungeons to accumulate Abyss Party invitations? Then you can choose to buy challenge letters to exchange for invitations.

Hope a big shot will carry you through? Then you need to spend some gold coins to ask an expert for help.

Want to obtain resurrection tokens and pets? You also have to pay the corresponding fees.

Therefore, when creating a new character, players often invest a lot of money into it.

In such days when almost everyone was creating new accounts and waiting for Awakening, Dungeon & Fighter's daily revenue exceeded ten million yuan, and was even expected to break the twenty million mark.

Such astonishing achievements made other game design companies incredibly jealous.

Some well-known game development teams even imitated the style of Dungeon & Fighter to create several similar types of works.

But unfortunately, none of them received good reviews; instead, they were labeled as "heavy- krypton" (requiring heavy spending).

Whenever these copycat products were launched, they would always be attacked with a large number of negative reviews.

Especially some imitations that claimed to surpass the original in all aspects were directly overwhelmed by public opinion and forced to be removed from shelves.

Currently, in the hearts of players, Dungeon & Fighter and Xu Lian behind it are an insurmountable classic.

They do not want any game manufacturer to exploit players' interests through shoddy means.

Taking this opportunity, Xu Lian also recently announced a long-planned recruitment program.