Chapter 4: Waiting for You to Fight
"Holy cow, I received a deposit notification! Ten thousand yuan in real money! Cash!"
"I received it too! It's really ten thousand yuan!"
"Dad, Old Hei, you're my dad!"
"I'll never say anything bad about this game again. From now on, I'm an unofficial employee of this game company, treating the company as my home and the game as my life!"
"..."
Ren Zha used his divine power to simulate the sound and image of a bank transfer in the consciousness of these players, making them feel as if they were truly playing an online virtual reality game and could check their bank accounts.
Of course, in reality, he did add ten thousand yuan to each player's bank account.
For a god, causing this much impact on the mortal world was a piece of cake.
Moreover, Ren Zha had just received a large amount of divine power and was in a great mood.
The players in the game were going crazy with joy.
They had played many games, and many of them were veteran players, having participated in dozens of game beta tests. This was the first time they had encountered such a generous game.
They were giving away cash directly!
And it was ten thousand yuan at once!
This game company was incredibly generous!
Moreover, the game itself was fun!
If Ren Zha wasn't currently floating in mid-air, many of the player-believers would have already rushed to kiss Old Hei, the NPC they saw, several times.
At this moment, Ren Zha suddenly felt a pang in his heart. Looking at the group of player-believers, he saw that above the heads of more than forty of them, invisible to ordinary people, small golden flames had appeared, burning with the power of faith and sacrificing it to Ren Zha.
These people had completely transformed from initial contractual believers to general believers, and had truly begun to have faith in Ren Zha in their subconscious minds. The wealthy man who knelt down and called him "father" was directly transformed into a devout believer.
Money makes the world go round, and money can make people believe in gods.
The levels of believers are divided into Contract Believers, General Believers, Devout Believers, True Believers, Fanatical Believers, and above that, Saints.
Compared to the almost negligible amount of faith power provided by the initial Contract Believers, the General Believers provided much more faith power, enough for Ren Zha, the god, to feel it.
After the faith power is offered to the god, it can be directly absorbed by the god and become part of the divine power.
The stronger and more devout the believer, the more faith power they provide.
A god who accumulates a large amount of faith power can even directly burn the faith power to unleash terrifying power.
Accumulating faith power is also the key to condensing divine star power and advancing to a star-level god.
Ren Zha silently calculated in his heart.
According to the current rate of accumulation of faith power, in another 7,309,657 years, he will almost be able to condense divine star power and advance to a one-star god.
Although it's a bit slow, it's a good start!
Later, he will cultivate more player believers, gradually increasing the rewards, and he won't have to worry about them not becoming fanatical believers or even saints?
It's just money, I'll print it for you!
With only this many believers at the beginning, there's no fear of causing the collapse of the Earth's economy or anything like that.
Moreover, the divine realm is full of spiritual energy, and these human believers will gradually become stronger the longer they stay there.
Of course, there are also some players who are not interested in the 10,000 yuan reward.
The player with the ID "Only Drives a Maserati" looked at the long string of zeros in his bank account and felt absolutely nothing about the extra 10,000 yuan. As a considerate main god, Ren Zha immediately noticed this and quickly gave an extra reward to the player with the ID "Only Drives a Maserati."
Although it was only a small reward, he knew that when "Only Drives a Maserati" discovered this reward, he would definitely be overjoyed.
A line of text also appeared in the sky at the same time:
"My people, devout followers of darkness and earth, in view of your heroic performance, the gods will also randomly select several followers to bestow divine blessings."
"The flames of war in the battlefield of the gods are still burning. It is equally important to enjoy life during the intervals of the divine war. Exploring the divine realm and submitting the treasures obtained to the true god will also yield corresponding rewards!"
"Begin your adventure in the divine realm!"
The vastness of the divine realm is almost endless. Ren Zha's divine realm should be in a remote corner of the divine realm. To expand the divine realm, the followers first need to clear the land.
If they could encounter indigenous intelligent creatures in the divine realm and directly spread their faith, it would be even more convenient to expand the divine realm.
Thinking of this, Ren Zha waved his hand, and a stone wall rose up beside the stone pillar statue, with some text appearing on it, marking the precautions for expanding the divine realm.
Since he was going to act the part, he might as well do it properly. This was the game's announcement board.
At the same time, Ren Zha thoughtfully added a section at the end of the announcement board for "Suggestions for improving this game," hoping that players would offer some suggestions.
A divine spell was also added to the statue, which could be used as a spawn and exit point. By communicating with the statue, one could leave the divine realm and return to Earth.
Then, with a flash of light, he disappeared from the spot and returned to the temple above the dome of the divine realm.
Having just absorbed so much divine power, he needed to digest it and stabilize his power, and also think about what to do next. Now that the divine realm has expanded, it can accommodate approximately one hundred believers in total. A new announcement needs to be posted on the Blue Planet game forum as soon as possible.
Seeing Ren Zha disappear from the spot, the players turned to look at their surroundings. The sanctuary, which was originally only a hundred meters in radius, had doubled in size, and dozens of dark trees could be faintly seen at the edges, seemingly the edge of a forest.
Immediately, another lively discussion ensued.
"Great, great, we can explore the forest now! A new map has opened!"
"Haha, let's team up and go exploring, brothers!"
"No, no, it's too late, let's do it tomorrow. Although this game is fun, it's so tiring. I feel as tired as if I'd actually fought a real battle!"
"Logging off, logging off, too tired, but it was really interesting, haha, I earned ten thousand yuan, I'm going out to get a foot massage!"
"I'm going to post on the forum, I have to rave about this game!"
"What suggestions are you guys going to give the developers? I think it's still a bit too bloody. I'm used to seeing green blood, and suddenly seeing such realistic blood is a bit unsettling..."
"Yes, maybe we should suggest that the developers change the blood to green. It's less stressful to play that way. I don't want such a good game to die because of parental complaints."
"That makes sense, I'll go and give feedback!"
"..."
In reality, it was already one o'clock in the morning. Except for a few excited night owls who chose to go exploring and pioneering, most players went to the statue and chose to "log off."
After triggering the divine power of the statue, the players' bodies and souls were immediately sent into the spatial channel of the divine realm, returning to reality. In an apartment on Planet Blue, Chen Yu, whose online name was "Playing Games Again," suddenly opened his eyes and climbed out of the virtual reality gaming pod. He practically leaped to his computer and began writing a post:
"Epic Game Masterpiece! Gods and Demons Battlefield! I'm absolutely blown away!"
During the game, he had already thought about how he would write the post. As a veteran gamer and a well-known game reviewer, he had a deep appreciation for the game's strengths.
A virtual reality game that could achieve this level of realism was simply unprecedented!
Even after coming out of the game, he felt the exhilarating soreness of having just completed a high-intensity workout.
Realistic, realistic, and damn realistic!
The sheer level of realism alone was enough to make people addicted.
Moreover, from the glimpse of "Gods and Demons Battlefield" he had seen so far, the entire game had a grand world view.
It not only featured intense battles between gods, but also seemed to include exploration, character development, and even farming game modes.
If he wasn't so tired and wanted to write a game review post, Chen Yu would have already gone back into the game to explore.
Soon, the post was finished, and Chen Yu immediately logged into his MGA game forum account and posted it.
As a well-known game reviewer, a senior moderator on the game forum, and famous for "not accepting money from game companies," Chen Yu had always enjoyed a good reputation among MGA forum players. The post immediately attracted a large number of clicks.
Other players who had just exited "Gods and Demons Battlefield" also chimed in, praising the game and causing quite a stir on the forum. "Is this for real? Why does this post reek of paid promotion? Paid promotion is disgusting."
"Stop exaggerating, even if you keep playing, Teacher Duo D wouldn't do something like that. When has he ever recommended a bad game?"
"It's really fun, guys!!! I was also a beta tester, I just logged out of the game, it's incredibly realistic! Calm when it should be calm, bloody when it should be bloody, the battle scenes almost made me throw up, it's so exciting!"
"My first beta test reward was 10,000 yuan in cash, hahaha, I'm going to get a foot massage now, you guys can keep chatting."
"Holy cow, is that true? Where did this real game company come from? They're so generous with their money?"
Upon hearing that the reward for the first beta test was 10,000 yuan in cash, many players became restless and started asking how to get a beta test invitation.
For most players, 10,000 yuan is no small sum, equivalent to two or three months' salary.
However, to the frustration of many netizens, there are only fifty beta test slots available for "Gods and Demons Battlefield," and the advertisement for "Gods and Demons Battlefield" doesn't even have any contact information.
It's completely a marketing tactic of creating scarcity.
But many people fall for this tactic.
After seeing the enthusiastic reviews from the first batch of beta testers on the forum, some people have already started bidding to buy beta test slots, at 5,000 yuan each.
But the beta testers aren't selling their slots at all.
They can get a 10,000 yuan cash reward from one battle, and who knows what other cash rewards the game company will offer later?
Selling a beta test slot for 5,000 yuan would be crazy.
Many people now regret not clicking on the "Gods and Demons Battlefield" advertisement and accepting the invitation immediately when they first saw it.
Fortunately, they soon received a new surprise. The next morning at eight o'clock, a new pinned advertisement for "Battlefield of Gods and Demons" appeared again:
"The second closed beta test invitation slots for the fully immersive virtual reality game 'Battlefield of the Gods' are now being distributed! The God of Darkness and the God of Earth await you in the divine realm! Please bring your most suitable weapon!"