009. 【Star Abyss】 First Release ference (Double)
Luo Le and Xue Nian, still wanting to get closer to Li Aozi, received a call summoning all employees for a meeting, f them to log off while grumbling.
Li Aozi felt pretty good, knowing his image was about to deeply pee the hearts of Yan Xia district pyers.
He browsed the forums and, during this break, began modifying the biochemical pool, incorporating the incubator.
After readjusting the solvent, Li Aozi handed a batch of Abyss Humanitarian Relief anization data to Aud's stists. Taking the opportunity, Li Aozi sed the warlord's library and, unsurprisingly, easily found two pieces of prerequisite knowledge, successfully activating the 【Craftsman】 profession.
Ohe 【Craftsman】 profession was activated, Li Aozi began preparing to craft all kinds of items.
Using the existing C the as a base, he built a workbend, using synthesized materials, started making jewelry and equipment.
Jewelry is a rare type of equipment early on. Even if the attributes are slightly inferior, someone would still buy it—but Li Aozi didn't want to be a profiteer, sacrifig his sce for a little profit, which would be no different from those at the Abyss Humanitarian Relief anization.
The initial failure rate was high. If jewelry crafting failed, unlike modur ons, it couldn't simply be repced. If the entment failed, the materials were wasted and had to be melted down.
Li Aozi carefully honed his skills, but after too many failures, he couldn't bear the cost. So he adapted, repg the preetals listed in Dmitri's manual with the more durable tueel alloy.
Although heavier, the final products were of good quality and could withstand his failure rate. Tueel could be reused, melted down to make bullets if needed.
After half a month in Triaown, Li Aozi's mood gradually calmed down. He became more stable, chatting with local residents, and even pying soccer—though his skills were terrible. Without using Omega Energy, he couldn't even pete with local professional soldiers.
Triaown's enviro wasn't great, but it was orderly aively peaceful. For people in chaotic times, the absence of frequent shootings and gang wars at night wasn't important; what mattered was their ability to barely sustain themselves uhe Aud family's prote and not suffer from the cold.
Of course, the biggest issue was the ck of sunlight.
Uhe forward cities, the Outnds' people had no shield projectors or artificial sunlight teology. Triaown couldn't produce the deuterium, tritium, and helium-3 needed for nuclear fusion, so people could only dig underground, creating plex pace-like facilities resembling as.
Sometimes, Li Aozi marveled at the efforts of the Outnds' people, digging vast underground kingdoms in the snowy wilderness with shovels and pickaxes, parable to the Zerg. He felt a sense ret—if they had artificial sunlight, they wouldn't have to endure such hardship.
Energy always flowed to the energy-rich four nations, while suffering seemed to flow to the already suffering Outnds.
Li Aozi often stood at the entrance of the underground soccer field. Due to the ck of heating, the boys always wore cotton-padded clothes while pying. Though they had no green fields htweight jerseys, they were as eic as tigers, showing no ck of vigor.
Among them, a fourteen-year-old forward was exceptionally skilled. He maneuvered past defenders with ease, and even when blocked, he could flick the ball through the oppo's legs and score a long shot effortlessly.
A few days ter, the boy stopped showing up. When Li Aozi asked, he learhat the boy and his father had died in a gas explosion at their mine.
At that moment, Li Aozi recalled what Qiu Ran had said to him:
"If you have time, go to college."
Li Aozi looked at the simple soccer field, uo see the young forward anymore.
A fourteen-year-old boy, sixteen-year-old Nomi, and twenty-six-year-old Qiu Ran.
They all stayed at a certain point in time, o grow again. For them, college might never have been an option in their lives.
"Sorry, Qiu Ran, I don't think I have time for college anymore."
Li Aozi murmured:
"But I have the ce to enable more people to go to college—I promise you that."
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CE.2142/9/17
Federation Homeworld Terra, Yan Xia Kingdom, Li Jing Isnd, Qiqiao work Headquarters.
"Are you ready?"
The studio staff bustled around, with robots and workers cooperating to ensure all equipment funed properly.
This release ference for the beta version of "Star Abyss" was signifit, targeting all member tries and ies within the Federation's star systems. No one dared to make a mistake at this crucial moment.
"The live stream already has 4.5 billion viewers. Hurry up and bahe load; the servers 't ha, and the ents are gging. Lu Run, go help them adjust quickly!"
"All set, everything's normal, information els are stable, work tency—ready to start the live stream. Wait, where's Director Luo Ming? We 't start without the host."
"The host is on the way—already here! Directet the camera ready, lighting team, lights off."
"Everyone in position, ready to start."
............
Dark, cold, devoid of life.
"Yes, indeed."
A deep male voice resonated, and the se slowly transformed:
"This is known as 'Star Abyss,' the in of all things. It unfolds dimensions and enpasses them, birthing them as a mother does a child."
The dark universe rapidly expanded like fmes, extending into six paths that spiraled and twisted into a helical staircase due to some singurity's power.
"A records tell of nothingness and chaos, but Star Abyss is even older, witnessing the destru of all."
The Big Bang, supernova explosions, ps with acid rain, and spaceships ung to ize the universe's edges.
"Yet, the crisis was long foreseen."
In an instant, three shadows devoured the rapidly advang civilization.
"The newborn fire brought hope and life, but also darkness and the despair of entropy. The a Eye of Insight watched it all as a spectator."
Three shadows extended cws aacles, dragging the accelerating civilizations to their end.
"At the end of some civilizations, poets recorded the final se of Star Abyss's infinite dimensions: majestic destroyers tearing the sky, time and space turned intile infants uheir colossal forms, infinite power undeniable, instantly ing the meaning of all existeno visual or observational tools could capture their transdent forms. People could only imagine and remember them as gods and demons, pg them on the highest altar."
"The 'Gem Dragon King' Leviathan Dal, whose scales shoh brilliance, brought the world's first life—the Radiant Dragon."
A colossal being with gem-like dragon scales transded humanity's uanding ons, representing strength and life.
"The 'Dark Titan' Gelbros, whose heartbeat added darkness aru to the world, was worshipped by nihilists, leading everything to eternal silence."
An unhuman 'giant' with six scarlet eyes swallowed the starry sky into its endless void mouth.
"The 'God of Insight' the Dising Eye, ingly gifted civilizations with reason and uanding, filling them with fear of entropy a death, driving them to seek immortality at any cost."
The primordial starry sky split, revealing a serehat showed no danger but revealed truth and mystery to those who met its gaze.
"The three destroyers came from the outer realm, greedily repeating sughter aru. After dev the outer realm that birthed them, they turheir gaze to Star Abyss."
"Children of Star Abyss refused to be erased. They asded from mortals to noble and brave gods, with supreme ce, engaging i-like bat with the destroyers."
"Finally, an unpreted bloody battle erupted oskirts of Star Abyss."
"The 'God of Destru' Doomfist was the first to fight, shattering the Dragon King's scales with fists and swords but ultimately perishing in fmes. From then on, there were n beings oh."
"The 'Pioneer of Craft' Azzaro Fee, skillfully wielding her authority, was torn apart by the Titan, taking away uruth."
"Her rade, the 'in of Eerie' Specter, was disied by the Demon Eye, split into three parts, o be unified again. Superstition and religion began to pgue humanity."
" was the 'Spirit of Redemption,' the source of all kindness and ce, who sacrificed herself for the people of Star Abyss, leaving behind the st embers."
"The hateful 'Soul of Plunder' Red King, in her pursuit of eternity, twisted her soul with greed, ultimately going mad. She shamelessly betrayed the universe that birthed her, growing dragon scales and being the Radiant Dragon, a collector of all ugliness and greed."
"The knife swung, colpse immi—at that moment, the universe birthed even
fiercer beasts. The civilizations, unwilling to be destroyed, fused their star systems and citizens, transf into unbelievable societies, even ensving the destroyers as their cws."
"However, the newborn societies took up the invaders' mantle, advang towards Star Abyss."
"The final 'Will of Domination'—Morphidria. Poor child, just as she gained her will, she was killed and devoured by the newborn societies. Everything in her short life was destroyed. Her diligent heroes and creator's authority, the god of reality, were also sin."
"The apocalypse approached, and gods fell oer another."
"Now, Star Abyss issues the final call, summoning all power to the front line."
"Desdants, don't worry about our eventual demise. Their eternity pales in parison to the miracle of ce—stars will witness us instead of time!"
"Desd into the endless void, not as a final end of despair, but we know this because we e from Star Abyss."
"May your path be filled with ce and curses."
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The curtain rose, lights illumihe venue, which acked with reporters and spectators. The camera panned over, revealing some leaders in military uniforms and formal attire among the seats.
The live stream's viewers were still in awe of the epic opening ceremony, with the universe, civilization, invasion, aance, and the defiant war cry resonating, leaving the audience's blood boiling aement rising.
Lele Mele: Is this video quality for real? Did the produ team go to outer space for this?
Yuan Fang Yuegu's Die-hard Fan: This grand world shouldn't end up telling a small-scale story.
ibyou Crimes: This is so ibyou; I'm a high school student and 't uand all this gibberish.
Lolo: I just care if we take off our pants.
Imagination is Rich: You’re right, but "Star Abyss" is a brand-new sci-fi open-world adventure game developed by Qiqiao work Teology Co., Ltd. The game takes p a fantasy world called "Star Abyss," where even ordinary people starting from scratch embark on a "path of divine ordination." You will py as a mysterious character called the "Desdant," using NPCs as your vessel on a journey filled with curses and blessings, entering space, desding into the Star Abyss, destroying societies, and asding to godhood—while gradually unc the truth of "Star Abyss."
About My Single Pull of Nasi Da and Nilu: Wow, Abyss fans!
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"Damn, why am I muted?"
Li Aozi, mung on pop and watg the release ference, retty happy until he tried to post a ent and found his at still muted.
"Forum ban, live stream ban, what did I d? Is transmigrating illegal?"
"But this era's live stream has such high popurity. In my previous life, the first release only had two billion viewers at most, but now just the Yan Xia district stream has 2.6 billion current viewers, and the number is still rising."
Li Aozi wasn't surprised. The forums mentiohat this time the official release included a lot of iing news, plus the deliberate promotion of "eleic immigration" by the officials, leading to some breakthrough effects.
Initially, only a bunch of gamers were ied in the live stream, but breaking the circle attracted those who didn't usually py games but had unfulfilling lives—office workers, terminally ill patients, lonely individuals. Their lives were difficult, and the gover couldn't address their individual issues.
So the cept of eleic immigration caught their attention—uhe real world, social iions in the game were easier, and success seemed more attaihe virtual world's residents could provide frequent iions, alleviating loneliness.
"It seems the gover has strengthehe promotion of the 'eleic immigration' cept in 'Star Abyss'—I just hope it doesn't lead to pyer civil wars too soon."
Li Aozi thought.
Although the viewership increased, based on Li Aozi's experiehe number of pyers might not exceed 600 million before version 2.0.
The reason was simple: Yan Xia district's newbie area, Blue Star, couldn't aodate over 100 million pyers. Therefore, most casual pyers from Yan Xia district actually pyed in the neighb Amelida's newbie area—Rond Star, 12 light-years away.
In the previous life, before Blue Star was destroyed, most of its civilians and pyers were transferred to Rond Star.
inally, Amelida had more pyers, but ter Rond Star had more hot pot restaurants than pyers from Amelida.
Lost in thought, the host had already finished rounds of thanks and ads, and Li Aozi perked up—the executive director of Qiqiao work, Luo Ming, stepped onto the stage.
"Ladies alemen, hello. I am Luo Ming."
Luo Ming pced his hands on the podium, smiled, and said:
"As the title of this ference suggests—our Qiqiao work has spent ten years creating the premium fully immersive open-world aO 'Star Abyss,' which will officially begin non-wipe beta testing at 12 noon today!"
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