Heavenly Dao World.
The fortress wars and main city battles had concluded.
The initial city battle's timeframe mandated that all player strongholds must be relocated out of the main city within 12 hours, meaning players needed to establish their own fortresses.
Alternatively, they could be accepted by a high-level guild, which would then provide them with a rented plot of land to relocate their stronghold.
Chu Tian's God-Tier Splash damage acquisition had occurred precisely before the fortress wars commenced.
His departure from Heavenly Dao World coincided with the conclusion of the initial city battles.
He had left Heavenly Dao World just as the Splash scroll became usable, though he hadn't yet used it. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to log out of the game.
It would have been impossible unless he discarded the scroll.
However, once the holding period reached twelve hours, the contested scroll would transform into a common item.
Nonetheless, Chu Tian's log out and departure had no significant impact on Heavenly Dao World.
Nor did it have any effect on the Reverse Gods Alliance.
After all, Chu Tian had been acting as a hands-off shopkeeper for far too long.
His occasional appearances were merely to stir things up and encourage everyone.
If Chu Tian had remained constantly with his own faction, perhaps people wouldn't have been so fervent about him.
However, after this log out, everyone noticed considerable changes in the guild's operational methods.
The guild's operational direction had consistently been managed by the acting Guild Leader, Lei Qingcheng.
Her approach was rather conservative, making it seem as if the guild was being run like a business rather than an organization.
She proceeded step by step, with a steady and cautious pace.
She prioritized endurance and made decisions only after carefully calculating the benefits.
However, this time, De Shen logged out.
Even though he had captured four main cities in the Shengjing region before logging out and had met certain spiritual energy unlock conditions, the question remained: how many fortresses were there in the entire northern war zone?
In the Shengjing City region alone, there were four high-level fortresses, twelve mid-level fortresses, and sixty-four low-level fortresses.
There were also numerous teleportation arrays in various areas.
These teleportation arrays served as crucial hubs for transferring between leveling spots and fortresses.
The days of relying on walking were nearing their end.
Teleportation array coordinates would appear at all leveling spots.
However, these teleportation arrays also required conquering, occupation, and naming.
The fees collected from teleportation would also belong to the guild that controlled them.
Thus, Heavenly Dao World had entered an era of total warfare.
All benefits had to be fought for.
Many perceptive individuals sensed the distinct implications of the spiritual energy resurgence in the northern war zone.
Moreover, the system indicated that only gold coins were needed to purchase multiple spiritual energy buffs.
The exact purpose of spiritual energy remained unknown to anyone.
Currently, not even players in the northern war zone were actively purchasing spiritual energy.
Some players had clicked on the spiritual energy button.
Players of the Reverse Gods Alliance had clicked on the spiritual energy purchase button.
They discovered that it now displayed a double supply option.
Furthermore, the original double spiritual energy was priced at 10 gold coins for 12 hours.
Next to the gold coin amount, there was a parenthesis.
(Dynamic Price)
This implied that the price was not fixed.
However, no one knew how this dynamic pricing worked. Was it based on real-world currency exchange rates?
Ten gold coins equated to twelve thousand Dragon Coins.
This was equivalent to the monthly salary of an average person.
However, members of the Reverse Gods Alliance enjoyed this benefit for free.
They received an uninterrupted supply of double spiritual energy for twenty-four hours.
The daily cost of this spiritual energy supply would amount to twenty-four thousand Dragon Coins in real cash.
Although the nature of the spiritual energy supply system was still unclear, everyone speculated that it was directly related to the virtual pods.
Otherwise, why would players using virtual helmets not have this button?
Moreover, Heavenly Dao World was making a massive investment this time.
All virtual helmet players would receive a free virtual pod.
Additionally, players could upgrade their virtual pods by paying extra.
The basic virtual pod was essentially given to them.
Players in the Shengjing City region were not confined to just Shengjing in reality; it encompassed the entire Liaoning Province.
All players from Liaoning Province who entered Heavenly Dao World would be allocated to the Shengjing City region within the game.
Therefore, the number of free virtual pods Heavenly Dao World would be distributing this time was incalculable.
It was not an exaggeration to say that Heavenly Dao World was incurring immense costs.
Heavenly Dao World was a completely free-to-play game.
Except for the initial limited sale of helmets, basic virtual helmets were later available for pickup simply by presenting an ID card.
Each person was limited to one pickup.
This meant that even those who didn't want to spend money could obtain a basic virtual helmet.
And all game content was entirely free.
There was no in-game shop, no subscription fees, or monthly passes.
Everything could be obtained within the game itself.
Therefore, Heavenly Dao World's sole revenue streams were the profits from the sale of high-end helmets and virtual pods.
Even now, some people questioned how the Tiandao Group company maintained its operations.
Helmets and virtual pods were either one-time purchases or close to it.
Who would frequently replace their equipment?
Moreover, during its nascent stages, the Tiandao Group had acquired all online gaming companies globally.
Now, there was only one game company and one game operating worldwide.
That was Tiandao Group's Heavenly Dao World.
All previous computer games had ceased operation and shut down their servers.
Even computer systems had stopped receiving updates over the past six months.
Many companies had begun using virtual office helmets from the Heavenly Dao World company for their operations.
These high-tech helmets operated entirely based on thought commands.
It felt as though the long-established computer was on the verge of obsolescence.
Tiandao's rapid rise had indeed caused considerable upheaval.
Numerous computer retail stores had gone out of business.
Many prestigious brands had declared bankruptcy.
Take, for instance, the computer street in Shengjing City, which was once glorious and bustling.
It was a place that taxi drivers actively avoided daily.
It was rumored that once you entered, all your efforts would be in vain, and it would take hours to get out of that street.
Now, it had become the most desolate area in Shengjing City.
Therefore, the emergence of Heavenly Dao World directly led to the collapse of the online gaming industry, followed by the disappearance of the computer industry.
Of course, there were also benefits.
First, the elimination of gambling, prostitution, and drugs.
Second, a decrease in the crime rate.
Third, an improvement in the sub-health ratio of the global population.
Fourth, global pollution had decreased by eleven percentage points in just six months.
Fifth, previously, the ratio of people choosing not to marry or divorcing far exceeded the marriage rate, and the global population was aging, with a severe imbalance in the birth rate of the new generation.
However, in the past six months, there had been a notable rebound. To this day, out of the dozen or so windows at the civil affairs bureau, the marriage window had been reduced to just one.
People now had to queue and take numbers.
It would be difficult to deny that Heavenly Dao World was responsible for these changes.
This was because all these transformations began to occur only after the advent of Heavenly Dao World.
As a result of this series of developments, governments worldwide had given Heavenly Dao World a green light.
Any requests were approved without exception.
However, global government officials had been eager to establish contact with Heavenly Dao World's senior management.
But to this day, there had been no response.
Even the faces of those in the United States were beginning to show signs of frustration, as if they were about to lose their teeth.