Chapter 10: Final Preparations (Vote for Recommendations!)

The 10-minute-long promotional video seemed to Li Mu like every frame was burning RMB, and he wondered how much money had been spent to produce such an extravagant piece...

If Li Mu were to rate this promotional video, out of a perfect score of 100, he would give it 99 – deducting one point to keep them from becoming too proud.

The visuals, characters, sound effects, special effects... every aspect was definitely top-notch in the industry and could even be watched as a movie.

No, it's likely that most movies could not even compare...

And the so-called "thought acceleration technology" also filled him with curiosity.

However, Li Mu was not like other netizens who got all excited after watching the promotional video.

On the contrary, he was very calm at this moment.

"The promotional video is great, but... can the game really be as good as the promotional video?"

Countless facts have proven that nowadays, as virtual reality is just starting to take off, there are many games that are all sizzle and no steak.

Even though the promotional video for the "Elf Kingdom" was impressively spectacular, it does not necessarily represent the actual game.

After shutting off the promotional video, Li Mu casually opened a search engine and unsurprisingly found that "Elf Kingdom" had already sparked widespread discussion on major social networks.

Clearly, such a high-quality trailer, combined with mysterious new technology, had already whetted the netizens' appetites.

Actually, Li Mu was also quite curious.

Setting aside everything else, even though he had never heard of this game company before, he could tell that this work was definitely a major production!

After all, it was clear that the promotional video had burned RMB like it was Joss Paper, and Li Mu guessed that the cost was probably higher than many of the virtual reality games that were currently on the market.

Under such circumstances, he thought about it and felt that even if the game was lacking, it probably wouldn't be too bad...

Moreover, he was very interested in that "thought acceleration technology."

Not only that, the "Elf Kingdom" promotional video had already exploded in public opinion and was also the best video material...

Thinking of this, Li Mu nodded:

"This game is worth a shot."

He then clicked on the game's registration link.

The webpage changed once more, bringing up the official site of "Elf Kingdom."

The official website was very crude, like it was haphazardly doodled by an amateur, which made Li Mu seriously doubt whether this was the same company that had made the special effects for the promotional video.

But despite its crumbliness, it had everything a small sparrow would have, forums, comment sections, data columns, and so on.

Li Mu glanced over it and clicked on the registration on the homepage—

The screen flashed, jumping to the registration page.

"Welcome to the registration for 'Elf Kingdom' June 1st non-wipe beta test."

"For your gaming experience, please fill in your identity information and related data, thank you for your cooperation..."

Taking a look at the registration requirements, Li Mu was not surprised.

Virtual reality games were highly addictive, so regulations that required real-name verification had already been introduced a year ago.

He filled in his information with ease and clicked on the register button.

"Registration successful! You are the 515,494th player to register for 'Elf Kingdom'. Thank you for your participation!"

Seeing this number, Li Mu's mouth fell open slightly.

"Goodness! Five hundred thousand registrants... that's too exaggerated..."

"Can the servers even handle this?"

The servers for virtual reality games are certainly not on par with those for ordinary online games!

After a moment of mild astonishment, he continued to read.

"The first batch of beta tests has a quota of 300 places, and we will randomly select registrants within a week. Please keep an eye on your email and text messages."

"Thank you for your understanding and support!"

Li Mu: ...

"Three hundred places? Are they joking?!"

At this moment, he was tempted to smash the keyboard.

His expression changing unpredictably, Li Mu drained his coffee in one gulp.

"Forget it, I can always borrow an account to play when the time comes."

His anticipation greatly reduced, Li Mu shook his head, closed the webpage, and went off in search of other prey...

Time flew by quickly.

In the ancient Segis Plane, within the Elf Forest.

Nearly a month had passed, and the World Tree at this moment had undergone some changes compared to before.

Although the vast majority of its branches were still withered, the lower part and the top had begun to show a hint of green.

This was not intentional by Yvette; instead, as She revived, the World Tree naturally began to instinctively repair itself.

Even though the process was slow, even though the World Tree was still in a near-death state, given time, even without doing anything else, it could slowly recover...

However, this process would be exceedingly long, and without external assistance, it might take thousands or even tens of thousands of years to return to its peak.

Yvette naturally wouldn't just wait; after all, who knows if a powerful enemy might come knocking.

These days, She had the Oak Guardian clean out all threats within a ten-kilometer radius, preparing for the "game" that was about to begin its internal test.

In the future, this place would become the main base of the elf civilization.

Simultaneously, She spent 3 Divine Power points to establish a concealment barrier, covering the maximum range She could control—a ten-kilometer radius—preventing the outside world from witnessing the changes occurring to the World Tree.

There was no other reason; this period was Yvette's weakest time, and She had to ensure She wouldn't be disturbed until Her Divine Power reached 100.

Once Divine Power reached 100, She would officially exit the near-death state and also be able to create an avatar, as well as more conveniently use Her own abilities.

Glancing over Her own status, Yvette sighed inwardly.

"There's still 11 Divine Power points left... I hope 'Elf Kingdom' won't disappoint me."

It was only because the Oak Guardian Berserker had wiped out one more Half-Beast Hunting Team these past few days that She managed to maintain Her Divine Power above 10 points.

However, the persistent appearance of Half-Beasts also sounded an alarm for Yvette.

There was a Half-Beast Tribe near the Elf Forest, and Yvette had confirmed this. While their power was considered not that strong among the many Half-Beast tribes, this tribe's proximity to the Elf Forest made them a real threat.

Not to mention, behind the Half-Beasts was one of the World Tree's nemeses—the God of Winter and Hunting, Uller.

Regrettably, Yvette's current sphere of influence was only ten kilometers, and Her power was limited, so the Berserker was isolated and unable to uproot the enemy in one fell swoop...

"Perhaps, after the first batch of players arrive and advance to a certain level, it can be left to them..."

"Level 1 is still too low. When the time comes, I can first assist them in breaking through the apprentice stage through quests, advancing to level 11 Black Iron Lower..."

With Yvette's power, directly bestowing players with level 11 strength wouldn't consume much Divine Power, but in order to keep players from dying foolishly too easily, She decided to fix their strength at level 1 after their birth and resurrection.

At least initially.

"This way, those folks should value their lives a bit more, right? And I can relax a little."

Players would have a much larger range of activity than Yvette. Through testing, She discerned that the elven bodies She crafted and Her connection could reach up to a hundred kilometers, any further, and the link would be severed.

Of course, if they were Believers, the connection could be much further because there is a faith channel that exists between Believers and the Divine.

However, being a Blue Star person, Yvette didn't expect her fellow Blue Star people to provide Her with faith, after all, to them, it was just a game.

And a hundred kilometers was also the initial maximum range of activity planned for the players, to prevent players from getting lost, She had already set things up so when players stepped outside this boundary, they would automatically contact the mother tree and be forcibly teleported back.

Furthermore, as Yvette's strength improves, the range of player activities can expand. If She becomes of significant Divine Power, She can even allow players to roam freely across the entire Plane!

Subsequently, Yvette once again immersed Her consciousness into the Divine Space...

After testing the operation of the game system in consciousness and feeling no issues, Yvette refocused Her attention to the center of Her own crown.

There, hung three hundred egg-shaped light orbs, flickering with a dim glow and exuding the breath of life.

These were the first batch of bodies She had created.

The bodies were mature, and the revival mechanism had already been set up; next was to finalize the players, and then prepare for the arrival of the little darlings!

Yvette was very satisfied and reconnected to the Blue Star Network world, beginning to select potential players with promise...