Chapter 130:- Vacation Ruined !!

In the southwestern part of the game world, the Dread Lord and the Wither King led Nether creatures on a wild killing spree.

Because of the existence of the Dread Lord, they can accurately locate the players' bases every time.

The Dread Lord is exceptionally sensitive to the aura of fear.

Its entire body is made of bones, and it doesn't even have a nose, yet somehow, its sense of smell is sharper than that of a dog.

It can detect the aura of fear over a large area.

Following those auras of fear, it naturally can locate the players' positions.

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These extraordinary combat-powered monsters and the players are not on the same level; naturally, the players have no way to resist.

Although the players' operational skills have greatly improved, facing these monsters, the difference in raw power is still too vast.

The players in these areas can only resign themselves to fate.

Just as they envied the players in other areas, they realized that it seemed like none of the players in the game world were doing well.

Players not located in the regions covered by those extraordinary monsters initially felt fortunate.

But they soon discovered that danger now lurked everywhere in the world.

There were fully armed villagers with excellent skills and golem armies.

There were various animals that appeared harmless but could easily kill players.

Although players still had some ability to fight back against these villagers and animals, they mostly lost far more than they won.

The players' status has undoubtedly plummeted, instantly dropping to the bottom of the food chain.

At this moment, the game's forums were practically overflowing with players' grievances.

"Is there still justice? Is there still any law?! How are we supposed to play without buffs?!"

"This is too damn ridiculous; I just want to ask, how many of these self-aware monsters are there in the world now?"

"Wait a second, wasn't Entity 303 defeated by a noob? How is it still in the game?!"

"Excuse me, which faction does that seaweed skeleton belong to? Is it HIM's underling?"

"HIM's been very active lately, infecting players everywhere."

"Is HIM plotting something recently? The Death Knight and Ender Dragon have also started slaughtering players—what's the deal?!"

"This game is no longer just about HIM!! All these monsters, those villagers, and animals—they're all going crazy and harvesting us like crops!!"

"Hurry up and report this to the officials!!! It's unplayable without buffs!!"

"..."

The current state of the world could be described as chaotic and unstable.

War was brewing everywhere.

All the factions in the game world were growing rapidly, nourished by the resources provided by the players.

At this moment, at the headquarters of Zero Point Company.

The executives, unable to withstand the pressure from player feedback, convened another emergency meeting.

Initially, they planned to invite Mo Jiang to brainstorm solutions for them again. But Mo Jiang said he was busy and couldn't come.

The executives naturally knew Mo Jiang was deliberately avoiding them but didn't call him out on it.

So, this matter had to be resolved internally by the executives.

"What should we do now? Add some mods?"

"Did you carefully watch the feedback videos from the players? What's the use of adding mods? It's just some weapon mods—you can't crank the weapon stats too high all at once. It's totally useless!"

"True... Adding standard weapon mods doesn't help, and if we boost the stats, the game's balance will be ruined... Damn, this is so hard to handle!"

"How about... we ask Notch? It seems like the current game situation is already beyond our control..."

It wasn't that the Zero Point Company executives were incompetent. The main issue was that despite years of game development, they had never encountered a situation like this in the game before.

Previously, the generation of HIM in the game was already absurd enough. Now it seemed that more self-aware monsters had appeared, each ridiculously powerful.

That alone would have been manageable since these monsters were generated by the game itself, and Zero Point Company couldn't control them.

These monsters had no data or code, so even deploying GMs couldn't eliminate them.

The only thing they could control was the in-game entities they had coded themselves.

But the ridiculous thing was that even these coded entities were now evolving consciousness.

Villagers, animals, monsters, and more.

They were now completely disconnected from their original coded design.

When the company first designed villagers, it was purely for trading with players.

Now, however, the villagers had completely turned the tables and were looting the players instead.

Animals, initially designed to provide hunger points for players, were now outright rebelling.

Luckily, plants hadn't yet evolved consciousness, so players could still scrape by on a vegetarian diet to fill their hunger bars.

The game environment was now incredibly harsh.

Players were in a precarious position, with threats every three steps and certain death every five.

If this problem wasn't addressed properly, it would inevitably lead to a massive player exodus.

At that point, the executives wouldn't be able to give a satisfactory explanation.

"There's no other way. The game's situation is too chaotic; we can't resolve it ourselves..."

"We'll have to inform Notch. Even if he can't come back immediately, he might have some advice..."

"Alright, since everyone agrees, let's notify Notch."

After discussion, the executives decided it was time to inform Notch about the situation in the game.

Although Notch had told them not to disturb him unless it was absolutely critical, the current game situation was indeed dire.

"Tell the customer service department to compile all the videos and feedback from recent times into a folder and send it to me."

Once the executives gave the order, the customer service team immediately got to work.

The team initially thought it would be a quick task, but it ended up taking them an entire day just to gather all the materials. It took another day to organize everything into a cohesive folder. This was despite being rushed and working overnight at the executives' insistence.

When the folder was finally ready, it totaled over 50 GB.

It even exceeded the data size of some large-scale games. Of that, the files related to HIM alone accounted for over 30 GB.

But the customer service team was no longer surprised.

Since the game's launch, HIM had been the most frequently reported issue. After dealing with HIM, all the other feedback from the game seemed less shocking.

Once the folder was prepared, it was immediately sent to the company executives.

After a brief review, the executives forwarded the folder to Notch's email.

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Meanwhile, on a beach in Hawaii, Notch was lying on a deck chair, wearing sunglasses. Beside him was a fruit platter filled with tropical fruits.

Next to the platter was a bottle of champagne and a wine glass.

Notch picked up the glass, drained the champagne in one gulp, and popped a few grapes into his mouth.

"Now, this is the life!"

He swung his legs leisurely and admired the bikinied beauties on the beach.

After spending ten years developing a game, sacrificing his hair to sleepless nights, he had finally made it. Now was the time to enjoy life.

Initially, he didn't expect the game to gain much popularity. But to his surprise, it became the most popular game of the moment.

Notch wasn't the founder of Zero Point Company. He came from a humble background, with a passion for gaming and programming. When he created the game "Minecraft," he sent its prototype to Zero Point Company on a whim.

To his surprise, they were interested. At first, Zero Point Company offered to buy the game outright, but Notch refused, given the blood, sweat, and tears he'd poured into it.

After negotiations, Notch became the largest shareholder of Zero Point Company's Minecraft project.

This allowed him to retire early.

Shortly after the game's launch, Notch handed over the reins and began enjoying his vacation.

Just as he was admiring the scenery, a notification on his phone interrupted him.

Opening it, he saw it was an email. When he opened the email, he saw a folder.

His eyes caught the size of the folder: 53 GB.

Notch fell silent.

"What the hell is this?..."

Seeing the sender was Zero Point Company's executives, and the folder was titled "Please Take a Look!!",

he muttered, "Have they developed another game or something?"

Notch didn't think much of it. He closed the email, planning to review the folder later in his gaming rig.

Just as he closed it, his phone rang.

It was a call from the executives who had sent him the email.

Notch answered, but before he could say a word, the executive on the other end urgently said, "Notch... Sorry to bother you."

"Please, take a look at the folder we just sent you. It's about issues within the game. Once you've gone through it, give me a call back!"

Hearing the executive's tone, it sounded like something serious had happened.

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