NOVGO.NET Chapter 981 - 360: Version Update Begins, Time Stops
Chapter 981: Chapter 360: Version Update Begins, Time Stops
Even after the merging increased the population nearly fivefold, they didn’t feel weaker than others.
Amid the attention of everyone.
The time reached 23:59:50...
Just ten seconds left.
When the countdown hit 60 seconds.
A system prompt appeared!
[All Survivors, please note: You have successfully survived the Construction Week, a new phase is about to open.]
[At the end of the official period, the number of survivors is: 4.353 billion, recent total deaths: 217 million, remaining people: 4.136 billion, total death rate: 4.98%]
[Congratulations! You have once again adapted to the survival rhythm of this world, the new version content is being updated, please get ready!]
...
Within the territory, Cao Xing sat on a chair on the first floor of the Lord Mansion, Liu Muxue sitting right next to him.
Cao Xing thought: "Only two hundred million deaths?"
Compared to the last time’s nearly 15% death rate, this time only 5% — a significant increase in survival rate.
As the system said, everyone has already adapted to this world.
Meanwhile, the system prompt continued to appear.
[As there is a significant amount of content in this update, a one-hour Time Stop period will occur next.]
[In the Time Stop state, everything except Survivors Lord and your Subordinate Lords will be unable to move. Survivors are only allowed to be active within their territory but cannot operate any construction, please try to stay put until the Time Stop ends.]
[Time Stop remaining time: 59 minutes 59 seconds...]
...
When the prompt ended.
All global survivors could feel it, time had stopped!
Everything around had ceased operating.
The flame burning in the furnace, at this moment resembled being frozen in amber, the flickering flame was precisely fixed.
The smoke billowing in the air was also as if carved into the air, every strand was clearly visible.
Even the snowflakes in the air, each suspended mid-air, with their patterns clearly visible.
The survivors exclaimed in astonishment.
"Whoa! Time stop, such an awesome ability!"
"Indeed, should we say nothing less than the system? To achieve even this, it’s really terrifying!"
"An entire hour... Brothers and sisters, I need not say what to do, right?"
"Haha, I get it, I’ve long craved to indulge in those abs of the knight dude in the territory!"
"Whoa, then I’m going after the cook in the territory!"
"Charge!!!"
These goofy survivors, suddenly thought of using the Time Stop hour to do indescribable things.
However, these people soon came back with dejected faces.
"Guys, I tried it, the system told me I couldn’t touch anything, including those subjects."
"Me too, even my skills got blocked, I was planning on using the hour to eliminate enemies."
Everyone shook their heads in disappointment.
Cao Xing and Liu Muxue exchanged a glance, lightly laughed: "Seems like we have to behave for this hour."
The beauty gently nodded as well.
The system prompt continued to appear.
[Time Stop has commenced, starting to release update content now...]
[Update Content ①: The second merging is initiated, now merging your area 17 with four other districts 16, 18, 19, 20.]
...
Upon hearing the system prompt, everyone stood still and waited.
Just like last time, as the merging began, the sensation of world expansion appeared again.
In the blink of an eye, it was complete.
Cao Xing took a look at his mini-map.
Sure enough, there were many unexplored blank areas added.
From the looks of it, they seem to encompass a large part of the Ice Crystal Kingdom, and even a piece of another kingdom’s map was lit up.
Cao Xing wondered: "Isn’t this merging based on map range?"
"How come survivors from other kingdoms are merged with us?"
Liu Muxue was also puzzled.
Shook her head, not overthinking it.
After all, they couldn’t reach that far yet.
Not to mention other kingdoms, they haven’t even been to the main city of the Ice Crystal Kingdom.
The system prompt appeared again.
[The second merging is completed, your district server is now changed to Four Districts...]
Cao Xing glanced at it.
[Four Districts online population: 931263/931263]
...
"Only 930,000 people? Far less than I expected," mused Cao Xing.
However, this was the normal state.
After all, the number of survivors in each district was different. Having so many survived in their district 17 was already rare.
The entire Four Districts saw a several-fold increase in population, and the chat channel was instantly flooded with messages.
Cao Xing didn’t look at these messages, instead continued to wait for the new content update...
Soon, the second update content appeared.
[Update Content ②: Information block feature is now available regarding natives, you can’t actively reveal infos like ’system’, ’Blue Star’, ’version challenge’, etc.]
[Update Content ③: Life Skill proficiency is now enabled, you can now check subjects’ proficiency to see their progress to the next Level]
[Update Content ④: Territory Prosperity interface, involving multipoint statistics including Melting Furnace Level, population, legion strength, loyalty, business relationship, lord strength, etc...]
(Note: The higher the Prosperity, the more special talents can be attracted to join.)
[Update Content ⑤: Prosperity Ranking is now live, based on territory’s prosperity, number one will receive a 20% resource gathering speed bonus, ranks 2~10 will get a 10% resource gathering speed bonus, ranks 11~100 will get a 5% resource gathering speed bonus]