63. First-Person Holographic Simulation Experience

After finishing the story, Su Yu bid farewell to the village chief and stepped onto the teleportation array heading toward the City of Goldblossom.

Hum—

The magic array shimmered with layer upon layer of white light, and Su Yu’s figure vanished within it.

Simultaneously, all online players received two system notifications:

"Ding! A player has been detected arriving at the capital city. The [Pet System] is now open, the [Guild System] is now open, the [Chat Room] feature is now open, and the [First-Person Holographic Simulation Experience] feature is now open!"

"The first game expansion pack, 'The Goldblossom Empire', has officially begun. The next expansion pack will launch on August 1st. Stay tuned!"

The game content of a single expansion pack in *Evolution* was extremely rich, easily enough to keep players entertained for two years.

However, in order to rapidly accelerate the strength of the players from Blue Star, each expansion pack had been ruthlessly compressed to just two months, resulting in the simplification of many storyline elements.

For instance, a legion-scale war that should have lasted over a month might end in a mere two or three days.

If one failed to seize the right moment to participate in this great battle, many out-of-print rewards would be lost forever.

Most players, however, were unaware of this.

Upon receiving the system notifications, players stopped grinding mobs and running dungeons, immediately bursting into heated discussions:

"A player has entered the main city? It must be the big boss Nemesis, right?"

"An expansion pack every two months? Even the donkeys from the production brigade aren't this hardworking!"

"Isn't this a bit too fast? We haven't even fully experienced the current version and we're already rushing into a new one."

"Is fast updates a bad thing? I think it's pretty great! Unlike the web novels I follow, which update only one or two short, lackluster chapters a day..."

"Put that aside for a moment, everyone. I know about pets and guilds, and I can guess what the chat room is, but can someone tell me what on earth 'First-Person Holographic Simulation Experience' is?"

"No idea."

"I have zero concept of it."

Players shook their heads one after another.

Meanwhile, Sky-Slaying Sword, who was brutally slaughtering a [Level 9 Raccoon], fell into deep contemplation as he looked at the "Level 11" tag displayed right in front of Su Yu's name in his friends list.

"Why didn't Nemesis head straight to the main city upon reaching level 10, instead of grinding to level 11 in the novice village? Could there be some hidden mystery still buried in the novice village?"

After pondering for a moment, Sky-Slaying Sword said to his teammates nearby, "Let's not rush to the main city after reaching level 10. Let's search for hidden quests in the novice village first; we might just stumble upon some extra perks. Oh, and notify all mid-level officers to do the same."

"Understood!" replied the four teammates.

...

City of Goldblossom.

Standing on the massive teleportation array at the center of the city, Su Yu was also reviewing the two system notifications.

The [Pet System] and [Guild System] needed no further explanation.

The [Chat Room] could accommodate up to 100 people chatting online simultaneously, functioning essentially as a built-in gaming group chat.

As for the [First-Person Holographic Simulation Experience], this feature was quite intriguing!

Previously, players could only take screenshots and record videos within the game.

Take Su Yu's "1-versus-100" feat in the novice village, for example. It had been clearly recorded by nearby players, and countless gamers cheered wildly after watching the video.

What should you do if watching it this way still doesn't feel satisfying enough?

The official developers are here to teach you!

With this newly launched feature, if Su Yu were to record his "1-versus-100" process from a first-person perspective and other players chose to experience it, they would possess the first-person view of "Nemesis" as if they were possessed by a ghost.

It would feel as though they were the ones controlling the character "Nemesis", continuously casting skills and utterly slaughtering the players standing before them.

It offered that immersive, first-person-driven sense of being right there in the thick of the action!

...

In his past life, this feature remained lukewarm after its launch.

It wasn't until the experience video of the assassin expert "Iced Black Tea" appeared that the feature skyrocketed in popularity!

At that time, Iced Black Tea fought 300 members of the Imperial Blood Guild single-handedly. Daggers flashed, featuring stealth, backstabs, assassination, vanishing, and shadow steps...

Countless times he danced on the edge of death, countless times he launched blitz assassinations!

The 300 people were completely helpless against him, while he relied on his supreme skill to single-handedly slaughter all 300 of them!

In his previous life, Su Yu had visited this video out of curiosity. It was intensely thrilling and immensely satisfying! At the same time, he learned quite a few things from it.

Watching this video experience cost 50 gold coins per run. At the time, its cumulative global views surpassed a hundred million. With a 20% revenue share, it brought Iced Black Tea nearly a billion in income—a textbook example of getting rich overnight.

"Well, I should also find an opportunity to record some experience videos to make some money. Otherwise, with money only going out and none coming in, my funds will eventually run dry," Su Yu thought to himself.

...

Leaving the teleportation array, Su Yu summoned Tina's little mare using the red horse token.

With a soft neigh, the gentle little mare appeared beside Su Yu and rubbed its large head against his chest.

"Should I give you a name? Since you're Tina's horse, let's call you Teema!"

Su Yu placed his large leather backpack onto Teema's back and led her toward the warehouse.

After dumping all his items into the warehouse, Su Yu mounted Teema and trotted over to the pet incubation room.

"Ding! Do you wish to spend 1,000 psionic coins to enhance the [Moon-Howling Wolf Egg (Superior)]?"

"Confirm."

"Congratulations, the quality of [Moon-Howling Wolf Egg (Superior)] has been upgraded to [Moon-Howling Wolf Egg (Rare)]!"

"Ding! Do you wish to spend 10,000..."

After spending 11,000 psionic coins to upgrade the pet egg to epic quality, Su Yu handed it over to the pet incubation store owner.

"Incubating a Tier 1 Epic pet costs 328 psionic coins, and it takes 48 hours," the incubation shop owner said with a beaming smile as he looked at Su Yu.

"Shortening it to the fastest time should be 24 hours, right? How much will that cost?" Su Yu asked directly, his tone showing he knew the ropes well.

Seeing how knowledgeable Su Yu was, the shop owner looked somewhat surprised. "You're the first adventurer to grace my shop... How about this? I'll give you a 50% discount and charge you 4,000 psionic coins."

"Deal!" Su Yu paid the money readily, mounted Teema, and left the incubation room.

Incubating an Epic-grade pet indeed took 48 hours, but utilizing rare magic materials could shorten this duration, down to a maximum reduction of 24 hours.

Moreover, because rare magic materials were used, the stats of the hatched wolf pup would be somewhat higher than those hatched naturally, making those 4,000 psionic coins well worth the expense.

"Now that everything that needs to be done is finished, let's go progress the main storyline!"

Su Yu opened his quest panel and looked at the topmost quest: [Glory of the Goldblossom Empire (2/100)].

[Glory of the Goldblossom Empire (2/100)]

Quest Requirements: Head to 19 Berglet Street, the residence of Keldron, the Imperial Princess's bodyguard, and ask him for a way to obtain an audience with the Princess.

Quest Reward: Experience Points x500.

In his past life, Su Yu had never done the main storyline, nor did he know what the rewards for this main storyline would be.

"I hope it gives a few items for rapid advancement in strength, or at least high-power skill scrolls if nothing else!"

Filled with anticipation, Su Yu rode Teema toward Berglet Street.