Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch

Chapter 835: Chapter 794: Classic Server Launch Events

Camille Victoria thought of Shuihua.

The title of Shuihua as the “Goddess of Luck” was too significant.

At first, it might have indeed been a nickname that netizens used for fun, but as the nickname was used more and more, coupled with numerous examples, everyone began to believe it was true.

Among players, forwarding Shuihua’s photos for good luck has become a ritual similar to “forwarding koi fish.”

So when Camille Victoria saw the probability, she couldn’t help but think of Shuihua.

However, before trying, she needs to get the “Mountain and Sea Scroll” first.

“Where is the Mountain and Sea Scroll? Didn’t they say it’s open at the same time as the event and closed beta?”

As Camille Victoria spoke, she used the test card to re-examine her little white tiger’s attributes.

The previous training had been not surprisingly reset, with growth value returning to [1/100], level falling back to Level 1, and other attributes also dropping significantly.

However, even so, the current attributes of the white luster were indeed higher than Camille Victoria’s initial expectations.

The reason was also simple—

[White Luster ★★★★]

This little guy turned out to be a four-star pet!

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Although it’s not at the top level of six stars, it’s already quite high. Camille Victoria had thought that all pets would have to start from one star after watching the promotional ceremony earlier.

If wild spirit beasts have an initial star level when caught, the consumption to train the highest star pet would be greatly reduced!

Camille Victoria felt overjoyed.

However, after the joy, she still needed to figure out what’s going on with the “Legacy of the Ancestors: Scroll of Mountains and Seas.”

She opened the panel to find the map and followed the system prompt to bind the command “open map” to the quick gesture of “Number 8”, then decided to follow the prompts to retrieve the lost pets first, catch a few spirit beasts, and accumulate some original squad members.

Meanwhile, Yi bound the quick gesture to “raising the middle finger” and followed the map to find his lost spirit beast.

Finding the lost spirit beast was the first reaction of most advanced experience players.

After all, they have been raising them for so long, there’s some emotional attachment.

But Turner’s situation was the most special.

When others opened the map, they saw a map of the streets nearby, the initial scale was not large, and 1 cm on the map was equivalent to only 10 to 20 meters in reality.

However, when Turner opened the map, it directly showed a world map. One centimeter on the map was equivalent to 1,000 kilometers in reality!

Two green light points were struggling to move within the territory of Luxembourg.

“???”

Turner looked at these two light points in disbelief and shakily extended his hand to tap on them, but the popped-up system prompt shattered his last hope—

[Lost Spirit Beast]

“What the fuck?!”

“You really came all the way from France?!”

This was such a rip-off!

For others to find their lost spirit beasts, they only had to run hundreds of meters, or at most a few kilometers.

But for him, he had to travel across half the globe?

He couldn’t accept it!

However, life is full of disappointments, and things have happened. What can you do even if you don’t accept them?

Either take a plane to Germany, wait for the spirit beast to arrive and meet them, or wait and catch a few wild spirit beasts for temporary use.

…

Turner hesitated for half a minute, then silently set the binding key to “double middle finger” and began to catch spirit beasts.

– Although he didn’t lack money, he wasn’t wealthy to such an outrageous extent.

Not to mention the time pressure. The third Peak War was already near, and he had to play enough games in the Daxie War Zone to get a chance to participate in the Peak War.

This was his closest opportunity to become the Peak War champion! He had to seize this chance, otherwise…

He would have to wait for the next one.

*

Captain Strawberry’s live broadcast room opened early as well.

For many game streamers, coming outside in winter before 8 o’clock in the morning is quite a challenge.

But for Captain Strawberry, a former “outdoor streamer,” it was a piece of cake – especially since the weather in Xiajing City was great today.

She once again asked a friend to help her with the live broadcast. Previously, she didn’t make much money from outdoor live streaming, so she couldn’t afford to hire an assistant.

However, the situation had improved significantly recently with the popularity of “Pokémon.”

In particular, the photo of her signaling a scissors gesture with the North Sea Giant Beast emerging from the water behind her had been widely circulated on the internet, making her an overnight web celebrity.

Captain Strawberry quickly grasped the opportunity and smoothly transitioned from “outdoor streamer” to “outdoor pet-catching streamer,” which is, in other words, a “game streamer.”

She held a significant advantage.

She was very familiar with the outdoor environment in Xiajing, plus she was used to running outside every day.

She had ample experience in knowing how to dress fashionably, keep warm, and not hinder movement.

Finally, she was also in great physical shape for chasing after the little pets.

While others were still searching for their lost spirit beasts, Captain Strawberry had already quickly retrieved three pets – especially the white deer [Fuzhu] that Leo had given her. It was the first one to be taken back.

Although the star level was only [★★★], she decided to prioritize its training.

Not only was it her pet, but it also had many fans in the live broadcast room who liked it. There was no way she could abandon it.

As she started chasing the first wild spirit beast on her bicycle, Captain Strawberry finally noticed something special-

The dragon sparrow she was chasing seemed to have something in its mouth!

As she peddled closer, she saw that it was a bright red fruit, which looked like… the “Spirit Fruit” from the shop!

“Hit it!” Captain Strawberry decisively commanded.

Standing on her shoulder, her spirit beast Fuzhu instantly shot a water jet at the dragon sparrow.

But the dragon sparrow flapped its wings and dodged the attack with a swift acceleration, then turned around and spit back a small fireball in retaliation.

Fuzhu, standing on his master’s shoulder, had little room to maneuver, so it jumped onto Captain Strawberry’s head to dodge the attack.

The dragon sparrow swooped in close and swiped down with a claw.

Fuzhu, standing on its master’s head, braced itself with its deer antlers to meet the attack.

It looked quite brave, but it didn’t help much.

The wild dragon sparrow was Level 2, possessing the abilities of Flight and Fire Control.

Fuzhu, on the other hand, was Level 1, with Water Control and Purification abilities. It was clearly at a disadvantage in the fight.

And the most troublesome part: the two little creatures fighting on Captain Strawberry’s head meant she couldn’t see the battle at all. All she could do was keep asking, “What’s happening now? Who’s winning? Should I change my pet?”

She was frantic.

It took her several seconds to react, finally stopping her bicycle and commanding, “Get down! Stop fighting on my head!”

Fuzhu obediently jumped back onto the ground, but the dragon sparrow continued to pursue him.

Captain Strawberry finally saw that Fuzhu was at a significant disadvantage and quickly commanded, “Fuzhu, retreat! Whistling snake, engage!”

Fuzhu responded and turned into a white light, returning to her body. Another copper bell emerged in front of her, and the four-winged whistling snake flew out from the bell, attacking the half-health dragon sparrow.

[Whistling Snake ★★★]

Level: LV.1

Abilities: Flight, Wind Control

Although its level was still at the initial Level 1, it could also fly, so it shouldn’t be too disadvantaged.

As for the relationship between wind and fire, Captain Strawberry didn’t have time to consider that.

In any case, Cloud Dream hadn’t established a strict attribute table, and there was no clear relationship between abilities. Players were still slowly researching this aspect.

In the end, even the whistling snake was defeated. Captain Strawberry used her last little fox, Chenghuang, to successfully defeat the Level 2 dragon sparrow.

The main reason was her unwillingness to let her pets get seriously injured. She would hurriedly swap them out once they lost one-third of their health.

The battle rewards were as follows: one dragon sparrow, a hundred copper coins, some experience, two copper bells, three bags of feed, and one spirit fruit.

Obviously, the [Spirit Fruit] was an additional reward.

In the retail shop, the price of a single [Spirit Fruit] was as high as 1,500 copper coins, which was far beyond the normal battle income.

“So, is this spirit fruit the ‘Legacy of the Ancestors’? Is it something the spirit beasts brought from their homeland? And the Mountain and Sea Scroll is also one of these relics?”

“But those giant divine beasts shouldn’t be their mom and dad?”

Captain Strawberry was a bit confused.

However, she didn’t dwell on it and decisively pocketed the spirit fruit, letting [Chenghuang] heal [Fuzhu] and [whistling snake], while opening the map to search for the next spirit beast.

“Since each spirit beast carries additional treasures, then every battle is pure profit!”

Normally, fighting high-level spirit beasts like she was doing came with risks.

If one of her spirit beasts was completely depleted of its health and lost its ability to fight, it would take six hours to revive.

If she didn’t want to wait, she would need to buy healing items, but those were expensive, and the battle rewards might not even cover the cost of healing her spirit beasts.

That would be a waste.

But now that there were additional rewards, it was an entirely different matter! It entirely covered any potential losses!

Fight!

Everything was worth fighting!

“As long as my legs don’t give out today, I’m going to hunt spirit beasts until the last minute!”

Captain Strawberry was instantly invigorated.

Not just her, but also many players slowly discovered this fact and realized the true content of this event:

All wild spirit beasts carried extra spoils of war: coins, feed, immortal herbs, spirit fruit, immortal dew, flat peaches, medicine, high-level bells… Everything imaginable.

This instantly ignited everyone’s enthusiasm for the game, as they feverishly chased after every spirit beast that appeared on the map.

…

Yi gasped for breath and said, “Ha—Ha—Ha— I get it! This is like the classic double experience and double loot activities during server launch.”

“But— But— Hasn’t Cloud Dream vastly overestimated my stamina?!”

“And… where’s the Scroll? Where’s the most important Mountain and Sea Scroll?”

This was also everyone’s question.

Online discussions were buzzing, with people continually sharing their precious loot in the forum.

But the Scroll of Mountains and Seas, the most important of all, was still nowhere to be found.

It wasn’t until one hour into the launch that a clue finally appeared-

Someone posted on the Cloud Dream Forum with a picture of a Zou Wu beast, asking, “Why can’t I catch up with this spirit beast? I’ve been chasing for a full 10 minutes, and I still can’t catch it! I finally found a public bicycle, and when I turned around, it was gone!”

Soon someone replied to the post, but instead of answering the question, they exclaimed in surprise:

“Wait! Does this spirit beast have a painting in its mouth?”