Chapter 394: Tianyao Company's Big Move
On July 7st, there are only twenty-four hours left before the release of version 1.

In the president's office, Ma Rulong and Xiao Yan both entered the virtual warehouse.

Now Tianyao Company’s virtual immersion time delay technology can stably reach 1:6.

However, the manufacturing of related hardware is too complex and expensive, and it cannot be popularized in normal virtual services in a short period of time.

Currently, only the senior management and design department staff of Tianyao Company can use the relevant equipment.

Who doesn't wish they had more time for themselves?
Now Ma Rulong basically spends all his working time in the virtual warehouse.

At this moment, Xiao Yan was checking the overall planning details of version 2.1 with Ma Rulong.

Ma Rulong listened very carefully, frowning from time to time:
"Xiao Yan, your arrangement is indeed reasonable, but whether it will work or not still depends on the feedback from the market."

Xiao Yan also sighed:

"Boss Ma, I have no choice. You have seen the 2.0 version. The development of the players in the national server is obviously one level ahead of other servers. The average level has reached eight-star Douling, and the proportion of Douwang players is ten percentage points higher than that of other servers."

In fact, before Doupo was launched, Tianyao had already completed all the content from version 1.0 to 1.3.

Version 2.0 is also being updated normally as planned.

The problem is in version 1.3.

At Tianyao Company's internal R&D and operations discussion meeting, once various data were listed, the heads of various departments discovered a very outrageous problem.

Same version, same output limit, same time.

Even because the game plots and NPCs of other countries are original and targeted to suit local culture, the difficulty of other servers has been slightly lowered.

The end result is that the development of players on the Chinese server is still ahead of all other servers.

There are three opinions within Tianyao Company regarding this situation.

The first is to maintain the status quo.

The second is to increase the difficulty of the game for domestic players in order to ensure the healthy operation of the game.

The third is the plan proposed by Xiao Yan: continue to expand the game content!

The result of the meeting at that time was to maintain the status quo and see how version 2.0 performs.

Therefore, version 2.0 is updated according to the established game content.

But when the data of version 2.0 was presented at the R&D and operation meeting five days ago, all those who held the first view shut up.

Only the two groups with the second and third opinions were arguing with each other.

In the end, Xiao Yan stepped forward as chief designer, took the lead and chose the third option.

However, the chain reaction brought about by expanding the game content will be more uncontrollable and will increase the workload of various departments as well as Tianyao Company's development investment.

Therefore, even with Ma Rulong's support, Xiao Yan only got the chance for one version.

If the online time and consumption willingness of players of this version are lower than those of version 2.0, the second plan will be implemented later.

"Boss Ma, you also got addicted to playing games when you were young, right?"

Ma Rulong: "Of course. When I was young forty years ago, I played all kinds of games with your sister-in-law after get off work every day."

Xiao Yan: "So Mr. Ma, you must also understand that if you blindly increase the difficulty of the game and reduce the output of the game to control the increase in the player's numerical value, it is easy for players to quit the game due to lack of positive feedback and fatigue!"

"Although other game companies are now being squeezed by us and can only make competitive games and casual games, the online game market is so big that they are always watching and ready to bite us back!"

The more Ma Rulong listened, the deeper his frown deepened.

Because what Xiao Yan said made sense.

Today's players are not the leeks of their generation.

There are many ways to retain players, but there is always one core:
Experience!

Xiao Yan smiled and said:

"There are still some conservatives in the company, but it doesn't matter, I'll take care of it! I'm the banker, and I can't let them ruin the game I worked so hard to make. It's useless to suppress the development of players blindly. If I make the game content and gameplay more and better, and let the players be addicted, how can they not pay for it?"

"To restrict the development of players, we can only start from confrontation and NPC resurrection. Reduce output? Increase difficulty? Now players can only be patient with NPCs. If they fail after ten days or half a month to complete a task, they will immediately delete their accounts and quit!"

Ma Rulong said:
"That doesn't mean we'll just let the players develop as they please."

"As long as they are capable enough, they can develop as they please!"

At this point, Xiao Yan smiled somewhat sinisterly:
"This 2.1 version has been greatly revised. The difficulty of upgrading for ordinary players has been significantly reduced, and the plot focuses on the Black Horn Region. Using the special rules of the Black Horn Region, the confrontation is greatly strengthened, allowing players' levels to jump back and forth!"

"If you fail in the fight, you will lose levels rapidly, then your level will increase rapidly, and you may even trigger various opportunities to increase your strength. Then you can take revenge, fight again, fail again, and improve again, and repeat this process over and over again!"

"With obvious improvements as a guarantee, players have enough confidence to take revenge. The process of achieving this goal is definitely countless times better than suppressing output!"

Ma Rulong: "What about the top players? The top 20 on the battle power list! They are likely to reach Dou Zong in this version. Especially the one named Yang Shan, his account is really impeccable, I'm afraid he can kill people easily if he gives it to a middle-aged person like me!"

Xiao Yan: "Come, Mr. Ma, look at this!"

Ma Rulong's eyes widened when he looked at the information Xiao Yan handed over.

The title of the page above is called "The big storyline in the middle and late stages of version 2.1 - the top beast tide in the Black Horn Region"!
The title lists in detail the levels and numbers of monsters that will be arranged in this plot!

Ma Rulong: "Good fellow, you are really sinister!"

"What's the secret? This is an open conspiracy!"

Xiao Yan said confidently: "Those top players, if they have the guts, just stay alive in this version. Otherwise, even Yang Shan has a high chance of failing in this version! If they lose three stars after dying once, how can they challenge Dou Zong?"

Ma Rulong: "What if there are really top players who are hiding all the time?"

Xiao Yan: "Let him hide as he pleases! It won't reduce his output. How can those top players resist grabbing those top items? If they just hide and don't fight, it would be a miracle if they can develop quickly. This is a perfect closed loop, hehehe"

Ma Rulong laughed and scolded:
"Did you go crazy from debugging the Soul Palace recently? Why do you keep laughing like that?" Xiao Yan thought:

"I guess so. The main reason is that all eight clans are here. The Soul Clan can no longer bear the status of the big boss. Zhongzhou still needs to make more adjustments."

Ma Rulong: "A few days ago, I saw the news reported by the Operations Department that the player named Su Yitang had sneaked into Zhongzhou. Is the impact serious?"

Xiao Yan: "It doesn't matter. There are some opportunities pointing to Zhongzhou. This will also facilitate the connection to the future Zhongzhou version. The protagonist of the original novel is Dou Zong, and he has to find a backer in Zhongzhou! How can a Dou Huang be popular in Zhongzhou?"

Ma Rulong looked at his watch:
"It's almost time, let's get ready to start the new version release conference!"

Xiao Yan: "Okay, I'll go first."

Ma Rulong reminded:

"Don't let anything slip like last time, kid!"

Xiao Yan: "Don't worry, I know what's going on!"

Perhaps something went wrong at the last version 2.0 preview conference, so this time, Xiao Yan, as the host of the conference, was much more restrained.

However, compared to Ma Rulong, Xiao Yan's hosting was much more free and easy and brief.

"Ahem! Hello, all the big sponsors of Doupo! I am Xiao Yan, the chief planner of Doupo. I won't talk about new technologies or new concepts. They are meaningless. Please watch the VCR!"

The first screen of the new expansion pack 2.1 is dedicated to the beautiful Queen Medusa!
In front of Queen Medusa, the blue lotus core fire was swaying in the center of the lotus platform.

The captain of the guard, Hua She'er, and the head of the eight commanders, Yue Mei, stood respectfully behind him.

Queen Medusa said calmly:

"Yue Mei, go and ask Master Yi Dao to come over!"

"Hua She'er, contact Xiao Aotian!"

Yang Shan and a group of company employees were watching the live broadcast together.

Su Yitong excitedly grabbed Yang Shan's shoulders:

"Wow! Boss, you have a new expansion pack! You have a new expansion pack!"

Yang Shan turned his head and looked at Su Yitong.

Although Su Yitong was dressed very conservatively today, she could still see the rabbit jumping around at such a close distance.

Su Yitong didn't notice it. She was excited and envious:

"When can I play a supporting role in an expansion pack?"

Yang Shan: “There is a chance.”

Bai Su'an stroked his beard and analyzed rationally:

"Telling Mr. Yang to please and telling Xiao Aotian to contact you, this has already vaguely created a gap in status. Will Tianyao Company deliberately stir up hatred between the players?"

Yang Shan shook his head:
"That's not the case. My status in the Serpent Clan is indeed much higher than Xiao Aotian's. Medusa should treat me differently."

Yang Shan is very concerned about the content of the expansion pack.

Because the beginning of this expansion pack is different from the previous life.

In the previous life, Medusa did appear first in the 2.1 expansion pack.

It is true that Medusa wants to use the Blue Lotus Earth Core Fire to complete her advancement.

But Medusa didn’t mention any players!
But now it is mentioned.

The next scene made Yang Shan’s face freeze completely.

At the top of the Canaan Academy's Burning Heaven Refining Qi Tower, Su Qian and Hu Qian both had worried expressions on their faces:
"With the change of power, the Black Horn Region is about to be in chaos again"

Then, Black Emperor Sect's leader Mo Tianxing, the three great elders of Demon Flame Valley, Thousand Spots City's Ban Lao, Blood Sect's Fan Lao, Mad Lion Gang's Tiewu, and Earth Flame Sect's Yan Zhe all appeared on the scene!
The leaders of the Black Horn Region gathered together. On the table in front of them was a map of the Black Horn Region.

There are densely packed resource points marked on it.

The people at the helm pointed at these resource points one by one, their expressions were either serious or angry, but their voices were blocked.

Following the three elders of the Demon Flame Valley taking action.

The major leaders also urged their fighting skills.

The picture was stained with various fighting spirits and nothing could be seen.

When all kinds of fighting spirit dissipated.

A translucent soul body fell to the ground, its old face full of fatigue.

The next moment, several dark shadows surrounded the soul body.

Han Feng, with a pale face and a sickly smile, slowly approached:

"Master, we haven't seen each other for years. Why are you running away as soon as you see me? Keep running!"

Han Feng gathered strong fighting spirit in his palm, and flames submerged his soul body.

The picture dimmed, and a line of white words slowly emerged:
Fights Break Sphere 2.1, this time, the story is left to you!
Su Yitong noticed that Yang Shan's expression was not right, and secretly sent a message:

"Boss, what's wrong with you?"

Yang Shan came back to his senses:

"Oh, when I triggered Yao Lao's opportunity before, I had a lot of fun chatting with Yao Lao. I didn't expect Han Feng to find him. It seems that in this version, we players have to save Yao Lao from Han Feng. The pressure is a bit high!"

(End of this chapter)