Sacred Souls: Genesis-Chapter 119 - 117: Invisible Player Comes Online (5th Update! Subscription needed! Monthly ticket needed!)

Chapter 119: Chapter 117: Invisible Player Comes Online (5th Update! Subscription needed! Monthly ticket needed!)

On the sixth day of the May Day holiday, just as the players had defeated Queen Mei, Xia Shan was working overtime in the company.

As a player who was granted gameplay credentials in the second batch, compared to those elite players who had beaten the five Knights and Queen Mei in the Divine Battles, Xia Shan was virtually invisible.

Up to now, Xia Shan was still striving to save enough Gold Coins to upgrade the manor in her game; as for what Queen Mei looked like, Xia Shan had never actually seen her in the game.

She only saw some beautiful images of Queen Mei occasionally posted by game bloggers on Weibo and forums.

“Wuwuwu, I really want to lie in Sister Fureya’s arms and seek comfort.”

Xia Shan picked up her coffee and took a sip; it was her fourth day of overtime. If it weren’t for the generous overtime pay, she would never squat in the office coding.

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“The server’s up, the server’s up, the server’s up!”

The pet robot, Tian Gong No. 13, suddenly vocalized, repeating these three words continuously. This was an alarm function Xia Shan had set to remind her of the game server’s activation time.

“The server’s up?” Xia Shan immediately put down her coffee cup and picked up the VR headset beside her.

One benefit of working at this company was… playing games during work hours could be squarely passed off as “program testing.”

“Load faster, damn it! The company’s machines are really trash!”

Xia Shan put on the VR headset and found herself stuck on the game’s loading screen for a while; it was already amazing that the company’s junk VR equipment could run games at all, so Xia Shan couldn’t expect too much.

What really made Xia Shan impatient was that she had also seen two CGs released on the official website. The first CG was fine, but the second CG, “What is Home,” made Xia Shan anxious enough to want to grab the computer case and have a talk with Tian Gong No. 13, or maybe some planners behind it.

Now, Xia Shan really found it hard to believe this game was made by Tian Gong No. 13, or maybe… the characters in this game actually had their own thoughts?

This thought plunged Xia Shan into a more agitated state: her doll sister really had her own thoughts, and now the doll sister was trapped in a forest full of monsters!

The game’s update resources were quickly downloaded, Xia Shan closed her eyes; when she opened them again, she found herself at the entrance of the Resurrection Cathedral in Lionheart City.

At this moment, the cathedral entrance was swarming with players who had just logged in. The scene was even more impressive than at the server launch… no, not even the server launch had seen such a crowd.

“Fuck! My wife is missing, have you guys seen my wife? Such a beautiful wife was still in the cathedral before maintenance, could there be a bug?”

“Didn’t you see the new CG? The doll sister was chased by the cult to another world.”

“Don’t talk about that CG, it pisses me off just thinking about it! Damn, you can’t kill guards in Lionheart City.”

Xia Shan listened to the wailing of the players at the entrance of the Resurrection Cathedral, her heart heavy as she walked into the cathedral.

The discussions of the other players faded as Xia Shan stepped into the map of the Resurrection Cathedral, and the complete silence of the cathedral felt somewhat frightening to her.

Although she was a virtual unknown and a rookie player in the game, Xia Shan had still reached level fifty; to earn money for the manor, she had also participated in the Divine Battles, though she only fought the zombie soldiers at the fringe of the battle.

The seven bosses in the Divine Battle were nightmarish monsters that she dared not even think about, but luckily, Xia Shan had still obtained a Divine Fragment and completed the storyline of the Divine Battle.

At the time, Xia Shan was quite relieved to have picked up a Divine Fragment for free, but now Xia Shan didn’t feel fortunate at all.

As expected, Fureya was not there.

Xia Shan entered the quiet cathedral, where normally, upon her entrance, Fureya would greet her with, “You’ve returned.”

Now the entire cathedral was empty and quiet… so much so that Xia Shan found it somewhat eerie.

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“What is this?” Xia Shan noticed something glowing on the ground as she stepped onto the staircase and discovered inscriptions made of magic power on the ground.

Xia Shan extended her hand to wipe away the dust on the ground, revealing the content of the inscription.

‘Please do not worry.’

“Left by Fureya?” The moment Xia Shan made out the words, a main quest notification popped up.

‘Main Quest · Tracing the Path, Quest Description: It seems Fureya has left the Resurrection Cathedral, but the aura of the inscriptions she left stretches all the way to the vicinity of the Tower of Trial. Perhaps you can find her there.’

Indeed, a new main quest. That means the teleport point for the new map is near the Tower of Trial.

Having confirmed this, Xia Shan no longer lingered to appreciate the scenery of Resurrection Cathedral and quickly left the cathedral.

Outside the cathedral, there was still a group of players planning to team up to raid the cathedral, but Xia Shan did not interact with them… instead, she met an acquaintance at the end of the road.

“Teaming up?” Jiang Qiao saw Xia Shan and waved at her.

“B… Big shot, hello.”

Xia Shan had added Jiang Qiao as a friend half a month ago, and she still felt somewhat restrained in her interactions with him.

The main reason was that Jiang Qiao did not often include Xia Shan in gameplay, and their interactions were mostly limited to Xia Shan asking Jiang Qiao about game strategies.

“Can I still be considered a big shot now?” Jiang Qiao pointed at the level next to Xia Shan’s ID head. She was now a level 50 Mechanical Engineer, and although she had not completed the awakening quest, as a level 50 player, she had already earned the status of a formidable player.

“Of course! You’ve even graduated from Black Dragon Nest, while I’m still grinding normal-level instances,” Xia Shan’s head nodded vigorously. Jiang Qiao’s gear, the Dragon Extinguish set, was the best summoner equipment from Black Dragon Nest.

Mechanical Engineer was also a category of the summoner class. To boast on the forum with a Dragon Extinguish set, one needed at least three pieces to say, ‘Call me hubby, and I’ll bring you guys for a raid!’

Jiang Qiao was the type of player who, as soon as he stood by the entrance of an instance, would have a crowd rush over saying, “Big shot, take me for the instance,” and Xia Shan remembered that his pixel glasses were also very precious fashion items.

“Alright, want to team up for the new map?” Jiang Qiao’s gear was all earned by joining with the Dancing Nuclear Guild. In the guild team, Jiang Qiao was really just tagging along; it was Zhao Mingwei who helped him get equipped.

“Is my output enough?” Xia Shan still appeared anxious. She could only scrape by day-to-day in the Divine Battle, just barely mixing through.

The main reason was that Xia Shan didn’t really enjoy the combat aspects and wasn’t diligent in running instances. She spent half her time training her combat level, and the rest learning life skills.

“I read the strategy on the official website, this new map doesn’t seem to require output. Speaking of which, how advanced is your alchemy engineering now? Or rather… how many life skills have you learned?” Jiang Qiao asked.

The life skills tree is also complex; a life profession can learn multiple life skills, such as an Alchemy Engineer who might learn construction engineering, mechanical engineering, goblin engineering, and so on…

“My mechanical engineering and construction engineering are almost at the master level. I’m not very interested in the goblin engineering plans, which are all bombs. I also have another life profession as an architect, and with two life professions combined, my construction and mechanical engineering skills are improving rapidly.” When Xia Shan spoke about this, she sounded much more confident—it was, after all, her specialty.

Each player can choose between two and three life professions. While life professions do not limit how players upgrade their life skills, the corresponding life professions do give bonuses to related skills within their professional domain.

For instance, a chef player can also learn mechanical engineering, but the rate of learning would be significantly slower than that of a player who is an alchemy engineer. Thus, most players, when choosing their life professions, will at least select those belonging to the same domain.

Each life profession also has varied gameplay, somewhat resembling a collection of various minigames, with the rewards from these minigames effective within the realm of Holy Spirits. The alchemy engineering that Xia Shan chose somewhat resembled a puzzle-type minigame.

However, a goblin engineer who doesn’t want to be a chef is not a good pharmacist after all. The construction system has infinite potential, and Jiang Qiao looked forward to what odd contraptions they might create.