News reports kept coming in.
They appeared on the table in the Adventurer's Guild meeting room.
Xu Gaoyuan felt a headache coming on; he had no idea how many meetings they had held these past few days, and each time it was because of Tidal Town.
However, things had developed to a point where they could no longer control them.
Even though he had frantically engaged in public relations and clarified some facts in the past day or two.
But the Adventurers simply didn't believe them.
Even now, there were still people squatting at the entrance, making them afraid to go out, fearing they would be 'offline-d' in real life.
As the Tide Town Leader, Xu Gaoyuan had slept at the Guild yesterday, not daring to go home.
In the meeting room.
Ma Lingzhi tapped the table, his expression solemn, “In just one day, more than a thousand Adventurers have already migrated there. Yesterday, I saw many posts about Tidal Town on the forum.”
“I’ve also read those posts…” Vice President Qi’s expression was equally grim, “If what the posts say is true, then this wave of migration probably won’t stop here. If this matter isn’t brought to an end, it won’t be long before Tidal Town threatens our position.”
Xu Gaoyuan said helplessly, “That’s true, but what should we do? Now we can only let those Dungeon Lords quickly bring out their Dungeons. Only sufficiently excellent Dungeons can dispel this migration wave.”
At this point.
The assistant presented some data.
“As of now, Battle Royale, after three rounds of patches, has gradually been accepted by some Adventurers.”
“The other two Battle Royale-type Dungeons have also been launched. Although the current response isn’t great, at least some Adventurers are trying them out.”
“Also, there’s the latest news: the Adventurers at the entrance have retreated, and their anger seems to have temporarily subsided.”
Anger subsided?
Hearing these four words, some of the high-ranking officials present couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
They thought that the series of measures implemented recently had finally taken effect, and now they could finally go home.
“No…”
Ma Lingzhi’s face darkened; he felt it couldn’t be that simple.
The series of measures implemented recently, whether it was appeasement, compensation, or the launch of new Dungeons, could have some effect.
But it absolutely couldn't make the angry Adventurers retreat so quickly…
Could it be…
Ma Lingzhi thought of a possibility and immediately opened his system terminal.
He found Battle Royale.
When he saw that the ‘Limit 1000 people/day’ prompt, which should have been under Battle Royale, had disappeared, he almost spat out a mouthful of old blood.
Damn it!
This was truly too detestable, too much!
First, he put on the limit, provoking the Adventurers’ anger, and now that he felt it was enough, he removed the limit and started earning soul crystals.
Excessive, this was truly too excessive…
So, you want to stir up this anger.
And you also want to earn these soul crystals.
You really want to grab all the benefits.
“President, what should we do?” Xu Gaoyuan also saw this situation and felt his scalp tingle.
The Adventurers who had already migrated to Tidal Town would spontaneously promote it, telling their relatives and friends in Baiye City how wonderful Tidal Town was.
So Chen Yu no longer needed to stick to this population limit.
He simply removed it…
Because continuing to limit it would be meaningless, at most, a few hundred more people would come over.
But now there was already a migration team of over a thousand people. Having the personal experiences of these migration teams to promote it was far more effective than the trick of provoking anger and capping numbers.
Since there was no longer a need to stir up this anger, why keep the limit?
Of course, it was to make a huge profit…
But this move made the Adventurer's Guild of Baiye City very uncomfortable.
It was equivalent to them having suffered all the hardships, only to be suddenly told that all their previous suffering was in vain.
“Damn.”
Ma Lingzhi completely lost his composure as the Guild President and slammed the table.
He said angrily, “What else can we do? Of course, we endure it…”
Xu Gaoyuan tentatively said, “President, why don’t we limit the flow? Anyway, we’ve already suffered the hardship. We can’t just watch him earn soul crystals now, can we?”
“Limit the flow?”
“That’s right, didn’t he revert the traffic? We’ll manually set it back to 1000. Anyway, we’ve already taken the blame these past few days, and soon other Dungeon Lords’ Battle Royale-type Dungeons will be online. It’s just a matter of taking a few more days of scolding.”
Ma Lingzhi slapped him, “Are you stupid? At this critical juncture, if you press it down again, do you think it’s just as simple as continuing to take the scolding? How will you explain it to the Adventurers then…”
“Are you going to say that the Dungeon Lord lifted the restriction, and we didn’t like it, so we limited the flow again? Or tell the Adventurers that the Dungeon Lord himself is just messing around by repeatedly changing the limits? You can’t explain this kind of thing no matter how you try. At that point, it won’t just be about taking scolding; the Adventurers will think we’re playing with them, and our base will be overrun by them…”
Hearing Ma Lingzhi say this.
Xu Gaoyuan could only shrink his neck, feeling that it was indeed true, and he didn't know how to respond.
“But…”
At this moment, Vice President Qi frowned and asked, “What if this Dungeon Lord of Tidal Town uses this opportunity to repeatedly change the limits and stir up the Adventurers’ anger? How should we respond then?”
Hearing this.
Ma Lingzhi also couldn't help but gasp, kicking Xu Gaoyuan’s backside, “What else can we do? You quickly contact Li Yunque and tell him that in the coming days, we will absolutely not place any restrictions on Battle Royale. Tell him not to pull such stunts for no reason. Let’s all get along peacefully for these last few days.”
There were only a few days left until the Dark Tide.
Ma Lingzhi did not want any more trouble to arise in these few days.
He wanted to retire…
“What if he doesn’t agree and wants to fight us to the end?” Xu Gaoyuan felt a bit wronged. Why was he always the one getting hurt lately?
It was just a small bribe, was it really that big of a deal…
“He won’t refuse.” Ma Lingzhi took a deep breath, gradually calming down, “If he changes the restriction back, we will directly take it down. At that point, it will be a lose-lose situation, which benefits no one.”
Compared to appeasing the Dungeon Lords under him, Ma Lingzhi wanted to retire peacefully more.
Therefore…
Taking away 100,000 soul crystals in a day, it didn't matter anymore.
He was tired, no more fighting!
Whatever happens, happens…
As Ma Lingzhi said, after Xu Gaoyuan conveyed this message, Chen Yu was indeed satisfied and did not implement any more traffic restrictions.
He quietly earned his soul crystals and did not deliberately cause any more trouble.
Because Chen Yu’s goal had already been achieved.
On one hand, the population was currently increasing, and on the other hand, he hadn’t earned any less soul crystals.
His goal was to make Tidal Town rise and become the hub of the entire Adventurer World, not to target the Adventurer's Guild of Baiye City or any specific person. This was merely an inevitable conflict of interest.
So…
There was no need to push these high-ranking officials of the Adventurer's Guild to their deaths, because anyone in that position would be the same; there was a conflict of interest here.
Now, as long as they didn’t stand in the way, it was fine.
