Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch

Chapter 519: 501: This is Inhumane!

Chapter 519: Chapter 501: This is Inhumane!

This newly registered [Free Players Alliance] gained a lot of attention and –

intense arguments the moment the announcement was made!

Compared to the [Whirlpool Forum Player Alliance]’s “World Peace Declaration”, this “World War Declaration” that threatened to “burn the world to ashes with war” was obviously more explosive and brutal.

The intensity of the debate even surpassed the “World Peace Declaration”.

War fanatics cheered and rushed to [World No. 22], heading towards a fiery crusade.

Players who loved peace, on the other hand, denounced this violent behavior.

At the same time, many casual players expressed strong support: “Good idea, let players who like mixed battles all go to [World No. 22], wouldn’t other worlds be safe then?”

Many people were enlightened by this reply:

“That’s true; it’s just that players in [World No. 22] will suffer a bit.”

“What suffering? There’s no charge for cross-world travel. The sooner they leave, the better.”

“But can [World No. 22] accommodate that many violent players?”

“According to the battle report of [World No. 57], the ones causing destruction were eventually surrounded by people far outnumbering them. So, I guess peaceful players must far outnumber those who like fighting. There may be fewer violent players than we thought; it’s just that the destruction they caused is severe.”

“Then give them a few more worlds to occupy and let them fight each other! I have no objections!”

…

Apart from these intense arguments, many individual world players who chose to watch the fire from the other side also appeared:

“Wow, that’s awesome!”

“Fight! Fight!”

“You guys really got your money’s worth with the 200 dollars you spent on this game!”

“Wouldn’t it be nice to go to a personal world and play with a few friends?”

…

From the beginning, they chose to play in [Personal Worlds], either alone or with a few friends. At first, they didn’t even realize the game could lead to fighting.

It was only after two consecutive declarations were made online, causing a big commotion, that they discovered that the game could actually be played in war mode!

While they felt enlightened, they also began to enthusiastically watch the chaos unfold.

However, those who initially chose to play alone or with a few friends were hardly swayed by the chaotic fights and impulsively joined in.

Rather, they became even more unwilling to take risks…

Instead, they became more interested in the [World No. 57 Peaceful World], which was already full of players.

But now they couldn’t get in, so they could only watch from the sidelines.

Even some casual players didn’t know about these events until now and continued to play the game peacefully, remaining indifferent to everything happening in the external world.

Such was the case with Princess Camille Victoria.

After finishing work, she was trying hard to get her sister to join her in playing.

Her sister, like her before, didn’t touch video games at all.

Camille Victoria thought she should bring her sister into her camp and let her experience how incredible the work she does is.

At the same time, she also wanted her sister to have something to do so that she would stop actively strategizing how Camille Victoria could “capture” Lincoln.

Of course, if her sister realized how amazing Lincoln was in the process, that would be even better!

Her sister, Zhu Qinglu, immediately refused: “I’m very busy; I don’t have time to play.”

But this reason was immediately debunked by Camille Victoria: “You’re obviously not busy! I don’t see you doing anything productive.”

Her sister suddenly became angry and resentful: “Isn’t it because Mom keeps urging me to find a boyfriend and get married? Can I find one just by wanting to?!”

It is quite troublesome for a princess to find a husband.

At the end of the day, outstanding men are not very willing to accept the numerous restrictions imposed by the royal family, feeling like they’re marrying into the family.

And those who are willing to accept the restrictions, while benefiting from various subsidies and welfare, are not highly regarded by her sister.

Moreover, she didn’t make a serious effort to find someone in the previous years, so she ended up in her late 20s – turning 29 in the blink of an eye.

Now, not only are her parents anxious, but she’s also starting to feel the pressure.

But the problem is: if she couldn’t find someone she liked and who liked her back at 22 years old, how could she easily find someone at 29?

After being active for a while without success, Zhu Qinglu quickly became lax again, going back to what she used to do.

In short: she gave up.

Just live an ordinary life. What’s wrong with living alone?

Of course, she wouldn’t dare tell her mom about this mentality, or else she would be beaten up.

She also didn’t want to convey this mindset to her sister Camille Victoria.

On the contrary, she has always encouraged her sister to be more courageous, proactive, and seize opportunities.

“Meeting someone you truly like is extremely rare; don’t think that if you miss this one, there will be a next one – there may never be a next one! So you must seize this opportunity!”

She was not worried about Camille Victoria, who was only 17, getting hurt. On the contrary, she relentlessly encouraged her sister to seize love boldly.

Camille Victoria’s current slow progress in winning over Lincoln was the most unsatisfactory factor for her sister!

Camille Victoria thought that her sister was the only one in the whole family who knew her little secret.

But in fact, her sister had already sold her out, and the whole family knew about it.

They just pretended not to know.

Although their daughter still seemed young, she was about to graduate from university. In normal families, marriage is usually considered after graduating from university.

Camille Victoria was still young and would have to wait a few more years before considering marriage. Still, that didn’t mean she couldn’t start dating!

Anyway, as for Lincoln’s situation, it’s pretty much common knowledge among netizens: an orphan who got through top-tier universities on scholarships, became classmates with Camille Victoria, and made a drunken mistake, which ended up becoming a hot search…

— Everyone knows the story from there.

A perfect son-in-law, right?

If it happens, it would be a college romance.

As for marriage, Lincoln probably wouldn’t be willing to accept the royal family’s restrictions.

But that’s okay, Camille Victoria can just leave the royal family!

In Camille Victoria’s mind, this is a huge deal, but her parents don’t seem to mind: they’ve seen their little daughter’s talent and hard work, and the royal family’s identity might be more limiting than helpful for her.

So they’ve been mentally prepared for this for a long time.

After all, leaving the royal family just means giving up subsidies, security, and other material benefits, as well as losing the right to attend certain diplomatic events, not cutting off ties with family members.

Besides, princesses leaving the royal family is not uncommon, it happens once every couple of generations.

And with Lincoln around, they don’t have to worry about security anymore — in fact, Lincoln’s security level might even be higher than theirs.

After all, few people would want to attack them — that would be like slapping a major country in the face with little to gain.

But Lincoln is different: no diplomatic repercussions, and the potential rewards are huge, so it’s hard to say if someone wouldn’t try something.

Of course, despite their satisfaction, Lincoln’s parents remained calm and didn’t mention anything. They even pretended not to know, letting their daughter run things at her own pace.

So, strictly speaking, only older sister Zhu Qinglu is the most anxious person in the family right now.

Finally, with an incredibly beautiful but expensive skirt, Camille Victoria convinced her sister to join her in the game.

—As a key member of the Cloud Dream team, second only to Randall and Little Chun, and an angel round investor in the Mirage First Generation, her vault has unknowingly grown quite astonishing, and she possibly has the most disposable funds among the entire royal family.

She might hesitate to buy such an expensive skirt for herself, but she was very generous when it came to giving it as a gift to her sister.

Upon seeing the skirt, older sister Zhu Qinglu immediately agreed to “reluctantly” join her sister in the virtual world.

*

“Why is everything square in this world?!”

Zhu Qinglu, who had never even seen a trailer for the game, immediately felt a strong “cultural shock” upon entering the personal world.

“Let’s go!” Camille Victoria didn’t bother explaining and led her sister forward, coming to a large tree, and then—

“Hey!”

Camille Victoria threw a punch at the tree, and the thick trunk shuddered instantly.

Then came the second punch, the third punch…

Her sister watched Camille Victoria’s violent actions, looking a bit stunned. She felt that her sister was never this brutal when learning martial arts…

After a few punches, the tree trunk exploded with a bang, turning into small wood blocks.

Camille Victoria collected the wood blocks, and continued punching another tree…

After busying herself for a while, she kindly passed a wooden axe and wooden pickaxe to her sister.

Then she said, “Now you have the two most essential items in this game, allowing you to create anything you want!”

“Huh?” Zhu Qinglu raised her wooden axe, examined it carefully, and asked, “You mean, using this? I can create anything?”

“That’s right, you can.” the Little Princess nodded confidently.

Afterward, she took her sister tree chopping and mining, catching chickens and sheep, and had a blast.

Her sister got startled when a skeleton archer ambushed her.

Camille Victoria fought off the skeleton, turned the dropped bones into bone powder, and scattered it in the river to “grind bones and scatter ashes.”

The older sister was hesitant to lay a hand on the wandering cow.

Camille Victoria attracted a self-destructing Creeper and blew up the live cow into steaks.

Her sister said, “Isn’t it too cruel to eat a cow’s friend right in front of it?”

Camille Victoria pulled her sister down and told her, “We can squat down and eat, it probably can’t see.”

“Huh? Are you serious?” The sister was unable to comprehend, looking doubtful.

Camille Victoria thought for a moment and explained, “Different game worlds are different. It’s just that in this game, they’re not very smart, which is a bit inhumane.”

“Not… humane?”

“Yes, not only cows, but in “My World”, all animals, including virtual people, are not very smart and have simple behavioral logic.”

Camille Victoria explained, “Of course, this is not for the virtual animals and humans, but to cater to the feelings of the players.”

Zhu Qinglu, the older sister, frowned in confusion.

Camille Victoria then gave an on-the-spot example: “You see, there are big cows and small cows here, right?”

“Yeah, so?”

“If a player accidentally ate a tender steak in front of a cow’s mother…” Camille Victoria couldn’t finish the sentence and shivered violently.

Her sister’s face crumbled, “Alright, I get it! Don’t say it anymore!”

That’s really inhumane!

And looking at the steak in her hand, she felt she couldn’t eat it at all: “Forget it, I decide to be a vegetarian in this game.”

“Hmm, suddenly I feel like being vegetarian is a good idea…” Camille Victoria nodded in agreement.

The example she had thought of earlier really had a strong aftertaste!