Sacred Souls: Genesis - Chapter 304

Chapter 304: Chapter 293: Preview of the Dark Tide Island Version (2nd Update) Chapter 304: Chapter 293: Preview of the Dark Tide Island Version (2nd Update) Mo Shigui had just woken up; he had stayed up with his Fureya from morning until noon yesterday.

In the end, it was Fureya who saw he was simply too tired and firmly told him, “Holy Spirit, you’re exhausted already, please go rest for today,” before Mo Shigui finally logged off to sleep.

Thanks to Juan Canyun’s heaven-sent four-kill victory in the first match of the playoffs, playing as the Holy Spirit no longer counted as shirking real work for Mo Shigui.

The boss had even changed the original physical training to Holy Spirit instance subjugations.

With one week left to prepare for the next match of the Dynamic Nucleus, Mo Shigui could spend all his time on the Holy Spirit, apart from analyzing tactics of various teams.

However, all this was contingent on the Holy Spirit game not updating… on the premise of no new version.

There wasn’t anything complex in the battle for the Biland Island and inner world regions; once you logged in and played a couple of fixed instances each day, there was nothing else to do.

The life of top-tier guide players was just that monotonous and dull.

But a new version would change everything!

A new version, new equipment, new systems–if he wanted to excel at these, Mo Shigui, as the guild leader, would probably need to study overnight.

The inner world didn’t count as a new version. All eight guild leaders unanimously regarded it as a half-finished product because the update was too small and too simple.

If Holy Spirit were to release an update on the scale of Biland Island…

“Whimper, whimper, guild leader, guild leader, what if… we let the boss take command of the Black Tide Island version?” Fluff Rabbit quietly suggested next to him, with Mo Shigui asking with a face so dark it seemed about to spill out shadows.

“That’s fine, coach Song, you’ve been busy lately. I’ve also fought in the Divine Battle, still five top-tier equipment pieces short, I can take on the role of guide group commander.” The boss seemed somewhat eager at the prospect.

“Boss, you should just loaf around the guide group. I’ll take charge of the Black Tide Island guide.”

Mo Shigui made a decision on the spot to refuse the boss’s proposal to take command.

He was well-acquainted with the boss and knew the level at which the boss played online games. The boss had a decent eye for things, but that was about it; his skills were weak, just a tiny bit better than the cola-crazy guild leader’s bubble.

And the boss’s instance commanding was a total mess; an instance Dynamic Nucleus could clear in one try could end up in a team wipe five or six times in the hands of the boss.

“But on the other hand, what’s up with these Holy Spirit game updates? Other games might release two or three new instances and large map expansions a year, yet this game has had four major instance expansions in six months? Are the officials a bunch of unfeeling update machines?” Mama Has a Puppy Dog complained, voicing the same thoughts that had been on Mo Shigui’s mind.

“Maybe the officials had it ready and are just releasing it step by step now? Black Tide Island is just an expansion of Biland Island, which I barely played, and there are hardly any monsters left.” Boss said.

Mo Shigui agreed with this as well. The rate of monster spawns on Biland Island had noticeably decreased, and before new players could even experience the battles with the various lord-level monsters of Biland Island, the monsters were almost exterminated by the veteran players.

Control the players! Save the monsters!

Mo Shigui had thought the officials would increase the monster spawn rate, but they solved it with a tougher approach–by creating another island related to Biland Island and even adding a new system to it.

The Camp System!

“New version preview guide.” At this moment, Rain Song straightforwardly threw a preview guide written by the Starlit Scholars team from the Holy Spirit forum to Mo Shigui.

All of Dynamic Nucleus opened the link to the post. Upon clicking the link, a very aggressive title caught everyone’s eyes.

“Black Tide Island Version Preview: Would You Slaughter an Entire Island for Your Wife?”Poster: Starlit Scholars Team.

The new version’s storyline is this bloody?

Mo Shigui’s brow quirked slightly, the new storyline on Black Tide Island seemed somewhat like a continuation of Biland Island.

The familiar faction of Magic Thieves still existed on Black Tide Island; during Biland Island, they were merely a group of annoying attackers, akin to instance lords.

But the main storyline of Black Tide Island clearly required hunting those Magic Thieves to… save Fureya.

‘This is a screenshot of a hidden dialogue triggered when Thorne’s health is critically low, from the content of the screenshot, we can infer that Fureya cannot withstand the power of the Holy Spirit for long. This is probably why Fureya can’t be away from the Tree Hole or the Cathedral of the Resurrected for extended periods. Our Fureya is more like an unfinished product, to sustain her life, we must collect more Divine Fragments.’
‘The Divine Fragments on Black Tide Island are scattered among the island’s Magic Thieves, one method to collect these Divine Fragments is to kill the Magic Thieves, but Thorne’s narrative mentions other methods, which I need to discuss in conjunction with the faction systems, hang on while I compose that.’
The Starry Scribes team’s first-floor post ended here, and Mo Shigui, as usual, turned his gaze to other players’ replies.

‘For my wife, I’ll slay as many monsters on this island as there are!’ Reply by: Ru Shui Wei An.

‘Just tell me where to go, how many to kill?’ Reply by: Shami.

The majority opinion among the players replying was… wipe them all out, kill as many Magic Thieves as there are, which is quite a typical player mindset.

Hostile human-shaped monsters are still monsters, and it doesn’t matter how many are killed, but Mo Shigui’s gaze suddenly shifted to Yelena who was sitting with her legs hugged, watching the portal to the Inner World.

She was waiting for her master to return from the Inner World.

And then there were the Magic Thief civilians living in the stronghold. In the past, Mo Shigui thought it stupid to feel sympathy and respect for NPCs in a game.

But the game Holy Spirit changed his perception of NPCs.

‘The analysis of the four factions of Biland Island has arrived, based on the intelligence I’ve gathered, let’s analyze the actual gameplay of the four factions.’
‘Holy Spirit Traveler: No fixed gameplay, free from the constraints of faction reputation, no issue whatever you do to Magic Thieves.’
‘Pantheon Alliance: The mainstream gameplay is to kill Magic Thieves, simple and crude.’
‘Plane Pirates: The mainstream gameplay involves plundering Magic Thieves’ goods, kidnapping Magic Thieves, after kidnapping you can persuade them to join our faction or kill them.’
‘Breeders: This faction is all about pulling Magic Thieves into our own faction, not really recommended for players with low charm or poor eloquence.’
“Hmm… Guild leader, is our Fureya about to die? Which faction should we join…”

After reading what the Starry Scribes had written, Fluffy Bunny entered a state of anxiety. All she could think about was the Starry part suggesting ‘Fureya might be suffering from being burned by flames at any moment, it’s just that they haven’t mentioned it.’
However, Mo Shigui appeared much more composed, he still didn’t believe Fureya would die while players were AFK; if so, Holy Spirit wouldn’t go on, and all players might surround the Heavenly Palace official company tomorrow.

Still, there were concerns… The choice of faction undoubtedly decided the key to the method of collecting Divine Fragments.

“Let’s go ask Plane Pirates and Breeders first, maybe they have ready Magic Thieves for sale?” At this moment, Silver Alpha made a suggestion… that lit up the eyes of all Pulse Core players.

Although the map of Black Tide Island had not been formally released, Plane Pirates treated Magic Thieves as goods, and Breeders were a bunch of robots that bred Magic Thieves.

One was a Magic Thief retailer, the other a Magic Thief breeder.

What if they had stock?

“Let’s first check out the situation at the initial stronghold,” Mo Shigui said.