Sacred Souls: Genesis - Chapter 382

Chapter 382: Chapter 369: The Holy Spirit Moves! (2nd Update) Chapter 382: Chapter 369: The Holy Spirit Moves! (2nd Update) “Is that so?” Hui Bai Tong nodded thoughtfully when he heard what President Yin said.

“This plan is really interesting…” Lake Fairy also muttered to himself.

“What? What’s interesting? What does ‘that’ mean? Why the hell are we emptying the City of Gods?” Can Xin turned his head from side to side, looking at the other guild leaders who all seemed to have an ‘I get it!’ expression.

“President, can’t you understand something this simple?” his deputy, Broken Arm, whispered beside him in a low voice.

Broken Arm seemed to feel embarrassed by Can Xin’s clueless expression.

“Understand what? Then you… you explain to me why we need to empty the City of Gods, explain now!” Can Xin immediately shook Broken Arm’s shoulder and shouted.

“President Can Xin, did you read the background information for this stone of city-building?”

From the sidelines, Hui Bai Tong finally couldn’t help but speak up, seeing Can Xin scratch his chin like an orangutan.

“Didn’t read it,” Can Xin said boldly.

“President, is your server-wide highest intelligence really just a number?”

“Damn! Do you even read the background story when you play games? Old Eyes, explain it to me, what’s going on?” Can Xin hit Broken Arm then directly turned to interrogate Hui Bai Tong.

“You can think of those gods as BUFFs, the more gods you recruit, the better the city you build with the stone of city-building will be,” Hui Bai Tong explained to Can Xin in the most straightforward way why the gods from the City of Gods needed to be moved.

“Got it, but there’s one thing I still don’t understand. Didn’t Bubble say earlier that gods recruited with money could only exist at the stronghold for a maximum of two days?” Can Xin asked.

“Two days is enough time for players to build rapport, and with high enough rapport, they might make a direct contract like Lady Calamity, but I also have some doubts,”
Hui Bai Tong raised his hand again towards President Yin after hearing this.

“Ask,” President Yin knew these guild leaders were all very cunning and that a single speech wouldn’t be enough to get them on board his scheme.

“I have two questions… I just received a report from my guild member that a new Lady Calamity has already spawned in the Pirate City. If the gods we hire can also ‘refresh’ a new one, then what’s the point of this emptying operation?” Hui Bai Tong asked.

“…”
Lady Calamity was also listening to the holy spirits’ plans, and while she didn’t understand most of it, when she heard that a new version of herself appeared in Pirate City, she wanted to say something but held back.

“Refreshed? This… wait, let me ask.”

President Yin also seemed very surprised that a new Lady Calamity had appeared in Pirate City, but this was common practice in the game because there were so many players–key storyline NPCs couldn’t be unique.

If they were killed by a player, they would respawn, and if they left with a player for some reason, a new one would also spawn.

That is the law of the game.

“New screenshots in Starry Sky have already been sent to the group. After the Biland Island update, the game Holy Spirits has been enforcing NPC uniqueness, and this feature is still effective on Black Tide Island,” President Yin said.

In the Spirit Clash group chat, Can Xin posted a screenshot of his conversation with the new Lady Disaster, in which Lady Disaster uttered a line.

“I am merely a shadow, perhaps a puppet in your terms, but don’t think, Spirit, that I am much weaker than a real being.”

Beneath this bunch of dialogue, there was a heap of suggestive text; Can Xin even compared it with a previous screenshot of Lady Disaster’s lines and suggested… The real Lady Disaster would never say such lines.

“I had felt before that the uniqueness of NPCs in Spirit Clash somewhat conflicts with the game itself, is it just for immersion, or…” Gray Eyes looked at the series of dialogue screenshots, frowning deeply.

He glanced at Lady Disaster who was silent and hugging her arms next to him, but chose not to dwell on it here.

However, Can Xin’s series of screenshots had already proven one system in Spirit Clash, that NPCs on Biland Island are unique. Even if a player captures one as a follower and a new one respawns, this new one is merely a tool without any special features.

“The second issue is profit distribution after city-building, most of the building system content is unknown, how do we ensure the distribution of profits?” Gray Eyes raised the issue most concerned by the guild leaders present.

“Think of it as starting a company, shareholders, I will establish a company in reality, and the existence of the company is to develop this city. I will record your contributions to the city’s construction, and since this is a game, the statistics of your contributions will be much simpler and easier than in reality,” Silver Chief explained, then entered into jargon that Can Xin couldn’t understand.

“You can also think of it as a parliamentary city, whether it’s a Round Table Conference or any other conference, but if you guild leaders want to lead your guild members to join, there’s a prerequisite… whether you join as the guild leader in the game, or as a staff member of the club, I welcome the former, for the latter… I need to discuss with the capitalists behind your clubs,” Silver Chief said.

Silver Chief, as a player, had many reasons for building a city in Spirit Clash, but making money was the last. However, other guilds’ clubs didn’t think the same way.

Probably except for Supremacy, the leaders of the other four guilds had to consider the thoughts of the backstage clubs.

“Uh… We of the Swift Night don’t need to discuss this,” Cruel Moonlight suddenly raised his hand.

“What the hell? Moonlight, aren’t you just a lackey? Do your words count?” Can Xin from Abyss Temple suddenly shouted from beside.

“Our boss got his Spirit Clash account a long time ago, and we’ve been frequently taking him on runs lately,” said Cruel Moonlight. “Now I’m in charge of guild affairs in Spirit Clash. How about you, little brother?”

“…” Can Xin did not respond, while Gray Eyes and Lake Fairy indicated they needed to communicate with their supervisors.

“Leave all this to me, like pulling them into a partnership deal,” Silver Chief paused and then finally asked, “Is there anyone else who wants to opt out?” as he swept his gaze across everyone present.

All the players present shook their heads in unison… Silver Chief sighed with relief upon receiving everyone’s affirmative replies.

“Then for the next steps to be taken, I will briefly inform you. First, collect Divine Power Crystals; second, recruit gods. Currently, we’re bringing the gods here under the pretext of hiring. The Movement Core doesn’t have many tasks, but your strongholds likely do,” he continued.

“What if a god refuses to be recruited?” Can Xin raised his hand to ask at that moment.

“That’s the crux of the issue. If there is a god who refuses to be recruited, please do not patronize their store,” Silver Chief explained, referring to the few gods who failed recruitment in the City of Divine Recruitment because… their stores were too frequented by players who didn’t need to earn Divine Power Crystals by working for players.

“Really, is this monopolization of Divine Power Crystals effective on game NPCs?” Gray Eyes tentatively asked.

Silver Chief’s methods were extremely ruthless; currently, among the Alliance of Gods, players from the eight major guilds had substantial amounts of Divine Power Crystals, although some common players had some, they mostly saved them to trade with the system for equipment and hardly patronized the gods’ shops.

“Why not try it? Spirit Clash is full of surprises,” Silver Chief paused but chose not to disclose Denghis Xisi’s provocation and decided to conclude this brief meeting.

“Finally… what I want to say is… ‘Spirit Clash, deploy!’”