Sacred Souls: Genesis

Chapter 49: Chapter 49 The Coming Change

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Interview? I’m not being modest… I’m just a small-time Summoner watching. What’s there to interview about?

“About the fun game?” Jiang Qiao didn’t play dumb. Earlier, when Zhao Mingwei was going up to the ring, he specifically patted Jiang Qiao on the shoulder.

Anyone who saw this knew that Jiang Qiao knew Zhao Mingwei.

“Yeah! I saw him greet you before he went up to the ring. And even though the ‘fun game’ character he plays is a Mind Energy Master, he’s basically following the path of a fighter.”

The frontline reporter, as she spoke, actually had a small notebook and pen in hand, jotting things down. In this virtual online game, instead of typing on a keyboard, she used a notebook and pen… Should Jiang Qiao say that she’s into a retro style?

But as she was taking notes, she kept chattering away about her opinions.

“Some of the skills he used are basic skills from ‘Holy Spirit,’ but you can see traces of ‘Dispute’ in his combat style. His reaction speed is not something an ordinary player can achieve. He’s probably at the professional level. There are about five or six professional gamers who use fighter characters in ‘Dispute’…”

You’ve already deduced he’s a professional player? Miss, you should be a detective, not a reporter.

Jiang Qiao quietly listened from the side, contemplating whether to log off directly when she suddenly stepped forward, forcing Jiang Qiao to take a step back.

“Can I join your guild?” She pointed at the symbol of the Anonymous Guild under Jiang Qiao’s ID.

“Uh, I built this guild as a friends-and-family guild, not one that’s open to outsiders,” Jiang Qiao said.

“Then can I add you as a friend?” Her thought process was lightning fast. “That way we’d be friends! If that’s not possible, we can run a few instances together!”

“I added you. I have things to do today.”

Jiang Qiao proactively sent a friend request, just to get rid of this reporter who seemed to smell big news. The friend request was quickly accepted by her.

And Jiang Qiao quietly put her in the “Receive Messages but Don’t Notify” group.

“When are you running an instance?” the frontline reporter asked again.

“Tomorrow,” Jiang Qiao made up a time casually, and then began to chant a spell to return to the main city.

“Tomorrow? Specifically when tomorrow?”

Before the frontline reporter could follow up, Jiang Qiao’s recall spell finished its cast. His figure turned into light and disappeared from the Tower of Trial, reappearing on the streets of Lionheart City.

“What do you plan to do next?”

Hai Lan, in her usual ghostly form, followed beside Jiang Qiao. Now, the development in ‘Holy Spirit’ was gradually stabilizing. New players were pouring into Lionheart City every day, and players at every level were exploring new instances.

The ‘Otherworldly Knight’s Provocation’ task might just be able to raise the players’ skills to a new level.

“Go greet your god-like plane’s believers.” Jiang Qiao walked towards the direction of the Astrology Tower. “Actually, it’s just reconnaissance to see what’s going on with your plane so I can plan the instance event happening 14 days from now.” @@novelbin@@

As Jiang Qiao walked into the Astrology Tower, the Heavenly Palace gaming platform’s tool reminded him that he had received a text message from the real world.

The text was from his father, Qiao An, and it was straightforward: “I’ve succeeded. You will soon enter the era of three-dimensional projection gaming!”

“This efficiency is faster than I expected. I should get to work too.” Jiang Qiao reached the top floor of the Astrology Tower and opened the star chart.

Hai Lan’s god-like plane fragment was still slowly floating towards the place where the Tower of Trial was located.

……

Nighttime, King’s Landing Esports Club.

Zhao Mingwei finished a whole day of training. He sat in a chair, watching a video ranked fifth in the game section on UTube bullet screen. The title of the video was “Gun Knight Gets Defeated and Shuts Down, God-Level Player’s Operations.”

Recently, there were more and more ‘Holy Spirit’ videos on UTube bullet screen. Zhao Mingwei believed an important reason was that its combat was highly watchable. He hadn’t unlocked all of the Mind Energy Master’s skills yet, but the battles in this video were already on par with a special effects movie led by a top-notch martial arts director.

But as a competitor to ‘Holy Spirit,’ ‘Dispute’ was also quite watchable… During these seven years, Zhao Mingwei had seen many new games promising to surpass ‘Dispute’ in status, but most ended up fading into obscurity.

Zhao Mingwei believed ‘Holy Spirit’ had this potential, but he couldn’t be sure…

“Mingwei.”

Lin Xi appeared from behind Zhao Mingwei, handing over today’s dinner.

“Is there something from the higher-ups again?” Zhao Mingwei knew that when Lin Xi brought him food at this time, there was definitely some extra task from the club higher-ups.

“An advertisement. You have to shoot a new ad today and tomorrow.” Lin Xi pulled a chair to sit beside Zhao Mingwei, saying, “I’ve heard that the star players from other clubs are going too.”

“Not star players, but the most popular ones, right?” Zhao Mingwei knew his current play in ‘Dispute’ had declined, no longer at the top tier. But the power of ‘Mind Energy’ in ‘Holy Spirit’ had allowed him to regain his peak state.

“Right, it’s an official ‘Dispute’ ad. Quite a few familiar faces from the four major teams are going,” Lin Xi said.

“An official ad? The eighth season still has half a year left, doesn’t it?” Zhao Mingwei knew that to mobilize so many professional players for an ad, it was probably for the season promotional video of ‘Dispute.’

“Not a season promo! Let me tell you! ‘Dispute’ officials are planning something big.” Lin Xi lowered his voice. “It seems like future matches will use three-dimensional projection.”

“Three-dimensional projection?” Zhao Mingwei was a bit taken aback by the term, something he thought only existed in sci-fi movies. “Is that actually invented?”

“I don’t know. But ‘Dispute’ officials are using it for their ad. If three-dimensional projection comes into play, future ‘Dispute’ matches will reach a whole new level of popularity,” Lin Xi said, noticing Zhao Mingwei’s contemplative expression. He hesitated but eventually added, “Although ‘Holy Spirit’ is a good game, its recognition still can’t match ‘Dispute,’ and it has fewer players. Mingwei, to be honest, you can play ‘Holy Spirit’ as a game, but don’t consider it for a career.”

“I won’t.”

Zhao Mingwei was already somewhat tired of the career of a professional player. Playing ‘Dispute’ was his job, but ‘Holy Spirit’ was his entertainment outside of work.

It was needless to say which game he preferred more. Zhao Mingwei still hoped ‘Holy Spirit’ could surpass ‘Dispute’ in popularity.

But as a globally top-tier online game, ‘Dispute’s’ professional league was booming. Even if some players were no longer active, they would still follow the game through the professional league, a reflection of player sentiment.

The emergence of three-dimensional projection would undoubtedly push ‘Dispute’s’ professional league to unprecedented heights. But what about ‘Holy Spirit’? This game was still in the slow early stages of development, with server populations hovering around five thousand.

“There’s no need to compare it with ‘Dispute.'”

As Zhao Mingwei thought about this, he looked out the window, faintly seeing the colorful Jiang City food street in the distance.

Since the Abyss Hunt event in Jiang City, Zhao Mingwei had a feeling that… ‘Holy Spirit’ might completely change everyone’s lifestyle in the future.