“What?”
Xu Gaoyuan’s pupils constricted. “It’s not an industry from our White Night City, but from a small town below?”
Vice-Chairman Qi sneered again. “Now you understand why I called you to this meeting, don’t you?”
After a round of mockery directed at his political rival, Vice-Chairman Qi looked at the others in the conference room.
He said solemnly, “I presume everyone has realized the seriousness of the situation. When we initially set up the recommendation slots for small towns, it was purely to appease those towns. We never imagined that any Dungeon could emerge from such a recommendation slot. You all know how terrible this recommendation slot is, don’t you?”
As he spoke, his gaze grew heavier. “And now… a Dungeon from a small town, without any reputation, in such a terrible recommendation slot, has managed to go viral and become incredibly popular. It’s causing thousands of Adventurers to collectively and spontaneously petition for a competition, and major forums are flooded with posts about it. You should all understand the significance of this, without me having to say it, right?”
After he finished speaking, everyone fell silent.
As managers of the Adventurer's Guild, they were all too aware of how difficult it was for a small-town Dungeon to go viral.
It could be said that it happened with absolutely no exposure.
It completely dominated all the heavily promoted Dungeons in the recommendation slots.
What kind of content and quality could achieve such a level?
The Guild managers present couldn't help but feel curious, opening their systems to check.
Going viral in just a few days.
Such a feat made the Adventurer's Guild managers of White Night City feel a hint of pressure.
One of them said, “Vice-Chairman Qi, are you worried that this Dungeon will affect our local Dungeons in White Night City in the future, causing a shrinkage of the local industry?”
Vice-Chairman Qi nodded. “Yes, don’t underestimate it just because its population cap isn’t very high yet, and its popularity hasn’t reached a phenomenal level. But you must understand… it’s only been a few days since it appeared. What if its population continues to grow in the future? What if it’s adored by tens of thousands of people in the future?”
This question…
Made everyone present fall silent.
Ultimately, it was a matter of the pie. The pie was only so big, and currently, the Dungeon Lords in White Night City were dividing it up nicely, in perfect harmony.
If an outsider suddenly came in and tried to take a large slice of the pie, who would be happy about that?
If those Dungeon Lords earned less, there would be problems with Dungeon construction, which would in turn affect White Night City. If their ratings were impacted, they would suffer a huge loss.
“We must suppress it.”
One person said with a cold face, “We must suppress it, we must restrict its traffic, and not let it develop like this.”
“Exactly.”
“2,000 people a day is more than enough. Why would a Dungeon from a small town need so much traffic?”
“That’s right!”
“2,000 people is enough for him to earn a profit, and it’s already giving these small towns a lot of face. I’m sure they won’t say anything.”
In the conference room, everyone began to discuss animatedly.
The Dungeons in White Night City had existed for hundreds of years. Those Dungeon Lords, including their descendants, had certain connections with the Adventurer's Guild of White Night City. Each had their own chain of vested interests behind them.
There were even some families in Adventurer World who, in order to achieve immortality in Dark World for their own families, would fully cultivate a certain Dungeon Lord and reach an agreement with them. This was so that once they reached a certain age, or when outstanding descendants in their family emerged, they could become Contract Adventurer for that Dungeon Lord.
Immortality was humanity's ultimate pursuit.
After hundreds of years of development, the relationship chains in White Night City were intricate and complex. It could be said that touching the interests of a Dungeon Lord also meant touching the interests of a certain family in Adventurer World, and the influence of these families was also distributed across various regions, especially within the Adventurer's Guild.
Therefore, upon hearing that a large portion of this pie was about to be taken by someone else, everyone's expressions turned somewhat grim.
Traffic restrictions were almost everyone's unanimous opinion.
If it weren't for concerns about potential reactions from the small towns below, these people would have directly cut off this Dungeon, making it disappear from the small town recommendation slot.
“Traffic restrictions…”
Guild President Ma Lingzhi let out a long breath. “In the current situation, traffic restrictions are also somewhat difficult. The Adventurers’ enthusiasm is exceptionally high. If we implement traffic restrictions, it will be very hard to explain to them.”
“Then what should we do?”
“We can’t just let it continue to develop, can we?”
“Even if we were willing, those Dungeon Lords below wouldn’t be, would they? Especially those War Lords, who spend money like lunatics. Once the soul crystal flow is cut off, our presence in Dark World…”
At this point, Ma Lingzhi glared at him fiercely.
The man knew he had spoken out of turn and consciously shut his mouth, daring not to speak again.
After the silence below…
Ma Lingzhi then slowly said, “All in all, let’s prepare on two fronts for now.”
“First, we need to have people research the reasons why this Dungeon became so popular, identify its game type and gameplay framework, and then have the various Dungeon Lords imitate it, so they can quickly launch Dungeons of the same type. This is a big piece of meat; how much they can bite off depends entirely on their own abilities.”
Ma Lingzhi had personally visited Battle Royale and was amazed by its various designs.
He knew very well that Battle Royale's popularity was not without reason. Many elements within it had already surpassed their understanding, as well as the understanding of various Dungeon Lords, making them very difficult to imitate.
The only thing they could do now was to first imitate Battle Royale's game framework and create a fantasy-style Dungeon of the same type.
They would replace some of the content.
Once these Dungeons were online, the Adventurer's Guild would then conduct a strong promotional campaign to divert the attention of the general Adventurers, and only then would they implement traffic restrictions.
Or even a direct ban…
This was the most peaceful method. If they were to directly ban it now, the Adventurers’ anger would be something that even the Adventurer's Guild couldn't bear.
While imitating and plagiarizing, the matter of the competition also had to be settled for the Adventurers.
This competition absolutely had to be held.
If they didn't satisfy these Adventurers this time, future matters would also be very difficult to handle…