Chapter 240: The Game Enters Its Second Phase
【Achievement Unlocked: Not Enough Firepower Phobia; Destroy a battleship of the same or higher class with a single blow, gain 5 Exchange Points】
【Achievement Unlocked: Competing for the Galaxy; Win a fleet battle, gain 5 Exchange Points】
【Achievement Unlocked: Grand Slam 111; Kill 20 enemies in one attack, gain 20 Exchange Points】
【Achievement Unlocked: Grand Slam IV; Kill 50 enemies in one attack, gain 40 Exchange Points】
【Achievement Unlocked: Invincible Armada; Own a battle-tested fleet, gain 5 Exchange Points】
【Achievement Unlocked: Star Sea Grand Stage, Come If You Dare; Officially appear in the post-disaster human space community, gain 5 Exchange Points】
【Congratulations, your faction has officially advanced from a Planetary Civilization to a Starfield Civilization, the game has entered its second phase, and the Civilization Expansion Reward Mechanism has been activated】
【Under this reward mechanism, all exploration and military victories can be converted into Exchange Points; Exchange Points can also be obtained when Industrial and Prestige scores break through certain values】
【Reward Rules: Landing and investigating a non-habitable planet yields 5 Exchange Points, a habitable planet yields 30 points】
【Current Income: 380, from Emerald Star Exploration (30), Industrial Score (100), Prestige Score (100), Military Victory (752)】
【Shop Unlocked New Item: Giant 3D Printer, Price 350 Exchange Points】
【This machine is a giant atomic spray gun, it does not include a sealed printing chamber, therefore, to avoid interference with printing accuracy, it can only operate in a vacuum environment and needs to be kept as far away as possible from planetary gravitational fields. The physical size of printable parts is not limited】
Goodness—
The system's benefits suddenly upgraded!
Lu Yuan checked, and his current Exchange Points reached 598.
He could be said to be quite rich.
Looking at it this way, the Punishment Fleet was equivalent to a BOSS? Was this a clear reward?
He always felt that the system was closely observing him and would increase investment based on his actual performance as an Executive Officer. Why did such a mechanism exist? Couldn't all the good things be given at once?
Could it be that the system also had 'insufficient production capacity' or 'insufficient energy' issues?
This question could not help but lead to deep thought, but for now, no answer could be found.
Anyway, with money, it was time to spend a wave!
He definitely had to get a Giant 3D Printer to play with.
Currently, Cang Yuan still had many 'black technology' products whose processes had not been fully understood, requiring the precise replication of atomic-level 3D printing technology provided by the system.
For example, the core components in the warp drive and kinetic shield, or the Apollo drone recently captured, especially its target spoofing equipment and advanced high-efficiency electric propulsion engine.
Fortunately, the volume of these devices temporarily did not exceed the product size limit of the two 3D printers Lu Yuan had.
But what about the future?
No one could say for sure.
What if he later obtained a golden age giant reactor, or a giant battleship main gun or something, then for a considerable period,
these things would certainly also rely on 3D printing for replication.
Otherwise, they could only become precious 'unique items' and 'artifacts', difficult to convert into true combat power.
Moreover, Lu Yuan thought, if he was not mistaken, this kind of Giant 3D Printer should also be able to serve as a shipyard on its own.
Or it could simply be modified and integrated with the current hexagonal frame-type space dock, running back and forth on the pre-laid rails inside the dock, greatly improving shipbuilding efficiency.
Finally, this oversized printing equipment, without a doubt, could print the 30-meter-class large 3D printers that could only be purchased with Exchange Points before.
In other words, the latter could also be mass-produced in the future, and could be distributed and spread to various branches and sub-camps of Cang Yuan, becoming relatively cheap standardized equipment.
【Item purchased, please select transfer location, environmental requirements: high vacuum, and gravitational field strength less than 0.1 G】
0.1 G—that's good, easy to meet!
“Transfer to Li Star's synchronous orbit, 2 kilometers from the space dock.”
【System confirmed, starting transfer】
This level of critical item update was no longer something Lu Yuan could just brush off with a random excuse; the best way was to say nothing at all, pretend not to see it, and then quietly release a game update announcement, a deus ex machina.
After buying, he still had 248 Exchange Points left, and Lu Yuan decided to open another large blind box.
No one could resist the temptation of the largest treasure chest; he had to open one to see what it contained.
The last medium blind box didn't yield good loot, it should be setting the stage for this one.
Hmm, it must be like this—come on, open it!
【Congratulations! Obtained Orange Legendary Technology Blueprint: 'Avatar' System】
【This system can establish additional quantum pairing between the player's mental consciousness and the dormant pod clone, with a pairing limit of 3 character bodies】
【After pairing is complete, the player's consciousness can freely transfer between different bodies, and this consciousness transfer is not limited by time and space, but must be performed in a dormant pod】
【Dormant pods equipped with the 'Avatar' system require 'Quantum zero element' for construction】
Beautiful! Not bad this time!
This is exactly what I wanted!
This was actually the 'teleportation' system that all players had been clamoring for.
From now on, the dormant pod would be the teleportation point; as long as they 'saved' in the dormant pod before going offline each time, the teleportation function could be successfully activated!
This truly came like timely rain, arriving at the perfect moment! It could be said to have completely changed the gameplay of 'Star Sea'.
In the future, all players could leave one teleportation point in their respective battleships or research and production institutions, place a second teleportation point at their current monster grinding location, and then place a third in their private exploration vehicle.
Hmm....—.
Private vehicles.
At this point, Lu Yuan realized a problem.
He actually really wanted every player, especially those Investigator players, to own their own spaceship, just like in 'star citizen'.
Whenever they got tired of leveling up, they could directly teleport to their spaceship, go sightseeing in nearby star systems,
engage in interstellar exploration, and share some of the workload of professional scientific research vessels.
The latter should ideally only be responsible for investigating anomalies.
Originally, this plan was not difficult to implement; it just required piling up production capacity. But at present, it was probably no longer a simple matter of production capacity.
Now that Cang Yuan's overall economy had integrated with Star Alliance society, cangyuan coin and star alliance credit points had begun to be freely exchanged. Naturally, the prices of various goods also had to align.
It was impossible for a spaceship to sell for only tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands domestically, and then sell for a hundred million or more in the Star Alliance export market; the price standards had to align with the Star Alliance.
Then, with players' current income of at most tens of thousands a month, they would absolutely not be able to afford a spaceship, and it would even be difficult to buy new models of power armor.
This was actually a common phenomenon in the Star Alliance as well; employees of various companies, trade caravans, mercenary organizations, and soldiers of major factions only had the right to use equipment. The only things they could buy out of their own pockets were light weapons, at most a most ordinary civilian shuttle.
The latter was equivalent to an RV in reality.
If player salaries were increased to hundreds of millions per year, that would certainly also be inappropriate.
This would immediately create a huge wealth gap between players and aboriginals, destroying the aboriginals' work enthusiasm and disrupting the hard-won thriving civilian economy.
There was a way to solve this problem, however.
Firstly, they could imitate and learn from the Star Alliance by offering equipment usage rights for lease.
A more effective way to motivate players would be to provide official subsidies for equipment procurement, which, in simple terms, meant issuing shopping vouchers based on players' levels and contributions.
Lu Yuan pondered for three full hours, then secretly logged into the player community and published a new game announcement.
【'Star Sea' 0.5a Version Update Preview】
【From the supermassive black hole at the galactic center to the edge of the galactic disk, the news of Cang Yuan's return is known to all! The open beta has successfully entered its second phase, rejoice! This is the result of the collective efforts of all internal test players and off-site supporters!】
【Through the tireless efforts of our employees, the entire Star Alliance cosmos has been completed! Countless planets and doomsday ruins now await players to explore and scavenge!】
【Based on the latest game content, we have once again adjusted the game's difficulty and gameplay. We focused on accelerating the construction and development of Cang Yuan, and at the same time, opened up conditional character teleportation. Players no longer have to worry about being confined to a small cabin once they embark on an interstellar journey!】
Next, the announcement introduced the Giant 3D Printer and the mechanism for character teleportation using the 'Avatar' system.
Finally, there was a system update.
【The game has now opened up the 'Professional Guild' and 'Guild' systems. All players of the same profession automatically join that professional guild. In addition, players of different professions can freely form game guilds】
【Guild and Guild high-ranking members can set future goals for a period of time. Once the goals are approved by the Executive Officer and ultimately completed, Guild or Guild experience will be gained; as Guild and Guild levels increase, unique privileges can be unlocked for members, such as additional equipment purchase subsidies from the company!】
Having played the game until now, since most players had already fully equipped themselves, the appeal of 'Dungeon Coins' and 'Battlefield Coins' was no longer as strong as it was at the beginning.
Lu Yuan could no longer act as both a boss and a middle manager in the company, as he did in the early stages of the game.
He had to fully mobilize the initiative of the first and second-tier players and fully unleash their management potential.
At the same time, he also had to give players some new content to grind! The pie couldn't be cut off!
After posting the announcement, Lu Yuan was about to go out when Ye Xing ran over.
“Boss, we have a visitor.”
“Who?”
“The other party claims to be an official representative from Paradise Island and wants to discuss the war with Galan privately with us. Should we meet him?”