Chapter 036: Debate

[The contracts in Divinefall Continent are too harsh. I was born in a town and have decent talent as a spellcaster. But damn, when I tried to join the local spellcaster faction, they made me sign a slave contract. I was furious—but held it in. What could I do? I didn’t have the money to buy a spell pattern scroll.]

[You’re already lucky. At least you had a chance to buy a spell pattern scroll. I was born in some godforsaken village with not a single spellcaster. Even if I had spellcaster talent, there’s nowhere to use it.]

[Come on, let’s not stray too far off-topic. What we should really be discussing is—why did the authorities take so long to release this information? Those of us who haven’t registered accounts yet can’t possibly catch up to the others now, right?]

[Don’t worry. Divinefall Continent isn’t your typical game—it’s a real world. If you want power, you have to put in effort and learn. It’s not like you can just click a mouse to learn skills.
From what I’ve heard, in the first two closed betas, almost no one even reached Lv10.]

[Honestly, I think the authorities were thinking of our well-being too.
If they’d revealed from the start that Divinefall Continent was a real world, society would’ve gone into chaos. Gradually releasing information at least gave people time to mentally prepare.
This time delay also gave the authorities time to gather intel so they could warn us—like not to log in as a guest. That alone has probably saved countless lives.]

[So by that logic, those of us who logged in as guests during the closed beta were just collateral damage? Great. So we’re the unlucky suckers.]

[Well, that’s how the world works. At least you’re still alive. And it’s not like the government forced you to choose guest login—it was your own decision.]

[If the government had warned us earlier not to use guest login, wouldn’t that have prevented it?]

[Don’t blame everything on the authorities, okay? If they’d revealed Divinefall’s reality earlier, society would’ve collapsed. Put yourself in their shoes.]

[To all the guest logins out there—don’t panic. If you’re worried about danger, just don’t log in for now.
Or wait and see how things develop. We can even add each other as friends offline. When logging into Divinefall, just arrange to meet up with family or friends who are official players.
They all know the location of their beginner villages and can bring you there. There’s always a way to get a village to accept you.]

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The benefit of the authorities’ public announcement was that now everyone could discuss Divinefall freely online.

Players who had accidentally logged in as guests could vent online, and many kind users were now offering thoughtful advice.

Not only were netizens pitching in—the authorities had also prepared plans to relocate guest players by having official players escort them to beginner villages.

But Yun Xi knew this was pure fantasy.

Divinefall Continent is unimaginably vast.

So vast it defies belief.

Even now, she had only run into three or four players in Qinglan Town. And in her entire previous lifetime, even after traveling through numerous regions, she had only met a few hundred players at most.

For the authorities to find guest players would be sheer luck. More realistically, it’s nearly impossible.

[You make it sound so easy. I was a guest player during the first closed beta, and I’d log in for one or two hours each day—never saw another soul.
And that’s not even the worst part. You know what our main quest was? Survive a day and get one copper coin. What are we, beggars?]

[No way. Guest logins really have it that bad?]

[Try it and you’ll know. The wild is insanely dangerous. I only dare log in during the daytime in Divinefall, and only for a short time. The moment I sense anything off—I log out immediately. Otherwise, I won’t even know how I died.]

[My friend’s already missing. Probably because they logged in as a guest.]

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With the government turning a blind eye on purpose, information about Divinefall began spreading like wildfire.

In just a few hours, everyone in Huaguo knew about it.

Before, most people had only heard whispers. They didn’t believe it was real—after all, they couldn’t register accounts and had no firsthand experience.

But now that the public beta had begun and account registration was no longer restricted, those with even the slightest curiosity started pausing their work or studies to register accounts and try the game.

Of course, most people valued their lives.

They didn’t ignore the official warning that Divinefall is extremely dangerous. So after logging in briefly, many quickly logged out, intending to gather more intel before committing to deeper exploration.

Within a short time, some even considered quitting their jobs altogether. Thankfully, most people were still rational.

The government monitored online trends closely and promptly issued a few more announcements—especially regarding the time people spent in Divinefall.

They advised against letting the game interfere with real-life work, warning that if Huaguo’s society collapsed, it would hurt everyone.

This was especially critical for those in key infrastructure jobs—like power plant workers and water supply employees. The government even sent people to supervise them to prevent them from logging into the game during work hours and jeopardizing public services.

Of course, to compensate these essential workers, the government promised not only Flower Coin payments, but also a small amount of copper coins.

After all, now that the game had entered open beta, players could no longer top-up their accounts with real money.

Everyone understood: copper coins had become immensely valuable, far beyond their initial worth.

The value of copper coins had skyrocketed—from an exchange rate of 1:120 with Flower Coins to 1:200, even 1:300.

When the authorities learned this, they deeply regretted not revealing Divinefall’s truth sooner.

But there’s no medicine for regret. The authorities didn’t know everything.

Even Yun Xi, despite being reborn, couldn’t reveal the truth early.

First, she had no way to explain how she knew.

Second, the enemies from the Treasure Vault quest were still lurking in the shadows. If they used special detection methods and discovered Yun Xi was the source of leaked information, they could deduce that she was a reborn player with a Rebirth Stone.

And when that happens…

Yun Xi would be doomed.

Against enemies capable of destroying the gods themselves, even her black mist earrings—relics from her past—would be utterly useless. They couldn’t stop such a foe’s investigation.