Chapter 104

Chapter 104. The event was still ongoing. (3)

Moreover, due to an untimely verification post, the actual point holdings of the top rankers were revealed.

In many ways, it was only natural that the gallery was on fire.

However, despite this, most users in the gallery simply concluded that the existing top rankers had abandoned the event.

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Title: It seems like the existing rankers gave up on this event.txt

Author: MelancholyArt

Content: [Compilation of point verifications from 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place]

Besides this, the 8th place also verified, but that person only did one gacha and had 400k left.

So, the points in the screenshot from 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place were indeed less than those who did two gachas.

Of course, the existing 1st place and other rankers didn’t reveal their points, but given this trend, wouldn’t others be similar?

Comments:

– [Agreed]

– [Did they slack off this time because they got lucky last ranking?]

– [Seems like an interesting story]

– [Hmm… interesting;;]

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Of course, not all users in the gallery agreed with that opinion.

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Title: Isn’t the point thing fake?

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Image of a 5 million point drip post]

Isn’t it a bit weird when you think about it?

The date that post was made was just over a month after the event started.

No matter how efficient you are, there’s a limit to how many points a single user can get.

300k points, sure, but 500k?

That’s just not right.

Isn’t this just to mess with us so we don’t buy from the shop?

Comments:

– [What’s with the sniping?]

– [Wow, coming here to write a sniping post]

– [Just pop some popcorn~]

– [LOLOLOLOLOL]

– [Agreed, shady]

– [What’s with the fake sniping?]

– [F***]

– [B****]

– [You all are just haters]

– [This is where the Templar Archive ends]

– [What old memes are you guys using?]

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Theories started spreading that the points needed for the top rankings, like 300k or 500k, were all lies.

That they were just making newbies collect points like crazy, then give up on the rankings and loot the shop to survive.

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Title: Stop with the fake point nonsense

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Screenshot of point sniping]

Bullsh*t, agreed.

If you’re gonna talk like that, verify your own points first, dammit.

It’s already hard enough to collect points, and now you’re gonna die on this hill?

Comments:

– [LOLOLOLOLOL]

– [The faker comes out swinging]

– [Thanks, b*tch] (Author)

– [Burning up]

– [LOLOLOLOL]

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Title: Isn’t the burning just them not collecting points and bluffing?

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Image of a burning ship]

They just mindlessly spent points in the shop, and now they’re like, “Oh sh*t, I’m out of points.”

So now they think everyone else should be out of points too, right? Just petty jealousy.

Comments:

– [Oh?]

– [Sharp sniping]

– [Hey, chew your popcorn ㄲㄲ]

– [LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL]

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Title: Honestly, if you think the point thing is fake, just upvote lololol

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Partial screenshot of point ranking estimation]

All this talk about points being fake lololol.

You guys just half-assed the event or didn’t think ahead and emptied the shop, and now you’re talking big lololol.

And now you’re like, “Oh, it’s fake, points shouldn’t exist.”

Ugh, just shut up.

[Image of a toad throwing a punch]

Comments:

– [Kyaaaa]

– [Speak your truth, you cola]

– [As expected, the floaters handle the big stuff]

– [LOLOLOLOLOLOL]

– [LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL]

– [So how many points do you have?]

– [1.2 million, you idiot] (Author)

– [If you don’t verify, I won’t believe you]

Meanwhile, opposing opinions began to rise against them, and along with the sudden chaos, it seemed like the entire gallery’s public opinion was splitting apart. Thanks to this, strange individuals aiming to stir up trouble also slipped into the cracks of this division, turning the already chaotic gallery situation into an even bigger mess. Users who couldn’t adapt to the sudden changes just hoped for this insane nuclear fission reaction to calm down quickly and remained silent. However, the person who actually triggered this nuclear fission reaction in the gallery… was just checking their base status belatedly, thinking, “Ah, I couldn’t upgrade the base.”

Now, with all alarms and notifications about the gallery turned off, I suddenly thought, “By the way, have we upgraded our base recently?” “No, at least not since the event started… you could say we haven’t done it at all.” While checking the base status, I realized that more than a month had passed since the event started, and we hadn’t done any base upgrades.

<Astral Base Lv. 5>

<Currently Open Facilities>

<Commander's Room>

<Command Center>

<Shipyard>

<Medical Room>

<Lounge>

<Shop>

<Training Room>

<Resource Warehouse>

<Docking Facility>

<Cryostasis Room>

<Dimensional Signal Collection Communication Amplification System>

<Multi-Dimensional Fixed Causality Generator>

<Advanced Research Lab>

<Resource Synthesis Production Facility>

<Rare Resource Synthesis Production Facility>

<Advanced Technology Management Center>

<Rare Resource Production Facility>

<Integrated Defense System>

<Weapon Development Center>

<Biological Research Institute>

<Neural Network>

<Mercenary Dispatch Center>

Although it seemed like we had built a lot of things, when looking at what needed to be built and upgraded… the <Base Upgrade Facility Possible List> showed:

<Additional Docking Facility>(2,500)

<Resource Warehouse>(3,000)

<Forward Base>(30,000)

While other bases in the gallery were already reaching levels 6 and 7, I was still stuck at level 5. So, I decided to first build the <Additional Docking Facility> to increase fleet points, then the <Resource Warehouse>, and finally the expensive <Forward Base> to quickly upgrade the base to level 6. However, there was one serious problem…

“Jessica, let’s start building the additional docking facility right away.”

“Commander, we don’t have any minerals left.”

“…Huh?”

“To be precise, we only have about 2,400 minerals left for today, and if we build that, our supply rate will go into the negative.”

“Uhhh?”

Jessica’s sudden statement about the lack of resources left me utterly baffled. With over 10 locations mining resources in three shifts, our daily mineral supply rate should be over 10,000. Even our fleet had barely taken any damage, so there were no repair costs to worry about. And since we hadn’t upgraded the base due to being busy, resources should have been overflowing. So, I asked Jessica about this, and she looked at me with half-dead eyes and replied in a drained voice, “We’re covering the pirates’ repair costs, you know.”

“Ah.”