Chapter 195

Chapter 195. Preview of a New Event. (1)

While messing around with stocks, I unexpectedly gained some life lessons…

But the reason I even dabbled in stocks (?) was ultimately to get a new ship.

Now that I’ve decided to do stocks (?) for my small but certain happiness, I realized I needed a way to get a new ship to replace that.

The only small problem here was the question, “So where do I even get that?”

“Seriously, where do we get a new ship?”

“That’s what I’m wondering too, Commander.”

By the way, I’ve pretty much given up on getting a new ship through gacha.

Not that I’m not doing gacha, but it’s just that I don’t even have the resources for a 10-pull right now.

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<Base Level 7 Upgrade in Progress...>

<Time Remaining: 15 days, 3 hours, 43 minutes, 13 seconds>

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Meanwhile, the base is still in the middle of upgrading.

I’ve been running around trying to see if there are any wrecked high-tier ships nearby, but it seems I’m not the only one with that idea.

“Commander, we just made contact with another commander’s fleet.”

“Huh?”

“Of course, since we only showed up with 5 patrol ships, they immediately claimed they had rightful control over the area and tried to make us leave…”

“I see. So what did you do?”

“We called in the Kraken, and they ended up giving up the area.”

“Ah.”

‘It’s like adults stepping into a kids’ fight.’

Trying to find wrecked ships or relics of a fallen Ancient Empire, I often end up clashing with other users around here.

Even picking up scraps isn’t satisfying, so honestly, the situation isn’t great for me.

But trying to run a pillaging economy (?) isn’t ideal either, as seen from the recent large-scale invasion of the central zone.

Most users left in this hellhole are either solo players or small clans who’ve survived this long, so it’s not like I can just go wild.

The weaker ones… either have a ship pool similar to mine,

or their ship pool is similar, but their ‘superhuman’ pool is a mess, so there’s nothing worth squeezing out of them.

So I kept racking my brain, with my IQ of 150 and Jessica’s IQ of 150,

totaling a perfect 300 IQ, trying to figure out a solution.

But no matter how much I thought about it, I realized there’s nothing we can do right now.

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But thankfully, it didn’t take long for this problem to naturally resolve itself.

The solution was none other than…

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<Global Announcement>

<<<New Event Notice>>>

<A new event notice for all Commanders!>

<In one week, the ‘Ruins of the Ancient Empire’ event will begin!>

<When the event starts, ‘Ancient Base Ruins’ will open randomly near each Commander’s base.>

<If more than half of all Commanders clear these ruins, the ‘Capital of the Ancient Empire’ will open in the central zone, accessible to all factions!>

<The following rewards are planned for this event!>

<Upon clearing ‘Ancient Base Ruins’:>

˪<You can receive one random ship and one random superhuman.>

˪<Based on your clear score, you’ll receive bonus points for entering the ‘Capital of the Ancient Empire.’>

<Unlike ‘Ancient Base Ruins,’ the ‘Capital of the Ancient Empire’ is a public dungeon.>

˪<Your score in this dungeon will determine your ranking in future events.>

<Detailed information about the event and upcoming updates will be shared later.>

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“Ohhh… finally!”

“A new event, Commander?”

“Exactly!”

Just look at those sweet rewards.

It’s not about screwing over others—just clearing your own instance dungeon gives you a random ship and superhuman for free!

Sure, the details are vague, and if they pull something like last time’s returnee rewards with tier restrictions, it’d be pretty annoying…

But for someone like me, desperate for even one ship, it’s more than enough to be grateful for.

It was fine.

And the appearance of such an event wasn’t just welcomed by unlucky noobs like me…

Sure, I was busy for a while, but that was just a ‘conflict’ caused by some jokester users.

Since it wasn’t an in-game event, the Central Zone, which had experienced a large-scale invasion (?), was naturally affected.

Although things have calmed down now, except for the dangerous Pirate Alliance-Earth Federation border area where Marian still can’t return, other areas are pretty chill.

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Title: Did the event notice drop?

Author: ㅇㅇ

Content: [Event notice image]

It dropped, so I’m posting it lololololololol

LET’S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Comments:

– [LET’S GO!]

– [Wow, they’re just handing out Ships and Superhumans, so OP]

– [This trash game is just giving out Ships and Superhumans? The same devs who messed up returning player rewards?!]

– [YEAHHHHHHHHH]

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Title: How long has it been since the last update, damn

Author: Purpurpurpurpur

Content: [Event notice screenshot], [GIF of a toad throwing popcorn while cheering]

If the Central and Southern guys who were having their own fun fights are trash, then thumbs up lolololol

Comments:

– [Thumbs up lolololololol]

– [Damn, it’s been almost 3 months since the last update]

– [Not quite 3 months, more like a little over 2 months, but still felt like forever]

– [Players who were hibernating are waking up like dogs lolololol]

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Title: It’s already been 2 weeks since the Central Zone invasion

Author: Kuwamoto Kan

Content: [Image of a toad with an exaggerated sad expression and a red aura]

Meanwhile, no update for 2 months…!

The pain we regular users had to endure while scratching our balls…!!

Comments:

– [What pain are you talking about?]

– [Lololololololol]

– [What the hell lolololololol]

– [Pain (bored and scratching balls)]

– [Lolololololol]

– [This crazy bastard lololololol]

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“Impressive.”

“Indeed.”

Just in case, I opened the gallery, and sure enough.

Most users, exhausted (?) by the lack of updates, were cheering wildly and setting the gallery on fire.

Of course, as always, trolls started creeping out here and there.

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Title: Event-related info analysis.txt

Author: ㅇㅇ

Content: [Event notice screenshot]

ㅇㅇ

<Scroll skipped>

[Grandma and Grandpa]

Comments:

– [Are you seriously scrolling all the way down to avoid getting caught and posting disgusting images, you bastard?]

– [Waaaaaaah]

– [Why does this guy even exist, damn]

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‘This damn bastard.’

Now they’re pulling all sorts of creative stunts to avoid getting banned or deleted immediately.

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<Would you like to block this user?>

<Block duration: 15 days>

<Block function: Gallery>

<(Y)/N>

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Before the event hype even died down, I had to deal with deleting disgusting images first.