Chapter 489

Chapter 489. Don’t Leave Creativity to the Users. (1)

The next morning.

“We’re broke now!”

“Starting the day with such a spicy statement, huh?”

After spending the entire day yesterday pondering over various issues…

And then, at the end, spending a considerable amount of time dealing with the unpaid hiring fees of mercenary users…

Anyway, after handling all that, it felt like…

“It’s been a while since the Resource Warehouse was this empty.”

“Yeah, it’s been almost three years.”

Even when I hired mercenaries in bulk, the Resource Warehouse always had at least a million units left. But now, seeing its bare bottom… I mean, its completely empty state, I couldn’t help but feel a sense of awe.

And because the resources were literally scraped clean, not a speck left…

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[Event]

[Resource Depletion Crisis!]

[Content]

[Commander, your base has no resources left!]

[If this situation continues, your fleet and base will suffer severe damage!]

[Minimum Resource Requirement: Minerals 10,000, Rare Resources 1,000]

˪[Current Resources: Minerals 103, Rare Resources 29]

[If the minimum resource requirement is not met within the given time, your base and fleet will receive massive debuffs!]

[Time Remaining: 1 hour 22 minutes 38 seconds]

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“But hey, Jessi Jessi Jessi, can I really not say something when I see that?”

“Yeah, you’re right.”

With an event message popping up like, “If you don’t give us resources fast, we’re all gonna starve to death!”

Whether I liked it or not, I couldn’t help but grumble like that.

But fortunately, we had a way to get resources immediately.

“Did you clear all the daily quests?”

“Yes, and the Krakens we sent to the Resource Zone just returned.”

“…Hmm, good.”

After clearing the daily quests and the resource fleet (Krakens x2) returning, the Krakens started vomiting out the resources they had stuffed into their bellies into the warehouse.

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[Event]

[Resource Depletion Crisis!]

[Content]

[Commander, your base has no resources left!]

[If this situation continues, your fleet and base will suffer severe damage!]

[Minimum Resource Requirement: Minerals 10,000, Rare Resources 1,000]

˪[Current Resources: Minerals 343,205, Rare Resources 96,129]

[If the minimum resource requirement is not met within the given time, your base and fleet will receive massive debuffs!]

[Time Remaining: 1 hour 22 minutes 38 seconds]

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[Event]

[Resource Requirement Met!]

[Content]

[You have met the requirements for the event ‘Resource Depletion Crisis!’]

[The dangerous situation caused by this event has been resolved.]

[Result]

[Event chain ‘Resource Depletion Crisis!’ concluded]

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“We barely made it.”

“Yeah, we really did.”

While happily choosing a Tanking Ship and waiting for the price bubble to burst, I ended up sweating bullets.

I realized why Humanity Clan had a headache over ‘compensation’—specifically, hiring fees and various other costs—right after taking over the Earth Federation.

“That’s why Humanity Clan couldn’t pay the compensation right away.”

“Exactly, we only hired people for a day, right?”

“And we only hired about 2,500 people…”

“Humanity Clan hired over 30,000 external mercenaries.”

Just paying a ‘day’s worth’ of hiring fees to about 2,500 people cost a total of 28 million resources… no, actually, it was closer to 30 million.

Humanity Clan, which had to hire tens of thousands of users for months-long battles, spent at least 300 to 350 million resources in a single day…

No, wait, just the pure ‘hiring fees’ alone were close to 400 million. Realizing this insane resource consumption rate, I shook my head in disbelief.

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And just like that, randomly following the flow of consciousness, I was muttering, “Humanity Clan is amazing!” in my head…

While I was lost in such thoughts…

Suddenly, a new event message window pops up right before my eyes.

But the announcement contained within was something I, and probably other users, definitely didn’t see coming…

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[Global Announcement]

<<[Mini Event ‘Astral Expo’ is Coming!]>>

[Attention, Commanders!]

[In one week, the mini event ‘Astral Expo’ will be held.]

[Show off the creative items made by Commanders and Superhumans to others!]

[Outstanding works will receive modest rewards!]

[Event Duration: 2 Weeks]

[Event Details]

˪[No separate event map will be provided!]

˪[PVP will be restricted during the event period, so please take note.]

[Detailed information will be updated the day before the event starts. We look forward to your active participation and interest.]

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“…What kind of event is this?”

Unlike the usual events like ‘Fleet Battles’ or Superhuman Battle Royales, this one is suddenly about a ‘creative item-making competition’ for users and Superhumans.

Of course, hearing about such a cute and quirky mini-event…

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Title: What’s This Mini Event???

Author: ㅇㅇ

Content: [Full screenshot of the ‘Astral Expo’ event]

What the heck is this?

What’s going on?

Is this some kind of creative battle between crazy people?

Comments:

-[Oh]

-[Wait, where did the fleet battles and Superhuman battles go? Now we’re making users use their brains? LOL]

-[Uwu tyty]

-[Uwuuu I don’t wanna use my brain uwu]

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Title: This Event Feels Really Unique

Author: Bersagliere

Content: [Full screenshot of the ‘Astral Expo’ event]

Detailed info will probably come the day before the update, but…

It seems like combat is really ‘optional’ this time, and the event is more about relaxing with users and intelligent Superhumans.

Feels like they’re saying, “You’ve been beaten up by factions, so take a break.”

Comments:

-[I think so too]

-[Sometimes, we need these kinds of moderately interesting events]

-˪[For real lol]

-[But what does ‘creative ideas’ even mean? What are we supposed to do?]

-[Like, fitting equipment concepts onto ships??]

-˪[No clue] (Author)

-˪[The only info we have so far is ‘make creative items,’ so it’s hard to say anything specific ㅇㅇ]

-[Ah, okay]

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Title: Isn’t That Event Exactly What This Is?

Author: Siljangkwonbeop

Content: [A moving image drawn in MS Paint, showing a vehicle with three Hakenkreuzes popping up right after the game starts.gif]

Lately, users have been melting asteroids to make walls or creating unsupported shields and carrying them around.

Even Superhumans, who are supposed to be geniuses, sometimes make weird stuff on their own.

And some users team up with Superhumans to make bizarre things too.

[[Link to a post titled “Yo, I made a moving bio d*ck!”]]

I think the devs saw this and thought, “Why don’t we try something like this?”

Comments:

-[There’s been some erotic stuff lately too, so yeah]

-[Ah, that makes sense]

-[Interesting story]

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The fact that it’s about ‘creation’ rather than combat has left not just me, but other users equally baffled.