Waiting for the distribution of qualifications might only be possible after fulfilling the needs of other clans.
This left members of the Gills Fish Clan and Abyss Fish Clan feeling indignant yet powerless.
With their clan’s weak influence, they couldn’t even raise a strong voice to fight for their interests.
At this moment, on the Star Network Forum of Fish Harbor City:
Howl Howl Big Shark: Brothers, selling a Frenzy Set from the Land of Sin for 30% off. Anyone in need can send a private message. The daily activity of this screwed-up game is getting lower. I really don’t understand, Dark Land has only issued so few game qualifications, how could it cause the popularity of this game to decline so drastically.
Deep Blue Explorer: The top tycoons of other clans are all waiting to snatch the Dark Land qualifications, so naturally, their enthusiasm for the Land of Sin has decreased. The game’s currency has severely depreciated recently, the price of equipment generally needs to be reduced by about 30%, and the situation is going to get even more serious. When that time comes, we might all be left living on sea breezes.
Fish Harbor City’s No.1 Racer: My income is plummeting. If it keeps dropping , I plan to livestream underwater explorations. My whole family is depending on me to provide for them (wipe tears.jpg)
Sea Monster Hunter: I was planning to save some money to treat my mom in the Moon Eclipse Clan, but with the current trend, forget about saving money, I’ll have to start dipping into my savings. Brothers, does anyone have a way to make money? Share some tips.
Coral Guardian: My cousin was arranged by our clan to work for the Human Clan, looking after a breeding farm, with quite good earnings. But the spots are very limited, acquired through our elders’ diplomatic efforts with the Human Clan. I want to go too, but I’d prefer to go to the Moon Eclipse Clan. I heard that there, medical treatment is free, and there’s no worry about food or drink. I’m so envious.
Undersea Beast: Eh, who let us be born in this era. Elders in our clan used to say that the Gills Fish Clan had a vast ocean territory, with endless resources, and so much food they would take a bite and throw away the rest. Now look at our lives, pathetic.
Sea Tyrant: It’s the same for us members of the Abyss Fish Clan. The glory described in history books compared to our current situation is such a huge gap, hard to accept. Now I just hope that the games Land of Sin and Conquest can last a bit longer. It would be best if they could hold on until the qualifications for Dark Land are fully issued. By then, we could smoothly switch to fighting in Dark Land.
Undersea Beast: It’s one thing for the Star Network earnings to drop, but even the catch is hard to sell, our clan’s trade surplus is continuously decreasing. The only thing to be thankful for is that the gaming pod is a support project from the Moon Eclipse Clan, every clan member over 15 can apply for one, so that’s one less expense. But the costs for nutritional fluids, medical services, underwater city construction projects, and the purification circulation system are getting higher. If this continues, I suspect Fish Harbor City will introduce a population optimization policy, encouraging everyone to have fewer but better offspring, to prevent excessive consumption of resources.
On the Star Network Forum of Fish Harbor City, both clans engaged in heated discussion about economic and environmental changes.
Just then, a message with an attached link popped up, automatically pinned to the top.
Benefit Officer: I have a cracked version download link for Dark Land, which can connect to the official game network. Friends in need can download it directly: （link address:*****）.
After fulfilling the mission by sending the link, the Guidance returned straight to Imperial Tomb Village.
Meanwhile, the forum’s chat channel heated up with discussions about this link.
Undersea Beast: Damn it, a cracked version link, we’re rich, I’m gonna down... download a Big Shark, this link is clearly fake, suspicious it’s the scam link released by the Breaking Clan, nobody better click it.
Deep Blue Explorer: Already finished downloading, tried the content, it’s legit, the game is really fun, makes you want to keep playing (Human Clan’s depressive smoking.jpg)
Sea Monster Hunter: Bro who posted the link, can you not joke around? Can’t you see everyone’s in low spirits here? If this link could actually download Dark Land, I swear I’d kneel and kowtow three loud times on the ground and then call you "Daddy."
Coral Guardian: Hahahaha, if it really downloads the cracked version, add me in for the head knocking, I’ll do four.
Sea Tyrant: I’ll do five then. So, any bored idiots clicked the link to see what’s really in it?
Fish Harbor City’s No.1 Racer: Just damn bored, I’ll go and give it a try. I don’t believe scammers dare to operate under Star Network surveillance, at least there should be some transaction process, right? These days, you don’t get scammed just by clicking on links, it’s all about actively transferring money in subsequent interactions with the scammer, so trying it out carries no risk.
Fish Harbor City’s No.1 Racer: Damn, I really downloaded Dark Land from this link.
Furious Little Fish replied to Fish Harbor City’s No.1 Racer: Yeah, right, I see you’re truly bored. Pure nonsense, forum experience +3, get lost.
Sea God Abyss Fish replied to Fish Harbor City’s No.1 Racer: Knowing that no screenshots or videos of Dark Land have been leaked, so next you’re gonna tell us you can’t screenshot or record, so you can’t provide any solid evidence, and we should click the link and download to watch those ancient Human Clan cartoons like SpongeBob with you, right?
Fish Harbor City’s No.1 Racer: Believe it or not, just giving you guys a friendly heads-up. I’m off to fight in the game, Dark Land here I come!
Coral Guardian: Fine, I’ll also download and try. SpongeBob is actually quite good. It was the first Human Clan cartoon we introduced. Watched 20 episodes before, but then those damn Humans demanded we watch ads to continue. I gave up straight away. If this is a completely free full series of SpongeBob, then that wouldn’t be bad.
From the initial firm skepticism to more and more clan members speaking up.
In the chat channel of the forum, the minds of the Gills Fish Clan and Abyss Fish Clan members began to waver, and many started to click the link and download suspiciously.
Subsequently, they found out that the link indeed allowed them to download "Dark Land."
Very soon, all 5000 slots distributed by Qi Sheng were snapped up.
After that, the forum was flooded with voices of lamentation, all regretting that they hadn’t jumped at the chance to download the game qualifications earlier.
This was a free Dark Land, saving a lot of expenses for the downloaders, and providing them with an opportunity to earn income at the forefront of the era.
Before this, such benefits couldn’t be bought with money.
But when the forum members wanted to find the "Benefit Officer" who distributed the qualifications, they discovered that the Benefit Officer’s figure had long disappeared.
The administrators of both clans searched using their privileges but were shocked to find no registration information of the Benefit Officer who offered the link.
This meant they had completely lost the possibility of obtaining qualifications through further communication with the Benefit Officer.
The only hope was the message that popped up after clicking the link:
[Notice: This round of qualifications has been fully distributed. The next round of qualification release has not been initiated.]
However, when exactly the next round of qualifications would be distributed was completely unknown.
The sudden benefit plunged the players who didn’t manage to grab the game download qualification into despair, as they wailed and cried in the chat channel, hoping the godfather Benefit Officer would come back and lend a hand to their desperately poor brothers.