425: Once I started playing, I found I couldn't stop.

Lin Weixin acted decisively, and the planning team and art department quickly received instructions.

At the same time, she also logged into the company's verified Weibo account and posted a new announcement:

"#Ouyou World Official Weibo News: The popular online game "Dungeon & Fighter" will undergo maintenance and updates in the early hours of the 18th! The estimated duration is from 3:00 AM to 9:00 AM."

As soon as the message was sent, countless phones and computers received notification alerts.

This renowned company's official social media platform is only responsible for publishing updates related to its games. It rarely posts other types of miscellaneous articles.

Everyone currently playing their games usually enables special alerts.

Just three minutes after the announcement was posted, the number of reads had already exceeded ten thousand and was still soaring!

Yu Waner, who had just finished bathing and washing her hair, opened her computer and immediately saw the news push notification that popped up:

"Oh my god! They're updating the dungeon tonight?! I'm not ready at all!"

Yu Waner repeatedly checked to confirm there were no issues, then immediately opened her contacts and started making calls:

"Wake up! The game is getting a new version tonight, and you don't even know?!"

"Hurry up and get up! We're going to rush the new dungeon together today!"

"If you keep sleeping, you'll miss tonight's update. You sleep more than a pig."

After making a few calls, Yu Waner didn't bother with those she hadn't notified yet and eagerly launched "Dungeon & Fighter."

Time is money!

Ouyou World's official announcement quickly topped the hot search list!

Netizens who had already cleared the old dungeons flocked to the discussion area, anticipating what new content this version would bring.

Everyone wished they could go in and see it right now.

The next day, exactly at nine in the morning.

Yu Waner sat up as soon as her alarm rang!

Whoosh!

In just a few seconds, she was already sitting in front of her computer; the entire process took less than a minute.

While waiting for the computer to boot up, Yu Waner couldn't help but sigh—if she had this much drive when she was in school, Tsinghua and Peking University would be hers for the taking!

Seeing the familiar "Dungeon & Fighter" icon light up, Yu Waner felt a surge of excitement!

Not seeing it for a day felt like three years!

The mouse hovered over an unlit icon.

"[Duel Arena]"

"[Entry Requirements: Character level must be above 10 to enter.]"

Yu Waner glanced at her level, a confident smile appearing at the corner of her mouth.

In terms of rank, no one in this game was higher than her!

Clicking "Duel Arena," the interface displayed a list of four different battleground options.

Although each function didn't have detailed explanations, with her years of experience, she could pretty much figure them out.

The current channel would show which duel server you were on.

The duel arena list was a summary of information for all battle rooms; clicking into a room would show the number of players and combat level.

The third section was the specific room list, showing whether it was encrypted, the number of players, and the combat mode.

Additionally, there were buttons for quick room creation (single-player) and functions for creating custom-player and password-protected rooms.

There was also an exit button in the corner, consistent with the design of other old dungeons.

For old players, this operating interface was not difficult to understand.

However, only after actually entering did she realize it wasn't that simple!

She had originally taken for granted that she could play freely after level 10, but it turned out she had to reach level 40 to complete the SP quest!

Yu Waner let out a long sigh, then immediately began her daily routine of frantic leveling!

All dungeons, clear them all!

All old dungeons, start them all over again!

She had to complete the quest one step ahead of everyone else, then screenshot it and post it on the forum to show off!

How glorious!

Besides Yu Waner, other major Streamers were also busy, squatting early in the morning, waiting for the update to go live!

"Dungeon & Fighter" itself doesn't take up much memory, so the update speed was incredibly fast; it almost started loading as soon as you clicked.

Before 9:30 AM, the servers were already being flooded with new and veteran players!

Gu Mengxi logged in much later than others due to some unexpected circumstances!

Not being online for a whole hour was torture for her!

You know, even a few minutes' difference can significantly impact popularity!

The first batch of viewers interested in this game had already been snatched by others, so her traffic would definitely suffer if she entered now!

As soon as she went online, Gu Mengxi immediately opened her streaming software, and her fans also received the news one after another, clicking into the live broadcast room at the first opportunity.

The bullet comments started to scroll:

"Sister Meng, no way, you're starting your stream so late?"

"Did you stay up too late last night?"

"Other Streamers are already level 38, hurry up and go!"

"Wuwuwu Sister Meng, I'm really curious what the Duel Arena is like... but for you, I've been holding back from watching others stream!"

"Sorry, I'm going to sneak off and watch others for now, I'll be back tomorrow to watch Sister Meng ~"

Gu Mengxi glanced at the chat content; although she wanted to interact, her main concern now was to quickly grasp the rules of the new dungeon!

At the same time, Streamers on various platforms simultaneously began live streaming the Duel Arena.

Many viewers, upon clicking, saw almost the same screen, which further piqued their strong interest!

Especially fans who were originally drawn by looks, seeing several female Streamers they liked playing this game, many directly downloaded and tried it out.

It was fine not playing, but once they started, they found they couldn't stop!

This "Dungeon & Fighter" can truly be said to have an extremely low barrier to entry. As long as you understand the early rules, after reaching level seven or eight, you'll find it has a mysterious appeal!

It's not overly exciting or thrilling, but it makes you constantly want to challenge the next content!

Especially when they heard various terminologies in the bullet comments, they could actually understand them, which made them incredibly excited!

To keep up with the Streamer's speed, many people also started topping up and adding content.

Most fans willing to be active in the live broadcast room for a long time are not short on money!

For them, spending money is a small issue, as long as they have fun!

Less than three days after the Duel Arena update, the game's revenue had surprisingly increased by another 0.5 percentage points!

Don't underestimate that small increase.

Currently, "Dungeon & Fighter" is a game that earns millions daily, and an increase of 0.5% within three days represents at least one hundred million in revenue!

And that doesn't even count the potential growth opportunities in the future.

After all, some netizens who haven't had time to rush the new dungeon in the past two days don't mean they won't catch up later!

Xu Lian was quite satisfied with these results.

The next day, his phone woke up before he did, a continuous stream of text messages rousing him.

At first, two or three messages were normal, but the messages came in so densely, as if someone had composed a song with them.

By the time Xu Lian got up and picked up his phone, the dinging sound was still constant.

"[Ding! You have received a new text message notification]."

Total + 28 messages.

Too many messages were merged by the system into a folded notification group.

Rubbing his eyes, he reached out and unlocked his phone screen.