I Inherited 5,000 Years of Family Property

"Era Dominators" forum, a gathering place for all game players, had become incredibly lively ever since the game officially launched.

In the beginning, players shared tips on how to survive the early stages of the game, how to craft rudimentary weapons, and how to hunt edible animals.

Latter on, they shared methods of building towns and constructing structures.

The game afforded players a high degree of freedom and involved many scientific principles. Without some basic knowledge, many aspects of the game would have been impossible to advance.

To build more complex items, blueprints were required, and these became a means of trade and mutual development among the different gaming regions.

In the second week of the game, a server called Shepherd Continent actually tried to launch a tentative attack on the land of Dragon Continent!

This was the gaming guild of the Shepherd Continent's nation, which had only 27 members, but they were skilled and experienced. After some time in the game, they had honed their strategies and methodologies.

They collected fire sources generated by random lightning to drive away wild beasts, hunted using homemade tools, and had tamed a herd of very strong horses.

Then, armed with wooden and stone-crafted armor and weapons, these 27 people charged into Dragon Continent's territory.

But it was important to realize that Huaxia players were highly concentrated in developed areas in the southeast and north, while the west had a smaller population and a lower base of players.

Most crucially, due to a half-month boycott of the game, the local players' development was at a very low level. While others had already begun epic hunts, they were still gathering materials and struggling for survival.

The 27-man cavalry swept into Dragon Continent like wolves among sheep, effortlessly trampling one player settlement after another, slaughtering Dragon Continent players and plundering their resources.

But Dragon Continent's players had no power to resist. It wasn't a matter of skill or strength, but a disparity between eras!

In just a few days, this group of 27 had seized land equivalent to an entire city in Dragon Continent, marking the area with Shepherd Continent's flag.

The proud players of Shepherd Continent began to openly mock those from Dragon Continent on the internet.

"Hahaha, Dragon Continent players are just too weak. Just 27 of us sent you running for your lives. You guys really aren't up to it!"

"Such vast primitive land, such rich resources, and you just wasted them. What a pity."

"Huaxia people should stick to their low-level esports. When it comes to grand strategy war games, they're like useless trash."

...

The players from Huaxia were furious.

With so many games in the world, which one didn't have a place for Huaxia players? The esports level of Shepherd Continent's nation was so poor that many games didn't even bother to set up a separate server for them.

Yet in this game, they had the audacity to publicly ridicule Huaxia's players.

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But what could they do? Being behind meant getting beaten; this was a truth deeply understood by the people of Huaxia through history. The gap between eras sometimes couldn't be bridged merely by numbers and wisdom.

They were already far behind the players from other countries in the game. To catch up, they would have to put in much more effort.

Alright then, you've unilaterally handed over our land to others? No problem, we'll take it back ourselves!

More and more players joined the game, not just for the thrill of victory but for a matter of pride.

...

"How about that? Didn't I tell you that Huaxia people care too much about face? They would never allow themselves to be bullied without fighting back. Even if they know that we're doing this on purpose and want to boycott our game, how long can they hold out?" Michel said in his office like he had the situation completely under control.

"You indeed have a long-term vision, boss!" The head of the marketing department was now holding those statistical data in his hands.

During the first week of the game's release, Huaxia had only tens of thousands of players, which was laughably small compared to the vast player base of Huaxia. If any game reached such levels in the Huaxia market share, it could essentially be declared dead on arrival.

But half a month later, the number of players skyrocketed from tens of thousands to several million, with the peak concurrent online number exceeding 5 million, and that figure was still climbing crazily.

The reason was simple; the initial disparity in the game led Huaxia players to lose a significant amount of territory.

After Shepherd Continent's probing, the surrounding players found that Dragon Continent's players were too weak, and there were not just a few servers stronger than Shepherd Continent. If those weaklings from Shepherd Continent could invade and expand their territory, why couldn't they?

Therefore, the surrounding servers launched a coordinated attack plan on Dragon Continent—the time to expand their territory was now, as once the Huaxia players flooded in, there wouldn't be so many easy pickings left.

Gaming is all about community; when everyone heard that the Huaxia players were being bullied, how could they tolerate that? So they joined the game, one after another, in droves.

...

"Look at these people; they said they were going to boycott the game at first, and now there are millions of players. It's embarrassing!" Wang Ling said angrily, "They have no spine."

"That's not entirely true," Zhang Menglong said with a smile, "On the contrary, our Huaxia players have too much spine. They don't want to lose in any domain, which is why we're seeing this kind of situation."

"But you know, as the game progresses, the gap between the different servers will only grow wider, and the half-month we missed at the beginning has already doomed us. We won't be able to survive till the end of this season."

This was also a lesson from history. Early-developing countries and late-developing countries became today's developed and underdeveloped nations. Moreover, the development environment in the game is nothing like reality. If you want to catch up, you need a relatively stable environment for growth.

This game is designed as a war game; expecting a stable development environment is utterly impossible!

"I think I understand the purpose of Thunder and Lightning now," Zhang Menglong said, "In recent years, the Esports atmosphere in Huaxia has been excellent. They first undermine our players' morale with the map issue, slowing our development a step behind. By the time we realize it, it's already too late, and then our Dragon Continent will be carved up by the major servers, leaving our Huaxia players utterly humiliated."

"They've played their cards well," Wang Ling said coldly, "and it seems they've succeeded."

"This matter won't just end like this."

"Do you have a plan?" Zhang Menglong's tone told Wang Ling that he was gearing up for action again.

"Simple. Make them restart the service, wipe all the previous data, change the map back, and issue a public apology to us!"

"If they'd agree to that, I'd directly call you daddy!" Wang Ling certainly wished it could be so.

But let's not even talk about restarting the servers and wiping the data, which would significantly affect players from other servers. It would undoubtedly impact the game's reputation and cause a massive loss of players.

And as for them issuing a public apology, that's likely an impossible task as well.

"They must do it," Zhang Menglong's lips curved slightly upward, "or else I will show them what cruelty means."