Chapter 414: 398: Metropolis News – Night City Special Edition!

Chapter 414: 398: Metropolis News – Night City Special Edition!

Translator: 549690339

The special episode doesn’t start in the studio.

Players are calm about this though.

The production team always likes to do some mischief, and the opening of the program is especially restless. Everyone is used to it.

[Night City Travel Diary·01]

Zhen and Qiang sit on the edge of the church, watching the priest solemnly deliver a sermon.

Qiang nudges Zhen with his knee and whispers, “I told you, right? I knew right away that this place is worth visiting!”

“Shut up!” Zhen also whispers back, “Be careful not to get kicked out.”

But Qiang doesn’t care, he keeps looking around.

It’s not until he sees a man in a black coat with a beard, who looks like bad news, enters the church and goes straight to the priest without saying anything.

Qiang couldn’t help but poke Zhen again, “Jenny, look at that guy ...”

Just as he points with his finger, he sees the man pulling out a big gun a meter long from his coat!

And without hesitation, he starts shooting right into the crowd!

At the same time, the people who had been calm and devout inside the church all go crazy and rush towards the man with the gun!

“Oh my God!” Qiang immediately pulls Zhen and throws himself to the ground, covering his head and fleeing away from the crowd, muttering, “God, please save me, I’m right under your eyes!”

“If you save my life, I’ll buy your absolution ticket tomorrow.”

“As long as I survive, I will never run around or travel again. I won’t leave the hotel one step!”

Next to frantic Qiang, there is no panic on Zhen’s face, as she emotionlessly watches the wild battle behind her.

[Night City Travel Diary·02]

The background is still the intense sound of gunshots, and the gunshots are very close, almost beside their ears.

Zhen and Qiang are in the same room, and Qiang is very uneasy: “I knew it, we shouldn’t have booked a room here!”

Zhen, as indifferent as she was in the church, says lightly: “Since the company reimburses, why not enjoy the most expensive and luxurious place?”

“Luxurious, yes, but let’s be clear, there’s a casino downstairs! How can it be safe?!” Qiang is a bit panicked, “Listen to the gunshots outside!”

As Qiang speaks, he carefully opens a crack in the window and looks down at the street below.

An astonishingly intense melee is taking place on the streets, with countless people frantically shooting, and people dying every minute.

What’s even more crazy is that, the next moment, a pickup truck with two desperados drives into the battlefield and starts shooting indiscriminately at everyone!

“A bunch of lunatics!” Qiang mutters quietly.

“Holy sh*t! Is that me?” Yi exclaims, “This is the casino battle the night before last?”

Although the perspective has changed, many players still find out that it is the battle two nights ago and the barrage instantly becomes lively:

“Hahaha, Qiang was there that night, how ridiculous!”

“Is this how NPCs see us?”

“Why are these two sharing a room? Have they gotten together?”

“NPC awakening?”

“Is Jenny’s calm face in the previous Night City Diaries because she knows there won’t be any problems?”

“Cloud Dream’s unique character setting? Great idea!”

And Zhen’s bizarre performance continues-

“Metropolis Honorary Citizen will officially be renamed as [Honorary Player] title. This title will also be officially open, and every month a new batch of players will receive this title. Now, let’s take a look at the list of title winners for November.”

The screen is split instantly, with the Honorary Players list from “Speed Chase” taking center stage.

“Traveler of the Wind”, “Light Encounter”, “Paradise”, and “Assassins’ Alliance” occupy the other four corners, with much smaller areas.

Names quickly scroll by, with the simple reasons for their selection listed behind their aliases.

As the names roll faster and faster, they all fly by in just five seconds before the lens returns to the studio.

-The program simply informs everyone about the event; the official list will be linked in the comment section, and selected players will receive individual emails.

This information is important as it’s a plan to maintain the long-term activity of the game, which Lincoln pays great attention to.

But he’s also aware that compared to Cloud Dream’s current hundreds of millions of users, selecting a few hundred players every month is hardly a drop in the ocean.

At least for now, only the selected players will be excited.

Most ordinary players probably aren’t that interested; they might give it a glance at most.

Therefore, Cloud Dream doesn’t go on about it in the program, as it would only annoy the audience.

-Annoying things like this are naturally left for game media and video uploaders to jump out and explain to the players.

Well, I don’t know if Super Tomato is interested?

His video output efficiency has been getting lower and lower recently...

It’s not a problem that the output is low; the problem is that his fans are all blaming Cloud Dream and Lincoln, which makes Lincoln a little bit unable to accept. Usually, he tries to find something for Super Tomato to do.

Of course, even so, many people immediately notice the first name on the “Speed Chase” Honorary Player list-

[Clark] (World’s First to Complete the Game Mainline, Ranked First among Assassins)

The final winner of the Daxia Izumo Speedrun Contest finally reveals himself to the players at this moment.

“Can we talk about something that’s on my script??” Qiang is confused, flipping through his script but not finding the content Zhen talked about after flipping back and forth.

“Now, let’s move on to Night City News Bulletin.” Zhen switches topics obediently.

“In the past week, Night City has welcomed 32 million new residents.”

“Meanwhile, there have been over 1.67 billion small-scale gunfights and over 320 million large-scale gunfights”, Qiang immediately follows up.

“The day before yesterday, the Paradise Hotel casino was robbed by bandits, with tens of millions of dollars in cash going up in smoke.”

“The next day, the casino cash transport vehicle was once again robbed by bandits and other unidentified armed forces. All the transport personnel were killed, and the whereabouts of 20 million dollars in cash remain unknown.”

“As a result, the casino is massively recruiting security staff to expand its armed forces, and its development trend is worrying.”

“Yesterday, Night City’s famous Continental Hotel, known for its safety, experienced an unprecedented shooting incident that broke its 45-year no-shooting record and lost the title of [Night City No-Shooting Demonstration Hotel].”

“Night City Circular Concert Hall is undergoing a comprehensive equipment upgrade. It is expected to be completed in three days, and the upgrade process will not affect normal operations.”

“The Indiscriminate Death Race has seen a surge in sign-ups. The organizers plan to officially start the competition on Sunday evening. Participants should take note of scheduling and not be late.”

“We’ve learned that a mysterious guest will also appear at the death race and compete alongside all participants. Please be prepared mentally.”