When Mu You opened his eyes, he found himself back in his room, still in a state of confusion.
After all, they had just concluded a meeting. Why was Taurus behaving as though they were parting ways for good...?
Besides, what was it that was said to be ’above the heavens’?
Enemies? Demons? Disasters?
Taurus’s words were so vague. It didn’t seem like he was intentionally being mysterious, but seemed rather unable to articulate it.
What could be so terrifying that even mentioning it was too much to bear...?
This reminded Mu You of the Silent Library, where numerous unspeakable points in history were written. He had once been there himself, so he knew that it held many secrets unknown to the public.
Perhaps one could also find information about the ’above the heavens’ there?
However, the place was only accessible on the night of the full moon. He had last entered two weeks ago, so he would have to wait at least half a month to go again.
As Mu You was contemplating about the library, he was suddenly drawn to the television broadcast coming from downstairs.
"Breaking news; according to our frontline reporter, The City of Dawn appeared in the Blue Stone Desert of the Star Spirit World ten minutes ago, local time six o’clock in the morning, with known Middle Eastern player, ’Solomon’, as the city lord. Now over to live footage..."
Mu You hurried downstairs to check.
Accompanied by the commentary, images taken on-site appeared on the TV.
It was an endless desert, its sand in the morning light showing a unique mix of blueish-yellowish hue, sand whirlwinds constantly creating streams of blueish smoke across the desert.
Above the desert floated an impossibly large city, or rather landmass, it s presence in the sky blocked the sunlight, tingeing the desert below with a certain gloom.
Unlike Dawn City, which was born from the sea, this second City of Dawn was a city of the desert, both visibly and inherently dissimilar.
Mu You logged on to the forum for a quick check.
As expected, the forum was already filled with posts discussing The City of Dawn, and Solomon’s identity was plainly revealed.
Solomon, real name Mottley Grant, was one of the well-known tycoons in the Middle East, known for his extravagant spending habits. It was said that the competition for the city lord position was resolved with a huge amount of wealth. Of course, Solomon’s own well-organized group was strong enough, coupled with a bit of luck, they eventually succeeded in securing him the position of city lord.
Mu You then checked out the international forum, and unsurprisingly, Solomon’s forces had already posted a recruitment notice, inviting high-level players to settle in The City of Dawn. The post promised that all players above level 10 could join The City of Dawn with a 100% acceptance rate.
In addition, advanced players above level 15 who chose to join The City of Dawn would be promised city positions, priority in arranging city housing, real world cash and other compensations and rewards.
This kind of recruitment notice was undoubtedly very attractive. Mu You reckoned that there must be quite a few who had joined Dawn City who would be tempted.
As expected, shortly after the news of The City of Dawn was released, Little Ya messaged him through a private forum message.
"Bad news, boss, lots of people have left the city!"
Mu You logged into the game and visited the city lord page.
The city’s population had dropped from ten million to 9.06 million and was still decreasing.
Of the one million who left, the majority were players above level 10. It was evident that they were attracted by the benefits offered in The City of Dawn and chose to go next door.
As for the general players at level 10, they didn’t dare to withdraw casually because the other side only promised to accept those above level 10. The number of players under level 10 was too large, and joining would inevitably take some luck. If they quit here and failed to pass over there, they’d be devastated.
Besides, quitting wasn’t as easy as high-level players would have liked, as the ’quit’ option came with a ten-day cooldown. Those who quit now would not be able to change their minds for the next ten days. If better options popped up at that time, they could only watch helplessly.
"What should we do, boss? Should we do something?" Little Ya asked anxiously. Seeing a large number of advanced players being poached, she, as the deputy city lord, could fully feel the pressing situation.
"Don’t worry, it’s just a normal phenomenon..." said Mu You casually with a smile.
Those who left would have left sooner or later when the other cities are unveiled.
Couldn’t expect all the high-level players to concentrate in Dawn City with twelve Sky Cities in total, could we?
Only one tenth has left so far, which was pretty good, as more would definitely leave when the other cities open up, given that the resources of each city are limited. If high-level players over-congregate, it results in high-input low-return competition, commonly known as involution.
Therefore, eventually, advanced players will have to spread out among the twelve cities, and although there may be some differences in their number due to development speed and other factors, they will generally be within the same range, without any disproportion imbalance.
Of course, it’s not practical to ignore the situation at this time. Mu You immediately, as city lord, made a public announcement to the residents of Dawn City that Dawn City will be upgraded to a level one city around seven o’clock this evening, doubling the population cap and beginning to build various basic buildings. It was sure to be an exciting wait!