Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch

Chapter 744: Chapter 705: Breakup Frenzy, Forced to Go Offline

Of course, considering the hassle of currency exchange, these transactions often end up being converted into Cloud Dream Points.

After all, for both parties, this is the simplest method of cross-border transactions.

And this kind of trade won’t last long, it can only scam those who are eager at the beginning, and it’s destined to only make a quick buck, so the sellers would come as quickly as possible.

They were all very clear: once the European and American players catch on, they will no longer be able to make money.

After all, Terraria is not only played by Daxia players, the Gender-Swap Potion can also be easily mass-produced by European and American Terraria players.

It’s just that they haven’t realized this business opportunity yet, and that’s why Daxia players have taken advantage of the situation.

…

Their prediction was completely accurate: just 20 minutes later, the entire Gender-Swap Potion market became chaotic, with prices plummeting, quickly dropping to 2 euros per bottle.

There were even many scammers who were empty-handed, making the market even more chaotic and disordered.

Some of the unfortunate Europeans who had been scammed were not willing to accept their fate and went online to tag Lincoln to manage the situation.

But Lincoln didn’t have time to worry about that.

Because there was a bigger problem waiting for him –

Regarding Lover Contracts and Marriage Contracts, the online wind started to change rapidly.

At first, the message –

“I have five boyfriends at the same time. Cloud Dream, are you trying to kill me?”

That female netizen, just 20 minutes later, replied again after a flood of “serve you right” responses:

“Alright, I’ve broken up with all of them. I couldn’t even keep the one I really liked after being together for three years. Are you guys happy now?”

Of course, netizens wouldn’t indulge her, and they replied one after another:

“We’re delighted! Absolutely thrilled!”

“Today’s entertainment.”

“Good job, Cloud Dream! You’re practically upholding justice on behalf of Heaven.”

…

Of course, this small ripple didn’t count for much.

But it was just the beginning.

As time passed, more and more “breakup posts” emerged with a crazy momentum –

[Thanks to Cloud Dream, we’ve broken up.]

[When my boyfriend hesitated to agree, I understood everything. Even though it’s hard, I still said goodbye.]

[I’ve been thinking about breaking up for a long time but couldn’t make up my mind. Today, with this opportunity, I finally made up my mind.]Nôv(el)B\\jnn

[Damn it, I treated him so well, and he actually had someone else? Breakup!]

[My girlfriend and I have been in a long-distance relationship. I thought Cloud Dream’s update would help alleviate our lovesickness in the virtual world, but she has already made a contract with another person… It turns out I’ve been eliminated long before. All those years of longing – what a joke.]

[I’ve always been treated ambiguously, always thought there was a chance, but only today I realized I was just a backup. Might as well be free.]

…

All sorts of breakup messages were posted by countless netizens.

Some simply said they broke up, some thanked Cloud Dream for helping them see their boyfriends’/girlfriends’ true colors, some realized that their love had been shattered, some accidentally discovered they had been cheated on, and some found out that the so-called ambiguity was just a bait…

And so on, too many to count.

These gushing “breakup posts,” directly or indirectly, were all related to the Lover Contract.

As for the Marriage Contract, of course, it also caused quite a lot of impact.

However, married adults, unlike young people in love, don’t like to post these issues online, to become the subject of others’ gossip.

So, relatively speaking, the volume was much less than the Lover Contract.

But it’s obvious that its destructive power is even greater than the Lover Contract!

At first, netizens were having a good time eating their popcorn while watching the drama, but as the scale of the event kept expanding, forming a wave sweeping through social networks, everyone became unsettled:

“Are there really so many heartbreakers in the world?”

“How come suddenly… everyone in the world is broken-hearted?”

“Today is the judgment day for scumbags, and the suffering day for the faithful.”

“Lincoln is really awesome, he has created a National Breakup Day.”

…

Netizens were shocked and discussed it in a flurry.

But what they didn’t anticipate was that the wave of breakups had not yet reached its peak.

Cloud Dream’s users covered almost all professions, and there was one profession that, from the moment it was born, existed to grab people’s eyeballs and trigger a surge of traffic.

*

At 7:30 in the evening, Daxia’s new generation love song queen Samantha released a statement announcing the delay of her album.

The reason was that when she tried to form a [Lover Contract] with her boyfriend in the virtual world, she discovered that her boyfriend, who was announced less than half a year ago, had cheated on her.

In the statement, she said, “All of my love songs were written for him, and I can’t bear to pour out my heart to someone who betrayed me.”

“I can’t sing these songs anymore.”

*

At 8 o’clock in the evening, actress Matilda posted online:

“I just realized today that he’s stopped loving me, and I’ve been fooling myself all along.”

*

At 8:10 in the evening, actor Mike posted online:

“We’ve broken up.”

*

At 8:15 in the evening, Daxia short track speed skating star Kennedy posted online:

“Not much to say. Getting a divorce tomorrow.”

*

At 8:30 in the evening, internationally renowned supermodel Yu Congya’s husband posted online:

“Getting divorced tomorrow, breaking up peacefully, don’t make wild guesses.”

…

One after another, celebrities emerged to announce their breakups and divorces, creating a continuous string of them.

It seemed as though they didn’t care about headlines anymore.

And those who came out tended to be famous in the entertainment industry for being straightforward and stubborn.

Considering that celebrities care more about their public image and often secretly date, break up, and get married, the majority of them never disclose these events. Many of those affected had quietly fallen out of love and broken up without making it public, but there were definitely more than that!

Even so, it was a day when the fans’ world collapsed, the trial of judgment for the CP fans, and a day when onlookers overindulged in gossip and entertainment media worked overtime to death.

The staff of Spiritual Rhinoceros Operations and Maintenance added expansion to their servers while happily watching the massive traffic that came out of nowhere.

However, for Cloud Dream, who was involved, it was a completely different mood.

Seeing the breakup wave overflowing from Daxia and sweeping across netizens and celebrities overseas, Lincoln panicked and said:

“For fuck’s sake, break up if you want, but can you stop talking nonsense?!”

“Who the hell cares whether you guys break up or not?”

“If you guys keep talking, my update is going to be banned!”

Lincoln hadn’t lost his temper like this in a long time.

But he couldn’t help but be angry. After all, the “Intimate Interaction” feature was sensitive, and Cloud Dream only got a “trial operation” permit.

If any issues arose during the trial period, the permit might be revoked!

At that time, Lorin reminded him, “Especially public opinion issues, try to avoid them as much as possible.”

In less than half a day, these people had created this mess for him!

For a moment, Lincoln even viciously thought, “Let Mavis take over the Spiritual Rhinoceros server and simply make the words [breakup] and [divorce] banned words so people can’t post them.”

Unfortunately, that idea could only be enjoyed privately, as he hadn’t gone that crazy yet.

Pulling out his mobile phone, Lincoln intended to brainstorm with his employees.

But before he could send a message, his phone rang first.

The caller ID displayed the name—

[Lorin]

…

…

10 minutes later, the virtual world experienced its first rollback update.

The [Marriage Contract] and [Lover Contract] systems were forced to go offline just four hours after being launched.

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