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Chapter 308

Chapter 308: Everyone Celebrating The Mid-Autumn Festival



Translator: Halcyon Translations  Editor: Halcyon Translations

The Mid-Autumn events were primarily celebratory, so there wasn’t much fighting involved .

On this day, during the Shadow Cup break, the city was filled with bright colors which really gave off a air of festivity .

In real life, such celebrations had long since been outdated . The old people would sit in their homes, young people would go to work and the children would attend school . Family reunions were now just talk and even the wide varieties of moon cake weren’t enough to entice people anymore .

However, some players who had thought that the Mid-Autumn Festival had lost its charm had their minds changed by Dawn’s activities .

In the game world, there were shrines in every city and an old, grey-haired man worshiping the ancestors . There were also ancient scholars writing with traditional Chinese ink . Players didn’t need to travel far – all they needed to do was get a 3000-dollar helmet . Then, they would be able to enjoy the full moon with their friends and family .

The game had also arranged for players to be able to watch the high tide . They had even recreated the grand view of the Jiang Zhe Region under the glistening moonlight .

Here, players couldn’t even properly distinguish between what was real and what was virtual .

Everything felt so real . There was a noisy crowd, a surging tide and the bright moon above it all .

Even if you wanted to experience the Hu Guang region lanterns, the game company had also fully accounted for that . They had created and hung them all for the players, and it didn’t even cost a single copper coin to experience .



The game was celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival on a large scale to reproduce the grandness of traditional culture . Other culture groups naturally didn’t want to be left behind . As such, led by the Minister of Culture, various civil groups had launched various activities in response to this .

They held a trivia session which included knowledge of both the traditional and contemporary aspects of the culture . A variety of puzzles were also written on lanterns and hung up .

As the game company attached a great amount of importance to this, players who correctly solved the puzzles would receive a small amount of coins .

However, this small amount was not be underestimated . Statisticians calculated the total amount to be almost a million gold coins by the end of the day .

It was said that a 14 year old girl had gone around guessing the answers without really caring about whether she got them right . After the game company had rewarded her, she had received over 1600 gold, which equated to $100,000 .

Additionally, there was also the burning tower, pounding moon cakes, duck hunting, sesame cake, honey cake, sacrificing to the God of the land, re-enacting dramas, traditional dancing and so on .

As long as someone applied to the game company with evidence that it was a real event, Dawn’s enormous design team would quickly make it happen in game .

However, the most important thing was that everything was free!

Even if you wanted to see the four ancient legendary beauties dance, it could be done for you .

In order to promote the game as a whole, the game company had put a great amount of effort into this event .



The Mid-Autumn Festival was the first holiday Dawn had observed and it was a significant milestone .

Previous games had celebrated festivals too, but their rewards weren’t as good and their events were all based around the players . Their intention was to foster the loyalty of those players .

On the other hand, Dawn’s version of the Mid-Autumn Festival did not only target players, but also managed to attract a large number of non-players .

Why would a painter who had been painstakingly painting all day play some virtual game? Why would a professor standing in an auditorium lie in bed with this game helmet?


Of course they wouldn’t!

But Dawn managed to do it . People as old as 80 and as young as 3 all joined the game and found their own ways of having fun .

The painter went around collecting cultural material from historic sites and was dazzled by all the different styles .

If they were to travel to these sites in real life, they would need to consider accommodation and transport, which would cost tens of thousands of dollars . Moreover, they might not even get the inspiration they wanted, especially given the pollution .

However, in the game, only a one-gold-coin transfer fee was required to travel wherever they wanted .

Dawn had a formidable design team that had been acquired from various industries . They had incredibly imaginative people who were familiar with every country, religion, school of thought and folk song . Together, they created a world which was even more realistic than the real world .

The painter noticed that the beauty here was unlike that in real life; this was something that only virtual technology could do .

Even those who were so old that they couldn’t move had found a place in Dawn .

Others had even tried to negotiate with the game, requesting that the game construct some traditional buildings to become a college of culture, where players could attend if they were interested .

A young mother who was raising a child had to find online work to sustain their livelihoods .

She had given her child a helmet and allowed him to play happily in the game’s playgrounds . It was safe here and the system was far better than some aunties or nurseries .

The residential areas were spacious and many goods from real life were on display in the shops .

There were also beautiful houses here with fragrant flowers . These didn’t cost $60,000 or even $30,000 . With a few thousand dollars, you could have your own house . With a little bit more, you could even have your own estate .

Now that virtual technology had been around for almost 200 years, the safety of the helmets was no longer in doubt and the game was constantly being optimized .

Although you couldn’t really live in the game, there wasn’t any reason why you couldn’t work, travel and enjoy everything in it .

In short, Dawn took advantage of the Mid-Autumn Festival to show everyone the possibilities of this infinite world .

The era of a universal game was truly upon them .

Lu Li didn’t spend all his time at the arena either . After completing the training with March Rain, they disbanded the party .

He then brought Lu Xin to enjoy the festive atmosphere .

At that moment, Lu Li wasn’t a gaming expert . He was a brother taking his happy and curious sister out to enjoy the variety of holiday festivities, just like the other ordinary people .

"Big bro, do I look good in this?" Lu Xin was wearing the ethnic clothing of the Dai people and her face was flushed with excitement .

"You look really good . " Lu Li knew his sister was beautiful, so his words of praise reflected exactly how he felt .

"Can we get it? Can we?" Lu Xin was shaking her brother’s arm and her eyes were pleading . The aunt at the stall had said that the clothes could be delivered free of charge .

"This…" Lu Li deliberately looked like he was contemplating it deeply .

"Big bro…" The spoiled Lu Xin was already infatuated with the item .

"Young man, you can’t be so mean to the little girl . My clothes are of a good quality and are made of the finest fabrics . It’s not even that expensive; it’s only 100 dollars . You should get it for her . "

"Alright, we’ll get it . " Lu Li rubbed his sister’s hair with a helpless look on his face .





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