After studying his attributes, Luo Yan turned his attention to the quest tab next.
Currently, he had only one unlocked quest.
"Shoot a game promotional PV and upload it... I've shot it, but how the hell do you upload this thing?"
Even you, Mechanical God, have not brought computers into this world, have you?
Retrieving the Recording Crystal he'd used earlier to film the promotional PV, Luo Yan held it in his hands and examined it for a long time, but no button for uploading the video appeared no matter how long he waited.
Just then, his gaze happened to fall on the unfinished magic circle on the floor, sparking a thought in his mind.
"Could it be this thing?"
A Recording Crystal was worth 2000 Kela, equivalent to his monthly living expenses.
Luo Yan had always used it to record his lectures and the thought that the magic circle might swallow up the Crystal Ball caused him to wince in pain internally.
However, despite the heartache, considering his long-term prospects, Luo Yan still took out the Demon Crystal chalk to redraw the magic circle, and then he placed the Crystal Ball right in the center.
Just as he had anticipated.
The moment he tried to infuse the magic circle with energy, a pale green light illuminated instantly, enveloping the clear crystal in its glow.
Unlike before, this time Luo Yan did not faint from being drained of Magic Power, but remained conscious until the end.
Furthermore.
The Crystal Ball remained unharmed in the center of the magic circle, its smooth exterior flawless, looking as good as new!
"It didn't eat the Crystal Ball?" a wave of joy swept through Luo Yan.
Great!
He saved 2000 Kela!
At the same time, an unflustered voice echoed in his ears.
"'Shoot Promotional PV' quest complete! Voting thread has been automatically opened, please await the judging results patiently..."
A voting thread?
Luo Yan blinked, quickly realizing something, and promptly sat down for meditation, sinking his consciousness deep into the Sea of Consciousness and accessing the official website for "Cataclysm Online."
Sure enough, as soon as he opened the forum, he found the video he had just uploaded via the sacrificial ritual!
The 360-degree panoramic view was stretched into an extra-long 2D widescreen, with the grand majesty of the underground world and the towering, sinister castle directly assaulting his eyes.
Little Demons fluttering their wings skimmed low over his head, along with the domineering and mighty Fear Demon, Flame Demons, and various shapes and colors of Demons and Undead.
Is this really the place where I go to school every day?!
Watching the video, Luo Yan was dumbfounded, and he almost did not recognize the place where he had been studying for three years.
"...This filter is kind of awesome."
While he was still in awe, the comments section below the post had exploded.
Night Sky's Starlight: "Holy shit!"
Riding Two Scooters: "Is this an actual game demonstration?!"
Pig-Headed Knight: "Fake, right? How could a promotional PV use in-game material? It must be an outsourced animation production!"
Supreme Yong Bear: "Even the animation is freaking impressive!"
Tauren Warrior: "Enchanting Demon!!! I want to be an Enchanting Demon!!! Ahhhhh!!!"
Candied Haws: "By the way... that Mage holding the Crystal Ball is kinda handsome."
Roasted Lamb Skewers: "+10086"
Little Evening Can't Get Full: "Because he's the only one there who looks remotely human?"
Excited Netizen: "Is it a developer's test account? Or an NPC?"
Melon-Eating Crowd: "Strongly request the development team to release a DEMO!"
Squatting Driver: "Strongly request the development team to release an adult version!!!"
Village Elder at the Entrance: "Goodness, has our village really got Enchanting Demons now?! (staring agape)"
"..."
As Luo Yan stared at the comments refreshing every second, he stood there stupefied, wanting to post something but lacking the functionality to do so.
Right below the video was the voting page, 10 being the full score, 0 being the lowest, with over 500+ people already participating, and the average score hovering close to 9.8.
This is too exaggerated!
Luo Yan's heart pounded with excitement. He had never expected that a video he shot on a whim and tossed onto the forum would be such a hit!?
Although the points of interest of these silly netizens differed from his, more than half of the comments in the thread were clamoring about the Enchanting Demons.
The ones asking to raise an Enchanting Demon as a pet were to be expected, but wanting to be an Enchanting Demon, what the heck?!
Soon, the number of voters surpassed a thousand, and the average score of the voting thread firmly locked onto 9.9.
[Quest Complete!]
[Rating: S]
[Reward: 100 Beta Test Qualifications]
Three lines of popup appeared before Luo Yan's eyes.
And at the same time, the homepage of the official forum refreshed with a new pinned post—
["Cataclysm Online" pre-registration open!]
[To thank our supportive player base, the development team of "Cataclysm Online" hereby releases 100 testing accounts and a download link for the DEMO program! Bind any VR equipment with your official website account to apply for pre-registration and download the DEMO program!]
[Note: This game implements a one-account-per-person policy, beta qualifications are randomly distributed, can be deactivated, and are not transferable. Violations of game rules and prolonged AFK during the beta may result in revocation of beta qualifications, clicking the pre-register button is considered consenting to these rules.]
You have to say, the timing of this post's release was just right.
Right when the whole forum was abuzz discussing the eye-catching promotional PV, the development team announced the release of a DEMO version.
Watching the number of pre-registrations climb rapidly, Luo Yan felt a mixture of happiness and anxiety, worried about whether this so-called DEMO version would have any impact on him.
What if a player caused trouble in Demon City and it ended up affecting him?