CHAPTER 434: CHAPTER 158: THIS IS NOT THE DARK LAND!

Jinling Deputy Ma Guocheng: Damn, there’s actually so many cracked versions, I thought you all were using the official version. It turns out that only a few of my friends and I are using the cracked version. Now I’m totally confused, just how many cracked versions are there? Is it possible that everyone in the game is using the cracked version?

I don’t eat fox: It feels like the popularity of this post has exploded, there’s no hiding it anymore, so I’ll confess too. I downloaded the cracked version, but in the game, I always told others that I was lucky enough to buy the official version. I bet those bros who boast about finally snagging a copy are probably also using the cracked version. Everyone, just leave it to fate. I hope the Star Network will be lenient and not ban us; I really don’t want to leave this game (Explorer wipes tears.jpg).

Vosni Butterfly: I’ll confess too, I downloaded the cracked game qualification, but all my purchases of sacrificial power were made with real money through offline transactions, so they won’t ban me. If I have to start leveling up from scratch, I’ll faint from crying. Let me add, I tried to grab the official qualification several times but couldn’t get it, otherwise, I wouldn’t have downloaded the cracked version. I always thought the cracked version and the official version were the same game. Your post has me totally confused.

Divine King: Oh my, you all are using cracked versions, and I’m the only one with the official version... Alright, I won’t pretend anymore, I’m actually using the cracked version too. I couldn’t grab the official one, so I was ready to return to Conquest and wait for the next qualification round. Then suddenly a download link popped up in our guild group, and some brothers actually managed to get the game, so our whole guild got in.

I am not God: After reading the post, I actually think your friend is really lucky. First, the appearance of the cracked version made him encounter it, which is clearly a small probability. Second, you all snagged it, but he missed it because he was asleep, this is also a small probability. Then he managed to snatch a cracked version, only to miss account activation due to sleeping and had it withdrawn, another tiny probability. Finally, he even snagged the official channel’s release of Dark Land. Adding all these probabilities together, I suspect your friend might be the child of fortune.

Game Working Party: Seeing so many brothers admit to downloading the cracked version, I suddenly thought of something. No wonder I couldn’t see any other players when the server opened. I thought it was a server with multiple channels. I joined a newly opened server, so I couldn’t see other players. Now it seems I might have been the server’s number one player... By the way, I’m also using the cracked version.

Chi Tu: Oh man, the truth is too absurd. To me, it feels like a group of people sneaked into a new country through unconventional channels and pretended to be native residents to avoid being discovered, without realizing anything was amiss. Once the truth was revealed, it turned out everyone living there were stowaways. It’s too funny, I hope they don’t ban us.

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The post published by Tie Chui quickly topped the forum’s hot list, attracting more players to join the discussion.

During this time, an analysis post published by the Strategy Guide Player "Dark Night Will Come" received numerous likes from players.

Dark Night Will Come:

From reading everyone’s comments, I can basically confirm we all downloaded the cracked version.

There isn’t a single player on this forum who purchased through an official channel.

So is it possible that we’re actually playing the official version of Dark Land secretly released by the Moon Eclipse Clan, and that the version sold through official channels, requiring money to fight for, is actually a discarded, outdated version?

Old players might recall something that happened, specifically four months ago.

At that time, on the Human Race Ascension forum, someone found players badmouthing Dark Land with claims that didn’t match reality at all. Liver Emperor Group members lashed out back, but got overwhelmed by even more players from the other side, who then came to the forum seeking our help.

I also participated in that battle back then.

Looking back now, there were actually many points of suspicion.

I’ve summarized the doubts that emerged during the forum exchanges:

The first point of suspicion: When a player posted at that time, you could see their purchase certification bill shared in their profile, so why would they spread rumors?

We thought then that this guy, although he bought it, was definitely slandering on purpose. After all, many netizens in reality hate the Moon Eclipse Clan.

The second point of suspicion: Where did so many sock puppets come from?

Thinking back now, all the players who joined were those who bought the official version. They all noticed problems in the game that we hadn’t realized, leading to mutual flame wars, each side assuming the other were sock puppets. In reality, we weren’t even playing the same game.

The third point of suspicion: The content of the games discussed on the forum during the flame war didn’t match at all.

This was the core reason why we believed the other side to be sock puppets.

They mentioned issues like the game’s modeling, physics, and a series of other problems that we never encountered in the game, so we were extremely angry, thinking they were spreading falsehoods.

Now, as it turns out, the issues they talked about really existed in the official channel version of Dark Land. We were the "sock puppets" instead.

But I don’t believe that the cracked version of Dark Land we downloaded is fake.

It’s certain that the quality of the cracked version far exceeds that of the official channel purchase of Dark Land.

This obviously defies normal logic, why would the Moon Eclipse Clan hide a perfectly quality cracked version, then sell a cheap, obsolete version of Dark Land?

This issue can actually be seen from the distribution speed of the official channel.

It’s possible that game server resources are mainly used on the cracked version we are playing, with perfect physical representations and settings requiring handling of too much information, occupying a large amount of server resources.