Lords: From Civilization to the Stars

What kind of changes can two months bring to the world of players?

With the help of countless wealthy people and people with good intentions, even individuals who were originally unknown will become known to everyone under the clamor of countless propaganda offensives. Moreover, the existence of the other world cannot be concealed, and it is impossible to conceal it.

It is as if even the guides who exist in the dark seem to be intentionally releasing various signals, and almost all kinds of people and populations in various industries can begin to connect to that other world.

It can even be said that if it were not for the large-scale automation of various industries that has begun to operate, such a large-scale entry and silence alone would be enough to cause some industries to collapse completely. And major companies and official levels have begun to constantly guide and help those players who are stranded outside.

For a while, the population of players even went up several stages. In two months, countless players began to enter this new world, and they also gave birth to countless works and touching stories. It seems that for a while, all trends and all stories have an extremely strong connection with this new world. The players who were originally restricted also began their own star-making actions.

Because the Negative Star Church used the runes given by the Negative Star, combined with the modern projector mechanism, and finally created the effect of exporting the images seen in the impression to the forum, more players began their own broadcasting career.

Many people who were not interested in it before also realized that there are endless magnificent scenery and unimaginable great buildings in another world.

Those angels, demons, and mythical beasts in myths and legends fight and struggle against real evil.

Such stories are not only liked by young people, but also many adults are moved by it.

What's more, compared with the beginning, the Negative Star has completely become a friendly unit. Compared with other arrogant elves, these elves dressed in cool and beautiful clothes always present a kind of cute feeling. In addition, these elves are extraordinary, always like to ask questions and give good feedback, which makes more players begin to have some different, even very heart-beating feelings in their hearts.

After all, that is the elf, the most beautiful and arrogant race recognized by all players. As a result, now it turns out that the Negative Stars are not an organization led by a crazy wizard, but a big force composed of cute elves. Now that the environment is stable, the elves are starting to come out.

Because the South Pole Fulcrum is really impossible for players to clean up, the Negative Stars claimed that they mobilized some people from their hometown to clean it up and operate it as a common city for Negative Stars and players.

When the players saw the elf's ears and the blank expressions of a group of beautiful women and handsome men, everyone was stunned.

All the problems, all the weirdness, and the subtle relationship between those forces seem to have answers.

Why did the elves frown and allow these people to come in, why are all the elves very friendly to the Negative Stars, and why even the dark elves come here to work? It turns out that you are the elves! It's just that the elves don't want to admit that they are elves at all, and they think it's shameful to be elves!

After such a long investigation and the few words that the Negative Stars revealed, basically everyone has determined that the Negative Stars are a pure non-profit organization with elves as the core, just like the one in the legend, with the concept of true world peace, and constantly working hard to gather people of all races to create it. It's just that there is an unimaginable big man behind them who is madly making money.

Fellow villager, why didn't you tell me earlier that there are so many cute elves in your home? If you had said it earlier, the players would have helped you build it even if they paid for it.

Faced with the elf craze, the Negative Stars were obviously shocked. After many manipulations and dissuasion failed, they finally announced helplessly that they could not afford the exploration costs for more players. They must work in two places, Antarctic Fulcrum and Orbion Island, for their own lives.

Moreover, considering the large number of players, they can no longer maintain the policy of free distribution of all houses, and can only give each player a 500-square-meter mansion foundation for self-construction.

Well, each person, 500 square meters of land for free, to build the home they want by themselves.

If it's not enough, you can buy it at will. It's about 200 square meters of foundation for one gold coin. Anyway, the South Pole is very big, and there is nothing for the Negative Stars to pay attention to. What they want is to kill all the demons and chaos enemies, and then restore the order of life. Nothing else.

But this news undoubtedly made the players who have long been fed up with the reinforced concrete life and various urban prices make a sharp explosion. In just two months, relying on the construction technology and psychic seal technology supported by the Negative Stars, the players almost completed an unimaginable spectacle in these short two months.

Antarctic Fulcrum, a super city with a population of one million that was built even faster than the private land of the big company, Obian Island. A region far away from the world in the Antarctic Fulcrum has been built into a super-large city with a permanent population of millions and an almost incalculable floating population.

Various stores, material planning, various needs and road construction conditions are all temporarily undertaken by the Negative Stars. Every day, tens of thousands of elves come to this city to live, and then go to the battlefield a month later.

The 300,000 permanent elves are the most beautiful scenery in the entire city, which makes countless players yearn for it.

Under such publicity and ideal propaganda, it is conceivable what kind of charm and influence the Negative Star has in the past two months. What's more, in reality, the Negative Star Sect has confirmed that the psychic seal has a certain degree of influence even in reality, which makes everyone crazy.

Although some people are still vigilant and output some news such as Negative Star is very dangerous and there is a high possibility of problems. But for the players, these words are bullshit.

Because apart from the Negative Star, what other choices do they have? The players have no choice.

The other major forces have closed the door to them because of their crazy and suicidal behavior. The remaining choices for the players are to believe in the miracles given by a certain god, or to seek the protection of the Chaos Gods. And obviously, the power and miracles given by those small gods are just that.

And what about the Chaos Gods? The power they give is very powerful, but it doesn't feel like something that humans can make. Especially with the cleanup work after the end of the Antarctic Fulcrum Campaign, the Chaos Party's inhumanity and their brutal behavior have been made public. Even though everyone knows that only the victor can get everything in the old world, the real terror and brutality are not accepted by the public.

Every player believes that a certain conscience and morality are the underlying logic of civilization.

So the pursuit of Chaos players has gradually begun in reality and in the game. Although it has not reached the level of legislation and the official does not support such behavior, gradually, everyone has begun to have strong anger and hostility towards Chaos Demons.

As for the so-called Negative Stars that they promote will eventually destroy the world, many players have also given their own answers. Obviously, the Negative Stars will indeed destroy the world, but it will destroy the world of demons.

Those pests and enemies following the demons will eventually dissipate under the holy light.

Well, the players decided to call the power of the Negative Stars the Holy Light.

Because at first glance, the golden light has an intoxicating, wonderful feeling of floating in the air.

Looking at the golden curtain, every player will feel a wonderful sense of trust and an urge to do something. This feeling is interpreted by the Negative Star Sect as a promotion brought by the energy itself.

So after two months of ups and downs, as well as the discussion and fermentation of logic and public opinion, the Negative Star Sect, the Negative Star, finally successfully portrayed a nearly perfect image. At the same time, the Phoenix King of Osun once brought the elves to support on a white ship, and even fought side by side against those demons, which made all players believe that this is definitely a major branch of the elves.

Some people even claimed that they had seen the Dark Elves' Ark of Evil Omen trading with the Negative Stars on the ocean, exchanging those slaves for the Negative Stars, and then directly released them. Countless evidence and actions have proved that this is the story of the elves, led by a conscientious god, heading towards a better world.

The Negative Stars are a group of people who hold dreams and ideals in their hearts and vow to eradicate all injustice and evil in this world. Even if the Lord of the Negative Stars is not a god, it is something similar, which has been confirmed long ago.

In two months, the players and the Negative Stars have already formed a tacit understanding.

That is, the Negative Stars provide various kinds of help to the players, and the players help the Negative Stars to clean up the Antarctic continent and the boundary ice wall, as well as the sea demons in the deep sea.

Although the number is much less than that of the Antarctic fulcrum, whether it is the boundary ice wall or the large fleet in the ocean, the power of the Negative Stars is still very strong, showing that they are almost fearless and are determined to kill all demons. These elves do have a heart of gold.

However, at the same time, the players also have some doubts about the existence of the Negative Stars and the mysterious things about them.

Why is their leader, the Lord of the Negative Stars, Leon, in the image of a human?

Why have I never heard of it in the previous world, and there is no record of the existence of Negative Stars or similar beings. However, this kind of thing has not caused too much discussion.

People are more concerned about the things in front of them, and they don’t have too many opinions and feelings about larger or more grand concepts. Although some official personnel tried to make indirect inquiries after realizing this, neither the elves nor other races had any intention of communicating with the players.

In such an ambiguous environment, the Negative Stars and the players spent a very beautiful honeymoon period.

Until just now, the pillar of light shone into the sky.

"What is going on? If the Negative Stars don't give a reasonable reason, we can't suppress our opinions. The moment the shield was broken just now, many players' work was interrupted. Now it has to be repaired again, which is also a very troublesome thing for us."

"Isn't the Antarctic continent gradually occupied by the Negative Stars? Everyone is in an advantage, why do they suddenly overload the psychic system? If something happened, we also hope to know some details..."

"Do we have to wait until the afternoon to unify the major player organizations to hold a press conference?"

Looking at Edward with a serious face in front of them, all the players who rushed over to ask questions looked at each other, not expecting to get such an answer.

After all, the negative star players have always been strong, confident, and full of a very bright, or very arrogant attitude of thinking that they are saviors. So when the players face such serious expressions, they are still a little panicked.

Especially when they think of the Antarctic giant tower that collapsed in an instant and then reassembled as if time had turned back, the leaders of the major player forces are already a little unsure of what these people are doing. As the leaders of the major forces, the players are naturally very clear that the internal situation of the negative star players is probably not as clear and straightforward as they say, and there may be some unacceptable and unimaginable secrets.

But it has only been two months, and the scene of suddenly shooting at the sky and then melting the Antarctic giant tower directly still makes the players a little confused.

Moreover, after witnessing the huge tower that was hundreds of meters high being destroyed in an instant and then rising from the ground again, it was a scene that was too shocking for the players. They couldn't figure out what happened to make such an attack gather and shoot at the sky, and they didn't know what kind of counterattack caused the giant tower to collapse.

Although it was repaired by using the rune array that had been arranged around it. But for the players, it was an objective fact that the giant tower had collapsed. The Lord of the Negative Stars didn't seem to fully protect the players as he said, which made these people a little panicked.

Everyone has put their lives and property in the Antarctic fulcrum. If you suddenly go crazy, everyone will have no way to explain to the sponsor behind you.

"There are actually quite profound things involved in this matter. I didn't intend to let everyone know at first, but the Negative Stars thought that since we have become objects of communication and cooperation, then we must tell everyone about this... It's not a matter of money, you think too much."

Looking at the players who showed an expression of understanding at that moment, thinking that this was to collect protection fees and were going to go back and tell their brothers, Edward waved his hand impatiently, indicating that it was not the case at all.

Edward, who has now walked out of the shadow of the Chosen of Slaanesh, looks like a broken porcelain. The approval and gaze of the Lord of the Negative Stars left deep marks on her perfect and lovable body. The light golden light seeped out of her body with the movement, which meant that she had completely accepted the power of the Lord of the Negative Stars and became the agent of his will.

It was because of this that the original Leon gradually withdrew from the stage of the player's manager and was said to be sent to the Arctic wilderness. For the players, they were also happy to see this arrogant guy leave completely, and replaced by the good-looking and easy-to-talk Edward.

However, Edward looked at the player leaders in front of him who were full of expectations and seemed to be waiting for some good news, and just opened his mouth, looking a little embarrassed.

Finally, she sighed and looked at the players in front of her seriously.

"I am not sure whether to publicize what I am going to say next. These are all internal information of the negative stars, and for me, I have not received this news for a long time. So no matter what happens, no matter what you think, at least don't be impulsive, wait a while, okay?"

"We are players, we have our own industries and activities in this world. We will not be impulsive, we will only think about making the company bigger and stronger, and then put up some spells and psychic things."

Facing Edward with a serious face, many players present were smiling and looked unconcerned.

Most of those who can choose the bitter cold land of the Antarctic fulcrum to develop are some emerging companies or practical people. After all, the official and super-large enterprises are fighting with the Chaos War Gang in Hope City, while large and conservative enterprises are basically confronting vampires and swamp monsters in Orbian Island.

Those who can run to Antarctica to fight against demons and even plan to make a career are basically ambitious and capable players. They naturally have their own pride.

After all, for the players, no matter how bad the news is, at most they can start all over again.

They all have superpowers given by the Negative Stars. As long as they don’t take back the superpowers or do something that makes them hand over their wealth unconditionally, the players are basically happy to accept it.

But this optimism did not infect Edward. This girl who looks cute and lovely is sitting on a chair, rubbing her eyebrows in distress. Then she looked at the expectant players around her, opened her mouth, and finally scratched her long hair in annoyance, and conjured a file out of the air.

The power of the Negative Stars naturally includes this kind of miracle. Although it is not the material creation in the legend, the psychic energy can compile some seemingly material things, and then record the knowledge and some ideas in the void. Edward simply instilled all the news that he didn't want to say, or that would make people feel panic and horror, into the record.

"You all know about the psychic files of the Negative Stars. As long as you touch them, you can absorb the knowledge inside. Negative Stars also have unimaginable learning abilities."

Placing the pale golden book from the void on the table, Edward sighed exhaustedly.

She sat on the chair and rubbed her eyebrows, looking at the big figures in front of her who controlled many resources of the Antarctic Fulcrum and even a lot of public opinion in reality, and cooperated with the progress of the player world, and threw out this crucial news.

"Even to some extent, those Chaos Demons are not wrong. The Lord of Negative Stars does intend to destroy everything, because these crazy and corrupt gods have blocked all technology, life, love, and struggle. That monster has the craziest desire for the unknown and expansion."

"You can even think of him as something like an evil god. As long as he can expand, as long as he can make technology progress, let the race multiply and spread, and let civilization be passed on, he is willing to do anything."

"And now, he has reached the industrial age, but the evil gods refuse to accept the fact that they have failed, and intend to use this powerful force to force the Lord of Negative Stars to surrender. But you also know that the Lord of Negative Stars has never been a person who is willing to suffer losses. He intends to use a powerful attack to pierce the shield covering the planet, so that he can take his people to the starry sky freely."

"Planet... shield?"

The players came up one by one, touched the psychic archive, and felt the various knowledge and impressions extracted from Edward's mind.

As the reading deepened and the cognition deepened, the dissatisfaction of the Lord of the Negative Stars with this world and the concept covering the sky above the planet gradually made everyone understand the shape of this world.

Obviously, it was an experiment, an impact. A great attempt to enable the entire planet's tribe, all the people living on this planet to go to the starry sky. This individual has no selfishness, no mundane desires, just hopes to break the cage of the Chaos Gods.

Feeling the countless news, these player leaders couldn't help showing surprised expressions.

And just when they felt extremely surprised, they didn't realize that a stream of psychic energy and power were being generated with their emotional changes, gradually poured into their talismans, and spread to the surroundings.

Watching the players' shocked emotions gradually being accommodated in the entire Antarctic psychic network, and gradually converging, and even purified, the expression on Edward's face also became a little relaxed. Millions of players began to join the ranks of the Negative Stars, and now it's almost time to collect rent.

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"——So? So what? What's wrong with working for the Negative Star? Just some interest."

I'd rather say that if I can get in touch, I'd be happy.

Looking at the wailing player in front of him, Matthew calmly lit a cigarette and looked at its mutated limbs.

In the tavern of the Wizard Islands, countless people looked at the middle-aged man smoking a cigarette with golden symbols all over his body, watching him cruelly nail the poor man with three hands to the ground and torture him, and some people even vomited.

Matthew has been responsible for the construction of the Antarctic Fulcrum, overturning and resetting all the burning ruins and demons. But with the end of the Negative Star, he no longer has any need to support it.

Because compared to the Negative Star, the actions of the players are too small and meaningless.

So Matthew did not choose to follow the path of others, and continued to stay in the Antarctic Fulcrum to make money and live, and began to enjoy his superman life in reality. Unlike others, Matthew has always believed that this world is real.

He was not arrogant or looked down on others because of his identity as a player. On the contrary, he used his identity as a player to help those in need. Many elderly, weak, women, children and ordinary people were brought from all over the world by these players who were deeply immersed in this world for a better life.

Only sincere feelings can cross the barriers of time and space. They really regard this world as their second home, or even their only home. Some players have even married, started a family here, have their own attachments, and adopted orphans - this is very common in the old world - and live a peaceful and happy life. And they came to the Antarctic fulcrum because most of them were not qualified to live on Albion Island.

Although Albion Island is peaceful and peaceful, and there are no major problems, the land prices and real estate there have been hyped up by many large companies. There are also swamp monsters and vampires inside the island, so it is not absolutely safe.

In contrast, many players actually accepted their lovers and children on this island. They believe that they can get a new life here.

Until the fire that night, until the portal was broken, watching their loved ones turn into flames in the curtain, countless players truly realized the pain of war and the sweetness of revenge. They voluntarily gave up countless benefits and future income just to be able to hunt the prey they hated.

Orc Hunters.

This is the name of their organization now.

In the original world and this world, they constantly use the convenient identities of various players and the clues of forum conversations to find any players related to Chaos.

They think that what they are chasing is no longer human beings, but just wild beasts. After the Antarctic Fulcrum tragedy, many players who placed their families in the safe zone angrily pointed their spears at those Chaos players. These players, whose anger and grief have reached the peak, vowed to torture all criminals to death.

To be honest, the evaluation of the Beast Hunter Organization among the players is somewhat mixed, because many people think they are too extreme. They frantically hunt down individuals in reality for the existence of some games, and even torture them with lynching in the game, forcing them to quit the game. No matter from which angle you look at it, this method seems a bit too much. The Beast Hunter's response to this is a middle finger.

Some players also have doubts and hostility towards the Negative Stars, which is also normal. But the vast majority of players, especially those who really believe that this world is real and work hard for their dreams in this world, still support the Beast Hunter.

Just like now, when Matthew began to torture this Chaos believer, many players had already pulled over tables, chairs and benches as if to watch the fun, and looked at the Chaos believer with three hands with interest.

Most of these players favored by the God of Chaos are scumbags, or have some extreme tendencies.

There may be some good people among them, but it is obvious that this one is not.

A deformed palm is a red demon arm, engraved with the prayer of the God of War. This believer of the Chaos Gods was nailed to the ground and screamed miserably, blood was sprayed around, but there was no response from any god, only Matthew's cold eyes.

"Your God will never respond to you, trash. And for you, this is just a game, isn't it? Why do you want to call on your God when you are in danger?"

Matthew looked at the screaming player in front of him indifferently, and the arm engraved with platinum runes shone with light.

A pure golden javelin turned from nothingness into reality and was held in Matthew's hand. The man who hunted monsters indifferently thrust the three-edged spear slowly into the palm of the evil beast, listening to the screams of the Chaos believer, with a hint of satisfaction in his eyes.

Matthew also knew that something must be wrong with him. He began to enjoy the process of destroying others, and began to hope that everything in this world would be completely burned to ashes.

But before that, he was also very sure that some people should die earlier than him and this world.

"You have been spotted by the Blood God, Matthew! You are already in his sight!"

The Chaos believer struggling on the ground spat out blood, looked at the platinum-colored javelin in his palm, let out a shrill laugh, and roared at Matthew with blood spurting out:

"Sooner or later, you will be immersed in blood, both you and our world will! We will all become real people again under the glory of the Blood God! Instead of being completely destroyed in the golden doomsday! You are now torturing me and making me bleed, but you are laughing! You are obviously the same person as us!"

"Ah, in a sense, it is true. All of our companions admit this."

He casually conjured up another javelin, threw it out again, and pierced the flesh and blood of the Chaos believer. Matthew listened to the screams of the Chaos believer with satisfaction.

"We are delighted by your death and your screams of torture. We never expected anyone to understand us. Your fear and screams are the greatest nourishment for us. As for the golden doomsday? It sounds good. At least it's better than the doomsday of Chaos."

"Hahaha! It sounds good??? You were fooled by that monster!"

The Blood God's believer coughed up blood again. The power from the powerful warp made his life continue strangely, and he laughed horribly.

But this scene is no longer strange to all players and locals. It has been almost half a year since the Negative Stars began to announce the hunting of Chaos disasters in the entire Old World. Even Antarctica has been fighting for almost four months, and people have long realized the problem.

It's very simple. If the Chaos Gods can beat the Negative Stars in reality, would they be so anxious to make such a big thing in Antarctica?

The twisting of the Sword of Khorne and the Lord of Change, the terrifying storm, can be seen from the sky even by the people in the desert oasis. This huge battle has long made everyone feel a subtle fear of the Negative Star.

The Chaos Gods were so angry that they couldn't kill him directly. What's there to say?

It's just that there are always some guys who can't see the reality and are fighting desperately. For example, the Chaos Evil Player in front of him coughed up blood and insisted on his own opinion.

"Don't you know what the Lord of the Negative Star you worship is thinking! Even our actions, the teleportation of those demons, must be within his plan! Otherwise, how could he take this opportunity to destroy the portal and trigger the first impact?!"

Coughing out the blood in his throat, the Chaos player looked at the calm Matthew in front of him, as if he saw a fool who was deceived and used, with pity and anger.

"You were all deceived by him! He did it on purpose! He deliberately passed the news to the devil, and deliberately let the entire Antarctic fulcrum fall into fire and disaster. He deceived you and all the players, just to gather all the psychic power at that time and make his first attempt at the sky! He deceived all of you, and you were willing to work for that devil!"

"In his world, everyone is the same, all of them are his tools and numbers! In the world of the gods, we will have joy and fear, but in his world, we get nothing! You also saw the second impact! That was everything he did for his own selfish desires!"

"Everything he did was for his own plan, and you should blame him for your own things! If he hadn't deliberately released the news, how could we-"

"...I know."

"You, you know?"

Listening to the words from Matthew, the tortured man on the ground was stunned.

"You know? You know that the loopholes in the defense line were set up by the Negative Stars? You know that all this was planned by them? Then why the hell are you looking for us instead of them?!"

"That's why I'm full of anger towards you. Make no mistake, you rubbish."

Looking at the Chaos believer with an inexplicable look on his face, Matthew sighed, and his expression became more and more compassionate as he looked at a group of death row prisoners who refused to repent and were about to eat copper heads.

"I also know that the Negative Stars have never told anyone else about this news. I also know that although they made such a judgment, their runes and walls have never been abandoned. I also know that the demons have no ability to reach the Antarctic fulcrum. All this is caused by your betrayal."

"The Negative Stars want to deal with the demons in Antarctica once and for all, and decided to either use the transmitted armaments to solve the problem, or directly use the time difference to bombard the demon's portal like now. They passed the news of the armaments to the players, which is a choice. If the players unite, they will only take down Antarctica step by step. But you betrayed everyone."

"Do you think we will pursue those Negative Stars who discussed with us? No, no matter what they think, they hired us, they gave us enough trust, and the betrayers are always you."

Stretching out his hand and pressing the heart of the Chaos Believer, the light golden light penetrated into the body of the Chaos Believer with calm words.

The moment the light appeared, the Chaos Believer's eyes bulged out, and he opened his mouth and screamed silently.

It is hard to imagine the pain that light brought, and Matthew just looked at the silent screaming players gently, and whispered what the hunters wanted to do in the end, as if treating his friends.

"Your names, your deeds, your bodies, and even your files will be kept intact in the archives of Antarctica."

"Do you think I'm talking about this side? I'm talking about our world. You should never try to evade your responsibilities. We have our own homes here, we have our own lives, and the people here have everything they love. We are all human beings, and no one is more noble than anyone else. And you, you destroyed it all."

"So your names must be recorded, and your deeds will be archived. Everyone will know your actions, and everyone will know your sins. Until your traces disappear completely."

Facing the Chaos believer who calmed down in an instant and seemed to have been directly offline, Matthew slowly processed the body of the Chaos player.

Unless you give up this body and abandon all your supernatural powers here, once you go online, this body will be tortured by the beast hunter forever. Looking at the tattered body, Matthew's voice was gentle and steady, as if he was talking to him, and as if he was talking to himself.

"I know you claim that this is a free game, and I also know that you claim that you are innocent. So it doesn't matter. We won't do anything until the law confirms that you are murdering people. We will just seal these things and keep them on file. Then remember, at the moment the law takes effect, no matter where you are, in reality or here, I will find you, and then give everything you have to the Lord of the Negative Stars."

"Let the white and gold destruction come, whether it is your hatred or my hatred, it will turn into power and reside in that tower. We will eventually destroy your god completely."

"As long as justice prevails, even if the world perishes."

The voice was light and firm, as if it was going to completely destroy the world.

The players around were watching all this happily, whispering to each other. No matter what kind of feelings and deeds, in the eyes of these ordinary players, they are just a topic of conversation.

Only the faint anger, sadness, and endless sorrow have become the background of these people. And the inscriptions on these players record everything. Their stories and final emotions have gradually turned into the essence of magic, following the signpost that transcends time and space, and arrived at the side of a certain existence.

"... After the calculations are completed, the magic power begins to be stored, and each unit organizes manpower to prepare for the third impact."

Spiral's eyes slowly opened, and Leon felt the magic power provided by the strong emotions of the players surging in his body again, and he had enough confidence in the next experiment.

I'm really sorry, I seem to have accidentally canceled the automatic update setting yesterday. I went to bed without checking carefully. Sorry, sorry! I was slacking off at work just now and saw that there was no update, so I ran back to post it directly. I'm really sorry!