SWNOVELXO Chapter 143: 143. System Upgrade
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Selling a 100 Berry phone for 60,000 Berry, the Donquixote Family makes more from this than from selling weapons.
"Find a way to bring the price down immediately. What I need is user count, not high profits."
As soon as the send button was pressed, Morgans' video call popped up.
On the screen, the news agency president was furiously pounding the table, sending quills and documents flying: "600 times?! These vampires are even more daring with their prices than our World Economy Newspaper! "
He suddenly leaned closer to the camera, his bird beak almost poking through the screen. "Ron, do you know what this means? In the New World alone, countless potential users are being shut out! "
Ron narrowed his eyes: "That's why I need you to figure out how to solve this. Undercover investigation, exposure, or direct threats and negotiation. Just get it resolved."
"Brilliant! " Morgans excitedly twirled his quill. "I'll arrange some undercover reports and expose all those middlemen who are hoarding and inflating prices! "
He suddenly lowered his voice. "However... those giants of the underground world..."
"Tell them," a hint of purple light flashed across Ron's fingertips, "either sell the phones according to my rules, or wait for me to personally deliver them some 'warmth'."
After hanging up the phone, Ron looked towards the direction of the palace.
"User count is the key..." he murmured to himself.
On the system interface, the number displaying "180 million users" was flickering slightly.
Almost 200 million users already.
Children's laughter suddenly came from the street corner.
Several children were gathered around a public display screen, watching the live broadcast of Princess Rebecca's speech.
Ron's lips curled slightly. When this generation of children, who grew up with phones, becomes the backbone of the pirate world, the entire world will undergo earth-shattering changes!
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Dressrosa, late night port
The sea breeze gently blew as Ron stood alone at the edge of the dock, his fingertips swiping across the translucent system interface suspended in the air.
[Current Users: 200,000,000!]
"Finally... two hundred million."
His lips curved slightly.
Now, the atmosphere of the entire pirate world is quietly changing. Pirates no longer think about plundering merchant ships all day, but are obsessed with live streaming and shooting short videos;
The first thing Marine soldiers do after their shift is not go to the bar, but team up for Honor of Kings;
Even within the Four Emperors crews in the New World, the system notification sound of "First Blood!" is heard from time to time.
Just as he was contemplating,
[Ding! Detected Host has reached the "Two Hundred Million Users" milestone. System is about to begin upgrading!]
[Estimated Upgrade Time: 60 minutes]
[Some functions will be temporarily unavailable during the upgrade]
"Oh? What will be updated this time? " Ron raised an eyebrow with interest.
The last system upgrade brought Honor of Kings, which directly plunged the entire Grand Line into ranked match frenzy.
Even the Summit War, under his intervention, turned into an Honor of Kings competition!
And the popularization of TikTok completely changed people's lifestyles. Now even the division commanders of the Whitebeard Pirates regularly hold live broadcasts to share "New Era Pirate Health Routines";
And Marco draws lucky users every day to customize hand-painted phone cases specifically for their phones!
Such activities naturally make their live streams packed every time. Those are the Four Emperors, after all!
A little something leaking from their fingertips is enough for you to benefit endlessly.
Marine Headquarters even organized a "Justice and Positive Energy Short Video Contest"; the Revolutionary Army, on the other hand, relies on live broadcasts to expose the corruption of nobles in various countries, helping the people there stand up and take charge themselves, gaining a large number of followers...
"It won't update with a 'Pirate version of food delivery', will it? " Ron chuckled softly, casually sitting on a container to wait. However, it should be impossible. With the existence of the shopping cart, food delivery has no place to survive.
Not far from the port, several drunken pirates were shouting around a phone:
"Brothers, watch closely! This time I'm definitely solo killing a Kaido crew member with a SMILE ability! "
"Thanks to 'Red Hair is My Idol' for the rocket! "
"Don't rush, don't rush, I'll start the stream after drinking this bottle of wine! "
Further away, the Neo Marine patrol team was holding phones, the screen clearly showing the Honor of Kings settlement interface:
"Hahaha! Marine Admiral Aokiji was online just now! I matched with him! "
"Bullshit! That must be a fake! "
"But his ID is 'Lazy Justice', and he even showed a phone frozen into ice..."
Ron couldn't help but smile as he watched these scenes.
Once upon a time, people on this great Sea only had two ways of life: "plundering" and "being plundered".
And now—
You can make money by live streaming, become famous by shooting short videos, and gain fans by playing games. Who would still be willing to risk their life to be a pirate?
Even the Supernovas, known as the Worst Generation, now have to consider their "persona" and "traffic" first.
"Ding—"
The system's notification sound rang on time.
[Upgrade complete!]
[New Entertainment Module loading...]
In front of Ron's eyes, a brilliant light screen that only he could see slowly unfolded.
"Let me see... whose schedule is going to be ruined this time? "
Then the system's notification sound rang,
[Ding! New module loaded!]
As the system notification sound rang, a golden light suddenly flashed across Ron's phone screen.
After the light faded, a bright red tomato icon appeared on the screen— "Tomato Free Novels".
"..."
Ron's eyelids twitched violently twice.
Scrolling through short videos, playing games, reading novels—this is simply a "fatal triple combo" that drains user time.
He could almost see the pirates staying up all night holding their phones: scrolling through TikTok during the day, playing Honor of Kings at night, and reading novels before bed... Let alone going out to rob, they might even forget to eat and sleep!
With a complex feeling, Ron clicked on this new APP.
However, what came into view was a blank space, completely empty except for the bottom navigation bar, not even a recommendation section.
"..."
Ron's expression froze.
What a joke! The online novels from his previous life started at millions of words. He had to write them himself? Even if he wrung his brain dry, he couldn't write a few chapters!
Just as cold sweat broke out on his forehead, the system suddenly popped up a golden interface:
[Detected Host's needs]
[Cultural and Entertainment Works Library has been unlocked]
[Currently available for purchase: One Piece, Battle Through the Heavens, Lord of Mysteries... a total of 32768 titles]
[Unit Price: 1,000,000 Berry/title]
Ron stared at the price, his lips gradually curving upwards.
One million Berry per title?
For him now, money was just a number long ago!