At the office of Zhongdian Novel Network.
Even though it was not yet normal working hours, the office was already full of people.
"Can you hurry up and urge the technology department? Today, we might witness a work that breaks the all-time subscription record on the entire network going on sale. Don't let anything go wrong!"
Wen Xi, the chief editor, said with a tight frown and a serious expression. He hadn't slept all night yesterday, just to check the subscription status of "Douluo".
Unexpectedly, when the book went on sale for an hour, due to the surge in users charging and subscribing, the website crashed, and the servers stopped operating.
Therefore, he rushed to the company overnight and contacted employees from the technical department for emergency repairs.
However, the website had not yet returned to normal.
"Chief Editor, the technology department just said they need another ten minutes."
At this moment, the editor Xiao Chui ran back, covered in sweat. She naturally hadn't slept all night either.
For her, this was the first novel she had signed in her editing career, so she had been paying close attention to its sales.
Thus, as soon as the website crashed last night, she contacted Wen Xi. What surprised her was that the chief editor was also paying attention to this book.
"Beep beep beep! Hammer Brother, why can't I access the website?"
After failing to enter the website several times, Wang Shu thought his computer was broken and went to an internet cafe.
However, after trying several computers at the internet cafe, he found that the website was still inaccessible.
Wang Shu's heart sank immediately, as he worried that the website had been wiped and the operators had fled.
So, he sent a message to the editor immediately to inquire about the situation.
"I'm sorry, Author Da Da, the website's server crashed today because too many users were charging and subscribing simultaneously."
Xiao Chui patiently explained to Wang Shu.
After seeing Xiao Chui's explanation, Wang Shu finally felt relieved. After all, he didn't want his long efforts to be in vain.
"Great God Mohuang, how are your new book's subscriptions?"
"Yeah, could it be that your book crashed the website? I heard that Zhongdian Novel Network crashed this time due to excessive subscription numbers for a certain book."
"That's terrifying. A great god is indeed a great god; a book going on sale can actually crash the website!"
"Hmph, Mohuang's strength is undoubtedly not to be questioned, and it's not something that just any new author can challenge."
In the author's group chat, many authors began to discuss the downtime of Zhongdian Novel Network, and some even began to believe that this downtime was caused by the launch of Mohuang Taiyi's new book.
As a result, they all began to mention Mohuang Taiyi in the group.
Mohuang Taiyi sat in front of his computer, looking at the messages in the group, a smug smile playing on his lips.
His new book crashing the website—he might be able to brag about this incident for a lifetime!
After all, for an author's book to crash the website's servers on the day of its release is enough to prove the massive traffic and high subscription numbers of the book.
And last night, among the books that went on sale, only he and that book "Douluo" could generate such traffic.
However, considering the subscription numbers he saw in the first hour last night, this work that caused the website to crash must be his.
In his opinion, even if a newcomer's work had high traffic, it wouldn't have very high subscriptions.
After all, newcomers have fewer fans, so there wouldn't be many people willing to pay real money to subscribe.
As a great god author with dozens of works under his name, he also had a considerable number of loyal fans.
Therefore, even if his popularity during the free period was not as good as "Douluo," his subscriptions were bound to be much stronger than "Douluo"!
"Thank you for your trust. I just asked the editor, and they said the server will be fixed in another ten minutes. Then I'll let you see my subscription numbers!"
Mohuang Taiyi replied in the group.
"Looking forward to it!"
"I'll guess one, Mohuang's first-day subscription should be five thousand this time!"
"The person above has too small a vision. The server crashed, so it should be tens of thousands at least!"
"Indeed, to cause the website's server to crash, it's estimated to be at least fifty thousand to start with. Terrifying."
"Envious, if I can write a book with a first-day subscription of five hundred in my lifetime, I'll be grateful!"
After Mohuang's post, everyone began to guess the first-day subscription numbers for Mohuang's new book.
Ten minutes passed in a flash, and Zhongdian Novel Network successfully fixed all issues and restarted the servers.
Afterward, both the reader and author ends of Zhongdian Novel Network were smoothly restored.
"Quick, let me see how many subscriptions "Douluo" has!"
As soon as the webpage recovered, Wen Xi eagerly said to Xiao Chui beside him.
Xiao Chui quickly opened the editor's data backend and searched for "Douluo World."
"This, this first-day subscription data is too terrifying!"
"This should break the all-time first-day subscription record!"
"I can't believe this is a work by an unknown newcomer. Newcomers are indeed monsters."
"No wonder the server crashed. With these subscription numbers, it's a miracle it didn't burn out the server directly!"
When the data for "Douluo World" appeared on the large screen, all the editors in the editorial office gathered around.
When they saw the terrifying subscription numbers for "Douluo," they were all shocked.
In their many years of work, this was the first time they had seen such a terrifying first-day subscription figure.
"Great God, quickly log into your author backend to check your results. You'll be pleasantly surprised!"
Xiao Chui quickly sent a message to Wang Shu, as he felt Wang Shu would also be very surprised when he saw the backend records.
Wang Shu, who received the message, also logged into his author backend and clicked on the sales data page.
"Douluo World" Subscribers: 57276
To be honest, when Wang Shu saw this data, he felt a slight hint of surprise.
However, this surprise was not significant, as he did not find this achievement for "Douluo World" unexpected.
After all, on Earth, "Douluo World" had influenced a generation of young people, with considerable subscription and publication sales.
This was even with pirated websites taking a large share, and at the time "Douluo" was written, internet penetration was also very low.
Therefore, this subscription number, for the book "Douluo," was merely at a passing level and had not truly become a massive hit.
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"Great God Mohuang, the backend is back online, have your subscription numbers come out?"
"Yes, we've all prepared our money. Whoever guesses correctly gets the money."
"@Great God Mohuang!!! Where are you!!!"
"Damn it, I'm waiting to collect my winnings, and it's been several hours. Great God Mohuang, hurry up and come out!"