Ch.490Don’t Leave Creativity to the Users (2)

However, the confusion about the event itself didn’t last very long.

Eventually, the prevailing opinion became “Hey, isn’t this basically like setting up an exhibition for things we create?”

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Title: How about making something for the event in advance?

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Image of someone using mechanical arms to create something in the base.jpg]

There was no rule saying we couldn’t make things in advance, right?

BTW, I’m going to win a Nobel Prize with my awesome invention.

Get ready, suckers.

Comments:

-[Einstein was gay]

-[What are you even making?]

-˪[An automatic condom hole puncher]

-˪[You might not win a Nobel Prize, but you’ll definitely get an Ig Nobel]

-˪[At least it has “Nobel” in it, so that’s something]

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Despite there still being about a week until the event started.

The event literally stimulated the users’ “creative desires”…

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Title: Upvote if you’re planning to participate in the event lol

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Image of a bizarre statue of unknown origin.jpg]

I’m participating too~

This is something I made!

Comments:

-[What is that?]

-[It looks like it would snap my neck if I look away]

-[You’re a neck-snapping friend!]

-[It’s an android, you bastards](Author)

-˪[I thought it was a grotesquely twisted sacrificial lamb from hell?]

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Title: Does creativity have to be artistic?

Author: Mechanist

Content: [Image of a peculiar mechanical device with an unusual structure.jpg]

Made this with some support-type Superhumans on our side.

It’s a fresh fruit juice generator.

Comments:

-[?]

-[The base kitchen already provides fresh fruit juice;;]

-[Juice extractors already exist]

-˪[It’s not an extractor, it’s a generator. It creates fruit flesh at the molecular level and then grinds it into juice](Author)

-˪[How the hell did you do that?]

-˪[What? How?]

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In this way, the users’ creative desires were strongly stimulated and activated, resulting in all sorts of strange things popping up.

And I was watching all this in real-time, nodding my head and thinking that this event seemed quite lively in many ways.

However, Jessica, who was beside me, tapped the top of my head with one of her rabbit ears, showing a puzzled reaction…

“Commander, aren’t you planning to participate?”

“Huh? Oh, you mean the event?”

“Yes.”

I grabbed the rabbit ear that was touching my head and fiddled with it while making a declaration in response to Jessica’s reaction.

“Of course I’m planning to participate.”

“I’m glad to hear that.”

After all, how many bizarre yet fascinating things have our Griyanar and Nero created together?

And seeing the word “Expo” prominently displayed, it seemed likely that they would value “practicality” more highly than artistic creations born purely from creative urges.

So I was thinking about the “creations” made by Griyanar and Nero that were unnecessarily grotesque…

-CRASH!

-“Aaaah!”

-“Look at that! It’s a tentacle monster that attacks people regardless of age or gender, lays eggs, and corrupts females!”

-“What?”

-“It also sprays hypnotic brainwashing waves and aphrodisiacs to prevent captured targets from resisting!”

-“How do you know all that?”

-“I participated as a test subject, so why don’t you join me too♡”

-SLASH!

-“Did you create another strange chimera? Please tell Griyanar to stop doing this kind of thing.”

“…”

“I’ll talk to Griyanar and Nero separately later.”

Like adult-oriented monsters that casually cross the line…

-“Commander, we’ve received a petition to convert some of the male dormitories to female dormitories.”

“Why would they want to change perfectly good dormitories?”

-“Because TS potion was mixed into the water purifier in the dormitory cafeteria, turning one-third of the regular male combatants into females.”

“…Jessica.”

“Partia and Bendalov have already transformed into combat mode and are on their way to get them.”

TS potions and so on.

I thought it would be better to select relatively normal items, excluding the various bizarre and strange things.

Of course, regarding my thoughts…

“Commander, how could you ignore our masterpieces?”

“Th-that’s right… do you know h-how hard it is to create something that en-enhances virility to the point of f-filling a bathtub…”

“How could I possibly show that to others, you lunatics?”

The two mad scientists who were dragged in by Partia (combat mode) and Bendalov (combat mode) seemed to see things differently.

But regardless, since I was the one with the final decision-making authority.

The opinions of the two crazy scientists were completely ignored.

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And exactly six days after the users had been busily preparing for the event like that.

Before my eyes and those of all users, as promised, information about the upcoming mini-event appeared with a flourish.

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<General Announcement>

<<<‘Astral Expo’ Event Guide>>>

<In one day, an event related to the ‘Astral Expo’ will be held!>

<We were impressed by the various costume events and other events that you Commanders have organized on your own, and we would like to incorporate them as part of an official event!>

<You can do it yourself, or you can join forces with Superhumans!>

<Use all the creativity you can muster to exhibit amazing inventions or outstanding works of art in the world of Astral Lagrange!>

<From simple flower pots to various excellent artifacts and costumes for Superhumans.>

<Even equipment for starships – anything is possible!>

<Details>

<After the update, each Commander will have access to the ‘Astral Expo’ management window.>

<Through this management window, you can select items to submit to the expo.>

<You can also include the name, description, or demonstration of how the item works.>

<The submitted items will be ranked through voting by Commanders on the last day of the event!>

<Cautions>

<The ‘ranking’ in this event is not related to the current Commander rankings.>

<Any type of submission is possible, but ‘adult content’ must be checked separately to be submitted.>

˪<However, works that cause excessive disgust to a large number of people may be deleted or blocked at the discretion of the administrators.>

˪<Commanders who upload such works may face penalties.>

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“The precautions are quite thorough.”

“Indeed.”

Looking at the “precautions” prominently embedded in the event announcement.

‘The administrators must have really suffered.’

All the grandmother-grandfather-gay-pedo-gore and other various disturbing images.

I could feel the determination of the administrators, who had suffered from all kinds of disturbing images, sharpening their knives with the intention of definitely punishing anyone who thoughtlessly terrorizes the official event with ‘disturbing images.’

And it seemed I wasn’t the only one who felt this way.

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Title: Parts where it feels like the admins are REALLY sharpening their knives for this event.txt

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Image of the ‘Cautions’ section from the event announcement, zoomed in.jpg]

This is the first time I’ve seen such a strong warning in any announcement

They must have really suffered a lot in the gallery

Comments:

-[“Just let me catch one person, I’ll tear them to pieces.”]

-˪[“Each blow filled with killing intent.”]

-˪[They’re trying to kill someone repeatedly just for posting disturbing images lol]

-[But honestly, I think it’s fine to punish those bastards who keep posting weird gay-pedo-gore images in the gallery whenever they’re bored]

-˪[Speaking your mind~]

-[I still remember that bastard who made gore images using Superhumans, damn. Where did they go these days?]

-˪[That gold horse directly provoked Menaldu and is getting his ban renewed every 15 days]

-˪[That’s proper discipline]

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Most users, perhaps because they too had been exposed to such images when bored, responded to the “warning” in the announcement.

With reactions that the administrators’ response was truly appropriate, they were offering genuine praise for an event announcement for the first time in a long while.