My Ultimate Sign-in System Made Me Invincible - Chapter 456 More Announcements
Chapter 456 More Announcements
While the world was still reacting to the Transparency Report, another tension was building beneath the surface of the conversation.
The discussions about wealth inequality, government intervention, and infrastructure philosophy continued spreading across every platform, but there was something else people were waiting for. Something that had been promised but not yet delivered.
Nova Technologies hadn’t announced how many units would be available for next month’s pre-order event.
More importantly, there was the content creation platform.
It had been mentioned vaguely in the previous announcement. “Planned content creation platform.” That phrase had appeared in multiple reports, always without detail, always without timeline. But speculation had been building for weeks.
@CreativeMinds had posted a thread two weeks ago that gained significant traction: “The content creation platform would be the real game-changer for Nova Technologies. It’s not Lucid or the Air, but the PLATFORM. If NT could give Lucid users tools to possibly create content at professional quality without traditional production costs, it’s over. The entire entertainment industry collapses overnight.
Of course, all this is according to my speculation that the content creation platform would be something similar to an extremely advanced video generation platform, way better than already existing ones.”
The post had accumulated millions of reactions and thousands of comments, all variations on the same theme: whatever this platform was, it would matter more than anything Nova Technologies had released so far.
And now, with the Transparency Report released and the wealth numbers visible for everyone to see, the anticipation for the next announcement had reached a fever pitch.
People refreshed Nova Technologies’ official LucidNet page obsessively. The Transparency Report sat at the top of the feed, still generating thousands of comments per minute. But below it, the page remained static, except for the report, and beneath it, the weight of collective expectation.
At 12:15 AM, fifteen minutes after the Transparency Report had gone live, a new post appeared.
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📢 OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Nova Technologies is pleased to announce that the next pre-order event will feature:
• 10,000 Units of Lucid
• 5,000 Units of Lucid Air
Due to overwhelming global demand and our commitment to maintaining strict production standards, availability will remain controlled and limited to these numbers.
We appreciate the continued support and look forward to delivering the next phase of immersive innovation.
***
The reaction was immediate but measured.
Ten thousand Lucids and five thousand Airs.
People did the math quickly. This month had been 3,000 Lucids and 1,000 Airs. Next month would be more than triple the Lucid allocation and five times the Air allocation.
“10K Lucids next month. That’s… actually significant. My odds just went from ‘impossible’ to ‘extremely unlikely.'”
“They tripled the Lucid release and quintupled the Air release. That’s not a small increase. They’re scaling production.”
“Okay but 10,000 units divided by millions of people trying is still brutal math. My chances went from 0.0001% to maybe 0.001%. I’ll take it, but let’s not pretend this solves the access problem.”
“5,000 Airs. That means 5,000 current Lucid holders will ascend to the Air tier next month. The ecosystem stratification is going to intensify hard.”
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📢 OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Nova Technologies is pleased to announce that the next pre-order event will feature:
***
The reaction was immediate and split directly down the middle.
Ten thousand Lucids. Five thousand Airs.
People did the math quickly. This month had been 3,000 Lucids and 1,000 Airs. Next month would be more than triple the Lucid allocation and five times the Air allocation.
“They tripled the Lucid release and quintupled the Air release. That’s not a small increase. They’re scaling production.”
But then people read the second part more carefully.
“Availability will remain controlled and limited to these numbers.”
The phrasing was deliberate. Not “will increase to these numbers.” Not “starting at these numbers.”
“Remain controlled and limited to these numbers.”
The realization spread quickly.
“Wait. WAIT. Are they saying 10K Lucids is the MAXIMUM? Not just next month, but permanently?”
“Read it again. ‘Availability will remain controlled and limited to these numbers.’ That’s not temporary scaling. That’s a permanent cap.”
“They’re capping production at 10,000 Lucids per month. That’s 120,000 per year. There are 8 billion people on Earth. They’re deliberately keeping it scarce.”
The measured reaction evaporated instantly.
“This is intentional artificial scarcity. They COULD make more. They CHOOSE not to.”
“Of course they’re keeping it scarce. That’s the entire business model. Exclusivity drives demand. If everyone could get a Lucid, the Digital Aristocrat economy wouldn’t work.”
“But 10K per month means it would take 667 YEARS to give everyone on Earth a Lucid. Even if we only count wealthy nations, it would take decades. Most of us will never get access.”
“This isn’t a production constraint. This is policy. Nova Technologies is deliberately creating a permanent upper class.”
A user posted: “Everyone’s acting shocked, but this was always the plan. The entire Lucid ecosystem is built on scarcity. The Digital Aristocrats only make money because there are millions of viewers who DON’T have Lucids. If NT flooded the market, the whole economy collapses.
They’re not going to scale to mass production. Ever. The scarcity is the product.”
The post gained traction immediately, but the responses were divided.
“So we’re just stuck? They’re going to keep 99.9% of humanity locked out permanently?”
“Not permanently. They said these numbers. That implies they might increase later.”
“No. They said ‘remain controlled and limited.’ That’s not ‘will increase.’ That’s ‘this is the ceiling.'”
“Even if they double it every year, we’re talking about decades before meaningful access. Most people in this thread will be dead before they get a Lucid.”
A different thread focused on the business logic:
“From NT’s perspective, this makes perfect sense. Why would they want everyone to have a Lucid? The value is in exclusivity. The moment it becomes common, it stops being special.”
“This is luxury goods strategy applied to technology. Hermès doesn’t make bags for everyone. Ferrari doesn’t make cars for everyone. Nova Technologies isn’t making Lucids for everyone.”
“Except Hermès bags and Ferraris don’t give you access to a billion-dollar economy. Lucids do. That’s the difference. This isn’t just luxury. It’s infrastructure locked behind artificial scarcity.”
“And there’s nothing illegal about it. Private company. Private technology. They can release however many they want.”
The anger in the threads was building, but it was directionless. People were furious at the artificial scarcity, but there was no clear target for that anger. Nova Technologies was within their rights. The government couldn’t force production. Market pressure didn’t apply because demand infinitely exceeded supply.
Someone posted: “The pre-order lottery just became permanent. This isn’t a temporary shortage that will resolve. This IS the system. Forever.”
Another user replied: “10,000 Lucids per month. Millions trying. Your lifetime odds of getting one are probably less than 1%. You’re more likely to win an actual lottery. And unlike a lottery, you can’t even buy more tickets.”
“This is the opposite of every other tech company strategy. Everyone else tries to scale to billions of users. NT is deliberately keeping it to thousands.”
“And those thousands are going to be insanely powerful. 10 terabytes per second. Zero distance limitation. They’re not just wealthy. They’re infrastructure-advantaged in ways that can’t be replicated.”
The discussion around the numbers continued, but it wasn’t explosive. People had expected some kind of scaling. The announcement confirmed it, which was good, but it didn’t fundamentally change the situation.
The real attention remained focused on what else might be coming.
At 12:16 AM, one minute after the production announcement, a second post appeared on Nova Technologies’ official page.
The notification hit every screen simultaneously.
This time, the reaction wasn’t measured.
***
“Hello, everyone. Nova Technologies is proud to introduce the ecosystem’s content creation platform: Lucid Studio.”
What is Lucid Studio?
Lucid Studio is a next-generation content creation platform that empowers you to produce:
• Short-form videos
• Cinematic short films
• Full-length movies
• Serialized shows
All from your imagination, with no physical sets, crews, casts or million-dollar budgets required.
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What Lucid Studio Handles (Automatically)
• Asset generation from descriptions
• Physics simulation
• Lighting calculation
• Rendering optimization
• Technical execution
Lucid Studio gives you the production power of a blockbuster studio, handling the complex technical work so you can focus on creativity.
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What You Provide (Your Skills)
• Story and screenplay
• Character development and arcs
• Scene composition and framing
• Performance direction (timing, emotion, delivery)
• Pacing and rhythm
• Visual style and consistency
• Editing decisions
Think of it this way:
Lucid Studio = Infinite-budget Hollywood studio.
You = Director, Cinematographer, Editor.
The platform executes. Your skill determines whether it becomes a masterpiece, or a mess.
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Render Speed & Output
Render speed: Real-time to near-instant
• 30-second video → ~5–15 seconds
• 5-minute scene → ~1–3 minutes
• 30-minute episode → ~8–15 minutes
• Full-length film (90+ min) → ~30–60 minutes
Output specifications:
• Resolution: Up to 16K (15,360 × 8,640)
• Frame rate: 24, 30, 60, 120, 240, 480 fps
• Quality presets: Standard, High, Ultra
Note: Render time scales with complexity and resolution. Priority rendering (Creator Pro/Studio tiers) ensures the fastest processing even at peak hours.
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Credit Packages
Lucid Studio operates on a flexible credit system:
• 100 credits → $10 (Starter Pack)
• 1,000 credits → $90 (10% discount)
• 10,000 credits → $750 (25% discount)
• 100,000 credits → $6,000 (40% discount)
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Subscription Add-Ons
Creator Plus — $99/month
• 1,000 credits included
• 15% discount on additional credits
Creator Pro — $299/month
• 4,000 credits included
• 25% discount
• Priority rendering
Creator Studio — $999/month
• 15,000 credits included
• 35% discount
• Priority rendering
(Subscription discounts apply only to non-bundled credit purchases beyond the highest bulk tier.)
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Content Rights & Monetization
• Ownership: You own 100% right of the content you create.
• Usage rights: Full commercial rights.
• LucidNet publishing: Monetize via viewer gifting (70% creator / 30% platform).
• Attribution: Optional “Made with Lucid Studio” badge for credits.
(More monetisation method will be made available.)
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Accessibility:
Lucid Studio is exclusively available to Lucid users.
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Release Date
Lucid Studio launches in 3 months.
“At Nova Technologies, our mission is clear: remove all barriers between your imagination and reality. Lucid Studio is the first step toward a world where every story can be told, without limits.”
(Note: More information will be made available in Lucid Studio T&C. Click to read.)
