Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch

The current market situation in Daxia had already proven this point – too many people who never played games before were flocking to the embrace of virtual reality games.

The current sales boom only made them more confident.

But the experience of the players was different. The scene that once happened in Daxia was almost exactly replicated:

Players who failed to grab a console were heartbroken, and voices of discontent were everywhere.

Voices filled with "서팔 (West eight)" and "バカ (Eight Gag)" filled the comment section.

Players who succeeded in grabbing the console began to excitedly show off their orders.

The virtual reality player circles of Izumo and Baekje, which previously had only a few hundred members, saw a surge in activity.

The small forum section that Queenie frequented today had more new posts in just one hour than the total count from the previous two months.

Countless people posted joyfully, sharing their happiness, asking questions, and many posted recruitment posts, inviting others to form small groups and such.

All the previous posts about "Lincoln is so vicious," "Poor Dog," "The most effective strategy to avoid dog death," and so on, which were already scarce, were pushed dozens of pages later and were no longer visible.

Queenie watched it all with cold eyes, not planning to remind anyone, and even found it a bit amusing.

And it wasn\'t just her. Almost all the old players in Izumo were keeping quiet, waiting for the tragedy to happen.

After all, they were also trying to avoid spoilers and maintain the integrity of everyone\'s game experience!

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Thanks to Izumo\'s unique population distribution, almost one-third of the country\'s population is concentrated in the capital city cluster.

The factory jointly established by Cloud Dream and the partner company was also built here, making logistics very fast.

By noon, social networks and game forums were filled with videos and posts about unboxing consoles and entering Night City.

Local live streaming platforms also began broadcasting.

Then, the streamers and audience members from Izumo and Baekje were surprised to find:

An unprecedented number of netizens with Daxia-associated usernames appeared in the live broadcasts.

Usually, their live broadcast rooms did have some audiences from Daxia, but the number was small and scattered, not even enough to count on both hands.

But now, the number of Daxia audience members seemed to be even more than the local audience.

Female streamers\' live broadcast rooms, in particular, saw a huge influx of viewers.

Among the female streamers, those with a more "gentle" personality and known as "crying bags" in the circle saw an unprecedented audience scale in their live broadcast rooms, almost reaching one million!

Anchored by Nandong, who always wore cat ear accessories and was affectionately called "Kitty" by her audience, saw a constantly rising number of viewers in her live broadcast room and suddenly had an uneasy feeling.

She knew her situation well. In the past, when she played games or watched movies, her live broadcast room would see an increase in viewers whenever there were some "knife-eating" plots, and even some foreign viewers would join in the fun.

Not only Daxia\'s audience, but the entire Daxia culture circle, and even the European and American culture circles would have viewers seeking the excitement.

But there had never been so many at once before!

Even though she didn\'t want any spoilers, she couldn\'t help but ask the barrage of comments anxiously, "Is the story of \'Speed Chase\' really sad?"

As soon as Nandong\'s question appeared, the comments immediately became denser, with everyone reassuring her:

"No, no, you\'re overthinking it. This is just a fast-paced gunfight game. Fighting is like mowing grass, fast and exhilarating!"

"That\'s right, that\'s right. Besides the slow start, you\'re either fighting or on your way to fight!"

"Yes, yes, we just want to see Kitty in a real gunfight, dominating all around. Just the thought of the contrast is interesting!"

"Right, right! I can vouch for it; they\'re all telling the truth!" n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

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Seeing so many people swear by it, Nandong started to feel uncertain: they seemed to have a point...

If it weren\'t for "Speed Chase" being the latest virtual reality game, she wouldn\'t have played that type of game in the first place.

Her live streaming plan was to play the story mainline of "Speed Chase" and then move on to "Light Encounter."

And with so many viewers gathered in her streaming room, it was a rare opportunity, and it didn\'t make sense not to stream.

"Then I\'ll trust you guys." Nandong smiled at the camera, turned on the headband, and logged into the virtual world.

What appeared before her first was the Door of Flowing Water, naturally above a calm water surface. She needed to choose her login space first.

There were four options available: Sand Dune, House, Yu Environment, and Candy House. Each corresponds to the initial login space environments for "Traveler of the Wind," "Assassins\' Alliance," "Light Encounter," and "Paradise" respectively.

The login space reward of "Speed Chase" would unlock after completing the main storyline.

However, in Lincoln\'s design, games with the same modern theme would not unlock a separate space but instead combine with existing properties, adding more outdoor environments and interior decoration styles.

Later, they would observe player feedback.

If there aren\'t too many complaints, they plan to consolidate all login spaces into one system.

In the future, when players buy new games, they will only unlock more customization options and special furniture.

By then, they can also break the barriers between different login spaces, allowing players to utilize all the decorative rewards they\'ve achieved.

Instead of the current situation where players can\'t place a white stone they obtained from "Light Encounter" in their metropolitan-style property simply because items from two spaces are not interchangeable.

Once such modifications are complete, players will gain greater "decoration freedom," and Cloud Dream will save a lot of redundant work.

They won\'t have to design a separate login space for each new game but instead put more effort into designing beautiful scenes, different styles of furniture, and interesting decorations.

Well, they might as well make some money from collectors...

Due to personal preference, Nandong chose the "Light Encounter" login space first and excitedly studied what settings she could customize.

Then she sadly discovered that most of the options were still locked, requiring her to play the game to unlock them.

Even some items required her to complete special tasks to unlock them.

"Sigh, never mind." Nandong let out a small sigh. "Time to play the game."

As she talked, she finally logged into Night City.