Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch

Chapter 1115: Chapter 1023: See the people alive, see the corpses when they are dead!_1 Chapter 1115: Chapter 1023: See the people alive, see the corpses when they are dead!_1 Queenie strolled around the Survivor’s Hiding Place, engaging in conversation with all its inhabitants.

She quickly found out that all these NPCs were laden with their respective side tasks, some even possessing critical functionalities.

The blacksmith could upgrade weaponry, armorsmiths could enhance armor, brewers could improve both the digestion and effectiveness of alcohol, and there was the bowmaker, the talisman maker, the physician, and other functional NPCs alike…

Unpacking some of these functionalities required the completion of specific side tasks, which Queenie didn’t have time to handle.

Especially since all these services required the consumption of [Souls].

— These NPCs reiterated that the miasmas and demonic fogs of Luoyang were continuously eroding their minds and sanity.

The only way they managed to preserve their minds without being entirely demonized was through the ceaseless consumption of [Souls].

So they would periodically venture out to hunt monsters intending to replenish their [Souls].

Apart from that, Queenie’s core interest lied in retrieving news on Shirley– and she had indeed obtained a fair amount of that.

Shirley had previously aided almost everyone still existent in this place; she was even the one who created this shelter.

Akin to her earlier charisma in Chang’an, Shirley was once again depicted as a divine beauty whose charm bewitched everyone, young and old alike–

According to everyone, Shirley was an immaculate fairy, and they couldn’t stop praising her.

However, no one actually knew where she was currently located.

Luckily, Queenie managed to glean from them the route that leads to the Imperial City.

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Although this route would undoubtedly be fraught with dreadful monsters and bosses, making the journey a daunting one, at least she wouldn’t have to ramble around aimlessly anymore.

Queenie sifted through the materials she had collected, enhanced her attributes, and upgraded her weapons and shield before boldly embarking on this perilous journey.

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Time imperceptibly drifted by.

Queenie laboured tirelessly until she got famished.

Initially, she failed to discern the gravity of the problem and instinctively pulled out a piece of candied fruit to gobble on — the game didn’t actually account for satiety, but food indeed did exist.

However, even after finishing the candied fruit, she was still hungry.

It was only after a brief lapse in comprehension that she realized: she was really hungry in the real world.

She hurriedly opened the panel to check the current time–

[20:22]

“?!” Queenie was taken aback.

She had been thoroughly indulged in a cycle of exploration, combat, death, and victory that she had entirely lost track of time.

It was only when she began to feel hunger pangs that she realized: she had already been online for nine consecutive hours!

— There was a one-hour timezone difference between Izumo and Daxia.

In a hurry, she saved the game and exited, venturing into the kitchen to fix herself some dinner lit by bright light.

After quickly prepping ramen for herself, Queenie carried the steaming bowl of ramen to the dining table, quickly patted her slightly hot fingers against her cheeks, and instantly began eating while simultaneously opening the Cloud Dream APP on her mobile phone to log into the “Dark Soul” forum.

— She didn’t want to be spoiled, but compared to that problem, she was more anxious to find out: how was Shirley doing?.

Once she launched the forum, she brushed past several strategy posts, quickly spotting a couple of posts related to the plot:

[Spoiler Alert丨Current Known News Collective on Shirley]

[Spoiler Alert丨Cloud Dream Might Really That Cruel, Brace Yourselves]

[I’m a bit reluctant to continue the plot, there won’t really be an untimely death, right?]

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Had she seen these posts before, she probably would have lost her appetite.

But now she was starving.

With one mouthful after another of ramen going into her belly, a warm sense of satisfaction spread from her stomach to every corner of her body, leaving her in a great mood.

So much so that, rather than losing her appetite, she was even able to gorge on the delicious noodles while brushing through distressing content.

Of course, given the circumstances, anger was warranted.

From the analysis presented in all these posts, Shirley seemed to be unlikely to escape from her predicament unscathed.

The forum was on the verge of flipping out.

If it weren’t for the fact that it was evening, and a new batch of unfortunate souls had joined the game, giving the players even more amusement, the topic would have already been shifted to the plot.

When Queenie finally satiated her appetite, the turning point characteristically came—

Super Tomato picked up the “Shirley’s Soul Core” again in his live-stream.

This move completely blew up the gamers who were already at their breaking points emotionally.

Super Tomato’s intention was just not to leave Shirley’s remaining soul core lying around, so he made sure to pick up the prosthetic hand again as soon as possible and hurried back here.

— of course, he wasn’t disarmed by the BOSS, but after dying thirteen times in a row, he defeated the BOSS, Ashina Cheng, on the spot and seized a more functional prosthetic hand from the BOSS.

After changing to the prosthetic hand, he bypassed all the avoidable bosses, using the convenience of the grappling hook, and went straight to where the soul core was located.

He didn’t want to strengthen his own combat power with this soul core, he just wanted to preserve it properly.

— even though this soul core was really powerful, if it was used to bomb the previous BOSS, he suspected that he could instantly kill the BOSS.

But Super Tomato didn’t want to use it just like that, more accurately, he never intended to use it.

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After collecting this soul core, he left here and headed to the East Palace to finish uncompleted matters before the closed beta, namely:

Beat the crippled Twin Princes to a pulp.

Though he had neglected too much exploration content and had continuously skipped 6 bosses, now his character’s strength was seriously insufficient, but he felt that with his own skills, defeating the two crippled princes should be no problem.

Once he wins, that’s double the [Souls]!

— during the closed beta he got double souls when he defeated [King Kong Ape] and [Monkey Man].

After defeating the two princes, he planned to go check out the final BOSS.

If he really couldn’t beat it then he could backtrack and enhance his strength later.

This was his plan.

So he went off to fight the BOSS in high spirits, but the viewers in his live-stream room were about to explode—

Was Shirley really gone?

Everyone absolutely couldn’t accept this, and went crazy in the live-stream chat.

But Super Tomato had already been shocked on the final day of the beta, so he didn’t give the viewers the reactions they wanted to see.

This left the viewers with tummies full of unfulfilled expressions, so they had to go to the forum and social networks to vent their emotions and furiously @Lincoln and the “Chang’an” development team, trying to get some answers.

Queenie, who was about to get up and do the dishes, was stunned in her spot when she saw the newly refreshed post—

[Super Tomato found Shirley’s Soul Core, I’m gonna send a bomb to Cloud Dream Headquarters!]

Queenie clicked on the post.

The glaring game screenshot inside was just a system introduction to Shirley’s Soul Core.

No one in the top comments was refuting it, instead they were offering suggestions:

[Don’t mess around, there are so many game development teams at Cloud Dream Headquarters, what if you accidentally hit the wrong ones?

Just send it directly to Lincoln, it can’t go wrong!]

[I only regret not knowing where Lincoln lives, otherwise, I would definitely go to his doorstep and bag him!]

[Those talking about bombs are all talk, they’re just bragging, if you really wanted to take action you’d do something meaner!

Listen to me!

You prepare a package box right now, then go to the bathroom and take some laxatives…You don’t need me to say the rest, right?]

[???

Let’s not do biological weapons, okay?]

[What on earth is Cloud Dream thinking?]

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Queenie was dumbfounded for a long while, then she ran to Spiritual Rhinoceros and stared at it for a long time.

The players were raging.

But Lincoln and Cloud Dream remained silent.

Her breathing grew heavier and heavier until she finally slapped the table:

“I don’t believe it!”

Queenie threw her dishes and chopsticks into the sink, and then fiercely put on the headband and logged into “Dark Soul” again.

She absolutely couldn’t accept that Shirley was just gone like that!

You must see a person when they are alive, and see a body for their death!