Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch

Chapter 1132: Chapter 1038: Don’t send any more, the warehouse is almost full_1 Chapter 1132: Chapter 1038: Don’t send any more, the warehouse is almost full_1 “Stacy?

The commander?”

Lincoln had no idea it could turn out this way.

After Lincoln set the promotional strategy for “Gravity,” Samuel did not delay and contacted Stacy to arrange for the filming of the promotional video in the afternoon.

Worried that a player might succeed unexpectedly, Samuel worked overtime with his team during Stacy’s free time in the evening.

They finished the promotional video in just three days.

But it turned out that there was no need to worry at all.

The promotional video was completed, but had been unused for eight months with no signs of being used.

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No player had managed to survive in space!

“So this is…

an act of impatience?”

After filming the promotional video, Stacy might have bragged about it to her family and friends, but the video was never broadcasted.

The longer she waits, the more anxious she becomes.

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So, she simply…

jumped the gun?

Lincoln guessed this.

I didn’t realize this guy was a time bomb, huh?

We should mock him a bit later!

Meanwhile, Samuel was asking Lincoln, “What he’s doing is somewhat irregular…

Is this okay?”

“It’s fine,” Lincoln shook his head, “Let’s proceed as usual.

Indeed, it’s been delayed for long enough.”

“Okay.” Samuel also breathed a sigh of relief, “I’ll prepare for it right away.”

Over this period, was Stacy the only one anxiously waiting?

The “Gravity” team under her had been goofing off for over a month now, and being asked by Cheryl to walk the cat and dog every day was a bit too much…

“Okay, thanks for your hard work.”

After hanging up, Lincoln immediately dialed Stacy’s number without hesitation.

He’s not tired at all now.

He wants to mock Stacy as soon as possible!

*

One hour later, the official account of “Chang’an” was the first one to take action-

[Open data for the first week of “Dark Soul”!]

Nine posters with both text and pictures formed this grid post.

“Dark Soul” has been on sale for just one week and has repeatedly trending.

Both popularity and sales are steadily rising.

The new post from the official side has instantly attracted numerous players-

The first one:

[As of 0 AM on April 7, the number of “Dark Soul” heroes’ death toll worldwide has exceeded 10.3 billion.]

[If all the bodies are connected, it could circle around Earth 424 times!]

Under these two lines, there was still a cute-style cartoon: several cartoon characters with different tragic deaths connected head to toe, winding around the cartoon Earth round after round.

The picture is cute.

But all the players have question marks over their heads:

“First thing in the morning, and you show me this?!”

“My mood just improved a little after seeing the perfect ending yesterday, and now you’re playing this again?”

“I can’t eat my breakfast anymore!

I see myself dying miserably every time I close my eyes.

You guys know how to mess with people’s emotions!”

…

The second poster was much more harmonious:

[As of 0 AM on April 7, the total online duration of “Dark Soul” players worldwide has exceeded 3 billion hours!

In years, that’s about 34,000 years.]

[Among them, the player “My name is Silkworm” has spent over 103 hours online, becoming the most hardcore player worldwide.]

The content of this picture was in a mini Luoyang City, where loads of little player characters in armor, wielding swords, were fighting some cute cartoon monsters.

In the center of the picture, a player resembling a panda with huge dark circles under their eyes, was snoring atop a pile of monsters, with her ID “My name is Silkworm” above her.

She’d tossed her sword aside.

Although this poster didn’t mess with the player’s emotions, it also caused intense criticism:

“For the love of God, 34,000 years!

Humans have existed for less than 100,000 years!”

“That’s not important!

Look at the hardcore player!”

“What’s so special about hardcore gamers?

It’s not like we haven’t seen any.”

“What nonsense are you saying earlier?

‘Dark Soul’ started testing last Tuesday.

It’s been a week, which is actually only six days.

According to Cloud Dream’s anti-addiction policy, you can only play up to 16 hours a day.

How long is the maximum time you’ve calculated?”

“16 times 6…

Holy shit!

96 hours?!

How the hell does this bro manage to be online for 102 hours?”

“Heavens!!!”

…

The third slide reads:

[As of 0 o’clock on April 7th, there are more than 736.8 million players worldwide who have completed a first week clearance of “Dark Soul.”]

Below this sentence, there are further detailed statistics of the number of users who achieved different endings:

[Dark King]: 584.4 million people

[Unnamed Savior]: 341.8 million people

[Dancing with Dragons]: 68.8 million people

Clearly, there is a lot of overlap among the players who achieved these three endings.

Many of them, dissatisfied with their first ending, went on to play the second week or restarted the game immediately to experience other endings.

The perfect ending, [Dancing with Dragons], was discovered just last night, so a relatively small number of players have achieved that so far.

The fourth slide presents the global distribution of “Dark Soul” players.

The fifth slide shows the total number of monsters killed by players, along with the ID of the “King Slayer,” the player who has the highest kill count.

The sixth slide lists the total number of players killed by traps – [Pitfall], [Rolling Stone], [Iron Ball], [Crossbow Arrow], [Treasure Chest], and others, along with a leaderboard for each type of trap.

— In this poster, the artists depict cartoon players being killed by traps in a hilariously lifelike manner, which also elicits a great response.

The seventh slide shows a leaderboard of the number of players killed by special monsters.

Most of the creatures on this list are sneaky little monsters lurking behind doors, around corners, overhead, or in the dark… that ambush unassuming players.

Players comment that they were less killed by monsters and more by the game designers….

So as expected, this chart is also being heavily lambasted by the players.

The eighth slide shows a leaderboard of the number of players killed by bosses.

The number of player deaths listed in this chart far exceeds that of the previous monster chart.

But the players don’t really have any objection to this chart, and are all reminiscing about times when they were brutally beaten by a certain boss.

— The development team’s boss design has been widely acknowledged by the players.

Moreover, after honing their skills through countless battles, everyone feels more than capable of facing these bosses head-on, thus they can view these bosses with a more relaxed mindset.

The last slide presents a leaderboard of the number of game overs per Boss.

This should have been just an ordinary set of data.

But because of one entry named [White Dragon], this chart immediately became extraordinary.

Especially, the number after [White Dragon] that has quietly crept up to 34.61 million times — in fact, it has increased by another 1.93 million after Queenie revealed that “the White Dragon is actually Shirley!”

That brings to light a peculiar phenomenon in the player circle:

Some players block all social networks as soon as a new game is released and won’t unblock them until they’ve finished playing.

What they fear is accidentally coming across spoilers from netizens, which could affect their gaming experience.

So, the tragic news is still silently spreading…

The players are in the dark about this.

All they know is that Cloud Dream is messing with their minds once again!

Of course, there are also many fun-loving people who can’t help laughing at this data, laughing as they leave comments:

“Let’s congratulate these 34.61 million mighty [Dragon Slayers]!”

The [Dragon Slayers] themselves, however, are not amused at all…

Especially those who were forced to reset the game after the truth about [Dragon Slayer] was revealed, and those who have to go to work now are in even worse moods.

Plus, it’s Monday today, so it’s tempting to end it all.

Thus, the entrance to the Cloud Dream’s Headquarters is even busier now.

— As soon as the real identity of [Dragon Slayer] was revealed, the players started another wave of “sending blade mail,” and with the release of this chart, it was like pouring oil on fire!

Quentina is now genuinely planning to have an online charity auction.

If she doesn’t find a way to clear out these things soon, the warehouse might burst at the seams!

——

“Dark Soul” has come to a halt for now, as I still need to sort out the following detailed plot.

I am taking a small break today, only one update.