Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch

Chapter 896: Chapter 849: An Unconventional Publicity Plan_1 Chapter 896: Chapter 849: An Unconventional Publicity Plan_1 The airship that had been hovering in the sky for a long time finally ceased its aimless patrol, slowly decreasing its height and descending towards the Luo River separating the entire city.

But now, of the hundred or so players who were initially on deck, half had left.

Being stuck on the deck and unable to do anything was clearly a test of the players’ patience and it seemed that some short-tempered ones had already left.

Those who remained were not in a hurry and patiently watched the live streaming on the deck.

Now that the battle was over, they were witnesses to the birth of the first completion of “Chang’an”.

And their waiting has been rewarded:

They will be the first batch of players to explore the [Divine Capital Luoyang].

However, at this time, no one was in a hurry to explore.

Instead, they rushed to find Lance.

The first reason was to inform him: Your body has evaporated.

The second reason was to inform him: Shuihua and Victoria’s bodies have also evaporated.

Everyone was excited about Lance clearing the game, and when they turned their heads, they saw that all three people had disappeared…

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On Lance’s end, after a sigh of relief, he began to check the rewards he received—

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[Peach Blossom Brew]: A precious brew gifted by the Sword Immortal.

Drinking this wine will greatly enhance the player’s swordplay comprehension (increases Sword Skill proficiency by 100%), with an effect lasting one hour.

Lance gently shook the wine jar, feeling that if he saved some, it could last a long time, so he carefully tucked it away in the mechanical box.

Next, was the Gold Medal.

[Worry-Free Gold Medal]: A gold medal from Emperor Xuan, holders of this medal can freely enter and exit most places.

Can drink for free in Chang’an and Luoyang taverns, and there is also a higher chance of acquiring rare wines there.

“Free entry and exit?”

Upon reading this item description, Lance’s first thought was, “Can I freely enter and exit the jail?”

He has to try it later!

The last but, the most anticipated of all, was the secret book of the flying sword!

[Flying Sword Piercing the Clouds]: Greatly enhances the distance and damage caused by “Throwing the Sword”.

The weapon thrown can be automatically retracted back into its sheath.

“???” Lance was full of questions, “Who’s flying sword can only be thrown out and not curved??”

“Controlling the flying sword can only retract it, not cut people??”

The gap between this and the imagined “Flying Sword” is a bit too much, making Lance quite disappointed.

But despite being disappointed, he still clapped his hands together and acquired this martial skill.

After all, it’s a pretty good skill.

Although everyone has spare weapons in their weapon storage boxes, as time progresses, the upgrading of main weapons will definitely leave the spare ones behind.

Losing the main weapon may very likely lead to a significant decrease in combat power, even potentially becoming the determining factor in PVP battles.

What surprised him was that learning this martial art also came with an achievement trophy—

[A Chivalrous Person Doesn’t Die Unarmed]

“??” Seeing this achievement, Lance couldn’t help but laugh due to the absurdity.

When the players who came to bring the news arrived, they saw Lance wearing a very twisted smile on his face.

When Lance received the news, he quickly private messaged Shuihua.

It was very lively over at Shuihua’s end, she is currently playing hide-and-seek with the Nightmare Knight, trying her best to buy time, hoping to wait for Shirley’s master to save her.

Because the number of Nightmare Knights was increasing and they were getting closer to her, she no longer had the leisure to watch the live streaming.

She was preoccupied with escaping.

Therefore, Lincoln started narrating his completion process to Shuihua.

— But he was just recounting, not suggesting Shuihua to play the same way.

Because he wasn’t sure yet: if “Chang’an” only had this one ending, or if there was a second possibility.

There was no need to rush Shuihua to complete it quickly in the same way as he did.

What if there was another ending?

Now, for Victoria, she had her fans reminding her.

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Thanks to Shuihua’s tactic of flooding Mechanism City and his extraordinary skills, Lance successfully claimed the achievement for the first completion of the quest.

The other players who were seriously attempting to unlock Mechanism City naturally lagged behind him.

But not too far behind – many of them reached the ending later that afternoon.

The topic of [Sword Immortal Li Bai] not unexpectedly stirred up a widespread discussion among the players.

This even inspired many laid-back players to refocus their attention on the main missions.

Of course, while some players started pursuing the main missions again, an even larger proportion of them completely put it out of their minds.

In their view, “watching others pass” equaled “I’ve passed.”

So they actually dropped their anxiety about the main missions and continued to wander and explore Chang’an City more casually, enjoying their own gaming fun.

On a side note, what gave Lance some relief was: the fact that everyone failed to keep the genius sister, was not because he was bad at talking or missed something, Cloud Dream probably set it up that way, the game has a single ending.

This lifted a big weight off his shoulders.

After Shuihua also successfully passed, he turned off the live stream and planned to take a break.

Before logging off, however, he discovered something new in his virtual house –

On the coffee table in the living room, there was now a picture frame.

There was the very moment when the young girl, Shirley, tearfully turned her head and smiled at him amongst the crowd.

Lance seemed a bit startled, but he shook his head and logged off the game despite that.

But other players couldn’t stand this!

When Lincoln got home later that evening after his last training session before the New Year, the player circle was filled with complaints:

“Beast!

Give me back my sister!!!”

“@Lin You, you’re heartless!

How could you bear to make a minor girl leave her blood relatives and wander around?”

“Isn’t it because I didn’t buy a house in Chang’an, my sister looked down on this unsuccessful old brother?

Is it really that ruthless?”

“The second chapter of ‘Chang’an’ can’t still be about finding the sister, right?

Then hurry up and make it!”

“@Cloud Dream, @Lin You, how dare you guys take a break now?

Hurry back and work on Chapter Two!

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The topic of “Sword Immortal Li Bai” was completely overshadowed.

Even his comment section was flooded with a large number of “give me back my sister” comments.

Lincoln hesitated, not sure if he should tell them that the second chapter of “Chang’an” will soon greet the players.

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Chapter Two will not introduce a new map, the main battlefield will still be in Chang’an, but it will center around a whole new quest line designed around “Anloshan entering the capital.”

The map and combat system will just have some slight additions based on the first chapter.

The workload is nowhere near as much as in Chapter One.

So Lincoln planned to make the second chapter a free DLC and push it directly to all players who own the base game.

When it comes to Chapter Three, the main battlefield will move directly to Luoyang, by which time a massive update will await the players, even the gameplay will take a huge change.

Then Cloud Dream will charge it at the standard rate for major works.

But well…

the third chapter of “Chang’an” is not the next major paid work by Cloud Dream.

If everything can progress according to Lincoln’s plan, then Cloud Dream’s next major paid work will be –

“Pacific Rim”!

He had even thought about the first step of his publicity plan –

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, he would appear on news broadcasts in Daxia, which have the utmost authority and nationwide attention, and accept an interview in his capacity as the inventor of the [Focus Headband].

This will be the first time that the [Focus Headband] has been officially reported, and that the report is for the entire world!

Imagine just how shocking the exposure would be!

Of course, Lincoln wouldn’t make a mess out of such a serious occasion – that would be too inappropriate.

But it should be perfectly reasonable to accept an interview within his own company, right?

If during the interview, the camera “accidentally” captured a blueprint of a massive mech, the secret project under development at Cloud Dream, “accidentally” leaked by the official cameraman…

That would be perfectly reasonable too, isn’t it?