Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch

Chapter 950: Chapter 890 “Astound Allies”_1 Chapter 950: Chapter 890 “Astound Allies”_1 This is not just some random Joe spouting nonsense after a few too many.

This is the president of America!

The leader of one of the three major super political groups in today’s world, his every move has a tremendous impact.

Even if he just drinks a can of cola, he could make the hot searches!

Let alone a sizzling topic like mechs!

Thanks to the continuously spreading influence of Cloud Dream worldwide, even if you’re not a user of Cloud Dream, you would have some understanding of major events in the virtual world.

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Although the total number of global users of Cloud Dream has only just passed 500 million, these 500 million are not randomly selected from the global population, but are highly concentrated in relatively wealthy countries and regions where Internet development is relatively mature.

To put it bluntly: the quality of Cloud Dream users is extremely high and their influence on public opinion is astonishing.

Any time something significant happens in the virtual world, they can easily turn related information into hot topics on the Internet in their own countries.

[Mech], this once obscure thing that few people knew about, has made multiple appearances in the virtual world and, after being popularized and promoted by Lincoln, is no longer an unfamiliar concept.

Especially in the past two days, a video of “mech vs dinosaurs” on the All-Star Racetrack has gone viral and familiarized everyone with it!

The only problem is: this familiarity is all based on the premise of the “virtual world”.

What is the president now talking about?

Source: AllNovelFull.com, updated on Ɲονǥο.ƈο

“America’s own mech”?

Social networks around the world exploded instantly:

“What does he mean, they’re going to buildmechs too?”

“Wait, why say ‘too’?”

“From the way he’s talking, is it because others are already building mechs, so they don’t want to be left behind?”

“Who built it first?

Wait, it’s not Lincoln, is it?”

“But isn’t Lincoln just playing around with building them in thevirtual world?

This isn’t real, right?”

“Bro, you’re out of the loop!

There are rumors that Lincoln has even drawn up real mech blueprints!”

“!!!”

…

The most baffled netizens belong to two countries: one is American netizens, and the other is netizens from Daxia.

The former is because: over the past few months, when the whole world’s internet was discussing Cloud Dream and familiarizing themselves with virtual world hot spots, America was “minding its own business”.

Thevirtual world in America is a relatively independent “local area network”.

In most overseas countries, with the entry of Cloud Dream into the market, the networks of thevirtual world are connected with the already mature internet of the country, enabling Mirage users to easy travel and switch between the “virtual world” and “real-world internet”.

With their discussions and sharing, other netizens who haven’t joined Mirage can also easily access information about thevirtual world.

There is not much obstruction between the dissemination of information between reality and thevirtual world.

But America is an exception.

Their caution towards Cloud Dream is not only evident in “ban”, but also in “public opinion”.

Previously, when Lincoln wanted to go to space, many netizens mockingly said: “America is banning Cloud Dream from entering because they are worried that Lincoln will control the public opinion, brainwash the public, and control the election.”

Even though this claim was somewhat exaggerated, America’s two parties are indeed extremely wary of the influence Cloud Dream has on public opinion.

This is reflected in the fact that on their domestic internet, events happening in thevirtual world are downplayed, limited, or even banned.

Many times, netizens who want to discuss openly can only use symbols, coded language, substitute words, etc., which obviously hinders the efficiency of communication, and information can only be obtained by those who actively seek it.

But those who don’t know, of course, won’t have the idea of “seeking”, and naturally will be isolated from this information.

So even though the number of domestic Mirage users in America has exceeded ten million, there is still a thin “web” between thevirtual world and the real-world internet, obstructing the transmission of information.

The result is: the president, who has access to the most comprehensive information, subconsciously thinks that everyone should know about this thing “mech”.

But in reality, more than half of the population is completely clueless, it is only after seeing the president’s post that they go and search what a “mech” is, and in the process learn a lot of things they previously didn’t know…

Things are even more interesting in Daxia.

Seeing this post, everyone’s faces were full of question marks–

“What are you talking about?

Mech!?”

“Have you lost your minds?

Lincoln hasn’t even made one yet, and you’re going to build one?”

“Wait a minute!

They wouldn’t just decide to build a mech for no reason!

Remember the blueprints Lincoln inadvertently leaked before?

Do they think Lincoln is building one so they want to build one too?”

“So they’re in a hurry to build one, did they get some key information, confirming that Lincoln is really building one?”

“That’s very likely indeed!”

“Damn, if that’s true, with Lincoln’s efficiency, we’d see mechs in reality this year, right?”

“You lack ambition!

Not this year, I want to see it next week!”

…

After brief confusion, the Great Xia netizens one after another were so excited they couldn’t wait to pop open champagne on the spot.

While netizens worldwide were engrossed in discussion, media outlets from various countries also started forwarding, following up, and reporting on it in real time.

Some discussed the causes and summarized the information.

Some analyzed the cost of construction and the required technology for the mech, as well as its potential application scenarios.

Some called in military commentators to seriously discuss the lack of practicality of this “large humanoid combat mech”.

The whole world was buzzing with excitement.

Not just the media and netizens, even many official bodies of various countries were surprised.

Currently, the mainstream thought of the world was “peace”, no country would blatantly claim that they are “investing large amounts of money to research a powerful war machine”.

Not only is this “politically incorrect”, but it might also cause diplomatic problems and governance risks, with its impact far exceeding what Mr.

President had predicted.

This really was an official “surprise across friendly nations”!

Thus, not even five minutes later, Mr.

President voluntarily deleted his post.

But it was already too late.

With his clout, at least for the coming week, mainstream media worldwide would incessantly discuss this topic, even the act of his post-deletion would be dissected over and over.

This incident was far from over!

In the end, the most baffled person in this whole affair was —

Henry.

After watching Lincoln’s video, he made a note in his memo to check out the control system of this robotic arm the next time he met Lincoln to check the mech progress.

If it’s similar to the one in the research institute, then nothing more needed to be said.

If it’s more advanced, then he would invite some experts for consultation.

Afterwards, he called the factory manager to follow up on the construction progress of the mechs.

According to the factory manager, the three detachable arms and two legs of the mech were the priority, currently, two legs and one arm had been assembled.

The components of the torso part were being produced in full swing, and the schedule definitely would not be delayed.

The assembly process was carried out under completely enclosed canvas coverings to prevent rain, and confidentiality was always kept in mind.

There would definitely not be any hitches.

Henry nodded in satisfaction, expressing approval and gratitude for the factory manager’s work.

But the moment he hung up, he saw three missed calls from his superior leader and before he could return the calls, his phone vibrated again.

— the leader was making the fourth call.

He hurriedly picked up: “Hello?”

“The mech Lincoln is building, is it a real mech?” The leader went straight to the point, not bothering with pleasantries.

“Huh?”

“I mean, does it have any real battle value?”

Still unaware of what had happened, Henry cautiously answered: “It’s not completely without…

”

“What does that mean?” The leader’s voice suddenly became stern.

Becoming more cautious with his words, Henry said: “I mean…

In case both sides run out of ammo, it could still be a bit useful…”

“…” On the other end of the phone, the leader fell silent.

Henry added: “Also, a 24-meter-high large mech standing on the battlefield, it’s quite intimidating.

If it’s not blown up, it should also have a significant morale-boosting effect on the soldiers…”

“That’s enough.” The leader cut off his ramblings, then asked with profound bewilderment, “Then why did the American President openly say that they also want to make mechs?”

“Huh??”

Now it was Henry’s turn to be stunned, “They also want to make mechs?”

“Yes, the President personally announced it, just now.

Do you have any clue?”

“…”

Henry fell into deep thought.

Lincoln and the American President, one of the smartest people in the world, and one of the heads of the three major political groups in the world, now they both want to build mechs…

Why did this sound so off?