Xu Meng covered his face and remained silent for a long time.
Finally, he just said, "Let's put this aside for now. I'll show it to the Guoan and Wu Shuang later, and ask them about the situation."
"The remaining companies, you can have Zhang Baiquan go and talk to them."
"Don't sign contracts that are too long at the beginning, let's test the players' reactions first."
"Large, eye-catching screens and giant billboards are not acceptable, but small shops and signs can be tried."
"But some cyberpunk-style modifications should also be made to adapt to the aesthetic style of the entire city."
"In short, let's talk about it first."
"Make it clear in advance—it must satisfy me before it can be updated into the game. If I'm not satisfied, it can't be updated."
"If the players strongly protest, it must also be withdrawn."
"—However, if we withdraw it, we can refund the money, so the partners won't suffer any losses."
Xu Meng's rules are undoubtedly a bit overbearing.
But he agreed to these collaborations not to earn that little bit of advertising revenue.
"Alright, is there anything else?"
Xu Meng said as he stood up.
But the junior sister quickly pressed him back down: "Sit down first! There's still something!"
"Huanlong Game Company sent an email saying they want to change the launch date of the 'Kingdoms' VR version."
"Ah?" Xu Meng was a little surprised, "They want to move it up again? No! Absolutely not! If they keep doing this, someone in their company is going to die of overwork!"
"No, no." Chen Mengling shook her head repeatedly, "This time it's delayed, they plan to postpone it by two months, to March next year."
"Postponed?" Xu Meng was even more surprised.
"Did something really happen??"
They had been rushing against time all along, but now they suddenly gave up and postponed it by two months…
Did something really happen, and they don't dare to let their employees work overtime anymore?
"No, no." The little assistant shook her head vigorously again.
"I asked a friend from Huanlong privately, and she said that their boss suddenly had a change of heart last night and is no longer allowing overtime."
Suddenly had a change of heart, huh?
Xu Meng's desire to complain exploded once again.
"Forget it, it's always a good thing."
"Speaking of which, how is the progress of the 'Frost Snow Project'?"
"Very smooth! If there are no accidents, it can all be VR-ized in January." The little assistant gave the answer immediately without needing to think.
Obviously, she was paying attention to the situation of all the project teams and had memorized them all.
"However, Lu Cong and the others plan to conduct a small-scale internal beta test after the VR-ization is completed to see the overall feedback from the players, and finally plan to launch it in February."
Xu Meng calculated the time and nodded, saying, "Okay, it's fine if the Silver City platform opens a little later."
"Is there nothing else now?"
"No, nothing else." The little assistant finally closed her notebook.
Xu Meng also breathed a sigh of relief, got up and stretched, planning to go to the 'Monster Hunter' project team to take a look.
But he had just stood up when he stopped again: "Almost forgot something."
"What's the matter?" The junior sister, who was about to leave the office, stopped and opened her notebook again.
"Check the game's backend and social networks to see if any of the players who won the [Global Survival Competition] yesterday have any bad records."
"If not, give each of them a [Honorary Player] identity card—oh, no need to check Zhu Mo, she doesn't get one."
With the scale, global influence, and difficulty of winning the [Global Survival Competition], they are fully qualified to receive the [Honorary Player] status.
—Except for Zhu Mo again.
"Ah? Oh! Okay!"
Chen Mengling was first surprised, but after realizing it, she nodded vigorously!
When she walked out of the office, her heels hit the floor, making a light tapping sound.
Obviously, she was in a very good mood.
… …
… …
At the same time, the western center of the Sprawling Metropolis's ring aerial rail.
A player who had been exploring the Sprawling Metropolis all night discovered a strange platform—
[Platform 9]
The aerial rail system of the Sprawling Metropolis is quite developed. The tracks crisscross between buildings, making it a fast means of transportation to and from various areas of the city.
Many players who are not very enthusiastic about combat but love exploration take the aerial rail to traverse the city's sky, observing the entire city through the windows.
The outer ring rail that surrounds the entire city is therefore very popular.
The western rail center, as one of the four major transfer stations on the outer ring, also has a very high flow of people.
But the players' eyes are focused on the city and buildings, not paying much attention to the platform itself.
Until the appearance of a Jiangcheng player [Flower Boat].
For the past few years, she had to take the aerial rail to and from work every day.
Now, seeing a more advanced and complex aerial rail system in the Sprawling Metropolis, she couldn't help but want to see what the difference was between it and the aerial rail she usually took.
As she looked, she discovered a discordant platform sign.
The sign itself is not surprising, it is a common electronic display sign in the Sprawling Metropolis.
It's just that the position is not quite right—
It is not hung in the position facing the track, but facing the aisle.
The platform number is also not quite right—
[9]
Flower Boat blinked in confusion and looked at the adjacent platforms—
On one side is [9], and on the other side is [10].
There are no problems.
Only here is [9].
"Texture error? Or a game bug?"
She walked forward in confusion, wanting to knock on the electronic sign.
—When the electrical appliances at home had problems when she was a child, they might return to normal if you just patted them.
Under the inertia of Flower Boat's thinking, she wanted to help pat it.
But she was not tall enough and could not reach it.
So she pulled her left hand back, manipulated the character to take a few steps back, and then sprinted at full speed, planning to do a wall jump.
But an unexpected thing happened—
The moment the character jumped up, she didn't kick the wall, but plunged headfirst into the wall!
The screen spun, and the haptic suit also transmitted strong stimulation on her shoulders, back, and thighs, telling her that this fall was not light.
Flower Boat sucked in a breath of cold air, rubbed her back and thighs, and then began to look around at the environment.
And this look stunned her—
The surrounding environment seemed to be no different from the outside, but all the electronic devices were dark, as if they had lost their power supply.
There are no players or NPCs.
Even the sanitation robots that clean up are not there.
There is an aerial rail, but the doors are tightly closed, and there are no lights.
Empty and silent.
Like it's haunted.
"Am I… clipping into the inner world?"
Flower Boat was a little scared.
The tragic memories of playing 'Evil Ghost!' two weeks ago resurfaced…
But after all, she had discovered a game bug, and she was not willing to just turn around and leave.
Finally, she mustered her courage, comforting herself with "I've already come," and explored the depths of the platform along the track.
Fortunately, she soon discovered a ticket booth.
Above the ticket booth hung a metal sign—
[Silver City Express Train]
At the ticket window, there was another small sign:
[Platform under maintenance, temporarily closed]
Flower Boat froze in place for several seconds before finally realizing—
"Silver City?"
"This leads to Silver City?!"
Flower Boat stuck to the ticket window in surprise, trying to look inside.
But there was nothing inside except tables and chairs.
She was not disappointed, and ran back again, staring at the train with its doors tightly closed and the track extending into the darkness, lost in thought:
If I keep walking along this railway track, can I reach Silver City?
Since she thought of it, of course she had to try it!
She bravely jumped off the platform and walked along the railway track into the darkness.
Then, after walking less than 80 meters, she ran back screaming.
—There was no light at all in the distance, it was too scary!
But she really wanted to know if she could reach Silver City.
So, she launched the [Great Shaker Technique]—
Running to Mengjin, she posted:
[Hidden map in the Sprawling Metropolis! Mysterious platform, directly to Silver City!]
The Sprawling Metropolis is currently very popular, and with the addition of the two keywords [Hidden Map] and [Silver City], the popularity undoubtedly took off instantly!
The early-rising players rushed to this special platform quickly.
Even many players who had stayed up all night and were planning to go to sleep couldn't help but restart their machines and rush to the hidden map.
Phantom Moon, who had registered as a fighter early in order to get the first holographic display device and enter the Sky Arena, but had been beaten up all night, also saw this message.
This made him breathe a sigh of relief—
He could finally leave this tower!
This damn difficulty is not for humans to play!
