Many players didn't realize:
Even though Dreaming games all run on computers,
there's a big difference between the game client operated by traditional keyboard and mouse and the Mirage gaming suite client.
To support new technologies like haptic feedback suits, haptic gloves, and holographic displays, the game client used by the Mirage gaming suite is more than twice the size of the traditional keyboard and mouse operated game client.
The Mirage gaming suite is compatible with keyboard and mouse, but keyboard and mouse cannot directly switch to the Mirage gaming suite.
This has created a considerable problem for various cheat plugins, auxiliary plugins, and MOD makers.
Those with slightly inferior skills are completely unable to start, and can only retreat in the face of difficulty.
But this time, [Civilization Sprinkler] gave them hope again.
But at the same time, it is also a tentative practical course.
To complete [Throne War], the Dreaming game platform must improve its community ecology.
The definition of [Content Creator] should not be limited to secondary creation; the production of "creative content" should also be cultivated.
Although Xu Meng is not yet ready to engage in things like "Creative Workshop," content production is still firmly in the hands of mature development teams.
But not needing it now doesn't mean it won't be needed in the future.
After the photonic topology server array appeared before Xu Meng, the concept of a "giant digital world" also appeared simultaneously.
It doesn't necessarily have to be a complete virtual planet.
Even a single planet is not enough to contain Xu Meng's ambition.
The "giant digital world" in Xu Meng's vision must be a giant digital space that surpasses the entire history of games and even the imagination of current developers and players in terms of depth, breadth, and content volume.
To realize such a "giant digital project," relying solely on a small number of developers is absolutely not enough.
— In the face of such a project, even if Xu Meng expands the Dreaming development team to tens of thousands of people, it may not be enough.
So Xu Meng's idea is:
Provide the tools himself, and the team will create the framework.
Then use [AI assistance], [algorithm generation], and [third-party co-creation] all together.
Although this is just an idea at this stage, Xu Meng has always had the personality of doing things immediately when he has an idea.
This time's [Civilization Sprinkler] plugin is the first attempt to sow seeds.
Whether these seeds can grow into fruit, and what kind of fruit they can grow into, is actually not very important.
What's really important is the process of sowing and growing.
This process can screen out players with creative abilities and creative enthusiasm.
After that, Xu Meng will also look for opportunities to provide these players with opportunities one after another, continuously stimulating their creative abilities and creative desires.
Finally, at the right time, let them join the construction of the "giant digital space."
As for whether there will be any side effects in this process…
Xu Meng feels that with him and Xiao Meng around, there won't be a big problem.
Even if there are some small accidents, they can handle it.
However, he really didn't expect that there would be a great genius who wanted to use this thing in a competitor's game…
—
While the players were passionately dueling with their hardware, the media, who had been hesitant to make a judgment, finally made a move.
After Dreaming's large press conference ended and Xu Meng disappeared from the stage,
Gu Chen, the editor-in-chief of [Game Observation], couldn't help but burst into laughter: "Hahaha, as expected of Xu Meng, he's so good at messing around!"
"He made it look so real, with equipment, volunteers, and fake live broadcasts."
"He even used seasickness as an excuse to send people to Wisteria Metropolis to let players see it, using 'seeing is believing' to increase persuasiveness."
"In order to deceive people, he really took great pains, great pains!"
"But who would believe it, hahaha!"
"Playing games in dreams? Hahaha, what was he thinking!"
"Hahaha… You, why aren't you laughing?"
Gu Chen looked at Huo Dao, who didn't have a trace of a smile on his face, and then looked at Zhang Yang and Wu Shuang on the other side of Huo Dao.
"Why aren't you laughing either?"
Huo Dao, Zhang Yang, and Wu Shuang were all thinking about the [brain-computer interface] that Xu Meng mentioned, so of course they couldn't laugh.
Gu Chen finally felt that the atmosphere was a bit wrong.
An astonishing idea slowly emerged in his mind.
After following the team out of the press conference venue, he immediately grabbed Huo Dao, his eyes wide open: "What Xu Meng said is all true??"
"You were testing this for a whole month before??"
Huo Dao didn't answer this question, but said to the editor-in-chief: "Change the question."
Gu Chen blinked, a little confused: "What do you mean?"
Huo Dao patiently said: "It's the literal meaning, I can't answer this question, let you change another question."
Gu Chen then tried to ask: "Then… is the Dream Weaver really real?"
"It's real."
Huo Dao gave the answer instantly.
After Xu Meng decided to make the Dream Weaver public, the staff of the National Security Bureau found them to exchange for a confidentiality agreement.
The restrictions on the [Dream Weaver] have basically been lifted.
But everything that happened in Xu Meng's laboratory is still required to be strictly confidential.
They cannot mention to anyone what they saw or did in Xu Meng's laboratory.
So Huo Dao couldn't answer Gu Chen what he was doing for the whole month before.
But the authenticity of the Dream Weaver doesn't matter, it can be completely confirmed.
And Gu Chen was stunned in the corridor when he heard these three words.
Letting the crowd pass by him.
After a long while, he came back to his senses.
After that, he didn't express any thoughts, grabbed Huo Dao and ran: "Go! Back to the hotel to write the manuscript!!"
Thanks to Huo Dao, this reliable source.
When his weighty peers were still hesitant about the authenticity of the [Dream Weaver], [Game Observation] issued a congratulatory message to Dreaming with incomparable confidence—
[Dream Weaver, an unparalleled great creation!]
This manuscript was personally written by Gu Chen, the editor-in-chief, and used almost all the praise he could think of:
"A miracle of the game industry, the great crystallization of digital technology and brain science!"
"Humanity's footsteps have truly entered the realm of dreams, an area that has never been involved by predecessors!"
"This is not a breakthrough in the game industry, but a great creation that is crucial to the development of the entire human civilization!"
"From then on, the length of human life will be extended by one time!"
"The experience that an ordinary person can gain in a lifetime will also be expanded several times, dozens of times!"
"Incredible miracle!"
"Genius among geniuses!"
"It is really a blessing in life to be in the same era as such a genius!"
"Because this time—the glory of genius will be sprinkled on everyone!"
—
Gu Chen almost became an even more fanatical brainless fan than Huo Dao.
He poured exaggerated praise on Xu Meng with sincerity.
If the netizens didn't know Xu Meng too well, they would have thought that Xu Meng was a saint coming to the world just by looking at this manuscript.
But Gu Chen didn't think he was exaggerating at all.
He looked at Xu Meng's speech on the [Dream Weaver], wrote the manuscript while watching, and wrote himself full of enthusiasm.
At the end, he quoted Xu Meng's original words without hesitation—
[The great journey is ahead!]
This group of industry living fossils in [Game Observation] all have some idealism in them.
Even if they are mostly married and have children now, that youthful energy has only been restrained, but has not disappeared.
Gu Chen usually acts like a vicious editor-in-chief who has completely compromised with reality because he has to do his best to ensure the smooth operation of [Game Observation] so that everyone can eat.
In such an era, gathering such a group of "old antiques" to run a game media is impossible without the drive of some idealism.
And now, Gu Chen's enthusiasm has been completely ignited by Xu Meng!
There is no doubt that this passionate manuscript caused a lot of waves.
But the first reaction of the players was not to get excited with Gu Chen, but:
"Friend, didn't you look at today's date before writing the manuscript? Today is April 1st, April Fool's Day!"
"@Xu Meng! Look at the good things you've done!"
"Xu Meng, you have deceived people so badly!"
"Is there a possibility that they know that this manuscript is [Game Observation]'s April Fool's Day prank?"
"Hiss—very likely!!"
"No, let's not talk about whether the Dream Weaver is real or fake, even if it is real, there is no need to be so exaggerated, right? Has it risen to the height of civilization?"
"Don't say, if this thing is real, it is really so important!"
…
Gu Chen was so anxious when he saw the netizens' reaction.
He immediately left a message in the comment area and pinned it to the top:
[This is not an April Fool's joke!!!]
Even so, everyone still didn't believe it.
Because at the same time, a large number of other game media and self-media published manuscripts.
Although these media have extremely poor authority, they have a lot of traffic!
These traffic owners said some were true and some were false, making the scene quite chaotic.
This led to the fact that when Dreaming really started the [Ocean Survival Competition] registration, the players' enthusiasm for participation was not very high.
After more than an hour, only million people signed up.
…
Gu Chen couldn't stand it anymore, and once again left a message and pinned it to the top:
[I guarantee with my personality and the reputation of [Game Observation] for six years! The Dream Weaver must be real!]
Huo Dao also forwarded a manuscript, also guaranteeing with his character.
Then came the Heroic Sniper:
"Of course it's real! Unconditionally believe in Xu Meng."
"If it's fake, I'll quit the internet directly!"
Phantom Moon followed closely:
"It's real!"
"If it's fake, I'll take all the money out of my bank card and scatter it at the gate of Dreaming Company!"
Seven Flowers quickly followed:
"It's definitely real!"
"If it doesn't exist in the end, I'll graduate directly! I won't be a virtual streamer anymore!"
…
Honorary players came forward to express their views and put down huge chips.
This kind of clear-cut and confident statement immediately had a huge impact on the players.
Compared with the media, everyone is more willing to believe in honorary players!
Because everyone is willing to believe that [Honorary Players] mostly have internal information channels of Dreaming.
So—
The wind direction quickly reversed!
