HBWnovel Chapter 584 Getting to the point
Chapter 584 Getting to the point
Chapter 584 Getting to the point
A laboratory at Tsinghua University in Beijing.
Until the person on the other end of the phone repeatedly assured him that he was not joking and genuinely wanted to stay in Baiyeji as a servant, working hard at the forefront of the world's technology.
Zheng Qiu then realized...
There's a kind of pain called throwing a meat bun at a dog...
Infernal Affairs has really gone too far this time.
He never imagined that his top disciple, who had vowed to stay at the university with him, continue to stay in the lab and mingle in the academic world, and incidentally inherit his mantle, would actually be turned against him.
Liu Jianming had been an undercover agent for at least seven years. Isn't it a bit too fast for you to betray us in just over a month?
Is it still at the forefront of global technology?
Is this professor's research topic no longer cutting-edge?
Despite all the persuasion and reasoning, the long-standing master-disciple relationship could not sway the other party's will to leave the organization in the slightest. Zheng Qiu immediately resorted to his trump card.
"Don't forget your senior sister Dong is still in the lab, are you willing to let her go?"
Who hasn't had a crush on someone they admired in their youth? A superficial teacher-student relationship might not be enough, so how would you choose between love and career?
Unexpectedly, the fat man's next sentence completely stunned Zheng Qiulei.
Oh, I forgot to tell you, I've already convinced Senior Sister Dong to come along.
"I……"
The veins on Zheng Qiu's forehead almost popped out.
Good grief, they even secretly poached the core members of the lab?
How could I have raised such an ungrateful child!
[Old Zheng, not to be rude, but staying in our lab to do academic work is comfortable, but it's ultimately too isolated.]
It was only after coming out this time that I realized just how fast the world is developing.
Do you know how shocked I was when 'Bajie' analyzed the algorithm in just 3 seconds after I had been studying it for more than half a year and gave a more concise and clear proof process?
You know, the experimental robots in the department next door have started sharing a cloud-based brain and data. Wherever it falls, all the robots will never make the same mistake again.
Do you know what this means?
Old Zheng, come over here!
With your abilities, you should be able to become a minor leader under the Chief. Then we can build Gundams together, with our goal being the stars...
In the smoke-filled laboratory, Zheng Qiu looked melancholy, her mind filled with the fat man's excited last words.
Hmm... he underestimated the ungrateful child he had raised.
This is more than just a group of people wanting to switch jobs.
This means they're not even going to let themselves off the hook; they want to uproot their own lab completely...
The main point is... he actually thinks I can only become a minor leader?!
After taking a puff of the cigar that burned his throat, Zheng Qiu angrily stubbed it out.
"White Night Chronicle, is it? A demon hunter, is it? Trying to steal my man, is it? Fine, fine, fine!"
"I'm going to go see for myself how you guys build Gundams!"
……
"All right!"
Lingjing Media's Game Department.
Everyone was excited as they watched the progress bar on the computer finally reach 100%.
"Now all the 3D character models and game scripts have been imported into the game engine, and we can move on to the game testing phase."
"How is the game engine's performance? Hmm... I'm not doubting Baiyeji's technical capabilities, but it's a new product after all, and no competitor has ever used it before."
"Hey! Performance?" The programmer with a slightly receding hairline adjusted his glasses.
"I guess Baiyeji didn't expect that we were only developing a dating simulation game."
This type of game, which only requires basic character interaction and scene modeling, doesn't need this level of map and engine at all.
Let me put it this way: the level of freedom and complexity this thing offers is more than enough to create a AAA war game.
Is it really that exaggerated?
"Absolutely! It's just that I haven't had enough time to fully understand all the functions of this game engine yet. But according to its underlying design, theoretically, as long as you have the blueprints, you could even build a Gundam inside it."
"Uh... Zun Du is fake Du?"
If Meng Lang were there, he would definitely roll his eyes.
Are you kidding me? This thing was supposed to be used for Star Wars, and you guys are using it to play a dating simulation?
"Alright, the game script is running smoothly. Who wants to try it first?"
After another round of testing, the programmer looked at the rest of the game development team.
Everyone immediately turned their attention to a figure on the outermost edge of the crowd...
"Uh..." Duan Xiaoyi shrank her neck somewhat awkwardly.
"me?"
"Otherwise, what else could it be? You're the only game tester here, right?"
"But apart from offering some suggestions, I wasn't involved in the game's development at all..."
"That's to ensure the novelty of your first time playing the game. As experienced players, we all know how much difference there is in the game experience between the first time and the second time, right?"
"If everyone knew the game's content and strategy, the fun would be greatly diminished, so this is the only thing I need to keep secret from you."
The dog-planner said matter-of-factly.
Duan Xiaoyi wanted to cry but had no tears.
That makes a lot of sense, but as a player of real-time competitive games, you're asking me to experience a dating simulation game? Does this game even test your hand speed?
During this period, she was a complete novice in the game department, which was full of experts. She didn't understand technology or illustration, so the most difficult job she did was to help order takeout.
Fortunately, no one would be too demanding of someone with "powerful connections." Being a free person meant having plenty of time, and while everyone else was busy, she had also caught up on a lot of dating simulation games. At this point, she had no choice but to bite the bullet and go for it.
Considering that she had participated in the initial design of an important female character in the game, she immediately chose a male player.
【~】
As a melodious tune played, the 3D game graphics slowly unfolded.
The Humble Administrator's Garden, Tiger Hill Pagoda, Gate to the East, Suzhou Creek...
The scene flashes by over many familiar buildings before arriving at the CBD, a district filled with skyscrapers.
The screen flickers between light and dark. When you open your eyes again, the scene has shifted to an elevator that is ascending. The player is presented with a first-person perspective, showing the round buttons that light up on each floor and the faint sound of mechanical transmission.
"Ding~"
As the elevator doors opened on the 39th floor, the person stepped out and was immediately bathed in the morning light of a fully transparent, panoramic office.
The sound of the coffee machine automatically grinding coffee and the footsteps of high heels on the floor formed the background noise, while the sea of clouds outside the floor-to-ceiling windows was being dyed honey-colored by the rising sun...
Suddenly, several A4 documents slipped from my sight...
A few strands of hair drifted by, and as the elegant woman in a blazer and pencil skirt bent down to pick them up, the wedding ring on her ring finger shimmered with just the right amount of light.
The first NPC character has appeared!
Duan Xiaoyi's eyes lit up.
The game visuals in front of me can be summed up in two words... beautiful!
With its ultra-high definition 4K resolution, delicate art style, and color rendering, it's more exquisite than any game she's ever played, exuding a sense of realism in a virtual world, as if she were in another illusory world.
The camera then pans down, and the player appears to be helping to pick up the documents.
Hmm...you are...
An input box pops up on the screen.
Duan Xiaoyi thought for a moment and entered her usual game ID... "Talking about love is not as good as walking the dog."
[Oh, it's Tang Qin, the new employee today. Hello, I'm Zhao Xue, the secretary in the president's office.]
The planner chuckled as Duan Xiaoyi turned to look at him with a puzzled expression.
"To prevent players from making silly mistakes and causing their names to break the immersion in the story, all names except for proper names will be directly named by the system using similar homophones."
"Oh~"
Duan Xiaoyi nodded knowingly.
Wait a minute! How is my name anything but proper?!
The CEO is already waiting for you in his office. Please come with me.
Led by the swaying hips of her beautiful secretary, Duan Xiaoyi spotted her main target in the glamorous office...
Yes! It's "My Beautiful CEO"~
Hehe! Even if you can't get a perfect clear, you've helped design the character, so knowing their personality and character design will make winning them over a piece of cake, right?
If I achieve this goal and then win over a few more beautiful female characters to get some bonus points, I should be able to save face as a "game experience tester," right?
However, she soon realized just how wrong she had been...
……
Two hours later...
"This... another wood-chopping knife?"
Duan Xiaoyi stared in disbelief as the red tomato sauce dripped onto the screen for the nth time...
"But I clearly designed her to be a love-struck, domineering CEO character, so why does she always seem to kill the players?" she said, quite frustrated.
"Hehe! You've forgotten the name of our game?"
"Uh... Heart of Honkai?"
"That's right! What kind of collapse is a happy ending? That's why we specifically added a 'mourning value' attribute to all NPCs."
Once the character's "mourning value" reaches a certain threshold, it will trigger the character's "darkening".
Being love-struck and having a domineering CEO persona both indicate an extremely possessive personality. Therefore, your frequent flirtatious interactions with other women have already triggered a death knell.
Although it's a bit unconventional, it's necessary to get to the point.
Duan Xiaoyi was speechless.
Should we get to the point?
So you just cut it open like that?
And... isn't this supposed to be a dating sim? What dating sim only involves interacting with one NPC character?!
They either run someone over with a car or turn into a thief with a machete. Do they think ketchup is free?
They keep talking about being serious, if you hadn't told me, I would have thought this was an 18+ game!
Under Duan Xiaoyi's mournful gaze, the dog strategist extended his middle finger to adjust his glasses, his expression enigmatic in the strange reflection of the lenses.
"Don't you understand? The so-called 'open-world adventure game' is not about being open, but about being 'adventure'."
Furthermore, considering the implication of the word 'collapse', therefore...
The difficulty level we set for this game is...
Nightmare level!
"Yes! That's right!"
"Absolutely a god-level plan!"
"Boss is awesome..."
Seeing her colleagues nodding in unison with complete agreement, Duan Xiaoyi gradually felt lost.
Is that so...?
However, with this level of difficulty, I don't know if the game will break down...
Players are probably going to be driven crazy, right?
(End of this chapter)