Otherworldly Architect

"When you're 40 years old, have a bunch of people under your control, and have money and spare time, what kind of games will you like?"

When this question was asked, Xia Cheng was slightly stunned.

Then Xia Cheng showed a very narrow expression.

Ming Yan immediately said: "It's a serious video game, don't make jokes."

Xia Cheng was a little regretful, but then showed a bit of a bad expression.

"..." Ming Yan blushed, "Don't take me for a spin!"

Xia Cheng regretted even more: "Okay."

After a while, Xia Cheng shook his head.

"Dear, I think I was seldom interested in games before I met you." Xia Cheng supported his chin and said, "The entertainment in real life is already rich enough, and sometimes, work is also a kind of entertainment."

Ming Yan didn't quite understand, and said, "You were not a workaholic before."

Xia Cheng: "It's not like that. You know, my previous work situation may not be the same as yours..."

Yes, when it is stated that when the essence of workaholics occurs, it is to lock yourself in a small dark room and work day and night.

But when the young master of the Xia family was working, it was completely different——

Maybe someone else was fighting in front of the computer. He was sunbathing by the swimming pool, and he was talking about business with a big guy next to him. A deal of several hundred million came like this;

Or other people are struggling to catch a train and get up at midnight. Xia Cheng may have slept comfortably until morning, and then a private aircraft has come to pick him up on the apron on the top floor of his house;

Even if they are also writing documents, others are scratching their heads and working overtime until midnight, and they will be picked and rewritten by the boss. With Xia Cheng's order, the secretary helped him draft the draft and let him finalize it.

The gap between people can be so big.

It is conceivable that these "successful" bosses actually enjoy their work time, because on the one hand it is not so painful, on the other hand, the sense of achievement is equally great.

Just imagine!

If you're in a meeting and everyone else is giving you their nostalgia and letting you dictate where you want to go, you'll love the meeting too.

If you can now earn 100,000 per hour while you sleep, and now you can earn 200,000 per hour by eating a meal with one person, you will also love traveling and socializing.

At that level, the extra difficulty just makes them more fun and challenging, rather than painfully trivial.

So after the meal, Ming Yan thoughtfully returned to his studio in Tulong Baodao.

"Give me some time," he said to the deputy chief.

Then I started to close down and write the design draft.

He had a very good inspiration: Since these bosses like to fight for their careers, why not give them another "career" opportunity?

...

At this time, when it was clear that they didn't know, Blue Star Studio was also paying attention to a group of special players.

This is in the world of the first expansion piece of "Knight's Xing", and the entire world map has not changed much.

At this time, on the snow-capped Zhongnan Mountain, a wonderful activity is going on.

Many players wore thick padded jackets, carried many mountaineering props, and carried a lot of food and medicine, forming a long line.

The strangest thing is that there is a player in the middle who is climbing the mountain with another player on his back.

This matter first originated from a small post on the Blue Star forum.

[My uncle is going to participate in the "Far Planet" project soon. His favorite game is Blue Star's "Xia Ke Xing". He wants to climb to the top of Zhongnan Mountain, but unfortunately he has no time. 】

The so-called "Far Planet" project is actually a semi-military project of the Chaoyang Alliance, which is to bring an army to a brand new star field for wasteland reclamation activities.

The new star field is thousands of light-years away from the border of the Chaoyang Alliance. It can only go back and forth through wormholes and super-light channels. Usually, the overhead of communication is very large.

Soldiers who open up wasteland in the distant star field over there not only have to experience many unknown risks, but also basically cut off contact with their family members, and it is even less likely that they will have the opportunity to play "Knight's Xing".

The next call for the project will be on January 3rd, so that the soldiers and their families will go on a long journey after the last festival.

And the player whose game ID is called "Dragon City" can only regretfully give up his wish in the game: he wants to achieve the achievement of climbing to the top of Zhongnan Mountain.

As an "Interstellar Trailblazer", he volunteered to join the government project for nothing but to see more stars and seas, which is his long-standing ideal - even in the game.

Zhongnan Mountain is currently the second-highest foothill in "The Journey of the Knight". It is considered a sacred mountain by the aborigines. But in the world of Xia Ke Xing, without the corresponding technology, it is naturally difficult to reach the sky.

Many players have tried it, but most of them have returned halfway. At present, no one has achieved the achievement of "the first to climb to the top of Zhongnan Mountain".

The difficulty of mountain climbing is largely due to the physical limitations in "Xia Xing Xing".

The current level of the players has not exceeded level 60. Even if they can learn the best Qinggong, their physical strength and internal strength are not enough to support them to "fly" directly. There must be a climb in the middle.

But with crawling, the physical consumption goes up all of a sudden, and the characters need to keep eating food to keep up.

And the further up you go, the colder the climate will be, and the players' internal strength is not enough now, and they will start to lose blood at a distance of about a thousand meters - either drink good wine to keep out the cold, or they can only take medicine.

But here comes the problem again: if you bring food, alcohol and medicine, the character's load will go up again, and it will consume more physical strength when climbing.

You can't just focus on climbing, but you also need to bring enough supplies when you go down - just going up but not coming down, it can't be regarded as a perfect achievement.

This is a vicious circle. The current players have not been able to overcome it. The most prepared people have climbed to a height of 1,200 meters, which is still a full one-third from the top of the mountain.

"Dragon City" is going to try it one last time on his final vacation.

His family understands this very well and is watching his progress.

After careful calculation, Longcheng brought enough supplies, and then began to try - but people's calculations were not as good as heaven's calculations, and there was a rare blizzard on Zhongnan Mountain.

Longcheng was stranded on the mountainside, about 900 meters away, trapped in the wind and snow.

There are still more than half of the supplies, but he can only wait in the ice cave he dug up, because he knows that Blizzard will use up all his physical strength and break the balance he calculated... He has no chance.

Moreover, the weather lasted for three days in the game, Longcheng was buried in the snow alone, and he estimated that he would not be able to go back.

So, he chose to go offline, closed "Xia Ke Xing" with a little regret, then kissed his wife's face and said, "It's okay, dear."

- Of course it does! !

Someone cried in his heart.

Longcheng's nephew also likes to play "Xing Xing Xing", he hurried back to the bedroom and opened a post, telling the story of this regret.

As soon as this post was published, it immediately attracted the attention of many players.

One by one, they started to come up with ideas, and someone proposed to organize a team to rescue Longcheng from the wind and snow.

Although some people said: [Forget it, it’s not worth saving just to save a game character, anyway, it’s just a loss of experience if you can recover and resurrect. 】

But some people kept repeating: [Go find the "Little Red Flower" guild! Go find the "Little Red Flower" guild! Go find the "Little Red Flower" guild! 】

The Little Red Flower Guild is a guild set up by the players of “Xia Ke Xing”, a relatively loose leisure organization that does not participate in any battles.

The purpose of their establishment is to "help the newbies".

Their members routinely respond to questions from new players on the forum, help some players through difficult times, and sometimes rescue some players who are behind bars.

After being Aite, a member replied at the bottom of the post: [We are trying to find a way... They have assembled a team and are ready to climb Zhongnan Mountain. 】

The Little Safflower Guild gathered a total of 46 members, all of whom came to the foot of Zhongnan Mountain.

The "military division" among them has already calculated the route. According to the coordinates provided by Longcheng, a rescue team of 19 people has gone up the mountain - plus Longcheng himself, it can just form a team of 20 people.

While the rest of the members are responsible for logistical measures, they collect a lot of high-quality spirits, medicines and dry food, just so that the rescue team can consume less energy.

More members are still in the world, but many people heard the news and sent their best supplies directly by mail.

On departure, someone started a live broadcast to broadcast the rescue activity.

In the barrage, someone pointed out: [Is it worth it? You spent so much material, enough for him to die ten more times. 】

It took the rescue team a day and a half in the game to finally find the Dragon City character in the ice cave.

They notified the little nephew through the forum, and the little nephew ran into the bedroom in a hurry, dug out his uncle, and said excitedly: "They went to save you! They really went to save you!!"

Longcheng was still confused at first, but after going online, he quickly understood the situation.

"Thank you, thank you..." he said hoarsely.

One of the rescue team carried him on his back, and then to Longcheng's surprise, they were ready to continue climbing.

Members of the rescue team said:

"Since we have come here, we must implement our ideals to the end!"

"I've already wanted to go up and take a look."

"Let's go to see the starry sky at the top of Zhongnan Mountain. I don't know which one of the far planets is - thank you for going there instead of us!"

Longcheng's body had been frozen in the ice cave for two days, and he was carried forward by the members in turn.

He swallowed a mouthful of spirits, burning his chest like fire.

The blizzard passed slowly, and the team struggled to leave a meandering trail on the snowy mountain.

Their supplies were carefully calculated.

At 1,200 meters, the five members handed over almost everything in their backpacks, took two dry food cakes, and slowly went down the mountain.

At 1,500 meters, five more members left. They left the team one by one like a rocket's fuel tank. They originally came for logistical supplies.

They said goodbye with a smile: "Come on, big guy! The success is up to you!"