Otherworldly Architect

April 30, 20 days after the game's release.

On the official forum of Blue Star, some players found an easter egg about NPC Adam.

There were only a few replies to the post at first.

[Have you found out that Adam used to raise a bird called "Red Stone No. 7"? Isn't this the name of Blue Star's AI? 】

[I know, Adam has a line, it seems to say "If I die, who will take care of you?"]

[Upstairs, why haven't I encountered this line? Sounds sad. 】

[Redstone No. 7 must be made by Ling Lingqi! The Minecraft MOD he made has similar easter eggs in each, and I heard it was the name of the first puppy he raised. 】

[Adam's prototype is Ling Lingqi? 】

The staff of Blue Star also saw this post by accident.

This was originally a small matter, but it just aroused the emotions of everyone at Blue Star.

The first and only pet Ling Lingqi had ever raised was called "Xiao Qi". The year he died of the disease happened to be the year he was diagnosed with the disease.

After that, Ling Lingqi never kept pets, because she was afraid that after she died, no one would take care of these little things.

It wasn't until later that he encountered "Minecraft", a casual game that allowed players to not fight at all, allowing patients like him to live peacefully in it.

He re-raised a square puppy, also called "Xiao Qi".

Taking this puppy as the prototype, coupled with his favorite redstone gameplay, Ling Lingqi silently continued to create the artificial intelligence AI "Redstone No. 7".

After lunch, even Mingyan read this post and replied below.

[Adam's prototype is Ling Lingqi. He's ill and we hope he gets better soon, play the game we made, and better smile at us again. 】

Because Mingyan was actually going into battle, the ID of the reply was "Mingyan", followed by the title "Chief Designer of Bluestar Studio".

And because of his reply, the entire post was automatically added with the essence and blue headlines, and everyone could see his speech at a glance.

In the afternoon, this post completely became the most popular post on the forum, and it was quickly put on the homepage of the official website.

【Group photo in the front row! 】

[Is it really the true body of the leader? ! ! 】

[The leader personally confirmed that Ling Lingqi was Adam's prototype and didn't run away. PS, I think I'm going to fall in love with Ling Lingqi...]

[I'm Ling Lingqi's high school classmate, this is true. Ling Lingqi suffered from a serious genetic breakdown. She is still in the intensive care unit. The critical illness notice has been issued, and she may die at any time. 】

The news continued to ferment, and soon, a large number of players understood the cause and effect of the matter.

Looking back on what Ling Lingqi has done in Bluestar and Bluestar's games - he has produced many "Minecraft" MODs for free, once taught the Redstone series, and participated in the production of "Bluestar Doomsday" ", donated artificial intelligence for the game design of "Redstone No. 7"...

Before he knew it, he had already made so many contributions to Blue Star.

And at last year's Blue Star Carnival, this shy big boy didn't say a word to himself when facing the audience, he just smiled and said, "It's really great to be able to work in the Blue Star studio."

After the video recorded by the carnival was excavated, many players secretly burst into tears.

They opened a new prayer post with the title: [Pray for Ling Lingqi, "Heroes will definitely get what they want". 】

——This is the line of a female NPC in Mortal Soul.

Players responded:

【I wish Ling Lingqi a speedy recovery! Get involved in making new games! 】

[I am willing to exchange my fifty pounds of meat for Ling Lingqi to recover and be discharged from the hospital! 】

[+1, I am willing to give 30 catties of meat, any more and I will be too thin. 】

【I! Meat on my stomach, meat on my cheeks, meat on my thighs, anything! 】

When this matter was still fermenting on the Internet, someone came directly to the Blue Star studio and found Mingyan himself.

This is a Blue Star business partner, also known by fans as the holder of the "Little Gold Badge", from a well-known pharmaceutical company.

He contacted Mingyan not for anything else, but for Ling Lingqi's illness.

Everyone's time is very precious, and he said straight to the point: "Our company has some technical cooperation with Suzaku Empire. Recently I heard about Ling Lingqi on the Internet, and I thought maybe I could help a little. ."

The Chaoyang Alliance spans six major star provinces, and the second, third, and fourth star provinces are all bordered by the Suzaku Empire next door.

Although Suzaku and humans are not the same race, they are quite compatible in concept, so these two cosmic kingdoms have always had a relatively close relationship.

The Chaoyang Alliance is known for its virtual reality and cross-world technology, while the Suzaku Empire is known for its medical and spiritual technology.

The Bluestar collaborator introduced a high-end technology from the Suzaku Empire. Currently, there is no open technology sharing, and few doctors in the entire Chaoyang Alliance know about it.

"The effect on humans has not been extensively tested, so there is no guarantee of cure." He said, "The specifics may depend on the patient's own fortune."

But in any case, this is the only treatment method that Ling Lingqi has not tried yet.

After listening, Ming Yan said, "We will immediately contact Ling Lingqi's attending doctor and family members. I think they will also be willing to try."

Sure enough, the result of the initial communication was the same as Ming Yan thought.

Ling Lingqi's parents have long since divorced, and his mother is currently in charge of the care.

As soon as the woman heard that there was another method that she had not tried, she immediately decided to rush to find out the situation herself.

Next, it really depends on Ling Lingqi's good fortune.

Everyone in the Blue Star Studio hung the same lucky bag on their workstations, quietly praying for Ling Lingqi.

Netizens on the Internet also began to make spontaneous donations.

And Mingyan closed the donation channel for his account early in the morning.

At the same time, Ling Lingqi's mother also updated her blog and said:

[Blessings are the best help. We are not under too much financial pressure at the moment, and we do not need donations for the time being. Thank you. 】

Ming Yan thought this matter had come to an end.

Because "Soul of Mortal" has been released, Bluestar Studio also began to give employees a long vacation as usual.

But what I didn't expect was that Ling Lingqi's matter was taken advantage of.

At the end of May, in the "Soul of Mortal" forum on the Atlas platform, a liar with the ID "Blue Star Master" appeared.

The image he appeared was a complete copy of Ming Yan's virtual image at the Blue Star Carnival at that time.

This person started a donation crowdfunding thread on the forum, and also invited people to meet online to make donations directly face-to-face.

This incident was quickly detected by the network police and stopped in time.

But the case is currently under investigation, police did not disclose further information.

At this time, some people secretly hired sailors and deliberately spread false news:

[Blue Star has made a fortune! Use sick employees to operate, induce players and passers-by groups to donate money, enrich their own pockets, and don't care about Ling Lingqi's life or death! 】

[The amount involved is as high as hundreds of thousands, and Blue Star's new work "Soul of Mortal Nature" is suspected of money laundering! 】

Because there are scammers first, there are indeed victims on the Internet who make relevant statements.

Therefore, some passers-by who didn't know the truth preconceived and subconsciously believed that someone at Blue Star was using crowdfunding to defraud and launder money.

The news reached the Blue Star Studio, and it was already the Monday of the following week.

Ming Yan's secretary and sister was so angry that her nose was crooked, and she said, "Who the **** is eating human blood steamed buns! Ling Lingqi is still receiving treatment, how can they say...how can they say such a thing?!"

Ming Yan smelled a familiar smell from the styles of these sailors.

He called in the head of the marketing group, as well as members of Schrödinger's team responsible for cybersecurity.

In just two days, they quickly found the force behind this public opinion attack——

cruise capital.

After the final report came out, Ming Yan understood everything at a glance.

The cruise is discrediting Blue Star Studio in an organized and disciplined manner again, because their new game "Pioneer of the Herd" has just been launched——

The results are dismal! !

Tingxi Studio has just experienced a public opinion turmoil. Players, fans and passersby are very tired of Zhu Wenshu, which directly led to the tragedy of the new game that Tingxi was counting on.

Some people even didn't play the new game at all, and gave the lowest negative review directly, because the last game "Grip of the Empire" finally turned into a money-hungry garbage game.

In this case, some companies will choose to deal with it coldly, and some companies may sincerely apologize and redo the game...

Some designers may take the blame and resign, while others ignore it and continue to cheat money...

And Zhu Wenshu now holds a large capital, and obviously chose another way.

He wants to divert public opinion!

The current "Soul of Mortal" has such a huge momentum, as long as it is a sensational negative comment, it will be easy to spread. This is the weakness of modern human nature, and it is quite easy for the navy to help it.

Unfortunately, Zhu Wenshu made a mistake.

[——The amount involved is hundreds of thousands? 】

Blue Star's art team leader, Varian Wrynn, directly posted a video on his personal blog, showing his image of a little fat man to the camera, even with a smile in his tone.

[You don't necessarily look down on us too much, do you? Do you know what level of numbers is needed to motivate teachers? Did you know he earns an average of a luxury car for every spark of inspiration? Do you know the amount of donations we made to Ling Lingqi within Blue Star? 】

The following video has only one content-Varian posted donation confirmations from several colleagues.

The figures above all start from 20,000 yuan.

The tallest person is Mingyan, who donated 880,000 directly.

The total amount of donations from Blue Star had already exceeded the range of several hundred thousand, which is why Ling Lingqi's mother directly stated that donations were not needed for the time being.