Creating a Virtual World

Chapter 22: Better luck

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Tiangong Game Platform Company Headquarters.

Xia Shan sat at her desk and browsed the newly uploaded games on the gaming platform.

She is a very ordinary employee of Tiangong Game Platform, and also an absolutely rare golden legendary programmer... a female programmer.

Xia Shan's job position is ordinary but her identity is not ordinary at all, because her father is one of the persons in charge of the game review department.

Originally, with the help of her father, Xia Shan had the opportunity to enter a civil service unit such as the game review department, but Xia Shan refused.

The reason for refusal was that Xia Shan hated her father, and the reason she hated her father was very simple.

That is, although Xia Shan's father is one of the heads of the game review department, he himself does not play video games. It can even be said that he retains the views of Xia Shan's grandfather's generation, thinking that video games are a bad thing.

This arrogance made Xia Shan, who loved video games, hate her father extremely. Xia Shan secretly signed up for the programming major out of anger, but was still arranged to work at Tiangong's official game company.

"Holy Spirit? This game was just released three hours ago. The production company is No. 13 Game Company... No. 13, No. 13..."

Xia Shan saw a game with a capacity of 5000G+ among a large number of newly uploaded games, which naturally attracted her attention.

VR games are getting bigger and bigger now. Three or four thousand GB is normal, but if it goes above five thousand, it is a super blockbuster.

Only large game companies can produce masterpieces. As far as Xia Shan can remember, there are only a few large game companies on Blue Star. She has never heard of a game company called No. 13.

etc…

"Thirteenth, are you making a new game again?"

Xia Shan took out a round ball with a pixel electronic screen on the surface. The pixels on the electronic screen formed two squinting eyes. When Xia Shan took it out and shook it, the eyes opened instantly.

This is a kind of electronic pet that is popular in the world. The promotion is that Tiangong-13 can be held in the palm of your hand and raised.

"Hmm, hmm, hmm." The ball made three consecutive electronic sounds.

The Tiangong-13 that Xia Shan raises is somewhat different from the ones on the market. It is an internal version. This Tiangong-13 is a derivative of the consciousness of the system's backbone and can be regarded as the Tiangong-13 itself.

"More than 5,000 GB... When I first entered college, the VR game you made was 6,000 GB."

Xia Shan took out her VR helmet and wanted to download Holy Spirit to try it out. She had experienced a game that No. 13 had made three years ago.

But that thing really can't be called a game. Although the graphics are good enough to be used as a virtual travel software, the problem is that the only way to play is walking, so that thing can only be barely called a walking simulator.

"Let me download it and take a look." When Xia Shan was about to click download, a message suddenly popped up.

'You are not eligible to play.'

"Activation qualification..." Xia Shan logged into the official website of the Holy Spirit. The content of the official website was very simple. She found the page for drawing activation qualifications and clicked on it without thinking.

Maybe girls with thin hair are luckier. The moment Xia Shan clicked the mouse, a message popped up.

'Congratulations on obtaining the qualification to play "Holy Spirit". This qualification has been bound to your identity card and cannot be transferred to others.'

After reading the prompts, Xia Shan put on the gaming helmet and started downloading Holy Spirit. With her company's internet speed of 5,000G, the game was downloaded in about half an hour.

"No. 13, what exactly is this game like?" Xia Shan asked Tiangong No. 13 on the table before entering the game.

"It's fun, fun, fun."

Tiangong-13 answered Xia Shan in an electronic voice.

"I'll trust you again."

Xia Shan remembered that Tiangong No. 13 had bewitched her in the same way three years ago. She chose to log in to the Holy Spirit and closed her eyes.

The game developed on the Tiangong-13 three years ago had a login interface with light pollution, which caused her eyesight to deteriorate significantly. This time she took precautions in advance.

The first thing Xia Shan felt when she entered the game was not light pollution, but the breeze blowing towards her.

Wind? Where does the breeze come from

Xia Shan suddenly opened her eyes and found herself in a pure white space. A data interface was displayed in front of her.

'Please fill in your game ID.'

Is Holy Spirit an online game? An online game made by artificial intelligence

Xia Shan immediately became interested and directly filled in her frequently used ID 'Black Hair Evergreen', which means that she loses less hair when she stays up late.

When it came to character creation, Xia Shan took it very seriously and created a beautiful appearance for herself. She chose the gunner profession.

Because there is a branch of the Gunner's job transfer called mechanic, Xia Shan has been interested in tinkering with various machines and programs since she was a child.

The next second after she clicked to complete the registration, Xia Shan realized that this was a game made by artificial intelligence.

Where did Tiangong-13 find so many career references

When this question popped up in Xia Shan's mind, the picture that appeared in front of her the next moment made Xia Shan's brain freeze.

It was a real freeze state. Xia Shan's eyes widened because the Holy Spirit's novice main city, Lionheart City, had appeared in front of her.

There is no light pollution, and the design style of Lionheart City, with its holy pure white walls and golden patterns intertwined together, makes Xia Shan feel as if she is standing under a world wonder building.

What really made Xia Shan's brain freeze was the breeze blowing towards her and the fragrance of flowers that flooded into her nose.

She reacted quickly and half-knelt down to grab a handful of dirt from the ground. The touch of the sand in the dirt soaked into her fingertips. This feeling was so similar to the real world, but three seconds later the dirt in her hand disappeared out of thin air at her fingertips, reminding Xia Shan that she was in the game world.

"No. 13, what did you do?" Xia Shan had one or two years of experience in VR game design. She knew that only a few top game companies in the world could achieve such details.

No one answered Xia Shan. Only then did Xia Shan realize that she was already in the main city of the Holy Spirit game. She was now playing the role of a female gunner named "Black Hair Evergreen".

The scenery beside her was no longer a boring office, but a busy street in Lionheart City. A kind-looking novice mentor was standing at the door of the professional guild issuing novice tasks.

Xia Shan looked around the street and from time to time she could see one or two players jumping and running past the street.

She didn't rush to do the novice task, but patted her cheek lightly with her hand. She only felt a slight pain, but she could feel the touch.

What about the effect of the physics engine? Xia Shan found a stone on the ground and picked it up. The system popped up a prompt.

'You picked up the stone.'

Stone.

Throwing objects.

Level requirement: 0.

Description: Small stones can be found everywhere.

Equipment attributes: Attack power 1~1.

Are there any hints for this?!

Xia Shan picked up the stone and threw it far away. The stone drew a perfect curve and fell to the ground.

The physics engine seems to be working fine, what should we test next

At this moment, Xia Shan took the initiative to take on the role of game reviewer, but unlike other reviewers, Xia Shan thought of a terrible testing direction...

That is, this game called Holy Spirit, can it perform cool operations like other real simulation games

When Xia Shan realized that the physics engine of Holy Spirit was extremely similar to the real world, she began to regard Holy Spirit as a simulation game rather than an MMORPG.

(End of this chapter)