"It's finally time for you guys!" Almost impatiently, the human Taoist rushed towards the two of them.
Xie Yan took a few steps back quickly, and quickly pulled Bai Duan back. Bai Duan was pulled staggeringly, frowned and looked at the person who came: "Who are you?"
"I'm Zhao Zehong! The chief designer of this game!" The human Taoist stopped in time, and probably realized that he was too emotional, so he smiled awkwardly, "Sorry, I lost my composure... One of you cracked the game just now. The program lock we set up, right?"
Although Zhao Zehong's expression didn't look like he was looking for trouble, Bai Duan still felt terrified, and subconsciously took a step to block Xie Yan, showing vigilance: "It is indeed our fault to enter the place prohibited by you without authorization, please... Is there a problem?"
——Xie Yan has a relatively "introverted" personality. Although this is not obvious when the two are alone, Xie Yan rarely speaks in front of outsiders, and Bai Duan is also used to taking the initiative when facing strangers. Protect Xie Yan and answer other people's inquiries on his behalf. What's more, Xie Yan did such a thing this time because of his request, and Bai Duan must bear the corresponding responsibility.
"Please don't worry!" Zhao Zehong saw Bai Duan's uneasiness on guard, and quickly explained, "I didn't come here this time to ask questions, you can go this far, unlock the program lock, and get the 'breathing key'." Water', relying on your own abilities, we are convinced that we lost—to be precise, we should apologize to you for making you spend so long on a quest chain that has not been fully produced... "
Zhao Zehong's tone was quite sincere, without any perfunctory. In fact, there is considerable controversy within the game company over whether to open this task chain to players. On the one hand, unfinished quests should not be used to entrap players, but on the other hand, this quest chain is the most elaborately crafted by them. Except for the last small part, the rest of the stages are quite complete, and the rewards are also extremely rich. Give players a lot of help.
—The most important thing is that the difficulty of this quest chain is not just that it has not been completed, but that there are still doubts about whether the game can support the opening of the second race.
In the very beginning, the game "Myriad Realms" had an extremely rich variety of races, and each race also had many occupational distinctions. It's a pity that the technology at that time was not enough to support such a large-scale architectural concept, so the game production team had to cut down most of the races with hatred, and finally only kept the monster race and the human race.
Although they have made such a discard, they have never given up on their previous settings, and have been trying to add them back to the game. However, even after several years of development, they have carried out several technical transformations and equipment upgrades, but they are still not sure that the game itself can bear such a large-scale expansion.
——The game "Myriad Realms" is developing very well now, and it has almost entered thousands of households and has become a national entertainment. They dare not and cannot gamble.
If the technical equipment has not reached the level of supporting the opening of the second race, then this quest chain specially set up for this purpose may be shelved and buried indefinitely. This unavoidable reality makes the game production team frustrated and uneasy.
Therefore, although the task chain was indeed locked at first, the staff responsible for making it were really unwilling to waste their hard work, and quietly opened it without telling the company's upper management, so that they could also deceive themselves and others that this task chain It wasn't deleted, it's just that no one received it.
— After all, it is a hidden mission, and it is set in Novice Village, which is rarely explored carefully. The trigger condition is to violate the rules that everyone knows and abides by, so the possibility of being picked up by players is very low. And even if someone receives it, it should be a new player who knows nothing about the game. If they want to reach the final step, they still need to go through a long period of hard work to upgrade, improve their combat power, and make friends. Maybe at that time , their technology can support the opening of the second race
The quest creators had a good and naive idea, but to their surprise, they didn't expect that Bai Duan, who got the quest "lucky guy" by mistake, happened to know the player with the highest combat power and the strongest strength in the game. This player is also willing to give up all his other activities in the game, and accompany Bai Duan to run around, step by step, and get through this long task chain at an extremely fast speed.
When the game company learned that some players had received the mission and quickly completed the first few links, even they were stunned. But even if the game company severely punishes the production staff who started the mission chain without authorization, they can't block the hidden mission triggered by the player for no reason at will. They can only scratch their heads and watch the progress of the two missions, hoping that Bai Duan and Xie Yan can Stuck somewhere, temporarily abandon this task chain.
However, the game company's wish obviously came to nothing. Xie Yan not only has high strength, but also has a good understanding of the game. Whether it is fighting bosses or solving puzzles, he has not troubled him, so he has been brought to the last few links of the mission.
Now, the game company couldn't sit still, they had no choice but to close the door to the sleeping place of Chaos, preventing them from getting the most critical item "Water of Breeding" - of course, in order to make up for the relationship between Xie Yan and Bai Duan For the loss, they have also prepared quite generous compensation, hoping to gain the understanding of the two of them.
It's a pity that when they were about to communicate with the two of them and offer compensation, the program lock they set was suddenly invaded. The technicians tried to stop it in a hurry, but they had no time to resist the other party's attack. They could only watch the program lock being attacked by the other party. Easily destroyed, revealing the true face of their half-made "Chaos".
Although a bit dissatisfied with Xie Yan and Bai Duan's "rough and willful" approach, the game company is indeed at fault and cannot justly accuse the other party. More importantly, they are completely shocked by the other party's technology - in the face of such technology , no matter what kind of contradiction is worth mentioning.
Therefore, the chief designer of the game has to enter the game non-stop, wanting to see this formidable master who defeated the most cutting-edge technicians of their company with his own eyes, it is best to learn from him and discuss, by the way... maybe Can dig walls.
After confirming that Zhao Zehong did not have any malice and accepted a lot of compensation from the other party, the soft-handed Bai Duan's attitude obviously eased, and he looked at Xie Yan with some hesitation, not sure whether the "introverted" Xie Yan was really willing. Deal with this Zhao Zehong.
And Xie Yan would definitely not make things difficult for his sweetheart.
He pursed his lips and looked up at Zhao Zehong: "It was me... I unlocked the program."
Looking at the handsome human swordsman in front of him, Zhao Zehong felt slightly embarrassed.
Although the game company has never been involved in the game, in order to control the situation in the game, they have been paying close attention to various game channels and player forums. Naturally, they also know about the bloody "pinching incident" that happened a while ago.
As a technical geek who also doesn't look very good, Zhao Zehong still has sympathy for Xie Yan. After all, it is not easy for the other party to create such a beautiful character image by himself.
What's more, Xie Yan has always been a very good game player—and a God of Wealth who spends a lot of money—he has researched a lot of practical and effective game strategies, some of which even made the game production team sigh with emotion.
When he heard that Xie Yan might be forced out of the game by public opinion, Zhao Zehong regretted it for a while. When Xie Yan returned to the game and started to advance their unfinished task chain, Zhao Zehong loved and hated Xie Yan even more.
Now, hearing that it was Xie Yan who unlocked the program lock, Zhao Zehong couldn't help raising his favorability for him. After all, he is a straight man, and what other men look like has nothing to do with him, as long as the other party is capable, Good technology is enough.
After rubbing his hands together, Zhao Hongze fully expressed his admiration for Xie Yan and successfully resolved the tension between Bai Duan and Xie Yan, and finally invited them to a place with a better environment to sit down and chat.
After getting the consent of the two, Zhao Zehong used his authority to open a portal and sent them directly out of the snow mountain and back to the main city of the human race.
Taking Xie Yan and Bai Duan with him, Zhao Zehong went straight to the best restaurant in the city, opened a private room, and began to ask them about their feelings and opinions on the game "Myriad Realms"—first of all, they need to establish a relationship, so that they can continue to develop some more in-depth topics.
For the game "Myriad Realms", Bai Duan has nothing to say, and most of his feelings are those of other players. But Xie Yan was different. He knew too much about "Myriad Realms" and had a lot to say, some of which were Yuanshen's own thoughts, while some were Xie Yan's own feelings.
These words, the original body wants to say, but dare not say, and there is no place to say, will inevitably leave some regrets, but taking this opportunity, Xie Yan simply put aside the "introverted" person who does not talk to strangers, Convey his thoughts and wishes for the original body, he will directly copy those that are mature and feasible, and modify and correct those that are imaginary and flawed based on his own experience.
Zhao Zehong originally just wanted to find a topic at random, but he never thought that the more he listened, the more focused he became, the more amazed he became, and he even felt suddenly enlightened and inspired—he hadn’t experienced this kind of eagerness to do something for a long time. The passion and motivation, and the last time he was so full of energy was precisely the initial development stage of "Myriad Worlds".
Zhao Zehong asked questions again and again, completely forgetting his former purpose, and all his attention was attracted by Xie Yan's insights. It was not until Bai Duan touched his stomach secretly that this unexpected long conversation came to an abrupt end—after all, the game The food in the game can only restore the physical strength bar of the game character, but it cannot fill the stomach of the real body.
Xie Yan, who had been paying attention to Bai Duan's situation, turned his head to look at him, with self-blaming eyes: "Sorry, I talked too long, and I forgot to pay attention to the time. Are you hungry? We should have dinner too."
Bai Duan glanced at Zhao Zehong's hard-to-disguise disappointment, and smiled dryly: "It's okay, I can wait a little longer."
"How can this be done!" Bai Duan didn't want to disturb Xie Yan's rare talk, but Xie Yan paid more attention to Bai Duan's health, "Irregular diet can easily cause stomach problems. We are going offline now, and dinner is very fast." It will be fine soon."
"Then you finish your dinner—" Zhao Zehong said hastily, but Xie Yan shook his head before he could finish his sentence.
In addition to talking about game-related topics, Xie Yan still had some "obstacles" in his conversations with strangers, his voice became low and blurred: "Sorry, after dinner... well, there are other things."
Zhao Zehong, who was rejected, looked regretful. He tried to ask Xie Yan for the contact information in reality, but Xie Yan refused again.
Pursing his lips, Zhao Zehong seemed to have made up his mind, and directly told Xie Yan his contact number: "You are very talented, logical, and creative, and you have the matching technical ability to transform ideas into reality Our company needs talents like you very much. If you are interested, you can contact me. How about we sit down and communicate in reality?" After a pause, he seriously emphasized, "Our company is the largest game company in the country , even if it is among the top three in the world, and has great potential for development, although it started late, it is definitely not inferior to those established game companies. You will never regret coming to work in our company."
This sudden invitation made both Bai Duan and Xie Yan stunned. Bai Duan really didn't expect it, but Xie Yan was surprised that Zhao Zehong acted vigorously and made a decision so quickly.
Seeing Xie Yan's hesitation, Zhao Zehong took advantage of the victory to pursue: "Besides, I can see that you like the game "Myriad Worlds" very much, and you have put a lot of energy and effort into it—don't you want to design it yourself? It, build it, perfect it?"
Xie Yan's pupils shrank slightly, his expression became more struggling and tangled.
Zhao Zehong also knew the series of difficulties that Xie Yan encountered because of being overweight, and understood that it would take a lot of time to get someone like him with low self-esteem and sensitivity out of his shell. So he accepted it as soon as it was good, and didn't continue to persuade to avoid counterproductive effects. Instead, he left the game first after emphasizing his expectations for Xie Yan once again.
Xie Yan stood on the spot, silent for a while, and finally turned his head to look at Bai Duan, trying to pretend to be relaxed: "Shall we go offline too?"
"...Okay." Bai Duan nodded, also didn't say much, but he realized...something was about to change.