The genetically modified products, having lost their intended effects, also failed to survive.

He mentioned that Cthulhu was just trying to find an excuse.

Li Miaomiao nodded: "I know. The novel I read during the summer after my college entrance exam mentioned Cthulhu. Cthulhu is a kind of fear that was in human instinct in the past, and it was made concrete through words."

"In recent years, with the widespread use of cameras and mobile communication devices, it has become difficult for us to have an intuitive understanding of the nature of Cthulhu."

Technological advancements have led to many historical concepts that we can no longer understand.

Zheng Li interrupted, "This is a drawing I made myself, a plant that I imagine to be close to the Cthulhu Mythos."

“I drew more than one. Could you help me see if Tencent’s VR game plan has this type of art style? If so, you can ask if they can add the plants I drew.”

"It's fine as background; it doesn't necessarily have to play a role."

Zheng Li had been researching magical plants recently, and he suspected that there were magical plants on Earth that humans had not been able to discover, or that similar plants existed in history.

However, he couldn't find any trace of the magical plant using the available information on the internet.

At the same time, he couldn't treat this as a public matter and ask someone to investigate it.

Just then, Zheng Li overheard Li Miaomiao mentioning VR game development, and he thought of putting magical plants into a VR game with a similar art style.

After the game became a hit, Zheng Li anonymously posted a bounty on the dark web, saying that he felt a magical plant in a certain VR game looked familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before. He offered a reward of BTC to anyone who could find it.

Li Miaomiao asked Zheng Li as if she were seeing him for the first time, "You have this kind of hobby?"

"How come I've never heard of you being able to draw before?"

"To be honest, the painting is quite distinctive, and you could even say it's well done, but it just makes people feel uncomfortable."

"The plants you drew seem to be plants that don't exist on Earth."

"However, I can keep an eye out for you, but don't get your hopes up too high."

"Tencent wouldn't make this type of game. If you really want your artwork to be used as game background, you might as well start your own game company."

"Since the company has so much money sitting on its books, setting up a company that specializes in VR games doesn't seem like a waste of time."

"This also falls under the category of horizontal development around the main business."

Zheng Li declined, saying, "There's no need. If it's possible, we can see if it can be pushed forward. There's no need to be so deliberate."

There are still significant differences between a game produced by Tencent and one made by Kechuang Bio.

Li Miaomiao: "Okay, I'll definitely keep an eye out for you."

......

"Good morning, judges. Our game proposal is set in the Tianqi era of the Ming Dynasty, and revolves around a series of strange events that occurred in the capital. The ultimate goal is to prevent the Wanggongchang explosion."

"This game is based on real history but with a fantasy twist. The story is secondary, and the battle is the main focus, striving to bring players a sufficiently shocking experience."

"To avoid giving players the impression that we copied Sekiro, we specifically created our own art design, incorporating a unique style of ancient Chinese architecture..."

If a game of this type has a dark and eerie visual style, it is easily accused of copying the art style of Souls-like games.

Chen Ran and his team tried to use their imagination in the art style and various designs, hoping to create something eerie but not like Sekiro or Dark Souls.

Li Miaomiao had also enjoyed watching the previous games, but as a special guest, when Ren Yu asked for her opinion, she simply said "not bad" and "very good," which is typical of Tencent.

It wasn't until this plan came out that Li Miaomiao realized that the style was very similar to the plants Zheng Li had shown her.

Chen Ran continued on stage, "Next, I'll show you a simple demo that we've been working on recently."

It's basically just characters running around under some buildings; most of the space is still blank.

However, to achieve this level of completeness in just one month shows that they worked incredibly hard.

The judges of lower rank spoke first, and Ren Yu gave the concluding remarks.

"Your design is very complete, but why doesn't the demo show the combat effects?"

Actually, the biggest highlight of your proposal should be the combat mode; the background, storyline, and visuals are not the core elements.

Furthermore, there was a Cthulhu-themed ARPG game set in the Ming Dynasty in China before, and you've chosen the same setting again. The negative impression of that previous game will seriously affect the game you want to make. Have you considered this?