"Hello everyone, I'm the new anchor, Xiao Xi. Today, as usual, we'll be checking out some newly released mini-games to see if we can find any future hidden gems~"

Xiao Xi is a young anchor who has just entered the game anchor circle not long ago. He usually anchors the two games "Xianxia Qiyuan" and "Star Survival".

But lately, the dungeons in "Xianxia Qiyuan" have been so crowded that the lines are long. "Star Survival," on the other hand, doesn't have a line and you can play anytime. But after playing several games this afternoon, my luck has been terrible. Either I'm just unlucky at the start and can't find any good items, or I'm getting killed by other players before the game is even halfway through. Xiao Xi is left wondering what's going on with her today! Why is she so unlucky? It feels like nothing she plays is going her way.

In order to avoid this irritable mood affecting the few fans in the live broadcast room, Xiao Xi decided to put these two games aside for the time being and planned to change the live broadcast content to change his mood first.

After all, reviewing newly launched mini-games is a habit that Xiao Xi developed when he was a game enthusiast. In addition, influenced by the fact that a gaming expert initially reviewed a new game and reviewed "Xianxia Qiyuan", more players have fallen in love with the activity of reviewing newly launched games.

[Okay, okay, if you feel like you're not having a good time, just take a break. It's okay, reviewing new games is pretty fun too~]

Yes, especially recently released games, which seem to be influenced by Xianxia Qiyuan and Star Survival. They seem to be of higher quality and more fun and interesting than before.

[Then why don't you start with the latest game? It's just past midnight now, are there any new games online?]

"How could it be such a coincidence? When we play games, we focus on timing monster spawns. How can we schedule a game launch at the right time...?"

After seeing the fans' comments, Xiao Xi couldn't help but say with a bit of a helpless laugh.

Of course, as he spoke, his hands did not stop their actions. He quickly exited the "Star Survival" game hall and switched to the list of new games launched on Star Network. According to the fans' request, he began to review the games that were recently launched.

What surprised Xiao Xi was that he didn't expect that the fans really acted as prophets. Some games were actually launched on time. Moreover, not just one, but two games were launched at the same time at midnight.

"Hey, you were right! It turns out someone actually delayed releasing a game online. Let's start with these two games. Let's see who the designers of these two mini-games are. See if they're familiar game designers... Wait, did I see that? Why is the game designer field blank? Did they forget to fill it out? And it's not just one game. Did the designers of these two games forget to fill it out at the same time? That's too much of a coincidence!"

Seeing this, Xiao Xi couldn't help but be a little surprised.

Although he had not been playing games for a particularly long time, as far as he knew, there was no game on the market that was released without the designer's name on it. But now he suddenly saw it, and he saw two of them at a glance. Even the release time was exactly the same, all released at the same time at midnight. It looked like... it was intentional?

As soon as this thought came to mind, Xiao Xi's curiosity was aroused, and he couldn't help but buy both games. He wanted to compare them and see what was special about them.

The game on the left looks like it was created by an Alpha designer. Even the game icon is designed in a very grand style. At a glance, you can tell that the game icon is a number of floating racing cars with smooth and exquisite designs. Just looking at the icon, you can see the passion, which is the style that Alphas prefer the most.

The one on the right is not so clear. It is more likely that the designers are Beta and Omega. Without saying anything else, just look at the game icon style. It is a very delicate and exquisite game icon. You can see a large singing stage standing there. The surrounding lights have not been turned on yet. There is only a beam of light on the main stage shining on the only dancer on the stage, illuminating the dancer's most exquisite costume. However, due to the dim environment, the dancer's face cannot be seen clearly. We only know that the dancer seems to be waiting for the moment when the stage lights up.

"Which one should we play first? I feel like both of these games are genres I've never played before, especially the latter. I've never seen a game with a stage dancer as its icon."

Let's play the first one first? Judging by the icons, it seems like the first one will be more fun and exciting.

[Yes, just looking at the icon, I would rather play the first one.]

It was already past ten in the morning of the next day, and those who were still staying up late were mostly energetic Alphas, or male Betas who preferred something more exciting and passionate. Naturally, they would prefer the previous game called "Speed ​​Racing" and could probably imagine what the content of the game was like.

But as for the latter game, called "Idol Stage", they still can't figure out what kind of game it is.

So, naturally, they gave priority to the former "Speed ​​Racing" which they felt was more fun.

Anchor Xiao Xi also thinks so.

So, Xiao Xi opened the game on the left without any hesitation. After entering the game, he found that the scene in front of him changed. After a while, he appeared in a hover racing field. In front of him were three or four hover racing cars that had obviously undergone special modifications and had very cool appearances, as well as three or four players wearing racing driver uniforms.

Including Xiao Xi, after entering the game, his clothes were changed into a very cool racing suit by the game system.

Xiao Xi and the others were completely confused. This was a racing game they had never seen before! They, the players, were the racers themselves, experiencing the thrill of extreme racing in a holographic game!

Suddenly, not only Xiao Xi's emotions were aroused, but even the fans in the live broadcast room couldn't help but exclaim "Wow" when they saw it, saying that it was so cool!

Are we going to drive a race car right now? But what if I don’t know how to drive a race car?

The hover racing car is specially modified. Unlike ordinary hover cars, the hover racing car does not have an automatic driving system and a safe speed mechanism. It is all controlled by the racer alone, which tests the racer's racing skills. If you don't know how to drive the car manually, you will easily be knocked out.

"Let's try it first. We're in a holographic game now anyway, so we won't get hurt. Plus, I don't believe the players on the other side can play racing. Aren't we all the same? We're not professionals, so there's no need to be afraid."

There were only 15 seconds left to prepare for the start of an extreme racing game. Seeing other players getting into the cars in front of him one after another, Xiao Xi followed suit and climbed into the cool-looking car.

But unlike the real racing cars that Xiao Xi knew, the cars in this game didn't seem to have so many buttons and places that needed to be controlled. There were only two places that could be controlled, one was the steering wheel in front that controlled the direction, and the other was the accelerator pedal in the lower left corner, which showed three gears of acceleration. When you stepped on the accelerator to the bottom, it would achieve the highest speed.

As for the rest... there is nothing else. There is no lighter and no brake pedal. So how is he going to start and brake the car later?

However, before Xiao Xi could figure it out, at this moment, the AI ​​referee on the racetrack blew a long whistle, and with the sound of a gunshot, a game officially began.

It was at this moment that Xiao Xi suddenly realized that he didn't even need to start the car himself. The moment the referee fired the gun, all four cars on the field started up simultaneously. Just step on the accelerator and the cars will accelerate instantly! The thrill of extreme racing hit him in a flash!

You don't need any racing skills or knowledge of racing. As long as you can step on the accelerator and control the steering wheel, you can feel the ultimate thrill of real racing!

Speeding in turns, evading nimbly, dominating the track and speeding up, you can even use the car body to violently collide and hinder, and finally overtake and cross the line with an extremely fast and refreshing feeling!

The entire race only takes four or five minutes, but players can experience the ultimate thrill of racing in this short time! It's not dragged out at all, in one word, it's incredibly exciting!

In such a short period of time, Xiao Xi played more than a dozen games, some with fans and some with strangers, but it only took more than an hour, which is much shorter than the time it takes to play a game of "Star Battlegrounds".

Although the sense of accomplishment is not as great or as exciting as that of "Battlegrounds", this game is good in that it takes a short time. You don't even have to think too much about it. You can just have fun in a few minutes. Moreover, the background sound effects in this game are also very nice. It sounds like the cheering song that female Omega artist Lin Lin sang to support the racers when she attended a racing event.

With the support of the goddess' singing, the players off the field felt more refreshed, more upbeat, and more excited!

It was almost two o'clock in the morning before Xiao Xi felt that he was not so excited anymore. He calmed down a little and turned his attention to another small game that he bought at the same time.

"We just played 'Speed ​​Racing'; it's a really fun little game. It gives me some confidence in 'Idol Stage'. I have a feeling these two anonymous games should be pretty good. I just don't know what kind of game 'Idol Stage' will be. Is it about idols? Stages? Artists? If so, it would be great if I could see my favorite 'Goddess Lin Lin' in the game. I've been infatuated with her since I watched dating variety shows. Even though I'm a Beta, Goddess Lin Lin is so beautiful and so handsome, she's exactly my ideal goddess~"

Perhaps after playing several rounds of "Speed ​​Racing", Xiao Xi's mood has been aroused and he has become cheerful. He has more conversations with his fans, and many "hahaha" comments flashed in the barrage from time to time, telling Xiao Xi to quickly open the game "Idol Stage" to see what kind of game it is.

Even though the fans seem to be laughing happily and asking the host to start the game, they don’t actually have too many expectations for the game "Idol Stage". They just happen to be in a good mood at the moment and subconsciously said a lot of good things.

In their minds, they already feel that there are no short games of a few minutes that can surpass "Speed ​​Racing". At least the short game "Speed ​​Racing" has completely killed most small-scale games on the market.

Until Xiao Xi opened the game "Idol Stage"...

The moment he logged into the game, Xiao Xi found himself wearing a gorgeous and beautiful dance costume and appearing under a huge stage.

But before he could feel shy or embarrassed about the cute pink girl's clothes, a beam of light shone down in front of him. With the sound of "click, click, click" of high heels, the surroundings gradually brightened up, and then a beautiful face of a goddess appeared in front of him.

The person who appeared in front of him now was none other than the goddess 'Lin Lin' that Xiao Xi had wished to see in the game. He didn't expect that he would actually see the holographic image of his goddess Lin Lin appear in front of him, and the goddess walked towards him, just like that, walked in front of him, gently took her hand, with the most beautiful, brilliant and charming smile on her face.

The next moment, goddess Lin Lin looked at him and smiled brightly:

"I have always dreamed of stepping onto the world's largest and most beautiful stage and dancing on it. Today, this dream is finally coming true..."

"Xiao Xi, would you like to... come with me?"

In that instant, Xiao Xi completely forgot about the shame of a male Beta wearing a female Beta's cute pink clothes, and the shyness of feeling something flutter under her skirt.

Now all he could see and think about was the goddess's face smiling brightly at him, and the gentle invitation asking him 'Do you want to come along?' What was he waiting for? This was his goddess, Lin Lin. The answer was... "Yes!!"

So, in the next moment, the huge stage scene in front of him changed instantly, turning into a huge stage filled with thousands of people. In addition to Xiao Xi, three other different stages lit up, which corresponded to the stages of three other different players.

And his goddess Lin Lin was also taken to the aerial stage in the center. The moment Xiao Xi and the other four players walked onto the stage in front of them, the stage under their feet slowly rose up and turned into four other sky stages.

After a while, as the music started, many rhythm keys of different colors flashed on the sky stage where Xiao Xi was standing.

At the beginning, Xiao Xi didn't understand how to play this game. Although he was overwhelmed by the goddess' smile and agreed without hesitation, he really couldn't dance. How could he dance with the goddess?

But in the next moment, he understood what this game was all about.

He doesn't need to learn how to dance. He just needs to step on the beat points accurately, and his body will automatically perform beautiful dance moves with the support of the game system. If he doesn't step on the beat points, he will fall, miss the beat, dance wrong, and perform other ugly moves.

I have to say that at the beginning, Xiao Xi was quite flustered.

If the beat is wrong, the dance moves will be wrong, and it will be terrible for a while. But later, after Xiao Xi got used to this game mode, he found that the beat was not completely random at all, but was based on the rhythm of the song sung by the goddess Lin Lin in the center. As long as he could keep up with the rhythm of the song, he could keep up with the beat keys flashing on the sky stage.

After continuously stepping on several beat keys, Xiao Xi's game character performed a beautiful triple jump, showing the most graceful dance moves.

And the further it went on, the more excited Xiao Xi became.

Firstly, he had never thought that he could dance so beautifully in the game. Secondly, he discovered that if he danced better than the other three players and could hit the rhythm of the music well, the sky stage under his feet would get closer and closer to the goddess Lin Lin in the center, until they could dance on the same stage.

Especially when the beat accuracy reaches over 90%, you can also unlock a duet dance with the goddess Lin Lin! !

So in the end, Xiao Xi almost danced a duet with the goddess Lin Lin with a silly smile on his face.

Although he knew that this was a holographic game and that the Lin Lin in front of him was not the real goddess Lin Lin, but just a holographic AI image, this also made Xiao Xi feel extremely happy and satisfied.

Moreover, this round is not long, about the same time as a game of "Speed ​​Racing", which is also the time of a song, that is, one round takes four or five minutes!

Seeing this, the fans in Xiao Xi’s live broadcast room couldn’t help but exclaim in amazement, saying that these two mini-games are so awesome, and are mini-games that have never been seen before.

Although the game scale is small and the playing time of a game is very short, the game quality is not bad at all. Both games are so perfect, but the two games are not of the same style.

"Speed ​​Racing" is more exciting and passionate, while "Idol Stage" is a relatively leisurely game that can make people feel relaxed and happy.

These two games are quite comparable; both are excellent mini-games. However, I'm an Alpha, so if I compare "Idol Stage" to "Speed ​​Racer," I'd probably prefer the former, which is more in line with the romance that Alphas love.

Really? I'm a Beta, so I don't know how romantic you Alphas are, but I prefer the latter, "Idol Stage." I feel like "Idol Stage" has beautiful graphics, scenes, and a relaxing and enjoyable happy mode. It's perfect for relaxing and taking a break from work. It feels more relaxed and familiar. So if I really had to choose one and compare them, I'd probably choose the more unique "Idol Stage."

[You guys can actually pick one, but I can't! I like both games. I want both! Xiao Xi, what about you? You've tested both games. Which one do you like better?]

This question was thrown to the anchor Xiao Xi, and it really made him feel conflicted. In his mind, he was the type of player who preferred exciting and exciting games, but "Idol Stage" was also very good. Dancing to the beat and so on, this game was really relaxing, and most importantly, he could dance with his idol goddess.

It’s too difficult, really too difficult. To sum up, it seems that he likes both games very much. I really can’t choose one.

So, the anchor Xiao Xi also came clean, saying that only children make choices, he is an adult and he wants both games!

However, while chatting, the anchor Xiao Xi finally remembered something that had been on his mind for a while. After thinking about it, he asked in the live broadcast room:

"Oh right, I don't know if you've noticed, but I feel like these two anonymous mini-games are a bit similar. Aside from the anonymous designer names and the delayed launch times, everything else seems quite similar."

[Hey, how should I put it? For example, could you elaborate? ]

"If nothing else, the game types are somewhat similar. They're both short games that can be completed in four or five minutes, so they don't take up much time. Furthermore, both games contain songs by my goddess, Lin Lin. The only difference is that the former is used as background music, while the latter is simply my goddess's song incorporated into the game..."

[Eh, after hearing what you said, it seems to be true. And it seems that they are both small games where multiple players can compete against each other. In that respect, they seem quite similar...]

[Wait, wait, now that you mention it, I think I'm reminded of a post from the day before. Do you remember? The 'Player Random Talk' invitation post that game designer Luo Qingmei posted. I think I saw similar keywords there, like, "I want to play a few minutes of games in my spare time," "I want to play a game where I can hear those Lin Lin songs," and "It would be even better if there was some competitive action..."]

At this moment, a fan in the live broadcast room suddenly remembered something and exclaimed in surprise.

You wouldn't know until you tell me, but now that I've said it, everyone realizes it's true. There are actually quite a few overlaps. Could it be that the post is related to these two anonymous mini-games? Were these two mini-games just created by two game designers based on player requests?

The more they talked, the more excited they became. They felt like they had figured out the truth. This seemed to explain why these two mini-games were somewhat similar.

However, there's one thing people still don't quite understand: if it's like what game designer Luo Qingmei said in her post, then that's a good thing. In that case, wouldn't it be better for game designers to be anonymous? Why keep them anonymous?

I actually have a thought about this. Could it be that the two game designers are competing against each other? I always feel like these two games have a sense of two designers' concepts competing against each other. Especially at the end, did you notice that after each game, both games have a message inviting players to rate them. It also states that if you rate them, the purchase price of the game will be completely waived and refunded to the player. This means...

These two games are not made for profit, but for other purposes, such as comparing who is better or something, so they are anonymous and released at the same time, etc. Maybe this is the truth!

Suddenly, Xiao Xi and other fans couldn't help but get excited.

Because all signs indicate that the designers of these two excellent mini-games must not be ordinary designers. The novel and outstanding design concepts of the games, as well as the effortless mental modeling design, all indicate that the designers of these two games are probably designers with extremely high mental power!

Who, who, who are these two designers?!

That night, Xiao Xi and other fans couldn't sleep. They even became more and more excited as they talked, and couldn't help but guess with those around them who the two game designers were.

The more this matter was discussed, the more people knew about it. By daytime, many people on Starnet couldn't help but follow the trend and join in the gossip. Some even had the audacity to verify it with Luo Qingmei.

However, Luo Qingmei refused to say a word, as if she had no idea about the matter.

It is said that the unknown things are the most curious.

In just three days, not only did many players know about the two games, but even many designers in the gaming community knew about them. And coincidentally, as word spread, this interesting story even reached a "game designer enthusiast group" in the Federal Center.

But this "game designer hobby group" at the Federal Center is really not just any ordinary game designer.

It is said that the bigger the guys are, the more they feel that they are just ordinary people. At most, they are ordinary people who have made achievements in certain aspects, just like Wen Changping and his group of retired bigwigs. The same is true for this "Game Designer Hobby Group". The people in the group are also a group of excellent game designers.

Moreover, those in this group are either from the Federal Center or are game designers who have obtained the right to reside in the Federal Center and stayed there due to their strength.

They all brought different excellent works to the early game market, but now many of them have either changed their careers and stopped making games, or have not made games for a long time and have no good inspiration.

And just this afternoon, an old member of the group suddenly asked if anyone had been getting along well with the game designer Luo Qingmei recently, had collaborated on any projects, or had started a game production competition with other guys?

[Luo Qingmei? Isn't that the game designer from the A5 sub-sector? I chatted with her several times last year when her work went viral, so we're pretty familiar with each other, right? But what's going on? Why did this question pop up out of nowhere? And there's this game production competition going on? It sounds interesting. Is this the person you're planning to compete with?]

[It wasn't me, of course it wasn't me. Someone mistakenly thought one of us was playing in the A5 star zone game area, so they came over to ask if it was me. So I asked in the group here if it was you guys~]

As he spoke, the game designer explained the matter in detail.

It turned out that he had an omega friend who was not in the gaming circle and had recently been on a business trip to the A5 star zone for half a month.

Who knew that not long after she arrived at the branch office, she heard that two excellent anonymous mini-games had been released in the A5 star zone. They were really excellent. One of them was called "Idol Stage". Even her friend who didn't like playing games thought it was very fun and played it with all his heart, saying that it didn't waste much time and was very convenient.

So, she couldn't help but become curious about the news on Starnet that "two game designers are competing", so she couldn't help but run over to ask, thinking that it was a small game made by a designer in their group.

Of course, the experienced designers in the group didn't think the other party had just come to the group to ask this question out of boredom. The fact that he had come to the group specifically to ask this could only mean...

"You mean, those two mini-games are really great? Have you played them?"

[Well, I've played it, and I have to say, it's really excellent. The game modes and difficulty aren't high, but it's very interesting. To be honest, if this hadn't been released in the A5 star zone game area, I would have really thought it was made by one of you...?]

There was a reason why the other party said that, because if the two game designers really started making the game after Luo Qingmei sent out the invitation post.

So, the time from the beginning of game design to the completion and launch of the game was only one day, and the game graphics were so smooth and excellent, which is something that ordinary game designers cannot do. Even for an A-level mental game designer, it is a bit difficult.

In other words, the designer of these two mini-games must be a game designer with at least S-level mental strength, and must also have extensive experience in game design.

There aren't many game designers of this caliber. If they don't truly love gaming, wouldn't it be better to go into other, more lucrative fields? For example, military supplies?

Therefore, as a result, game designers with high mental power levels and rich experience are almost all gathered in their federal center, and there are really not many in other star regions, so it is normal to be mistakenly believed that the game was made by someone in the group.

To prove his words, the designer who first asked the question threw the purchase links of the two mini-games "Speed ​​Racing" and "Idol Stage" into the group, and even helped to build the star network ladder from the Federal Center to the A5 star zone.

Seeing this, other idle game designers in the group subconsciously clicked on the two games to take a look.

So, this 'game lover group' was silent for a long time. Everyone must have gone to try out these two small games. About fifteen minutes later, someone suddenly popped up. He was a game designer who had changed careers for a year or two. He couldn't help but send out countless "!"s.

【!!!!!!!!!!!!】

Is this really the gaming world I know? I've only been in this industry for a year or two, and how come even small games have become so good?! The beautiful and smooth graphics aren't the point at all, okay? The point is that these games are genuinely fun. If these games had appeared two years ago, I probably wouldn't have wanted to change careers like this!

But before he could finish his words, someone else couldn't help but jump out and speak in the group.

[Wait, no one in the group admitted just now, meaning these two mini-games really weren't made by people in our group?! Then were they really made by game designers from the A5 star zone?]

[This is amazing! I hadn't even thought of this kind of game mode before! Not bad, not bad, really good. I haven't made games in four or five years. My designer room has been abandoned for a long time. I thought I would never make games again, but after seeing that "Idol Stage", I'm actually a little tempted to try it...]

[Not entirely from our group, but at least I recognize the work of a certain guy from that Speed ​​Racer game...]

At this moment, an experienced designer spoke up, immediately drawing the attention of the other designers. They couldn't help but ask, "Who is it? Who is it?"

Who else could it be? Besides that kid Gu Yang, who else could create such a flamboyant hovercar model? Several of the car models in "Speed ​​Racing" are exactly the same as the ones I've seen at Gu Yang's house. Add to that his preferred design style, and I'm at least 70% to 80% sure it's him. And he hasn't been in the group lately, so maybe he's been tinkering with "Speed ​​Racing"~

If it was this guy Gu Yang, then it was indeed possible. After all, the title of genius was not given casually, and Gu Yang was one of the rare game designers whose mental power reached the SS level. It was not impossible for him to design the game "Speed ​​Design".

[What about the other one? Isn't the game "Idol Stage" any less impressive than "Speed ​​Racing"? Who could have designed it?]

[Regarding this, I actually have an idea. Since the mini-game was launched in the A5 star zone, then one of these two people must be a game designer from the A5 star zone. And among the A5 designers who left a deep impression on me, there is indeed such a person...]

[You know 'Tang Mu', right? The Beta designer. Although she hasn't publicly disclosed her Psychic Power level, I believe her Psychic Power level is no lower than S-level. This can be seen from the games she has participated in.]

Tang Mu! It was Tang Mu, the lead game designer for "Xianxia Qiyuan"! It was also the Tang Mu who, after collaborating with Luo Qingmei, made "Star Survival" a huge hit, bringing it back to prominence?!

If it's her, it's really possible!

The graphics style of "Xianxia Qiyuan" is very delicate and exquisite, just like the exquisiteness of "Idol Stage"! Does that mean that Gu Yang is now competing with Tang Mu, the game designer, in some kind of game? This is really interesting!

All of a sudden, all the designers in the group couldn't help but start discussing it.

At this moment, the designer who spoke at the beginning threw out a new link. This link was none other than the second issue of Luo Qingmei's post "Players Say Whatever". Like the first post, it asked players to express their opinions using keywords, but they were advised not to use repeated keywords as much as possible, as she would exclude them during the random selection.

After reading this, what else is there to be confused about? Doesn't this clearly prove that the two anonymous mini-games mentioned earlier are indeed related to this "Player Random Says" post? Some of the keywords even match up.

Seeing this, the designers in the group also started to get excited. After thinking about it, they couldn't help but suggest:

"How about we add a few keywords to increase the difficulty? Could we get those two little guys to create some interesting, novel, and fun games?"

[Good idea. Have you thought of adding any keywords?]

[Yes, I did think of one, and that is——]

【Horror and fear.】

Tang Tang didn't expect that the keyword Luo Qingmei would attract so many people's attention. Even during this period, she didn't do anything on the Star Network. She just couldn't help but play the "Speed ​​Racing" designed by the opposite designer, and said that the holographic racing game was really cool and the experience was really great!

Even after I finished playing, I couldn't help but be stared at for a long time by the two younger ones, Zhang Shang and Luo Dongyang, like they were idiots. They frowned and shook their heads, suggesting, "This is truly hopeless." How could anyone be more excited about playing a competitor's game than their own? They were about to be surpassed in the ratings, and yet they were still so heartless.

There's no way. Playing games made by others and playing games made by yourself are completely different feelings.

Especially since this is a 'holographic racing game', it is one of the holographic games that completely matches her fantasy in her previous life.

Moreover, this game was created by people in this world and this era. Does this mean that in the near future, she will still be in this world?