Chapter 691 Ready Player

One Time goes back a little.

Li Yu triggered the final Easter egg the first time.

Linmu Studio’s major channels, domestic and overseas official social media accounts, major game websites, built-in email systems of major online games, and of course the Vaporwave game platform.

All informed all players of the news at the same time and opened the long-prepared live broadcast room.

In terms of the number and influence of game-related channels.

All domestic and overseas game manufacturers combined are not enough to beat Linmu Studio...

Linmu Studio’s large-scale publicity, plus the players have long been looking forward to the birth of "Ready Player One".

So in less than a minute.

Countless players rushed into the live broadcast room and began to wait!

Players also know that someone has collected all the Easter eggs.

What exactly Linmu Studio is going to do... is about to be unveiled.

[Here it comes! ]

[Finally a big guy has passed the level! ]

[Quick, quick, where is the picture? Why hasn't it come out yet? ]

[What will it be? Does anyone know? ]

[Is it just to promote who is the number one player? 】

【……】

Countless players started discussing while watching the still screen.

Half a minute later.

Linmu Studios headquarters.

The LED screen outside the building lit up...

Many passers-by were attracted and looked up at the LED screen outside the Linmu Studios building.

At the same time, the live broadcast room screen also lit up.

When the players saw the screen light up, they immediately stopped discussing.

But as expected.

Congratulations to a certain player for becoming the "number one player" did not appear... Instead,

the screen scrolled the introduction of all the works corresponding to the Easter eggs in "Easter Egg Adventure".

During this period, the third-party works that players were familiar with because of the Easter eggs began to appear on the screen one by one in the form of text...

【#1 Dice and siege crossbow. 】

【From the tabletop role-playing game "Dungeon", the game was first invented by an insurance company salesman in Wisconsin, and the first edition of the game was released in 1974. This game has a great influence on role-playing games, and many subsequent games of the same type have been influenced by it. 】

【#7 Wrong press. 】

【From the action role-playing online game "Fighter", which was independently developed by Tianhu Entertainment and publicly tested in 2002. It was a rare horizontal version of the game at that time and one of the shining pearls of the 2D online game era. 】

【#8 What did you protect? 】

【From the science fiction special effects TV series "Giant of Light" launched in the 1960s, it pioneered the mode of "huge heroes fighting monsters". 】

【……】

All third-party Easter egg-related works began to scroll on the screen at a moderate speed.

On the left is the thumbnail of the work, and on the right is the text introduction.

The introduction is not long, most of them are only a few short sentences.

Players can watch it, but they can only watch it for a few seconds.

And this part is not interesting. After all,

it is the same as the list of production staff after the game is cleared.

It can be watched.

But it is really unnecessary, and ordinary players will not pay attention to it at all.

Logically speaking, players come to watch the live broadcast with great expectations, but in the end they see such a boring work introduction. How can they be dissatisfied?

If this is an ordinary live broadcast, it will be.

But it happens that... this is not an ordinary live broadcast.

"Easter Egg Adventure" has been open for a whole week.

The addition of countless third-party Easter eggs has long made this small game break the circle.

This week.

Countless people came here.

In addition to players, many comic readers and fans of film and television works also came to join in the fun.

They discussed the origins of the Easter eggs and the classic works behind the Easter eggs.

As Mou Feng said... it was like participating in a carnival that everyone could participate in.

And with such an experience.

At this moment.

How could these viewers who watched the live broadcast feel bored when they saw the introduction of each work?

Not only did they not feel bored, they even felt like watching the closing ceremony of the carnival to end their emotions...

Real-time comments.

As the works corresponding to the Easter eggs continued to scroll,

more and more players saw the works they were familiar with, and then brushed their first experience of contacting these works.

Different people, different experiences, and different work names

began to appear together in the real-time comment area.

It formed a very interesting and shocking scene.

And this situation.

Lasted for nearly ten minutes.

Until the last Easter egg appeared.

The audience stopped brushing the screen.

Pengcheng.

After Li Yu stopped playing the game, the page that popped up was the live broadcast page.

So, he also witnessed the interesting and shocking scene with his own eyes...

When the last easter egg rolled and disappeared at the edge of the screen.

[Ready Player One: Redundant]

[Devoted with all one’s heart]

New words slowly emerged and stayed in the center of the screen.

At the end of the easter egg introduction.

Linmu Studio introduced the number one player of this easter egg adventure to all the audience - Redundant.

As soon as this scene came out.

Real-time comments immediately poured out a bunch of "congratulations" and "awesome".

Countless viewers began to congratulate and praise the new number one player.

Li Yu looked at the congratulations and praises on the screen and froze in place.

He felt quite subtle.

Excited, happy, excited...

scratched his head.

Then.

Li Yu couldn't help it and laughed out loud.

No matter what.

It was worth it!

At the same time.

Tianhu.

Mou Feng looked at the four words "Devoted with all one’s heart" that slowly emerged at the end, and couldn't help but smile.

Linmu Studio is really thoughtful... Which player can resist this...

This not only satisfies the "number one player", but also allows all players who participated in the "Easter Egg Adventure" to vent their emotions.

I have to say.

As expected of them. They

really made it clear to them.

Next, let's watch the Linmu Carnival live...

Mou Feng thought with some emotion, just when this thought came up.

At the same time, on the other side.

Many players also thought it was over, and were digesting the afterglow of emotions.

On the live broadcast page.

The words "passionate dedication" stayed for more than ten seconds and began to fade slowly.

Then.

Ta-ta.

With the sound of retro footsteps, a very familiar figure of the players, with a silhouette like an old man wearing a cloak, suddenly walked out from the edge of the screen...

On the other side of the screen, another familiar figure of the original character they controlled in "Easter Egg Adventure" also walked out, with the ID "Extra" on his head, and greeted the old man.

Two pixel-style characters stayed in the middle of the screen.

Then.

Beep, beep.

Two ellipsis appeared.

A dialogue bubble appeared above the head of the old man in the cloak.

[These are all the foundations of Oasis.]

[... Oasis?] The pixel character with the ID "Extra" seemed a little curious, jumping and asked a question.

[Yes, Oasis. 】

【What is Oasis? 】

【…………】

【Do you want to read the first love letter? 】

The old man with a cloak-like outline paused and did not answer directly.

Instead, he suddenly asked a question after two ellipsis marks appeared.

"..."

This sudden scene

instantly drew the attention of the players who were congratulating Li Yu back.

The real-time comments disappeared instantly.

Li Yu, who was laughing, was also stunned.

He looked at the screen and looked at the pixelated little man with his game ID on the screen, with a confused face... What is this?

Until.

That familiar question appeared in front of him again.

[Do you want to read the first love letter? ]

Li Yu was startled and his eyes widened suddenly.

Wait!

Right... love letter! ?

On the screen.

Facing this question.

The pixelated little man with Li Yu's ID did not hesitate for long.

Soon.

A new bubble box appeared above his head.

"Yes."

And with this "yes" appeared.

The live broadcast room, which originally only had monotonous 8-bit sound effects.

The style suddenly changed!

Accompanied by the sound of paper flipping.

A splendid performance was staged.

Countless letters suddenly flew out and swept in.

Then.

When the letters covered the camera.

The screen went dark.

When it lit up again.

On the screen.

The Linmu Studio logo, which all the audience were very familiar with, slowly emerged and froze in the center of the screen...

Then, the logo of the film distributor who cooperated with Linmu Studio appeared.

I just watched the beginning.   Countless question marks popped up

in the real-time comment area.   The audience in front of the screen were all stunned.   What the hell! ?   Wait!!

Could it be... a new work! ? ? ?

No way! ! ?

Just when the players came up with this idea.

A cheerful and joyful, rhythmic BGM suddenly sounded!

In the real-time comment area, there were even more question marks.

Because some players instantly heard which song it was...

It was the masterpiece of the most representative rock band in this world in the 90s.

And this year's "Easter Egg Adventure" has an Easter egg of this song! !

! Wait! ! !

Linmu Studio! Wait for me! ! !

Countless players heard the familiar melody and tapped question marks frantically.

And in the live broadcast room.

The promotional video certainly can't wait.

Accompanied by the familiar rock music.

The picture appeared...

[This is the Oasis world. ]

On the screen, in the dirty and messy carriage, the male protagonist picked up the VR glasses and slowly put them on his head.

Then.

With his introduction.

The camera moved and came to the VR glasses.

Dazzling lines filled the eyes and extended forward infinitely, as if leading the players into another dimension.

Then.

The picture changed.

The dazzling game world appeared in front of all the audience...

[This is a completely virtual universe.]

[In the oasis, people do whatever they want.]

[People can stay here and become anyone.]

As the protagonist introduced.

The scene of the city changing appeared in the screen.

The first promotional video easter egg appeared.

On the racetrack.

The protagonist found a position, and then directly passed by a man wearing a white robe and a hood.

When the protagonist passed by, the man flashed his hidden sword.

"?????????!"

Real-time comment area.

If the players still can't tell who it is, then their game is in vain.

So, question marks once again filled the entire screen in an instant...

Then.

The picture changed again.

The protagonist went to the bar and passed by two guests who were about to leave the bar.

And those two people, although only a glimpse, but many viewers still recognized them at a glance, they were the super villains in American comics...

The audience is also very familiar with them... Because this tm also appeared in "Easter Egg Adventure"!

"?????????????????????????"

Then,

the trailer began to explain the main story of the entire movie.

Although the creator of Oasis, this virtual universe, is dead,

he buried an Easter egg in the game, and the first person to find it can not only inherit 500 billion, but also take over the entire Oasis!

The movie is about the process of players and ambitious people fighting wits and courage to find the Easter egg...

This is not difficult to understand.

Players don't have time to understand it for the time being!

Because the main story is explained.

After an explosion,

the screen began to switch quickly.

More familiar characters appeared!

"King Kong!!!"

The Empire State Building.

The chimpanzee with the same name as Lin Yao's previous work overlooked the camera and then jumped down.

Then...

"Steel Behemoth!"

"Ghost Doll!"

"Giant of Light!"

"BT!"

Most of the scenes in the trailer flashed by.

However,

the names of these characters were just called out.

It was enough to make the audience stand up...

The audience also realized what this work represented...

The question marks in the real-time comment area were so numerous that it was terrifying...

And when the trailer reached the end.

On the glacier.

The final battle.

Characters from various games, comics, animations, and movies appeared in the camera.

Among them were classic old characters.

At the same time, there were new characters from Linmu Studios' latest game.

There were huge giants of light, BT, steel behemoths, and tyrants.

There were small ghost dolls, Pokémon...

Of course, there were also normal-sized superheroes, and the witch group in the game witch...

In short.

All kinds of pop culture, all in one! A hodgepodge appeared on the same scene! ! !

The real-time comment area exploded instantly! ! !

In just two minutes.

The real-time comment system collapsed.

It crashed directly!!

As a result,

when the movie name and release date came out at the end of the trailer

, the entire live broadcast room was silent.

There was no movement at all...

[Ready Player One]

[July 1.]

The movie name and release date were fixed in the center of the live broadcast room.

But the live broadcast room was as calm as water.

Of course,

this was just an appearance...

Under the calm surface, there were actually stormy waves.

The players, like the real-time comment system, had already exploded...

...

The headquarters of the live broadcast website.

Every time Linmu Studio broadcasts live, the live broadcast website is prepared. On the one hand, the live broadcast website relies on Linmu Studio to a certain extent.

On the other hand, every time Linmu Studio broadcasts live, there is a lot of noise...

So every time they broadcast live, the live broadcast website takes it very seriously and will arrange special people to monitor it and solve problems immediately.

For example, the real-time comment system crashed...

In the past, if it really crashed, it could basically be fixed quickly, after all, there was a special person watching it.

But this time, it was different...

"——Oh my god!!!"

A loud shout

suddenly spread throughout the entire floor.

Attracting countless eyes.

At a certain workstation, a young man suddenly stood up, raised his hands above his head, his face flushed, and he was so excited that he couldn't control himself.

He didn't care about the eyes of others at all. After yelling, he bent down and began to shout "Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck!" in the live broadcast room.

He knew that the real-time comment system had collapsed.

He knew! He was the one responsible for watching the live broadcast room!

But he couldn't care about it now!

Because it was really awesome!

... "Ready Player One"! ! !

Even if he died today! He had to shout these dozen fucks!

Otherwise, he would suffocate to death! !

! At the same time.

Tianhu.

Mou Feng maintained his original sitting posture, staring at the screen motionlessly.

Nothing changed.

Except for his expression.

After the promotional video was played.

His expression began to change.

Surprise, shock, disbelief... Various expressions began to appear on his face one by one as the promotional video was played.

This is because there were no outsiders.

Otherwise, they would definitely sigh... It turns out that human expressions can be so complicated.

In the end, Mou Feng's face was numb.

But he still stared with his eyes wide open and his mouth open.

Why did Linmu Studio add so many third-party Easter eggs to "Easter Egg Adventure"?

He thought of countless possibilities.

But this possibility now... He really hadn't thought of it, let alone thought of it.

He hadn't even thought of it.

The trailer was halfway through.

He still couldn't believe it.

...Tm Easter eggs make a movie! ?

Until.

The promotion ended, the release date and the name of the movie appeared.

"Ready Player One" was reflected in his pupils.

He was really sure... This was not a joke.

Because this movie... is called "Ready Player One"!

Looking at the movie name.

In an instant.

Mou Feng remembered a lot of things.

The rumors that Linmu Studio was constantly negotiating copyrights, the "love letter" theme of Linmu Carnival, the changes in "Easter Egg Adventure"... and the live broadcast that just introduced the third-party Easter eggs.

It was premeditated.

Such a thought suddenly popped up...

Mou Feng slowly closed his mouth, then looked at the screen, looked at the quiet live broadcast room, and sighed.

Then.

Anticipation, amazement, bitterness, envy, admiration...

all kinds of emotions, played out on his face again.

Human expressions... are really rich.

Of course, Mou Feng didn't know how complicated his expression was.

He looked at the live broadcast room, and at this moment, he only had one thought left.

Really... they deserved to succeed!!!

This tm... who can stand it!!!

...

Pengcheng.

Not long ago.

Before getting the final easter egg.

Li Yu thought of countless possibilities.

What does a love letter... look like?

And he thought at the time that no matter what was written on the love letter, he would not be surprised.

But.

He really didn't expect that the so-called "love letter" would look like this...

Watch the trailer in its entirety.

"Easter Egg Adventure"... love letter theme... love letter... everything is connected.

Yes.

This love letter has no words.

None.

But it is more shocking than any words...

"Love letter... Shit!!!"

Li Yu looked at the live broadcast screen, and it seemed as if a thunder fell in his mind, and he trembled all over.

Goose bumps all over his body!

...

"Linmu Studio - Awesome!!!!"

At the same time.

Outside the headquarters of Linmu Studio.

The LED screen.

The trailer of "Ready Player One" is also playing.

And there are also many players watching the trailer outside the building at this moment.

When they see the end of the trailer.

Various characters, like a hodgepodge, appear in the same scene.

A player jumped up in excitement and yelled. It

was like a sudden attack.

This scared a little girl who was watching the excitement nearby...

"... Dad, why is my brother so excited?"

The little girl looked at the screaming player and immediately hid to the side, then looked up at her father and asked in confusion.

Her father also looked up at the imaginative picture on the screen.

Although he didn't recognize most of the characters.

But he was young once...

He still saw two familiar characters that he knew.

And it was precisely because of these two familiar characters that he, who was just watching the fun, remembered a lot of things.

Those dusty controllers, those discs that no optical drive could read, those friends who had disappeared, and the antique game console that the TV now had no adapter interface...

Until.

His daughter's voice sounded.

He came back to his senses, smiled knowingly, then glanced at the excited young man, looked down at his daughter, and replied gently: "Brother may have seen something he likes..."

...

As soon as "Ready Player One" was announced... the popularity exploded directly! The live

broadcast website.

The real-time comment system collapsed, and the players' feelings at that moment could not be expressed.

But this does not mean that other places cannot express it.

If the movie was just an ordinary promotion.

The effect would probably not be so exaggerated.

But the movie was announced at the time when "Easter Egg Adventure" ended... Linmu Studio slowly laid the groundwork, aroused the emotions of the players step by step, and finally completely detonated it.

In addition, the natural high universality of the carrier of the movie.

As Mou Feng said.

Who can stand this...

The live broadcast just ended, less than half an hour later.

"Ready Player One" rushed to the top of the hot search list!

Whether it is playing games or not, everyone participated in the discussion!

Player community.

That's even more terrifying.

It's no exaggeration to say.

This day... belongs entirely to "Ready Player One".

If players had doubts about the theme of this year's carnival, "Love Letter", before.

Then after "Ready Player One" was announced... all doubts disappeared.

Because they really can't find... a more appropriate metaphor than a love letter.

[Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh——Ready Player One! Linmu Studio!!!]

[With so many copyrights, you can imagine how much effort Linmu Studio has put in... Many works that I remember, really, I'm old, I cried directly when I saw the promotional video!

Linmu Studio is now the god in my mind! Forever God!!! 】

【Decades of electronic product development seemed to be condensed in that moment, plus I had just experienced "Easter Egg Adventure"... It was really exciting and thrilling. This should be the best "love letter" I have ever received in my life... Facts have proved that Lin Yao is always the producer who understands players the most. 】

【At the end of the promotional video, it was like my head was split open, and then I was poured with ice, and I felt comfortable from head to toe! Love letter... Perhaps only Linmu Studio can write such a love letter. 】

【Everyone buys me a ticket!!! Buy me a ticket!!! 】

【Lin Yao... Thank you. 】

【...】

There is no doubt.

"Ready Player One"... succeeded.

...

The next day.

Linmu Studio.

Qi Jianhua, who had been browsing social media all night yesterday, went straight to the operation department as soon as he arrived at the company.

Although he had a general understanding of the feedback from players.

But he was still worried without seeing the specific data...

Half an hour later.

Qi Jianhua successfully obtained the relevant data of various dimensions of "Ready Player One" from the operation department after the release.

After seeing the terrifying data,

Qi Jianhua immediately showed joy on his face, and then rushed directly to Lin Yao's office.

"Lin Yao!"

In excitement,

Qi Jianhua didn't even knock on the door, but pushed it open and walked in.

Then he yelled.

"..."

But there was no sign of Lin Yao in the office. The

person who stayed in the office was not even Mu Wanqing. It was the head of the marketing department, Xi Qianyu.

She was watering the green plants on Lin Yao's desk.

"Why are you here? Where's Lin Yao?" Qi Jianhua was stunned when he saw her.

"Lin Yao... ran away a long time ago."

Xi Qianyu sighed and put down the shower head: "Even Manager Mu... Three days ago, Manager Mu had completed all the work handovers, including watering."

She pointed to the green plants on the desk.

"——Ah???" Qi Jianhua was stunned, with question marks all over his head.

"It seems that he didn't tell your product department."

Xi Qianyu glanced at his expression, and immediately understood the cause and effect. She smiled helplessly: "Maybe he didn't want to affect you, but it's normal to think about it... The administrative department has nothing to do with you, so there's no need to mention it specifically. As for Lin Yao, there's no replacement for her, so it's better not to say it..."

Xi Qianyu was still talking.

But Qi Jianhua didn't listen at all and just stayed where he was.

He ran away now?

He really doesn't even give people time to feel nostalgic?

... So handsome?

He slowly lowered his head and looked at Lin Yao's desk, revealing a helpless look.

Of course, he was also a little disappointed.

"I've finished watering... Do you have anything else to do?"

At this time.

Xi Qianyu woke up Qi Jianhua.

Qi Jianhua glanced at her and then retreated to the door.

Xi Qianyu walked out, closed the office door, patted his shoulder, and left.

She could understand the feelings of these product department staff and what Lin Yao meant to them, but she really couldn't help.

Qi Jianhua still stood there in a daze, without responding.

After a long time.

He came back to his senses, smiled in a lost state, and was about to turn around and leave.

But at the moment he turned around, he suddenly noticed the sign on Lin Yao's office door from the corner of his eye...

He paused and immediately stopped turning around.

And after seeing the content on the sign clearly...

Qi Jianhua was stunned again.

Then, he shook his head helplessly, with a little relief, and took a last look at the sign, turned around and left with a smile.

And soon...

the front of Lin Yao's office returned to calm.

Staff members continued to pass by Lin Yao's office.

Everything seemed to be no different from countless ordinary working days in the past.

If there was any difference,

it would probably be the sign at the door of Lin Yao's office.

Originally, there was only Lin Yao's name on the sign, but I don't know when, a few more words were added -

[Lin Yao [I'm on vacation -]]

I tried my best, and I can only write this much... Sorry,

(End of this chapter)