And Captain Wen Changping is not the only one who appears in the game's advertising screen!
In addition to Wen Changping, Jiang Feng also saw many faces that were so familiar that they couldn't be more familiar.
There is Captain Yan Feng, who retired with honors after serving on the front lines; there is Lieutenant Wang Weining, the uncrowned hero of logistics who provided sufficient military supplies to the front lines many times; there is also Colonel Luo Changxing, the spiritual pillar of the army, and so on.
These veterans were once legends on the battlefield, creating their own heroic legends on the battlefield. Even now, many of the lessons taught in military academies are classic battles passed down from their past!
During these decades, as the interstellar beast tide subsided and the great battles passed, the heroes of the past gradually grew old, their temples turned gray, their strong and flexible bodies became dull and decayed, and their nimble hands, which used to be able to control themselves, became unable to aim at the enemy.
So, just like that, one legendary hero after another announced their retirement or early retirement, left the public eye, and withdrew from the glorious historical stage that once belonged to them.
Jiang Feng didn't know what others were thinking, but as a military academy student, he only felt it was a pity that he could not be born in the same era as those heroic predecessors and witness their glorious past history.
Every time a hero retired, Jiang Feng felt more regret and sorrow. He even didn't dare to imagine what life was like for his predecessors after retirement, especially those who left the Federal Center. Returning to ordinary life, it would probably not be better than the glorious past.
In fact, Jiang Feng is not the only one who has such thoughts. Many other military academy students also think so. They don’t even want their predecessors to announce their retirement. They would rather stay in the Federal Center and serve as their military academy instructors.
Therefore, every time a heroic senior from the past announced his retirement, they would be sad for a long time, just like when Captain Wen Changping announced his early retirement and decided to leave the Federal Center a few months ago, many military academy students couldn't help but send private messages asking Captain Wen if he could not retire and continue to stay in the Federal Center.
They don't want a legend to end like this, they want to see it continue.
But does retirement really mean the end of a legend? Is it really so?
Looking at the advertisement in front of him, Jiang Feng seemed a little unsure.
Because he saw that the retired seniors did not live an ordinary and miserable life as he had imagined. What he saw was a completely different picture.
In the advertisement screen in front of them, senior veterans like Wen Changping were sitting together around several virtual particle screens designed for games. They were whispering about the data of certain map monster groups and how to change them, while proudly showing off their glorious achievements in their youth to their old enemies.
Even when it comes to some campaign maps where opinions conflict, many veterans who don't want to admit defeat will start arguing like children, blowing their beards and glaring at each other, insisting that their own method is better and that they should use their own plan instead of the old enemy's plan, which is not as good as their own.
Especially when the arguments got heated, the old veterans would start to pull each other's tails, and they couldn't help but complain about each other and expose each other's negative information. They either said that the other party's brain was not very good at the beginning, or that the other party's brain was too good, which led to overthinking and slowing down the progress of the strategy, etc. The scene was once very interesting, and it was really funny and lively.
What was even more unexpected was that the one who finally 'stabilized' the seniors was actually Lieutenant Wang, the least impressive officer on the front line, who was in charge of logistics. He just calmly drank his tea and said quietly:
"Stop arguing. If I hadn't provided you with a steady supply of military supplies from the rear, I think you would have been finished. Do you believe it?"
Lieutenant Wang's words were truly powerful.
All of a sudden, the seniors fell silent, all with an expression on their faces that said, "I'm so angry. I don't want to admit it, but I have to admit it."
Such a scene made the people standing in front of the advertising screen couldn't help but smile.
But unlike the aunt's laughter that came out of lightness before, at this moment, they smiled subconsciously because they felt satisfied. They didn't expect that they would have such an opportunity to see the ordinary yet extraordinary life of the old seniors after retirement. Just by watching, they felt an unprecedented satisfaction, humor and... touching in their hearts.
But what on earth are these veterans up to now, all gathered together like this? They're surrounding what looks like a few virtual particle screens for game design?
The advertising screen in front of them was obviously very large, allowing almost everyone passing by to see all the content on the screen clearly, but the passers-by standing in front of the advertising screen still couldn't control themselves and subconsciously tiptoed to look.
It seemed that by doing this, they would be able to see clearly what the old masters were drumming up together.
Especially Jiang Feng, he is a student of military academy. From the very beginning, he heard a lot of very familiar professional terms, like professional terms that are used when discussing strategies. But how could a good game advertisement be related to these professional terms?
No, wait, something's not right. He remembered that at the beginning, Captain Wen introduced himself to them as... something like the technical instructor for the game "Xianxia Qiyuan"? What exactly did this "technical instructor" cover?
Jiang Feng was a little confused until he saw the familiar small wave monster tide modeling, as well as the difficult-to-conquer rock formation terrain modeling that had appeared many times in the course, and then Jiang Feng seemed to wake up a little.
Could it be that, could it be that, what the seniors are doing now is... ?
Facts have proved that Jiang Feng's bold guess was correct.
Because in the next moment, Jiang Feng saw the classic battle "Small Wave Beast Tide Attack Terrain Map" that most of the military academy students had come into contact with, and the old predecessors had installed this map in a certain large-scale game.
And this large-scale game is none other than the large-scale game that made them very excited before - "Xianxia Qiyuan"!
In other words, the game copy of "Xianxia Qiyuan" was made by the old predecessors together, so they are called the "technical instructors" of "Xianxia Qiyuan"?
On the other hand, does this mean that if they play "Xianxia Qiyuan," they'll have the opportunity to experience the dungeon games designed by their predecessors? This is a privilege they might not even get in military school! Maybe they can even learn from the extraordinary strategic thinking of the veterans?
When he thought of this, Jiang Feng became completely excited and couldn't wait to tell his classmates and mentors the good news!
This is an extremely rare opportunity. You know, up to now, there have been senior veterans who have come to the Federal Military Academy to provide guidance to these cadets on the "battlefield simulation course."
But this is the first time that so many legendary veterans have come together to provide technical guidance!
The game advertisement in front of them was like a worm in everyone's stomach, knowing exactly what everyone was thinking. The next moment, all the game promotional images in the advertisement disappeared, and only a very pleasant female voice was heard. The very pleasant female voice said:
"Hello everyone, my name is 'Tang Mu', and I'm the lead designer of the game 'Xianxia Qiyuan'. I have good news for you: in a few days, 'Xianxia Qiyuan' will hold a temporary celebration to celebrate the seniors, led by Senior Wen, for being the first to successfully activate the replica that corrected the data. I'd like to invite all players to participate in this celebration. The event will be a team competition with 7-10 people in each team. The winning team will receive a reward of 8,000 star coins per member and have the opportunity to further communicate with the senior seniors. Everyone is welcome to sign up~"
"Oh, by the way, since the detailed schedule hasn't been finalized yet, please pay attention to the advertisement at the end of 'Xianxia Qiyuan' for the registration portal and opening hours. The specific time and registration portal for the team competition will be announced soon—"
And then, nothing happened. The game advertisement screen only listed the words "Registration entrance and time for team competition will be announced in the advertisement soon, please pay attention to it." After that, the subsequent screen disappeared and turned into other promotional ads.
This time, there really was no more. The advertising for the game "Xianxia Qiyuan" ended all at once, leaving everyone present feeling unsatisfied and unable to help but curse:
"Fuck, when does registration for the team competition start? Just explain it to them clearly. What should those who want to sign up do? Don't keep them in suspense. QAQ—"
So, naturally, "Xianxia Qiyuan" suddenly exploded in multiple star regions, including the Federal Center.
When Jiang Feng returned to the military academy, he found that many of his classmates and mentors knew about "Xian Xia Qi Yuan" without him saying anything, and said that they had just seen the advertisement.
Especially when Captain Wen Changping and other seniors showed up at the end, almost all the military academy students and military academy instructors were excited. While discussing it, they couldn't help but ask everyone in the school group whether they wanted to form a team and sign up for the team competition!
There are also mentors who take the initiative to form teams, hoping to build a satisfactory team and try to collide with the strategic thinking of their predecessors!
It can be said that for a while, all the discussions in the military academy in the federal center were about forming teams. There were even many teams that were originally fixed in the military academy league, and it seemed that they really wanted to play team competitions to explore it.
This invisibly sparked the curiosity of other cadets who hadn't seen the advertisement, and they all took the initiative to find out what exactly "Xianxia Qiyuan" was. After learning about it... their eyes lit up and they asked everyone when the team competition would be held.
The answer I got was - don’t say you want to know, we all want to know!
"Fuck, it's been three days. I've been squatting in front of the advertising screen for three days, and I haven't even made it to the registration time for the team competition! It's pissing me off to death. This isn't the most infuriating thing. The most infuriating thing is that everyone is using the open space in front of the advertising screen as a resting place? Why are there so many people? I just came a little late, but I can't get in the front. I can only stand far away, and my view is almost blocked. I can't even see Senior Wen's face clearly. QvQ."
"Brother, you're okay, really okay? You just couldn't see the scene clearly. Unlike me, you probably don't know what I went through. I almost thought I was on some big blind date. The couple in front of me met while playing games and confirmed their relationship soon after. I want to thank "Xianxia Qiyuan" for bringing them together. The couple behind me didn't know each other before coming here, but after discovering we all played the same sect, we started chatting sweetly. The same thing happened to both sides of me. They were either on a blind date or in the sweet honeymoon period of love. It's a real blow to me, a single guy. I still have to wait and see when the registration for the team competition will be announced. It's too miserable, blah, blah."
"Ahhh, I won't say anything else. The commercials for 'Xianxia Romance' are great, even the transitions are beautiful. I always go early to watch them, but every time I'm there, I'm forced to watch round after round of commercials for 'Star Romance'. I have to say, the commercials for 'Star Romance' get uglier the more I watch them. What was wrong with me that I bought the game 'Star Romance' in the first place? I wasted a lot of money!"
I have to say that these three days were wonderful in many ways.
The most exciting part, of course, was in a residence somewhere in the Federal Center. In that room, three people, led by Lin Ke, were all very satisfied and excited to see the ever-growing game data revenue in the background.
Especially Wang Yu, she had never seen so many star coins in her life. When she thought that she would get one third of them after this, her expression became excited. She was so excited that her face, which was originally quite pretty, became a little distorted.
It was the female Beta named 'Yan Li' who used to work in the military region's logistics department. She had a somewhat uneasy look on her face. Looking at the huge game in the background and Wang Yu's slightly distorted expression of excitement, Yan Li couldn't seem to be happy. Instead, she felt even more uneasy. She tried to hold it back, but in the end, she couldn't hold it back anymore and stammered:
"Once we've made enough money... let's stop. I think if we continue like this, we'll be discovered sooner or later. You didn't even give me time to fine-tune the game. Besides, Wang Yu, don't you regret it? Weren't those two siblings from the Luo family pretty good to you in the past...?"
Hearing this, Wang Yu was like being pulled by the tail, and his emotions suddenly became agitated. He almost rushed over to fight with Yan Li. With an ugly face, he said viciously:
"Be good to me? Haha, if the Luo siblings were good to me, they wouldn't have refused to introduce me to the Alpha I liked. They said he had high standards and wasn't suitable for me, and that his character wasn't good. They also said he required his spouse to be from the central Federation, and advised me not to get in touch with him. When I heard that, I really thought he had high standards and wouldn't be interested in an Omega like me from a secondary star zone."
"But do you know what happened later? The Alpha I liked actually started pursuing Luo Dongyang like crazy! He said that the Alpha looked down on my background in the secondary star zone, and that it was all for my own good! Bullshit, all bullshit! Luo Qingmei just didn't want me to hinder Luo Dongyang's path, so she said that. It was obviously me who was in love with him, and I was the one who should have pursued him like crazy! Not Luo Dongyang! I originally had the opportunity to leap into the circle of the Federal Center, but it was ruined. I have no chance anymore. This is all caused by the Luo siblings!"
Hearing Wang Yu's almost hysterical and hateful words, Yan Li probably knew what was going on and wanted to say something, but in the end she opened her mouth and nothing came out, because she knew that Wang Yu would not be able to listen to anything she said at this moment.
Moreover, as far as she knew, the Luo siblings were not at fault in this matter.
Yan Li had also heard of the Alpha in the Federal Center that Wang Yu mentioned. He was indeed an Alpha who looked good on the outside but had a bad character and reputation. So it was not wrong for Luo Qingmei not to recommend her childhood friend Wang Yu to have any contact with him.
As for why the other party later pursued Luo Dongyang madly, Yan Li was not surprised.
Since Luo Dongyang is a high-quality Omega who is very popular among Alphas, it is not surprising that the other party is attracted to Luo Dongyang. Moreover, Luo Dongyang seems to have rejected the other party's pursuit, and not long after, he followed his sister Luo Qingmei to leave the Federal Center and never had any contact with that Alpha again.
Strictly speaking, the Luo siblings did nothing wrong, and Wang Yu had been living well during this period because of the relationship with the Luo siblings. But it was obvious that Wang Yu did not think so. She pushed all the faults that had never happened onto the Luo siblings, and even wanted to make Luo Qingmei disabled.
Perhaps, the fundamental reason why Wang Yu hates the Luo siblings so much is not because of this, this may just be a trigger.
What is more likely is that Wang Yu has hated the Luo siblings for a long time. The reason is not for anything else, but because they have the same background, the Luo siblings are much better than Wang Yu. Wherever the Luo siblings are, Wang Yu is always the one who is ignored. This is why Wang Yu's hatred has accumulated little by little.
However, Yan Li had no right to say anything about Wang Yu. She was a good person too. Lin Ke helped her create a good identity, making her look as good as Luo Qingmei. But in fact, she was accidentally caught by Lin Ke for embezzling logistics funds in the military area. Lin Ke threatened her, saying that as long as she did things for him, he would not report her, and would also let her stay in the federal center after leaving the military area.
Yan Li didn't know how Lin Ke did it, she only knew that she was qualified to stay in the Federal Center.
This was the reason why she gritted her teeth and took the risk to help Lin Ke make the game "Star Romance" to make money. She was really afraid of returning to the low-level star area to live out the poor days in the past. No matter what, she, Yan Li, would stay in the Federal Center even if she died.
But there was one thing she didn't quite understand: wasn't Lin Ke said that she was Marshal Lin's undisclosed granddaughter? No matter what, Marshal Lin wouldn't mistreat his granddaughter and let her go without money, right?
But in fact, Lin Ke was a little anxious to let her imitate the game "Star Romance" to make money, as if she urgently needed a large sum of money somewhere, so she set her sights on the game market that could make money in a short period of time. It was also her idea to use Wang Yu to bring Luo Qingmei down.
Thinking of this, Yan Li couldn't help but turn her head and look at Lin Ke.
But Lin Ke didn't even turn around to look at Yan Li and Wang Yu, as if these two people were nothing in her eyes, and she was always superior to others. Her attention was basically focused on the revenue data of the game background. Looking at the revenue on the first day after the advertisement was launched and the game was online, she said with dissatisfaction, why is the revenue increasing so slowly, and now even the cost has not been recovered!
"This is only the first day of the ad campaign, and it's already great to have this kind of revenue. There will definitely be more in the future. There must be a lot of people who just saw our ad but didn't buy it yet."
Yan Li thinks this way about this. Although this game is her imitation, how can the revenue not increase with such overwhelming advertising?
Now the revenue from the first day of the game has already exceeded one-third of the investment cost. It is certain that the investment will be recovered soon and a lot of money will be made. What's more, the designers of "Star Trek" have been defeated by them, and there are no games on the market that can match them.
As for that "Xianxia Qiyuan"? No kidding, the game's building designs and fantasy pet designs are indeed nice, but that's all it is. It's just a game for a minor star region, what kind of waves can it possibly cause?
Thinking of this, Yan Li felt at ease again. She subconsciously ignored the uneasiness in her heart and just waited for "Interstellar" to make them money.
Originally, Yan Li really thought so.
However, the game revenue that looked very good on the first day did not grow as expected on the second day, but was almost the same as on the first day.
Seeing this, Yan Li was a little surprised, but Wang Yu, who was overwhelmed by the huge amount of star coins, excitedly pulled Yan Li to spend money, and said that they would become richer and richer in the future and there was no need to save so little. This made Yan Li a little excited, and she didn't pay much attention to the situation on the star network.
It was not until the third day after the launch of the game "Star Romance" that Yan Li was dumbfounded when she saw the backend game revenue. She saw that the game revenue had dropped by more than half in an instant, and some people were cursing "Star Romance" as a rubbish game and asked them to return their money.
This commotion completely shocked Yan Li. After she understood the whole story, she was completely stunned. And after Lin Ke learned about this, seeing that the game backend hadn't even recovered its advertising costs and the game revenue hadn't increased, he couldn't help but go berserk!
"What the hell is going on?! Wang Yu, didn't you say there was no problem? You said the game designer who investigated "Xianxia Qiyuan" was just an ordinary Beta from a secondary star zone! Then why is she back now? Where did she get so much money to place ads in the Federation Center! And she's clearly close to Wen Changping and the others!!"
"How should I know! I really thought she was just an ordinary Beta! And I said at the beginning that I wasn't sure, but you wanted this design to attract popularity, so weren't you the one who made the final decision, Lin Ke?"
Of course, unlike the farce-like scene on Lin Ke's side, Tang Tang in the secondary star area couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw the long string of zeros added to the game's backend revenue.
Yes, that’s right, it wasn’t great joy, but a sudden sigh of relief.
The reason was not anything else, but because the income was received by the backend not long ago, and in the blink of an eye, it was all taken by Tang Tang to pay off debts. In the end, all the hard work was gone, and even Zhang Shang's salary was almost not paid.
Fortunately, "Xianxia Qiyuan" seems to be really popular now, and the number of players playing the game has increased several times. Most of the players are probably still in the trial stage in the past few days. In a few days, the traffic of these players should be able to be converted into actual game revenue. When Tang Tang thought that he would be able to get a lot of money in a few days, his mood also improved.
The only bad thing was that suddenly more and more people applied to add Tang Tang as a friend.
Not only did they come from other secondary star regions, but they also came from the Federation Center. They were all anxious to add Tang Tang as their friend. The reason they wanted to apply to add Tang Tang as their friend was not for anything else, but simply because they wanted to know...
When exactly does that "dungeon excitement" celebration event start? When exactly does registration for the team competition open?! They're so anxious!
Tang Tang expressed helplessness about this.
In fact, Tang Tang had already drafted the detailed rules of the team competition this time. The reason why he had not released them before was to keep people watching their advertisements for "Xianxia Qiyuan" and to let the players in the Federal Center and other star regions compare the two games "Xianxia Qiyuan" and "Star Qiyuan" horizontally and vertically, so that they can know what a truly exciting large-scale game is.
At present, Tang Tang's goal has been achieved. It is said that players in the Federation Center and other star regions have made various comparisons between "Star Romance" and the two games "Star Trek" and "Xianxia Romance". They have been scolding the game designer of "Star Romance" in all aspects.
Since nothing like this has happened in the StarCraft gaming market before, there's no clear solution for the time being. However, I've heard that veteran players are planning to form a "gaming association" and sue the game designer of "StarCraft," who is seriously impacting the market balance and popularity. It's unclear when a decision will be made, though.
However, Wang Yu, who falsely accused Luo Qingmei of plagiarism and was suspected of using banned drugs to harm others, has been imprisoned, and game designer Yan Li was also exposed for a lot of negative information and was directly kicked out of the Federal Center. It is unknown which star region she is now in.
As for Lin Ke... she said innocently that she was instigated and even paid out of her own pocket to help them invest. She neither hurt anyone nor participated in the game design. I heard that in the end, some members of the Lin family seemed to plead for her. Not long after, she disappeared. I don't know if she is still in some corner of the Federation Center or has gone to other star areas.
Could it be that Lin Ke is really the granddaughter of Marshal Lin who has never been made public?
Tang Tang thought so subconsciously, but the secondary star zone was indeed a bit far from the federal center. Tang Tang was not very clear about the specific situation, as he had only heard it from others. However, no matter what the relationship between Guan Linke and Marshal Lin was, it would not affect Tang Tang's life.
Because... Tang Tang has had a headache recently. It's not anything else, but the team competition. The reason why the specific time of the team competition has not been announced is not because of anything else, but because his brother's comrades Geng Zhiqiu and others saw the advertisement of "Xianxia Qiyuan" and thought that the team competition seemed very interesting, so they also wanted to come and participate.
Oh, it’s the kind that Tang Tang leads the team, because mecha soldiers don’t have many holidays, they can only take one day off at most to participate, so they need Tang Tang, the chief designer, to help them match their equipment.
Tang Tang didn't think it was a big deal. He just thought of it as playing games with his brothers. It was nice to relax once in a while.
But the problem was that Tang Sheng and Geng Zhiqiu were professionals, and veterans like Wen Changping thought this wasn't feasible. How could they demonstrate their skills without increasing the difficulty of the game dungeons? This led to the repeated delays in announcing the team competition.
However, I heard that the revisions seemed to be almost completed today, and they asked me to come over to see their final results and bring some fermented wine.
Tang Tang realized that the invitation to see the final result was fake, and the real reason was that he wanted to receive the fermented and mature wine as soon as possible.
So, not long after receiving the news, Tang Tang and Zhang Shang went to Senior Wen Changping's home together.
What was a bit surprising was that after Tang Tang and the others arrived, the person who came to open the door for them was not Wen Xiaole or any other senior, but someone who surprised Tang Tang.
And this person was none other than the SSS-level guy, Huo Yan, whom Tang Tang had just met some time ago.
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