Chapter 312: Ming Dynasty Decree: Heavenly Crisis
Lu Ming stood in front of the world map, like a commander returning from battle.
His fingers moved slowly across the picture, crossing the ground that was crisscrossed like bloody cracks.
"We are setting up a parallel world."
Lu Ming said softly.
"Our story takes place in..."
"The twenty-third year of the Wanli reign."
"The world is suffering from severe drought, and the people are living in misery."
"The director of the Imperial Astronomical Observatory, in an attempt to pray for rain, forcibly and privately activated the ancient artifact, the Armillary Sphere, accidentally tearing the sky and breaking the barrier of time and space."
"then……"
He pressed next page.
In the light and shadow, four maps with completely different styles slowly rose up, as if they did not belong to the same world.
"The Ming Dynasty of the four parallel worlds began to erode each other at this moment."
"Four worlds, four versions of the Ming Dynasty, from different times, histories, and logics, were forcibly pulled into the same time and space node!"
"The armillary sphere triggered a resonance in space and time."
"The cracks tear apart reality, and four parallel Ming dynasties erode each other."
The conference room was shaken.
Everyone looked up at the same time.
"You can understand this as... a Cthulhu-style setting."
“Thus, four different camps began!”
"There is the Hongwu Firearms Era!"
“This is a flaming dynasty that has never abolished arms research.
Fire muskets rained down, blunderbusses formed into forests, steam chariots crushed countless armies. In this purely military empire, where 'the world relies on military might,' the emperor personally led the firearms battalion, and the eight-foot high-altitude cannons could blast cities and split mountains apart!
"There is the Yongle Whale Abyss prosperous era!"
"After Zheng He's seven voyages to the West, he no longer stopped at the South China Sea, but went deep into the deep sea, discovered unknown underwater civilizations, integrated whale bone technology, and established ocean colonies.
Civilizations merge, fleets traverse the seabed, and ships become cities!
The resources of the abyss supported the Ming Empire, which cultivated both land and sea."
"There's the Chongzhen Flesh and Blood Factory!"
“To combat bandits, foreign enemies, famine, and corruption, Chongzhen launched a nationwide program of flesh-and-blood mechanics.
People are no longer people, steel is no longer cold, war factories and chimeras coexist in the world. "
"And one last one..."
Lu Ming paused briefly.
"I will temporarily call this the manifestation of the Lingxu Ci Kingdom!"
"It is a Ming Dynasty that has been completely consumed by religion.
The imperial court has long been reduced to an altar, where the king offered sacrifices to the Thirteen Provinces to awaken the Spiritual Void Kingdom. All the people worshipped, and millions of people offered sacrifices. Altars of blood and flesh were built to form millions of Buddha statues.
"It has no army, only believers."
"There are no laws, only oracles."
"Behind each camp is a completely different set of world logic, war philosophy, and belief structure!"
"These are the four camps in our game!"
He glanced at everyone with a smile on his face.
"So, we're not doing the traditional RTS red vs. blue confrontation."
"We are building a truly multi-dimensional civilizational war."
"Each faction's gameplay logic, resource structure, and combat thinking must be different."
"Because their buildings, heroes, armies, and combat methods are all different!"
"Different camps, different philosophies."
Lu Ming stood in front of the projection.
He didn't take the manuscript.
He just looked at the picture and felt as if he was already in it.
"This is not a war game."
"It is... a trial of sanity and madness."
"Besides the four different factions, there are other dangers lurking on the continent, such as other enemies whose creatures are distorted by the tearing of the space-time barrier..."
“I gave this game a name.”
"It's called—"The Great Ming Imperial Decree: Crisis of the Universe"."
“This is not a game name.”
"This is an order that a player is about to sign."
"It's the oppression and backlash of the four civilizations, and the clash of misaligned timelines."
"Are you willing to personally write a multi-front war that transcends time and reason?"
At this moment, the conference room was silent.
Even an old man who has been working in system planning for more than ten years couldn't help but get goose bumps.
Who the hell would have thought of this?
That's the name.
It already carries a cold and grand prophetic meaning.
Like a mantra before the countdown begins.
"The imperial edict of the Ming Dynasty is the will of the imperial power."
"Each dynasty has a completely different resource structure, unit output, war logic, and building mechanism."
"Hongwu relied on military production lines, Yongle relied on ocean colonization, Chongzhen relied on flesh and blood transformation, and Lingxu relied on faith to gather energy."
“We are not making an ordinary war RTS.”
Lu Ming's voice sounded again:
"What we designed is not just a confrontation between factions."
“You can compete with other players for resources, incite enemy forces to defect, and launch surprise attacks on flanks.”
"It can also counter unknown forces, defend against pollution, stabilize beacons, and purify the earth veins."
"It was a clash of gunpowder, whalebone, gears, and flesh and blood."
“PVP (player versus player) is the ultimate in strategy.”
“PVE (player vs. computer) is a game of wills.”
“Of course, these are the frames I made!”
"The specific details still need you to fill in!"
"Troops, maps, buildings, skills, these are all huge projects!
"But today, the project, titled 'The Great Ming Imperial Decree: Hun Tian Crisis', has been approved."
He glanced at the scene.
"From today on, everyone enters the development cycle."
“This is not a regular test.”
Lu Ming finished speaking.
For a moment, the conference room became lively with discussions going on one after another.
"This setting is too fucking crazy!"
"Masterpiece! It's really a masterpiece!"
"Following Jingyue is different. A planning meeting makes my blood boil!"
"Me too, but I still can't understand why we have two project teams to make this game!"
"...With this volume and demand, according to our current configuration!"
"The most conservative estimate is seven months."
"Starting from today, if the project is launched tomorrow... then the earliest it will be launched is April next year."
"This is still an ideal situation where nothing goes wrong throughout the process."
After hearing the development time, everyone was silent for a moment.
Lu Ming nodded slowly.
"It doesn't matter."
"It's September."
"We went from September to April of the following year."
"By the time spring arrives, our world will be online."
"Let's go first, and fill in any gaps along the way!"
The final decision was made, and the "Ming Dynasty Decree: Hun Tian Crisis" project was officially launched.
By the next day, all personnel had already started to work together.
"I'll start by putting together a version of the classified documents for the tactical units."
"You make the worldview chronology, and I'll write the growth logic of the numerical system."
"Character design should also be based on regional civilization styles. Firearms and religion don't go together at all!"
“Should UI style be a separate visual sub-project?”
The efficiency was so great that it seemed as if everyone was blessed with an agility aura.
Zhao Chongshan, who was still in the office, was completely dumbfounded.
You should know that the projects he led before took a week of repeated discussions before the project was launched.
But on Lu Ming's side, the speed is totally outrageous!
Does Jingyue not provide overtime pay?
"It's not that we don't get overtime pay, it's that we don't work overtime very often!"
"Boss Lu has already said that if there are people, there are benefits!"
"But overtime isn't a benefit..."
Zhao Qiliang muttered softly.
Zhao Chongshan: “…”
Wow, this is really different from Beishan.
They work overtime occasionally, often occasionally,
But it was the first time he had ever met someone who could make a "planning meeting" feel like a "pre-war mobilization meeting."
He stood by the window, watching all this, and suddenly a long-lost feeling surged in his heart.
Not excitement.
It's respect.
He has been in the industry for many years, participated in many projects, and handled countless temporary demands.
I have seen many so-called blockbuster plans that were hyped to the skies, but ended up in failure.
But the scene is different now.
Everyone is rushing forward with all their might towards the same goal.
No one hesitated.
Zhao Chongshan wanted to say something several times, but when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back silently.
He found that he could no longer help.
Jingyue has grown so big in just a few years.
There is a reason!
…
So, the next day, after leaving Beiming Studio,
Zhao Chongshan went to Jingyue headquarters for the first time.
At first I was quite calm, thinking that I had seen many big companies.
I'm no longer surprised by things like independent coffee bars, employee gyms, and flexible workstations.
But after spending a day at Jingyue, he felt the atmosphere was different.
Zhao Chongshan suddenly realized that
The great thing about this company is not its equipment or decoration.
But people.
Are those who walk in the corridors, sit in the meeting rooms,
Everyone who is still discussing skill mechanisms and plot details while drinking coffee.
He saw an intern carrying a test machine and jogging to the technical team to deliver information, his eyes shining as if he had just received an SSR.
Is this the true whale leap style?
It’s not the system that forces you to work, but everyone treats the project as their own life!
Zhao Chongshan was shocked.
That sense of home that comes from the bones,
It’s like everyone is the boss and everyone is working hard in the same direction.
The concentration with which they discussed every technical detail and the light in their eyes were not the light of a job seeker.
It is the light of hope!
At Whale Leap...
It seemed like everyone knew the direction of the project.
It's like everyone treats this place as their own company.
He suddenly remembered what he often heard someone say in the Beishan studio:
"Oh no, I won't do it today. I'll change it again on Friday anyway."
"Just live one day at a time. No one cares."
"As a worker, it's good enough to be alive."
“One Wednesday, a mountain to climb!”
Zhao Chongshan had heard this before and thought it was normal.
After all, lying down is a normal thing!
But today.
Suddenly it became a bit harsh.
Zhao Chongshan understood.
What Jingyue has achieved today is not due to the talent of one person.
Instead, everyone here regards "project success" as "their own responsibility."
That’s the most amazing thing.
He suddenly felt an indescribable respect for Lu Ming.
Not just admiration.
Zhao Chongshan stood by the window, looking at the LOGO on the door.
An outrageous idea came to mind:
If a vampire has the chance to visit Whale Leap,
Your mouth will definitely be burned and full of blisters!
Because, these are the passion of young people!
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