Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch

Chapter 811: Chapter 770: Another Surprise!

Cloud Dream Live Room, rarely held a marathon-style live broadcast.

Netizens could always see the lit live broadcast room whenever they opened it.

Even in the late night, when there were no human figures in the camp – the players each returned to their own homes, and the few on-duty staff members went back to sleep in the warm box truck, the live broadcast never stopped.

However, at this time, the protagonist of the live broadcast room had already changed.

After the players dispersed, the wild spirit beasts did not leave.

Moreover, due to Cloud Dream’s design, all 12 types of spirit beasts that had been released so far appeared in the lens.

Some were already sleeping in their virtual nests, some were leisurely strolling around, and a few were squatting on the shore of the North Sea, watching the young Kun who occasionally floated to the surface of the water, spraying gentle streams of water, never getting tired of watching.

When the morning sun rose the next day, two new spirit beasts strolled into the frame with leisurely steps.

One was like a cow with four horns and pig ears, and the other was like an eagle with horns on its head.

These are [Zhuhuai] and [Gudiao].

In the record of “Classics of Mountains and Seas”, they are both fierce beasts capable of eating humans.

However, in the lens, they are just two basketball-sized pets, with just a ferocious expression.

Then appeared some early morning tourists going for a workout.

—The new Pokémon event was indeed very attractive to players, but compared to winter, the weekend, and early morning beds, it was also difficult to decide which was better.

If it was a virtual game that didn’t require getting out of bed, it would definitely be nothing to say, even struggling to get in the game.

But getting out of bed in the early morning, braving the cold to go to the distant North Sea Park, was a different matter…

—It’s not impossible, it just takes more time to “hesitate” and “procrastinate”.

Most of the early morning tourists were of a higher age and had limited enthusiasm for new things, often just taking a glance and then leaving.

But two elderly men strolling around were different.

After reporting to the police yesterday, they ran straight home, but after talking with the younger generation at home, they were instilled with a lot of new things and vaguely understood what was going on.

So this morning, while strolling around at that time, they casually came over to find out more.

The Cloud Dream staff, of course, would not refuse, warmly explaining to them and helping them put on the headbands.

As soon as the headband was activated, young Kun opened his mouth and drank a large mouthful of water, spraying it forcefully into the sky.

The rapid stream of water rushed a hundred meters into the sky before losing its force and falling.

This spectacular scene was reflected right in the eyes of the two old men, immediately causing them to be stunned in place.

“Did you see, there’s a huge fish in the water?”

The old man’s first instinct was not to marvel at the water flow, but to see the essence through the phenomenon and directly lock onto the young Kun underwater.

And the soul of the fishing man was triggered, causing him to yearn for the “big fish”: “It would be nice if it could be caught.”

The other old man had a similar idea, gently patting the headband on his head and asking the staff, “Can you fish in this game?”

“Ah?” The staff member was taken aback.

There are fishing systems in many Cloud Dream games, but not in Pokémon.

Everyone wanted the players to move around and run more often, so they didn’t think much about fishing.

Moreover, considering the safety of players, they didn’t even think about refreshing water-type monsters near reservoirs, lakes, and rivers.

Otherwise, who would be responsible if someone drowned?

“No.”

The staff member felt a little awkward, but still followed the work process, inquired about their specific ideas, and recorded this “player opinion” to submit to the development team.

Interestingly, from yesterday to today, the most submitted player opinions were not about the game content, but about issues outside the game:

“When can we take pictures with the little monsters?”

“Can we see the spirit beasts without wearing the headband?”

“When can we live stream the interaction with the spirit beasts?”

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These issues may seem different, but they all boil down to one problem: spirit beasts can only be seen by users wearing [Eight Sides], and in the eyes of passers-by, they are like epileptics, interacting with the air.

Moreover, the interaction between oneself and the spirit beasts can only be left in the memory but cannot be recorded or shared on the internet, which is a pity for the players.

For the streamers, this is also a big issue.

After all, now that Pokémon’s heat is high enough, the “no physical” live broadcasts are fresh enough for the audience.

But if this continues, the audience will soon become bored and lose interest.

In order to solve this problem, Lincoln and Little Dream temporarily put aside the matters regarding “Chang’an” and even the learning of the consciousness chip technology for a while, joining the development team of “Pokémon” and quickly completing the development of new features for the Cloud Dream APP.

It was indeed an oversight by the development team.

According to the original development plan, after updating the system for “Eight Sides”, both photo taking and video recording permissions would be unlocked, so they didn’t think about any photo-related issues.

But real-life games are different from virtual games.

In the virtual world, as long as players set the right parameters, they can take photos and videos of themselves from any angle.

But in reality, the angle of “Eight Sides” is fixed, and if you want to take photos from other angles, you must rely on other devices or have friends help to take the photo.

If you don’t have any friends, you couldn’t even take a photo with your pet, which is undoubtedly very inconvenient.

However, with the updated Cloud Dream APP, this problem is now solved — all you need to do is to bind the headband with the APP, and you can use the mobile phone camera to capture the “non-existent” spirit beasts.

Both the issues of taking group photos and live streaming have been resolved.

Just twenty minutes after the APP update, various cute photos of divine beasts and their owners started flooding the internet.

The “Monster Portraits” sub-forum of the game forum quickly completes its historical mission and transforms into a “Monster Fan Art” forum on the same night.

Then, a unique photo caught the attention of many online passersby:

A tall, long-haired beauty in a red dress is standing with her back to the camera, and in front of her, a hundred-meter “giant” fish-like creature called Kun leaps out of the broken ice, forming a perfect arch.

Magic atmosphere filled to the brim.

And they were all real!

The audience in the Cloud Dream Live Streaming Room can prove it: they all saw the girl shivering in the cold winter as she took off her down jacket, trembled, and waited for Little Kun to leap out of the water.

After managing to take the photo, she quickly put on her military coat and shivered by the portable bonfire.

Because of her, the Spirit Beast Camp turned into a popular check-in spot for online celebrities and a large number of netizens who love to follow the trends came to replicate the photo.

Replicating the photo isn’t difficult: Cloud Dream provides equipment for free, and as long as you capture the moment when Little Kun leaps out of the water, you can take a stunning photo within 10 minutes.

As long as your skill and luck are good enough, you can capture a breathtaking photo within 10 minutes.

According to everyone’s experience, although the frequency of Little Kun leaping out of the water is not fixed, it will jump out at least once every ten minutes.

Upon noticing this, Samuel hurriedly contacted people to bring a batch of ginger soup and more warming equipment such as hand warmers to prevent anyone from getting sick from the cold.

The players also witnessed the extent to which these online celebrities were willing to go!

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Outdoor streamer Captain Strawberry also came to the scene with great enthusiasm.

But she wasn’t as bold and didn’t dare to pose in sports underwear with a coat on in the winter.

She honestly wore her down jacket, put on her hat, wrapped her scarf, and bundled herself up tightly.

In order for her audience to see the magical creatures, she no longer used her dedicated live streaming equipment but instead returned to using her phone for live streaming – placing the tripod by the shore and waiting for Little Kun’s arrival.

The audience also chatted and waited for the Little Kun to leap out of the water.

Five minutes later, Captain Strawberry heard the “cracking” noise of ice breaking, and when she looked, the ice was indeed cracking on a large scale— as the Little Kun performed “Water Splash,” the ice surface behind it would gradually return to its condition in reality within 30 seconds.

Quickly, Captain Strawberry turned her back to the lake and raised her hand in a peace sign, facing the camera with a brilliant smile.

Thus, a young and vibrant beautiful girl appeared on the screen.

Under normal circumstances, the audience in the live streaming room would have been yelling things like “Hello, marry me!” by now.

But now, the situation was completely different — everyone ignored Captain Strawberry’s beauty and focused on the shocking scene behind her:

“Holy shit! What’s that?!”

“Tentacles?!”

“Where’s my Little Kun? Why did it turn into a giant tentacle?! What have you done to Little Kun?!”

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That’s right, as Captain Strawberry turned her back, the ice surface cracked completely, and a huge tentacle, tens of meters long, suddenly broke through the ice!

Then came the second, third, and fourth…

Dense tentacles smashed through the ice, looking like giant pythons dancing wildly towards the sky, the shoreline, and in all directions!

The radiant smile of the beautiful girl and the massive tentacles that filled the background made the whole live streaming screen!