To ascend, I had no choice but to create games

Chapter 608: Chapter 349: You’re Playing a Pirated Version, Right? (Second Update)_1 Chapter 608: Chapter 349: You’re Playing a Pirated Version, Right? (Second Update)_1 Carrying the braised beef that the neighbor’s wife had brought over, Qian Xiaohao returned to his apartment.

He placed the beef on the table, securely closed the door, opened the window to let the air circulate, and then sat down to examine the beef that came from across the way.

The beef was still piping hot. Through the gaming pod, Qian Xiaohao saw the small chunks of beef soaking in the brown sauce, emitting a mouthwatering aroma.

There was still some rice left from last night in the fridge, and pouring the sauce over the rice would make a great dinner.

But Qian Xiaohao didn’t dare to move.

The development of the game within the game overlapped with the game’s progress in an unexpected way, making things develop beyond his anticipation, giving him the impression that the game was not as mundane as others had said.

Of course, this could also be a small Easter egg from Fang Cheng Studio—no one could clearly say what sort of game these mad game developers might come up with.

He turned his computer back on, still keen to read more details about the game on the order form.

But before he could start, he noticed an email pop up in his inbox, sent by the client from the order form.

[I’m very sorry, Mr. Qian Xiaohao. Due to an error on our part, it seems we have sent you a script. We hope you can delete this program as soon as possible. Here is five thousand yuan as compensation, and we hope you can accept it.]

After reading the email, Qian Xiaohao indeed found a five thousand yuan check attached to the email.

With a simple click, that money would transfer to his account, and he could buy better equipment for a better livestreaming setup.

However, Qian Xiaohao’s outlook was not so shortsighted.

He pondered over each word in the email meticulously, and then sent a reply:

[What do you mean by ‘script’?]

[It’s a script-based game. We were planning to center it around a streamer, then create a multiplayer dating game. In this game, players would be surrounded by many attractive members of the opposite sex. They could continuously improve these characters’ favorability and vie for their affection. We’ve already created versions for both men and women; the one we sent you is a version we don’t plan on releasing.]

While the explanation seemed adequate, Qian Xiaohao still felt there was something amiss.

He didn’t touch the money but continued to mull over the details.

He was usually too lazy to give much thought to problems in games; after all, most issues could be solved with money, and if not, it simply meant he hadn’t spent enough.

Fang Cheng Studio’s games were the first to give him a real challenge, and the realism of “Wonderful Life” made these puzzles seem all the more eerie, prompting Qian Xiaohao to consider verifying things further.

He reopened the game and found that the streamer in the game was also staring blankly at a computer just like him.

Then, the in-game streamer heard a knock at the door. When he opened it, he found the university student from downstairs standing at the threshold, shyly handing over a love letter.

After reading through this segment, just as Qian Xiaohao was preparing to analyze the scene’s content, he heard a knock at his own door.

“Big brother Qian Xiaohao, are you inside?”

Outside was the crisp voice of a university girl.

She was a broadcasting major, her voice lovely and clear, with proper enunciation and that soft, tender inflection unique to women from the South—Qian Xiaohao’s favorite kind of voice.

While he could feel the visitor had ill intentions, Qian Xiaohao still liked to hear her call him brother, which never failed to make him shiver with delight.

But today, upon hearing her voice, Qian Xiaohao only felt a chill run down his spine.

The girl had enacted the same scenario as the character in the game—either someone was playing a trick on him, or something unbelievable was happening.

At that moment, Qian Xiaohao almost forgot he was still inside a game.

He felt like a mere streamer, engrossed in a bizarre game with an odd girl knocking incessantly at his door.

“Big brother Qian Xiaohao, are you inside?”

“Big brother Qian Xiaohao, are you inside?”

“Big brother Qian Xiaohao, are you inside?”

The girl’s knocking was incredibly steady, every fifteen seconds she would gently knock three times, then cross her hands, quietly wait for thirty seconds, and knock again.

She seemed absolutely certain that Qian Xiaohao was home and wouldn’t leave until she had summoned him out.

But upon closer examination of the situation in the game, Qian Xiaohao felt there was definitely more than meets the eye.

The girl seemed fixated on completing a task, and that task was to deliver the love letter in her hands to him. This university girl was like an NPC in Newbie Village; she wouldn’t move to her next action until she had completed her specific task.

In any other game, such a setup wouldn’t pose a problem.

But where was this?

This was a game from Fang Cheng Studio!

Their AI was unbelievably advanced; each AI could react differently given the situation, making this sort of robotic and rigid behavior completely out of character.

At that moment, Qian Xiaohao was excited.

He felt like he had discovered an Easter egg in the game, and he might very well be the first person to find it.

Although he was still unaware of the details of this Easter egg, the title of being “first” was enough to thrill him, and he was ready to embrace his glory.