The virtual empire starts from the game

Chapter 132: Surprised? Unexpected!
This year's Cologne International Games Show officially starts on August 8nd.

But there will also be a globally livestreamed opening night event on the evening of August 8, with a 21-minute pre-show ad preceding the event.

The advertising space here is quite expensive.

——The shortest 30-second advertisement would cost nearly 50 yuan when converted into Xia country currency.

Book in advance
Zhumeng also missed the reservation because he joined too late.

The Sofort game box can squeeze out 30 seconds to play the movie "Frost Project".

Although SoftBank closed its DEI department, it did not dare to explicitly join these extremist organizations.

——When faced with diversity issues, company spokespersons have to say polite words to appease them.

If this were done openly on a global program with tens of millions of viewers, who knows how much trouble it would cause.

So Project Frost will not appear in the advance screening before opening night.

But the Dream Building staff knew about this, but the media, players and manufacturers who came from Xia Country did not know about it.

At this time, I don’t know how many people are waiting to see the trailer of "Frost Project" before the opening night.

——If DreamBuilding wants to promote new gaming technology, what place would be more suitable than this place with extremely high exposure and extremely precise audience?
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Huanyue ended her travel plan in Germany and arrived in Cologne today.

At this moment, he was chatting with three international students from Xia Country in a luxurious suite.

These people are all his fans and they often watch his live broadcasts. When they learned that Huanyue was coming to Cologne to play, they immediately patted their chests and expressed their willingness to host him.

But in fact, these three people did not study in Cologne at all.

——They all studied in Berlin.

The result was that when Huanyue arrived and asked them what fun things there were, they were clueless.

In the end, we all had to take out our phones and search online.

The influx of 400,000 players has brought the entire city into the rhythm of a game exhibition. The streets are full of players and manufacturers, and many bars and shopping malls are also organizing related activities.

But after looking at it, they seemed not very interested.

So Huanyue made the decision to spend time in the big house he had booked, waiting to see whether "Frost and Snow Project" would appear in the preview on the opening night.

It's not time yet and we have nothing to do, so we just eat and chat.

"How long have you been in Germany?" Huanyue asked a common question.

But the three people opposite had painful expressions on their faces.

They looked at each other and took turns speaking:

"This year is the fifth year of my three-year study abroad experience in Germany."

“It is also the fourth year of my three-year study abroad experience.”

"Um, I'm fine, third year, but I guess there will be a fourth year too."

Huanyue immediately retreated tactically, "No, brothers, are you guys doing crosstalk?"

The three of them showed an expression of dismay.

"Then...what are you studying?" Huanyue didn't want to hurt anyone's feelings, so she changed the subject.

“I study mechanical engineering.”

"I'm a physicist."

"I'm an orthopedic surgeon."

"???" Huanyue looked at the third brother, suspecting that he was teasing her, "Are you serious?"

The old man looked painful and said, "Really, I did study orthopedics in Germany."

"So do you have a sister?"

"I studied real orthopedics! The kind where you take human bones apart, boil them, disinfect them, and then put them back together! Not the 2D kind!"

This description made Huanyue shudder, but she couldn't help asking again: "So you didn't?"

The elder brother opened his mouth and said dejectedly, "Yes."

Huanyue nodded contentedly, but did not continue making any vulgar jokes.

——He just couldn’t help but want to play with this joke, and he was satisfied after playing it.

"Let's just play games. I feel like chatting can easily hurt you..."

"Okay, okay." The brother who studied orthopedics nodded quickly in agreement.

Everyone starts "Frost and Snow Plan" and adds friends to enter the new mode of [Dragon Palace Treasure Hunt] to match together.

As soon as she entered the competition venue, Huanyue saw an orthopedic doctor with the ID [Fully Rely on Father], who chose Ning Xi, the youngest character among all the characters.

He was silent for a moment, decided to pretend that he saw nothing, and played the game seriously with a few brothers.

Points mode, transport mode, occupation mode, one game after another.

They didn't stop until it got dark and the opening night officially began.
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Two floors below the luxurious suite where Huanyue is located is the room where Huodao is located.

Although he was on a business trip with public funds, his reimbursements were limited, and he was not allowed to book a very luxurious room - especially because of the Cologne Games Fair, the prices of hotels in the surrounding area had more than doubled.

But Huodao is in a good mood.

——At least he got the information in advance and booked a hotel early.

Many of my colleagues couldn’t find any hotels near the exhibition hall and had to stay far away.

Huo Dao turned on his computer promptly and watched the opening night.
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In a five-star hotel about 600 meters diagonally opposite this hotel, Hu Jun, the operations director of "Abyss of God", was also waiting for the show to begin.

He wasn't waiting for Project Frost.

At least not entirely.

"Abyss of the Gods" is one of the most popular games in the world, so it is natural that it will not miss the Cologne Games Show.

They had their own huge exhibition hall and also bought 90 seconds of promotional film time during the preview before opening night.

The content of the promotional video is the new version of "Abyss of the Gods" which will be launched in September.

Of course, then again.

Whether it is participating in an exhibition or launching a new version, it is not the first time for the "God's Abyss" project team and they are very experienced.

There was absolutely no need for Hu Jun to be present at the scene.

He appeared here, just paying attention to the situation of his own game.

What we really care about is the new technology of "Frost and Snow Project".

According to the terrifying efficiency of Dream Building’s monthly updates, the new version of “Frost and Snow Project” will collide head-on with the new version of “God’s Abyss” next month!
At present, "Frost and Snow Plan" is not enough to pose a threat to the status of "God's Abyss".

However, the new technology demonstrated by Xu Meng created some uncertainty in this collision.

He had to pay attention. Tomorrow morning, he would go directly to Hall 6 where Zhumeng was located to see what was going on.
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In an ordinary hotel two streets away.

Kong Yaohui, a subordinate sent by Fei Zhiyuan of Konjac Game, and Chen Yujia, the planner of the "Nations" project team, happened to become neighbors.

However, in order to avoid accidents, Fei Zhiyuan sent out subordinates who had never appeared in public.

Chen Yujia has never liked showing up in public, and few people in the industry can recognize his face.

So even if the two of them passed each other in the corridor, they were unable to recognize each other.

Their goal is also to build dreams.

But one is "spying on the enemy."

The other one was thinking about the possibility of seeking cooperation while "spying on the enemy."

Whether it is pretending to have a quarrel, or conducting some technical cooperation, or even linkage, it is all great.

Normally, everyone is a competitor and it is unlikely that they will cooperate.

However, if "Nations" cannot threaten "Frost and Snow Project" and only wants to attack "Bird of God", "Frost and Snow Project" will need to start facing the pressure from the leader "Abyss of God".

Thus……

It’s not that there is no room for maneuver!
The Xia Kingdom, far away on the other side of the Eurasian continent.

Thanks to the Dream Building operation, the Cologne Game Show has received unprecedented attention among players.

Even though there was a six-hour time difference, it was already one o'clock in the morning in Xia Country, and there were still a large number of players who had not slept.

They were either in front of their computers or holding their mobile phones, watching the opening night.

I hope to see content about the new technology of "Frost Project".

……

……

Unfortunately, the result of this wait is destined to be disappointment.

Project Frost was not shown at the opening night preview.

But they all waited for something else——

When the 30-minute presentation reached the 23rd minute, after a trailer for a Viking-themed game that mixed naval warfare, exploration, trade, and development elements had just ended, the sound of steel colliding and flames burning was heard from the dark screen.

The next moment, the screen lit up.

With their engines roaring, tanks rolled over the charred corpses and rushed out of the burning forest!
A raging fire was burning overhead, and soldiers wearing gas masks and holding steel spears followed closely behind.

In the trench in front of the tank, the soldier wearing camouflage cloth had a dark face and the Iron Fist bazooka on his shoulder was aimed upwards.

The moment the tank appears, the iron fist is unleashed!
The old guy hit his head on the side armor of the tank!
At the moment of the explosion, the camera suddenly slowed down.

The audience watched with their own eyes as the rocket penetrated the armor and penetrated into the tank, with the metal jet at the tail scattering fragments around.

Then the flow of time returned to normal.

There was an immediate and violent explosion inside the tank, and the tank's "head" exploded directly, with more fragments shooting out!

Four soldiers from the squad following not far away fell down instantly.

The instigator was dramatically killed on the spot by a piece of shrapnel because he was too close to the target.

The battle ends here and the camera moves away immediately.

Another tank followed by a group of infantry.

This time it's a bird's-eye view.

As the camera zoomed up again, the audience discovered that this perspective came from a soldier hiding in a tree.

The warrior undid the locks on his body and removed the Panzerfaust from his back.

But it did not launch.

Instead, he waited for the tank to arrive at his feet, then suddenly roared and dropped from the sky with a rocket launcher!

Fire the bazooka in mid-air!

With a loud bang, the tank was blown apart on the spot.

The body of this warrior of justice sent from heaven took off again and was thrown out more than thirty meters.

In the next shot, the tank finally showed its power.

After one shot, a big hole was created on the ground.

In slow motion, shell fragments and flying debris flew past the enemy soldiers, killing two and injuring three.

Then the camera did not continue to show the battle, but instead went into the tank.

The gunner frantically cranked the steering wheel while slapping his teammates: "Load! Load! Load quickly!"

The teammates then picked up the heavy shells...

The moment he picked up the cannonball, the scene suddenly changed and came into reality.

So, tens of millions of viewers around the world saw a man wearing a dark black tight-fitting suit and full-face VR glasses, turning around with a cannonball in his arms, pulling open the bolt to stuff the cannonball in, and then tightly fastening the bolt.

The screen switches seamlessly to the game.

In reality, the brand new breech block once again became dirty and old.

But the camera lens drilled into the barrel and shot out along with the shell, sending the hiding enemy troops and their bunkers into the sky!
Finally, there is the scene of charging.

The soldiers in the game are charging and shooting on the battlefield, and in reality, players wearing motion sensing suits are also charging and shooting on the omnidirectional treadmill.

The images switched back and forth, allowing everyone to clearly see the complete synchronization of the two images.

The last two seconds.

One second for the game name:
"King of War"

Lord of War

One second for the production company:
Dream Building Game
Build Dream Game——
After this 30-second trailer ends, the next trailer continues to play on the screen without stopping.

But after waiting all night, the players, media and competitors who wanted to watch the trailer of "Project Frost" were completely stunned.

Many people didn’t pay attention to the trailer at first, and got distracted when they saw it wasn’t Eryou.

It was not until the last second of the trailer, when I saw the Dream Building Game logo, that I was shocked and confused and asked:
"WTF?"

"What did I just see??"

　It's 8:22 now, which is a bit unacceptable even if it's the night shift.

　　I went to catch up on my sleep...

　　Finally, please give me 6.8k for the monthly ticket!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)