The virtual empire starts from the game

Chapter 200: The Grenade Immortal and the Window Breaker

Is the Fantasy Game Kit considered the promotion and marketing cost of Lord of War?
It seems... it can be counted?

This set of hardware has indeed greatly improved the gaming experience of "Lord of War" and effectively amplified the game's publicity effect.

At the same time, users who activated the Fantasy Game Kit did contribute a large proportion of purchase data in the first wave of sales.

Of the total 780 million copies of Lord of War sold, a full 400 million have come from users who activated the Vision Game Kit.

The purchase rate reached an astonishing 66%!

Amazing spending power!
Therefore, it is not unreasonable to say that the production and sales of these hardware are also part of the promotion of "Lord of War".

but……

"Did you only calculate the production cost and not the resulting profit?!"

Two-thirds of the sales of Fantasy Game Kits are in Xiaguo.

And these are not very profitable.

——In the early days, we lost money on every unit we sold. Now we are not losing too much, but we are not making much either.

The selling price overseas is higher, but the logistics costs are also higher and the profit is not as much.

At first glance, it seems like a losing deal.

But the accounts cannot be calculated in this way.

Just look at the rising revenue of Project Frost and the increasingly popular VR content, and you will understand that this investment is actually very profitable!

Once your own platform is established and a hardware moat is formed, the benefits will be countless.

But the problem now is——

The system seems to have only taken into account the cost of the hardware, and the additional revenue generated by the hardware - such as the revenue from Project Frost and Snow - is not taken into account at all!
It seems to only count the sales and profits of "Lord of War"!

"Don't..." Xu Meng lay on the bed, sighing weakly.

At the same time, I couldn't help but calculate how many copies of "Lord of War" would be sold if I really calculated it this way.

——He has begun to regret selling the game so cheaply!

"Xiao Meng!" He called the housekeeper while lying down.

"Here, here! What's the matter?" The tablet computer on the bedside table lit up automatically, and Xiao Meng jumped out, shaking her little head and full of energy.

"Help me calculate, if ..."

Just as Xu Meng was about to describe the task, a golden exclamation mark suddenly appeared above Xiao Meng's head on the tablet.

The little guy put away his smile, and a pink and blue code flashed quickly in his pupils.

——At first it was a green code, but Xiao Meng thought it didn’t look good, so she spent a lot of time and effort carefully adjusting it to the current macaron-colored pink code.

Seeing her expression, Xu Meng was also stunned: "What's wrong?"

"Master, someone [broke the window]!" Codes no longer flashed in Xiao Meng's pupils, but instead turned into a little person standing in front of the window, as if she was looking at someone.

Xu Meng knew that she was indeed looking at someone——

【Window Breaker】

"Wait for me, I'll be right there!"

Xu Meng didn't care about the costs and system tasks anymore. He quickly threw off the quilt, got up, put on silver-white tactile gloves, and put on VR glasses.

"Take me there!"

"Remember to be invisible."

"I've been ready for a long time~" Xiao Meng's laughter sounded in Xu Meng's ears.

very close!
He opened his eyes and saw Xiao Meng, who was wearing the same pajamas as him, hugging his arm and talking in his ear.

However, Xu Meng was only wearing gloves, so he naturally couldn't feel her closeness.

Xiao Meng blinked, as if realizing the problem, so she held Xu Meng's right hand and placed it on her head.

Xu Meng smiled silently and gently rubbed the little guy's head.

Xiao Meng then squinted her eyes and laughed in satisfaction.

Xu Meng then turned to look at the real owner——

At this moment, he and Xiao Meng were standing in the air in the future city - the Sprawling Metropolis. Opposite them was a floor-to-ceiling window with a big hole in it.

On the other side of the big hole, the [Window Breaker] was staring blankly out the window.

Of course she couldn't see Xu Meng and Xiao Meng who were in invisible state.

What she was looking at was the future city that was within reach outside the window!
While Xu Meng was checking the identity of the female player, he asked Xiao Meng: "How did she break the window?"

As he searched, the basic information of this female player quickly appeared before his eyes:

[Player ID: Zhu Mo] [Player real name: Li Guanyan]

【注册时间：2025-08-28 17:22】

[Game duration: 518h33min]

【Last login location: Sprawling City】

【Current status: Online】

"?"

Xu Meng looked at this short message and a question mark immediately popped up in his head.

518 hours???
Sister, have you been playing games for 8 hours every day for the past two months?

Are you working in the game?

Xiao Meng also traced back the data and figured out how this girl broke the window——

"It's the [door key]." Xiao Meng shook Xu Meng's hand and told him the answer.

[Port Key] is updated along with [Login Space].

This is Xu Meng's exploration of the way players log into the game——

Just set a certain [collection] as the [port key] of a certain game, and then put it in your own cabin.

Next time you want to log into the game, you don’t have to use the control panel—just touch the [Port Key].

In his plan, as more games are added to the virtual world, [Port Keys] will not only make the player's login process more ceremonial, but the act of obtaining [Collections] and setting them as [Port Keys] will also become proof of the player's investment in the game.

[Collections] can prove that players have done something special in the game world. This is an alternative "medal" system.

In order for the [collection] to have value, it is naturally not easy to obtain.

——Before today, only the [Ultimate Death Bluffing Contest] gave out some [Poker] collections.

"What is her [port key]?" Xu Meng asked.

Xiao Meng pointed at the female player's right hand.

Xu Meng looked closely and found that the girl was holding a pure gold grenade in her hand.

"???"

He had more question marks in his head.

"Is this... the pure gold series collection unlocked by 10000 kills?" He was a little bit unbelievable.

"That's right!" Xiao Meng nodded vigorously and said with great admiration, "This sister is amazing!"

Xu Meng was a little speechless.

[10000 Kills Series Collection] is the achievement collection of "Lord of War".

Use any weapon - whether it's a rifle, pistol, grenade, sledgehammer, shovel, or bayonet, as long as you get 10000 heads with this weapon, you will unlock the corresponding gold collection.

This collection can not only be viewed, but can also be used in the game.

Theoretically, when playing "Battlefield King" to the later stages, players can use the entire set of gold collections.

Carrying a golden rifle, a golden pistol, a golden grenade, a golden shovel and a golden bayonet on his body is like fighting with 50000 heads on his back!

Everyone who sees this will shout out “Big boss, you’re awesome!”
——But that’s a later thing.

Lord of War was only released for two months, including the demo.

This girl killed 10000 people with grenades in just two months? ?
This is too fierce!
Furthermore, before today, there was no such large-scale conflict as [Hell on Earth] or [War Zone].

In other words, she killed at least 9000 people with grenades just by playing the squad clashes in the demo! !
"What grenade immortal..."

Xu Meng couldn't help but complain.

"So, she set the golden grenade as a [portkey], and then used it to blow up the glass in her house?"

"Yeah, yeah." Xiao Meng nodded repeatedly, confirming his guess.

Xu Meng looked at the girl who was holding the top of the floor-to-ceiling window with one hand and shielding her eyes with the other hand to block the wind from the sky. She looked at this virtual city and immediately looked at this girl with admiration.

The name sounds gentle, "Zhu Mo" and "Guan Yan", as if she is a weak woman who is good at writing, but is she actually a bomb maniac?
The next second after this thought came to his mind, the grenade master skillfully pulled the grenade ring and threw the grenade out of the window.

Xu Meng, who was in invisible state, watched the grenade rapidly enlarge in front of his eyes, subconsciously raised his hand and grabbed the grenade.

"???"

Xu Meng didn't know how many times question marks had appeared in his head.

The next second, the golden grenade exploded in his hand!

　Asking for a monthly ticket.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)