The virtual empire starts from the game

Chapter 411: What specialties did Africa have in the 17th century? (asking for monthly tickets)

If Orange Juice plays the game "Fishing King", then the Honest Fisherman plays the game "Catching King".

He sailed on the sea every day, following the fleet to fish.

This made him quite helpless——

I go fishing every day in real life, and I also go fishing every day in the game.

It's endless!
But unlike in real life: you can hunt whales in the game!
In the past, Chen Zhenjiang had only heard about whaling and whale oil in the movie commentary of Bit Bites.

Now that I can experience it for myself, it’s impossible not to be excited.

But when he really got involved, he found out:

This job is really not something that ordinary people can do!

They could only pursue in a small boat that could accommodate no more than six people.

If the whale fights back, its tail can tear the boat apart.

Even if a harpoon pierces a creature, it will be dragged by the whale across the ocean at a very high speed for a long distance.

If things go wrong, the ship might be destroyed and people might die.

Even if the kill is successful, the process of cutting the whale fat and refining the oil is extremely troublesome - and extremely bloody!
Although he knew that DreamZhu had a strong background, Chen Zhenjiang was still shocked by the bloody display of the whale oil refining process.

After a whaling experience, he developed a deep disgust for the whaling industry.

……

The game that Longcheng Feijiang played was "Shipping Tycoon".

Make rational use of the six ships at hand and resell dozens of different materials between three ports to make profits.

In order to ensure the safety of the shipping route, they had to pay tribute to the governor in exchange for naval protection.

It also costs extra money to hire sailors to protect the ships along the way.

This gave him a headache and caused him to suffer losses one after another.

In just one week, we have lost two ships.

They were robbed by pirates six times, and once their ship was even taken away.

The flying general of Longcheng was furious and wanted to board the ship to escort the goods himself.

If it was the official version of the game, then he could indeed get on board.

But it’s in beta now.

Orange Juice couldn't leave the dock, and he couldn't get on the boat.

Long Cheng Feijiang can only remember this grudge for now, and then become a pirate hunter after the game is released to kill all these damn pirates!
……

Huanyue himself became a "damn pirate", either following the fleet to rob merchant ships or being chased by the navy.

The rest of the time, he was basically fighting with other pirates.

Even crew members on the same ship could fight each other.

There really are endless battles to fight every day.

But this can't be blamed on his bad temper——

After seeing with one's own eyes some pirates committing indecent acts with a female goat in the cabin, it was not an excessive thing to want to hack a few scums to death.

……

Fang Shuo joined the navy and enthusiastically hunted pirates on the sea.

Apart from the fact that he was unhappy about having to bribe his superiors to get promoted but had no money, the rest of the experience was pretty good.

……

Luoye Qiuqiu obtained a treasure map and was looking for pirates' treasure on an unknown island.

The brave sniper runs a blacksmith shop, working like a coolie every day.

We also have to deal with all kinds of customers who come to place orders.

Having seen both generous and cheerful pirates and greedy and sinister navy officers, he has a very neutral view of both sides.

Qihuahua can no longer be neutral——

The beta test mode she drew was to run a tavern.

An average of 13 beer mugs had to be smashed on the heads of those vulgar pirates every hour to stop the drunkards from grabbing the waitresses' buttocks.

Qihuahua is still fighting against these rogue pirates with simple moral values.
However, Xiao Huajiao, a well-known "succubus" player in Mengjin, has completely become indifferent to this.

The beta test gameplay she drew was to be a bodyguard in a brothel.

Historically, Port Royal, known as the "richest and most wicked city", was a haven for pirates and was filled with taverns and brothels.

The Black Flag development team did not shy away from this fact when they rebuilt Port Royal in the virtual world.

Not only is it not avoided, it is also made part of the gameplay.

However, Xiao Huajiao's excitement only lasted for one day. She soon discovered that there was no 18+ content as she had imagined, such as "one man monopolizing all the beauties" or "big do, big do".

In fact, there are no great beauties in this store - especially compared to the standard of beautiful characters in Dream Maker, they are just average.

She couldn't do anything excessive to these "employees", and even after the prostitutes started working and closed the door, she couldn't get in at all.

This made Xiao Huajiao very disappointed.

And I made a secret decision in my heart: when the official version is released, I must become a "big pimp in Hong Kong"!
Sleep with all the women in Port Royal!
……

……

Under Lu Ming's strict defense, the beta testers' understanding of the game was like a blind man touching an elephant, and they had no idea what the game as a whole was like.

Problems such as spoilers and insiders did not arise at all.

Not only did it not appear, but even the beta testers, like other players, were eagerly following all the news released by the development team.

It was in this atmosphere that the Black Flag development team released the first plot trailer for "Sail in the Blue Sea" -

[Cursed Gold Coin]——

Before the trailer was released, everyone's attention was on the post-processing of Sony Game Station.

The same is true for players of the Dream Building Game Platform——

One morning, users woke up and opened the Dream Building Game Platform as usual.

But I was surprised to see that the number of games on the platform suddenly jumped from [800+] to [2000+]!

Only then did I realize that the game library of Sony Game Station had been merged with Dream.

What’s even more interesting is that DreamBuilder did not do any screening and incorporated all the games from Sony Game Station.

All the games that were once included in the [SBI Warning] list by Kabo were removed, and none of them were added to the Dream Building Game Platform.

Not only that, DreamCraft no longer even provides online services for those games.

There really is no room for maneuver at all.

After noticing this, the players with a keen sense of smell immediately checked the Dream Building game library.

Soon it was discovered that DreamBuild not only eliminated DEI games, but also all games under Konami!
After some further questioning, Song Zhicheng, who was transferred by Xu Meng to the operation department of the Dream Building Game Platform as a supervisor, appeared and answered the players' questions:

“It’s the boss’s decision.”

"The boss believes that this company has serious problems of exploiting and suppressing employees, which has had a very bad impact on the healthy development of the gaming industry."

"Dream Building cannot be associated with such a bad company."

"Until they realize their mistakes and improve their employee treatment, DreamZhu refuses any cooperation with the company."

——To complete [Battle for the Throne], the reputation of players and the positive impact on the industry are extremely important.

So in Xu Meng's philosophy, revenue has never been the most important thing.

Even quite minor.

Players all over the world applauded what DreamCraft did, and looked forward to DreamCraft taking down more companies and games that they disliked.

Even the fire is burning more and more fiercely——

From "Should a small studio with a few people be killed for not paying social security", all the way to "Should a game with too high a negative review rate be killed", and then to "How bad should the negative review rate be to be killed?"

Song Zhicheng was troubled by this.

So much so that after Lu Ming released the trailer for "Sail in the Blue Sea" and attracted the attention of players around the world, Song Zhicheng was happier than the players themselves.
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"Finally they've decided to release a preview!"

"I waited until my roommate passed the seventh day!"

“Why release a trailer? Just release it directly!”

"Cursed gold coins? Treasure?"

"Yeah, it's a new game!"

……

As soon as the trailer opens, there is a dense barrage of comments.

The brave sniper blocked the barrage and watched the trailer with his friends.

The first shot shows a young man wearing a turban, with hair almost reaching his shoulders and a few braids, standing on the deck in dirty sailor clothes.

His eyes were full of clarity and curiosity.

The subtitles showed his name:
[Jack丨Sailor of the British East India Company]
In the next scene, the camera changes and a well-dressed, aristocratic-looking man appears in front of him and promotes the young man to captain.

and asked him to travel to Africa to deliver a shipment to the Caribbean.

The opening of just a few seconds made the heroic sniper stunned:
"Africa?"

“What special products did Africa have in the 17th century?”

(End of this chapter)