Northern Myanmar: These players are acting strangely!

Chapter 11: The Dead Red Wen, a Word of Wisdom!
[Game lost!]

[Dear player, this survival challenge has ended.]

Reserve your kindness for those who deserve it; not everyone deserves your heartfelt devotion.

Every act of caution is an act of taking responsibility for one's own life.

You can replay a game, but you only get one life.

Wang Zixu took off his helmet and silently questioned the heavens.

Who would have thought these kidnappers would be so ruthless, opening fire without hesitation!
Gently rubbing his temples, he realized that tying up his underlings was useless; what if he just tied up the guy in charge of the ship?
……

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[Host: Chen Jiajun]

【Age: 23】

Lifespan: one month and seven days

[Health Value: 17 (Prone to sudden death, excessive sleepiness!)]

[Warehouse: Universal Model Material Library]

[Reputation value: 406]

[Exchange Shop: Not yet unlocked (can be unlocked upon reaching 1 million reputation points)]

Logically, Chen Jiajun should be happy about the one-week lifespan reward.

But looking at the semi-transparent information panel in front of him, he couldn't smile at all.

Every task requires working overtime and exhausting ourselves.

It's a race against death.

My health value was originally 18, but it has decreased by 1 due to overwork these past two days.

If things continue at this pace,

Health will eventually reach zero.

What's the use of having more lifespan left by then?

Without health, what's the point of talking about lifespan?
Perhaps it's time to change our strategy.

Completing system tasks is certainly not wrong, but it's too harmful to your health.

If you start a health-preserving work mode, but the efficiency is too slow, the lifespan rewarded won't be enough to cover the lifespan consumed.

Chen Jiajun looked at the reputation value on the panel.

I have a vague feeling that this is the real key to prolonging life and restoring health.

Besides completing system tasks, reputation points can also be obtained.
It can also gain recognition from the outside world and the business community in the gaming field.

To quickly build reputation, you must make "Bloody Golden Triangle: Survivors" famous.

How do I launch it?
Complete the internal testing as soon as possible, find investors, and invest heavily in promotion!
With these thoughts in mind,

Chen Jiajun's thoughts gradually became clear.

Just as I sorted through all this, the system panel reappeared, and the task list had been refreshed.

The opening cinematic is a very important part of game development.

While the TIG Indie Game Development Competition doesn't have mandatory requirements, a good opening cinematic can set the tone for the entire game experience, ignite emotions, and build anticipation.

[Task: Create the opening cinematic for "Bloody Golden Triangle: Survivors" to generate buzz for the game's promotion.]

[Rewards: 5 days of lifespan, 500 reputation points, and random items.]

Are you making an opening CG?
In my past life, I watched many anti-fraud and fraud prevention movies, such as "All or Nothing" and so on.

Although I only vaguely remember it, I can piece together some of the highlights.

Chen Jiajun stroked his chin, the key question being how to manage the budget.
Even if you're making a realistic game and don't need fancy light pollution effects, you still need to put effort into the most basic modeling and rendering, right?

Nowadays, players seem to have developed incredibly sharp eyes; their judgment is remarkably keen.

Whether the model is rough or not, whether the textures are detailed or not, one look at it will reveal everything to you.

If the opening CG looks cheap, then it's better not to do it at all.

We don't want the promotion to fail and end up discouraging a large number of players, which would be a loss.

correct.

Chen Jiajun suddenly remembered the reward item.

With a thought, I saw an item icon for a sculpture model on the warehouse interface.

【Universal Model Material Library (24h): After use, you can select any exquisite model from the system's material library. The models have been sculpted by the system, with perfect details and binding instructions, making operation simple.

PS: Even if you're a complete beginner with absolutely no knowledge, with the help of this universal model resource library, you'll be a 3D gaming pro!

Having a model library has saved a lot of trouble.

However, rendering remains a challenge.

CG effects produced by ordinary software are mediocre and lack texture.

If you really want to achieve the level of detail required for a movie, you have to be willing to spend money.

But the company didn't have a single penny in its accounts.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have to eat instant noodles every day.

"There's always a way out. I'm not going to think about it anymore, I'm going to sleep!"

It wasn't late, but Chen Jiajun was determined to take care of his health and maintain a regular sleep schedule from now on. He put on the virtual reality headset, but didn't start playing "Bloody Golden Triangle: Survivors".

As a developer, his confidence in the game doesn't necessarily mean he enjoys playing it.

For example, some writers write books,
Most authors are preoccupied with what the market wants to read and whether their work will become a hit.

As for whether they like it or not?

That's not so important anymore.

Northern Myanmar was too cruel for him.

He didn't want to go through it a second time.

Why not play a thrilling match-3 game to kill time before bed?

Silent all night.

The next day,

A student dormitory at Kyoto University.

It was almost noon, and Wang Zixu, wearing a virtual reality headset, had been playing games on his bed all night and all morning.

He even skipped his morning professional class.

I've died at least ten times by now, and I'm still playing.

"Tom's!"

Wang Zixu, who was on the bed, suddenly moved and threw his helmet hard onto the pillow.

Mad!
This opening scene is unbearable!

During that time, he tried various methods.

For example, at the start of the game, the leader of the kidnappers on the ship is kidnapped, but then his underlings turn against him and shoot him without regard for his boss's life.

He also tried to incite two NPCs on the same ship to rebel, but they were suppressed as soon as they took action.

He then tried to create chaos and take the opportunity to jump into the sea.

Can you imagine what it would feel like to be caught in a fishing net?

They had just been pulled out of the water when the kidnappers gave them a brutal beating.

The other party had become wary of him, so he had no choice but to restart the game.

Divide and conquer, feign illness or death...

We've tried every possible method.

They never survived even once.

"Hey, Old Wang's awake?"

At noon, the roommates returned to the dormitory one after another.

Song Yu was carrying a plastic bag containing food he had just gotten from the cafeteria.

"I've put your food on the table."

"Old Wang, you've gotten quite bold lately."

"You dare skip Wu Heilian's class!"

"But you're really lucky, kid, you weren't called on today."

Song Yu smacked his lips and shook his head, his expression clearly saying, "What incredible luck you have, managing to dodge this."

The other two roommates had already nimbly climbed onto their beds, set up small tables, opened their laptops, and called out without even looking up:
"Old Wang, hurry up and eat, then log in and start playing games!"

"No."

Wang Zixu buried his head in his food, but his mind was preoccupied with the game's plot and how to break free from the predicament of being kidnapped at the beginning. His answers were absent-minded.

"What's wrong? You seem troubled. Tell us and cheer us up!"

Wang Zixu sighed and recounted in detail his tragic experience of dying more than ten times in "Bloody Golden Triangle: Survivors".

"No, Lao Wang, why are you so stubborn?"

My roommate couldn't help but laugh.

"What do you mean?"

"Since you can't get past it, and the system hasn't given you a mission failure notification, why don't you just follow the storyline?"

Wang Zixu was suddenly startled.

Holy crap, that makes so much sense!

They really are blinded by their own involvement!

I've lost my mind!

If we can't fight them head-on, then let's get off the ship with the kidnappers and see how things develop before deciding what to do next.

"Thanks!"

"If you have time, you guys should also pre-register for 'Bloody Golden Triangle'. This game is pretty good, you won't regret getting into it!"

"We're still on the same server if we make a reservation now, so we might run into each other in the game."

Wang Zixu held the stainless steel rice bowl, hastily ate a few mouthfuls, lifted the plastic bag, and threw the whole thing into the trash can.

He quickly climbed back into bed and put on the virtual reality headset.

(End of this chapter)