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Soon, Su Yi saw a beautiful woman come out of the restroom. She walked to Mo Jin'er's side, hugged her affectionately, and said, "My dear Jin'er, were you waiting anxiously?"

"Jin'er, don't worry, Brother Xiaoyi is here to talk to you." Jin'er pointed at Su Yi and said, "Mom, this is Brother Xiaoyi who is kissing the pretty sister."

Upon hearing this introduction, Su Yi broke out in a cold sweat. The beautiful woman scolded the girl, "Jin'er, don't talk nonsense," but couldn't hide the smile on her face.

"Jin'er isn't talking nonsense. Brother Xiaoyi did kiss the pretty sister, I saw it," Mo Jin'er argued earnestly. This left Su Yi speechless.

The beautiful woman changed the subject and said, "Hello, my name is Mo Yuqing, I am Jin'er's mother. Thank you for being here with Jin'er."

After chatting for a while, Su Yi learned that the two women were also visiting Lhasa and were on the same floor as them. Mo Jin'er had been complaining of hunger, so Mo Yuqing was about to take her to the restaurant downstairs for something to eat. After finishing his conversation with them, Su Yi returned to his room and saw Ji Feng practicing the game on his T20. He had to admit that the power of ideals was indeed immense; even someone as lively and active as Ji Feng was working so hard to achieve his goals.

In the following days, they occasionally encountered the mother and daughter. However, when Ji Feng first met Mo Jin'er and chatted with her, she mentioned seeing Brother Xiao Yi kissing that pretty older sister. Ji Feng immediately looked at his sister with a strange expression, only to receive a few slaps on the head from her. Ji Yanran angrily said that it was all an accident, and Ji Feng could only dodge while agreeing verbally. His exact words were: "Yeah, I know it must have been an accident. I trust Master's judgment." In the end, Ji Yanran lost her temper again.

Mo Jin'er has become Ji Yanran's most troublesome little devil.

After a few days of sightseeing, the three of them took a plane and left Lhasa.

When Su Yi broke up with Mo Jin'er, the girl hugged him and kissed him on the cheek, which made Su Yi very happy.

Back home, Su Yi resumed his normal life. Everything in Lhasa became his most cherished memory—that beautiful place, those beautiful people. Perhaps he would return someday.

Before going to Lhasa, he had already roughly created a basic architecture for the battle platform he envisioned. The platform itself wasn't complex; it was simply a way to bring together different users on the internet into a virtual local area network. However, under current network conditions, achieving smooth data interaction and transmission between many users was extremely difficult. But this wasn't a problem for Su Yi. Using his unique data encryption and compression technology, developed based on the Yuga civilization's data, he could process the data that users needed to transmit, making it entirely feasible under current network conditions.

What he needs to do now is to improve this gaming platform, making it more feature-rich and capable of supporting a wider range of games. According to Su Yi's design, this software, named "LeChang Gaming Platform," consists of a client that users need to download and install, and a server that supports data streaming between users. It can support the three most popular games currently available: StarCraft, Red Alert 2, and Counter-Strike.

Soon, the initial version of the software was completed. He planned to use Kosei as the server, and each player would only need to install the client on their own computer to play online.

Of course, in order to ensure that these games were compatible with the Lechang gaming platform, he carefully studied the source code of the three games and made adjustments to the platform's code accordingly.

A few days later, the trial version of the Lechang gaming platform was complete. Su Yi used his Kosei account to upload it to various domestic and international gaming websites for people to try. The next step was to collect feedback from users after they tried the software and to improve the platform.

On the other hand, after Su Yi returned, he checked various reviews of the game "Historic Evolution." He was surprised himself.

Initially, the game didn't attract much attention after its upload. However, there are always people who enjoy trying new games. After playing it, someone posted a thread enthusiastically recommending it. Then, comments about the game gradually increased on many forums, and most of them were praising it—a rare occurrence. Out of curiosity, the administrator of a well-known gaming website also played the game and was immediately captivated by its highly playable and innovative gameplay. This administrator, who had a high-end computer, was particularly impressed by the game's excellent graphics, and the fact that the entire game installation was less than 100MB was a stark contrast.

His professional review immediately appeared on this well-known website and was reposted by many other websites and forums. More players were attracted to download the game, and then became captivated by its quality, becoming addicted to it.

In a very short time, *Historic Evolution* topped the download charts on major gaming websites thanks to its rapidly increasing download numbers. This amplified the game's influence and impact; now, topics related to *Historic Evolution* are among the hottest topics on various gaming forums. If you say you haven't played this game, you'll definitely be collectively scorned by all the other players.

The name "Pangu Studio" that Su Yi left in "Evolution of History" is easily guessed to be from China and is remembered by many players around the world.

When Su Yi visited ZTE again, he clearly saw the current popularity of "Historic Evolution." Many monitors displayed the game's familiar visuals. Sometimes, trends are terrifyingly powerful; once formed, they are unstoppable. This also demonstrates the immense power of the internet—good things, once discovered, spread rapidly throughout the world.

As the creators of "Evolution of History," Pangu Studio has begun to attract attention from many industry insiders. In this demo version of "Evolution of History," Su Yi only left the name of Pangu Studio and an email address.

When he opened his email, he found no fewer than a thousand emails. Most of them were questions from players who liked the game. Kosei had already replied to the emails that he could answer and deleted them immediately; otherwise, Su Yi's inbox would probably be overflowing by now.

Several other letters came from game companies interested in the game. Some even expressed interest in having more in-depth discussions with Pangu Studio. Two letters in particular caught Su Yi's attention, one from Tiandi Software and the other from Yubi Company.

Among them, Tiandi Software is a well-known company in the domestic game industry, producing many games familiar to players. Yubi Company is even more famous, a multinational software company from France. This international software giant has produced many excellent games, and Yubi China, as its branch in China, has also distributed and imported many excellent foreign games. Su Yi replied to these companies and awaited their responses.

Su Yi was quite satisfied with this result, which was another major purpose of his game development besides his personal interest. Now he faced a problem: the Mother Nest would be undergoing its root-like evolution in about three or four months. Su Yi understood that the root-like Mother Nest was vastly different from its current plant-like form. If the plant-like Mother Nest was like a goldfish that could be kept in a fish tank, then the root-like Mother Nest would be like a dolphin, requiring a much larger enclosure. This enclosure was something Su Yi couldn't provide at the moment; it would require a large area and a lot of money. If evolving to the root-like form was already this difficult, imagine what the mature Mother Nest would be like later.

Su Yi already has a general idea about these things and needs to work on it step by step. However, any idea is just an idea until it is completed, and it requires his own efforts to realize it. Su Yi is currently on this path.

"The Advancement of History" is Su Yi's attempt to realize this idea, and it seems to be working quite well now.

The next day, upon checking his inbox again, Su Yi was delighted to see replies. These included messages from Tiandi Software and Yubi China. Su Yi checked information about several companies on the Kesei ship. Kesei now traversed the internet freely, allowing him to access not only publicly available information but also much more private information. Furthermore, thanks to Kesei's powerful computing and analytical capabilities, it could deduce numerous results from even a large amount of publicly available information.

In the end, Su Yi chose Tiandi Software and Yubi China as his first targets for contact. He replied to their emails, gave them his OICQ number, and prepared to make further contact.

After logging into OICQ, Su Yi found two friend requests, with the accompanying messages indicating they were from Tiandi Software and Yubi China, respectively. Looking at this instant messaging software, a thought flashed through Su Yi's mind: he could create such a chat application and integrate it into the Lechang gaming platform. This would facilitate communication between Lechang players and could also be expanded to include more features.

As instant messaging software, ICQ, developed by an Israeli company and later acquired by AOL, was one of the earliest examples. There are also many domestic options, the most popular being OICQ. These current software programs have very limited functionality and are not technically difficult to implement. With Su Yi's idea, he has considered many features that could be added. However, he has only had this idea for now and plans to develop a more substantial version when he has more time.

Su Yi readily accepted the friend requests from both companies. He typed very fast, so dealing with two companies at the same time was no problem for him. Thus, he began to make contact with these two companies.