Bai Luan's two accounts have been quite active recently, as Yi Mu has been updating comics and animations, and Songblight has also updated some related music.
For example, the famous little tune from Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, 'I Really Want to Stay at Your House' , which plays when they go to the moon.
Actually, this song was already implemented in the game a long time ago; Songblight released it now simply to let more people discover it.
Currently, Songblight's fans are still happily discussing how good the song sounds, and Bai Luan can't help but smile when he imagines what will happen when they finish watching the ending of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners and then come back to listen to this song.
A wicked laugh echoed in Bai Luan's ears, perfectly fitting the mood.
Bai Luan was very familiar with this laugh; it was the evil laugh Tom made when he squeezed Jerry in tom and jerry.
He didn't even need to think; he knew it was the system's doing. The system had pulled a similar stunt when Firefly first appeared.
『Let's thank Teacher Tom for the voice acting.』
"Can the tom and jerry team be played without nerfing them?"
After Bai Luan said this, he suddenly remembered that tom and jerry would also be brought into this world by him, so he smiled even more happily.
It felt good to do whatever he wanted.
Now, all three of Bai Luan's accounts were becoming active. At this point, BL's complete silence made it seem unusually out of place.
However, old fans familiar with Bai Luan knew his fair approach.
Generally, when one account becomes active, the other two will also become active.
But even though old fans knew this, they still urged for updates.
Just as the profound words spoken by Hyperion suggested, he simply wanted to urge for updates.
Bai Luan was used to it.
However, Bai Luan did indeed plan to create some new games. This time, he was preparing to release the Devil May Cry series and the DOOM series.
These two games, one with stylish combat and the other with satisfying combat, would allow BL's fans to experience the thrill of Pathstrider-level battles.
Of course, besides these, he also needed to prepare some casual games, and Cities: Skylines was a very good choice.
He looked forward to them gradually transforming from "I want to be a good mayor and let everyone live a good life!" to "Damn ungrateful citizens, go survive in the wilderness!" and then to "Can exploiting ungrateful citizens be called demonic?"
Bai Luan himself had undergone such a transformation. He remembered his money-making scheme at the time was to build a bunch of doomsday shelters and set up four toll booths at the entrance.
When the doomsday shelter alarm sounded, NPCs would enter the shelter for safety.
Once enough people gathered, he would turn off the alarm, and the NPCs would exit the shelter, passing through the four toll booths. They would then discover that entering was free, but exiting required payment, and four times at that.
Hehehe... *cough, cough*, can't laugh anymore, or I'll grow streetlights all over me.
Bai Luan was already looking forward to what ingenious tricks these mayors would come up with to torment their citizens for money. It would surely be entertaining to watch.
Bai Luan did not intend to upgrade the AI of the NPCs in Cities: Skylines; he brought it over almost in its original form. This would greatly reduce the psychological burden on the mayors.
Doing evil to a string of irrelevant data in a game is a thousand times better than making mistakes in real life.
Although I'm a capitalist darker than a corporation in the game, I'm a good person (laughs).
But creating these games takes time. He had been busy with comics and animations before, so he was only starting to prepare now.
Just as he was thinking this, Bai Luan's phone received a message, which happened to be from Hyperion.
Hyperion: Are you there?
Bai Luan thought he was there to urge for updates, so he replied without thinking.
Bai Luan: I know you're in a hurry, but don't rush yet.
Hyperion: ?
Hyperion: People are about to die, how can I not be in a hurry?!
Bai Luan: ... Bai Luan: Aren't you not sick?
Bai Luan: Were you bluffing me last time?
Hyperion: ?
Hyperion: You don't know what I'm doing?
Bai Luan: I don't know.
Hyperion: Then what was your first sentence?
Bai Luan: I thought you came to me to urge for updates.
Hyperion: ... That's what I usually do, but this time I'm not here to urge for updates.
Hyperion: I hope you can meet someone.
Bai Luan: Meet whom?
Hyperion: Have you heard of the genius player X?
Genius player X?
A player with very high technical skill?
Although he had brought many games, his interaction with players was actually not much.
If he were to count the people he knew because of these games, it seemed like there were only Hyperion and Silver Wolf.
Hmm... perhaps he had neglected the BL account too much. He should interact with them from time to time in the future.
Bai Luan: I don't know her, but I'm interested in meeting her.
Hyperion: That's great.
Hyperion: Her name is Xylia, and her situation is a bit special...
Through Hyperion's retelling, Bai Luan successfully learned about this genius player X.
There was a legend in the gaming world, known for her extremely long online time and superb gaming skills.
Moreover, this player was extremely friendly and very willing to help new players get into the game and start exploring, almost to the point of being responsive to every request.
Many players even thought she was a new player guide NPC in the game, only realizing she was a player like themselves after adding her as a friend.
Her attitude towards others was also extremely friendly, and her frequent catchphrase was:
"How bad can someone who likes the same game as me be?"
But the true identity of this player was actually a Self-Annihilator.
Fate had caused her to be affected by the Aeon of Nihility, and her body began to gradually weaken and collapse over time.
From the moment these symptoms appeared, a normal life was essentially out of her reach.
Although she received help from a Chaos Doctor during the process and obtained a special medical pod that could alleviate her symptoms, it ultimately could not solve the problem.
That Chaos Doctor left on a long journey to find a way to save her, promising her that he would definitely save her.
It's just that... the Chaos Doctor never returned after leaving.
Xylia didn't blame him, because she knew that the Chaos Doctor, like her, was a Self-Annihilator.
His not returning perhaps meant that he had already disappeared into Nihility before her.
Neither the Chaos Doctor nor she wanted to see things turn out this way.
Now, Xylia's condition had deteriorated to the point where she could not leave the life support pod at all.
This reminded Bai Luan of Firefly, but compared to Firefly, Xylia's situation was even worse.
Firefly could at least move around, but Xylia could only stay in that life support pod.
However, Xylia did not give up hope of living. Unable to leave the life support pod, she chose to log into games from within it, experiencing a second life in the games.
Hyperion: She said, Nihility stripped me of my body, leaving only my emotions. I don't want even my emotions to be taken by Nihility.
Hyperion: She's running out of time.
Hyperion: She only told the truth to the players she had helped at the very end.
Hyperion: She said she wanted to meet the game designers and hoped to express her gratitude to them.
Hyperion: She wanted to thank them for creating these games, which allowed her to create a second life within them, preventing Nihility from taking everything from her.
Hyperion: Countless players became messengers, and eventually, this matter reached my ears.
Hyperion: I tried many methods... but I could do nothing but offer comfort.
Hyperion: So, I beg you...
Hyperion: Please meet her, even if it's through remote communication.
After Hyperion sent these messages, Bai Luan was silent for a while.
Hyperion even began to worry that his request would be rejected.
But soon, Bai Luan's reply came.
Bai Luan: Send it!!!
Bai Luan: I told you to send the coordinates!!!
A/N: Recently, Tomato removed a batch of Tomato Genshin Impact fanfiction on the grounds that it was too similar to Genshin Impact (I know this sounds crazy, but it's true).
I've decided to postpone pushing the Penacony main storyline for two or three days, to avoid the spotlight and observe the situation.
To prevent this book from being taken down, there shouldn't be too much main storyline content appearing in the future.
If this book ultimately doesn't survive.
It was an honor to spend a wonderful time with you all.
(T/N: oh, i'm doing vote polling in p*treon right now, 2 most vote will get 3 chapter daily)