In the Internet age, who still makes traditional games?

A llama, a sheep, and two teammates are exercising on a treadmill and stationary bike respectively.

The [Human and Animal Powered Generator] is running at full power.

Visible electrical currents surge along the wires towards sixteen suitcase-sized batteries.

Above the batteries, small icons representing [Charging] flash continuously, indicating they are almost fully charged.

Electric Edison stands beside them, cheering excitedly: "This generator can be expanded infinitely!"

"We can build an aircraft carrier!"

But the llama on the treadmill, having run too much and unable to stop, gets angry and spits at everyone.

Electric Edison, disgusted, retreats repeatedly.

Inattentively, he trips over a wire on the ground.

Sparks fly from the connection between the wire and the battery, igniting a carelessly placed gunpowder keg nearby.

In the ensuing explosion, the teammates sacrifice their precious lives for Electric Edison's aircraft carrier endeavor.

The live-streaming department continues to deliver consistently:

[Sacrificed for Science]

—

Six turkeys are nestled in wooden box chicken coops, incubating eggs.

Beside the coops, Kabo's temporary team is engaged in an intense 3V3 internal battle.

Both sides wield weapons, frantically attacking their teammates.

While fighting, they "beep beep beep" and hurl insults, as if they were mortal enemies.

Eventually, one side falls into disadvantage.

But instead of fleeing or begging for mercy, they immediately grab the turkeys and hurl them far away, even tossing the eggs into the sea.

The turkeys spread their wings, gliding far into the distance.

The battle suddenly ceases.

Both sides put down their weapons and start yelling insults at each other!

Then, the scene cuts to four people with their satiety levels at zero, starving to death on the raft.

— The three people who released the turkeys didn't survive either.

The subtitle reappears:

[Animal Protection]

The Zh Meng live-streaming department demonstrates its powerful material collection and processing capabilities, causing the audience in the live-streaming room to laugh uncontrollably.

But the surprises Zh Meng has prepared are far more than just this.

After this segment concludes, Lu Ming takes over, announcing the news that everyone has been asking about but Zh Meng has kept hidden—

"We are delighted to see that everyone has discovered many interesting ways to play the game in today's competition."

"We also look forward to the upcoming competition in the next few days, and the new and interesting experiences everyone can gain after the release of the new game."

As soon as these words are spoken, the screen full of "hahaha" comments quickly decreases.

"???" and "!!!" comments quickly emerge.

The viewers have all caught the key word in Lu Ming's words—

[New Game]!

Lu Ming doesn't beat around the bush and says straightforwardly:

"Some time ago, many players speculated that this ocean survival gameplay is a gameplay test for Zh Meng's next game."

"I can now clearly tell everyone: This idea is not wrong, but it is not entirely correct either."

"We are indeed developing a story that takes place on the ocean, and the game mechanics you are playing now can also be experienced in the new game."

"But the content that everyone is experiencing now is just the fur on the fur of the new game!"

"The real game itself, whether in terms of game volume, content scale, or gameplay depth, far exceeds the current scope of [Ocean Survival]!"

"Although the boss has always discouraged making boastful promises to players before the game is completed, I am also very clear that the best approach before the new game is released is to manage everyone's expectations."

"But for well-known reasons—"

"This game we are making will be the first game designed to be launched on the [Dream Machine] during the development phase."

"This means that we will break free from almost all hardware constraints and challenge the limits of [Creation] in the truest sense!"

"And we are very sure—that we have prepared ourselves!"

"So, I think it's appropriate to convey some confidence to everyone."

"Next, we will show everyone some footage related to the project preparation."

"I hope that after watching it, everyone can feel our determination!"

Before global players could think about what "the first truly meaningful [Dream Machine] game" represents, they saw the live-streaming screen switch from Zh Meng's studio to a bright outdoor scene.

Looking at the street scene, it wasn't even in China anymore, but in Europe.

A uniquely shaped white building appeared in the center of the screen—

[Jamaica's Port Royal Museum]

A calm narration followed:

"Port Royal, the former pirate capital, was considered the 'most wicked city on Earth.'"

"Most of the area was submerged in the earthquake and tsunami, considered to be 'God's wrath,' and no longer exists."

"Today, only the remaining ruins can be seen on land and underwater near Kingston Harbour."

"If you want to understand the appearance of that era, visiting the Port Royal Museum is an essential step."

...

Under the guidance of the narration, the camera entered the museum, visiting the pirate ship wreckage salvaged from underwater and thousands of cultural relics.

These included a large number of 17th-century flintlock guns and pirate cutlasses.

As well as compasses and sextants used for navigation.

Not to mention the common gold and silver coins, wine bottles, pipes...

There was even a gold-inlaid flintlock pistol and treasure map fragment once used by the legendary pirate governor Henry Morgan.

The original 1690 pirate court warrant for the hanging of "Calico Jack."

Apart from these eye-catching things, the remaining Port Royal restoration models, military materials, colonial-era daily necessities, cultural materials, and other content were only briefly mentioned.

—Although in reality everyone spent as much time on these materials as on the aforementioned artifacts.

Soon, the camera left the museum and came to the ruins of Kingston Harbour.

The viewers watched and curiously guessed the information about the new game.

But just when everyone thought this was a normal development documentary, suddenly the camera switched to the sea.

Six people wearing diving suits jumped off the boat like dumplings, diving into the sea.

The camera followed them underwater.

At this time, the names and positions of the divers appeared next to them in the camera.

The audience then realized:

These people were all members of the game development team!

Everyone was stunned on the spot:

"So ruthless? Diving to see the ruins??"

"I heard that there are still a lot of pirate treasures left in the sunken Port Royal, you aren't going treasure hunting at public expense, are you?"

"Okay, okay, just for this dedication, I will definitely buy the game when it comes out!"

"Don't go too deep if you don't have enough experience! Diving is not a child's play, be careful!"

...

Many viewers were worried about the safety of the development team members.

But they soon discovered a problem—

They were worried too soon!

After the group finished their research trip to Port Royal and the Caribbean Sea, they became abnormal when they returned to the company!

The office was quickly occupied by things like flintlock guns, cutlasses, rum, captain's hats, and pirate ship models.

Someone even raised a parrot!

Although the flintlock guns could not fire gunpowder, they could fire plastic bullets.

The group used flintlock guns to shoot at each other to find the feeling.

They even had a flintlock gun in one hand and a solid alloy cutlass in the other, fighting in the entertainment room.

The sparks that flew out made the audience tremble with fear.

Even more outrageous was that the group also recreated a gallows that could execute three people at the same time on a 1:1 scale!

They even really hung themselves up to personally experience the suffocation of hanging!

There was a doctor on the side, and the noose would automatically fall, so theoretically there would be no great danger.

The viewers watching still sent a lot of comments expressing their shock.

Finally—

Three huge sailing warship design drawings appeared in the center of the screen.

The broadcast ended here.

Lu Ming picked up the conversation: "We have finalized the sailing ship design drawings and are looking for excellent shipbuilders all over the world."

"If all goes well, everyone will be able to see 17th-century warships on Jing Lake within the next three months."

Speaking of this, he suddenly said regretfully: "It's just a pity that we can't use 17th-century cannons to shoot at each other on Jing Lake."

The audience was immediately confused by his words:

"What the hell? Firing on Jing Lake? Is that what I think it is?"

"Three ships, three teams, directly start a war?"

"Damn, you actually want to use cannons to bomb your colleagues? How much hatred is there! Is Zh Meng's office politics so serious?"

"Stop talking nonsense! In Xia, it is possible to break the law if you are not careful with a model gun, and you still want to fire a cannon?"

"What an outlaw!!!"

...

When Lu Ming saw the audience's reaction, he knew that everyone had misunderstood his meaning.

So he quickly waved his hand and explained to everyone: "No, everyone has misunderstood."

"We have consulted the navy and professional stunt teams, as long as we fix the firing angle of the cannon, plus enough cover and logistical support, we can completely ensure the safety of the people on the ship."

"As for the law, of course we will report in advance and apply for permission."

"—Please believe that for Zh Meng, this will not be difficult."

"The real problem we encountered was: the company's financial department, personnel department, security department, and health department."

"They all expressed strong opposition to this plan!"