Forced to play Shura Field in a Western Fantasy game

But soon, Yu Yuan was completely indifferent to whether Mr. Lu pursued him or not—or, Lu Mingyuan also encountered some problems himself.

After the season entered autumn, Blazing Game Company, which Yu Yuan learned about from Lin Ling last time, had a problem with Abyss Technology, and their new game "Adventurer from Another World" was also launched.

As Lin Ling complained before, the overall art style and world view of this game are not difficult to see that it is similar to that of "Fantasy Journey", not to mention the detailed rules of the PVEPVP mechanism that were shown during the internal test, and even exaggerated. Excessive imitation or even plagiarism is not an exaggeration, but the legal requirements in this regard have always been relatively subtle. Yu Yuan, who was educated by Lin Ling about the laws related to the holographic game industry, can only be filled with righteous indignation. There are really many things that can’t be done. of.

"Hahahaha, I'm laughing so hard, Yu Yuan, watch this." Lin Ling sent a video to Yu Yuan who was sitting across from him during a lunch break one day. , which contained a... black cat?

The content of the video is spliced ​​out of the live games, but the subject of the video is always a little black cat, but this cat looks a bit stupid, and the things done in the video include but are not limited to jumping for no reason cliff, passing by a yellow dog and suddenly following the dog to bark like a dog, and swimming like a fish in the water, etc.The title of the video is "Inventory of How Many BUGs a Cat Can Have in Another World".

"The matter of our company's little black cat was not popular before. Speaking of it, it is thanks to you," Lin Ling propped his face, "The Chihuo company must be jealous of our enthusiasm, so we opened a limited-time event to give away free Black cat, as a result, the program was written too badly and ran a bunch of BUGs, I died laughing, these cats have to stand up and speak out tomorrow."

The operation mode of "Other World" is different from that of "Illusion", which creates a complete virtual world. There are rumors in the industry that the NPCs in "Other World" are all played by real people's consciousness, just like a grand but fake drama , A bug is naturally not regarded as an important thing.

But the concept of Abyss Technology is completely different. They are not only the creators of the game world, but also the maintainers and participants of this world.

Lin Ling was still chattering here and there, but Yu Yuan was a little worried for some reason, "Would their company have any impact on us?"

"Don't worry, what kind of storm will this cause? It's just a small company that will go bankrupt sooner or later, and it will jump out to act as a demon now." Lin Ling waved his hands disapprovingly.

But sometimes, the reality is often not as optimistic as expected, and there always seems to be some omen before some bad things happen.

Not long after the launch of "Alien World", perhaps in order to bring enough heat to their game, Blazing Game Company issued a statement, claiming to condemn Abyss Technology and its representative work "Fantasy Journey" on behalf of the game industry, and The reason used is-"Fantasy Journey" copied the setting and game concept of a game released 70 years ago.

At first, this incident was regarded as a simple joke by many people inside and outside the industry. Let me ask you, even computer games were just developed 70 years ago. Digging out an old game to copy?

However, the following developments are more and more beyond people's expectations - Blazing Games has released a series of gameplay videos of unknown end-game runtimes, and even the public design drafts released by the producers at that time on the Internet. The most exaggerated thing is that the name of the game 70 years ago was "Journey to the Fantasy World", and even the abbreviation is exactly the same as Fantasy.

Back then, when Lu Mingyuan brought the demo of the game "Fantasy Journey" to demonstrate at game festivals around the world, he also said in a public speech that his game was a tribute to an old game, but who would have thought of it at the time? , and no one picked it up, the so-called "tribute" turned into upgrading this old game into a holographic game?What about the original copyright?

The popularity of "Phantom Road" has always been high, and now there are blazing games to act first to guide the direction of public opinion. It is still a step too late for Abyss Technology to do public relations.But the most important thing is-there are too many similarities between the two games.

One is "Phantom Road" 70 years ago, and the other is "Phantom Road" today, but judging from the world view, art style, and PVPPVE gameplay settings, the latter is really like a holographic upgraded version of the former, but I have never heard of it. It is said that Abyss Technology has paid any fees for purchasing copyrights.

And then, Blaming Games, who apparently had collected information for quite a long time and came prepared, released a message: They have found out that the original developer and producer of the old version of "Phantom Road" publicly signed it as "Taro" , and is currently checking whether this producer has any relatives alive. He will seriously condemn the responsibility of Abyss Technology on behalf of the game industry, and will also get back the benefits he deserves for this "Taro".

This time, Abyss Technology was pushed to the forefront.For several days in a row, the most popular topic on the Internet platform has been #起晴科技 plagiarism or tribute? ##火火虽岩##浴byfounder I pay homage to an old game# and so on.

As a member of the company, although Yu Yuan is currently not in a very important position, he will still be affected to some extent, and everything that happens in the company can be seen in his eyes.When this incident was the most troublesome, the company was often surrounded by reporters downstairs, forcing employees to sometimes go to work through other channels.

After returning to the apartment building, Yu Yuan hadn't run into Mr. Lu in the elevator for several days, and it was the same in the company during the day.He thought about it that night, and still sent a message to the other party.

[Yu Yuan: Mr. Lu, how are you doing recently? 】

The person on the other side didn't reply right away, maybe he was busy.When he woke up the next day, he saw that Mr. Lu had replied in the early hours of the morning.

[Lu Mingyuan: Fortunately, the company's affairs really need to be dealt with]

When the other party replied, Yu Yuan didn't know what tone to use to reply.Between the two of them, it seems strange to say that it is a purely superior-subordinate relationship, but if it is not... I don't know what it is.

If Lin Lingzai, who doesn't think it's a big deal when watching the excitement, will definitely say something astonishing about "friendship is more than lovers", but Yu Yuan naturally can't leak this matter to anyone.He considered his words, deleted, deleted, edited, and then sent the message.

[Yu Yuan: Really serious?I see a lot of negative news on the Internet, how are you resting? 】

This time, the other party replied in a blink of an eye.

[Lu Mingyuan: It's actually not that serious, it's just a bit of pressure from public opinion, and this incident happened quite suddenly, so don't worry about me^_^]

[Lu Mingyuan: After all, you are in the game industry. To tell the truth quietly, in fact, many players only care about whether you play the game well, and there are many rumors left that not many players really care about]

Yu Yuan has been engaged in this industry for a long time, so he naturally knows that Lu Mingyuan's words are in a good place. In fact, the stock price fluctuations caused by the influence all exist.

As for the so-called "plagiarism" rumors, he also has his own judgment. You must know that the biggest factor for the success of "Phantom Road" is the high level of technology. What's more, the fact that Lu Mingyuan "exploded himself" to pay tribute at that time, fearing that others would not know, is contradictory in logic.

But it is true that today's "Phantom Road" uses the settings of the game 70 years ago, etc. However, it is estimated that no one except Mr. Lu himself can think of why he did this at the time. Could it be that he really likes that old man? game?

He wanted to ask, but he couldn't find the direction and didn't know where to start.However, at this moment, Lu Mingyuan called, and Yu Yuan connected subconsciously.

"Yu Yuan."

It was clearly early in the morning, but Mr. Lu's voice over there was very hoarse, as if he hadn't had a good rest all night, or maybe even hadn't had a rest at all.

"...Mr. Lu," Yu Yuan walked to the balcony with the terminal in his hands, as if he was holding something fragile, "Did you get a good rest last night?"

When he said it, he felt that it was a bit of empty nonsense, but he couldn't think of anything else to say, so he had to add another sentence, "I'm worried about you too."

...the omitted half sentence is "like other colleagues".

"I said it's not a big deal, it's just more urgent." Lu Mingyuan over there smiled heartily, and looked at the time again, "I haven't planned to go to work yet, are you? Then can you chat with me for a while, talking to you makes me feel Much more energetic."

The most common topic of conversation between the two seems to be related to games.

"Mr. Lu, I'm a little curious. Do you really like that old game?" Yu Yuan was referring to the old game "Phantom Road" that is being accused of "plagiarism". It said it was born 70 years ago, but at the same time Because at that time, he didn't have much impression of this game. It is said that it was not released successfully at that time, and what Blazing Games could provide was only a rough beta version 70 years ago.

A game that was never officially released in full version 70 years ago, why did Lu Mingyuan never forget it, and even use this old game as a blueprint when making holographic games in the future?

Yes, compared to the so-called plagiarism rumors, Yu Yuan believes that Lu Mingyuan is really paying tribute, upgrading an ordinary computer game back then into a complete holographic game, and also making this Western fantasy world popular with more people in this way Know.

"Yu Yuan, how long do you think a person's love for a game can last?" Lu Mingyuan was noisy for a moment, but soon quieted down again, "I really like that game very much, until now."

A game that never had a full version, why?

Yu Yuan paused for a while, and Lu Mingyuan on the other side continued to say: "Anyone will have it, maybe they saw this game when they were younger, and they only need one glance to never forget it."

"Since then, all my dreams have been fantasy scenes in the game, expecting its producer to finish it, but unfortunately not, the producer also had no chance at that time."

Because this semi-finished product is left behind, even if it wakes up in the new era after being frozen for 70 years, and the game industry has undergone earth-shaking changes, do you still insist on making a more complete version of this old game that can no longer be old?

Yu Yuan absolutely believed every word.But he can also think that public opinion will never stop here. Abyss Technology is too big to attract attention. Now that there is even a small loophole, everyone will want to step on it.

"Mr. Lu..."

That chaotic feeling seemed to come again, as if a rabbit was beating vigorously in the ventricle.

"It's almost time to go to work, go out Yu Yuan, I won't delay you," Lu Mingyuan said with a light smile, "I still have some things to do here."

The noisy voice came again, and it sounded very close to Mr. Lu.

Yu Yuan couldn't help asking: "What's going on with you?"

"I have to hold an interview meeting with the outside world today. Okay, I have to hang up. Thank you for your willingness to talk with me."

Reminiscent of the reporters squatting downstairs in the company every day to inquire about news, Yu Yuan can almost imagine that the interview will probably be an aggressive scene. Hearing that someone over there seems to remind Mr. Lu that it is about to start, he can only say Say "goodbye".

When he arrived at the company, many colleagues were watching the live broadcast around the virtual screen in the center of the hall. It seemed that the interview that Lu Mingyuan said was about to start.

Not long after, his figure appeared in front of the camera, his voice was so sonorous and powerful in his opening speech, and he was so calm and unhurried in the question-and-answer session when he faced the serial questions of reporters and even some people's deliberately difficult questions, just like the night before The person who was with Yu Yuan all the time, who looked like an intern college student, did not exist, and there was only this Mr. Lu.

Sometimes looking at each other, Yu Yuan would feel a little dazed, as if Lu Mingyuan, who dressed casually in private, was one person, while Mr. Lu, who was working or dressed in the company, was another person.

A sense of separation that cannot be explained, and sometimes even a little familiar...

During the interview, a reporter cut into a new question, and Lu Mingyuan's answer brought Yu Yuan back to his senses in front of the virtual screen.

"...I like that game very much. In fact, there is another reason why I held an interview meeting today, which is to make it public-I have a relationship with 'Taro', the author of the game "Journey to the Fantasy World", but It is inconvenient to make it public now, but I will take action when necessary. At the same time, Blazing Game Company's rumors and slanders against our company..."

Taro.

In that era 70 years ago, there was an unfinished game, and a game producer whose real identity had not been disclosed on the Internet.

Yu Yuan kept staring at the figure in the center of the screen. At this moment, Lu Mingyuan looked straight at the camera. The two seemed to be looking at each other from an unknown distance.

"...I believe that many friends who work in the game industry have their own original intentions to enter this industry. In fact, Taro is such a special existence for me. He is like a beacon to me. There is no He must not have me today."

"Due to various reasons, some information cannot be released temporarily, but if the follow-up development really requires me to submit any proof of my relationship with Taro, I will submit it to the relevant parties. All in all, we at Abyss Technology do not accept 'plagiarism' or 'excessive tribute' Such sewage."

"Or let's put it this way, the world in the 'Phantom Road' created by the team I lead and you see now is not so much a tribute to the predecessors of the game industry, it is better to say-this is what I gave Taro's game."

Lu Mingyuan showed the front, and said solemnly: "I want to give him the whole fantasy world, so I made this game."

Because of this speech, the press conference was completely quiet for a moment, and even the hall where the broadcast was broadcast was also quiet. After a while, colleagues began to discuss.

"It's really an early game, I haven't heard of it at all."

"Mr. Lu has a family member who plays games? I haven't heard of it, it's not that he..."

"It's not necessarily a family member, isn't it also possible for a friend or a partner?"

......

All this was heard by Yu Yuan's ears and seen in his eyes.

Mr. Lu entered the holographic game industry without hesitation, took many risks and made many attempts that no one dared to do before. "Illusion" is also an all-round tribute. This is the belief brought to him by this "Taro" ?

Then what kind of person is it that can prompt Lu Mingyuan to make so much effort and walk such a long way?

Yu Yuan couldn't help thinking about his own answer to this question as to why he entered this industry in the first place.However, all he could feel for the time being was a headache from time to time, like nails being driven into his temple.

The doctor at the Unfreeze Center reminded him that although his physical illness has completely recovered, it may take time to recover from the sequelae of the brain damage, or he may have forgotten all about it.

But after waking up from the thawing center, he was a loner like ordinary freshmen. He must have thought about the loneliness in the future when he decided to enter the hibernation cabin back then, but he still made such a choice.

Perhaps, a little less memory is not so important?

He wasn't sure, didn't know, so he could only tell himself that.

In the scene projected on the virtual screen, the figure of Mr. Lu who can talk freely is still so dazzling, as if glowing, like a small, shimmering figure.

He said that Taro was his guiding light.

Regardless of the plagiarism turmoil or the rhythm brought by Blazing Game Company, Abyss Technology chooses to resort to the law first, and many processes cannot be disclosed to the public. As for the issue of "plagiarism", it will take time to be judged as true. At a certain point, maybe Mr. Lu really has to disclose his relationship with "Taro", otherwise this will be an absolute fatal blow to the company and the game.

But at least, before the biggest turmoil will come, the current public opinion has temporarily calmed down a little.

The company returned to normal, and Yu Yuan also returned to his normal commute rhythm. Occasionally, he would meet Mr. Lu in the elevator and greet him with a smile.

Not long after get off work that night, there was a knock on the door.Yu Yuan walked over to open the door, and saw Mr. Lu who had just met at the company half an hour ago standing at the door.

"Are you interested in coming to my house for a meal? I just need someone to try the dishes after making a new dish."

There seems to be no reason to refuse.

Yu Yuan nodded blankly, as if a child who had been coaxed away just followed.

Mr. Lu lives in a house on the top floor with two floors connected, and the area is naturally half of the single apartment downstairs.At the door of the room, no matter whether Yu Yuan wanted to know it or not, he just told him the password.

Once inside, the decoration style of the living room is relatively warm, but it is not quite the same as Mr. Lu's usual external style, but what Yu Yuan noticed at a glance was something else——I saw a man lying on his stomach on the sofa. group of black cats.

Yu Yuan, who played the role of the black cat for too long, almost got PTSD, and almost thought that the game was reflected in reality.

"This is milk tea," Lu Mingyuan introduced to him, "I have raised a cat for several years."

Yu Yuan walked lightly to the side of the black cat, this cat was not afraid of people, he picked up the cat, looked at its size and said with emotion: "It's so round."

In fact, it is fat, and it is heavy to carry.This black cat has completely different styles from the cat in the game. In the game, it is a cute little black cat with big eyes and big head, but the one in front of it is a very important "sumo wrestler". Like an idle grandpa.

"Is there? I think it's okay." Using the father's love filter to see that his cat is plump at most, Lu Mingyuan went to the kitchen to bring out the dishes and said: "If you want, you can also help it lose weight."

After petting the cat and washing their hands, the two sat down at the dining table.What Lu Mingyuan cooks today are spaghetti bolognese and baked prawns with cheese. The dishes are not complicated, but they are good in appearance and taste.

Yu Yuan couldn't stop boasting after only one mouthful, but Lu Mingyuan, who was always confident, was a little embarrassed by the compliment, "I went abroad to study before, so Western food is relatively better, and I don't know much about Chinese food."

When it comes to studying abroad, it is inevitable to talk about universities. Yu Yuan doesn't have much memory of the specifics of his university, but he can also know from the files that he chose a game-related major in university, and he also learned from Lu Mingyuan that the other party is in The first thing I learned abroad was computer-related, and I was once considered a real code farmer. The establishment of Abyss Technology was also a technological fortune.

Eating together and petting cats together may be some of the things that bring people closer together.Yu Yuan has a good impression of cats, but he can't remember whether he has raised cats before, and now that holographic games are so developed, it's easier to keep cats in the game.

The two of them also combed a cat for the black cat uncle named Milk Tea. Yu Yuan accidentally asked Mr. Lu why the cat was called by this name. He felt that it had nothing to do with black, so Lu Mingyuan said with a smile: "Do you think that taro ball is a cat?" , milk tea, it sounds like a family."

"..." Why am I so suspicious that you changed the name of the cat temporarily.

Suspecting that Lu Mingyuan was just making fun of it temporarily, Yu Yuan tried to call the black cat "milk tea", but he didn't expect this big guy to actually respond.

It seems that it is not a temporary name?

"I had expected that you would appear in my life a long time ago, so I named the cat a few years in advance." Lu Mingyuan pretended to be so proud that he wanted to turn his tail into the sky, "Isn't it very wise?"

"It's hard enough for the cat to cooperate with your performance, remember to give it extra food."

Yu Yuan didn't believe the other party's joke.

Mr. Lu could only smile at this.

But one day after going to work, Yu Yuan and Lin Ling received a temporary task, saying that there was an unknown bug in the upcoming autumn activities, and Yu Yuan needed to go online to the corresponding location to try to troubleshoot.

This event is an annual [Sacrifice dedicated to the Lord of the Dragon Clan]. Players participating in the event need to go to the place in the northern border that is said to be the closest to the Dragon Cave to participate in the ritual activities of the local people. It is said that only the Lord of the Dragon Clan After all kinds of sacrifices are offered by the dragons and the dragons behind them, the entire northern border will be peaceful and blessed in the next year.

"Where is the bug, and it hasn't been checked yet?"

At this time, as the temperature in the game drops sharply at night, the rituals that have been prepared for three days will be placed on the coast on this day, and there will be dragons crossing the ocean to fetch them from the Dragon Island on the other side.Yu Yuan had already gathered in the player group, but after walking around for several times, Lin Ling didn't find any bugs.

"It is said that there is a BUG in the scene, but now there are too many people and the data is too complicated to see it. Let me try again."

As the night gets darker, this festival is about to reach its climax.The players gathered here are called "outlanders" by the locals, and everyone is very excited, while the local residents light up and fly countless flying lanterns, illuminating the entire night sky bit by bit.

The annual event, the beautiful scene, is also a place where many lovers and players like to come.But Yu Yuan, who is at work, is not in the mood to appreciate the scenery, and has to keep looking for bugs.

At this moment, the crowd suddenly burst into exclamation, "The dragon is coming!"

From the clouds in the distance, figures of many headed dragons slowly began to appear. Gradually, they were also illuminated a little by flying lights, but this faint light seemed too small compared to their size. .

It seems that it is easy for people to have a certain awe of the huge creatures, and everyone gathers at the port, keeping a considerable distance from the coast full of sacrifices.And some rituals favored by the dragons will be taken away or thrown into the ocean, and generally there will be nothing left.

During the bursts of exclamation, tall, mighty or agile flying dragons of various colors appeared, and then left quickly, making roaring sounds in the sky, which also made the players feel that this was an exciting experience.

At this moment, Yu Yuan happened to walk to the side of the port.

At this moment, the largest black dragon suddenly appeared in the sky. The black dragon waved its wings heavily, causing huge winds every time. come!

"Run! Run!" someone in the crowd shouted.

But someone was still a step behind.

The tester Yu Mou, who just happened to pass by because of work, felt his body lighten under the attention of the panicked players, and then he flew up, even flying at a height of tens of meters suddenly.

Yu Yuan: "???"

What the hell is going on!