Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch

Chapter 716 - 679: Dinosaur Island, Massive Creatures

"[Fire Dragon]? Is it like the self-proclaimed organizations like [Fierce Tiger]and [War Eagle]?"

Zhen looked at the camera with a puzzled expression, hoping for a confirmation from the director.

But the camera immediately shook left and right, denying her assumption.

Qiang, trying to suppress his disbelief, continued to read the script—

"An unknown terrifying creature is about to descend upon the metropolis, the Metropolitan Police Department is… is… rubbing their fists and wiping their palms?"

Qiang stopped midway through the sentence, dumbfounded.

He doubted their sanity!

Zhen, trying to regain her composure, continued:

"The Metropolitan City Council solemnly reminds citizens: From next Monday, do not go out unless necessary, and stock up on enough survival supplies in advance for unforeseen circumstances."

"If you live in a high-rise building, please head to the underground parking garage to take refuge as soon as the air raid alarm sounds."

...

The script started to make more sense.

And the players watching the live stream also recovered their senses —

"This is it! A new event!"

"Cloud Dream remembers Assassins' Alliance! Nice, the Brotherhood thanks you!"

"Fire Dragon? It must breathe fire! Where will it land? I want to fight the BOSS!"

"Noobs! All noobs! I can hunt giant dinosaurs with a spear, now I have an RPG, and I have no fear!"

"Where's my armed helicopter? Where's my tank? Where's my artillery cannon? Bring them all!"

...

In the scene, after reading the emergency announcement, Qiang couldn't help but ask: "Where will the Fire Dragon land? I just paid for the down payment of my house and was planning to renovate... "

This question naturally wouldn't get an answer.

Zhen ignored Qiang's question directly and started to report the next news: "The second piece of news comes from the Metropolitan Amusement Park."

Players were dissatisfied with this:

"That's it? Just that?"

"If you won't show the trailer, at least give us a picture to take a look at, right?"

"What does it look like? How big is it? Are there any rewards? You didn't say anything, what kind of announcement is this!"

"Don't tell me it's a dog named [Fire Dragon]in the end?"

...

But the protests were of course futile.

Although the "Metropolitan News" followed the live broadcast and seemed to be an "emergency broadcast," the appearance and attire of Zhen and Qiang were somewhat hasty.

But in reality, this was just a trailer, and there was no way it could respond to the players' demands in real-time.

Zhen continued:

"Before we continue with the second news, let's have a commercial break."

Amidst the sea of question marks from the players, a short clip began to play —

A weak-looking man walked down a chaotic and dilapidated street. Bicycles and trash cans were piled up along the curb, and the plastic bags on the street danced in the wind.

"My life is a meaningless one: friends who only want to take advantage, a girlfriend who looks down on me, a fat female boss desperate to exploit her pitiful employees, and a panic disorder that can hardly be controlled without constant medication."

Jovial friends, a disgusted and impatient girlfriend, a furious and drooling fat boss, and the protagonist nervously taking medicine...

...

Less than 10 seconds into the clip, the players started to realize something was wrong:

"Wait! Does this look familiar to anyone?"

"Are you kidding me? This is the Assassins' Alliance trailer! I've watched it 800 times already!!!" n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

"What's the meaning of this? A sequel?"

"No way! There's no way it's a sequel that looks exactly like the first part!"

"It can't be a reboot either, right? What's there to even reboot?"

...

The players were all puzzled.

Because the clip was... identical!

From beginning to end, Cloud Dream really didn't change a single frame and played the original trailer in its entirety, leaving everyone baffled.

"You killed my father!" The protagonist, suspended in mid-air, shouted angrily at his real father.

"We are destined!" The mysterious old bastard asserted next to the immense Destiny Weaver.

It was all too familiar to the players.

Until the end of the film, the final subtitles appear—

"Assassins' Alliance

December 23rd

Simultaneously premiering worldwide"

Upon seeing these words, the confusion of the players was instantly cleared away!

"A movie premiere?!"

"You can play it like this? Two birds with one stone? That's cost-saving!"

"I just want to ask one question: Does this [simultaneously premiering worldwide] mean it will be shown in [Metropolis] worldwide or is it really going to be released in reality?"

"Should be in the virtual world, right? Who would only promote a movie in reality five days in advance?"

...

After the film, Zhen's words further supported this idea:

"Next Monday, a major action film will be released in Metropolis, adapted from a real event in Metropolis. It has excellent production and is not to be missed by citizens!"

"Next, let's take a look at the second piece of news—"

"Metropolitan Amusement Park has introduced a new batch of special animals. These animals will start meeting the public from next Monday."

"From Monday to Sunday, for one week straight, there will be different animal themes. Animal lovers can plan their schedules in advance."

Zhen said this and suddenly realized something was wrong.

Qiang, however, had already said it seriously: "Under the condition of [not going out unless necessary], please take the risk of being crushed by the Fire Dragon and go to the cinema and amusement park. I won't go, have fun, everyone."

If this had happened before, Zhen would have rolled up the script and hit him hard.

But Zhen not only did not do that, but instead looked puzzled at the lens again.

But the lens only nodded up and down, indicating that there was no problem and to continue.

Zhen could only go on:

"The third piece of news comes from Dinosaur Island."

"However, before we get to the third piece of news, we have to interrupt with another commercial."

Without waiting for players to ask questions, the advertisement started to play again—

Bright music, over-the-shoulder shots, an NPC walking out of the door, looking up at the dazzling Night City.

The voiceover then sounded——

"Night City, a city notorious for crime and violence."

...

The players' complaints exploded again:

"Again??!"

"Twice in a row!"

"No need to say, I know, "Speed Chase" is also gonna be released, right?"

"They're good at fooling people!"

Just one day later than "Assassins' Alliance".

...

The subsequent development was exactly the same.

The trailer for the "Speed Chase" game was played in its entirety, and in the end, it was announced with subtitles that the "Speed Chase" movie would also be released.

The release date is December 24th.

Just one day later than "Assassins' Alliance".

The players no longer believe it would be released in reality.

After the ad, the camera returned to the studio, and Zhen proceeded to report the next news item as if nothing had happened:

"Recently, frequent earthquakes have been occurring on Dinosaur Island, and the epicenters are very shallow, causing great trouble to the daily operation of Jurassic Park."

"Jurassic Park has sent an expert team to investigate on site, initially judging it to be: a huge unidentified creature is suspected to be lying dormant underground, and if it were to awaken, it could cause a severe geological disaster on Dinosaur Island."

"However, unfortunately, after analyzing the data, the conclusion was: the giant creature is very likely to wake up in the near future and break out of the ground!"

"If any citizens have plans to visit Jurassic Park in the near future, please be sure to postpone or cancel it, in consideration of avoiding accidental crisis."

Zhen was speaking, and the screen had already switched to the familiar Dinosaur Island.

You can see that a large area in the north of the island has been cleared, and all the dinosaurs on the island are spontaneously moving away from there, while only a survey team is busy in the open ground.

Massive industrial equipment unfolds around several mobile drilling platforms, with seven or eight freshly drilled deep wells puffing out hot air and smoke at a rhythmic pace.

Busy people traverse through the complex equipment, which makes various sounds; the situation is clearly not very optimistic.

As a result, the players came up with a logically sound idea—

"Could there be a Fire Dragon down there? Will it emerge next week and invade Metropolis?"

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