Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch

Chapter 752: Chapter 712: Server Connecting…

Ivan had a strong sense of foreboding in his heart.

He had initially planned to return to the log cabin where he could accept tasks and retrieve his hunting hound.

But now, the unease in his heart drove him to drive the bouncing car, speeding towards the location of the laser beam in the distance.

To be on the safe side, he also studied the shoulder cannon.

This thing used a foolproof method of fixation. As long as you don’t mind the discomfort, you can clamp it directly on your shoulder.

There were two modes of activation, manual and helmet-locked.

The best way, of course, was to use a helmet. Fortunately, the [Fourth Type of Contact] achievement came with the[Iron-Blooded Face], which was an Iron-Blooded Warrior helmet that could perfectly match the shoulder cannon.

However, wearing this thing on his face was truly terrifying. Ivan felt that if he wore it during a live stream, he might scare away a number of viewers.

As for the power of the shoulder cannon, it was even more impressive!

One shot could instantly pulverize and char a thick tree trunk that would take four to five people to wrap their arms around – incredibly powerful!

The only drawback… it consumed quite a bit of energy.

This thing in the hands of an Iron-Blooded Warrior was like having unlimited ammo. They could just fire at will without ever having to worry about running out of ammunition.

But in Ivan’s hands, it became a charging type weapon, with a maximum capacity of five rounds, each needing its own cooldown.

——Every time a plasma round was fired, it required 45 seconds of charging time.

For Ivan, this felt excruciatingly long!

Not to mention that it couldn’t be used for hunting – shooting a water buffalo with one of these shots would blow it up, leaving no spoils of war behind.

It was still better than nothing, though.

Of course, if he could ever use it to shoot other players, Ivan would be willing to take back all his negative reviews immediately.

…

Worried about making things worse, Ivan stopped fumbling with the controller and followed the green dot on the display that guided him to drive the bouncing car at full speed.

18 minutes later, he arrived at the edge of the map.

——The boundary between the hilly areas and the mountain ranges. Beyond the hills, there would be no more prey or special plants to be found.

In other words, there was no in-game content in the area between the mountains.

Everyone had taken it for granted that this was the edge of the map.

But this time, the green dot on the indicator was still in front, which meant that it was located outside the map.

“Has Cloud Dream put something outside the map?”

Without hesitation, Ivan floored the accelerator and drove out of the boundary.

During Ivan’s long journey, the number of viewers in the live broadcast room was also decreasing rapidly.

Many of the viewers who had been attracted by the server announcement were there to see the mysterious killer and the rewards for the first player.

If they could figure out how Ivan had won and learn some skills to help them win, that would be even better.

Now, they had seen the corpse and face of the Iron-Blooded Warrior, as well as the rewards, but how Ivan had killed his opponent with a cold weapon was not a skill they could learn because it was impossible…

Once their goal was achieved, they left and went about their own business.

Those who remained were either relatively idle or interested in those lasers.

After another long trek, Ivan finally reached the top of a small hill, and the green dot on the controller was now displayed at the center of the screen.

In other words, he had reached his destination.

But after getting off the bouncing car and looking around, Ivan couldn’t see anything.

“What’s going on?” Ivan walked and wondered, “Could it be inside the mountain? Digging through the mountain would be too ridiculous.”

As Ivan was puzzled, suddenly there was a crisp “Duang” sound!

Ivan’s forehead collided with a hard object, making a loud noise.

He instinctively rubbed his head in pain and asked curiously, “What is it?”

As he asked, he was already reaching out with both hands, touching the air in front of him like a blind man, and soon felt a large metal object.

“This seems to be a big invisible guy! Could it be a spaceship?”

As Ivan touched and walked around the object, he tried to see if he could find a switch or entrance.

But after making a complete circle, he found nothing.

Having no other choice, he took out the controller and, taking a risk, pressed the second button.

Then he heard the sound of a hatch opening.

But by then Ivan was too lazy to feel around again, so he simply pressed the last button.

Immediately, the invisibility faded, and a spaceship the size of a two-story building appeared before everyone’s eyes.

The dark paint job, heavy metal, and sharp angles matched the style of the Iron-Blooded Warriors perfectly.

It was——

[New Login Point Unlocked: Spaceship (Iron Blood)]

Seeing the spaceship and the system prompt, Ivan was stunned.

He had guessed that the invisible behemoth was a spaceship, but seeing it up close was still incredibly awe-inspiring.

The viewers instantly exploded with excitement, and the players who had left were quickly returning!

“So, the aliens came to invade in their own spacecraft?”

“The ‘cross-border’ in [Cross-Border Pursuit] actually refers to crossing planets? That’s so absurd!”

“Board the ship, strike back! Fight against the Iron-Blooded Warrior’s home planet! We must teach them a lesson!”

“Mobilize billions for the galactic battles!”

…

Ivan came to his senses after the shock, hurriedly walking towards the already open hatch.

As for those absurd topics in the comments, he didn’t believe them.

This is just a one-time event in the game, how could it possibly become such a huge thing?

If there was really such content about fighting across the universe, that would definitely be marked as a new game launch. Cloud Dream isn’t a charity after all – but wait, it seems like Cloud Dream really is doing some charity work…

As long as this spaceship can fly and replace the Bouncing Car, he would be more than satisfied.

…

10 minutes later, Ivanov stood in the cockpit disappointedly, speechlessly looking at the red warning mark on the display.

He couldn’t understand those weird symbols, but it didn’t matter, the System translated them for him –

“Energy depleted, engine unable to start, please replenish energy as soon as possible!”

It’s no surprise he’s speechless after seeing this.

This is a spaceship after all. It’s obvious it doesn’t run on fuel. Cloud Dream doesn’t provide energy for the spaceship, so this thing could never fly.

“Is this thing going to become a sight like the Large Mech?” Ivan complained.

With the continuous interaction of the players, the wreckage of the giant tower still lies in Night City until now.

But that’s not the biggest problem. The biggest problem lies in another line of special symbols. The system’s translation is:

“Planet coordinates have been released, Signal strength: Galaxy level”

The same characters appeared six times in total, exactly matching the number of times laser beams were fired earlier.

“So, I published the coordinates earlier??” Ivan was dumbfounded, “And I published them six times?”

“Are they really going to stage an alien invasion?”

“No, wait!” Ivan suddenly found a blind spot: “Didn’t you say you were out of energy? How did the laser signal get sent out? And it’s at galaxy level strength!”

“How is this logical?!”

The more he thought about it, the more outrageous it became.

At the same time, the Daxia audience in the live broadcast room also found something unreasonable:

“Hold on, why do I feel that these alien symbols… look more and more familiar as I look at them?”

“Isn’t this just Oracle Bone Script?!”

“Not quite. The framework is indeed Oracle Bone Script, but it has some artistic modifications.”

“Logical! They are both pictographs after all!”

“What’s logical about that?! Can birds from another planet look the same as ones on Earth?!”

…

15 seconds later, Ivan stopped worrying.

Yes, he was only worried for this short period of time, and then he began showing the audience around the interior of the spaceship.

Anyway, what’s done is done, and it’s too late to undo it.

After all, even if he didn’t press the button, someone else in the audience would have. He just happened to be the first to get the controller.

Thinking about this, Ivan quickly changed his mood and started visiting the spaceship with great enthusiasm.

After taking a long tour, including the engine area, energy area, ecological recycle area, and maintenance area, Ivan unexpectedly found something very familiar in the rest area –

“Isn’t this a game cabin?”

Except for the color not being white, this thing looks exactly like the game cabin from reality!

And the status indicator shows that it’s running quite well, with no issues at all.

Ivan felt puzzled once again: “What would happen if I lay down in this thing?”

“Could I play the game the Iron-Blooded Warriors are playing?”

Playing a virtual game inside a virtual world?

No matter how you think about it, this is absurd!

But since he’s already here, not giving it a try just seems wrong…

Under the audience’s enthusiastic urging, Ivan cautiously lied down in the game cabin and closed the lid.

Then he nervously watched as the small holographic display in front of him showed rows of mysterious symbols –

[Connecting to server…]

[Server connection successful!]