To ascend, I had no choice but to create games - Chapter 370

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Chapter 370: Chapter 228: The Underground Passage (Part 2)_2

Looking at the road ahead, Xiemen Waidao had not yet figured out what was going on when he realized he was being grabbed.

Next to him, Mukuai 1234, nervous, clung onto his arm, shivering as she looked ahead.

Seeing her appearance, Xiemen Waidao remembered that Mukuai 1234 was afraid of the dark.

Xiemen Waidao didn’t know what she had experienced in the past, but he knew that Mukuai 1234 had a deep-seated fear of darkness.

When she was in her humanoid form, she could use her meritorious deeds to summon some things to provide light, but now it seemed many of her functions were unusable, and she had to face her fear head-on.

Wobbling over to Mukuai 1234’s back, Xiemen Waidao first dived under her from between her legs and stood up already with Mukuai 1234 on his back.

Teddy Bears can’t speak, but that didn’t stop him from conveying his concern for Mukuai 1234 in this way and caring for her in his own manner.

Being suddenly hoisted onto his back, Mukuai 1234 was clearly taken aback, and then she wrapped her arms around Xiemen Waidao’s neck and clung to him tightly.

Moving along the corridor, they slowly traversed rugged pathways and skirted around ponds filled with water, gradually heading deeper into the facility.

As they progressed further, Xiemen Waidao noticed more and more technologically advanced things around them, although all of these things felt somewhat off.

He saw material carts crawling out from the bottom, passing by his side. When he hurried to jump onto one of the carts, he was surprised to find that the cart turned a circle in front of him and then, unaltered, went back the way it came, causing him to lose some distance instead.

Robots covered in scars sat beside the passageways, their mechanical arms still moving back and forth as if they were still engaged in factory operations.

Large excavators dug at nonexistent walls, incinerators had no flames inside, yet conveyor belts continued to transport raw materials towards them, spilling over without stopping.

“Strange, what’s wrong with this factory?”

Continuing down the corridor, Xiemen Waidao had roughly guessed that this was a production area of some factory, except that all parts of the factory seemed to have problems, resulting in production issues.

So, “Happy Adventure”‘s new gameplay is about maintaining a factory?

The more Xiemen Waidao thought about it, the more plausible it seemed. He then switched out to ask on the Game Inn forum about “Happy Adventure”, “Comrades, has anyone noticed a new Easter egg?”

“I’ve found it too, currently here. Control_room.jpg”

“What a coincidence, I saw it too. But it seems there’s a certain chance to get in. Do you guys know what it is?”

Game Inn’s traffic had been growing non-stop recently. A casual post would receive lots of replies, and people with similar experiences were showing up.

Based on their feedback, Xiemen Waidao roughly confirmed the current situation.

Although Fang Cheng Studio hadn’t issued any statements, everyone speculated that this might be Fang Cheng Studio testing upcoming DLCs.

And the Easter egg approach could generate some discussion topics, facilitating players to discuss and spread the word spontaneously.

Sure enough, Fang Cheng Studio is known for its distinctive game testing methods, love it.

Moreover, the conditions for the test were somewhat strict: you must encounter a red Teddy Bear and be in the top four when you encounter it, and then the lights would go out, and you would be sent to an abandoned production line.

Xiemen Waidao immediately initiated a poll and then returned to the game, continuing forward with Mukuai 1234. An hour later, he exited to check the poll results.

His poll was simple, just asking how many players had triggered the Easter egg.

Only a hundred or so people participated in the poll. Estimating this number, the actual count of players who triggered the Easter egg might be only a few hundred.

That wasn’t many, which was in line with Xiemen Waidao’s understanding of game testing.

Back in the game, Xiemen Waidao continued onward and eventually reached the end of the corridor.

At the end of the corridor was a room brimming with a sense of technology.

But in order to save resources, the room was made somewhat narrow; however, for Teddy Bears like Xiemen Waidao and Mukuai 1234, the space was quite comfortable.

Or rather, the room seemed to have been prepared for Teddy Bears, facilitating their movement.

As they arrived, Xiemen Waidao keenly noticed that there already appeared to be others in the control room.

A black shadow wandered within the control room. The figure seemed unaware of Xiemen Waidao and Mukuai 1234’s arrival, still busy with their own work.

With the dim glow from the various machines in the control room, Xiemen Waidao could barely make out that the figure was a black shadow, this faint presence of fear causing Mukuai 1234 on his back to hug even tighter.

Suddenly, the shadow in front kicked something, and the dimly lit control room lit up abruptly, revealing the true nature of the items inside.

It was a black Teddy Bear with an indifferent and cold expression on its face, seemingly unconcerned about everything.

Because of its dark body, it could blend into the shadows, only to be discovered when the lights came on.

Seeing the figure, Xiemen Waidao stared at the ID above its head, realizing it was Black Tech, the other human player who had fallen with him just now.

Black Tech also looked at them with indifferent eyes and then retrieved two data cables, handing them over.

The data cables hung down from the ceiling, and their connectors matched perfectly with ports on the back of their heads.

Players had been pondering the purpose of this interface from the beginning, never expecting it to actually come into play now.

So detailed! Really quite meticulous!

After marveling at the thoroughness of Fang Cheng Studio, Xiemen Waidao and Mukuai 1234 inserted the data cables into each other’s ports, then heard Black Tech’s languid voice, “Now, you can talk. Use the microphone.”

Upon activating the microphone, Xiemen Waidao gave it a try, then exclaimed, “It really works! Amazing! But why didn’t you speak earlier? Social anxiety or something?”

“I couldn’t be bothered to speak,” Black Tech said lazily.

“…And yet you still play games?”

“Moving my fingers is no problem.”

“Unique!”

“I think you are the unique ones, aren’t you hot?”

Only then did Xiemen Waidao realize he was still carrying Mukuai 1234 on his back.

He thought about tossing Mukuai 1234 aside with a leap, but Mukuai 1234 suddenly said through gritted teeth, “Don’t you dare put me down, or I’ll sort you out.”

“Why not! I’ve been carrying you for so long, I deserve some credit for my effort!”

“I suppose, it’s because you’ve been carrying for too long,” Black Tech said slowly.

“Is that really it?”

“No!” Mukuai 1234 shouted, “Stop messing around, just keep carrying me!”

“Oh, okay.”

Xiemen Waidao felt that Mukuai 1234 was acting a bit strange.

But considering the other had just walked through darkness, a bit of psychological trauma seemed normal—it was clear that the AI was unbeatable, having considered all these things.

Sitting opposite Black Tech, Xiemen Waidao asked, “We should have fallen down together, right? So why were you so quick?”

“One person is always faster than half a person.”

“…To avoid talking, you’ve really gone all out, huh!”

“Thanks.”

Looking at Black Tech, Xiemen Waidao felt that he was indeed an interesting fellow.

Moving a bit closer, he asked, “Do you know what this place is?”

“A factory, the control room.”

“So what are we supposed to do?”

“Repair this place.”

“Figures. Do you know how to fix it?”

“I do, but there’s no need.”

“Why not?”

“Because I’ve already fixed it.”

Looking at Black Tech who had resolved everything within an hour, Xiemen Waidao realized he had struck gold.

Stepping forward, he asked eagerly, “Interested in joining the Morals Aid Group?”

“Sounds sketchy.”

“It’s very serious, and you don’t have to talk, typing is fine too.”

“Okay.”

While Xiemen Waidao successfully persuaded Black Tech to join, the Red Teddy Bear, Tai Yin, was also observing the situation through the surveillance system.