Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch

Chapter 1289: Chapter 1162: Players vs.

Development Team!

Chapter 1289: Chapter 1162: Players vs.

Development Team!

“Development Team, you scripted a plot for the NPCs?”

Super Tomato watched the NPCs spring intensely to life and that was his first reaction.

But he quickly realized that wasn’t the main point.

The real focus was, “It’s an event trigger, the NPCs are calling reinforcements!”

The very thing Super Tomato guessed was certainly not overlooked by the players on the scene.

The dog that had pounced on the modified human police viciously bit off the communicator, and a Tibetan Mastiff was shouting:

“Grab the communicators!

Don’t let them call for backup!”

But soon a cat yelled, “Use your dog brains!

We’re surrounded by robots!

Are we going to block their signals with our heads?”

“So what do we do?”

“Duh!

Grab weapons!”

The law enforcement robots and modified human police officers only used non-lethal weapons, but that didn’t mean they didn’t have other weapons on them, not to mention the entire checkpoint.

Without any weapons, the cats and dogs could only attack with claws and teeth, but how could they bite through the steel plates of the robots?

Originally, the plan was to withstand the attacks and rush forward with a pile-up tactic, taking it as far as they could.

But who could have expected, with such an open and bold charge at the checkpoint, the NPCs were still so polite?

They hadn’t even used live rounds!

This made it really hard for the players not to think of “grabbing weapons and breaking in.”

The thought of rebellion had barely arisen when they felt as if the world had grown wider.

The players, who had been focusing on getting away from NPCs and moving forward, suddenly had a clearer goal as they began to seize and search for weapons.

It was really inconvenient for cats and dogs to use guns with their paws, but with a bit of effort to overcome the difficulty, it wasn’t impossible!

“Bang!”

An unlucky robot took a shot to the neck, blowing a huge gash, with its head nearly falling off.

But it didn’t die; instead, upon receiving the fatal attack, its forearm suddenly opened up, popping out a gun.

A big dog nearby immediately bit down on it, preventing it from aiming.

Meanwhile, a black dog, dazed by the recoil after aiming with a gun in its mouth, struggled to get up and aim again while a tabby cat nearby swiftly pulled the trigger.

“Bang!”

Another large hole blew open in the robot’s chest, and it finally fell down amidst sparks and flames.

Two shots, seven kills!

1 law enforcement robot, and 2 cats and 4 dogs.

——The scene was so crowded that friendly fire was hard to avoid.

But for the players, losing a teammate or two was always a trivial issue, not even worth mentioning!

“Bang!

Bang!

Bang!”

The gunshots grew more and more frequent.

After the players took the lead in using lethal weapons, the law enforcement robots and modified human police officers simultaneously escalated their force and switched to live ammunition, and the death toll skyrocketed.

If it weren’t for Cheryl’s dislike of bloody scenes in “The Way Back Home,” which resulted in setting the cats and dogs to not bleed, the scene would probably have been too gruesome to watch!

But…

the players didn’t care!

Before reinforcements arrived, the cat and dog army eliminated all NPCs in the checkpoint at any cost and completed a preliminary scavenging.

Thus, when they hit the road again, not all of them were running on all fours.

Super Tomato stared at the live-streaming screen, asking his viewers blankly, “Have you…

ever seen a dog drive before?”

In the streaming screen, a Husky was right there in the driver’s seat, clumsily handling the steering wheel, driving the car with composure, transporting a load of fellow cats and dogs forward.

It had even put on a pair of sunglasses found in the car and turned on the car radio.

If it weren’t for the dog’s clumsy paws, Super Tomato would seriously doubt whether it would light a cigarette for itself.

“I haven’t seen it before, but I have now!”

“I have to say, this scene is somewhat bizarre…”

“What’s that compared to?

I’ve seen someone having hotpot with a Giant Panda!”

“Hold on, I think…

I just saw a cat operating a drone???”

…

The live-streamer community also felt the experience was astonishingly whimsical.

In “The Way Back Home,” although the players turned into cats and dogs, they were doing things typical for those animals, hopping around on four legs, climbing up and down, sniffing here, biting there, and occasionally smashing some bottles and cans—typical pet behavior.

So they felt it was cute and fun, without any discomfort.

But now, it’s not just about using firearms and communicators, even cats are operating drones!

Not only did they give an early warning of the approach of NPC reinforcements, but they also expertly operated the armed drones to unleash a barrage on the driving NPCs!

Super Tomato had just suggested, “If we can’t beat them, it’s better to disband quickly, right?” when he saw a car full of NPCs crash into a wall and plow into a building due to the driver being killed.

The Husky Brother quickly pulled the steering wheel and hit the brakes, positioning the car smoothly at the mouth of the hole.

From the bed of the car, cats and dogs poked out their heads armed with guns, fired off shots in pairs at the interior, desperately unloading their weapons.

The cars following behind also stopped to form a defensive line, and further back, a large group of cats and dogs from the Dare To Die Squad rushed by, storming into the hole without hesitation.

After a moment, several drones flew out, along with cats and dogs carrying weapons.

And ahead on the road, more NPCs and drones were getting closer.

The players immediately blocked the highway, all guns blazing!

The other side stopped their cars too, using them as temporary cover to start firing back!

An intense shootout began between the two sides.

But this stalemate had barely started for two minutes when someone noticed something odd—

“Look at the guy behind the police car!

Isn’t that fucking Fred?”

“Damn it, that’s Carlos!”

“Am I seeing things?

I think I saw Vanessa!”

“You’re not seeing things, I just spotted Peter over here!”

…

Amidst the fierce gunfire, the excited shouting of the players rippled back and forth.

In the NPCs that had come to their aid, they recognized one familiar face after another.

“Is this an Easter egg?

Like Lincoln’s corpse in ‘Gravity’?”

They speculated.

But soon, things got even weirder—the other side started shouting back!

“Manager, I can’t bring myself to do it!”

“Can’t do it?

How come you had no problem chopping me up the day before yesterday?”

“Old Fang, quit dawdling, aren’t your skin thick enough to regenerate?

Go out there and make a push!”

“Push my ass, how many days has it been, and the Flight Manager is still loafing around?

Even a dog is better at operating a drone than him!”

“Alas, he’s all passion and no skill, you know that since day one.”

“Where’s the Mech Warrior?

Who has the Flamethrower?

Get the flames out!”

“Fling flames my ass!

I came in such a hurry, I didn’t even have time to cover my face.”

“Why the hell would you need to cover your face?

Just spray and it’s done!”

…

Hearing such “lively” conversations from the other side, the players at [First Ascend Camp] and the live-streamer community watching remotely were all agog:

“Those are real people, right?!”

“What’s going on?

Did the development team run out of time to patch and just decided to clock in bodily for the fight?”

“Is that even possible???”

…

Super Tomato was both stunned and speechless.

He had never heard of anything so preposterous, but somehow, it felt incredibly easy to accept.

Because the name “Cloud Dream” seemed to imply that anything was possible.

“So they gave players the maximum freedom, and even the developers too?”

“This is really…”

“Way too free!”

The players realized the truth.

But far from getting angry, they became even more excited!

Cats and dogs, mouths gripping hand grenades, began charging into the fray bodily!

On the developer’s side, a super muscular man ripped off his tank top, covered his face, and bare-chested with an alloy shield and flamethrower in hand, shot a huge fire dragon at the charging cats and dogs!

There was no mention of any negotiation whatsoever.

The battle between players and the development team instantly hit its climax!