Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch

Chapter 1294: Chapter 1165: The Approaching [Mirage 3.0] and the Princess Who Comes in the Middle of the Night_2 Chapter 1294: Chapter 1165: The Approaching [Mirage 3.0] and the Princess Who Comes in the Middle of the Night_2 “Agreed.”

Lincoln hung up the phone and returned to his office.

But he didn’t rest; instead, he logged into the virtual world to follow up on the progress of dealing with the “space-time fragments.”

At that time, just for fun, he added this easter egg in “Pacific Rim,” hoping to turn it into a game one by one in the future, but plans couldn’t keep up with change, and he had to set up a small team to tackle this problem first.

Those who needed to move did so, and those who had to perfect the gameplay worked on perfecting it.

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After a busy morning, he went with Henry in the afternoon to inspect the quality of the microchips.

When he returned, Lincoln left Jerome to handle the procurement of the microchips and started designing the look and specific configurations of the new generation of Mirage.

At home in the evening, he continued working on the realistic robots after dinner.

—Today’s live streaming was postponed to the next day because Camille Victoria was pulled away to prepare for her coming-of-age ceremony.

After all, as one of the “Three Poles” of the world today, and with Lincoln continuously making significant moves, Daxia was subtly trending towards taking the lead.

As Daxia’s little princess, Camille’s coming-of-age ceremony naturally couldn’t be overlooked, and preparations started early.

Until the ceremony was over, she would likely be consumed by this event for a considerable amount of time.

Going to work was out of the question.

It was quite difficult for her to squeeze time in the evening to finish “The Way Back Home” with Lincoln.

Lincoln postponed some significant actions also with this in mind.

Otherwise, the princess of Daxia would be having her coming-of-age ceremony, but the whole world would be discussing new games and new consoles, which would be quite the spoiler!

And so, in the following week, not only was Lincoln busily engaged in all sorts of work, but Cloud Dream also gradually “quieted” down.

Apart from Cheryl holding a live streaming party, there was no other movement.

And the atmosphere for the princess’s coming-of-age ceremony grew increasingly intense.

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Camille Victoria’s coming-of-age ceremony far exceeded the scale of her sister Zhu Qinglu’s.

This was somewhat unusual.

For the past few decades, Daxia had been diminishing the influence of the royal family.

The princess’s birthday would not specifically entail any events, and only on significant days like the coming-of-age ceremony would they make some arrangements.

But even then, it was only a small-scale banquet to invite diplomats from other countries that still maintained a monarchy.

Besides that, it was a matter of inviting relatives who had broken away from the royal family but were still blood-related.

Other than that, there was little else.

After all, in Daxia, the royal family neither wielded real power nor controlled resources, getting too close would subtly provoke the government’s wariness.

So, there was really no need for elaborate arrangements.

Zhu Qinglu had a quiet celebration, and though the banquet was not low-key and the attendees offered blessings and gifts, she felt it was lackluster.

She had more fun eating a midnight snack with her family in the evening.

As for those blessings, they were no more sincere than those from the media.

Originally, Camille’s coming-of-age ceremony wouldn’t have changed much; at most, the prosperous development of the internet would have allowed her to receive more love and blessings from netizens.

But Lincoln’s emergence completely changed everything.

Her coming-of-age ceremony was astoundingly grand.

Invitation letters had been sent out a month in advance, and they were no longer limited to diplomats from certain countries but to those from all countries that had consulates in Xiajing City.

The diplomats who promised to attend were of much higher status.

Besides relatives, many of Camille’s friends would come, multiple department government officials made time, as well as some important entrepreneurs from society…

Of course, the media’s presence also amplified several times.

All this was due to two tacit facts—

One: Lincoln would definitely appear at the little princess’s coming-of-age ceremony.

Two: After coming of age, Camille Victoria would soon break away from the royal family to become a free agent.

And then, Cloud Dream would welcome a new mistress.

To the onlooking netizens, there still seemed to be some uncertainty.

After all, Lincoln and Camille were only dating now, and anything unexpected could happen in the future.

But neither the “Lincoln Countermeasures Group” in America nor the “Lincoln Analysis Group” in Daxia saw any room for accidents in this matter.

This was not only because they had analyzed the personalities of Lincoln and Camille Victoria, but also because the Daxia officials would maintain their relationship.

It was able to firmly tie Lincoln, the young genius who changed the world, and bring about the end of Daxia’s royal family system in due course.

Ending the royal family system of Daxia in such a way, without any fanfare, meant that not only the royal family and the people of Daxia, but also other countries around the world that retained royal systems, could calmly accept this without any controversy.

The best part was: they didn’t have to exert any effort at all.

By the time they noticed, Lincoln and Camille Victoria had already come together.

What else was there to talk about?

Full support was all that was needed.

It would be best if they hurried to marry and then have a child to mellow Lincoln out.

——Lincoln had a habit of making headlines with his spontaneous stunts, which were actually quite frightening.

No one could say for sure that one day they wouldn’t wake up to find that Lincoln had blown up the entire Internet, or that millions of people were trapped in the virtual world unable to log off, or that he had developed and tested several nuclear bombs—or some other even more terrifying weapons…

These were only the scenarios people could imagine; there were many more they could not!

And when had Lincoln not exceeded everyone’s expectations with his grand schemes?

So marriage was better, marriage would make him more stable.

Even if he wasn’t any more stable, at least there would be someone to talk some sense into him.

That’s where the advantages of the princess came into play—Princess had received a good education and had a very upright set of values.

This ensured that she would not go mad along with Lincoln…

If it had been someone else, had Lincoln married another fun-loving person, when two fun-loving people came together, it was frightening to think of what might happen!

Under this “guiding principle,” the Little Princess’s coming-of-age ceremony became even more popular than the local [Grain Full] festival events.

During Lincoln and Camille Victoria’s live streaming of The Way Back Home, more and more audience members in the live broadcast room discussed this.

Of course, many were mainly curious: would Lincoln organize a coming-of-age ceremony for the Little Princess in the virtual world, or prepare some special celebration?

But Lincoln was focused on playing the game and did not answer these questions.

With their earnest efforts, they managed to successfully complete The Way Back Home’s first clearance in just four live streams, ending this brief journey of live streaming.

The day after the stream ended, Lincoln also completed the manufacturing of a set of twelve brooches and a realistic robot.

The two robot heads had also been finished.

This allowed Lincoln to breathe a sigh of relief and he lay down early, feeling light and relaxed, waiting to attend the banquet the next day.

Unexpectedly, at eleven o’clock that night, he suddenly heard footsteps in the living room.

Lincoln, groggy, got up, put on his headband, opened the bedroom door, and looked out, baffled, to see Camille Victoria standing outside.

He pinched himself to make sure he wasn’t dreaming.

“Why have you come over at this time?” Lincoln asked, puzzled.

Camille Victoria was brought up in a strict household, where she was always expected to be home by 10:00 PM—and apparently this was an extension allowed by Lincoln’s influence, as it used to be 9 o’clock.

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Moreover, as far as he knew, although the banquet would only start in the evening, the Little Princess needed to start getting busy early in the morning.

Camille Victoria did not respond right away, instead, she glanced at the time and then said, “I’ll be an adult in an hour.”

Lincoln blinked, somewhat confused, “Uh… Happy birthday in advance?”

“Smack!”

Behind Lincoln, Mavis slapped her forehead, her face full of cringe.

Shaking her head, Camille Victoria walked over, took his hand, and sat down on the Sofa, “Will you stay up with me for a while?”

“No problem, but won’t it be an issue if you go back too late?”

Camille Victoria shook her head, “It’s fine.”

“Alright.” Lincoln put his mind at ease, lifted the Little Princess onto his lap, and yawned as he turned on the television for background noise.

Then he asked, “How about I order a cake?”

The Little Princess, leaning against Lincoln’s chest, shook her head at first, then something occurred to her, and she looked up curiously, “Are there any cake shops that deliver at midnight around here this week?”

She had already made herself familiar with the surroundings; there shouldn’t be any shops like that.

“I don’t know.” Lincoln shook his head, then raised his Mobile Phone, “But I should be able to call for one.”

A puzzled look came across the Little Princess’s face.

Meanwhile, a member of the nighttime Security team suddenly sneezed.