Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch

Chapter 815: Chapter 774: Human’s Sexual Quirks Are Free

Holding the [“Chang’an” Invitation Letter] in their hands, these players felt aggrieved.

Other players had already reaped the benefits from their wishes.

Some people wished to become [Honorary Players], but when the Divine Dragon told them it was beyond its capabilities, they settled for a lesser wish like [Money].

Although the virtual currency of Metropolis itself is not that valuable, the wish could grant players a substantially large amount, equivalent to robbing a bank for half a month of income.

This can effectively speed up the progress of obtaining a [Golden Key] in Metropolis, taking an alternative approach.

However, if not for pursuing the [Golden Key], virtual currency is indeed the worst option, even the always-in-demand Night City virtual currency is the same.

Whoever chooses this option is just asking for bitterness.

After all, virtual currency is something you can always farm as long as you’re willing to invest time.

But the opportunity to make a wish only comes once.

If it weren’t for obtaining more slots in the [Armament Box], few people would choose the “diamond achievement progress”.

Most players wished for things that are simply unattainable under normal circumstances, such as:

[Revive Helen]

[Plastic Surgery]

[Height Increase]

[Improve Figure]

[Raise a Tiger at Home]

[NPC Follow Me Home]

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As long as the scope is controlled, wishes can really come true.

However, due to the hidden [Moral Points] and [Intimacy Points] restrictions, it’s not always a guarantee to successfully bring an NPC home.

If your [Moral Points] are too low and you’re categorized as [Evil], the NPC will definitely not follow you home.

If your [Moral Points] are sufficient and your faction is [Good], you’ll be required to have a sufficient level of [Intimacy Points] with the wish target.

Only when the player and the target have a high enough intimacy level can the NPC be brought home.

Of course, taking them home doesn’t necessarily mean you can do whatever you want. It’s more like cohabiting roommates, similar to Connar – they have their own lives too.

Those who previously worked in Metropolis or Night City will continue to work, and only come home to the player’s place after work.

To become more intimate, you have to keep raising the [Intimacy Points].

In this regard, there’s a rather outrageous situation: a large number of players wished for the mysterious store’s sexy ladies from Night City to follow them home.

This greatly exceeded Lincoln’s expectations.

Thomas wished for the newly appeared [Miss Dongmei] in Night City to follow him home.

Lincoln could understand this.

After all, Thomas has a peculiar sexual quirk, and Miss Dongmei is the “mechanical arm beautiful girl” that Lincoln added to Night City after returning from Chang’an at Thomas’s request.

Wanting to bring her home and experience the “ultimate beauty of the collision between the physical body and machinery” every day isn’t totally unreasonable.

But those sexy men and women who provided, let’s be honest, borderline services on a daily basis were also surprisingly popular.

This made Lincoln once again marvel at the fact that-

Human desires are truly diverse and free.

Even if the NPCs that players take home are from their own game world and theoretically only serve the player themselves – unless someone invites a friend to experience “ultimate relaxation” in their world together.

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As for those whose [Moral Points] didn’t pass muster and couldn’t wish for anything, they had to do good deeds to boost their points.

Or, take a simpler approach-

Wish to the Divine Dragon: [Give me Moral Points]!

Alternatively, find a friend to cooperate with and share the cohabiting!

The detailed operation is as follows:

Person A wishes to the Divine Dragon: [Give my friend, Person B, moral points!]

Person B then wishes to the Divine Dragon: [Let XXX follow me home!]

Then, A and B use the [Gender-Swap Potion] and [Lover Contract] to achieve cohabitation.

In this way, they can live together with the NPC, achieving the perfect “three-person cohabitation” relationship.

This operation is entirely feasible in theory, and some insane people have indeed done it for fun.

The only difficulty lies in finding a friend whose aesthetics and values align with your own and who loves the same NPC…or should I say, a romantic rival?

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In short, players who made wishes have more or less received real benefits.

Only those who wished to play “Chang’an” in advance feel like the most wronged souls, even more so than Dou E.

The more popular “Pokémon” gets, and the more players run around the world catching spirit beasts, the more these players feel like they’ve been unjustly wronged.

The outcry over the internet became louder, and when the topic “Kunpeng Soaring across Daxia” became trending and topped Hot Searches, the voices of online outcry reached their peak and completely occupied Lincoln and Cloud Dream’s comment sections.

But Lincoln waited for another day, and it was not until Monday, on his way to work, that he finally responded to these wrongly accused… these anxious players.

He didn’t offer much explanation and simply put up a poll:

“Regarding the ‘Chang’an’ invitation letter, I hope:

Option 1: Experience the game as early as possible, even if it’s temporarily incomplete.

Option 2: Playing the complete game is more important, and I can understand if it takes longer.

Option 3: skip”

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As expected, upon seeing this poll, the players’ first reaction wasn’t to vote, but to vehemently criticize Option 3:

“What the hell is ‘[skip]’?”

“An abstention vote? Is this option serious?”

“Nobody would really vote for this, right?”

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But as soon as these words were spoken, more than a hundred votes were cast for [skip].

Option 1 quickly soared, while the increase of Options 2 and 3 was a bit slower, but still quite steady.

The poll was posted on the Cloud Dream Forums, and Lincoln set a threshold: only players who genuinely held an invitation letter could participate in the vote.

That is to say, some players actually had ‘Chang’an’ invitation letters obtained through wishes, but still chose [skip].

At this news, a large group of players freaked out:

“Calm down!”

“This thing is a trap, don’t fall for Lincoln’s wicked intentions!” @@novelbin@@

“How can people still choose this? Evil! Terribly evil!”

“Have you all forgotten the quadruple shit flavor lesson from before?”

“Stop trolling! Stop trolling! Remember the previous cases!”

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[skip] faced vehement resistance from many players. While bitterly advising everyone not to fall for Lincoln’s trick, they also criticized him for his lack of morals.

But this time, it really wasn’t about Lincoln’s lack of morals.

Though he often indulged in some wicked fun, the inclusion of [skip] was actually the result of careful consideration.

Because he was well aware that the volume of voices could not be equated to the true “public opinion.”

There were people who were eager to enter ‘Chang’an,’ but there were definitely those who weren’t as eager, as well as those who felt it didn’t matter either way.

“It doesn’t matter either way” doesn’t mean that they have no opinions, but rather, they trust Cloud Dream and Lincoln and believe the Cloud Dream officials would have more foresight and be more prudent in their decision-making.

Therefore, instead of voting and disrupting Cloud Dream’s original plans, it was better to vote for [skip].

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According to Cloud Dream’s statistics, there are 1,283,376 players holding ‘Chang’an’ invitation letters.

That number seems huge, equivalent to the total sales of many game companies’ new releases.

But for Cloud Dream, it’s nothing extraordinary.

The voting process was swift. Lincoln initiated the vote in the morning, and it was over by just before 3 o’clock in the afternoon.

Approximately a hundred thousand overseas players with invitation letters also promptly participated in the voting.

As for the results, impatient players ultimately triumphed, albeit by an astonishingly small margin:

Option 1: Experience the game as early as possible, even if it’s temporarily incomplete. —— 43%

Option 2: Playing the complete game is more important, and I can understand if it takes longer. —— 38%

Option 3: skip —— 19%

Although the result was far beyond the expectations of the impatient players, at least it was what they hoped for.

Ever true to his word, Lincoln immediately promised, “Closed beta testing is coming soon! Stay tuned!”

“Yay!!” Cheers erupted from the players.

Although some were worried that rushing closed beta testing might affect the game’s quality and completeness, they ultimately trusted Lincoln and Cloud Dream and decided to join the anticipation for the closed beta—

“Lincoln said it’ll be soon, so it should be no later than next week!”

“Who are you looking down on? It’ll be this weekend at the latest!”

“Enough already, let me pick a date: tomorrow!”

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Cloud Dream’s game development speed has always been astonishing, and with Lincoln’s guarantee, everyone naturally remained optimistic, believing it would only be a matter of days before they could play the game.

However, their predictions turned out to be too conservative—

Just two hours later, right before Cloud Dream closed for the day, Lincoln released another update:

[‘Chang’an’ closed beta testing is now live! Activate your invitation letter to join the test.]

“???”

No matter which option they voted for, the players were stunned by Lincoln’s speed.

— Yes, they knew he was quick, but being this quick was just too outrageous!?!