Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch

Chapter 816: Chapter 775: Jail Overcrowded!

Thomas was lying on a massage bed, enjoying Miss Dongmei’s massage service.

Although Miss Dongmei was dressed in a sensual way and the massage environment was rather erotic, the massage itself was totally legitimate.

However, for Thomas, feeling the pressure from the hands on his back, one being a soft human female palm and the other a cold, hard metal palm, was an entirely different experience.

The contrast of cold and hot, soft and hard, brought about by the perfect combination of the human body and mechanics, gave him immense satisfaction, even greater happiness than the massage itself.

In a word-

Amazing!

No wonder it took him so much effort to find this little sister with a metal left hand.

Every time he thought about it, he wanted to complain-

Ever since the Cloud Dream Development Team left Chang’an, Lincoln hasn’t given any response, as if he had forgotten his promise.

But Thomas didn’t understand virtual reality game development, so he didn’t know how long it took to create the little sister and put her in the game, so he couldn’t urge.

After waiting for a very long, very long, very long time, he finally received feedback.

Lincoln sent him a message, “Your dream girl is ready.”

Thomas excitedly asked, “Where is she?”

Lincoln: “Guess?”

Thomas: “?”

Thomas: “??”

Thomas: “???”

Thomas: “Give me some clues!”

Thomas: “Where is she?”

Thomas: “Boss Lin? Boss Lin? Are you still there?”

…

Thomas: “Are you fucking teasing me?”

…

…

Just like that, Lincoln only left him a “guess” and then disappeared without a trace.

Thomas had no choice but to search all the special storefronts in Night City for a girl with a metal prosthetic limb.

Considering Lincoln’s wicked taste, Thomas left no stone unturned, even venturing into shops catering to female and homosexual customers, just in case.

After sacrificing all his spare time and searching for an entire week, he finally found her in a hot stone therapy shop.

The shop offered various services such as [Normal Massage], [Therapeutic Massage], [Hot Stone Massage], [Aromatherapy Massage], and [Multi-person Massage].

Immediately, Thomas ordered a “Five Combinations Massage Package” to reward himself.

Since then, he has become a loyal customer of the shop, with his heart beating only for Miss Dongmei!

In just half a month, he had spent as much money on the mechanical arm masseuse as he had on two (modified) cars, which affected his recent performance in Death Racing.

– The “Speed Chase” development team continues to slowly develop “Speed Chase 2” while constantly enriching Night City.

Modified cars and racing cars have always been the focus of the game, and various modification components have been continuously updated.

Many components require the players to reach a certain level of [racing reputation] before they can have the eligibility to purchase.

But reputation is not just earned by the top three racers, as all players have a basic reputation reward, and then they can obtain more reputation based on their ranking.

Thomas hasn’t updated his car in two weeks.

But he had no regrets and, without hesitation, wished for Miss Dongmei to go home with him when he summoned the Divine Dragon.

Perhaps it was because Thomas was really supporting Dongmei, and compared with being massaged by an iron ball, normal people would rather have massages from ordinary staff with two fleshy palms. So Miss Dongmei was not very popular.

As a result, the intimacy between him and Miss Dongmei grew rapidly, and he eventually managed to win her over.

The first time he cared for Dongmei’s metal arm with synthetic oil in his own house, Thomas was excited from his hair to his toes, shivering slightly.

This feeling could only be described in one sentence-

In this lifetime… it’s totally worth it!

However, now he wasn’t at home.

During the day, Dongmei had to go to work, so he went to take care of the massage business.

Just as he was lying there comfortably, Dongmei suddenly tapped him on the shoulder and said, “There is something glowing in your coat pocket.”

“?” Tang Mingyue, who was in a dazed state from the massage, looked up at his coat hanging on the rack and saw that the pocket was indeed glowing slightly.

“Can you get it out for me?”

“Sure.” Dongmei walked over in small steps, took out the glowing invitation letter, and handed it to Tang Mingyue.

Tang Mingyue held it, and it took him a moment to realize what had happened. He immediately opened the panel and searched for keywords, quickly finding the latest update released by Lincoln.

“Closed beta?”

“Are you f*cking kidding me?”

He hurriedly climbed off the massage table, bid farewell to Miss Dongmei in a fluster, and returned to his room to activate the invitation letter.

Two red wooden doors appeared before him, decorated with traditional cloud patterns using hollow-carving technology. There were exquisite dragon patterns and twining branch patterns carved on the door frames, which looked delicate and elegant.

But Tang Mingyue didn’t pay attention to the details of the doors. Without pausing for even one second, he pushed the door open and walked into the light.

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The light disappeared, and Tang Mingyue stood on a busy, bustling street with people coming and going.

– Bare-chested and covered in massage oil. @@novelbin@@

This unique appearance instantly attracted the attention of everyone on the street.

Whether it was local NPCs or other players who had just entered the game, all of them stared at him with wide eyes.

“???” Tang Mingyue was also stunned.

Not because he realized he was bare-chested, but because-

“Where’s the newbie guide?”

“Who am I? Where should I go? What do I need to do?”

No one could answer these questions for him.

Because this is the price of voting for [Option One], preferring to play the game even if its completeness is not enough.

Lincoln’s collaboration with Xiaomeng was like a wish machine, allowing the game development to speed up like a rocket. The development team of “Chang’an” has deeply experienced this lately.

But even so, it’s not possible to prepare for a test for over a million players in just two hours.

Many systems, including the combat system, are still being perfected and debugged.

So, how did Lincoln manage to prepare for players to enter and experience the game in just two hours?

The answer is simple – don’t give systems.

Neither the combat system nor the skill system, nor the task system, planting system, deep interaction system, etc…

Don’t give anything to the players!

Without the help of these, players instantly went from the “Chosen Son” of the game world to ordinary “Pedestrian A.”

They entered Chang’an City as ordinary people entirely.

By doing so, the game greatly restricted the players’ ability to wreak havoc.

After all, without extraordinary physical and martial abilities and no way to improve those abilities, even if they wanted to cause trouble, they wouldn’t have the power to do so.

Don’t forget, Chang’an has several troops maintaining law and order!

Even with great martial arts skills, it would be difficult to challenge them, let alone players who are just ordinary people.

In Lincoln’s plan, players could enter at this stage, basically just for sightseeing, experiencing the atmosphere of life in the Tang Dynasty in advance.

Later, as time goes on, certain game features would be gradually opened to players, with little risk of anything going wrong.

Players had early access to the game, and the development team had ample time to perfect the game.

It’s a win-win.

It’s just that he didn’t expect that after he opened the [Closed Beta] for the players with just two hours, the players also returned the favor with their own surprise in just one and a half hours:

The prisons in Chang’an City are full!

The Criminal Department Prison, Golden Prison, Capital Prefecture Prison, County Prison, Prisoner’s Square…

All prisons, without exception, are overcrowded!