Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch

Chapter 832: Chapter 791: Flight Tickets Sold Out!

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The non-stop vibration of the mobile phone on the bedside table woke up the sleeping person.

“Ah~~~~”

[Frost Wind Club] star player, the current only owner of the triple-attribute spirit beast [Kraken] —— White Frost, turned off the alarm clock on her phone, yawned, and got out of bed.

She lifted the thin silk nightdress and got out of bed without changing her clothes, putting on the [Eight Sides] headband after tidying up her long hair.

Then she groggily reached for the [Monster Food] on the bedside table to feed [Kraken], [White Luster], [Fuzhu], and [Chenghuang].

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These four guys, except for [Kraken], were the most beautiful and good-looking spirit beasts she thought, so she always kept them by her side.

Feeding them on time could improve their [Mood] and [Growth Length].

This setting had cured White Frost’s love for staying in bed.

As for the effects of [Mood] and [Growth Length], she wasn’t quite sure about the former; it seemed to make the little guys more lively and affectionate, but the system didn’t explain anything more specific.

But the latter was a bit outrageous:

It really matched the name, which meant growing physically!

To grow and mature in this game, the spirit beasts actually needed to grow day by day instead of through combat, leveling up, or tasks, items, etc.!

Even if they couldn’t get enough food, the day would be wasted, without adding any growth length at all.

——There’s no limit to the operation of [Feeding] itself; you can feed them continuously if you like, but the [Monster Food] costs copper coins to buy, and the spirit beasts have a cooling time to benefit from food, so the cost issue needs to be taken into account.

Regardless of setting the feeding time, waking up in the morning and feeding them right away to keep the cooldown going was very important.

“Little Kraken! Little White! Little Deer! Little Fox! It’s time for breakfast!”

White Frost called out the nicknames of the four little pets while grabbing the food.

But strangely, she didn’t get a response right away, and the bedroom was unusually quiet — in the past, as soon as she called them, they would quickly run over and snuggle up to her.

She shook her head to clear her mind a little, looked around, and finally found that none of the four spirit beasts were in the room.

They had disappeared.

White Frost instantly woke up and subconsciously checked if [Eight Sides] was malfunctioning, but looking at the [Monster Food] in her hand, she ruled out that idea.

This made her panic all of a sudden: “Where did those little guys run off to?”

…

At the same time, early rising “Pokémon” players found that their spirit beasts had vanished without a trace.

Leo opened her eyes to find that her little white tiger “Ze” was gone.

Captain Strawberry’s Fuzhu, Shuihua’s Pixiu, Yi’s Fei… all had disappeared.

Only in Camille Victoria’s case was the situation different:

After putting on the [Eight Sides] headband, she saw Connar desperately holding onto the little white tiger, not letting it escape, while the little white tiger struggled in vain, ultimately being held in Connar’s arms and rubbed non-stop, looking utterly miserable…

However, the other spirit beasts, probably not as popular with Connar as the little white tiger, had already disappeared.

Even the retained White Luster was no longer willing to eat Camille Victoria’s food offerings. It didn’t eat the standard [Monster Food], nor the special foods like fruits, chicken wings, and roasted meat.

Camille Victoria found that she couldn’t see White Luster’s attribute panel anymore.

“So, has it turned back into a wild spirit beast now?” she guessed.

…

Half an hour later, #MassiveSpiritBeastDisappearanceEvent# jumped to the second hottest topic.

Even netizens who didn’t play the game learned about the news.

Then everyone was waiting for Cloud Dream’s new move — Cloud Dream had been silent for a week already, and it was time for them to say something.

Sure enough, at exactly 8 a.m., the official account of “Pokémon” released a brand-new promotional material for “Pokémon” ——

All the already released spirit beasts appeared in succession.

One by one, they appeared in the incredibly familiar daily scenes of the audience, showing the cross-dimensional effects to the fullest.

One actor after another came on stage, interacting intimately with one spirit beast after another.

They take their spirit beasts out for shopping, hanging out, and playing games, encountering new, unknown spirit beasts.

Fighting, capturing, and taming.

Different spirit beasts interacting and playing with each other, cute and lively.

Howard receives another advertising invitation from Cloud Dream, appearing in the trailer–

She runs along a beautiful beach chasing a white deer, her long, dazzlingly white legs on display.

It is for these legs that the director specially brought Howard to the southernmost part of Qiongzhou Island for filming, just to chase the warm climate.

But this is not because the trailer director is lecherous, but to conveniently advertise the “Journey” series of brain-controlled prosthetic legs.

—Without prior knowledge, no one would think that one of these long white legs is fake…

In the trailer, the white deer chased by Howard starts running on water, stepping on waves and running higher and higher, until it leaps high!

The camera follows, and a shadow that blocks out the sky suddenly looms overhead.

[Kunpeng] appears, diving into the sea!

Amidst the enormous splashing sound, the majestic waves rolled, covering the entire screen.

After a brief one-second pause, white letters appear in the center of the screen, atop the waves—

“January 13th

“Pokémon”

Closed Beta

Officially Begins!”

“Splash——”

The huge waves engulf everything, the screen disappears, and the trailer ends.

But Cloud Dream’s action hasn’t ended, the “Pokémon” official account immediately follows up with another post—

[January 13th, closed beta begins, early experience players can follow the clues to find the “missing spirit beasts”.]

[January 13th, [The Legacy of the Ancestors · The Scroll of Mountains and Seas] officially begins!]

[January 13th, [Monster Tavern Contest] officially begins!]

[Players in overseas countries who have not yet purchased [Eight Sides], please don’t worry, after the game’s public beta, [The Legacy of the Ancestors] will return for a re-release.]

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Once Cloud Dream makes a move, it is bound to be the center of attention.

Bob immediately sends an open letter to all management: [The brief spring is over, prepare for the impending winter onslaught.]

Game media outlets quickly forget about “Iron Fist” and the new game development plan on Wild Island, rapidly following up on all “Pokémon” related news.

Even overseas game media outlets quickly shift their attention, reporting on the news as soon as possible.

But the mood of the overseas players is different, simply put, it is:

‘No rush, your ass! I’m dying of anticipation!’

‘Public beta? Re-release? Screw that! I must have it as soon as possible!’

A large number of overseas players immediately book flights to Xiajing City on their mobile phones.

Only 5 minutes after the trailer is released, all flights to Xiajing from Central Asia, Europe, and America are sold out within the next three days.

10 minutes later, flights to Magic City, Yangcheng City, and Hong Kong are also sold out.

A large number of overseas users search for flights to other cities in Xiajing while complaining about not being able to get flights online.

This terrifying influence not only shocks game media but also catches the attention of many mainstream media outlets.

At this very moment in Xiajing airport, Turner, wearing an [Eight Sides] headband and holding a selfie stick, is live streaming.

He tells the more than eight hundred thousand viewers in his live streaming room excitedly—

“Arriving at the strongest competition region—Daxia!”