After all, there are lounges, recreation rooms, gyms, and bathhouses on the second floor, so you can come back and rest for a while when you're tired of playing.
Schrödinger, the head of the programming team, also returned, but he came back to see his "wife".
Yes, he changes the poses of his life-size mannequin many times a day.
Schrödinger wasn't surprised at all to see Mingyan still working overtime at this hour.
Mingyan happened to remember something and discussed it with him, saying, "I went to the 'Soul of Mortals' experience center and found that players really like the 'easy mode'."
Schrödinger thought for a moment: "The earliest developed model?"
Ming said, "Well, I plan to open the mod platform for 'Mortal Souls' to players, and also make this 'noob mode' available for them to download... But I'll have to wait until at least next month, after the first batch of players have roughly completed the first playthrough of the game."
Many of Bluestar's games have mod platforms on their official websites, except for the competitive game "League of Legends".
There are many mods for "Blue Planet Apocalypse" that modify the appearance of characters like Russell and Louise, mods that lower or increase the difficulty of the game, and some people have even made a super-large map mod.
Mortal Souls has just been released, but the game offers a lot of room for modding.
The main task of the programming team is to define which systems can be opened to mod authors and which are not allowed to be modified.
Schrödinger was already very familiar with this matter, and said easily, "I was prepared for this a long time ago. It will only take two or three days to get it done after I come back from my vacation."
So, Mingyan and Schrödinger went to the canteen on Blue Star and ate something.
During this time, Schrödinger said, "Boss, look at your dark circles, you've been staying up late again, haven't you?"
Mingyan gave a soft "hmm".
“It’s okay, staying up all night is normal for programmers,” Schrödinger said. “I just wanted to say that you probably didn’t see the news last night about a drug addict who was illegally imported playing ‘Mortal Souls’.”
Upon hearing the word "drug use," Mingyan's ears immediately perked up.
This kind of sensitive issue can easily influence the policies of the authorities, which could further affect their games.
So Mingyan was quite nervous and asked, "What's wrong?"
Schrödinger tapped twice on his phone and sent the entire report directly to Mingyan's phone.
Mingyan looked down and was instantly dumbfounded, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
The headline of the report was: [Miracle! Drug addict successfully quits after playing a game!]
The headline alone was sensational, and the news content was even more astonishing.
It turns out he was an undocumented immigrant who had smuggled himself into the Chaoyang Alliance and was already addicted to drugs.
The Sixth Star Province is a peripheral star province of the Chaoyang Alliance, and its laws are not as comprehensive as those of other star provinces, so there are often such illegal immigrants.
After this undocumented person entered the country, without an ID card or diploma, he could only work as an online troll.
Then last month, he received an order from a large corporation to smear Blue Star Studio's new game, "Mortal Souls".
They were indeed corrupt, but the higher-ups were not satisfied with their quality, so they sent this subordinate to experience "The Soul of Mortals".
Being a sophisticated hacker isn't easy!
You have to have at least played the game, and then you have to be able to criticize it in a sophisticated and stylish way, making the onlookers cheer.
The illegal immigrant then used the funds to buy "The Mortal Soul" and went into the game.
...But this play turned out to be a disaster.
If you don’t know how to eat, you won’t be able to sleep well!
He thought about playing games all the time, constantly talking about running around the map and fighting bosses, even gesturing in his dreams about how to defeat that boss.
In order to promote "The Soul of Mortals", he worked day and night, and even forgot about his job as an online troll.
When his superiors called to question him, he quit on the spot—anyway, the job of online trolls is everywhere, and both sides can easily part ways at any time.
For the next month, the illegal immigrant did nothing but play "Soul of Mortals" online all day.
Because of his special status, he successfully bypassed the daily internet time limit and spent almost 24 hours a day in the game, quickly reaching the second playthrough.
During this period, he experienced drug withdrawal symptoms many times and wanted to go offline to use drugs.
But...
According to him, "Sigh, I don't have any stock on hand, so I have to contact the seller first, agree on the time, place and price, and then carefully carry out the transaction... Just thinking about how troublesome it is and how much time it will take, I don't want to go. With that time, I could have already passed the next BOSS!"
Even the reporter who interviewed him was completely bewildered upon hearing these words.
—Holy crap, what's going on? Is fighting bosses really this fun?
What's even more outrageous is that this stowaway also used his skills as an online troll to promote "The Soul of Mortals".
"This game is really fun, you might as well give it a try. You guys will see. Although the boss is a bit tough, the feeling after you beat it... wow, I'm not exaggerating, even kiting the poison gas isn't this enjoyable!"
"That's an exaggeration, bro. It's not like you've ever done drugs."
"Is it really that amazing? It's almost impossible to criticize it online. There are Blue Star fans everywhere. I've been hearing them hype it up for a while now and I'm starting to get interested."
"Let's try it out tonight."
He did this because of an event launched by the official Blue Star organization:
Players can get a special in-game skin by inviting their friends to purchase "Soul of Mortals"; once a certain number of players are invited, they will receive a small green badge from Blue Star, as well as other special rewards.