Everyone: "..."
Xia Cheng couldn't stop laughing.
Mingyan is very laid-back about other things, but when it comes to game design, he has absolute confidence and all his passion.
Xia Cheng had long been certain of this.
Next, a banquet was held on the "Duke" as a make-up party, modeled after the League One awards ceremony, as compensation for Ming-yan missing the awards ceremony.
Meanwhile, the people at the Blue Star Studio finally received news that Mingyan was safe and sound and on his way home.
The group, covered in dust and dirt, finally breathed a sigh of relief and could rest and wait in peace.
At the same time, they also updated the relevant announcements on the Blue Star official website:
Chief Strategist Ming has been found! The leader is not lost! Please rest assured!
The announcement was met with widespread celebration.
Players spread the word far and wide, and the news that "the cult leader has been found" quickly reached the entire world.
Even casual observers were stunned when they heard the news.
"Have you heard? The cult leader has been found! He wasn't lost!"
"I heard about it, I heard about it! That's fantastic news!"
"Yes, now I only have one question: Who is the cult leader again?"
“emmmmmmmm…”
Unbeknownst to Mingyan, after Varian and his group passed through the unusual faster-than-light passage, they were immediately transported to the neighboring Galactic Empire.
Fortunately, their straight-line distance is much shorter than that of the Duke, and relying on the ship's own fuel resources, they can fly directly back to the Chaoyang Alliance territory.
In other countries, they naturally cannot just stop and keep watch; in fact, there are probes from other countries escorting (monitoring) them all the way back home.
In this situation, what could they possibly do on the spaceship for those few dozen days?
Yes, the answer is:
work overtime.
When they set off a few dozen days ago, the Varian team was overjoyed, looking forward to winning their share of honor at the highly anticipated awards ceremony, and then returning to collect the internal reward from Blue Star Studio—Boss Ming is known for his generosity!
The short time they spend on the road is only three or four days, which they can use to do some work related to "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".
But I never expected...
In the end, they spent dozens of days working overtime in a tiny, dark room that felt like a universe!
I voluntarily worked overtime, even with tears in my eyes!
Besides, Boss Ming wasn't supervising them while they rested, because resting for too long with nothing to do was incredibly boring, so it was better to work overtime...
The elite team that created "The Soul of Mortals" largely overlaps with the development team of "Xia Ke Xing".
So when they finally returned to the Blue Star Building after a long and arduous journey, the studio staff were pleasantly surprised to find...
The starting village map for "The Wandering Swordsman" is completely finished! It's gorgeous!
The light-footwork system is basically complete, with all functions fully functional, and even some little Easter eggs added!
In response, the designer of the light-footwork system said: Life on the ship is really boring QUQ, after finishing this, I had to find something else to do...
Most interestingly, the life skills system is also largely complete, especially the cooking skill - more than 30,000 dishes now have the most basic color, aroma and taste!
This feature is the most amazing because everyone on the spaceship did a little bit of it.
There was no other way; the spaceship didn't have many resources, and everyone had been eating nutritious meals for days, so they were already incredibly tired of them.
At this time, the various delicacies in "Ode to Gallantry" became the only spiritual comfort...
It is truly heartbreaking to hear and tearful to see.
While working overtime, the Varians also wondered: What is Mingyan doing right now?
It must have been incredibly tragic!
Mingyan, who didn't even bring his workstation, must have been several times more bored than them these past few days...
Sigh, I'd better stop complaining and get back to work.
...
On January 9th, the Duke finally passed through the faster-than-light passage of the Sunrise Alliance and landed safely at the familiar spaceport.
After a full two months, Mingyan finally set foot back on this familiar planet.
But before he could even utter a few words of reflection, he discovered that a fully armed welcoming team had been waiting for them for quite some time inside the port.
To be precise, it's not a single team, but a large group composed of many teams.
As Mingyan stepped out of the passage, he was met by the person walking at the very front, the planet's executive chief—referred to as the "vice mayor," a high-ranking leader.
The leader immediately shook hands with Mingyan, gripping both hands firmly, and said emotionally, "Welcome home! Chief Designer Ming, you've finally come home!"
Mingyan was completely bewildered. The moment he was grabbed, he felt as if thousands of cameras were filming him.