[The traitor who stole from Gun Gun is a disgrace to our Tang Clan! We will never forgive him!]
Soon, the player who had just reached level 19 could not escape the pursuit of the Tang Sect masters and died tragically in the woods a few kilometers away—it is conceivable that this account that betrayed the sect is now practically useless.
The stolen panda was quickly recovered and returned to the Tang Clan's Spirit Beast Pavilion to be properly raised and grown.
but!
The player fled for two days, during which time they actually took over a thousand photos of this panda!
He quickly posted these photos on the forum, with a title that consisted of only two words—
It was worth it!
StarCraft players can be described as shameless; the moment they see a picture of a panda, they immediately crumble.
[Ahhhhh, my savior! You are my savior from now on!]
[Is anyone crowdfunding to secretly film pandas? I'll go first, I'll contribute 1000 yuan!]
[So cute, waaaaaah! Looks like he was sucking on his baby bottle when he was little!]
[I'm so envious! I've created a new account to join the Tang Sect too. Even if I can't steal a panda, just seeing it from afar would be nice... If I could hold it and nurse it even once, my life would be complete!]
[A petition has been started (link included), urging everyone to open up the world of pandas to everyone! Why should only the Tang Sect get such a great benefit?!]
At the same time, because of the circulation of these thousands of photos, this trend quickly swept across blogs.
Then several media outlets began reporting on this collective petition by players, and it even made it into the official news broadcast of the Sixth Star Province—
The news featured some of the most popular photos of the cubs, which captivated a large number of people watching the news that day.
It's just like a virus; you'll get hooked after just one look!
Many people aren't even gamers, but after seeing two pictures of the panda, they became obsessed, wanting to know where this adorable creature came from...
Cute pictures are contagious; once you see the first one, you want to see the second. They leave you feeling incredibly satisfied yet unsatisfied, making your palms tingle and itchy, as if you want to find a fluffy, soft dumpling to squish and knead.
Just a few days later, the words "giant panda" suddenly became a sensation throughout the Chaoyang League.
This incident is completely unreasonable. Its popularity has soared to the top of the charts in various provinces and cities, leaving all traffic providers bewildered and their plans completely disrupted.
Tap water is the best online army!
The enthusiasm of the StarCraft players also directly led to a sudden surge in the number of online players for "Xia Ke Xing".
A large number of players who registered Blue Star accounts for the first time went straight to the Tang Clan in Sichuan to become apprentices after entering the game. A few who did not become apprentices also rushed into the mountains and forests, wanting to find wild pandas on their own.
Among them are girls who have been captivated by the pandas, livestreamers who want to ride the wave of popularity, media workers who want to dig out more news, and photographers and zoologists who come to film documentaries about the pandas.
Not only was the leader of the Tang Clan dumbfounded, but even the people at Blue Star Studio were a little caught off guard.
Because within a single day, multiple business partners and peripheral manufacturers took turns visiting, and their attitudes were so humble that they all seemed to wish they could squat down and sweep the dust off Mingyan's office.
It's all for the sake of securing the endorsement deal with pandas!
In this era where "traffic equals money," "rolling" is synonymous with traffic, a symbol of a money tree, and a golden goose that all businessmen would fight tooth and nail to obtain.
—Does this mean that in this era, "cuteness" is the primary driving force?
Blue Star certainly wouldn't make a hasty decision about business cooperation in a short period of time.
However, they always take the players' demands to heart.
After an emergency planning meeting, the designers decided to add a live streaming channel for the Tang Clan's pandas, broadcasting their entertainment room 24 hours a day.
This channel was named "Panda TV" and was completely free to watch.
This isn't the first time BlueStar has organized its own livestream event; after all, there was the BlueStar Carnival before.
However, this is indeed the first time that a live streaming channel spanning the entire Chaoyang Alliance has been operating for an extended period, which is something that the live streaming platform partners of the Sixth Star Province could not easily accomplish.
This collaboration involved a team of over 100 experts and cost hundreds of millions of yuan to finally set up a stable live streaming channel.
Starting October 25th, all interstellar people in the Chaoyang Alliance can enter the "Panda TV" live stream room to watch what the Tang Clan's pandas are doing at any time.
It's easy to imagine that once this channel was set up, it immediately became everyone's darling.
The interstellar people's love for the roaming creatures seemed endless, with billions of viewers flooding into the live stream that day—even when the channel was blocked by the maximum traffic, they were still willing to queue up to watch the live stream.
On major video websites, various panda-themed clips quickly dominated the charts.
People enjoy watching pandas eat bamboo, sleep soundly, and even a video of a panda sneezing can trend on social media, making pandas a hot new darling.
Meanwhile, at Blue Star Studio, even more people are coming to seek cooperation.
Some even proposed extremely unequal conditions: they wanted to rent the panda image for their game and promised to treat the panda well, making it the highest-level mythical beast—for which they were willing to pay five million yuan in rent every year!
These days, the number of people making similar requests is countless, like a swarm of locusts crossing a river.
Even Xixi, the image ambassador of Blue Star, felt neglected.
Horace, holding his Xixi, joked, "Does this mean we've ushered in the era of panda diplomacy?"
Chapter 118 Odin Joins the Fellowship
Horace is right.
Blue Star's games can open the door to many related electronic products, making all interstellar players unable to put them down.