Although this short holiday lasted for almost two days.
The main reason is that Mr. Ming is a little... well, he has back pain and can't get out of bed.
In short, when Mingyan returned to the Blue Star Building, he found that the gift receiving area was already piled up.
His fans actually started making cakes themselves, just like in the game!
A cake that's already made can last for several days if it's kept in the refrigerator; but if it's shipped directly, it'll almost spoil as soon as it arrives.
Meanwhile, cakes delivered by Ming Cult fans filled one and a half warehouses on Earth…
There's simply no way we can finish it all!
Even Xixi couldn't eat anymore; the whole dog smelled of cream!
Each employee took two large boxes of cakes home, and there were still quite a few left, which they distributed to everyone they met outside.
Later, a long table was simply set up at the entrance of Blue Star, and the table was filled with handmade cakes sent by players.
Anyone passing by or visiting Blue Star can receive a free cake and chat freely here.
A few days later, Mingyan ended his birthday mini-vacation.
He then made a special trip back to the Blue Star Research Institute to take a look.
Nearly ten years have passed, and the research has not made much progress—a dilemma faced by almost all research projects, as researchers themselves do not know when they will make progress.
But Mingyan was not in a hurry.
Every year, he never forgets to make a donation.
From that ancient planet, they have successively unearthed genetic models of hundreds of plants and animals, as well as many ancient artifacts.
As a token of their gratitude, they sent Mingyan a copy of every replica of the models they used for research.
Then, Ming said that he would also put them into the "Blue Star Apocalypse" series of games.
Compared to the initial anxiety and eagerness upon arriving in the interstellar era, Mingyan is now much calmer.
He and Xia Cheng sat down again on a bench outside the research institute.
Before me stands an ancient oak tree, cultivated through genetic replication.
Mingyan leaned back in his chair, gazing up at the lush canopy of trees, and sighed, "The end of Blue Star...maybe the next one will be the end."
Xia Cheng was standing next to him, leisurely flipping through an encyclopedia of Earth. Upon hearing this, he said, "You want to end the series?"
“Who said the series is over?” Mingyan tilted his head and said slyly, “I just said that the apocalypse can end, so that Russell and Louis can live on a healthy planet and people can continue to thrive on it. But the Blue Planet Apocalypse series, we can continue to make prequels.”
Xia Cheng laughed and said, "You little rascal."
198. The final round
After the holiday, the members of Blue Star began to worry about the "Tabletop RPG Assist 3.1" program.
This is such a small program; it looks really rudimentary.
The images were just randomly pieced together by the programmers using previous materials—a mix of red, yellow, and green, overlapping circles, squares, and triangles. After all, you can't expect programmers to have a high level of artistic creation.
The music and sound effects are practically nonexistent—at most, you can just copy a random phone ringtone to alert you when it's your turn.
There's no tactile feedback whatsoever. Keyboard shortcuts are extremely limited and poorly distributed, and gamepad support is out of the question—everything can only be done by clicking the mouse, and some of the controls are even counterintuitive.
This thing alone has captivated a large number of designers on Earth.
Members from other groups were all very curious about this legendary entity, and during their lunch breaks they would often come over to the planning group, craning their necks to watch them play games.
Of course, what they see now is a screen with almost no graphics, filled entirely with hardcore notification text:
The Suzaku Empire has invented the warp drive technology.
The Galactic Empire's unmanned exploration aircraft are now in position in the M235 system.
[A Galactic Empire drone has teleported an automated rare ore mining base to the M235 system.]
The Intelligent Machines Alliance has revised its policy to Armaments Plan B. Details.
...
Everyone: "..." This is way too hardcore!!!
But what's amazing is that designers are all people who are good at filling in the blanks.
How skilled are they?
When they see the simple words "unmanned exploration aircraft," related images, background information, associations, and even possible scenarios naturally come to mind.
Not to mention when it's time to start a war.
A simple statement like "The Galactic Empire's Second Legion sets off for the M759 Nebula" is not just a single sentence in the eyes of the designers.
The magnificent music began!
A background image of a vast and boundless starry sky and ocean, here's a 1GB file!
As for the marshal to lead the team, let's imagine a currently popular celebrity, and then arrange for an award-winning actor to play his chief of staff.
The flagship space carrier of the legion is a "Titan-class" (the latest classified military model developed by the Galactic Empire). In the alloy glass porthole, two hundred extras are squeezed into the background to work busily.