Chapter 830: Chapter 789: Progress and Hints
The live streaming of the deserted island was still going on, but Lincoln had shifted his attention.
After refreshing himself, he contacted Zhou Jingzheng by phone to follow up on the progress of the production of external storage hardware.
Previously, in order to break through the capacity limit of the virtual world, Lincoln simultaneously invested in upstream hardware, further developed the potential of cloud technology, and researched console expansion accessories.
Of these three approaches, the upstream hardware progressed the least.
Hardware research and development must adhere to scientific research laws, with almost no shortcuts. Making breakthroughs within a short period of time is basically wishful thinking—Consciousness Chips are considered “archaeological” and can’t be generalized.
In terms of cloud technology, as more and more global servers have been deployed by Cloud Dream, Mavis’ power has grown stronger and made some progress.
However, it can only improve the game experience of players for the time being. To completely break through the capacity limit of the virtual world, there is still a long way to go.
Only the research of external hardware has achieved the quickest results.
This is not hard to understand. What technical difficulties could there be to develop a set of Cloud Dream customized mobile hard disks?
The only problem is that after the release of [Eight Sides] Helm, there has been a demand for expanding storage spaces.
Therefore, the research and development team was given an additional task—Cloud Dream had finally set up a preliminary hardware research and development team, and the development of Mirage 3.0 and 4.0 no longer depended solely on Lincoln himself.
With their efforts, the [Peace Paradise] series of external storage devices was officially put into production.
—Whether they are used for [Mirage] or [Eight Sides], they are all called [Peace Paradise].
However, the first to be produced is the one needed for [Eight Sides].
After all, when [Eight Sides] was being produced, not much consideration was given to storage requirements, making it somewhat challenging to handle “Pokémon.”
In “Pokémon,” each Spirit Beast, despite having a cartoon style and less detail than realistic ones, still consumes a lot of space.
Don’t forget that each Spirit Beast has different habits and behaviors, and to achieve this effect, a considerable amount of storage space must be occupied.
So, the production of [Peace Paradise] is very necessary.
On the other hand, for [Mirage], ordinary people have no problem at all, except for those players who download a lot of mods and may experience some pressure.
After confirming that [Peace Paradise] will be available for sale next Monday, Lincoln set aside another issue and turned his attention to the “Chang’an” project team.
Today, an essential piece of content will be checked and accepted: the positive feedback nodes of the main storyline tasks.
Although he had already decided that the first chapter of “Chang’an” should let players experience the charm of the Tang Dynasty and have a good time,
the attractiveness of the main storyline cannot be too weak; it can’t be like a certain “Find Daughter” game where players play for hundreds of hours, travel all around the world, visit brothels again and again, play Gwent again and again, but completely forget about finding their daughter.
To ensure the attractiveness of the main plot, the simplest and most effective method is to set up good positive feedback nodes.
Prepare sufficient rewards for every part of the storyline—perhaps it’s weapons, items, impressive enemies, or even unique scenery—so that players keep getting rewards and moving forward, unknowingly pushing the story to the end.
Once this step of acceptance is completed, the production of the first chapter of “Chang’an” will truly come to an end.
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In the afternoon, Lincoln arrived at Daxia Astronaut Research and Training Center on time, and Intern Camille Victoria was also brought along by Lincoln.
A somewhat outrageous fact is that if Lincoln were not with her, even Princess Camille Zhu would not be allowed to enter this place.
—Nowadays, almost everything related to aerospace in Daxia is classified, and irrelevant people are not allowed to approach it.
Although the status of the princess is not low, she has nothing to do with the aerospace system and naturally cannot enter.
Today, she got in to satisfy her curiosity by relying on Lincoln’s “assistant” identity – she was already used to this identity when she sneaked into the museum exhibition last time.
A seemingly young researcher stood at the door, enthusiastically waving at Lincoln from a distance, his excitement evident on his face.
As Lincoln and the Princess approached, he rushed up to shake Lincoln’s hand.
“Hello! I’m Danny, a senior researcher at the Daxia Astronaut Research and Training Center. Nice to meet you!”
Camille Victoria, who was usually the center of attention wherever she went, was completely overlooked by him. He gave a perfunctory nod as a greeting, making Lincoln doubt whether this guy had noticed that this was the Princess herself…
“Come, come, this way please!” Danny led the way, talking non-stop.
“Mr. Lin, I’ve been looking forward to your visit since yesterday morning!”
“You wouldn’t believe it, dozens of researchers had a fierce melee combat yesterday, fighting to the death for the opportunity to receive you.”
Lincoln paused for a moment before realizing that this must have been a battle that took place in the virtual world.
“So in the end… you won?”
“Of course!” Danny said with a matter-of-fact tone, “Amateurs who only know how to play instruments, run, and play ping-pong dare to fight me? I am a genuine sixth-generation disciple of the Knife Dismantling Sect!”
“Huh?” Lincoln was a bit confused by this guy’s logic.
What’s even more outrageous was that Mavis reminded him: this guy was a genuine [Honorary Player].
Aerospace researcher, traditional knife-fighting disciple, and Honorary Player – these three identities combined made Lincoln feel absurd no matter how he looked at it.
However, Danny accepted it as natural, seizing the rare opportunity to ask questions non-stop:
“Boss Lin, when will the “Pokémon” open beta be? Can you give us some news?”
“Soon, soon.”
Just five days later.
“Then when will ‘Chang’an’ be released?” Danny asked next. “A decent martial arts game is now almost being played like a Monopoly game. I can’t even find someone to fight with, everyone is just trying to make money. Yesterday, I even found people setting up street stalls!”
Lincoln knew about this too. Winter Melon’s idea of robbing the armory ultimately failed. All the players who participated in the robbery were thrown into jail.
These people, along with those who failed to break out of prison, spent a full 10 hours in jail.
Since then, the security in Chang’an City has suddenly improved.
Everyone started looking for legitimate things to do, with the majority trying to make money—this is understandable, as everything in Chang’an City requires money, and it is really difficult to move without it.
“Soon, soon.” Lincoln reassured Danny once again.
“…” Danny was somewhat speechless.
Why is everything “soon, soon”?
Not giving up, he continued to ask: “So, are you planning to go to space now to get some inspiration for a space-themed game? We’re really looking forward to a space game too!”
“That’s correct, although you all have to be patient for a while.” Lincoln said, “The first sci-fi genre game will not be set in space for the time being.”
Temporarily not being set in space left Danny a bit disappointed.
But at least it’s confirmed that “it will be space in the future”, leaving hope intact. He couldn’t help but continue to ask, “Can you reveal a little about the first sci-fi game? I swear on my character, I guarantee I won’t leak any news!”
“Well…” Lincoln hesitated for a bit but after thinking about it, he gave a hint:
“If a gigantic monster capable of destroying cities were to appear in the ocean, and their flesh and blood would cause terrible and irreversible pollution to the land, making it unsuitable for farming and living, how do you think humanity should respond?”