The police and paramedics arrived quickly, along with the two reporters sent by Shen Qinghan.
Soon, a piece of news was trending.
【Penguin Group's new work "ruin future: 2100" is suspected of plagiarism, the original creator Polaris Game Company's boss severely beats the mole....】
Following this was a photo with the entire body pixelated.
But it was vaguely discernible as an adult male, covered in blood.
It quickly surged to the top trending spot on Federal Headline, the Federation's largest news and entertainment website.
The comments below scrolled non-stop.
【66666, I knew it, these guys from Penguin Group are up to no good again.】
【Those people from Penguin Group are copying again?】
【What do you mean 'again'? Have they ever stopped?】
【Putting aside the copying, this boss has some guts, severely beating the mole.】
【Laughing to death, what's the use of severely beating him? If your strength isn't enough, it's just not enough. Wasting a good idea, it's better to let Penguin Group do it. Their strength is there, and the things they make are much better than the original.】
【This era is already the era of computing power. As long as you have money, you can do the best. In that case, why not let Penguin Group do it? They really throw money at it.】
【That's right, playing the finished product directly like this is much better than those inferior games made with a little money. It also saves the trouble of updating every so often. Isn't it better to just make it the best from the start?】
【6666, how much federal currency per post for this kind of shilling? Can you introduce me?】
【I'll shill your *****】
Numerous netizens continuously argued with each other.
The online environment was no different from Earth, perhaps even worse.
After all, this era has new energy sources, making humans too idle.
So idle that they constantly advocate for war....
As night fell.
Tiansha Livestream.
As the largest game livestreaming platform within the Great Xia Federation, and also the platform with the authority to livestream Anti-War Competition, it has always been the most favored platform by gamers within the Great Xia Federation.
And as a pillar of old-school games like first-person shooters, Mo Xiaomo's livestream room suddenly lit up.
A young and vibrant female police officer cosplayer appeared:
"Hello, hello, good evening everyone~"
"Welcome to Mo Xiaomo's livestream room~"
"Let's start today's conquest journey~"
"Today we're going to play "ruin future: 2100". This game is a work participating in Anti-War Competition, but thanks to this big streamer's efforts, I managed to get a trial slot~"
"Hahaha, brothers, are you excited~"
As Mo Xiaomo's voice fell, the bullet comments in the livestream room went crazy:
【6666, little girl, are you getting ahead of yourself, calling yourself a big streamer?!"
【Did you get it? Why did I hear that a bunch of people next door are also livestreaming this game today?】
【Tsk, another game copied by Penguin Empire.】
【Laughing to death, streamer, don't play it. This game is copied, be careful the original author sues you.】
【Exactly, exactly, don't watch Penguin Empire's games!】
【No, guys? Haven't you seen the news? It's already on the headlines, this copied game is still being streamed?】
【Aren't you really afraid of damaging your reputation?】
The bullet comments in the livestream room were not as excited as expected. Even the joking viewers were drowned out by a crowd of people scolding Penguin Group. This made Mo Xiaomo somewhat at a loss, and she looked at the bullet comments and said:
"Ah... this, wait a moment."
"I'll go find out."
Then she quickly got up and looked at her equally anxious assistant, asking:
"What's going on? Is this game copied from someone else?"
"Why didn't we find out about this before?"
The assistant was a bit confused, looking through the news online:
"I don't know either."
"This was only exposed this afternoon."
"However, there has been no statement from Polaris Game Company."
"It's just that the online public opinion is overwhelmingly saying that Penguin Group copied and that the Polaris Game Company boss severely beat the mole."
"How about... we just livestream normally?"
"It's not the first or second time Penguin Group has copied, and every time the original creator ends up dead."
"This time is probably no exception."
Mo Xiaomo frowned tightly:
"No."
"If we're going to livestream it, we can't do it now. We have to wait until others have livestreamed it and the public has accepted it before we livestream it."
The assistant had a bitter smile:
"But we've already taken the money."
"Doing this will offend them, right?"
Mo Xiaomo glared:
"Anyway, we definitely can't be the first to livestream a copied game."
"This can also be considered them breaching the contract first."
The assistant sighed:
"I understand."
The assistant went to contact the staff at Penguin Group.
Mo Xiaomo quickly returned to the camera in the livestream room:
"Sorry, brothers."
"I didn't know about this, I just found out through my assistant."
"We won't be livestreaming this game today."
"Then let's just look around online today."
"See if there are any fun games."
As Anti-War Competition approached, many games began to promote themselves one after another.
This was also a strict rule. Otherwise, if they promoted too early, some powerful companies would cause all the small workshops to die. Any early promotion that violated the rules would result in disqualification. Only ten days before the competition could promotion begin.
At this moment.
The bullet comments scrolled wildly.
【Go check the Polaris Games official website, and tell me if it's copied or not?】
【Then this Polaris Games boss is really unlucky, just waiting to go bankrupt.】
【Hahahaha, I'm happy to see this +1.】
【Penguin Group is not acting like a human again today, but it seems they've never acted like a human.】
Mo Xiaomo looked at the bullet comments helplessly.
These people were endless in their scolding, but this matter did have some buzz, so she spoke up:
"Alright, at the request of the majority of viewers."
"Then let's go and see the Polaris Games official website~"
Then she opened the search, entered Polaris Game Company, and clicked the mouse gently.
A search interface appeared.
The first thing that caught her eye was the Polaris Game Company's official website. Mo Xiaomo clicked in and a futuristic sci-fi CG animation appeared before her eyes. The scene moved from far to near, and Blue Star had become a ruin.
The city was dark and gloomy, humans and machines were combined, and the sci-fi atmosphere was very strong.
And this made Mo Xiaomo couldn't help but click her tongue.
Damn!
It really was copied.
Since she was going to livestream it, Mo Xiaomo must have understood the game "ruin future: 2100".
And the CG on the Polaris Games official website was basically the same as "ruin future: 2100", except that Penguin Group's "ruin future: 2100" had more exquisite and detailed graphics, which was an old trick of Penguin Group.
But... they're not even hiding it?
Even the transition time and angle in the CG were basically the same....
Mo Xiaomo silently mourned for the boss of Polaris Company in her heart. Being copied by Penguin Empire, just accept your bad luck.
Suddenly.
The CG that was playing on the Polaris Game Company official website disappeared. Mo Xiaomo was a little surprised:
"Huh?"
"Why is the video gone?"
She refreshed twice, but it was still gone.
Mo Xiaomo's gaze shifted to other places. The promotion for cyber blue star: 2077 at the top of the official website had been moved to the second position.
And the first position was replaced by Second World War: Rise of the Empire.
Immediately, Mo Xiaomo's interest was piqued:
"Huh—"
"This title? It's a bit interesting?"
"Is it a new game?"
"Polaris Company is moving so fast, have they already found a replacement?"
She clicked twice, but couldn't get in.
But her curiosity was aroused.
The bullet comments were also constantly exchanging.
【Holy cow? Empire? Such an ancient word.】
【Empire represents conquest and slaughter, which doesn't align with the current mainstream thinking of the Federation. Is this Polaris Game Company boss not afraid of going to jail?】
【Could it be that this Polaris Game Company is a fanatical war propagandist?】
【I think they're driven mad and have given up on themselves.】
【No? Didn't you notice the blind spot?】
【Why is it World War II? What about the First?】
【Yeah? What about the First?】
【Holy cow, now that you say that, I'm actually a little curious!】
【This Polaris game is going to make a big splash.】
【Waiting online for news of the Polaris game boss being arrested, hahahahaha.】
Curiosity in the livestream room was constantly piqued. Whether it was World War II or Rise of the Empire, it made the viewers in the livestream room itching with anticipation, but they could only be anxious and helpless, as there was no news from Polaris.
The matter of the Polaris Official Website was also quickly known by netizens, and many people came to check in.
The popularity quickly occupied the trending searches on Federal Headline.
And at this time.
Zhao Ming, who was making the netizens impatient.
Was in the office, fiddling with a virtual helmet.
After an afternoon of promotion, many people knew about his company's affairs, which provided a lot of emotional value. Zhao Ming first exchanged for a video of Normandy Landing, and then used the computing power purchased from the Photon Supercomputing Cluster for rendering.
Now he had made that clip into a virtual game and connected it to the virtual helmet, only waiting for testing.
According to the memory in his mind, Zhao Ming put on the helmet and pressed the button.
His vision went dark, and when it lit up again.
What came into view was that he was already on a landing craft.
An endless sea.
There were warships and landing craft all around, and planes in the sky roared as they flew towards the island ahead.
His ears were filled with the roar of the landing craft.
This was the opening scene of Normandy Landing, exactly the same. If he hadn't known it was a virtual game, Zhao Ming would have thought he had transmigrated again.
A virtual helmet could actually achieve this level?!
Immersive.
Wouldn't that mean all the movies from Earth could be made into games?!
This was a feeling that couldn't be experienced on Earth.
The shaking of the landing craft, the waves of the sea, the crowding of the soldiers around him, and the salty smell from the seawater were all so real. Zhao Ming twisted his arm, and a pain much weaker than in reality came:
"Hiss—"
"There's something to this."
This was just a virtual helmet. According to the memory in Zhao Ming's mind, the virtual reality cabin could simulate 100%.
Thinking of this.
Zhao Ming's expression was strange. 100% simulation, then the pain must be similar....
Tsk.
If it's played with a virtual reality cabin, he'll have to add a warning statement later.
Otherwise, someone might get hurt from the pain.
Just as he was thinking, a sharp whistle suddenly sounded in Zhao Ming's ear.
Beep—
Beep—
"Everyone! Divide into two columns, avoid the shell craters!"
"Prepare to land!"
"May the Lord bless you!"
As the words fell, the ramp at the front of the landing craft was lowered.
Zhao Ming reacted, thinking of the upcoming plot, and his scalp tingled as he looked at the lowered steel ramp:
"Damn!!!"
Zhao Ming thought about dodging to the side, and just as he lifted his foot.
The heavy machine gun bullets swept over with a crackling sound.
The four or five NPCs in front of Zhao Ming were instantly swept by the machine gun, their flesh and blood bursting open, followed by Zhao Ming.
Bang!
His helmet was directly blown off, and a chilling sensation spread from his forehead to the back of his head.
His body was also riddled with machine gun bullets with a crackling sound.
Before he could exit, the screen went black.
In the office.
Zhao Ming, wearing a virtual helmet, shivered and quickly took off the virtual helmet, his heart pounding:
"My god... being too real isn't good either."
"I can't test it anymore."
"Let's just torment the players."