Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch

Chapter 455: 438: The Headache-inducing Club

Translator: 549690339

The scene before them immediately reminded everyone of the “beast tide” in the wilderness.

“Dinosaur tide??”

Without waiting for further discussion, one dinosaur after another, slightly different in size but all similarly shaped, emerged from behind the first Chambered Dragon.

This reminded all players: Chambered Dragons live in groups.

If it were just these little guys over two meters long, everyone would definitely not be afraid.

They’d still teach them a lesson even if they lived in groups!

But looking at the commotion in the distance, the shaking tree crowns, and the rising smoke and dust, everyone had the idea of retreating.

Even the suggestion of pulling a safe waterway to pick up the players who had died before, proposed by Shuihua, had to be temporarily put aside.

Before the dinosaur group could appear, everyone split into two groups and dispersed in two different directions along the coastline.

Picking up people? Sure.

But wait until later!

First, get past this “welcome ceremony” on Dinosaur Island!

It had taken them so much trouble to get on the island, and if they were killed by the dinosaur group now and then resurrected in the amusement park, the cost would be too great!

Anyway, those players who had revived still needed to make rafts, so it would not be too late to come back and pick them up after they had made them.

—The premise was that players with the [Bathing Girl Lamp] shouldn’t be killed by dinosaurs.

In Camille Victoria’s team, those two guys who had the Bathing Girl Lamp suddenly became the focus of protection.

They were guarded by Camille Victoria, Shuihua, Xiaomei, and Queenie, fearing that they might have an accident.

As for Queenie’s joining, it was no surprise at all.

As soon as this girl saw Camille Victoria, she ran over to “acknowledge kinship” without a second word.

After a round of “senior schoolgirl,” “same school,” “I’m your fan,” she successfully joined Camille Victoria’s team.

After successfully landing on the island, Shuihua had been struggling all the time.

The online time had already exceeded the original plan.

She was supposed to log off half an hour ago, but at that time she was determined to land on Dinosaur Island, so she didn’t log off.

But now that she was on the island, she was even more reluctant to log off…

She was eager to see what was on the island!

After struggling for a while, Shuihua finally decided to log off first, as her late-night snack would get cold.

Getting a cold late-night snack was a small problem, but her mom coming to clean up the dishes was the big problem!

As she ran, she looked at her teammates, thinking she would say goodbye as soon as the team stopped.

But Shuihua quickly found an interesting thing: the newly joined schoolgirl Nishino Chizuru kept glancing at Camille Victoria.

Considering that she claimed to be Camille Victoria’s fan, this behavior was understandable.

But Shuihua soon found that Xiaomei also kept looking at Chizuru from time to time, with a hint of vigilance in her eyes.

Shuihua almost burst out laughing on the spot, quickly turning her face to the side and biting her lip to suppress laughter.

In the middle of the team, the two rough guys didn’t quite know what was going on, but they sensed that the atmosphere was a bit delicate.

Suddenly, a dense roar of dinosaurs came from behind, and everyone looked back to see a large group of two-_to three-meter-long dinosaurs rushing onto the beach, dividing their forces to chase in two directions.

“Would Lincoln be so inhuman?”

“You ask me? Then I’ll tell you, definitely!”

“Let’s go into the forest! We’ll be caught on the coast sooner or later.”

“Go, go, go!”

Everyone quickly ran into the forest, hoping that the dinosaurs would chase others and ignore them.

But before they had run a few dozen meters, Camille Victoria suddenly pointed ahead and shouted, “There’s a building over there! Come on! Let’s see if we can hide!”

Between the trees that could be hugged by an adult, there was a not-so-small, but not more than a meter high concrete rooftop, which looked like an underground bunker.

Everyone rushed over, circled halfway around, found a downward staircase, went down about three meters, and finally arrived at the door of this underground fortress.

The door was unlocked, and the bolt opened with a pull.

As everyone entered in turn, they turned on the light switch behind the door, and the lights inside the building lit up one by one, revealing the whole indoor environment.

To their surprise, it was immaculate, hardly any dust could be seen.

Only their own footprints were left on the floor.

The lighting was bright, the furniture new, and there were even comfortable sofas, bonsai, wine cabinets, record players, and large landscape paintings on the walls.

The overall atmosphere was relaxing and comfortable.

Everyone’s first reaction was not to explore, but to stand there in a daze.

—They never expected to see the scene before them.

It was not too surprising that there were buildings on Dinosaur Island, but such interior decoration and layout were truly unexpected!

Just a minute ago, they were on a desperate run under the threat of dinosaurs, and now they could directly drink red wine and play with their records, turning a little small-capitalist?!

The contrast was too great!

Before entering, everyone had thought this was a bunker, filled with heavy weaponry!

But they ended up in a high-end hotel?!

Are they kidding?!

Before everyone could complain, a new system prompt came up—

[New login point has been loaded, players can log in to the new map—Dinosaur Island through personal space]

Seeing this prompt, Shuihua was overjoyed and clapped twice excitedly.

Just as he was about to go offline, he came across this place. It’s like finding a pillow right as you’re falling asleep!

Lucky!

“Everyone!” Shuihua waved to call her teammates, “I have to go offline now, it’s getting late.”

Camille Victoria knew that Shuihua was still a third-year high school student, so she said goodnight and urged her to go offline and sleep at once.

Camille Victoria herself seized the opportunity to synchronize the news of finding the “login point” into the combat group chat, reminding everyone to pay attention to their surroundings and not miss such a place.

At the same time, she didn’t forget to call out, urging nearby players to hurry up and take shelter.

After all, once they “save a file” here, even if they are killed by a dinosaur, they can log out and log in to Dinosaur Island again without having to cross the sea.

At this thought, Camille Victoria came up with another idea: Is there a possibility that this place also has the effect of a respawn point?

She decided to give it a try.

On the other end, Shuihua removed the headband from her head and found that the midnight snack had indeed become lukewarm.

She was not picky, so she picked up her bowl and chopsticks and sipped it.

Although she was still a bit curious about what was on Dinosaur Island, especially the appearance of modern facilities on a prehistoric-style island, the clash and mix of styles brought her a strong sense of freshness.

However, Shuihua tried not to think about these things: “There must be moderation in playing games! Yes!”

But it was not easy to let her brain idle, so she couldn’t help but think about other things—

“What has Lance been up to lately?”

Since the conclusion of the “Assassins’ Alliance” national competition, he seemed to have been busy and seemed to have less contact with her.

“I’ll text him later!”

Lance hasn’t actually been very busy lately.

It was not because of his lack of effort, but because he and the club were caught in some hesitation in decision-making.

At this time, many clubs had already verified that the two games, “Assassins’ Alliance” and “Speed Chase,” had certain conflicts in combat skills and styles.

In other words, having players train in both games at the same time is unfeasible, and it may even lead to a decline in skill level.

The conventional approach at this time is to form two teams.

One team prepares for the new game competition.

The other team focuses on preparing for the “Assassins’ Alliance” competition – officials have announced that the competition will continue to be held, four times a year, once every quarter.

The club manager did not know that this was not to save the domestic heat but because of the expanded market, including the overseas market.

Although the recent focus has been on “Speed Chase” and Dinosaur Island, the purchase volume of “Assassins’ Alliance” has been slowly growing due to the existence of Metropolis.

Especially during the time when Dinosaur Island was popular all over the internet, it quickly caught fire in Izumo, Baekje, and Southeast Asia.

A large number of Izumo and Baekje players have joined the island landing operations, and Nishino Chizuru was just one of the many inconspicuous ones.

It was only because of her eye-catching performance that she stood out.

To participate in the island landing operations, however, you cannot go empty-handed!

You need tools!

So where can you find tools?

The answer is: Metropolis.

Even if you find the tools in Night City, you have to go through Metropolis.

Otherwise, if you log out and log in directly, you will not bring the full set of clothes and “accessories,” but will directly put on the default clothes for logging into the amusement park.

Moreover, the public version of Metropolis still has access restrictions to date! Players without permission can’t even get through!

This has led to a large number of players choosing to buy “Assassins’ Alliance” directly, looking for clothes and items in their game world, and joining the grand player events.

Of course, there are plenty of players who just stay in “Paradise,” waiting for their teammates to help transport the tools and carry out the free ride to the end.

Even so, the sales of “Assassins’ Alliance” have once again reached a peak.

It’s a number that would make all game companies envious.

As a result, the future of “Assassins’ Alliance” competitions will definitely continue, and they will go abroad; wherever Mirage is sold, the competition will take place.

The scale will only get bigger and bigger!

Even if the club gives up on participating in all other competitions in the past and prepares for this event in the long run, it can still survive, and even live quite comfortably.

However, the club manager cannot know Cloud Dream’s long-term plans at this time, and the long-term future can only vaguely see some outlines.

Therefore, they have to consider: Is it possible that the competition of “Speed Chase” will far outstrip “Assassins’ Alliance” in terms of heat, scale, and money-making effect?

If so, will using the original reserve team to transition to this new competition or forming a new team result in a loss of opportunities due to lack of strength?

They have to consider these issues because, given Cloud Dream’s precedent of “having large-scale events first and then hosting competitions,” the “Speed Chase” competition is likely not far off.

Most likely, after the virtual concert, there will be related news leaking.

And there’s another issue to consider: the opinions of the players.

To prevent a decline in skill level, the club specifically instructed the players not to play “Speed Chase” as much as possible, and even if they had to play, not to participate in too many battles.

But they know that this is not very realistic. In Night City, it’s not easy to avoid battle…

Besides, the players themselves are a little dissatisfied.

They all firmly believe that their combat skills will not be affected.

Some players even directly express their opinions, saying that they prefer the combat style of “Speed Chase” and want to transition to specialize in “Speed Chase.”

The manager felt his blood pressure rise at the time: Do these people really not know how much their appearance fees have increased because of winning the championship?

Thanks to the high-pressure resistance of the manager, he did not knock on his forehead to educate him: “Get it clear! You are a member of the national championship team for “Assassins’ Alliance! Not something else! Switching games, your value could drop by half!”

If these things make them miserable,

Then when the club’s star player and championship team member Lance shows signs of wanting to retire, it’s even more like a heavy blow to the head!