Giving roses, hands retain the scent
In a state of utter disarray, utter disarray! This has been the situation for the leadership of the “Voyage into the Void” game company for several months.
It began when the Matchmaker deity in “Voyage into the Void” was hijacked by a hacker cloaked in Feng Lianzhu’s skin, turning Feng Lianzhu into the new marriage officiant, who only chose to officiate weddings for players they liked, ignoring all others.
Of course, this wasn’t important, as it was just a matchmaking system. The Gold Mountain Amusement Park map was quite popular, and some players were even envious of those who got married. On the day of the wedding, #GoldMountainAmusementParkGoldenWedding# made it to the trending searches, although only among the top ten, but it still brought topics and increased market value to the game!
Who knew, less than an hour after this trending search appeared, nine out of the top ten trending topics on Weibo were dominated by “Voyage into the Void”, with the entire network flooded with news about the game, leaving only a TV drama’s premiere bought into the top ten, looking rather pitiful.
This should have been a cause for celebration, but look at what the top nine trending searches were!
#Holographic Online Game “Voyage Into The Void” Suspected To Have A Dragon Appearance#
#Paralyzed Online Game Player Stood Up#
#Hair Grew Overnight#
#NPC And NPC Ran Away Together#
#Humans, This Is A Gift From The Gods To You#
#Voyage Company Surrounded By Police Cars#
#Game Company Statement: Our Leaders Are Not Aliens#
#Just Diagnosed With Early Stage Stomach Cancer Yesterday And Cured Today#
#Playing Games Cures Difficult Diseases#…
Not just these nine, but many more, with “Voyage into the Void” covering more than half of the trending searches.
Being surrounded by police cars was true, and so was the National Security Department copying internal data from the company. The senior leaders were taken by the police for overnight questioning, and before they could even finish their statements, they were interrogated by the security department, being tormented for two to three days.
The employees working overtime that day were also called in. Seeing their thick hair, joyful faces, and healthy bodies, the leaders deeply regretted not working overtime that day.
The employees explained everything about the mutation of Feng Lianzhu from the beginning, with sufficient evidence to suspect that technologically advanced, benevolent aliens… alien dragons, because they fancied their overly handsome, beautiful NPCs, stole their NPCs and left a dowry.
When asked for evidence, they replied, “Hair.”
Several programmers were extremely excited, shaking their heads at everyone they saw, showing off their newly grown hair, and bringing every topic back to hair.
Meanwhile, the news about paralyzed players standing up again was also noteworthy. The security department went on to find some players who had recovered from serious illnesses, including a player named “Tu Qinyuanhua”, who had been paralyzed from a car accident two years ago and was unable to walk. His parents had sought medical treatment for many years without restoring his mobility. On the day of his in-game wedding, he felt a tingling sensation throughout his body and stood up!
Not only did he stand up, but Tu Qinyuanhua’s muscles, severely atrophied from years of paralysis, could not have recovered without long-term rehabilitation, yet he did recover, jumping one meter high. He ran down from the tenth floor, shouting, and after being scolded by a neighbor, was chased back up by the community security guard, moving as agilely as a professional athlete.
This was no longer a medical miracle; it was a modern fantasy novel.
When the authorities found Tu Qinyuanhua, he had already packed his bags and bought a plane ticket to meet his in-game love interest in person. His parents were extremely supportive. The treatment of his old injuries by the dragon god on their wedding day meant they were a match made in heaven. With Feng Lianzhu officiating and the dragon god’s blessing, no one could separate them. They hurriedly showed their sincerity and proposed.
But before he could leave, he was interviewed by the authorities. Tu Qinyuanhua was not happy; he was going to miss his flight. Couldn’t they wait until after his proposal to discuss this?
As he resisted cooperation, a beautiful woman knocked on Tu Qinyuanhua’s door, smiling faintly, “Is this Tu Qinyuanhua? I’m Phoenix Among Birds.”
The mountain is not just me; I am the mountain.
Phoenix Among Birds was quicker than Tu Qinyuanhua, booking a flight that evening. Knowing Tu Qinyuanhua was paralyzed, she assumed he would need to go to the hospital for checks first, so Phoenix Among Birds, being strong-willed, took the initiative to visit him.
Thus, the department’s staff saw Tu Qinyuanhua pulling out a diamond ring, kneeling on the ground to propose. Phoenix Among Birds petted Tu Qinyuanhua’s head but didn’t directly reply, instead saying, “Let’s cooperate with the department’s work first. It’s too early for a proposal; this is our first real-life meeting.”
The department’s staff, having just swallowed a mouthful of dog food, saw Tu Qinyuanhua being rejected and felt a strangely satisfying sensation, only to hear Tu Qinyuanhua happily say, “Your willingness to let me pursue you means I’m halfway there. I’ll work hard!”
The department: “……”
From their sweet interactions at home to the department office, even during the statement taking, they showed off their love, every word exuding a world-shaking love, infuriating the staff who wanted to throw their pens.
“Actually, I…” Phoenix Among Birds pulled out a medical report, “I was diagnosed with stomach cancer a few days ago. I haven’t gone for a recheck yet, but I think I should be cured by now.”
Tu Qinyuanhua stood up abruptly, pulling Phoenix Among Birds to go for a check-up. The department staff quickly sent them to the hospital. After much turmoil, it was indeed found that she was cured. Phoenix Among Birds’s cavities had even healed, her teeth strong enough to crush walnuts, and from her hair to her toenails, she radiated health. Even her myopia was cured. Tu Qinyuanhua thanked heaven and earth and the dragon god for their blessing, overjoyed to the point of nearly flying.
After an investigation that lasted a month, the nation finally confirmed that an unexplainable force by modern science had indeed invaded the “Voyage into the Void” game company. However, this force was benign and had already left, leaving behind a scent of roses that made it impossible to pursue any further.
Thus, after being offline for a month and undergoing numerous challenges, “Voyage into the Void” finally ended the investigation and was available to play again, along with the company’s new launch, the star war game “Azure Independence.”
It was assumed that being offline for a month would affect the game’s popularity, but unexpectedly, nearly 200 million players logged in on the first day, causing the holographic helmets to sell out and the servers to crash.
“Azure Independence” wasn’t as popular, but it still sold five thousand helmets, outperforming all other games at its launch and making the game company a fortune.
Old players of Voyage discovered that the Gold Mountain Amusement Park had been moved from its celestial location to the original site of Bamboo Valley, expanding the map. The map level ranged from 0-∞, and entering the map depended on whether the boss took a liking to you. There were two bosses in the amusement park. One was Feng Lianzhu, with five elemental skins of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, whose level the game company adjusted to max level +10, meaning no matter how the game updated, Feng Lianzhu would always be ten levels higher than the max level, making it impossible for players to defeat.
Even if players came equipped with divine gear, it wouldn’t matter because Feng Lianzhu had a guardian beast—the Kirates Dragon. This dragon could be large or small, black or gold, gentle as a breeze or wildly fierce, always guarding behind Feng Lianzhu, with an unchanging level of ∞+1.
These two bosses were no longer the real Feng Lianzhu and Pang Kirates; they were images preserved by the game company. Even though they had left this world, the game designers wanted people to remember them forever.
After all, the hair that had grown was a constant reminder of their benefaction.
The company’s leadership had no objections; what if these two returned one day? And brought more blessings? Maybe, we could also grow hair and rejuvenate?
Holding onto naive and beautiful wishes, the leaders tacitly approved the planning team’s act of embedding personal elements into the game.
From then on, the Gold Mountain Amusement Park became a sacred place in “Voyage into the Void,” where everyone wanted to experience a miracle, but it wasn’t easy to enter, as it required money.
Coins were thrown into the entrance of the amusement park, becoming the foundation of the park, and entry was still not guaranteed; it depended on the boss’s mood.
As for when the boss would be in a good mood to let people in, it was set according to the previous movements of Feng Lianzhu and the Kirates Dragon, accepting players randomly with a probability lower than drawing an SSR.
However, some players discovered that attacking frantically outside the amusement park might get them picked up by the boss dragon and tortured in the amusement park, hung on the Ferris wheel to enjoy the feeling of weightlessness, which was also a way to enter the park. The downside was not that you were playing the game, but the boss was playing with you, and when you could come out was uncertain, as only Feng Lianzhu could release the players hung by Kirates Dragon.
The most unfortunate player was hung online for ten days before finally encountering Feng Lianzhu and being released, after which no one dared to make noise in front of the amusement park again.
Gradually, the amusement park became a place for making wishes. Every new player would bring one to hundreds of coins to the park to throw coins and make wishes, with a very low probability of being chosen by the boss to enter. They had become iconic bosses!
Even in the star war game “Azure Independence,” on a primitive star numbered 419, there was a Bamboo Valley with these two bosses.
Sometimes, these two bosses seemed to come alive; Kirates Dragon would suddenly start robbing coins, while Feng Lianzhu would come forward to console the robbed players, chat with them, and compensate them with weapons, as returning the coins was impossible.
Gradually, players knew that bringing a large amount of coins to star 419 might result in a robbery by the dragon, and being robbed could still net them divine equipment. They considered this a benefit from the game company, and those robbed by the dragon were considered lucky.
Unbeknownst to the game company’s staff, this incident was kept low-key, and after private discussions, they touched their heads, considering this part of the game design, without explaining it to the public.
On the game company’s forum, there was also an official Dragon Ball forum, where countless fans of the couple actively shared fan fiction and beautiful illustrations of Dragon Ball’s exquisite love story.
Even as years passed and numerous new holographic online games emerged, “Voyage into the Void” and “Azure Independence” remained the top two games on the leaderboard. Feng Lianzhu and Kirates Dragon became legends among countless players, accompanying each other in Voyage, Azure, forums, and the internet, never to be separated.
Author’s Note:
Fat Dragon: Coins, coins, time for a robbery.
Feng Lianzhu (smiling): My dear friend, it was wrong of us to rob you, but it’s impossible to return them, not in this lifetime. Whatever coins our dragon desires, I will obtain for him. Think of a solution.
Player: Then… how about a divine weapon?
Feng Lianzhu: A new weapon designed by the alliance, a game scan? I’ll give you one.
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La la la, see you all tomorrow~