Chapter 354: Chapter 349: The Restless Employees
Translator: 549690339
In the end, as expected, Hu suffered at the hands of the tiger and respawned at the entrance of the amusement park.
The tiger tried to lick the wound on its neck by twisting it around, but no matter how it stretched its tongue, it just couldnât reach it!
Frustrated, it spun around in circles, looking rather silly in its urgency.
Lincoln opened the panel to adjust the permissions and walked over with Mavis.
He lightly stroked the edge of the tigerâs wound, and it rapidly healed and disappeared.
The fierce tiger turned back into a harmless big cat, carefully nuzzling against his leg.
Lincoln petted the big catâs head while asking Mavis, âHow is that player doing? Is he still in good shape?â
Initially, when he saw the player with the ID âHuâ suffering from a broken arm, Lincoln was planning to intervene and save him from the tiger.
However, when he saw the muscular man continuing to stand his ground even with a broken arm, even aggressively attacking, Lincoln hesitated and chose not to reveal himself.
He felt that he should maintain at least a basic respect for such a courageous person.
After all, it wouldnât truly hurt.
But even though the situation of being killed by a beast would be mitigated by the neural modulator-demodulator, preventing any real issues, Lincoln couldnât help but check with Mavis about the situation.
Mavis looked towards the direction of the amusement park, blinked, and answered, âNo problem! And heâs driving a new shuttle bus and coming this way again.â
âComing again? He hasnât given up yet? Does he have a grudge against the tiger?â Lincoln was surprised.
Then he quickly thought of something and looked at the ârailing spearâ dropped nearby.
In âParadise,â playersâ dropped items are refreshed daily.
âDoes he not want to spend another two hours crafting a weapon and is specifically coming for this spear?â
âPossible!â
âThen should we wait for him?â
âYes.â Mavis clearly hadnât had enough of the excitement yet.
Lincoln and Mavis spent some time petting the big cat, and before Hu could come, they patted the tiger so it would leave first.
Then the two of them continued to stand hidden, watching Hu drive up, get off the car, find the iron spear, pick up a nearby stone, and laboriously sharpen the spear tip.
Then he headed west and embarked on his journey again.
âThis guy mustâve explored in advance, right?â Lincoln said uncertainly.
Because the direction Hu was driving towards was a common haunt of the cheetah.
On this wilderness, the animals had a wide range of movement, but apart from the Easter egg creatures like the lion king and lion cub who would hide, all other animals had fixed routes and habitual residences.
Nowadays, the player forum had actually compiled a rough species distribution map.
But for Hu to be moving so accurately, he most likely wasnât travelling this route for the first time.
Mavis, pulling on Lincolnâs arm, teleported in advance to the edge of the cheetahâs habitat and waited for Huâs arrival, planning to watch his impressive skills.
Lincoln also held a similar expectation.
Yet, the development of events once again contradicted his predictions:
Hu rushed over quickly, repeating the method he used to approach the tiger to get close to the cheetah resting under the shade of the tree.
The pouncing action appeared just as swift and agile as before.
Unfortunately, the result didnât change muchâŠ
The crude iron spear fell to the ground, and Hu disappeared in a flash of light, respawning elsewhere.
After respawning and hurrying back, Hu learned his lesson and reduced the size of his target prey, setting his sights on the lynx.
But he didnât anticipate that the lynx would instantly scamper up a nearby tree the moment he lunged at it, destroying his hope of triumph with a single attack.
What was even more outrageous was that when he decided to give up, the lynx used its agile body to continuously harass him, and actually âscratchedâ him to deathâŠ
Now Hu had completely lost his cool, he didnât even bother looking for his weapon, he just drove the shuttle bus off to vent his anger on the wolves.
Lincoln, on the other hand, was pondering: how is it that this player seemed incredibly fierce at first glance but seemed a bit foolish upon further observation?
Or could it be that he had inadvertently set the intelligence of the animals too high?
After hesitating for a moment and then watching Huâs struggle against the wolves with his bare handsâthe shuttle bus slows down when it approaches beasts, which was a part of the settingâ
Lincoln was still in no hurry to make any changes.
A single player was far too small a sample to be used as a reference.
Furthermore, what he was challenging were the most ferocious large-sized feline carnivores, itâs almost similar to a player just leaving the novice village and challenging the BOSS with the worst sword from the village.
Failure was the norm.
Over there, Hu was fighting one against three, enduring the wolvesâ savage attack, strangling a wolf to death with his bare arms before his health bar was emptied, further proving his identity as a muscular man.
Having seen this, Lincoln was even more sure that there was no rush, and he should let everything develop naturally first.
Any significant changes should wait until after the launch of âSpeed Chase.â
Now was not the time to be diverting the playersâ attention.
Next, Lincoln and Mavis left this place and moved to the âVirtual Wildlife Reserveâ map.
The development and creation here were largely reliant on the expert team that was hired at a high salary.
On this map, both the lifestyle and hunting habits of the animals, as well as the characteristics of their living environment, all leaned as closely to reality as possible.
And considering the vast variety of wildlife, this team was not static.
Instead, it was made up of some permanent core workers and many short-term specialized researchers.
These specialized researchers were studying very narrow fields, focusing on a certain category or even a certain type of animal.
But when it came to the species they were studying, they had a deeper understanding than anyone else.
This project was actually somewhat similar to the project on the [Ancient Architecture Recording and Protection Foundation] map.
These two projects couldnât directly become a popular game on their own.
But they can become the source of many game technologies, inspirations, and resources, and they can even serve as the foundation stones for building certain game genres.
Of course, even disregarding these utilitarian ideas, the existence of these two projects in itself has irreplaceable significant value.
For instance, ancient buildings that have collapsed or are collapsing, and wildlife species that have gone extinct or are on the brink of extinction!
After checking the development status of the [Protected Area] map, Lincoln suddenly remembered someone.
âMavis, what about Cathy, the one who previously criticized us, saying our animals are too tame and not realistic enough? Whatâs the situation now?â
After Daniel, the employee with a PR background, took over this issue, Lincoln didnât follow up on the situation.
If he didnât visit the [Protected Area] today and observe the wildlife ecosystem that fully aligned with reality, he wouldnât have recalled this.
âShe has been unemployed for a long time!â
âHuh?â Lincoln was somewhat surprised, he had thought at most a public apology would suffice.
âHehe, Daniel is really good!â Mavis chuckled while praising Daniel, âBut the main credit goes to the players.â
âNot only was Cathy scolded by netizens those days, but the show she was hosting and the company she worked for were all boycotted by netizens.â
âAfter being boycotted, Cathy was dissatisfied. She said many malicious words online. Mavis didnât show them to you because she didnât want to upset you.â
As Mavis finished speaking, she cautiously looked up at Lincoln with a pitiful expression on her face.
Lincoln gently pinched her face, âSo, what happened after that?â
âWell, the Internet company she worked for couldnât withstand the criticism from netizens and fired her. Credit for that goes to Daniel too!â
After praising Daniel, Mavis continued with a disgruntled voice: âWhen Cathy was first fired, she acted like a victim, saying she was suppressed and treated unjustly.â
âThen Daniel compiled all her history of stirring up controversy and published it on the âParadiseâ account.â
Every game under Cloud Dream Official has a dedicated account for posting game-related news.
Cathy initially attacked the animal behavior in âParadiseâ. She targeted Lincoln from the start to stir up controversy and attract more traffic and attention.
Now it made sense for âParadiseâ to deliver the final blow.
Unsurprisingly, netizens bombarded her with fresh and old resentments.
Especially with the things Cathy had done before. That made her far more hated than her attack on Lincoln!
So, she has been job hunting ever since, with no media-related company daring to hire her.
âShe publicly apologized to the netizens just a while ago, but it had no effect. Everyone said she didnât reflect on her actions and was only apologizing because she had no other choice. They believe sheâs still harboring some ill intentions.â
âI see.â Lincoln nods his head, âWell done, I should add a bonus to Danielâs salary!â
âYes, yes, yes.â Mavis agreed repeatedly.
Next, Lincoln checked the time, planning to find Xu Chun to complete todayâs boxing training task.
However, just as he was about to log off, Little Chun sent him a virtual world invitation.
Lincoln thought it was related to âMy Worldâ, oh no, âBlock World (tentative)â development problems, so he immediately accepted the invitation.
But unexpectedly, after exiting the teleportation gate, he arrived in the development world of âLight Encounterâ.
âWhat happened?â
âThe Light Encounter team is researching new season map development, and they submitted their theme to me yesterday.â Little Chun greeted Lincoln and got straight to the point.
âI thought I should let you know in advance after seeing their theme.â
âWhat theme?â Lincoln was slightly confused.
âClark, show him your idea.â Little Chun motioned to the girl behind him.
The group leader of the Light Encounter team, whose real name was Clark, manipulated a few panels and transformed herself into the art style of a character in âLight Encounterâ.
Then she started to alternate various appearance decorations on herself: straw hat, sword, jade pendant, wooden hairpin, folding fan, ancient clothesâŠ
Various items also started appearing in front of her: the pipa, guzheng, transverse flute, tea set, incense table, palace lamp, paper umbrellaâŠ
Some of the appearances were new, while others were already existing.
This girl obviously piled up these things together for a better display of the theme.
And Lincoln, seeing these things, immediately understood the new season theme they wanted to develop â evidently it was an ancient style.
However, he still asked: âWhatâs the season theme you want to create?â
âVisiting Ancient and Seeking Seclusion.â Clark replied.
Just as expected!
Well, Lincoln had to admit that the employees at Cloud Dream were indeed a group of people who were unwilling to remain idle and embraced challenges.
If they were to undertake this theme, theyâd have to do more than just adding some new maps and tasks based on the existing foundation.
This theme is a notable supplement to the overall aesthetic style of the game, having a significant innovative streak.
And innovation often comes with risks.
To put it another way, they could fail.
If this were any other company, they would likely not risk a successful project so lightly.
But Lincoln was different.
He greatly appreciated seeing his employees strive for perfection and challenge themselves.
If it werenât for the plan of âAssassinâs Creed: Changâanâ, he wouldnât hesitate at all and would definitely agree right away.
Unfortunately, now that there was a plan for âAssassinâs Creed: ChangâanââŠ
So he could only give them a disappointing answer right now â
âYou can do it, but you have to wait a bit.â