Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch

Chapter 276: 274: Where Is My Night city?

Translator: 549690339

The news of Cloud Dream’s grand invitation release naturally leaked to the outside world in no time.

Especially after players signed up and found out they were immediately selected, they couldn’t help but show off on the Internet.

Spiritual Rhinoceros, Bilibili, and Vortex Forum – for a moment, posts bragging about the invitation were everywhere.

Other players, seeing the boasting, felt a mix of envy, jealousy, and excitement.

A closed beta test!

According to Cloud Dream’s usual practice, the game must be close to being launched!

You guys can brag for a few more days, but I’ll be playing soon, too!

The comment section was filled with excited players:

“Bars! Nightclubs! Beauties! Casinos!” “Night City! I can’t wait for another day!”

“Can this test quota be transferred? I’m willing to buy it for a huge price!”

“Will the answer finally be revealed? Is it ‘Dog Café’ or ‘The Tale of the Prodigal

“The thought of you guys having to keep the test confidential after it’s over makes me feel awful!”

“I’ll pay a lot for an inside source! Name your price! If my savings aren’t enough, I’ll sell my house!”

“It’s not worth it! Brother, it’s not worth it! Let’s crowdfund!”

Indeed… everyone was misled.

It didn’t matter if it was the players about to participate in the test or those in the comment section getting riled up with excitement and envy; they all believed that the game to be tested was a “Night City-themed game”.

That’s because when Cloud Dream sent out the invitation, they didn’t even mention the name of the game, only that it was “their latest game”. —There was no way; Lincoln hadn’t even decided on the name of the game yet…

The main thing was that this game combined elements of an amusement park, a large open zoo, and Fall Guys racing tracks, which left Lincoln a bit indecisive.

As the game had only been created two days ago, the players naturally had no idea.

In the players’ minds, the “latest game” obviously referred to the repeatedly teased “Night City” game!

The excitement of the players reached its peak, and they passionately discussed it well into the night.

Then, many game media outlets joined in and began to seriously report on the “industry news”: “Cloud Dream’s latest game to begin limited testing, release date just around the corner! Night City soon to be open to players!”

By the end, the keyword #Night City New Game Closed Beta# had even been pushed to the top three hot topics by enthusiastic players!

The world is indeed marvelous…

The next morning, Lincoln got up and listened to Mavis talk about noteworthy news while washing up.

Mavis excitedly said, “Master, there’s new news from Cloud Dream on the hot search board!”

Lincoln didn’t think much of it and nodded for Mavis to read out the topic.

Mavis deliberately waited until Lincoln took a sip of water before quickly reading aloud, “Night City New Game Closed Beta! Release Date Just Around the Corner!”

“Pfft—” Lincoln immediately spat out a mouthful of water.

What was this? Was Speed Chase going to have a closed beta? How come I didn’t know?

“Hahaha! Success!” Mavis’s triumphant laughter rang out from the speaker, clearly pleased with her prank.

As a result, when Lincoln arrived at the company, the first thing he did was not to check the game’s beta testing progress, but to head to the Spaceship’s small sofa. He grabbed Mavis’s chubby, baby-fat face and rubbed it vigorously as punishment.

As for the misunderstanding?

There was no need to explain since the mystery would be solved today anyway.

Just let it be!

The test would last the whole day, and although it was a Wednesday workday, there were still over a thousand players waiting for the test server to open.

After all, these were players who had made it to the top 1000 of a competition with millions of players. Except for those with insanely good luck, many of them were hardcore gamers.

Many of them are anchors, video uploaders, professional gamers, college students, freelancers, all with plenty of free time.

Plus, some players who took time off work or school as “unwell” are eagerly waiting for the first moment of the test opening, to rush into the game! Shuihua had quickly applied, but unfortunately, she was still in class at this time…

Playing games during the weekend had already been a great concession from her parents.

Skipping class during the daytime of senior year to play games?

How desperate would someone have to be to dare to ask their parents for that?

Meanwhile, both Yi and Yelang were feeling quite upset.

They were among the most enthusiastic players looking forward to Night City.

Especially after watching the latest trailer, with those night scenes, beautiful women, strip dances (even though they couldn’t see clearly), and most notably the gorgeous and vintage, eye-catching beauty of the last NPC with her long legs…

They couldn’t stand it!

But sadly, they were both eliminated in the first round of the preliminary selection and only got Tomato Trophies for being poor players.

The invitation quota was non-transferable, and they couldn’t even buy one with money, so they could only feel anxious and helpless.

Camille Victoria and Super Tomato were quite content, feeling for the first time that [Metropolis Honorary Citizen] wasn’t a useless card but an “honor” that brought real benefits.

It’s just a pity that they still couldn’t live stream, or else their attention would definitely explode!

Finally, after an “agonizing” wait, the server was opened!

In the login options, a [New Game Test Server] option appeared. After selecting it, a door with candy ornaments appeared in front of them.

Seeing this, Super Tomato felt a bit off: whether it was the pink and tender color of the invitation letter or the candy appearance of the teleportation gate, it didn’t seem to match the style of Night City…

Camille Victoria didn’t think too much about it and cheerfully rushed into the teleportation gate, shouting, “I’m here! Night City!”

The sight before her eyes made her swallow the last word, leaving only a huge question mark.

Blue floor, orange railing, purple platforms, green slides, pink and white rotating cylinders, and dark red gigantic pendulums…

These combinations formed a not-so-wide but extremely fun racetrack.

Many players were dumbfounded, and then began to wail:

“What the hell is this place?! Where’s my casino? Where’s my nightclub?

Where’s my Night City?!”

“No! I took time off work for this!”

“So what exactly is going on? Did Cloud Dream make a new game without saying anything?”

“Even the donkeys in my hometown aren’t this diligent!”

Although Camille Victoria felt a bit let down, she was more surprised and delighted. Seeing the incredibly cute and sweet racetrack before her eyes, she could only think one thing–

“My tender girlish heart is about to melt!”

When she followed the system prompt, opened the appearance selection function, and saw the rows of cute doll costumes, the feeling became even stronger!

And she soon found out: many Cloud Dream IPS that had just been added were already turned into doll costumes and put into the selectable appearance list. “Well, at least that’s one mystery solved.”

Camille Victoria didn’t bother to think any further, chose a cute otter outfit to change into, stretched her arms and legs, and prepared to show her skills! Other players also gradually gave up fretting and began to explore the details of the new game.

Although it wasn’t the game they were expecting, it was still a Cloud Dream game – it was impossible not to be interested.

After all, they had already come this far…

Outside the closed beta server, in Cloud Dream’s virtual office,

The players’ anticipated, real “Night City game” had encountered some troubles.

Fred found Lincoln and told him that the most important mid-term review of the game had encountered problems….