Honkai Impact 3rd
Mo Li briefly described the gameplay and worldbuilding of Honkai Impact 3rd.
"I came here sincerely. I truly want to make this game properly."
Everyone exchanged glances.
Only after Bronya and Durandal looked at each other did they turn to Mo Li seriously. "Mr. Mo Li, could you give us a few minutes to discuss this?"
Mo Li smiled lightly. "Take your time. I have plenty of it."
With that, Mo Li took the initiative to stand up and leave the room.
"Big Sis, what do you think?"
After pondering for a while, Durandal turned her gaze toward Rita. "Rita, what do you think?"
Rita said, "Himeko, what do you think?"
"I think... this man named Mo Li seems pretty decent~"
Everyone: "..."
Seeing this, Himeko simply smiled. "Didn't he say so himself? He wants to seriously make a good game, which aligns with our original goal."
"And Studio's current situation isn't looking good either... so I don't really mind if he acquires us~"
Rita immediately added, "But there has to be one condition: the IP rights for Saving Girl must be registered under Durandal's personal name."
"That way, if we ever decide we don't want to stay here anymore, we can still leave with our own work."
Saving Girl was something everyone had poured immense effort into, so they naturally had deep feelings for the game.
They had even planned to make a sequel... though for now, they only had a few initial ideas.
Besides, this was their first time meeting Mo Li, so they still didn't fully trust him.
Bronya nodded. "That's a good idea. If he agrees, then I have no objections."
"That way, we won't have anything to worry about."
"Then let's agree to it."
Very quickly, everyone reached a decision.
As for Saving Girl, Mo Li did not care about it at all. Giving the game to them would actually lower the cost of acquiring Studio.
Besides, he would not have to worry about a game that lost money every month.
And since MiHoYo Studio had no other works under its name, it was as though Mo Li had merely bought the name MiHoYo Studio...
Still, Mo Li did not care much. It would not cost much anyway, and the money was starter funding from the system.
MiHoYo was a pretty good name, and it also saved him the trouble of recruiting new employees and creating a Studio himself.
Soon, they finalized the details.
The next day, MiHoYo Studio was transferred under Mo Li's name.
And none of Durandal's group left the Studio.
They were now Mo Li's employees.
Today was the new boss's first meeting, and its topic was Studio's new game.
Everyone felt a little uneasy.
"You're all here pretty early~" Mo Li walked into the office, glanced at the group of girls seated there, and nodded in satisfaction.
"I'm really happy that none of you left Studio. Once the game launches, you'll be considered the core team. When that time comes, I definitely won't be stingy. You'll all receive profit shares."
The girls showed no particular emotional reaction to such empty promises.
Instead, Himeko covered her mouth and chuckled, teasingly asking, "Boss~ You're that confident this game will make money?"
Mo Li smiled and nodded. "Of course. If I don't have confidence in the game myself, how could players possibly like it and pay for it?"
"Alright, I won't waste any more words."
Mo Li took out his laptop and opened the materials he had organized the night before.
Starting with the background story of Honkai Impact 3rd, he began explaining everything to them one by one.
Unlike yesterday, these girls had not been his people back then, and there had been no confidentiality agreement, so Mo Li had only briefly discussed his ideas.
Today was different. He explained Honkai Impact 3rd's main story, core gameplay, and primary selling points in great detail.
"A game... can actually be made like this??"
"That's amazing!"
"Amazing, sure, but... how are we supposed to make it?"
Although they had made a game before, compared to Honkai Impact 3rd, the mobile games currently on the market were far too primitive.
It was like using an RTX 3090 to play Contra.
"You're already surprised?" Mo Li chuckled. "You haven't even seen the actual content of the game yet."
As he spoke, Mo Li clicked an icon on the computer.
It showed a cute white-haired, blue-eyed girl winking and smiling. Beneath the icon was a line of small text—Honkai Impact 3rd.
The moment they saw it, huge question marks appeared in everyone's minds.
Then, a massive MiHoYo logo appeared on the screen.
"This..."
Mo Li smiled. "The game is actually already finished. You can try it out."
With that, Mo Li pushed the computer toward the girls, then casually picked a spot and poured himself a cup of coffee.
For the next while, bursts of exclamations rang out through the room.
"So amazing!! The visuals are way too beautiful!!"
"This character is named Bronya??"
"It's true! Not only does she have the same name, she even looks exactly like Bronya when she was little!"
"Her personality! Even her voice is so similar!"
"And isn't this Durandal's younger sister, Kiana?"
"Himeko's in here too! And Fu Hua! Mei??"
After seeing the characters in the game one by one, everyone finally turned their attention to Mo Li.
The girls' gazes were filled with vigilance and curiosity.
"Cough..." Mo Li cleared his throat. "If I said it was all just a coincidence, would you believe me?"
Naturally, no one believed that.
Seeing this, Mo Li did not know how to explain himself. "I'm not lying to you. Yesterday was the first time I'd ever met you."
The girls: "..."
"Fine, if you don't believe me, forget it. Let's talk about the game first. After trying it out, what did you think?"
Once the topic returned to the game, everyone became excited. "It's truly incredible. Whether it's the combat feel or the visuals... I've never seen such a good game before!"
It was not that the graphics were invincible or anything. Rather, this kind of 3D anime rendering was simply far too shocking for these anime-loving girls.
"This is only the test version. You haven't even experienced the story yet. Once the game launches, there will be plenty more things to surprise you~"
After hearing Mo Li's words, Bronya looked even more astonished. "This isn't even the whole game yet!!"
Mo Li calmly took a sip of coffee. "Of course it isn't that simple. Next, I'll assign everyone their tasks."
"I've already finished the entire game. From here on, everyone only needs to handle operational assignments."
"I'm not familiar with all of you yet, so Durandal, you'll serve as operations director and assign tasks to everyone."
"Oh, right. You'll also need to handle the game's voice acting."
"Bronya, help me set up the server and client."
Image: Himeko
It Really Was Exactly Like the Game
At that moment, Bronya asked in surprise, "Wait... are you saying we won't need to do any of the development work for this game?"
Mo Li nodded. "Actually, the game was already completely finished before I found you. So you don't need to worry about programming, planning, art, or anything like that."
"We only need to think about promotion and setting up the servers."
"You... made it alone?" Shock finally appeared on Bronya's exquisite, expressionless face.
After thinking for a moment, Mo Li smiled and nodded. "More or less..."
Naturally, he could not tell them about the system.
So he could only brush it off like this.
However, that answer made all the girls somewhat worried.
"You don't need to worry. I really did make this game by myself. Other than me, only you know about this game."
Only then did the girls relax slightly.
But in truth, they still did not quite believe him.
"3D character modeling, building modeling, terrain editing, art, interface design, story planning, level design, balance design... You're telling me you completed all that work alone??"
Mo Li held his forehead. "That really is the case. I know you don't quite believe it, but this truly belongs entirely to me."
"Don't worry, I'm not stupid enough to steal someone else's work."
"So just listen to me. Do you have any other questions?"
After hesitating for a moment, Durandal raised her hand. "Um... well... could the character in the game maybe not use my sister's appearance?"
Mo Li: "..."
Without you all, could it still be called Honkai Impact 3rd?
After thinking briefly, Mo Li replied apologetically, "This... if we did that, the character models and story would all have to be scrapped and redone. That would not only take a huge amount of time, but also a huge amount of money..."
After a pause, Mo Li added, "It's just that the name and appearance are similar. Besides, I didn't intentionally make them like that. It was all a coincidence!!"
"How about I give your sister an extra-large bonus when the time comes? What do you think?"
"What about us?" At that moment, Himeko stepped forward and chuckled. "You won't only give Kiana one, will you?"
"Don't worry, everyone will get one."
Only then did Himeko nod. "In that case, I think it's great. Kiana can get some money without doing anything, and she even gets to act once. What's not to like?"
"I don't really have any objections either..." Bronya nodded. "As long as there isn't any plot deliberately smearing me, or any weird plotlines."
Mo Li quickly nodded in affirmation. "Don't worry, this is a proper game. There won't be any strange plotlines..."
"No more problems now, right?"
Just when Mo Li thought there were finally no more issues, Rita suddenly raised her hand again.
"One more thing..." Rita covered her mouth and smiled, her voice still as alluring as ever. "The employees have all appeared in the game. As the boss, shouldn't you lead by example and play a character too?"
Mo Li: "..."
"Fine..."
It was only a matter of changing a model, something the system could easily handle.
However, there were too few male characters in it, so Mo Li could not immediately decide which role would suit him best.
The first thing he thought of was the male characters among the Thirteen Flame-Chasers.
But the Thirteen Flame-Chasers only appeared and were fully introduced later on, so they were not very suitable.
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