Greedy Blue Moon

One in the morning,

Lin Lang had worked overtime especially hard today. Just after getting off work, he cursed his increasingly ridiculous client under his breath.

He planned to spend the night at Haozi's place, since he still had to go to work as usual tomorrow morning.

Dragging his exhausted body, he took out his key and opened the door. Lin Lang was startled.

In the darkness, a computer screen glowed, with two will-o'-the-wisp-like points of light floating in midair.

When he turned on the light, Chen Hao's pupils involuntarily contracted. Lin Lang noticed that although he was looking this way, his eyes were unfocused. He wore a dazed expression and muttered to himself.

Various papers and books were scattered across the desk,

while empty instant-noodle cups and Coke bottles were piled up in the corner of the room.

Who knew how many days this guy had gone without leaving the house?

Lin Lang lightened his footsteps and turned off the light again. He understood Chen Hao's current state—darkness could bring inspiration. He had gone through the same thing himself.

He went to the other bedroom and looked at the brand-new bedding and toiletries that had already been prepared. Lin Lang turned around and glanced at his younger brother, who had followed him around since childhood and was now sitting before the computer, deep in thought.

Looking at Chen Hao's unshaven face, Lin Lang somehow saw a hint of weathered maturity on his younger brother's originally handsome features.

He shook his head. He must have worked too much overtime and started hallucinating.

Lin Lang quietly pulled the door shut, and the living room sank into darkness once more!

The next morning, Lin Lang got up and saw Chen Hao asleep with his head on the computer. The screen was still glowing.

Lin Lang took a blanket from Chen Hao's bedroom and draped it over him, moving carefully for fear of waking him.

He casually picked up several sheets of paper from the desk. After one glance, his scalp went numb. Dense, chaotic calculations, weighted formulas, framework flowcharts, and written reports covered them. Only Chen Hao himself could probably understand them.

He returned the papers to their original places, quietly opened the door, and left. A few minutes later, he came back carrying breakfast and an enormous plastic bag, set the food on the table, and left a note.

After tidying up the trash, he left again. The miserable working man's busy day had begun!

The sun was already high in the sky. Bright sunlight streamed through the window, casting mottled shadows over Chen Hao.

A short while later,

Chen Hao stretched lazily, feeling every bone in his body protest, but he was brimming with energy.

As expected of a spirited young man in his early twenties. His body was in great shape!

The blanket slipped to the floor. Seeing the breakfast and note on the table, Chen Hao wondered, Big Brother came by? He thought back and vaguely remembered something.

"The way of civil and martial training lies in alternating tension and relaxation! Your body is the capital of revolution!"

Looking at the words on the note, Chen Hao shook his head. That was something to worry about after turning thirty. For now, Chen Hao picked up a pen and wrote another line underneath.

"Strike while the iron is hot; on the second strike, strength wanes, and on the third, it is exhausted! Why sleep long while alive? After death, you'll have endless sleep!"

The overall optimization of the private server had been completed, and all the bugs had been cleared out.

To be safe, Chen Hao encrypted the optimized Source Code and spent another hour on it.

Finally, Chen Hao rubbed his hands together and spent the whole day thoroughly testing it from the inside out, finding only two minor bugs, which he fixed along the way.

At that moment, he remembered Old Ban. He wondered where that guy was now.

He grabbed his phone and dialed. Before long, a gentle female voice came through the phone. "Hello, Pentium Internet Cafe!"

"Uh, could you find Pang Ban?"

"I'm sorry, Pang Ban has gone out of town, and we don't have a contact number for him at the moment."

"Then never mind. Goodbye!"

After hanging up, Chen Hao was annoyed. What a miscalculation. He should have bought Old Ban a phone.

He was probably almost there anyway.

There was no time to worry about Old Ban now. All that remained was building the most important website. Once that was done, the whole project would be complete.

This was the final step. There could be no mistakes, especially where money was involved.

Chen Hao did not write any code. Instead, he opened GoDaddy and prepared to register some domain names.

They were needed not only for Legend private server, but also for the company website in the future. Registering early meant peace of mind. If someone else registered them first, he would be devastated.

He had already decided on the company's name: Century Horizon.

Then Chen Hao registered several domain names in one go.

The Legend private server domain was registered as:

The company domains were:

(cn,net),

(cn,net),

(cn,net),

(cn,net)

Why did that last domain look so familiar? Chen Hao realized it was "Zongheng ZW Network." Sorry, but you'll have to think of some other domain names.

Before long, several hundred yuan in domain-registration fees flew away across the Internet. Chen Hao stared at the screen in longing and thought, I'll bring you all back in a few days!

Chen Hao opened the email account he had previously used to inquire about the prices of the mi, jd, and weibo domains. He found that only two had replied with quotes. jd had given a six-figure quote, while weibo was much cheaper at five figures. Even so, five figures was still more than Chen Hao could afford at present.

Chen Hao replied to the emails, expressing his sincere desire to purchase the domains and asking whether the prices could be lowered since they were so expensive. He sent the emails off again.

I'll put it off for now and wait a little longer. Soon!

After sorting out the domains, he configured them. When he refreshed the webpage,

two words familiar to every programmer appeared in the middle of the blank page.

hello world

After getting the connection working, it was time to show the website's talents!

Chen Hao opened webpages to search for image materials.

Zha Zha Hui had not become famous yet. Chen Hao remembered that it was only after 2008, when he rose to prominence through The Beast Stalker, that his accumulated strength finally erupted and his career took off.

Actors like him, tempered by time and polished by life, could become famous throughout the world given a single opportunity. Later, there was also a fish seller who followed the same path.

Louis Koo, on the other hand, was at the height of his popularity. Yang Guo in The Return of the Condor Heroes and Xiang Shaolong in A Step into the Past were both classics. But this was still White-Haired Louis Koo. Wouldn't a baby-faced pretty boy wielding a huge blade look a little out of place? No, no, that wouldn't do.

He still had to look around.

He browsed an index of male celebrities from Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Chen Hao's eyes lit up. He had found them. It's you two!

He combined the Legend materials with the male-celebrity pictures he had just found,

and several hours later, the images were finished. Chen Hao looked at them from every angle, and satisfaction practically radiated from every inch of them!

I'm truly a little genius!

He replaced the website's background image with the one he had just designed.

The private server's download link and introduction appeared in the center of the website,

and after finishing the local debugging, Chen Hao gave it one final test. Seeing no problems, he pressed the Enter key.

Snap!

It was uploaded to the server.

He refreshed the page again. Hmm? It still said hello world.

Chen Hao slapped his forehead. "Damn, I forgot to clear the cache." He dealt with it briefly and refreshed the browser again.

The website was no longer blank. Instead, a magnificent and timeless painting appeared.

The background showed an ancient battlefield beneath the afterglow of the setting sun.

Mengzhong City was faintly visible on the left. Slightly right of center, three tall warriors stood in a triangular formation, occupying most of the space.

One stood in front and two behind, clearly arranged by importance. At the front was Ekin Cheng, dressed in glowing golden armor and carrying the imposing Sky-Opening Greatsword on his shoulder. Behind him were Chicken Brother and Zha Zha Hui in different class outfits. Their appearances differed, but both were equally cool.

The words in the dialogue box on the left were exceptionally domineering:

"Hello, I'm Chan Ho Nam. If you're my brother, come hack me!

"I'm waiting for you in Greedy Blue Moon Legend!"

And in the dusky sky, several large words stood out: Legend of Mir Private Server Alliance.

That's right, you had not misread it—Private Server Alliance. If he was going to play, he would play big. He would use the private server to attract traffic, then build a Private Server Alliance and become the largest private-server platform in the mid-term!

As for the later stages... well, he would be operating a sewing machine!

The all-in rush was focused on the early and middle stages, so Chen Hao had never planned for the late game!

Below the title was the private server's name, introduction, and download-link table.

Three lines of information were neatly listed.

Greedy Blue Moon Legend: Slightly Modified, Moderately Modified, Greatly—no, Super Modified.

Chen Hao's nearly half a month of seclusion had not been spent making one private server,

but three!