Great Saien was still completely numb.
He hadn't expected that the simple fact of his video being taken down would directly put the development of a new platform on the agenda.
He'd really only wanted to come to the forum and vent about what had happened to him. He hadn't expected a few of the wealthy players to be so ridiculously quick to act. And what kind of families did you all come from, anyway?!
This little group had formed to talk about raising funds, and in less than five minutes, they'd already secured eight figures in startup and operating capital for the platform!
Holy crap, that was outrageous!
So there were this many rich players hiding among the little players?
There were fewer than ten people in the group currently named "Scarlet Castle Publicity Department," and Great Saien was certain that he was the poorest of them all.
By far!
Little Ashina and Mo Ni Qiong were already discussing which software company to hire to develop the platform. Meow Brother, an "industry insider," was offering them advice, while Madam Shui was discussing the rules for internal management and the allocation of shares with Loyal Brother. Great Saien felt like none of this was real.
It wasn't that he had an inferiority complex.
But the truth was, if life had followed its normal course, he wouldn't have had the slightest chance of getting to know people like Little Ashina and Mo Ni Qiong. He'd have needed a good deal of luck just to become friends with Meow Brother.
He soon noticed a private message:
Alpha: I watched your video too. Nice editing—it feels very cinematic. The story you told was a little simple, though. Given the way the game's progressing, there's more than just the gnoll calamity that could be