Wow, Golden Legend

Chen Xu glanced at the virtual screen before him. The content displayed was very concise and clear.

A description button, a capsule machine-like device filled with capsules, and beside it a reward list detailing the prizes: [Normal Profession Skill Book], [Rare Profession Skill Book], [Special Item].

Below that, there was also a row of numbers: 473451.

He first clicked the description, and soon Chen Xu got the information he wanted.

Clearly, this system was his golden finger, no doubt about it.

A simple lottery system, though it still required points.

And the source of points was also very simple: his works making players, Spectators, readers, listeners, and so on, able to immerse themselves and feel joy, delight, excitement, sadness, anger, fear—all of these could earn corresponding emotional points.

Converted into points, he could then draw the lottery, and the current four hundred thousand plus emotional points.

Were accumulated from his previous life, Chen Xu's.

Seeing this, Chen Xu felt a bit of regret.

"If I'd known earlier, why bother with level and story design? I should've just gone straight into event planning," Chen Xu said with some disappointment.

Unlike the parallel world, where players who were unhappy directly cursed the game designers.

In his previous life, planners were the ones who took the blame.

A favorite character's stats got nerfed? Dog planner!

A favorite character got killed off? Dog planner!

A favorite game's server crashed? Dog planner!

Anyway, no matter if it was the planner's fault or not, cursing them was always the right call.

"100,000 for one pull? 1,000,000 for ten with no discount, and not even one free extra pull? Even Pig Farm games aren't this stingy!" Originally thinking his points were plenty, Chen Xu fell silent when he saw the lottery numbers.

So his four hundred thousand plus points could only do four single pulls?

But though he complained verbally, his hands didn't stop as he started pulling directly.

He cleanly pulled the lever four times, and Chen Xu watched the capsule machine rattle and spin, dropping out four capsules.

Then a burst of golden light bloomed from the four capsules.

Originally, Chen Xu didn't expect to get anything good, since it was only four chances.

And the stuff these capsules could produce only had three options.

But now?

'Wow! Golden Legend!'

Chen Xu added a sound effect in his mind, his face full of anticipation.

Then...

Normal Profession Skill Book*2, Rare Profession Skill Book*1, Memory Capsule*1

Looking at the four items before him, Chen Xu was completely speechless.

This golden light was just a box-opening... no, it should be an egg-opening special effect?

System, you really are something!

Chen Xu grumbled inwardly, but his hand still reached out and clicked on the Normal Profession Skill Book.

Next, Chen Xu watched the skill book transform into a cluster of purple, star-like specks of light that merged into his body, along with a prompt.

'Story Design +1'

As the purple light surged in, Chen Xu only felt his thinking become incredibly clear, and at the same time, he seemed to understand a bit more about arranging story pacing.

This feeling was quite strange, like back in school doing math problems, staring at a question and being completely stumped.

But then seeing a related math formula, suddenly everything became clear.

Then Chen Xu clicked on the other two.

'Music +1, Painting Technique +5'

Music was from the Normal Profession Skill Book, while Painting Technique was from the Rare Profession Skill Book.

The degree of increase was different, but whether it was due to category difference or just pure numbers was unknown.

After all, he didn't have enough points to practice and summarize.

Finally, Chen Xu turned his gaze to the last item he'd pulled.

'Memory Capsule: After use, can excavate deeply buried memories for 1 hour.'

Looking at the final Memory Capsule, Chen Xu revealed a delighted expression.

This was good!

It was equivalent to a time-limited photographic memory.

In his previous life, as someone in the gaming industry, Chen Xu could be said to have played countless games, and not just played them—he studied them.

Take the famous game "The Last of Us" as an example. Ordinary players would experience it as 'Wow, awesome!' 'Ah, scary!' 'No, I'm dead!'

But for someone in the gaming industry like Chen Xu, it required thinking and research from multiple angles.

For example, why a story was told in a certain way, whether the monster distribution was reasonable, why the map and related cover placements were arranged as they were, and how to hint at hidden details for players to discover.

That was why he had the Memory Capsule—it allowed him to reconstruct certain games from his past in his mind to the greatest extent possible.

For now, the Memory Capsule was stored in his inventory. Chen Xu decided to keep it there for the time being.

Before starting development on his first game, there were still some preparations to make.

For instance, familiarizing himself with the official game engine, conducting market research on the current mainstream game genres, and deciding which platforms to release the game on when it launched.

All of these required advance preparation.

"Alright, let me take a look." Closing the system interface, Chen Xu sat in front of his computer, fingers tapping the keyboard as he searched for the content he needed.

First, he checked out the game engine tools in this parallel world.

Because he had previously done outsourced concept art for game companies, Chen Xu's own computer already had the official game engine software installed, and he had long registered the corresponding account.

In this parallel world, this area was fairly mature.

For example, concept art, modeling, music, and even voice actors could all be found through the game engine's platform.

"Hmm, not too difficult, and not too tedious either. It's just that the resources are way too scarce."

Chen Xu skimmed through the introductory videos in fast-forward mode, then searched online for corresponding text descriptions.

He now had a basic understanding of the game engine—it wasn't hard to pick up.

Next was the platform side. The thriving cultural industry also meant a crackdown on piracy, and games developed using the game engine were technically immune to piracy.

Of course, no piracy didn't mean no competition—the industry rivalry was just as fierce.

As for game platforms, they weren't much different from his previous life—there were both domestic and international ones.

However, unlike his previous life where foreign platforms dominated, in this parallel world, foreign platforms didn't have as much influence. Instead, domestic game platforms were the mainstream.

This was mainly because, unlike his previous life where domestic games had blood that was either green or gray and skeletons had to grow flesh, this parallel world had fully implemented real-name authentication, along with a corresponding rating system for cultural products.

For example, games like The Witcher 3 or GTA from his previous life had virtually a 0% chance of passing review, but in this parallel world, they could pass review entirely—though they would definitely be rated 18+.