Although for players who often did not dress like normal people in cutscenes, this Easter egg felt like a delicious bowl of eight-treasure porridge that had been burnt—there was always a bit of a taste to it.
But after the brief awkwardness, many players felt deeply moved. After all, no matter what, these were all part of their lost youth.
Besides, only the players themselves could see this. As long as they did not make it public, there was no such thing as social death.
After all, who had not had some "cringeworthy history"?
Copying song lyrics into notebooks as children, writing overly chuunibyou diary entries, or grabbing bamboo sticks with friends to perform the most primitive cosplay after watching wuxia dramas and movies.
Unreadably melodramatic phrases in their online account signatures, along with non-mainstream IDs that looked like Martian script.
Compared to that, not acting like a normal person in games back then suddenly did not seem all that embarrassing.
Countless familiar NPCs emerged from those game worlds. Amid the players' thunderous cheers and the melody of the background music,
Chen Xu's figure appeared in the sky.
Facing all the players, he did not make a lengthy speech. He only offered a simple address.
"Thank you to every player for joining Nebula Games' tenth anniversary celebration. Now, please enjoy the happiness brought by Nebula World!"
As Chen Xu's words fell, the players had yet to react when the NPCs from every game across the venue erupted into cheers.
Countless rays of light linking the various game worlds solidified, while a cluster resembling a teleportation array appeared beneath each beam.
The happiness brought by Nebula World?
Were they not already inside it?
The game-life video had certainly moved them, and seeing all kinds of NPCs gathered together had thrilled them