Wait, wait!
This guy has a problem, a really big problem!
The name almost made Chen Qing lose his composure, and he instinctively wanted to retort and mock the past, but his ability to keep things to himself, honed over the past twenty years, made him hold back, because he suddenly felt that something was wrong!
These people claim to be from the company, but why do they seem to know nothing about Divine Path Style?
Are you kidding me?
The Divine Path Style is a gameplay mode introduced six months after the game's public beta launch and piloted in hundreds of new servers. Are these people unaware of it?
"Chief Designer Pu Yunchuan?" Chen Qing confirmed once again.
"This name hasn't been used in a long time." The King of Qin smiled with a touch of emotion, and his expression seemed genuine.
Suppressing his doubts, Chen Qing looked at Ziyue again. "And you? Who are you?"
" Mu Ling'er "
" Mu Ling'er?" Chen Qing choked for a moment. Mu Ling'er —he remembered that name. When he was recruited, she was a long-time employee at Aurora Studio, specializing in databases. She was responsible for test data for a month after the project's launch and was extremely reliable. Then, something like that happened...
Yes, it was a serious illness, middle ear cancer, late stage, and I temporarily withdrew from the project team at that time.
Just as Chen Qing was about to ask about other things, he suddenly remembered something, something extremely strange.
Of the three known transmigrators, aside from the guy in front of me who actually claims to be me, the other three— Chen Xiaopang, the top female player from the guild in the first closed beta version, and Mu Ling'er in front of me—all seemed to have met with misfortune before the Divine Path Style gameplay was released.
Yes, something happened. Mu Ling'er middle ear cancer and temporarily withdrew from the project team. Afterwards, I was too busy and didn't visit her for several months. It seems that the female player had an accident while traveling abroad. She was tricked by her best friend and went to Southeast Asia. Later, her family paid hundreds of thousands of yuan in ransom, but it is said that they have not been able to get her back.
Then came Chen Xiaopang, who got into a car accident!
Chen Qing suddenly felt something was wrong. Could it be...?
"And you?" Ziyue asked curiously, "Who are you? You can use the terms 'Development Team' and 'management team,' so you must be one of them, right? But we've already found everyone in the Development Team, are you in the management team?"
"Is the entire Development Team here?" Chen Qing was taken aback and asked suspiciously, "How many people are on the Development Team?"
This question made Ziyue frown, because surely neither the Development Team nor the management team should be unaware of the number of employees?
But she still answered, "Fifteen people."
Chen Qing: "."
Before the game was launched, the core Development Team indeed consisted of only fifteen people. The widespread adoption of artificial intelligence has significantly reduced the requirements for basic code in many programs. Projects that used to require three or four hundred people can now be completed by just a dozen experienced programmers. This is also why the number of games approved daily can reach tens of thousands.
However, the game became a huge hit after its release, adding hundreds of servers in just six months. This led to a growing number of bugs that the operations and planning teams needed to fix, so they urgently recruited more than thirty people to join the team to fix bugs and update the game content.
Interestingly, at the beginning of the project's launch, because other game projects were constantly being initiated, everyone except for designer Chen Qing and data analyst Mu Ling'er was temporarily transferred to other teams.
In other words, the fifteen people they mentioned were correct, but that was a month before the game was released!
Now Chen Qing understood somewhat who King of Qin's subordinates were, but the question was, even if they had been separated from the project team at the time, did the others not know about the Divine Path Style?
That was a game project they were involved in. After it became a huge hit, even though they haven't returned yet, how could they possibly not pay any attention?
Do those people's memories only remain at the very beginning?
what is going on?
Chen Qing felt something was extremely strange, but he didn't dare to press the matter further, because what was even stranger was the guy in front of him who was impersonating him.
Who exactly is he?
To use his title as chief designer to gather everyone in the Development Team and have them work for him, he must know himself very well; otherwise, it would be unlikely that he could successfully impersonate someone else.
So, who exactly is he?
" Chen Qing, don't you remember who you are?" Ziyue asked, frowning.
"I..." Chen Qing looked at the King of Qin, King of Qin also looked at him with a puzzled expression. Chen Qing felt even colder.
"I... I don't know," Chen Qing finally decided not to expose her, because he didn't think Ziyue would believe him after he did. He needed to find out exactly what was going on.
King of Qin and Ziyue exchanged a glance, and then King of Qin spoke up, "What do you think of my suggestion?"
"Yin and Yang coexist?" Chen Qing took a breath. "Sounds good. It's not like I can't relinquish control of the Jiangnan Divine Path."
Upon hearing this, both Ziyue and King of Qin's expressions softened considerably. If Chen Qing was truly from the Development Team, they were the last people who wanted to fight him to the death. After all, in this cold world, the fact that they were friends from a past life was a rare source of warmth.
"But I'd like to know, what are your plans after this?" Chen Qing asked directly.
At this point, having already expressed a willingness to cooperate, it's not unreasonable to want to ask about the other party's future plans.
The King of Qin nodded and said, "For the short term, we will continue to expand our power base according to your original plan, but most of the divine positions will be given to the high-ranking demons in the Dragon Palace, so that the overall combat strength of our forces can be improved first."
Upon hearing this, Chen Qing hesitated for a moment before nodding. Indeed, in the Divine Path Style, the stronger the believer, the stronger the Principal God. That's why, after Princess Ao Zhen of the West Sea joined, he and Tian Heng, the Sea God, were able to instantly step into the Transcendent and possess their current power!
"But humans are the mainstream. With a large number of demons occupying key positions, the path for human advancement will be further narrowed, which will dampen their enthusiasm." Chen Qing frowned and asked doubtfully, "And with the ancient invasion imminent, the time for humans to improve is extremely limited. I don't think it's a good thing to introduce a large number of demons into the Divine Path Style system, especially the Dragon Palace forces. Once they occupy the main position, they will definitely have selfish motives in the distribution of Power of Faith, which will cause conflicts in advance and cause dissatisfaction among humans."
"Why do you want to increase the strength of the human race in a short period of time?" King of Qin asked Chen Qing with amusement.
Chen Qing was taken aback. "Shouldn't it be so? Only when humanity is strong can it have a chance to break this vicious cycle of the Earth Spirit. The Divine Path Style can make humanity as a whole stronger, and it is the most likely way to break the blockade. As long as we break out of this world, we will no longer be restricted by the Earth Spirit, and only then can we contend with the ancient beings beyond the heavens, right?"
So you wanted to liberate humanity after all?
"Don't you think so?" Chen Qing frowned.
"Have you already forgotten what I just told you?" King of Qin chuckled. "Once humanity grows stronger, will they necessarily follow your will? By making demons the Principal God, you will inevitably become a target of human attacks. Sooner or later, you will be abandoned by humanity, and you'll have to rely on the collective to break through the blockade. And you're still dreaming of that?"
"We can plan ahead and try to avoid it as much as possible."
"It's unavoidable." The King of Qin shook his head, saying coldly, "Humans are not worthy of our consideration. They should just obediently serve as nourishment!"
"Nutrition?" Chen Qing stared intently at the other person, while Ziyue beside him lowered her head, a strange light flashing in her eyes.
"They only deserve to be nourishment." Speaking of the human race, the King of Qin's voice grew increasingly cold. "By replacing the Yin-Yang Road with the underworld, before the ancient times arrive, we will completely control Samsara. They will naturally be forced to negotiate with us, because once we use your Samsara to eliminate resentment, the Earth Spirit will leave again in a very short time. The Earth Spirit Revival will become a mirage. At that time, they will be willing to talk."
"Your ultimate goal is to talk to those pioneers?" Chen Qing stared blankly at the other person.
"What else?" King of Qin chuckled. "The innate ancient demons are almost monopolized by those guys. With our strength, killing even one of them would be extremely difficult, let alone the fact that we have fifteen of them, oh, plus you, sixteen. That's not a large number. If one faction is willing to give up fifteen spots for us, we can gain complete control over the Samsara of reincarnation. This is an absolutely irresistible temptation!"
"By fully mastering Samsara, we can precisely control the resentment of humanity, preventing the collapse of the human population due to uneven killings from various sides, as was the case before. If controlled well, the Earth Spirit Revival, and since the passage is already closed, as long as we maintain it well, we will enjoy eternal wealth and longevity!"
"You mean, you want to raise humans like pigs?" Chen Qing looked at the other person and laughed, "So, all you want is to become the new evil dragon."
"What's wrong with a dragon?" King of Qin sneered. "Should I be a saint, waiting to be betrayed by this human race?"
Chen Qing: "."
"So? Success or failure?"
"No way!" Chen Qing replied, and in that instant, he attacked!