Chapter Summaries

Teng Hua erupted over Mini World's poor launch, ordered Liu Nong to improve revenue and undermine Minecraft, while Su Ye prepared a building competition video to motivate Minecraft players. At Starfield, Luan Le'an asked Su Ye whether PUBG's weapon damage should follow real-world effects.

• Liu Nong reported that Mini World had earned only a little over 80,000, and Teng Hua berated him and gave him one week to improve its revenue.
• Teng Hua ordered Liu Nong to find people to damage Minecraft's reputation, then smashed his phone after watching a blogger criticize Mini World.
• Su Ye checked Minecraft players' building videos and asked Luan Le'an to post footage of their Forbidden City build.
• Luan Le'an reviewed PUBG's development and went to Su Ye to ask whether the guns' damage should be realistic.
• Su Ye listened to Luan Le'an's explanation and fell silent to consider the question.

Su Ye explained the design of PUBG’s gunfights to Luan Le'an and began preparing Starfield to enter overseas markets. Inspired by Starfield’s Forbidden City video, Zhang Sheng finished recreating the Old Summer Palace in Minecraft and invited his dormmates to see it.

• Su Ye explained that PUBG’s gunfights needed to create tense excitement rather than let players be eliminated instantly, and Luan Le'an took notes and said he understood.
• Su Ye told Luan Le'an to recruit people to prepare for Starfield’s overseas expansion, and Luan Le'an went to inform Liu Maosheng in HR.
• Su Ye watched players’ Minecraft creations and posted an official video showcasing the Forbidden City, prompting players to praise it and one player to vow to recreate the Old Summer Palace.
• Chen Ze received notice that he and other judges would review the Starfield Building Cup entries online the following week and select a winner from the hundred most-liked builds.
• Zhang Sheng finished building the Old Summer Palace in Minecraft, added a shader and texture pack, and invited his dormmates to visit the build using their gaming helmets.

Zhang Sheng’s lifelike Old Summer Palace build went viral, and the Starfield Building Cup judges began reviewing the most-liked entries during hugely popular livestreams. The review was still underway, with Along the River During the Qingming Festival and a naval battleship fleet tied for the highest score so far.

• Zhang Sheng recorded a flight over the finished Old Summer Palace he had built in Minecraft.
• The video showcasing the Old Summer Palace went viral, surpassed a hundred thousand likes, and drew praise from viewers.
• Chen Ze, Xiao Dingdang, Da Sima, and two other judges began reviewing the hundred most-liked contest videos on livestream.
• Chen Ze and Da Sima praised notable entries, including the Old Summer Palace, a giant cherry blossom tree, and Along the River During the Qingming Festival.
• The judges started with the hundredth-place treehouse and continued scoring entries; Along the River During the Qingming Festival and the naval battleship fleet tied with average scores of 96.

Chen Ze and the other reviewers explored a painstaking reconstruction of the Old Summer Palace in Minecraft and awarded it a perfect score. Chen Ze declared that the players’ creations embodied Chinese history, pride, and romance, leaving the livestream audience deeply moved.

• Chen Ze introduced the Old Summer Palace entry, the competition’s most-liked video, as the finale of the reviews.
• Chen Ze and the other four reviewers entered the creator’s map and quietly explored its detailed gates, gardens, lakes, and zodiac fountain.
• The five reviewers praised the reconstruction’s realism and awarded it an average score of 100 points.
• Chen Ze reflected on the creator’s research and effort, saying the build let players admire the Old Summer Palace’s former splendor.
• Chen Ze celebrated the entries’ cultural heritage and declared that the competition’s romance and pride belonged to all Minecraft players.

After CCTV featured Minecraft, Teng Hua stopped Qisheng’s smear campaign but learned Starfield had sued the company. Su Ye planned to publicize the lawsuit, develop Minecraft building blocks, and eventually promote the game overseas.

• Minecraft’s popularity and online arguments over the game grew after the Starfield Building Cup.
• Liu Nong told Teng Hua that CCTV had posted a Minecraft video, and Teng Hua ordered Qisheng to stop smearing Starfield.
• Liu Nong revealed that Starfield had sued Qisheng, but Teng Hua trusted the company’s position in Shencheng courts.
• Su Ye told Luan Le'an to push for a court date and post updates about the case, then tasked him with focusing on PUBG planning.
• Su Ye decided to create a dedicated department for Minecraft building blocks and considered launching a global promotion campaign after the lawsuit.

After Minecraft’s CCTV feature drove its popularity and creator economy higher, Qisheng Game Company faced collapsing player numbers and mounting pressure. Liu Nong quit after confronting Teng Hua, while Qisheng’s future looked bleak.

• CCTV featured Minecraft creations, and the game’s reputation and player count continued to rise as creators and players benefited.
• Teng Hua brooded over Starfield’s lawsuit, Mini World’s shutdown, and the sharp decline in Qisheng’s other games.
• Teng Hua summoned Liu Nong and blamed him for the company’s troubles, ordering him to keep players from leaving.
• Liu Nong threw documents at Teng Hua, declared that he quit, and berated Teng Hua for copying games and using dirty tricks.
• Teng Hua smashed objects in his office as Liu Nong returned to his workstation, convinced that Qisheng had no future.

After Starfield won its plagiarism lawsuit against Qisheng, Liu Jiameng and several other companies sued Qisheng over copied games, drawing widespread condemnation. Xiao Dingdang then saw Starfield’s PUBG video and felt compelled to play it.

• Starfield won its lawsuit against Qisheng, and its video about the verdict sparked widespread criticism of Qisheng.
• Liu Jiameng reviewed Mengjia Game Company’s old evidence and decided to sue Qisheng again.
• Mengjia posted its lawsuit against Qisheng, and several other companies soon followed with claims of plagiarism and unfair competition.
• Xiao Dingdang saw the growing backlash against Qisheng but returned to browsing videos.
• Xiao Dingdang watched Starfield’s PUBG video and felt an irresistible urge to play the game.

Xiao Dingdang watched Starfield Game Company's PUBG promotional video and became eager to play the free game launching November 29. At Starfield, Su Ye raised employee salaries and urged Luan Le'an to ensure PUBG was ready on schedule, though he was willing to delay the launch if needed.

• Xiao Dingdang watched PUBG's promotional video, saw that it would launch free on the Xingye Gaming Platform on November 29, and commented that he looked forward to gunfights.
• Su Ye visited the development area after Deng Jiajia posted the promotional video and decided to reward the hardworking employees with raises.
• Su Ye announced that monthly salaries would rise by 3,000 yuan and management salaries by 5,000 yuan, prompting the employees to cheer.
• Su Ye told Luan Le'an to prioritize PUBG's quality over its launch date, and Luan Le'an assured him the team could finish in two months and launch on schedule.

After Qisheng lost several copyright lawsuits and its plagiarized games were shut down or reworked, Teng Hua gambled the company’s remaining money on a rushed game modeled after Starfield’s trailer. Qisheng released a trailer for Shooting Simulator, while game reviewers mysteriously went silent.

• The court ordered Qisheng to pay Mengjia Game Company 50 million, and Liu Jiameng laughed through his tears as Teng Hua faced the verdict.
• Qisheng’s lawsuits drained its cash reserves, and Teng Hua found that Liu Nong had resigned before deciding to make a game himself.
• Teng Hua ordered Qin Shou to create Shooting Simulator within one month, based on Starfield’s trailer, and authorized spending the company’s remaining money on it.
• Qin Shou agreed to the deadline, and Teng Hua told him to offer small raises while avoiding overtime pay where possible.
• Qisheng released a Shooting Simulator trailer, prompting players to debate it against Starfield’s PUBG.
• Game review bloggers stopped posting and livestreaming for two days, leaving players wondering why they had all gone silent.

Galiang and Pan Jiangming tried to make quick money by selling counterfeit liquor while facing Starfield’s lawsuit, as Su Ye arranged production and management for Minecraft building blocks. The chapter ended with Minecraft surpassing fifty million players and Starfield gaining widespread public attention.

• After receiving a court summons from Starfield, Galiang agreed to Pan Jiangming’s plan to sell counterfeit Xiaomao liquor.
• Su Ye approved the Minecraft-style building blocks, ordered an initial batch, and arranged to launch them as Leshi Building Blocks under a new company.
• Su Ye watched Qisheng’s game trailer and doubted that the company understood PUBG.
• Starfield sued dozens of game review bloggers, and the bloggers posted apology videos as some faced account closures and compensation.
• Galiang and Pan Jiangming were exposed for selling counterfeit liquor and faced another lawsuit, this time from Xiaomao.
• Minecraft surpassed fifty million players, with more than twenty million online that day, while its servers and creator economy continued to grow.

Li Geng and his roommates celebrated their success making Minecraft resources, then discovered that a surge in the game's popularity had boosted their studio's daily earnings to over 750,000 yuan. They agreed to expand their team by recruiting eight more people while preparing for increased competition.

• Li Geng, Qin Jiadong, and their roommates celebrated their studio's financial success and discussed Starfield's upcoming PUBG and Qisheng's shooting simulator.
• Li Geng checked the Xingye Gaming Platform and found that the studio had earned 752,329 yuan the previous day.
• Li Geng saw that Minecraft had gained ten million players in a day, reaching 60 million downloads after several trending searches.
• Qin Jiadong proposed increasing resource production to take advantage of the growing player base.
• Li Geng recommended recruiting eight more people, and the four roommates agreed to expand the team to around twenty.

Su Ye reviewed Qisheng’s Shooting Simulator and checked on PUBG, Minecraft’s overseas release, and Leshi Building Blocks. Meanwhile, players complained about a misleading paid event on a Xingye Gaming Platform server, and Zhang Jiadong decided to alert Su Ye.

• Deng Jiajia told Su Ye that Qisheng’s Shooting Simulator differed from their game, and Su Ye criticized its stationary shooting gameplay and paid gun unlocks.
• Deng Jiajia reported that PUBG’s basic content was finished and being tested, while Manager Liu had gone to Eagle Country to discuss an overseas Minecraft partnership.
• Su Ye asked about Leshi Building Blocks, and Deng Jiajia explained that the project was under Starfield Industries and she did not know its status.
• Fei Wu angered players in the Holy Sword Bearer server by dismissing complaints about an event that promised Heavenly Sword equipment for six yuan but awarded only raffle tickets.
• Zhang Ansheng submitted a complaint to the Xingye Gaming Platform, alleging the server event misled players into spending more than a hundred yuan for the promised skins.
• Zhang Jiadong read the complaint, photographed it, and hurried to report the issue to Su Ye.

Su Ye ordered Starfield to punish a creator who had deceived players, then left with Deng Jiajia for Starfield Industries. The platform shut down Fei Wu’s server, froze his funds, and demanded repayment, prompting players and creators to praise its strict enforcement.

• Zhang Jiadong told Su Ye that a creator had been reported, and Su Ye ordered the platform to preserve evidence, freeze the creator’s funds, recover his earnings, and blacklist him.
• Su Ye reminded Zhang Jiadong that platform rules had to be enforced without exceptions, then told Deng Jiajia to accompany him to Starfield Industries.
• Fei Wu insulted players who complained about his misleading top-up offer, and Starfield announced that his Holy Sword Bearer server would be shut down and his balances frozen.
• Fei Wu tried to withdraw his money but found his account frozen, then received a demand to repay 862,387.9 yuan by November 2 or face a lawsuit.
• Starfield publicized Fei Wu’s punishment, and players and creators reacted with surprise and praised the platform’s oversight.

Su Ye funded Leshi’s expansion into physical stores and proposed Minecraft-themed blind boxes. Xiao Dingdang and Pipi later visited a Starfield Art Toys store, where Pipi opened a collector’s edition axolotl blind box while Xiao Dingdang got only standard figures.

• Su Ye inspected Leshi’s production and learned it had sold tens of thousands of sets for about 3.7 million yuan in profit.
• Su Ye gave Zhang Zhisheng 100 million yuan to establish quality physical stores, starting in first-tier cities, and suggested producing blind boxes with limited collector’s editions.
• On November 28, Xiao Dingdang and Pipi spotted a Starfield Art Toys store at the mall and went inside to browse its Minecraft merchandise.
• Xiao Dingdang and Pipi each bought five blind boxes and opened them in the mall’s rest area.
• Xiao Dingdang got five standard figures, while Pipi revealed a collector’s edition axolotl and left him stunned.

As Starfield prepared to release PUBG, Qisheng’s Teng Hua and Qin Shou watched for a chance to sue the company, while Xiao Dingdang showed off Starfield merchandise on his stream. The chapter ended with PUBG becoming available for pre-download, leaving Xiao Dingdang eager to try it.

• Teng Hua told Qin Shou to prepare to sue Starfield if PUBG appeared to copy Shooting Simulator.
• Xiao Dingdang and Pipi returned home so he could stream before PUBG’s release.
• Xiao Dingdang showed viewers his Minecraft creeper figure and explained that Starfield sold official art toys in a physical store.
• Pipi reluctantly lent Xiao Dingdang her collector’s-edition axolotl, then took it back after he showed it to his viewers.
• Xiao Dingdang saw the announcement that PUBG pre-downloads were available and opened the new game’s icon on the platform.

As Starfield prepared PUBG for launch, Su Ye tested its VR gameplay and planned to build a major esports scene around the company’s games. The countdown ended, players began downloading PUBG, and Su Ye watched the city as gaming’s new era began.

• Su Ye checked the pre-download numbers with Luan Le'an and learned that sign-ups were climbing rapidly.
• Su Ye tested PUBG in VR, experiencing its plane drop, parachute landing, and weapon recoil, while Luan Le'an monitored the data.
• Su Ye praised the server preparations and promised the staff a five-hundred-yuan bonus for working overtime.
• Su Ye imagined expanding Starfield’s game lineup and creating tournaments and a dedicated venue for gaming competitions.
• Xiao Dingdang and other streamers counted down to PUBG’s release, after which the download button and Starfield Games announcement appeared on the Xingye Gaming Platform.

Xiao Dingdang tried Starfield's PUBG and discovered its hundred-player team battle, then landed with his teammates in Georgopol. He left the chapter having knocked down an opponent with a SCAR-L and gathered his team to regroup.

• Xiao Dingdang launched the game, explored its extensive interface, and started a match as the player count rose to one hundred.
• Xiao Dingdang met his three teammates aboard the plane, and Grandpa Niu accidentally jumped early before the team followed him toward Georgopol.
• Xiao Dingdang explained that players needed to find guns and eliminate opponents as the team parachuted into Georgopol.
• Grandpa Niu found a gun but had no ammunition, while Xiao Dingdang and his teammates landed amid nearby players.
• Dance at the Rooster's Crow fought an opponent barehanded as Xiao Dingdang picked up a SCAR-L and knocked the opponent down.
• Xiao Dingdang told his three teammates to go inside and regroup.

Xiao Dingdang and his teammates looted Georgopol and fought off a motorcycle rider, who crashed and died. The rider turned out to be Da Sima, whose failed stunt ended with him quitting the game and leaving behind a loot box.

• Xiao Dingdang’s team gathered their weapons and supplies, agreed to loot together, and avoided starting a fight with the other squads in Georgopol.
• Xiao Dingdang practiced controlling his gun’s recoil while Dadi fired his scoped VSS at a distant enemy.
• A motorcycle rider charged toward the team’s house, launched off a dirt slope, and died after jumping from the bike and crashing onto the roof.
• Da Sima rode a motorcycle toward Xiao Dingdang’s team, attempted to land on their roof, and fell there after running out of health.
• Xiao Dingdang recognized Da Sima over the proximity mic, and Da Sima quit the game, leaving a loot box behind.

Xiao Dingdang’s astonishing reflex shot won a house fight in Georgopol, and the excitement drove him to seek out more battles. He led his teammates through Rozhok and, as they followed behind to loot, threw a timed grenade through a window at gunfire inside.

• Xiao Dingdang spun around and knocked down the enemy who had ambushed him, wiping out the opposing team with his three teammates.
• Xiao Dingdang revived his teammates, while the livestream viewers praised his seemingly superhuman reaction shot.
• After the poison zone began shrinking, Xiao Dingdang drove his team toward the safe zone and fought aggressively in Rozhok.
• When Grandpa Niu said the three teammates were holding him back, Xiao Dingdang told them to follow him and handle the looting.
• Xiao Dingdang crept under a window, timed a grenade, and threw it inside as gunfire sounded above.

Zuo Zixuan won a battle royale match after wiping out a squad and outmaneuvering the other teams in the final circle. The match ended with him as the last player standing.

• Xiao Dingdang threw explosives into a house, knocked down two enemies, and helped his teammates eliminate the remaining players.
• Zuo Zixuan led his squad around the zone and eliminated several teams before reaching the final circle.
• After his teammates fell, Zuo Zixuan used smoke and explosives to provoke the two opposing teams into fighting each other.
• Zuo Zixuan knocked down a player with his Kar98k, then rushed the rock and eliminated the last enemy to win the match.