Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch

Chapter 336: 332: Ultimate Preview of “Rapid Chase”!

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Without a doubt, either the week-long struggle of countless players narrowed down to 32 intense teams.

Or the second round of invites, greatly expanding Metropolis’s player base once again.

They can’t compete with the trailer of “Speed Chase” for the center stage.

As soon as the trailer is out, no matter what the players were doing, if they have a few minutes to spare, they would immediately open a webpage to find the new trailer posted by Cloud Dream, satisfying their curiosity as soon as possible.

We’ve been kept on our toes too long!

Meanwhile, Cloud Dreams have been hosting events and releasing new games, providing plenty of fun for everyone.

But just as in the early days everyone was focused on console blockbusters, and in the VR era everyone was globbed on VR masterpieces.

Now in the era of virtual gaming, everyone’s attention is naturally focused on the blockbuster virtual games!

Not casual games, not mere entertainment, but complete masterpieces from the scale, gameplay, story, expansiveness, freedom… and so on!

Don’t judge “Paradise” by its popularity and high sign-in rates.

In the hearts of loyal gamers, it’s always a “dessert-level” game.

Compared to this, it naturally can’t compete with “Speed Chase”, which was hyped up relentlessly, boasting a full-blown Night City!

Even more absurdly, it isn’t until now, until the final trailer is released, that the players really know the game’s actual name!

Before this, all anyone knew was that the game was called “Fast XX”, set in a glamorous but violent and crime-ridden Night City, and had something to do with a dog.

Now, Cloud Dream has finally announced the name –

“Speed Chase” Ultimate Trailer – “Fire of Vengeance”!

Without even looking at the contents, Ye Lang a bit big couldn’t help but start ranting at the title –

“Wait! Ultimate trailer? Isn’t this your first proper trailer?!”

“How do you have the audacity to use the word ‘Ultimate’?”

“The last one was just a dog barking over a milkshake, can you count that? The previous one was just as ridiculous! Can a travel brochure count as a trailer?”

As soon as the trailer starts playing, comments just like those from Ye Lang a bit big pop out erratically, even blocking the screen:

“‘Ultimate’?”

“Redefining the ultimate trailer.”

“The craziest thing is, I didn’t even notice anything was wrong at first …”

“It’s not you, Cloud Dream, it’s me! I just don’t understand dog language!”

Ye Lang a bit big had no choice but to turn off the comments and concentrate on watching the trailer.

With upbeat music, an over-the-shoulder shot follows the back of an NPC walking out the door, looking up at the stunning views of Night City.

The voiceover then begins –

“Night City, a city renowned for its crime and violence.”

“Dossiers piled up in police stations, frequent news of shootings and gang wars, the rising number of missing persons, and endless illicit smuggling and arms trades …”

“Yes, the rumors are all true.”

Camille Victoria shows the streets’ brazen gunfights, the crowds fighting in the dark of night, and the seedy gang transactions …

It’s obviously a cesspool of crime.

Of course, the players, upon seeing all this, would not be scared, but only excited and thrilled.

— these are all exciting adventures!

The voice over and the video continue:

“The crime rate rises year after year, and people die on the streets daily. The poor in the sewers starve …”

“But even so, people flock here, and rental companies always have customers.”

“Because this city always gives you a glimmer of hope, even though it’s built on illusions, lies, and violence.”

“Everything is so close at hand, tempting you to turn the tables overnight, rise to the top instantly, and risk everything for it.”

The music becomes intense, and the scenes flip quickly.

Casino! Brawling! Fights!

Red wine! Beautiful women! Parties!

“There’s always hope, always opportunity!”

“Who can seize this hope and turn the tables in one fell swoop?”

“Who will lose everything and sink completely into the abyss?”

After the burst of excitement, the voiceover lowers:

“Of course, of course, you’re different.”

“Your fate may have already been destined!”

On the screen, a gang of thugs, heavily armed, move silently through the night to surround a residence.

Once in place, they glance at each other and communicate with gestures. They raise their guns together and aim them at the house.

The next moment, gunfire erupts!

Semi-automatic rifles mercilessly sweep through the exposed living room!

The deafening gunfire immediately drowns out all the music!

In the rain of bullets, doors and windows are shattered, lights suddenly go out!

The screen promptly goes dark.

In the darkness, the sound of gunfire rapidly fades away.

Instead, two deep voices spoke:

“What do you need?”

“Guns! Lots and lots of guns!”

“Click.” The pistol was loaded.

Combat was imminent!

The familiar large letters appeared——

“Speed Chase”

“Meet in the Night City at the end of October!”

The trailer ended here.

After watching the trailer, the players were initially excited!

But after the excitement, their mood became somewhat subtle.

This trailer seemed to reveal a lot of information, whether it was the background of Night City or the theme and storyline of the game, many hints and explicit statements were given.

But with so much content, after watching it, everyone felt as if they hadn’t seen anything.

What key game content did the trailer tell?

The main storyline?

The unique combat system?

The key NPCs?

Nothing at all!

It was an empty watch.

But before the players could complain, Cloud Dream’s second announcement had already been issued:

“The player closed beta of ‘Speed Chase’ will start this Friday and will last for three days. Players who are interested in participating in the closed beta, please pay attention to the closed beta registration channel in the comment section.”

A total of three thousand players are invited to participate in this closed beta.”

“Among them, one thousand places will be chosen from the permanent players of “Metropolis – Public Edition”.

The other two thousand places are unrestricted. Any player can sign up via the link below, and the system will randomly select.”

Once this announcement was out, the players immediately discarded their complaints.

The trailer?

Sorry, that’s old news!

What’s on the players’ minds now is the thought of wanting to play! Want to play it before everyone else!

But it’s easier said than done!

Choosing 3000 people out of tens of millions of registered players, the odds of winning are truly unpredictable!

Especially for the part with unrestricted registration conditions.

Randomly selecting 2000 people from 10 million, the chance of being selected is only two out of ten thousand, or 0.02% when converted to a percentage!

The hope is incredibly slim!

In the hearts of many players, to be selected through this channel, at least the luck of a “Virtual Game Lucky Goddess” is required.

Unfortunately, the goddess seems to be busy, only occasionally appearing in Lance’s live broadcast room.

Although every time, everyone shouts for her to start her own live broadcast, and the number of players promising huge rewards on her first day of broadcasting has exceeded five hundred.

However, it can only be said that goddesses are, after all, goddesses and are completely indifferent to all this.

So in the end, everyone set their sights on the internal test quota of the regular residents of Metropolis.

In comparison, becoming a resident of [Metropolis – Public Edition] could make the odds rise to 10% instantly, selecting 1000 people from over 10,000 people!

That’s a whopping 500 times increase!

What’s more, just today, there happened to be over 6,000 [Metropolis Permanent Resident Invitations] on the market.

What a coincidence, right?!

If these invitation letters weren’t distributed to over three thousand players, everyone would suspect whether Cloud Dream was precisely taking advantage of the player’s predicament!

But these over three thousand players basically came into existence under everyone’s eyes, and Cloud Dream really didn’t intervene directly.

So everyone could only believe that all of this was a coincidence and began to think about how to get an invitation.

In this way, what should have happened gradually over time, the invitation becoming more and more common, less and less valuable, less and less important.

Now it has become again —— valuable due to unforeseen circumstances!

During the break, Shuihua hid her mobile phone in her desk drawer and secretly watched the trailer.

She then opened the Vortex Forum to see the hot post at this time ——

“High price for buying Metropolis Permanent Resident Invitation Letter! The price is guaranteed to be no lower than last time! Sellers please private message!”

Shuihua closed the forum, opened a text message on her phone, and looked at the reminder message sent by Cloud Dream, which asked her to log in on time to receive the invitation.

Because of the same problem, she was once again confused ——

“Is money that easy to make?”

If she sold these two invitation letters again, her income this month would be more than her father and mother’s combined!

Shuihua was even a bit worried: would this make her parents feel pressured?

At the same time.

Unlike Shuihua’s blessed worry, over at NetDragon, someone had really caused a huge mess!