The Self-Redemption of the Wronged Fool [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 20

Ji Qiuchi believed in a tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye. Once he had made up his mind and remained extremely persistent, the system gritted its teeth and agreed.

Ji Qiuchi originally thought the system would try to persuade him for a longer time, but now he discovered that this system’s emotional mode seemed very advanced much higher than other systems. It was almost like a real human being. Furthermore, the system itself, possessing such nature, was at the top level in terms of information and electronic technology.

However, he did not dwell too much on the matter of the system. Now that Zhao Chengyu had chosen to start anew elsewhere, Ji Qiuchi kept his eyes fixed on him. Moreover, it was much more convenient to take action now. He asked the system to help him monitor the other party’s movements.

The game company Zhao Chengyu joined gave him a great deal of authority after learning he came from Shiji. It seemed that no matter what he wanted to do, they would accompany him. Upon learning that Zhao Chengyu already had the idea of competing directly against Shiji, they naturally supported him without reservation. Of course, this was also because Zhao Chengyu had successfully persuaded everyone.

Shiji had seized the game market, and there were as many people as one could imagine who were displeased with them. Naturally, they had also enjoyed the jokes regarding God’s Domain. For them, this was a rare and precious opportunity. It was well known that Shiji was a very difficult game company to enter, and it was not lacking in top-tier experts. The technology Zhao Chengyu brought out was like a treasure to these companies.

However, Zhao Chengyu was not responsible for the core programming. Under such circumstances, did he still intend to challenge them in the arena? Ji Qiuchi shook his head, only hoping that the other party would not disappoint him.

Of course, when Zhao Chengyu left Shiji for his goals, he had to pay a penalty due to confidentiality reasons if he were caught, and he had signed an annual contract with the company. Zhao Chengyu paid a significant amount to leave, which meant he had essentially worked for all those years for nothing. But Zhao Chengyu was holding his breath; he only thought about defeating Qi Ye. Compared to the advanced equipment at Shiji, other companies were indeed more difficult, but he was not without means.

Filled with passion, he wanted to seize the Otome market first and began researching female-oriented games with the people in the company. If not for this, Zhao Chengyu would not have left the company so quickly. He already knew the content of Shiji’s upcoming projects; although it was only a general conceptual direction, it was something Zhao Chengyu could utilize.

When game companies actually work on projects, they target specific groups whether it be the ACG community, casual players, or players who enjoy intense competition. Their goal was to ensure all players had a game to play at Shiji; there would always be one they liked.

After Legend of the Astral Spirit and God’s Domain, they had prepared Otome games, ranging from dress-up to turn-based systems, action games, and historical national combat plot-based game projects. However, Shiji only had so many people, so they would always prioritize which projects to execute first.

On the surface, Shiji was indeed working on a mystery Otome game, but in reality, the next major project Ji Qiuchi and his team were working on was Becoming Emperor. This was also an open-world adventure game, and this game planned a route for all players to become an emperor, with countless generals and strategists scattered throughout the world.

As long as the players could obtain the Imperial Jade Seal, they could begin the path of building a nation. It was as if they truly lived in an era of chaotic war. They always had the chance to achieve great things. Of course, because the identities of the characters being operated were various, there were many plotline strategies and gameplay styles, and what they faced was a battle of wits between real people.

The “pay-to-win” options only included skins, with basically no other advantages. It relied entirely on “grinding,” so the game depended on gameplay and ambition. Naturally, it would filter out a segment of people right from the beginning. AI technology was also retained in this game.

Not long ago, the company had informed Ji Qiuchi about this matter and handed another project to him. Logically, he should have continued to manage the follow-up game management of God’s Domain, but Qi Ye felt it was too much of a waste of time, so he let others take over. Naturally, everyone was very willing.

The group of people who had followed him before were also happy to build a team with him again to participate in Becoming Emperor. Of course, this was a confidential project, and very few people knew about it; the projects that were displayed publicly were basically claimed by others. Only this one had no news at all.

Shiji intended to give everyone some avant-garde gaming shock once again. The technology in Ji Qiuchi’s hands was being played to its full potential by everyone because, no matter what, it was their game company, and everyone wanted the company to develop better and better to become the world’s number one game company.

Of course, their various games had also cooperated with several major countries in the world and achieved impressive results. However, Becoming Emperor currently only featured a Chinese-style game map. Creating maps for Western or other cultures, or maps of old eras, would happen later.

However, no Chinese person could refuse the task of completing the ancestors’ mission of unifying the world. Furthermore, both male and female players could become emperors. Yet, this game did not open a trading system. This was mainly to maintain the game’s balance, but even without a trading system, the attraction was still enormous for everyone.

For the past six months, besides making games, Zhao Chengyu spent his time hovering in front of Ji Qiuchi. In any game exchange meetings or cooperative game projects he participated in, Ji Qiuchi would always encounter him. However, Ji Qiuchi was impervious to persuasion and gave the other party no opportunity at all.

Qi Ye would also help him block Zhao Chengyu, which made Zhao Chengyu even more furious. Haunted by obsession, he almost fell into a frenzy. He knew clearly in his heart that only by completely crushing Shiji would Ji Ning return to his side.

Zhao Chengyu also went to great lengths to learn that Shiji’s female-oriented Otome game had indeed secured a publication number; this quarter’s release was definitely that game. Zhao Chengyu planned to release his own game before Shiji did. The timing difference was a battle of information. He believed that Shiji would not notice a small figure like himself at all; that was their arrogance.

Once the other party’s game went online, players would lead the charge for them. A large factory imitating another game factory’s game would, no matter what, deal a massive blow to them. He even believed that the game companies that had been suppressed by them for all these years would not let this opportunity pass.

Zhao Chengyu looked forward to the arrival of that day. He did not expect that one month before the summer vacation, he would not see Shiji’s female-oriented game, but instead, the closed beta of Becoming Emperor. Furthermore, there was only one closed beta, and the public beta would follow just one month later.

This directly dropped a nuclear bomb on the gaming circle. Five months ago, no one had heard any news about this game. Five months later, Shiji came out with this game that required only one closed beta.

As everyone knew, most people would conduct three closed betas, but Shiji was just that arrogant. It set one closed beta for all players. From the time the news came out and covered the whole network, the time everyone longed for was actually only thirty days away. The value of this closed beta account was even higher than that of God’s Domain.

Players also went crazy.

“Shiji, quietly releasing a new game to surprise you. Producer Ji, a ‘grinding dog,’ I love it.”

“Before opening the CG, I thought, only one month of promotion? So confident. Let me see what kind of garbage it is. After opening the CG: I am the one destined by heaven!!”

“Received from Heaven, may he live long and prosper!”

“You rebels, prepare to die!”

“What is this? It’s not in public beta yet? I’ll punch Shiji until it breaks. I’m collapsing, I’m anxious, I’m crawling all over the floor…”

“Hey, hey, you can’t hit it, you can’t hit it!”

“A strategy game more suitable for Chinese babies.”

All the promotion went to the Otome game, but in the end, Shiji quietly released Becoming Emperor.

With such sinister tactics, the gaming circle was boiling. Faced with Shiji’s games, other manufacturers always avoided them if possible. Previously, they didn’t believe in that jinx and wanted to challenge them, but in the end, they had to close their servers after only a few months. And now, within such a good golden holiday period, Shiji arrived with Becoming Emperor.

Zhao Chengyu was stunned. Where was the Otome game? He went to take a look silently, and as a result, the other party didn’t say anything at all about when the public beta would be.

Shiji had this confidence. Although Becoming Emperor was only promoted for one month, the costs they used for promotion were even higher than those for God’s Domain, striving to submerge people’s lives in the promotional posters of this game. Of course, after the public beta, they didn’t have any bugs either, which was very terrifying. This was enough to prove that they had indeed treated this game seriously and it was not something hurriedly brought out to perfunctorily deal with the public.

Lingshi Game Company was Zhao Chengyu’s game company. At this moment, the senior executives looked at him and fell into silence.

Zhao Chengyu was also in a cold sweat: “I didn’t get any news about this project either. It must have been made temporarily. They originally intended to release an Otome game, I am sure of it.”

“It’s too late to say anything now. The company has spent so much time and energy building such a game. But now the player groups across the country are discussing Becoming Emperor. Someone needs to be held responsible for this.”

Zhao Chengyu gritted his teeth and spoke: “We will just release our game. With our game’s quality, we can definitely—”

The senior executives were also furious. Of course, they didn’t only believe him; they had also sent people to conduct an investigation. It was true that the other side was working on an Otome game project, and there had indeed been promotion a few days ago, just not much. But if they didn’t release it now, Shiji, with the momentum of Becoming Emperor, would only crush them when they released their own Otome game later.

After dealing with the senior executives, Zhao Chengyu did not know that they were already extremely disappointed in him. They even suspected whether he was an undercover agent sent by Shiji.

He made a phone call to someone. He didn’t expect the other party to directly state they were quitting.

“We already sent people to attack their servers, but we failed. We won’t take any more jobs. Settle the final payment early. Their company has top experts; we were almost traced back to our IP address.”

Everything was going wrong. Zhao Chengyu was so angry he directly smashed his phone. However, he did not know that this was not the end.

After he got a new phone, the people on the other end called again, stating they had been completely wiped out. Zhao Chengyu had to be responsible for their losses; otherwise, they would not let him off.

Only then was Zhao Chengyu broken into a cold sweat. The people he sought were in the dark web, among the top-ranked hackers. Furthermore, this time, he had requested funds from Lingshi, and the result was just money thrown into the water.

With a face full of cold sweat, he ran to the company to report this matter to everyone. He didn’t expect that what awaited him was a dismissal letter and a huge debt.

“The company has already suffered great losses because of you. The hackers you found not only wanted money but also attacked us, causing the network to be paralyzed for a time. You must be responsible.”

Zhao Chengyu’s vision went black, and he almost fainted. However, the matters of Lingshi Company had already spread. On this side, Qi Ye, who had already completed the counterattack, publicly blacklisted Zhao Chengyu in the industry. In the future, no other game company would ever want him again because no one was willing to offend the flourishing Shiji.

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