Xu Huan's anger made his veins pop, standing in the office with hands on his hips, breathing heavily in fury.
No one in the office dared to make a sound.
No way around it.
We've truly encountered a rival.
This Polestar Game, no one knows where they got the money from.
They've just decided to go toe-to-toe with us.
Every day they mysteriously pop up in all kinds of hot searches.
#The past and present of Polestar Game, after being copied....#
#Polestar Game's boss boasts the new game will take the crown, "World War II:....."....#
#Revealing Polestar Company's new game "World War II:...."#
#Polestar Game's boss Zhao Ming claims this is a game that surpasses "Cyber Blue Star: 2077"....#
Though they haven't mentioned us once.
But clicking in leads right to Polestar Company, followed by a swarm of comments accusing "Ruins of the Future: 2100" of plagiarism.
Even though we've bought quite a few hot searches to bash Polestar Company.
But this bunch acts like they're just out for black publicity, and even after being on headlines for so many days, many netizens are criticizing them for wasting public resources.
They are even more vigorous, constantly creating buzz and buying hot searches.
Just this week alone, the money spent on hot searches to compete with Polestar Game has cost over 40 million Federation Coins, Xu Huan is barely holding on.
It's not his money.
This all comes from the company's funds, and if it's all used up, they're finished.
But Polestar Game's people are utterly shameless.
They even created hot searches claiming to surpass the "Cyber Blue Star: 2077" game?
Surpass?
Have you even launched it yet?
And you claim to surpass?
Hot searches are hot searches, but clicking in reveals no useful information.
Equivalent to the 40 million Federation Coins spent this week just going down the drain.
And they've attracted a ton of haters.
Xu Huan is so furious his teeth ache.
He underestimated Polestar Game and their boss Zhao Ming.
Knew it was tough, but didn't expect it to be this tough.
Polestar Company has truly taken the upper hand.
A small company with a registered capital of a few million, truly clashing with their World Five Hundred Strong group, the Emperor Penguin, and keeping on hot searches for a week.
Morning meeting.
He was scolded by the big boss for over an hour.
Lost all face.
Xu Huan looked at the avoiding gaze of his subordinates, head throbbing.
A bunch of useless people.
A whole week, and no useful information has been found.
To this day, they still don't know what Polestar Game is up to.
Xu Huan rubbed his temples, suppressing his anger:
"How's the DLC for 'Ruins of the Future: 2100' going?"
Upon hearing this, the subordinate quickly stood up:
"Boss, it's almost done."
"Based on the name 'World War II: Empire's Rise', we analyzed."
"We've designed the new DLC to be set fifty years post-'Ruins of the Future: 2100', where remnants of the Six Major Federations reorganize the Federation, gradually taking over the Chaotic Zone and restoring order in the ruins."
"At this time, a mysterious force named Empire suddenly appears deep within the Chaotic Zone."
"They possess technologies even the Federation doesn't have, their true...."
Before he could finish.
Suddenly, a surprised voice from Xu Huan's secretary echoed in the office:
"Polestar Game has hit another hot search?!"
"Their website has been updated?!"
With these words.
Everyone in the office looked over in bewilderment:
"Huh?"
Xu Huan was the first to react, rushing over to the secretary and snatching the phone:
"What's updated?"
Quickly scrolling through the rolling hot search comments.
The secretary hesitantly said:
"It seems to be a game CG?"
Xu Huan exited Federation Headline and directly searched for Polestar Game Company's website.
The next second.
The link to Polestar Game Company appeared, Xu Huan clicked right in.
Upon entering the Polestar Game's official website.
He was immediately greeted by a sci-fi scene of a star descending, followed by Polestar Game's logo.
Then came the auto-playing footage.
A vast and empty dark gray grand auditorium slowly flowed across the screen, a gigantic Swastika Flag came into view.
A heavy and ominous music echoed in his ears.
The next second.
The scene switched to a senate chamber, torn to shambles, something seems to have happened here.
The music turned deep and serene.
Then the scene switched again.
The entire world seemed to be burning in flames, all buildings engulfed in fire, as if dwelling in a fiery hell.
Powerful and forceful music clashing with such a hellish scene created an extremely jarring effect.
Until the footage turned completely dark.
The words "World War II: Empire's Rise, Coming Soon" emerged.
After watching this game CG.
The office fell into silence, glancing at each other.
Xu Huan frowned, staring at the constantly replaying footage, trying to find a shred of useful content.
But there was none.
Just three scenes, already intriguing enough.
Xu Huan looked up at everyone in the office:
"Everyone, share your thoughts."
"What can you analyze from this?"
Office fell silent for a moment.
The subordinate who previously reported the DLC progress spoke up:
"Boss."
"I think our earlier speculation might be correct."
"This 'World War II: Empire's Rise', should be what happens after 'Cyber Blue Star: 2077'."
"Just because we developed 'Ruins of the Future: 2100', we've seized the initiative."
"Hence Polestar Game over there, they've directly turned the subsequent DLC into the main game for release."
"They might have some hidden gameplay that only boss Zhao Ming knows, not told to Hao Wen, perhaps that's Polestar Game's confidence source."
"From this game CG and the shift in music, we can deduce."
"It starts with the Empire, the second scene should be the Federation."
"And the third scene, the city reduced to ruins, flames everywhere, should be the battleground between Empire and Federation."
"We can take these pieces of information."
"Develop the new DLC within the next three days, incorporating the conflict between Empire and Federation in the backstory."
"And create a city similar to the one in their game CG, open it up for players to explore."
"Once Polestar Game launches their game."
"We'll swiftly copy over any new gameplay or creative ideas overnight."
Others also nodded in agreement.
Even Xu Huan's face softened a bit:
"Good."
"Execute accordingly, everyone get moving fast."
"Complete it by tomorrow night."
"Also keep analyzing for me."
"Since they've started releasing CG promotions, there's bound to be more information."
"Find it for me!"
Meanwhile.
While the Emperor Penguin Group was bustling with activity.
Celestial Shark Live.
Mo Xiaomo's live-streaming room.
Mo Xiaomo was chatting and playing cards with viewers.
Suddenly noticing the wildly scrolling bullet messages:
"Huh?"
"Polestar Games' official website updated?"
"Hold on, guys!"
"I'm going to check it out!!!"
Polestar Game's live stream is top priority!
"Oh?"
"Wait! I've got a new game invitation from Polestar Company in my private messages?!"
"Hahaha, so this is what they call prestige!"
"Guys, who else has this?!!!"