This game is so weird!

After exchanging a few pleasantries with Li Ang, Er Miao, unable to trick him into revealing the "hidden quest," stood helplessly watching Li Ang leave.

"Tsk, this guy is so much harder to deal with than Xiaomeng and Miley. Shouldn't it be easier to win over a guy?"

"Haha, not everyone is so easy to get close to."

Seeing Er Miao get flustered, Ye Yu and Mu Yu, the two mischievous friends, stood aside and laughed heartily. Just as Er Miao was about to retaliate in her anger, they skillfully changed the subject, "What should we do next?"

"I just found out that the other players have all accepted the mission to reclaim lost territory and have already set off for the Im Energy Mine."

"Several giant ravens were damaged by the explosion and lost a lot of durability, requiring repairs. By the time they're repaired and we chase after them, we might not be able to get back in time."

After racking her brains, Er Miao finally came up with an idea to kill time: "How about we take Leah out to play?"

"There's still some time until tonight, and there's no point in just wasting time. Should you log off and rest?"

"Want to log off, grab a bite to eat, and then come back online?"

Ye Yu checked the time; it was already past one o'clock. She hadn't eaten or drunk anything since she ate a small bread early in the morning, and the burning hunger in her stomach was almost penetrating the game's barrier and reaching into the game itself.

"Okay, see you in an hour."

"OK." "OK."

That evening, after spending the afternoon wandering around town, Er Miao led Lia to the guild hall.

The longhouse, originally a restaurant in the tourist town, has been temporarily restored to its original function. Fine colored light strips are interwoven in the sky above the hall, and the round tables on both sides are covered with red tablecloths cut from the curtains. Some cold dishes have been placed on the tables.

Tonight is not only a celebration for victorious players and safed gamers, but also a day of competition for simulator players.

As early as this morning, when the special forces team set off to carry out the photon missile mission, Li Ang issued an announcement on the Earth's official website: Notice about the simulator player competition (and victory celebration).

We have decided to invite players of the Market Simulator, Chef Simulator, and Cleaner Simulator to participate in a competition based on their performance in the hall's celebratory food and exterior decorations, as well as players of the Construction Worker Simulator and Checkpoint Simulator to participate in a competition based on their performance in the plaza's outdoor facilities and entertainment activities. In addition, we will also consider their daily work performance. The top three players in each category will receive a beta test slot in the New World game as a reward.

It immediately attracted the attention of many players, and even the number of pre-registrations for the simulator game increased significantly.

Extending this to the game, it manifests as a wide variety of foods, elaborate and dazzling decorations, and a myriad of bizarre entertainment activities launched by teams of builders and checkpoint simulator players.

Leah ran to the nearest table, looked at the food she had never seen before, and tears welled up in her eyes. Pointing to a large pork knuckle, she asked Er Miao:

"Sister, sister, can I eat this!?"

Er Miao glanced at the braised pork knuckle with a strange look. Its color was reddish-brown and its aroma was enticing. The only problem was that she didn't know what it was made of. Given that the base currently had no livestock industry, it was most likely some kind of biomass-based synthetic meat.

Seeing that some players were hesitating, Chef Wang Laowu, who was patrolling nearby, walked over and introduced the game with a blank expression:

"This is a synthetic pork knuckle made by ourselves using premium soybeans that we grow ourselves. It contains no additives or animal ingredients, and you can even eat the bones."

"Made by Lao Wang, safety guaranteed!"

Leah was a little scared of the expressionless Old Wang, so she shrank behind Er Miao, only peeking out her little head. "Can I eat it?"

"Of course you can, little one! Please make sure you eat plenty!"

Old Wang happily rubbed his hands together. For this competition, he had brought out all his best dishes, which were quite outstanding in appearance compared to the pots of spicy hot pot or barbecue next to him.

He has deeply experienced the benefits of upstream penetration. Since partnering with players of the vegetable market simulator, he can prioritize planting the vegetables he needs and customize meat using the biomass synthesizer in the vertical farm. His business at the restaurant stall has been getting better and better every day.

If you convert the money to RMB through those rich people's trading posts on the official website, you'd earn almost more than you would from a restaurant managed by your own son.

In the past, who would have believed that running a restaurant could yield such exorbitant profits from a monopoly!

However, recently other chef players and market players have also realized this and have split up into two or three teams to take away a lot of supplies. Therefore, Lao Wang and a few market players who are on good terms with him decided to invest a lot of money to try their luck in this celebration.

Yes, Li Ang not only didn't spend much money on this celebration, but he even recovered a lot of contribution points/star coins from various simulator players.

After emulator players entered the game and played it on their computers for a while, they confirmed with their own eyes that some players were definitely not playing on computers or VR glasses, because those strange movement angles were something that these devices could not produce!

In addition, some players would occasionally go to the Nomad Restaurant to eat and change their tastes, and after some conversation, they completely confirmed each other's player identities.

As a result, emulator players quickly turned into die-hard fans of the new world game, eagerly awaiting the closed beta test.

Upon hearing about this celebratory competition, everyone generously contributed, not caring about the basic materials provided by the base, but instead investing most of their accumulated contribution points into the event as part of the celebration.

Standing in the center of the booth, Li Ang looked at the magnificent hall with satisfaction and nodded in approval.

Who would have thought?

The introduction of a simulator player for easier management inadvertently created a hierarchy and upgrade mechanism for players in the base.

It's often said that without competition there's no breakthrough, and this is exactly what's going on. As long as we manage the distribution mechanism for beta test codes well and don't keep people in suspense too much, I believe emulator players will definitely unleash 200% of their enthusiasm.

If we can figure out a way to create an upgrade path for virtual game players later, that would be perfect!

Li Ang nodded slightly, a smile of excitement appearing on his lips, and walked towards the door.

After inspecting the scene, I received a communication from the cyborg guards that the high-ranking officials of the Security Government Alliance and Colonel Hoffman were almost at the lobby.

"Colonel Hoffman, welcome."

As soon as they reached the entrance, they saw Colonel Hoffman striding in with Anya, Marcus, and a group of players who had participated in special operations and were about to be awarded medals at the meeting.

Li Ang and Colonel Hoffman shook hands with smiles, and Li Ang invited, "Please come in, the celebration is all ready."

"Thank you," Colonel Hoffman smiled, a rare occurrence for him. "It's changed a lot since the last time I came. I really hope things will get better and better for us."

"Of course, everything will be alright."

Li Ang said with a smile, then nodded to Anya, Marcus, and the other players behind him, before turning and walking into the hall with Colonel Hoffman.