The game is only half finished, and the entire internet is begging for an update!

Tang Yu took a deep breath, subconsciously glanced at everyone around the conference table, and went over his thoughts again in his mind before slowly speaking.

"President Jiang, since you've told me to say whatever I want, I won't consider the difficulty of implementing your program."

"I've actually watched quite a few sci-fi movies in the past two years, especially those about time travel. I've always found the kind of premise where the protagonist gets a time capsule, travels back decades in time, changes one thing, and the whole world changes as a result."

Jiang Bo, who had been leaning back in his chair, became noticeably interested after hearing the words "change the past".

Is it a science fiction genre?

I haven't really explored this area much before, but the time travel setting is very suitable for making games.

Seeing that everyone was listening attentively, Tang Yu gradually relaxed.

"I actually thought of a similar movie script before, but I never had the chance to do it. The story could be set in a parallel world in 2056, which is exactly thirty years from now, but the world has already reached the brink of destruction."

Tang Yu did not rush to give a specific reason for this so-called destruction.

Whether it's nuclear war, environmental collapse, a supervirus, or even a technology created by humankind that completely goes out of control.

In Tang Yu's initial vision, the truly important aspect was precisely that... the protagonist himself didn't know why the world had become the way it was.

He was born in the future, and all he knew was that when he opened his eyes, he saw a world that was already rotten to the core.

Cities are largely abandoned, populations are dwindling, and social systems in various countries are on the verge of collapse. The remaining humans are desperately trying to survive, but everyone knows that if things continue at this rate, in a few years, the entire civilization will be essentially doomed.

"Then, with the help of the country, the protagonist accidentally gets a chance to go back thirty years, that is, back to 2026."

"But when I envisioned it, I didn't want him to know what to do as soon as he came back. Because if the protagonist knew the reason for the apocalypse from the beginning, then the story would lose its appeal."

Zhao Zhibai nodded thoughtfully.

indeed.

If you know the answer from the start, what's the point of investigating?

If the 2056 scenario was caused by a company researching a virus, then the first thing players would do upon returning would be to destroy the company, leading to the game's immediate end. What's the point of playing then?

Therefore, the protagonist in 2056 can only know the outcome.

He witnessed the destruction of the world.

But little do they know which link led the world to where it is today.

Tang Yu's voice gradually became smoother: "For example, during his first investigation in the future, he discovers that a very important scientist died in an accident thirty years ago. The protagonist might wonder if this person's death caused a key technology to stagnate for decades, which is why humanity ultimately failed to resolve the crisis?"

Thus, the player returns to 2026 for the first time.

Find that scientist, find a way to stop the accident, save his life, and even help his research project get funding ahead of schedule, so that the technology that would normally take twenty years to mature can be completed in ten years.

The player went to great lengths and finally completed everything.

Then they returned to 2056.

According to the usual movie formula, at this point, the protagonist should at least be shown a new world full of birdsong, flowers, and advanced technology.

But that's not what Tang Yu wanted.

"When he returned, he found that the world had still been destroyed."

The expressions of several people in the meeting room changed slightly.

Tang Yu laughed as he said this: "However, the way the world is destroyed has changed this time."

The original year 2056 was perhaps due to energy depletion, leading to countries vying for resources and eventually escalating into a full-scale war.

However, after the player rescued the scientist, the energy problem was indeed solved.

But the world took a different path because of the technology that scientist developed ahead of time. A certain company rapidly grew in size and, decades later, monopolized most of the world's basic energy sources. When the protagonist returned to 2056, the familiar city was still there, but society had completely changed.

The first problem has been solved.

New problems then arose.

Ma Shangfei understood completely after hearing this.

"So the player has to go back again?"

"right."

Tang Yu nodded. "The second time, he might try to stop that company from monopolizing the technology and find ways to promote its openness. When he returns to 2056, the future will change again."

However, this time, humanity still did not survive.

The technology has indeed been made public, and energy has become extremely cheap.

However, it was precisely because of the rapid decline in energy costs that the scale of global industry expanded wildly in just over a decade, ultimately leading to another, even more severe disaster.

The player spent a lot of time and effort.

When I got back, I took a look.

Well, the world has sent another one.

Zhao Zhibai laughed upon hearing this: "This must be the butterfly effect!"

Even a seemingly insignificant downpour thirty years ago could cause extraordinary damage thirty years later!

"Yes, that's the feeling."

Tang Yu was completely excited.

Each time a player travels back in time, they feel like they've finally grasped the key to the problem.

Saving a person, preventing an accident, or even bringing together two people who would never have met before.

These things, taken individually, may only affect a few people.

But when the timeframe is extended to thirty years, the outcome is completely different.

The flapping of a butterfly's wings could change the entire world in 2056.

Players may think they've done something incredibly good, only to realize thirty years later that they've created an even more troublesome future.

Just like how one cannot simultaneously possess youth and experience youth.

People can only make decisions in the present moment, but it is difficult to truly see what a decision will mean decades later.

This world is ever-changing!

"That's why I really wanted to make this story into a movie."

Tang Yu's tone clearly carried a hint of regret as he spoke.

"Time travel itself has a sense of suspense, and saving an entire civilization has that epic feeling of salvation. But when I really thought about it in the direction of the movie, I quickly discovered a big problem."

Movies have a limited runtime.

A two-hour movie, even if made into a trilogy, can only show the audience a few of the most crucial timelines.

The choices the protagonist makes determine the outcome for the audience.

The story can only ever reveal a few possibilities that the creator has chosen in advance.

But what makes this premise truly captivating is precisely the countless possibilities of what might happen.

"But for now, movies can't capture countless possibilities, but games can!"

"Only a game can truly capture this story!"

"Because we can provide players with more than one correct answer through a massive algorithm and branching storylines!"

Tang Yu looked at everyone as he finished speaking.

"If I had to sum up this game in one sentence..."

"That is to exchange one devastating future after another for a timeline in which humanity can survive."