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

And so, Shen Zhaozhao completed her onboarding process with astonishing speed, breaking workplace norms.

There was no tedious background check, no long probationary period assessment; she was interviewed on the same day, and the next day she was already sitting at her brand-new workstation.

Next to them were rows of programmers typing away at their code, and art masters frantically drawing on their screens.

This vibrant and entrepreneurial atmosphere instantly energized Shen Zhaozhao, making her feel as if she had returned to that passionate summer when she ran for the position of administrator of the confession wall.

"Alright, let's get a feel for things first and see what kind of players our Chaoxi Games have."

Shen Zhaozhao skillfully turned on her computer and logged into the official backends of Chaoxi Games on the DeepBlue platform, Weibo, and various video websites.

As soon as she stepped onto the platform, Shen Zhaozhao's expression froze slightly.

She thought she was mentally prepared.

After all, before the interview, she had specifically studied the comment section of Chaoxi Games and knew that the company had high player loyalty, strong emotions, and a strong desire for updates.

But after she actually gained access to the backend, she realized that observing and taking over were two completely different things.

My private messages are flooded with them.

The comments section is packed with messages.

The number of private messages and comments displayed as "9999+" is now visible in red dots.

Then, a barrage of beeping notification sounds came like a sudden storm.

When will the modified version of "The Great Angler" be released?

What happened to the complete storyline you promised during the live stream?

[Is the official account even there? Are they playing dead? It's been a week, where's the promised battle royale update? Even the donkeys in the production team wouldn't dare take a break like this!]

Is Chaoxi Games still around? If so, let us know.

[We're urging for more updates! Daily updates needed!]

Shen Zhaozhao stared at the screen for a while, then silently pushed up her glasses.

This intensity seems a bit too much!

These players have amazing memories!

Just as she was about to continue flipping through the pages, Jiang Bo's leisurely voice suddenly came from behind her.

"Zhao Zhao, how's your first day at work? Are you adjusting well?"

Shen Zhaozhao quickly turned around.

Jiang Bo was standing next to her workstation at some point, his expression quite natural.

Shen Zhaozhao immediately sat up straight, displaying her professional demeanor.

"Boss, everything's perfectly fine!"

"I've read all the players' requests, and there aren't any major problems!"

"I feel that, although my emotions are a bit intense right now, they are all within a controllable range. After all, the deeper the love, the more critical the expectations."

"I'm planning to create a dynamic R&D log with pictures and text to soothe their anxious hearts."

"Soothe? No need to soothe. I've already taken steps to soothe."

Jiang Bo waved his hand.

"I have a new trailer video here! It's already uploaded!"

"It's a brand new CG trailer for 'I've Seen Dragons'!"

Jiang Bo stroked his chin, a mischievous glint in his eyes, but still earnestly instructed:

"After the video is fully approved and released, there might be some... dissenting opinions from the players."

"If you're in charge of operations, your primary task is to handle these feedbacks effectively."

"This could be quite a challenge for you! Handle it well! I believe in you."

Shen Zhaozhao was completely confused.

He blinked, bewildered.

Different voices?

What different opinions can arise from a game update trailer?

Players have been urging for updates here every day, and the official team has conveniently released an update preview. This is clearly a great thing that benefits both sides!

Even if the video is a little rough around the edges, given Chaoxi Games' current grassroots dream-chasing persona, players will definitely be forgiving.

"Don't worry, boss, I'll handle it perfectly!"

Shen Zhaozhao made a solemn promise.

"very good."

……

One o'clock in the afternoon.

Liu Yang, a seasoned console game enthusiast and a level 10 masochist in the game "The Great Angler," was idly refreshing his feed while eating takeout fried rice.

Since watching the epic live interview with host Chi Cheng a week ago, Liu Yang has felt like each day is an eternity.

He stopped going to the black pits and just hoped that Chaoxi Games would quickly release the fishing parkour battle royale game.

He had even mentally rehearsed countless times how he should experience it and how he should escape!

If the fishery administration drone comes from the right, he will dive into the reeds.

If a speedboat blocks his way across the water, he throws away his catch to reduce its weight.

Anyway, once this model is released, he will definitely avenge his previous defeat!

Just as Liu Yang was about to put down his phone and continue eating, a striking red dot suddenly appeared in his special attention list.

[The official Chaoxi Games account you follow has released a new video.]

Liu Yang's eyes lit up immediately.

He quickly clicked on it and glanced at the video title.

The copy is only one sentence long.

Some stories are not over yet.

Holy crap!

coming!

finally come!

Without a doubt, this is the modified description of "The Great Angler"!

Some stories are not over yet, and isn't that what the no-fishing zone is all about?

The fishing rod hasn't been redeemed yet, the owner of the illegal fishing pond hasn't been punished, and the fishery administration line hasn't been opened yet, so the story is far from over!

Liu Yang quickly clicked on the video and found that it had only been posted for less than a minute, yet the number of people watching online had already soared to over three thousand!

Numerous comments, generated by extremely fast-paced typing, had already flooded the beginning of the page.

【First!】

[Front row!]

Grandpa, the stupid game you've been following has finally updated!

Hurry! Let me see what battle royale looks like! I'm ready to run wild through the reeds!

[ChaoXi Games is awesome! We finally saw the progress bar!]

Looking at these comments, Liu Yang felt completely energized.

At this point, the video had already started playing.

The scene begins in complete darkness.

There was no cheerful fishing music, nor the familiar sound of the fishing float hitting the water, only a very low, heavy wind, as if blowing from a distant valley, rustling softly, as if something was waiting to awaken.

Liu Yang sat up straight instinctively.

sure.

Chaoxi Games really created a great atmosphere in this trailer.

The screen gradually brightens, and a torrential downpour begins.

What appeared on camera was a wide, turbulent river.

The river was shrouded in mist, and large patches of withered yellow reeds grew on the banks. In the distance, an abandoned ferry crossing could be vaguely seen.

Liu Yang's eyes lit up even more.

Riverside!

ferry!

Reed marshes!

Is "The Great Angler" going to develop deep-sea or river fishing modes?

If that's the case, then the map's area is even more exciting than he imagined!

can.

This setting is acceptable.

Playing hide-and-seek with drones on a stormy river—just thinking about it is exhilarating!

Just as Liu Yang was about to post a comment praising the official art aesthetics, the river in the scene suddenly stopped without warning.

The next second, a shocking scene unfolded.

The surging river water has actually started to flow backward!

The reeds on the bank were bent down by the wind, and the wooden stakes at the abandoned ferry crossing in the distance creaked and groaned.

The number of comments on the screen increased instantly.

Holy crap, the water effects are amazing!

[Is there a hidden storyline in the no-fishing zone?]

[The river is flowing backwards? How big must the fish be down there?!]

Could it be the legendary ultimate fish king?

[Holy crap? This graphics quality? Is this really "The Great Angler"?]

[This art style! This sense of oppression! Did Chaoxi Games rob a bank?]

Liu Yang couldn't help but swallow, his heart starting to race.

This time, Chaoxi Games has really done something special. Even a DLC trailer is this exciting.

Could there really be some legendary big catch hidden in the no-fishing zone?

The camera continues to pan forward.

The mist on the water's surface was violently torn apart by the gale.

At the end of the riverbank, a dilapidated ancestral hall appeared.

As the camera zooms in, the viewpoint shifts to the interior of the ancestral hall.

The interior of the ancestral hall was cold and damp, and the stone steps at the entrance were covered with moss.

Deep inside the ancestral hall, rows of memorial tablets are placed on the offering table.

Most of the characters on the memorial tablets are blurred, and the names are illegible.

Behind those memorial tablets, in the center, hung a rusty, broad-bladed long knife that looked like scrap metal. It looked like it would be difficult to even chop firewood, let alone cut anything.

Just as the deep tremor from the bottom of the river resounded again, the rusty longsword suddenly trembled slightly.

Dust settled.

The rust on the blade had turned a dark reddish tinge.

Seeing this, Liu Yang was completely stunned.

"no……"

"What's going on? Is this still a fishing game?"

Immediately afterwards, a deep narration began to slowly rise amidst the sound of thunder and rain.

"There have been no dragons in this world for many years."

"So long that everyone has forgotten what a dragon looks like."

"And so long that everyone began to believe that the art of dragon slaying was just a joke."

Liu Yang was a little confused.

Dragon-slaying technique?

No.

Dude.

Isn't this a follow-up to the fishing incident?

Why did they suddenly start slaying dragons? How am I supposed to farm now? Did they skip the item race and switch to a skill race?

The screen flashed.

Outside the ancestral hall, several children stood in the rain, pointing and mocking a thin boy.

"Isn't your family dragon slayers?"

"Where's the dragon?"

"Let your ancestors come out and slaughter one of them!"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

The boy didn't speak, but just clutched a tattered family tree tightly and walked through the rain with his head down.

The camera focuses on the family tree.

The paper was yellowed, and the edges were torn and tattered by insects. Only one line of text was still legible.

As long as the dragon is alive, the art will never end.

Liu Yang felt a little numb as he looked at these lines of text.

This is such a huge amount of information!

Is it really a dragon?

Wait a minute... Could it be that the official setting is that the ultimate fish king in the fishing ban area cultivated into a spirit and transformed into a dragon?

The more Liu Yang thought about it, the more abstract it seemed.

If that's the case, then the scale of Chaoxi Games is even more outrageous than he imagined!

The comments section clearly started to go off-topic as well.

[A fish leaping to become a dragon?]

Holy crap, could there be a dragon lurking in this no-fishing zone?

[No, this isn't something a ten-dollar game should have!]

[Incredible! The special effects are so smooth!]

But what is the significance of this ancestral hall?

[Is there still a fishing ban zone with the ancestral hall line?]

[The ancestral tomb of the Fish King?]

The screen flashed again.

The next second, a torrential downpour began, accompanied by thunder.

In the distance, a crack slowly spreads out from the mountain ridge among the mountains.

A massive, dark shadow, so large it blotted out the sky, swept past from behind the clouds, accompanied by deafening thunder.

The shadow was too big.

The flocks of birds in the mountains and forests all took flight in an instant.

All the memorial tablets in the ancestral hall simultaneously emitted a slight tremor.

Liu Yang originally wanted to complain, but seeing this extremely oppressive scene, he completely forgot what he was going to say.

The camera cuts back to the ancestral hall.

The boy stood in front of the offering table, his clothes soaked with rain.

He reached out and grasped the rusty knife.

The instant he gripped the hilt of the knife, the ashes in the incense burner were suddenly swept up by an invisible wind, as if countless unseen people had opened their eyes simultaneously in the darkness.

One indistinct sound after another rang out, mingling with the sound of rain.

"The knife must not be discarded."

"The score must not be burned."

"If you hear the dragon's roar!"

"Descendants, return to the shrine to retrieve the knife."

The boy suddenly looked up.

The image lingered on his eyes, which reflected a peerless glint of sword light.

A dragon's roar, seemingly coming from the ends of the earth, rang out in the background.

Immediately afterwards, a line of vigorous, wild cursive script appeared on the screen.

The world laughs at my family's inherited dragon-slaying skills.

The scene changes.

One by one, the ancestral tablets in the abandoned ancestral hall were lit up.

Until that day.

The river flows backward.

The ridge cracked.

The clouds were like scales.

I have seen dragons.

Liu Yang got goosebumps immediately.

If this is truly a major expansion for "The Great Angler," then Chaoxi Games' move is absolutely outrageous.

From fishing to fish leaping into dragons.

From fishing rod to dragon-slaying sword.

From the fishing ban zone to the Dragon's Roar at the ancestral temple.

This is no longer a battle royale game.

This fisherman has ascended to heaven!

Liu Yang was so excited that he was about to type "buy, buy, buy" on the keyboard.

However, the screen went completely black the next second.

Several large characters slowly appeared.

[Chaoxi Games' Newest Masterpiece]

【I've Seen Dragons】

[Reservations are now open on all platforms. Stay tuned!]