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

In the conference room, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.

As a copywriter, Zhou Guangqi reacted a bit too quickly.

He frowned slightly and asked tentatively, "President Jiang, do you mean... time can accumulate?"

"That's right! Old Zhou, you're quick-witted!"

Jiang Bo drew a straight line directly on the blackboard.

Let me give you an example.

"For example, the first battle."

Players have seven days.

"The mission objective is to lead a remnant force through a fierce and brutal defensive battle."

"The system's mission for players is: lead your squad to survive and hold out on this beachhead for seven days."

"Note that it's seven days!"

"Within this traditional framework, how will players play? They will fight slowly, proceed cautiously, and hold out desperately. As long as they can hold out for seven days, they will have cleared the game."

"Of course, that counts as a victory."

Everyone nodded instinctively.

This is indeed the logic of a normal defensive posture in war.

The system tells you to stay for seven days, so you stay for seven days.

The final position wasn't lost, mission complete, the player gets a rating, and the game ends.

But Jiang Bo suddenly changed the subject.

"but!"

"If I told you that if you dawdle and take a full seven days to complete the mission, then when you enter the second level, such as attacking an unfamiliar area, you'll have to start from scratch without any strategic preparation time!"

"You have no time to scout, no time to rest, and you know nothing about the new battlefield. You can only grit your teeth and charge forward."

Jiang Bo shrugged.

"Then you're done, aren't you?"

There was a moment of silence in the conference room.

Ma Shangfei's eyes slowly widened.

like……

Something!

Jiang Bo continued:

"On the battlefield, time is the most precious thing! And no war is ever fought in isolation."

"What if you chose to launch a preemptive strike in the first stage! What if you led your squad like a sharp dagger piercing the enemy's heart, managing to break through the seven-day-long mission on the fifth day?"

"So, you have two days left!"

"These two days won't be converted into dry completion points or useless achievement badges. These saved two days will carry over directly to the next battlefield!"

"hiss……!"

In Zhou Guangqi's mind, it was as if a 155mm howitzer had suddenly exploded!

"Cross-level macro-resource inheritance! And the inherited resource is... time?!"

"President Jiang! This...this concept is so captivating!"

"If this is the game's premise, then time is everything—it's the ultimate truth, it's the source of all power!"

"That's right!"

Ma Shangfei finally understood, and his eyes lit up.

"President Jiang, is it possible for us to set the plot to follow the timeline?"

"In the same battle, the scenes players see will differ depending on the amount of time remaining."

"Can the same level produce different results depending on the time of day?"

"Each node has a different choice, and the remaining time affects subsequent branches."

"Then, let's optimize the battlefield environment as well..."

"Daytime, dusk, midnight, dawn."

"As soon as the players saw the change in the sky, they knew there really wasn't enough time!"

As Jiang Bo listened to their increasingly plausible explanation, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Isn't that right? These people are still understandable.

He just hadn't found the right approach yet.

Now that the master of empty promises has started, everything in the meeting room goes smoothly.

Ma Shangfei could no longer sit still.

"Mr. Jiang, what should we call our game?"

Jiang Bo paused for a moment.

He hadn't really thought of a name yet.

He's only thought about the mechanism these past few days; he hasn't figured out how to package it yet.

But the boss is most afraid of showing weakness in meetings, so Jiang Bo remained very calm.

"Don't rush into a name."

"The most important thing now is to establish the right direction."

"War, time, cost, choices... these are the framework of our game!"

Jiang Bo looked at everyone, his voice serious once again.

"You must remember, we are not making a war game that allows players to watch the spectacle from a third-person perspective."

"We want players to experience it firsthand."

"A single order can change the lives of countless people."

"How much time can be wasted by just one moment of hesitation?"

He paused, then spoke with even greater emphasis.

"And sometimes, the key to a victory lies in just a few fleeting minutes!"

"As the saying goes, even the most perfect plan is rendered half useless the moment gunfire begins!"

"We must ensure smooth transitions between the various scenes in this game!"

"Furthermore, what do you think is the fastest way to save time on the battlefield?"

Everyone was stunned.

A brief moment of reflection fell over the meeting room.

"A forced march?"

Ma Shangfei asked tentatively,

"Or should we take a shortcut, through those dangerous but shorter areas?"

"Abandon building fortifications and launch a suicidal assault?"

"Reduce pointless battles?"

"Cut off unnecessary goals and go straight for the key milestones."

A group of people offered their solutions from different perspectives.

"They're all right, but they're only half right."

What you're all saying is actually the same line of thinking!

"That's the choice."

Jiang Bo smiled slightly.

"That's the cruelty of war! Whether it's the meat grinder of ancient cold weapons or modern information warfare, it all boils down to logistics and mobility!"

"To save time, you can choose to abandon heavy equipment! Abandon those heavy artillery pieces that slow down the march! Even abandon excess rations and ammunition boxes, and go into battle lightly equipped, tearing through the enemy's defenses like a pack of wolves!"

Everyone nodded in agreement.

This makes perfect sense; you can't catch a wolf without risking your cub, and you can't save time if you don't have the equipment.

This game sounds so addictive!

But then, Jiang Bo's tone shifted, becoming serious.

"Equipment can be discarded, but... what about the people?"

The entire venue fell into a deathly silence.

Everyone's pupils contracted sharply.

Why did Taipei 101 say, "I don't want casualty figures, I just want Tasan?"

"What he was desperately trying to buy was time, but he chose to do so by sacrificing himself!"

The atmosphere in the meeting room suddenly became tense.

The excitement I felt earlier about the mechanism suddenly gained weight.

Jiang Bo continued.

"Imagine this scenario. If a comrade is seriously wounded and has a broken leg, in a traditional game, a player might just need to use some health packs to revive him. But in our game, carrying a seriously wounded soldier during retreat will reduce the squad's movement speed by 50%. What would normally be a half-day journey will take a whole day!"

"Faced with your comrades, what would you choose?"

Jiang Bo pointed to the countdown timer on the whiteboard: 07:00:00.

"As I just said, time is our trump card in the next battle!"

"If you save him, it could lead to even greater casualties for your entire squad in the next battle due to insufficient preparation time!"

"To buy time, someone has to step up."

"To achieve the big goal, some people need to stay behind."

"Sometimes, a commander doesn't lack solutions. What he lacks is that one second to make the decision before giving the order."

"Now, answer me."

Jiang Bo's gaze swept across the faces of Pei Qianqian, Shen Zhaozhao, Ma Shangfei, and Zhou Guangqi.

"Faced with the imminent loss of precious time resources, what choice would you, as the commander, make?"