A Colossus rushes in at the start

Chapter 164 The Audience Was Too Unexpected

Knock, knock, knock... There was a knock on the door.

"Please come in."

Hearing the shop owner's words from inside, Hassen opened the door and went in.

As soon as he entered, Hassen noticed a stranger in the room and couldn't help but take another look.

Hassen's gaze returned to his boss, and for some reason, he felt that his boss seemed a bit nervous today.

"You were looking for me."

The boss smiled and waved to Hassen, then pointed to the seat next to him.

"Hassen, sit here."

Then, the boss introduced Hassen: "Let me introduce you, this is Mr. Raya, a decision-maker from the Central Court."

"Mr. Raya, this is Hassen, our company's virtual game manager."

After the introduction, Hassen realized why his boss seemed a bit more nervous than usual.

The Central Court is the decision-making center of the entire empire, while they are just a mere virtual game company. Not to mention that a big shot like a decision-maker came all the way here. Anyone would react the same way, and might even be more disgusted than their own boss.

"Hello."

Hassen greeted the other party somewhat awkwardly, while his mind raced, trying to figure out why such an important figure as the decision-maker would come all the way here, or whether he was specifically looking for him.

"Hello there."

Decision-maker Raya nodded, then gave Hassen's boss a look.

Hassen's boss immediately understood and quickly slapped his forehead and got up.

"Oh, I have a business negotiation meeting to attend. You two continue your conversation. Mr. Raya, if you need anything, just let the security personnel outside know, and they will follow your instructions."

After saying goodbye to the two men, he hurriedly left the house, leaving only Hassen with Raya, the decision-maker who came from the Central Court.

Hassen sized up the decision-maker sitting opposite him, suppressing his nervousness as he asked, "Excuse me... are you really from the Central Court?"

Raya said, "Mr. Hassen, as a citizen of the Empire, you should know that impersonating a Central Court official is a capital offense that could bring ruin to your family, shouldn't you?"

"If you have any doubts, you can use my ID number to check my identity on the Empire website."

As he spoke, Raya took out his identification.

Hassen was startled and quickly waved his hand, "No, no need, I was just asking, I didn't mean anything by it."

While checking the identification number is understandable, it's still somewhat offensive no matter how you look at it. Hassen doesn't want to offend such a high-ranking person; otherwise, he might end up with his family ruined.

Raya chuckled, "Hehe, no need to be so nervous, Mr. Hassen."

"I've come to see you not because you've done anything wrong, but on the contrary, because the Empire needs your help," Raya explained to Hassen.

Hassen was taken aback. Help the Empire? Are you kidding me?

If these words hadn't come from a decision-maker from the Central Court, Hassen would have absolutely thought the other party was playing him for a fool.

He was just an ordinary virtual game manager, responsible for the design of virtual games. He had never participated in any space battles, achieved any technological breakthroughs, or made any financial innovations that created a wealth myth.

In other words, he is good for nothing except game design.

Such a person was actually approached by a decision-maker who said that the empire needed his help.

Hassen felt the world had gone a little crazy.

"My help?"

Hassen asked incredulously, "What can I do for the Empire? I'm just a manager of virtual games."

Decision-maker Raya explained, "The Empire needs your help to design a special virtual game."

Could you help me design a special virtual game?

Could it be that some super-important person, or even a high-ranking figure like the Imperial Council, suddenly wants to play a virtual game that only commoners play?

Thinking about this, Hassen felt that this was a matter with both extremely high risks and high rewards.

Being able to please a powerful figure would undoubtedly bring rich rewards, but conversely, the game design failed to satisfy the powerful figure.

Even the slightest dissatisfaction from a high-ranking official can become extremely unpleasant for Hassen, as it is amplified by his subordinates.

"This..." Hassen hesitated for a moment, then tentatively asked, "Designing virtual games is no problem, of course, but may I ask, for whom are you designing these virtual games?"

Hassen thought he would easily find out the target player's identity, but the decision-maker's reaction left him puzzled.

"Why do you want to know this?" The decision-maker's expression seemed unwilling to explain who the virtual game was designed for.

Something was wrong. This feeling of unease made Hassen very uncomfortable. He couldn't understand why the identity of a target player in a virtual game needed to be kept secret. It didn't make sense.

Hassen explained to decision-maker Raya, "No game can be perfect; perfect things don't exist in this world."

"Any virtual game on the market has a clearly defined target group when it is first designed. The game is designed for this group of players. After the virtual game is designed, the target group will become the audience of the virtual game. Those so-called most popular games are simply those with a large audience of players."

"Since the Empire requires me to design a special virtual game, I will do my best as a duty. Therefore, I need to know who this virtual game is designed for."

"Because only in this way can I design the game to the best of my ability."

"This request... I need to consult with your superiors. Please wait a moment." From the decision-maker Raya's expression, Hassen could clearly see some hesitation.

With that, the decision-maker sitting opposite him got up and left the room, leaving Hassen alone.

A moment later, the decision-maker returned to the room and said to Hassen, "Mr. Hassen, your request has been approved. However, the information is classified as Level V, and you must comply with the Central Court's Level V confidentiality regulations."

Hassen wasn't very clear about the Central Court's confidentiality regulations, but the highest level of secrecy he'd ever heard of in the Empire was only Level IV. This Level V secrecy level made his scalp tingle, and he immediately regretted asking about the target player's identity.

Knowing this level of secrecy, wouldn't the Empire silence me after I've accomplished my mission?

Just as Hassen was lost in thought, Decision Officer Raya solemnly said, "The Empire needs you to design a game for the Babel Swarm. This virtual game must be designed in strict accordance with the requirements they have given us."

Hassen listened attentively to every word that Decision Officer Raya said.

But listening to it doesn't mean he understands it; he even thinks he misheard it because he was too nervous.

The Tower of Babel swarm is known to every race in the entire Star Alliance; it is the guardian civilization of many civilizations throughout the entire Vorsotis galaxy.

In terms of education, the minimum requirement for every civilization is that while it may not know about other things, it absolutely cannot be unaware of the Tower of Babel bee colony, and it is absolutely forbidden to discuss matters concerning the Tower of Babel bee colony casually in cyberspace.

Why?

Naturally, the decision-makers of these civilizations did not want to offend the Tower of Babel bees without their knowledge.

No wonder the target players of this virtual game are kept under such a high level of secrecy; Hassen now understands why the secrecy level is V.

Hassen still found it strange. According to his understanding of the Babel bee swarm, they basically had no entertainment. Now they were actually going to create a virtual game specifically for them. This was a bit too outrageous.

Surely the Empire's understanding of the Babel beehive over the years can't all have been wrong...

"Do the bees over at Babel also play virtual games?" Hassen asked.

"Who knows? I'm not one of those bee-like creatures," Decision Officer Raya replied, equally bewildered.

When Raya first heard this, he found it unbelievable. If he hadn't learned it from a higher-ranking diplomat and discovered its high level of secrecy, he would have felt like he'd been tricked.

Babel bee swarms playing virtual games? Are you kidding me?

……

At the Star Alliance headquarters, the mainframe, Nanali, who was reviewing documents related to various matters in the Vorsotis system, received a message from the Alliance Secretary General.

"Your Excellency Speaker Nanali, regarding the virtual game design project you proposed last time, all participating civilizations have completed their designs. When do you plan to review them?"

The slime-like soft creature explained the situation to Nunnally with extreme humility.

All of this stems from the absolute power brought about by the overwhelming force of the Babel bee swarm.

Truth exists only within the range of cannons, dignity only on the edge of a sword, and strength is power. Even without actively demanding it, others must give it the utmost respect, even awe.

Nanali said, "There's no need to wait. I have time now. Let those civilization representatives wait for me in the virtual space."

Virtual games are related to the new model of civilized beekeeping, and the Babel Tower bee colony naturally attaches great importance to them.

However, the civilizations of the Star Alliance were unaware of this matter. They all assumed that the Babel Bees had become game enthusiasts and only paid general attention to virtual game development projects.

Therefore, Nunnally's reaction surprised the Alliance Secretary General, who resembled a slime.

"Okay, I'll go and inform them right away."

With that, the Alliance Secretary General hopped away.

……

Connecting to the virtual space, Nanali finds herself in an unfamiliar place.

This virtual space is home to all sorts of aliens, who are representatives of civilizations who are aware of the virtual game design project and participate in its design.

Of course, some of these are just opportunists, because in order to increase the enthusiasm of civilizations like the Star River Alliance to participate, the swarm promised that any participating civilization would receive 60 tons of antimatter as a participation reward.

The civilization whose virtual game design most satisfied the Babel bees would also gain up to 10,000 years of civilization development time through time acceleration.

(End of this chapter)