The system handed me over to the state.

"Ugh... open your mouth!"

Hei hope, struggling to squeeze out words, stared at Bronya with some displeasure. After confirming that Lin Yuxin was not nearby, Bronya turned her head, placed her hands on Hei Xi's waist, her face slightly flushed, and leaned forward to bite the spicy strip with her pearly teeth.

Just as Bronya was about to bite it off, she felt a slight pull in her mouth. Bronya's eyes met Kurohime's crimson eyes, and she saw a mocking expression.

Bronya got angry and suddenly pressed her hand on Blackie's waist against Blackie's back, pulling her into her arms. Blackie lost her balance and fell onto Bronya. Startled, Blackie relaxed her guard, and Bronya gently sucked in three spicy strips.

Bronya then quickly distanced herself from Blackie, grabbed the spicy snack package from Blackie's other hand, and quickly rubbed it on Blackie's butt before smiling and saying, "Thank you for the treat!"

Hei hope gritted her teeth, her face flushed, and shouted, "You just wait!"

Then they ran away.

Bronya gently touched her red lips, staring blankly at the spicy snack packet in her hand, lost in thought.

Chapter 67: Traditional Arts

Half a month had passed since the last communication with the system. She had barely sat down in her office, her chair barely warm, when the door was suddenly pushed open. The marketing department's operations staff rushed in, placing a tablet on Bronya's desk and exclaiming, "Boss! Something terrible has happened!"

"What important matter?"

Bronya, however, remained remarkably calm. She asked a question softly, picked up the tablet in front of her, and saw a game beta download page for an app.

The game is called... "War of the End Times," what a cliché name... It sounds like some kind of post-apocalyptic survival mobile game, and a very old-fashioned one at that, probably a battle royale game like the popular ones these days.

But when Bronya looked at the game tab, she froze...

[Anime/Manga] [Fighting Game] [Beautiful Girl] [Top-Quality Graphics]

No! There's something off about the name of your game! Is the developer of this game... Tencent?

Looking at the studio name on the manufacturer's website, Bronya was very familiar with it: Sky Tower Studio. In its early years, it was an unknown game development team that had developed a few small mobile games. After being acquired by Tencent, it quickly received a large amount of funding, manpower, and technology, and then became a well-known game development team under its umbrella.

The most popular game in China right now, Glory of Heroes, comes from this studio. Glory of Heroes is also widely recognized as the most popular social game. However, the problem is that the social environment may be somewhat lacking.

Now, Bronya was shocked after just clicking to look at the beta test interface released by the game.

But Bronya remained calm and composed. "Was it leaked by a beta tester?"

Bronya was certain after just one glance at the screenshots from the closed beta test that the game was Honkai Impact 3rd, without a doubt. Moreover, it was modified from the current closed beta Honkai Impact 3rd game client, and the game interface, game style, and art style were all unique to Honkai Impact 3rd. Because currently, there is only one game on the market with this art style in its official public beta, and that is miHoYo's Genshin Impact.

Bronya, on the other hand, focused on increasing the details of the models on top of the original style, and developed a brand-new game engine, which she and Little Rabbit optimized to the best extent.

Players currently in the Honkai Impact 3rd beta test can clearly feel that the beta version of Honkai Impact 3rd they are playing is very similar to Genshin Impact in terms of art style, but the details are even more terrifying and realistic. Whether it is the physics engine, the rendering style, or the mature model technology, it gives you the feeling of watching a CG. When you play it, you feel like you are playing a CG rather than a game.

This top-notch game engine is something that no other game company on the market could possibly have, because it was developed independently by Bronya and Xiaotu. This is why Bronya was able to confirm that this was their game just by glancing at a screenshot.

Do you have the game files?

"Yes, it's inside the tablet."

Bronya nodded, connected the tablet to the computer next to her, and a few minutes later, she laughed, "These guys, they even use encryption, but this childish encryption is completely useless to me."

Who is she? She is Bronya, a genius hacker. Don't even mention your penguin's encryption. Even if you bring out the top hacking masters in the industry, she can still easily crack the encryption. The core of the Herrscher of Reason and the quantum core of the little rabbit are you kidding me?

In just a few minutes, Bronya solved the encryption problem, unlocked all the files inside the game, and sure enough, found a large number of files and related content belonging to Honkai Impact 3. Bronya kept all of these as evidence and handed them to the operations department staff in front of her, saying, "You understand what to do next, right?"

The operations staff were clearly taken aback. They hadn't expected the matter to be resolved so quickly. While they were overjoyed, their respect for their boss grew even stronger.

Bronya stared at the girl in front of her for a long time without leaving. She looked up in confusion and saw the girl staring at her with bright eyes. Bronya remained expressionless, but in her heart she thought, "Oh wow, another little fangirl."

After the fangirl left, Bronya pondered. Clearly, Tencent couldn't sit still any longer. It was common for beta testers to leak beta games, but this game used a state-of-the-art engine, and the code within it was something that existing computers simply couldn't write in a short time.

With the operations department's PR team involved, this matter can be resolved quickly. However, Tencent will still hold the source files, and it's something Tencent is determined to do in-depth development of the game's source files.

"As expected, the existing engine is not enough... But if we continue to develop it, the players' phones will not be able to handle it."

This is also a point of concern for Bronya. The processing power of a mobile phone is always limited. Even though the engine has reached its best level with her and Xiaotu's optimization, most beta testers' phones still struggle to keep up. Overheating, overheating, and even crashing are common occurrences.

Even though they repeatedly emphasized that they had optimized the game to its best state, players still mocked them for poor optimization.

This is truly a helpless situation... Should we force her to switch careers and develop mobile phones?

So now, Bronya faces a choice: continue developing the engine, increasing its strength and development level, so that even if those people get their own engine, they can only look at it but cannot use or develop it.

Moreover, if you discover the unique engine, you're guaranteed to face a lawsuit.

Or... should we maintain the existing foundation?

After much deliberation, Bronya made a decision: to continue development. She would continue developing the existing game engine and constantly update it. She could replace her phone if it wasn't working well, but development couldn't be stopped so easily.

Having decided on her next direction, Bronya felt much more motivated. She pulled Rabbit out again to continue her in-depth research on the engine she had on hand. However, it was clear that today's matter would not be so easily resolved.

An hour later, the latest game released by Tencent instantly ignited most of the game forums and online communities in China. Players were discussing the game simply because it looked remarkably similar to Honkai Impact 3, a brand-new game that had started closed beta testing a year earlier.

If you put these two games together, no one will believe you if you say they are two separate games. The most important thing is that they can clearly feel the difference between the two. Now it feels like Tencent is a clown who follows the trend. When others release something good, Tencent immediately follows suit. Moreover, many players are now starting to suspect that Tencent is plagiarizing. It's not just malicious intent, but the two games, released one after the other, are too similar. Whether it's the art style or the background details, it's really hard not to have any suspicions.

Just a few hours later, a major piece of news appeared on the forum.

[Holy crap! Guys, this is huge! Tencent's been sued!]

As soon as a post appeared on the forum, the entire online gaming community was instantly ignited. Who is Penguin? Penguin is the king of internet entertainment in China! Even the Rinne Internet Company in Kyoto wouldn't dare to easily sue Penguin.

However, now there is a company that dares to confront the power of Tencent's legal department. When players saw the name of that company, they were stunned: Alahato. In just one year, the name of this game company has become deeply ingrained in the hearts of ACG mobile game players.

It's because of that mobile game Honkai Impact 3rd, which was still in closed beta a year ago. And with the appearance of this post, the Honkai Impact 3rd operators also released an official announcement, the content of which was very simple.

We unearthed Honkai Impact 3's unique game engine from Tencent's latest game, along with a large amount of original game assets that hadn't been deleted, including the Honkai Impact 3 logo, weapon assets, character artwork, and more.

Bronya had suspected that some companies might do something malicious, so she deliberately hid a large number of Valkyrie illustrations deep within the game. Penguin never expected this hiding place and was caught red-handed.

Players were just confused, but the next second they were shocked. They blatantly copied someone else's beta game, without deleting anything, and then directly modified the game content, adding their own models, background materials, artwork, etc., and then turned it into their own game.

Now look what's happened, everything has been unearthed intact.

When this media storm began to erupt, Bronya was sitting in her office, looking at the project proposal in her hand, with the company's operations department and the game development department in front of her.

"Boss, is it appropriate for us to set the price so low? Most games on the market charge 16 yuan, or even 28 yuan or 30 yuan per draw. We're setting it at 5 yuan per draw, isn't that... too much of a loss?"

Yes, Bronya just rejected all pricing settings above the pay-to-win system, setting the price for a 10-pull at 50 yuan. Both departments are very confused about this; isn't this price too low? Can it really be profitable at such a low price?

Bronya nodded. "It is indeed very low, but there's something you might not be aware of right now, and I haven't had time to inform you."

Bronya placed a report on the table and pushed it towards the group. The young man in front of her took the report and began to read it. The others also curiously crowded around, looking at the report with suspicion. But the more they read, the more astonished they became. Finally, the man holding the report exclaimed in shock, "Boss! How could we possibly have reached a cooperation agreement with the fire department and the police!"

"We're a game company! If it were just advertising, that would be fine, but it says 'technical support' on this!"

Yes, this report states that Alahato Technology has officially reached a cooperation agreement with the national fire departments, under which Alahato will provide the national fire departments with the latest fire-fighting equipment and gear.

When did their company start needing technical support from the fire department?!

This is absolutely shocking!

Bronya didn't explain. Instead, she closed her eyes. When she heard the faint sound, she opened her eyes, smiled, turned around, stood up, and walked to the window. She could see countless tiny black dots gradually expanding in the distance. As the dots grew larger, their true forms were soon revealed to them.

Helicopters, and heavy twin-rotor cargo helicopters at that. Watching these helicopters carrying large amounts of cargo fly over the building, Bronya crossed her arms and said, "Don't forget, we are a state-owned enterprise. Do you really think we're just here to develop games?"

This matter was actually discussed by Bronya and the people at Research Base No. 1 a few days ago. Under the entrustment of Tang Huan, the leader of the Western Military Region, Ji Chengtian developed many new types of disaster relief equipment and materials, as well as a multi-functional disaster relief mech modified from the Titan mech.

In its normal standby state, this mech is just an ordinary fire truck, but once it is deployed, it becomes a multi-functional equipment platform. In critical moments, the equipment platform can be separated, and it can transform into a mech for disaster relief and rescue work.

However, in an environment like this in the city, the mech mode is mostly useless.

Therefore, after discussion, and with Research Institute No. 1 not to be exposed, Ji Chengtian borrowed Bronya's company to establish an industrial park near Alahato's company. All disaster relief equipment and materials would be produced and developed in this place, then assembled and sent out, and finally distributed to the firefighters.

However, Bronya's favorite is a fire-fighting armor set, modified from Iron Man's armor, equipped with a variety of fire-fighting equipment, using existing nanotechnology for conversion, and with an internal life support system that can ensure the operator's physical condition is in optimal condition, and with impact resistance comparable to military armor, which can maximize the safety of firefighters.

However, due to the complexity of nanotechnology research and development, this suit of armor can only be distributed to a limited number of fire stations at present. Of course, it is only a matter of time before it is distributed to all stations.

"So... boss, we're not just a simple... game company?"

Bronya blinked, flashed a bright smile, and said nonchalantly amidst the employees' rapt expressions, "Our company's main business is creating more fun games with heart, and our secondary business is scientific research and development. How about that?"

Seeing the complicated, unsure-to-say expressions on the employees' faces, Bronya clapped her hands. "Alright! That's all for today's meeting. Everyone, go back to work. The renovation of the industrial park will take some time, so it might be a bit noisy. Please bear with it."

It was a bit noisy... Over the next week, the employees learned exactly what "a bit noisy" meant. Almost every hour, there was the sound of helicopter rotors flying over the top of the building, and the occasional appearance of soldiers in military uniforms or firefighters inside the company.

In this situation, the young employees in Alahato's game development and operations departments fully understood what Bronya meant by what she said that day.

This is what employees would say whenever they wanted to express humility about their work.

"Our company only makes games; scientific research is just a side project."

Under these circumstances, a month later, Bronya received news from Research Institute 1: the tank legion was completed, and now it was her turn to take the stage.

This time, her mission at Research Institute No. 1 was simple: to store the prepared tank legion into the institute's designated pocket space. Then, she would need to prepare for her mission half a month later. In that half month, she would modify the tanks again, giving them even stronger firepower. And... Hei Xi would be traveling with her this time, so she needed to prepare a combat suit for Hei hope as well. So... what kind of suit should it be?

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Chapter 68: The Work

battle suit

"The quantity...is quite a lot, not bad!"

Looking at the large number of new main battle tanks neatly arranged in the warehouse, Bronya's mind started to wander. Ji Chengtian took out a necklace from the box next to him, and Bronya was stunned for a moment.

"Doctor, this is...."

Bronya looked puzzled, but Ji Chengtian smiled and said, "This is the physical form of the pocket space. We successfully created our own pocket space using those complete data. This space is our own technological achievement, and you should be able to analyze it. Give it a try."

Bronya nodded, took the necklace, and held it tightly in her hand. Blue structural energy surged into the azure gemstone necklace in her hand. Various data about the necklace's manufacturing method and craftsmanship were recorded and stored in her brain. In just a few dozen seconds, Bronya had completely completed the analysis of the pocket space.

She put the necklace around her neck, and then, in front of Ji Chengtian, she inserted the blue gem into her warm cleavage, saying, "Thank you, Doctor. From today onwards, I can also construct my own pocket space."

"This is good news. In addition, we have also designed a combat suit for you. This time, those designers really asked for an exorbitant price. If you don't think it looks good, there's really nothing I can do."

Ji Chengtian pried a handle out of the metal wall next to him and pulled out the cabinet hidden inside. When Bronya saw the so-called combat suit hanging inside, her expression was a little strange.

"Doctor... are you sure this is a combat suit, and not... an evening gown?"

Hanging in front of Bronya was a blue two-tone evening gown. The gown had a simple design, a strapless long dress, and a pure blue shawl on the side.

The shoes were a pair of white high heels with blue soles, flat, not the pointed kind, which relieved Bronya.