Pokémon, but cultural invasion

A-Che was almost speechless with shock. He looked at Quan-Shu in astonishment: "Where did you get this?"

"A gift from a friend."

Quanshu said casually, "Anyway, try not to reveal its true form; the fewer people who know about it, the better."

Ache nodded in disbelief. Quanshu was indeed a freak; he was no longer satisfied with just making Pokémon movies.

He wants to have Pokémon dress up as humans to make movies.

"And Gastly."

Quanshu looked at it and said, "If you want to walk among humans as a young girl, don't reveal your true form so easily."

"And she needs a name so that the world can remember her better."

Gastly said confidently, "I've already thought of the actress's stage name. I'll use her surname, Black, and my given name, Black Ghost."

"Pfft!"

A-Che couldn't help but chuckle and exclaimed, "You're a real naming genius!"

Quanshu said helplessly, "Let's call it Black Sunflower. Although it's not much better, it's still better than yours."

He created a personal social media account for Gastly.

"Once I gain fame, I can post photos to share my daily life, which is also a way to attract fans."

Gastly suddenly thought of something, its little eyes darting around.

Quanshu warned it: "Don't even think about doing anything crooked. These platforms have very strict cyber police. Trying to go against the grain will only lead to your demise."

"I don't understand you humans, you're so secretive about the act of perpetuating your race."

Gastly gave up and, like a limp egg, turned into a puddle of fried egg and floated around.

"Let Gastly wander around the set for the next few days to familiarize itself with the process."

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With Gastly left idle at Ache's location, Izumi began preparing for tonight's game launch.

Unlike his previous collaborations with Qishu, he launched three challenges across the internet, with the prize money decreasing in progressively lower amounts.

First, the module competition.

Second, the Ender Dragon Speedrun Challenge: the player who takes the shortest time from creating a world to defeating the Ender Dragon wins, lasting one day.

Third, the Famous Building Replica Challenge: the first player to build an officially designated building in the game wins a prize, with a total of over fifty locations.

This competition is divided into singles and doubles categories, with the same prize money.

The three events will begin at the same time as the game's release.

After several days of anticipation, the match will start tonight.

Countless players are already waiting in front of their computers, eager to show off their skills.

To increase the difficulty, Izumi deliberately did not reveal any information about the game and required participating players to enable survival mode.

This is undoubtedly a hellish difficulty for players who want to replicate a building solo.

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At 6 PM, the live streaming platform specially opened a section for a game that has not yet been released – Minecraft.

After pre-downloading, the various streamers sat in front of their computers, ready to go.

Strange Tree, Little Chrysanthemum, Lulina...

This may be the day with the highest number of simultaneous viewers in the history of the live streaming platform.

"Fried Electric Frog: Are you done yet? I'm about to start my live stream."

"Thoughts flow like a spring: After you create the world, pull me onto the server."

Izumi also participated in this challenge, forming a duo team with Kiju to attempt to replicate the Prism Tower.

At 6:30, the game officially went live.

Hundreds of thousands of players opened the game at the same time, and the scene in front of them left them dumbfounded—why is this game full of blocks?

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Xiaoju'er's live stream room.

Her light blue eyes swept over the bewildering blocky figures, and before she could think any further, she clicked to create a world.

"This time we're going to break the record for the fastest kill of the Ender Dragon."

The challenge lasted only 24 hours, and everyone came with the determination to work through the night.

Players can attempt the challenge multiple times and upload the recorded videos to the official referee of the village.

Starting with a challenge means more opportunities for challenge and more room for error.

Upon entering the game, the character lands on the grass, making a crisp sound as they step on it.

"Go, Little Chrysanthemum!"

"I'm still at work, so I can only watch the live stream."

"The art style of this game is so strange, it's really all blocks."

Little Chrysanthemum was born halfway up a mountain. On the left side of the screen were bare rocks, and under her feet were uneven green blocks covered with pixelated weeds.

A pixelated Bulbasaur quietly passed by.

She raised her gaze and said, "It's true, the clouds in the sky are made up of irregular squares."

Xiaojuer was determined to pass the level quickly, but she ran into a problem.

This game lacks the tutorial levels found in previous Teigo games, and there are no beginner guides.

The blocky figure named "Steve" stood there dumbfounded, stretching out his hand.

Little Ju controlled the little character and clicked on the screen.

Discovering that the weeds on the ground could be destroyed, Steve quickly swung his hand up and down, plucking the weeds away.

"Since weeds can..."

Little Chrysanthemum dug towards the grassy patch at her feet.

After a hissing sound of digging, the grassy block exploded into a floating icon, which was automatically stored in the bottom inventory.

The heart icon at the top left of the inventory and the chicken leg icon at the right undoubtedly represent health and satiety.

When Xiaoju rotates the camera, the dirt block can be dug up. Does that mean other blocks can be dug up as well?

This is a world made entirely of blocks, where anything can be destroyed and built...

She couldn't imagine how much freedom this game offered.

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"I see..."

Lulina continuously piled up the three stones she had chiseled out with her wooden pickaxe, and then used mud blocks to create a foundation.

"By arranging and combining the blocks, it is indeed possible to reproduce any kind of architecture in the world."

The challenge she chose was to recreate the Breakwater Seafood Restaurant in Shuizhou Town.

Popular models' live streams are never short of comments.

"The freedom of this game in Tingxiang is too high; anything can be built."

"In other words, given enough time and effort, you can even build a real-world city on a one-to-one scale."

"Go, Lulina! I've stolen the crafting recipe for the [Bed]—three pieces of wool and three planks."

Lulina stared at a peaceful plain, which didn't look like it was haunted by monsters.

She encouraged herself, "Without monsters interfering, let's explore suitable building materials first."

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Citron straightens his glasses.

He is trying to decipher the source code of this pixel game.

But it failed.

"I've registered for the module competition, but I still can't decipher the code through the developer platform..."

Watching the various streamers showcase their unique skills, this game seems quite interesting.

Citron muttered, "Since we're already in the competition, let's try to get a good ranking."

He doesn't plan to personally enter the game to explore the gameplay, but rather to collect a large amount of footage and information from streamers playing the game.

The game offers such a high degree of freedom that people can do all sorts of things.

It was chaotic and without any pattern.

Citron had a flash of inspiration: since the game didn't have a main storyline, could he, as the mod developer, create one?

They even created eight gyms, allowing players to experience what it's like to travel to different places and challenge gyms.

Chapter 142 Successful Number Selection

“Pixelated Mare the Sheep is cute too.”

Qi Shu chuckled as he spoke, his wooden sword flashing mercilessly at the white sheep.

After the third and fourth red hit effects, Mare the Sheep's eyes form an "X" shape, blurring into wool and green light spots.

There was no gore whatsoever; the death scenes were even somewhat endearing.

"A woman with a heart of stone."

"Executioner."

"It turns out that only regular sheep have meat that swells up, while Mare sheep don't."

The game features Pokémon and some common animals. Pokémon can be attacked, but they don't drop any special items.

Considering the issue of guidance, Izumi Tree did not design any rewards to encourage players to attack Pokémon.

But the strange tree didn't care about any of that.

After discovering that the green dots resembled experience points, she gave the nearby pigs, sheep, chickens, and cattle a thorough cleaning.

"How's the tree-cutting going?"

Strange Tree walked up to Steve, who was chopping down trees with a stone axe, and said smugly, "By the way, my record is six cows, twelve sheep, twenty pigs, and eight chickens."

"Great, let's find some more meat and go down into the mine, or we can find a village and rob them."

Quanshu put away his axe. He had only come to the competition because he was pestered by Qishu, and he didn't have a strong sense of self-interest.

The amount of work involved in replicating a building is considerable, even for just two people. Let's take it slow.

"By the way, are there monsters in this game?"

The strange tree circled around but found nothing unusual.

Aside from some Pokémon that acted in self-defense, her Steve was never harmed.

"Trade secrets."

"Tch, stingy."

Qi Shu crafted a leather breastplate, leg guards, and helmet at the crafting table. Since there's an armor system, there must be monsters.

In a good mood, she reluctantly gave Quanshu a leather breastplate.

While the two were gathering materials, it quickly became dark.

Located on a plain, a square-shaped bright moon rises.

"what sound?"

The brightness suddenly dropped, and the faint, mournful cries all around sent a chill down Qi Shu's spine. She quickly took two steps toward Steve at Quan Shu.

"Boom!"