EWN CH 14
Mo Xiao Mo excitedly slapped the table.
With a smug expression, he shouted at the camera:
“This is the invitation to the mysterious new game from Polaris Games, currently trending all over the internet?!”
“Tell me—WHO ELSE GOT THIS?!!”
The comment section exploded:
【WTF? For real?!!】
【66666, you really showing off now!】
【Streamer, hurry up and check it out!】
【Damn Polaris Games, been trending for a whole week—we finally get to see what the hell they’re working on.】
【Yeah, I was sympathetic at first, but their antics are just disgusting now.】
【Download it! Let’s go inside and check!】
Mo Xiao Mo waved confidently and grinned:
“Easy, brothers.”
“I’m opening it now.”
With all eyes on him, Mo Xiao Mo moved his mouse and clicked the invitation link.
The screen abruptly changed, showing a new webpage.
It had a pitch-black background with a 3-day countdown timer and a ‘Preload Access’ download link below it.
She clicked a few times—nothing happened.
Mo Xiao Mo looked puzzled:
“That’s it?”
“Or did the dev forget to put the link in?”
“Why’s it not responding?”
The stream chat instantly burst into mockery:
【LOL! Polaris can’t even make a working webpage—how are they making a game?】
【This is a joke. Everyone watching and the link doesn’t even work.】
【Not just you, other streams too—no one can click the link.】
【So after all this hype, this is what we get? Absolute flop.】
Hiss—
Mo Xiao Mo started sweating.
What the hell is this?
Why publish a broken webpage for everyone to see?
This could destroy their reputation…
She cleared her throat and tried to recover:
“Ahem… maybe this is…”
“Maybe…”
Suddenly—
A dazzling golden-effect comment flew across the screen:
【Zhao Ming from Polaris Games: The ‘Preload Access’ client grants early access perks, but the actual game download will open once the ‘Anti-War Contest’ event begins. Stay tuned.】
Immediately after, a wave of Super Starship gifts flooded the stream.
Zhao Ming’s clarification, paired with the flashy effects, lit up the homepage of the TianSha Game Live platform.
Mo Xiao Mo breathed a sigh of relief, smiling:
“Ah, so that’s how it is! Everyone, stay hyped.”
“Also, huge thanks to Boss Zhao Ming for the Super Starships~~!”
“When the game launches, make sure you’re in my stream—let’s battle together!”
Polaris Games Headquarters
Inside the office…
Zhao Ming watched Mo Xiao Mo on the stream, then casually swiped his finger and entered another live broadcast room—sending out several more Super Starships.
For the past week, Zhao Ming hadn’t stopped using this method to seek presence and buzz.
The Super Starship, a top-tier gift, wasn’t something commonly given out. Usually, it was only used during big promotional events when rich supporters wanted to boost their favorite streamers. But Zhao Ming, this kind of random streamer-hunting tycoon, was a rare breed.
As a result, TianSha Live wasn’t just active in the gaming section anymore.
Even the beauty and dance sections saw female streamers, following viewer suggestions, change their stream titles to “Awaiting launch of ‘World War II: Rise of the Empire’”—then dance seductively in their rooms.
And believe it or not…
When Zhao Ming noticed this, he was deeply moved by these girls’ “passion for dancing”—and began spamming Super Starships non-stop, sending the female streamers into a frenzy.
After a bit more gifting, he heard movement from the sofa.
Zhao Ming put down his phone and looked over.
At that moment, Shen Qinghan had removed the VR headset, shaking her head lightly.
Her face wore a “completely done with life” expression.
Zhao Ming had optimized the game “Normandy Landing”, refining its rules and enhancing the immersive early gameplay sequence to meet the launch standard—so he had notified Shen Qinghan.
Shen Qinghan rushed over to the company immediately and dove straight into the game.
She hadn’t been slacking during this time, either—not just waiting around for the game to be improved.
She had thoroughly studied the terrain and firepower layout of Normandy Landing, and even used a photon supercomputing cluster to calculate the optimal point to land on Omaha Beach.
And yet…
Armed with her detailed strategies, Shen Qinghan still underestimated the game.
Her landing point and attack route—perfectly computed by the photon supercomputer—were technically correct.
But when she rushed to the frontlines, just about to set foot on the beach—
The gunfire points on the shore instantly locked onto her.
“Unbelievable…”
“Why the hell are there cannons?!”
Shen Qinghan had high hopes, but brutal reality hit her hard.
The epic scene she imagined—storming the beach and using her elite sniping skills to take out enemy turrets—never happened.
She didn’t even make it off the boat before getting targeted.
A single shell hit, blowing up both her and the boat to bits.
Zhao Ming just shrugged:
“Isn’t that… a standard firepower setup?”
Shen Qinghan took a deep breath:
“Then what’s with the landmines?”
It wasn’t just the cannons.
As soon as she jumped off the boat, BOOM, she stepped right on a mine.
Zhao Ming explained:
“Well… that’s also part of the standard configuration.”
“If you stepped on it… I guess your luck wasn’t great. The mines aren’t densely placed.”
Though they weren’t densely placed, they were strategically positioned—right in areas that looked weakly defended.
Zhao Ming believed… this setup would bait clever players into charging through the “open paths,” only to get blown up.
Judging by Shen Qinghan’s complaints…
Clearly, the design was working.
But of course, Zhao Ming couldn’t tell her that—it’d be bad to embarrass the company’s top investor.
Shen Qinghan, still confused, just nodded:
“The game is fine now.”
“But…”
“Why is the only playable faction the Polish Federation?”
“Isn’t the core of the game supposed to be the Empire versus the Anglo-French-Soviet Union?”
“And now we’re seeing the story from the Polish Federation’s perspective?”