Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch

Chapter 14: Chapter 14: What is Top-level Traffic?

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The first people to notice Lincoln’s video were those who were infuriated by having their accounts’ comment features blocked.

They logged into their alternate accounts and searched for Lincoln again, preparing to go on another verbal rampage.

Even at the risk of getting their alternate accounts banned, they felt the need to vent!

But the first post shown in the search results was not the previous “declaration of war” video, but a new one.

Naturally, they clicked on the new video, curious about what mischief Lincoln had managed this time.

Yet after a mere ten or so seconds, they all had the same shocked expressions, dumbfounded.

“Holy shit! What the hell is this?! Who can explain to me? What the fuck is this?!”

“My mind is in chaos, I don’t know what to say, but I suggest you apply for world heritage status first.”

“It’s already 2030! And you haven’t applied for world heritage status yet!”

“Don’t ask me, I don’t know anything! I’m now a fool!”

“I don’t understand it! But I am immensely shocked!”

“Teacher, I got this! This is a ‘genuine, epoch-making, man-machine interaction technology!’”

“I am a cultured and polite person. But seriously, can you explain to me, how the hell is this considered science, teleporting just by wearing a band around your head?! Are you making fun of me for not understanding magic?!”

Perhaps it was because they were some of the most voracious online critics, the earliest wave of comments was full of vulgar language.

But soon, passers-by who had no interest in Lincoln or NetDragon also noticed the video, shocked, they shared it with their friends, asking whether it was real or fake.

Like a dam being breached, traffic began to surge rapidly, the video’s popularity climbing higher and higher, until it was like a flood bursting its banks!

On his way home, Gary, the head of NetDragon’s PR Department, received another phone call.

He didn’t have time to think, he just stopped his car at the side of the road, ready to open Spiritual Rhinoceros to check Lincoln’s post.

But— Spiritual Rhinoceros was down.

The servers of Spiritual Rhinoceros were overwhelmed by the rapid influx of traffic in a short amount of time.

The maintenance team of Spiritual Rhinoceros was caught off guard by the sudden attack, throwing the office into chaos.

“What’s going on? Did some King or Queen of Heaven get married? Or have an affair? Or get caught in the act? Or died unexpectedly?”

“Was there a breakout of war?”

“Lincoln released a new video! He has really created a super big news!”

At the same time, amidst the flowing lights, a red silk cloak appeared on him and a mask covered his face.

The sound of the wind and the music gradually increased in volume.

Following the music, he climbed onto the dune, then merrily slid down.

The scene switched and he touched the runes gaining a scarf, his cloak waved in the air.

The scene switched again, two people in red cloaks were riding the quicksand and weaving through the stone gates.

Occasionally, they took flight, resonating with each other in the air. Accompanied by soothing music, the brilliant and golden sand sea shone like gold under the setting sun—astoundingly beautiful!

Next moment, the screen went black and the video ended.

Hundreds of millions of viewers were dumbfounded watching this scene.

Overwhelmed by the flood of information, they didn’t know which part to be shocked by or which part to go wild about.

Regardless of the ordinary audience’s reactions, gamers had already begun to rejoice!

They could never have dreamed that they could one day enter a real virtual world and play fully immersive virtual games!

“That’s it? Where’s the release date? Where’s the price? Where’s the payment link?”

“This isn’t happening in my lifetime, is it?”

“Absolutely not! It’s highly unlikely that we won’t be able to play it soon! They’ve already developed the game!”

“Shut up! Just take my money!”

“Speaking of which, he’s just a college student, right? His tuition is earned through part-time jobs. He wouldn’t be unable to produce it due to lack of funds, would he?”

“Impossible! Absolutely impossible! I’d donate money to him to make it happen! If anyone tried to stop this from happening, I’ll go find them with my mud truck tomorrow!”

“Exactly! Even if we have to crowdfund, we must have it on the market! If they have any difficulties, they just have to tell me and I’ll get netizens to help!”

“Damn it, getting netizens to help! What the hell are you doing?”

“Sorry, I’m not good at anything. I just have money.”

“…damn.”

…

Ignoring the riled-up netizens and excited gamers for a moment,

Everyone in the NetDragon PR Department from the supervisors to the interns, was dumbstruck, at a loss for what to do next.

Especially Supervisor Gary, who was devastated.

He didn’t even hear the traffic police knocking on his car window.

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