Why the bug I wrote became a core gameplay mechanic?!
Chapter 61 Q&A Website Trending Searches

Chapter 61: Chapter 61 Q&A Website Trending Searches

Zhou Yang excitedly shouted, "President Gu! Have you seen the discussions online? Players have actually discovered a hidden mechanism in our game, and as a result, our game has blown up!"

"There’s even a trending topic on it!"

Gu Fan had just set down his coffee when he heard this, and his expression immediately became serious, "What are you talking about?

"Be more precise with your words, what hidden mechanism, that’s a BUG!

"I already knew about this BUG last night, anyway, it’s a benign BUG, no need to fix it."

Zhou Yang nearly choked on his own saliva, goddamn "no need to fix it," did he even need to say that?

Our game is now living off this BUG, how is that still a BUG, it’s basically the core code!

They couldn’t afford to touch a single line of that code!

However, Gu Fan’s attitude made everyone even more certain that this was truly a BUG, a completely unexpected situation, just pure luck.

Zhou Yang remarked, "President Gu, I’m thoroughly convinced now, our company is aptly named, our luck is truly against the heavens!"

Gu Fan said contentedly, "I’ve accumulated good deeds and virtues all my life; this is what I deserve.

"What about you guys, have you also been accumulating good deeds? You haven’t done anything to feel guilty about, right?"

Everyone hurriedly shook their heads, "Absolutely not, President Gu!"

Gu Fan chuckled to himself, you’d better not have, otherwise I can’t guarantee your safety if you really end up in Hell.

He then recalled what Zhou Yang had just mentioned, "Our game has led to a trending search? What question?"

He hadn’t noticed this last night before going to sleep; it must have just come up this morning.

Zhou Yang quickly opened a webpage, "This one right here!"

Gu Fan looked and realized it wasn’t a Weibo trending search or a video site trending search, but rather a trending question on a popular Q&A site "Zhifou".

The trending question was, "What would real-life Three Kingdoms be like if, just like in ’Destiny of the Sleeping Dragon,’ they could see each other’s Seven-dimensional attributes?"

This question must have been asked just as the BUG spread, and now it had already gained a fair amount of popularity.

The various answers were wildly imaginative, making it impossible to stop reading.

"Jiang Gan: I grew up studying with Zhou Yu and am willing to surrender him with my silver tongue. Cao Cao: Your Intelligence and Politics don’t even reach 70, anyone in my camp besides Xu Chu could outsmart you with just a brick, stop blabbering about Zhou Yu, scram!"

"Zhou Yu: Damn it! Why didn’t the beauty trick work on Liu Bei! It cost me my wife and troops! Lady Wu: Nonsense! My daughter’s Charm is 86, but Liu Bei’s is 100, are you sure my daughter is the one who’s supposed to seduce Liu Bei?"

"Xiliang Army shouted: The one in the red robe with a long beard is Cao Cao! Cao Cao scaredly cut his beard and abandoned his robe. Xiliang Army shouted: The one whose Seven-dimensional attributes include five over 90 is Cao Cao! Cao Cao died."

"Jiang Wei saw Zhao Yun and wanted to shout: Old Bi Deng, do you recognize your Tianshui Jiang Grandpa? But after seeing the data, he immediately changed his tune: Elder general, do you recognize Tianshui Jiang Boyue? Seeing the special skill "Yun’s Great Fury," he changed his tune again: Just call me little Jiang."

"So the Xiongnu Envoy probably got his hands on the ’Observing Stars’ from the Brocade Bag and saw that the fake King Wei in front of him, though charming, had too low of a Command, while the man standing next to him had a Command in the high nineties."

"Sima Yi: I can’t play this damn game for a minute, why on earth is there a Loyalty value among the Seven-dimensional attributes!"

"Cao Cao: Strange, Diao Chan with only 94 Charm could bewitch Lü Bu out of his senses, so why did sending this one with 100 Charm over get chased away by Lü Bu instead?"

"Cao Cao: Are there any wives in this city with a Charm over 90?"

"Wei Yan saw Wutugu with over 300 in Force, running while cursing, ’Damn villagers set me up.’ But after thinking about it, he realized that the data might actually belong to an elephant."

"Liu Bei: Yuan Shu of Huainan has ample troops and supplies, can he be a hero? Cao Cao: Yuan Shu’s Politics are at 16, I shall capture him sooner or later!"

"Zhuge Liang: My Intelligence is 100 because the values max out at 100. The lowest intelligence among us is 99, 98, you on the other hand are 62, you’re not qualified to attend this meeting. Go back and wait for the carrier pigeons. We’ll notify you when there’s an outcome!"

"Prefect Han Fu: I have the general Pan Feng! But he probably can’t defeat Hua Xiong, you should find someone more capable."

"Deng Ai asked Jia Chong: Supposedly, Ai, Ai, Ai’s stats, are all quite high, so why won’t won’t won’t they let me fight in battle, instead always making me tend the fields? Jia Chong glanced at his sky-high Politics attribute: I’m not sure about that."

"Liu Bei in Xinye: Brothers, when we retreat, take that kid named Deng Ai with us!"

"I understand now why Zhao Yun at the Changban slope tied Liu Shan to his chest, this way the first thing others see is Liu Shan’s stats, assuming Zhao Yun is just a foot soldier, hence they come over one after another to their demise!"

"Cheng Yu: Xu Yuanzhi’s talent is ten times mine. Cao Cao: Don’t talk nonsense, does his Intelligence reach 900? Xu Yuanzhi’s talent, at most, surpasses you by three percent."

The people at Nitiandang Games were all engrossed in reading this.

Man, this group of netizens really knows how to stir things up!

Of course, even though this situation arose because of "Destiny of the Sleeping Dragon," not all the shenanigans they came up with can actually be recreated in the game.

Even though "Destiny of the Sleeping Dragon" uses fake-AI, this technology isn’t omnipotent, and whether it can generate some outrageous plotlines is mainly a matter of luck.

Many of the wild answers the players came up with in this Q&A are unlikely to ever appear in the game.

But even so, this issue has further boosted the popularity of "Destiny of the Sleeping Dragon"!

At this moment, the entire Nitiandang gaming community was immersed in an unreal atmosphere of joy.

The highs and lows of life are just too thrilling!

Zhou Yang glanced at Gu Fan, then at the sales data changing in the backend, back at Gu Fan, and then once more at the sales data.

Finally, he couldn’t help but ask quietly, "President Gu, shouldn’t we do something now?"

Gu Fan looked surprised, "Do something?"

This question stunned Zhou Yang; he scratched his head, "Like... celebrate a bit? Or maybe sum up some lessons learned? Write a report or something..."

In other companies, this would obviously be a time to do something.

For the more humane bosses, when their game makes money, they’d certainly be very happy and organize a team-building celebration, a nice meal, maybe even a trip to sing karaoke or visit an amusement park would be quite normal.

And if it was one of the less humane bosses, they’d probably ask everyone to review lessons learned, since the game was nearly dead, and it accidentally became popular because of a bug - but such luck can’t possibly happen every time, right?

But looking at Gu Fan, he clearly had no intention of doing any of that.

Neither celebrating nor summing up lessons learned was on his agenda.

Gu Fan spread his hands, "We’ve already finished our work, the game is a hit, isn’t this the time to rest? Let everyone do what they want to do, just wait for the next game to be made.

"Why sum up lessons learned when the outcome is good, that’s enough! I’ve always thought that all this summarizing and report-writing many big companies do is unnecessary, who writes weekly reports anyway!

"As for celebrating, that’s even less necessary; it would just mean spending the company’s money. We must resist consumerism! It makes no sense to work hard earning money, only to donate it all back to restaurants and KTVs in the end.

"Money should obviously be used for bonuses; that’s the most practical way."

Zhou Yang was shocked.

Damn, I didn’t realize President Gu was such a miser!

Our game is a hit, does he really need to be this stingy?

But he couldn’t very well say anything, so he just silently stared at his computer screen, consoling himself: no matter what, at least I’ve gained experience from a successful project!

...

At noon, the employees of Nitiandang went out in groups in search of food.

The café on the first floor did offer some simple meals, but since the price and flavor were just so-so, people got tired of it after eating there a couple of times and formed teams to venture nearby for better options.

Some went for rice bowls at street-side diners, some ordered takeout, and some simply walked ten minutes to the nearby mall to dine out.

Zhou Yang and his best colleague from the backend team, Zhao Haiquan, usually had lunch together.

Today, as usual, they went to a small restaurant about five minutes away from the company and ordered a couple of small dishes.

They chatted idly over lunch, naturally veering to the topic of their company’s game.

Zhao Haiquan expressed his surprise, "Huh, that’s strange. Isn’t our game a hit? Why didn’t President Gu plan to treat us to a meal at noon? It’s weird, isn’t it? Shouldn’t we celebrate?

"Or is he planning to treat us in the evening? Have dinner followed by some karaoke singing?"

Obviously, Zhao Haiquan also subconsciously thought that the company should engage in some entertaining activities to boost morale.

Zhou Yang shook his head, "Forget it, don’t get your hopes up. I hinted around with President Gu this morning, but he had no plans of that sort...

"He said something about ’resisting consumerism,’ not to squander our earnings on restaurants and KTV. It’d be better to give bonuses instead."

Zhao Haiquan couldn’t help but let out a laugh, "Bonuses? President Gu’s promises don’t seem very heartfelt, do they!"

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