Star Iron, building an empire starting with game development

Chapter 112 Dead Space

Merging Worlds - Starry Sky Railway Starfield

On a planet belonging to the Interstellar Peace Corporation

"Did the young lady actually play so many games this time?" a man muttered, looking at the games in a dedicated gaming area.

"There are all kinds of games. I really don't know how the young lady made all these games."

"Hmm? Death Space? Let me see... Reunion, Horror, Invincible... How come Horror and Reunion are together?" The man asked, puzzled, and casually took it down.

"Only 50GB? Is it that small?" The man was somewhat surprised. As one of the company's direct game testers, he knew very well that even the smallest games released by the company were at least several hundred gigabytes in size, but the young lady's game was only 50GB...

"Beep beep beep..." The communicator rang, and a holographic projection of the boss appeared in front of the man.

"Minister," the man greeted.

"Direct order from the board of directors: all company game streamers must start playing the games uploaded by Miss today. Use whatever methods you can to wrest some of the viewership away from that Star Core Hunter Silver Wolf," the minister commanded sternly.

“Yes, Minister,” the man replied.

"Remember, the company isn't asking you to bring in all the popularity this time, since the young lady is with Silver Wolf. But you absolutely must put on a good show." After the minister finished speaking, the holographic projection ended.

"They're really going to cause us trouble," the man chuckled wryly, and began preparing for the live stream.

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Star Core Hunter Outpost - The Room of the Star

"The company plans to use multiple live streams to compete with Silver Wolf for popularity," the system suddenly said.

“It should have been done a long time ago. Silver Wolf has managed to attract a large audience by relying on its technology. The fact that the company hasn’t caused any problems for them is already thanks to my role as the guardian of the storage order. After all, Silver Wolf is a Star Core Hunter with billions of wanted posters,” Xing said.

"Although I'm currently being a bit unproductive because of my own actions."

"You know why, that's good." The system shrugged in response.

"Hmm...let's show her some new videos." After thinking for a moment, she said.

"You might as well go and get a few star cores and give them to her," the system said.

"That seems like a good idea?" Xing thought about it and seemed to think it was a good idea.

"...Send your new video," the system said.

"Go find the company, and then let them stream those games that Silver Wolf isn't interested in." Xing opened a portal, muttering to himself as he walked in...

"Wow—!" Silver Wolf's frightened cry suddenly rang out. Xing paused for a moment, then seemed to realize something and disappeared into the room with a smile.

In Silver Wolf's live stream room, Silver Wolf was so frightened by the sudden appearance of various monsters in the new game "Dead Space" and the dark scenes in the map that he started screaming.

"Wasn't this supposed to be a comedy and a happy ending gunfight PVE game?! What's with these monsters?!" Isaac started to get annoyed as he watched as he was accidentally bitten to death by a basic monster once again.

[Player: Silver Wolf, just stick to playing those anime-style games published by Miss. Don't play this type of game anymore.]

[Player 2: With four genres—sci-fi, horror, gore, and shooting—why would a young lady like you make a game like this?]

[Player 3: Brothers and sisters, when I just bought the large edition of this game, I found a few short videos that introduced the game's background and monster designs!]

Player 4: Is there really such a good thing? Let's go check it out!

[Player 5: I still suggest Silver Wolf not play this kind of game. I'm usually pretty carefree, but after less than ten minutes I was constantly holding my weapon, afraid a monster might jump out from some corner.]

[Silver Wolf: It really tests a person's heart capacity...]

[Silver Wolf: @Game Producer Star!!!]

[Star: You can't even handle this much?]

[Silver Wolf: My heart can't take it, I'm quitting]

[Star: Okay, I'll stay at the company and see if there are any streamers here who can keep playing this game.]

[Diamond: I am deeply grateful for your kindness, Miss]

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Interstellar Peace Corporation - New Game Development and Play Department

“Since you have a lot of players who can stream, introduce a streamer who can consistently play this type of game.” Xing pulled out a file that showed various games similar to Dead Space.

“I will, Miss, but it will take time, after all, the company has a large number of streamers.” Emerald replied with a smile.

"It's up to you guys. I'm not interested in how the game is released; what interests me is seeing people playing it and screaming with excitement," Xing said with a smile.

“Understood, Miss,” Emerald replied with a smile.

"Beep beep beep..." Xing's communicator rang. Xing glanced at the jade and then took out the communicator and answered it.

“My lady…” The holographic projection appeared in Xing’s communicator. Emerald’s keen senses made the other person’s clothing look familiar.

"Demel? What's wrong?" Xing asked, somewhat puzzled, upon seeing that it was Demel himself who had appeared.

“They…” Demel saw the four people standing to the side: Pearl, Emerald, Toppa, and Dragon Crystal.

"Just say it directly." Xing casually placed the communicator on the table.

“Yes, sir. A reconnaissance ship lost contact three hours ago while exploring an unknown world. Here is a video of the reconnaissance ship’s commander’s last report,” Demel said.

"Let's play it out and listen to it." Xing became interested and gestured for the four female company executives to listen as well.

"Yes, sir." Demel began preparing something.

"Buzz buzz buzz... This is the T775G398 exploration ship. We are conducting a routine exploration mission in this area... Buzz buzz buzz..."

"...Zzzzz...This is...Zzzzz...those things...Zzzzz...the moon...Zzzzz...drip—~~"

"That's all?" Xing asked, raising an eyebrow.

“Yes, but we also discovered that there was some kind of sound in the background interfering with the human brain. One natural soldier was affected by that sound and underwent some kind of mutation problem, and was ultimately killed by the security team using a Gauss weapon,” Demel reported.

"What is the crew configuration of this exploration ship?" Xing asked, raising an eyebrow.

“A very ordinary engineering vessel, and two escorting behemoth-class battlecruisers, all with civilian soldiers on board,” Demel responded.

"Send a fleet over there, wipe out those unknown things, and get revenge," Xing ordered.

“Yes, sir.” Demel responded and then turned off the holographic projection.

"Sorry to have kept you waiting," Xing said with a smile to the four of them.