Deceitful Game

Chapter 181 Nyarlathotep

Chapter 181 Nyarlathotep

Although Mingpo has hardly ever played online games because he likes to put pressure on himself and his teammates, he does really enjoy playing single-player games—Mingpo prides himself on having quite a bit of gaming experience.

Even though her memory is still a bit hazy, Mingpo remembers some fragments of her time at work.

He was directly approved by his boss despite having absolutely no work experience. As a complete newcomer, he was immediately put in charge of the lead copywriting for a core project—even though Mingpo has a master's degree from Fudan University, this level of trust is simply too much.

Not to mention, he hadn't even graduated with a master's degree at that time.

At that time, Faceless God Studio was already considered a small game company with a good reputation in the industry. Although they certainly didn't have their own office building yet, only occupying one floor of an office building, they already had several well-received games in operation. The most popular of these was a Civilization-like game—after Civilization VII flopped, this game's reputation even surpassed that of the base game at one point in the 4X genre.

The so-called 4X game refers to "eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate". This was the first game developed by Faceless God Studio, and it's also the reason why Mingbo knew about this studio.

I heard that at the time they were just a small studio with only ten people, but thanks to the project team working tirelessly, they managed to create a game of quite good quality.

The game project "Ouroboros" was in preparation for three or four years.

After the previous lead planner encountered an accident, the project was shelved for more than a year. It was only restarted after Mingpo joined the company.

As a result of its mysterious technical prowess, the game became a worldwide sensation after its release.

Its game quality, ahead of its time, made Faceless God Studio the most well-known game company among young people. Ouroboros was even once called "the last MMORPG of the 21st century" by the media.

It means its quality is so high that it's top-tier even among single-player games. Gameplay, story,

Freedom of movement, graphics, optimization, feel—these are technologies that even the big companies don't possess. This is completely illogical "alien technology."

Therefore, it has almost achieved a monopoly in the same game genre, forming a de facto industry barrier. If new games want to break through this barrier, they need to exceed it by at least an order of magnitude in terms of quality and marketing. Otherwise, relying solely on inertia, nostalgia, and the established community, new games will not be able to get a share of the market.

After the game had been running for a few years, Mingpo's monthly salary was already 80K. And because his performance was consistently at the highest level, his year-end bonus would be 25 to 30 months' worth—in the first year after the game's launch, his monthly salary was only 45K, but at that time his year-end bonus was 50 months' worth!

This is practically the salary for a suicide squad.

Such a level of gratitude—given Mingpo's character, he would naturally do everything in his power to repay it.

So even though he sometimes felt there were some unreasonable things about the company, Mingpo never cared.

You've already taken this much money, what's there to be coy about? Even hush money isn't this much.

That's why he didn't care about Ai Shiping's rent at all, because it really meant nothing to Mingpo.

Looking back now, those "completely illogical, groundbreaking technologies," the bosses who always appeared out of nowhere, and the people who, despite having no work experience and still being in school, were suddenly arrested and given top-level salaries and positions that defied all logic—

No matter how you look at it, it seems like some kind of paradoxical technology.

It's as if they knew in advance that I would be very capable, so they tried to win me over while I was still a student.

And it provided a springboard for cutting-edge technology —

Thinking about this, a thought suddenly popped into Mingpo's mind—

Perhaps the reason why "The God of No Face Studio" doesn't exist in this era is because "Divine Comedy" used "Heavenly Questions" to find out about spacetime fluctuations, thus going back in time to kill the boss?

Of course, it's possible they didn't kill them. But at least it should have prevented the establishment of the Faceless God Studio.

Is that boss still alive? Does he also belong to some deceitful organization?

-etc?

Mingpo suddenly opened her eyes wide.

He recalled another thing—

Although he deliberately ignored it, the company's mortality rate was actually not low. While it's an internet company, one or two sudden deaths or suicides every year aren't unusual.

It's just that the news is being blocked and not allowed to spread.

However, their company's "mortality rate" is not as simple as sudden death.

Moreover, almost none of the deceased had any family members.

Their causes of death were varied—some were even killed by bricks falling from a height.

This reminded Mingbo of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce's "initiation ceremony".

What if the Faceless God Studio itself is a deceitful organization?

It seems quite possible.

Mingbo fell into deep thought.

The Faceless God—this name likely comes from Nyarlathotep, the faceless god in the Cthulhu Mythos.

He has experience in role-playing games. Although he doesn't have many friends, Mingpo usually plays by himself or does some Co00 games.

It's a type of game, but at least I have some experience with it.

At least they wouldn't be unfamiliar with such a famous Outer God.

There are actually quite a few veteran anime fans in the gaming industry, and even those who aren't particularly into anime are generally well-read.

And even if you think the name is strange, you'll probably think "no wonder" after you join the company.

After all, their boss was a cheerful-looking Black man, like Obama.

He probably chose this name because he was playing on this meme.

It's impossible for the real Nyarlathotep to be their boss, right?

Nyarlathotep may be idle, but he can't be this idle.

However, now it seems that there is another possibility.

That is—the boss's title as a deceiver is "The Faceless God" or "Nyarlathotep"!

",son."

"Isn't he my younger brother??"

Ai Shiping was somewhat dissatisfied: "I've regressed again? Am I a Digimon? I regress after battle?"

"Do you remember?" Mingpo ignored his joking and asked seriously, "You recommended a WeChat friend to me a few days ago?"

"----oh!"

Ai Shiping recalled for a moment and remembered: "There is such a thing that you haven't added yet? And it wasn't me who pushed it, wasn't it you who asked me for it?"

"—It seems so."

"Amber, are you suffering from dementia?"

Ai Shiping was somewhat dissatisfied: "Don't blame everything on me. I was the one who went to the show, and you got really angry and asked me for his contact information—"

Yes, that's definitely the case.

Mingpo remembered.

He was angry because the person who insisted on dragging Ai Shiping to see the band performance was the same guy who killed Ai Shiping and caused him to be hit by the Void Truck.

Later, because Ai Shiping also became a charlatan, Mingpo decided not to cause him any trouble.

Although it's the same intelligence—

But now that we know more about the mechanisms, the situation has changed.

If Ai Shiping can be considered a deceiver, then it means he was also a "wrongfully killed person," killed by a deceiver!

This means that Mingpo's conjecture is correct!

That person definitely has a problem—he really is a fraud!

From this perspective—

He might actually be Mingpo's "boss"!

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