I am a demonic cultivator, not a capitalist with a conscience.

Chapter 375 Don't Slap Me in the Face (36)

Looking at the time, the man realized that there were still two weeks left until the end of the selection process, but he felt that he had already lost.

He and the pre-selected runner-up were both from the same city. This time, in order to play it safe, they created two large-scale dreamscapes, hoping to increase the success rate by increasing the molecular weight. Unexpectedly, they encountered Chen Yu.

After staring at the text on the screen for a long time, the man couldn't help but say, "How can someone make dreams so interesting? How did he come up with this idea?"

"If it really doesn't work, half a month later would be fine, why did it have to be now!" His assistant scratched his hair vigorously, making his already sparse hair look even thinner.

Before coming to the Upper Realm, everyone was in high spirits. Each of them believed that their large-scale dream was a masterpiece, one in a million, and that they would definitely win the championship. They then asked the Star Lord of Flowing Light to bestow blessings upon their city.

Their writing is superb, their dialogues are profound and have an ancient style, and they make good use of various ancient moral tales. They are absolutely the best in my dream world!
Moreover, after trying out other people's large-scale dreamscapes, they discovered that their own dreamscape was absolutely outstanding and had to win first place.

But after playing "Journey to the Abyss," they looked back at their dreams and felt that something was wrong with everything.

The content is empty and tasteless, the characters are stiff and the preaching is too heavy. The whole process is just finding other people's faults and then standing on the moral high ground to criticize them. It makes people blush.

How could they have found such a terrible dream so fun before?

After a long silence, a trusted confidant said with a mournful face, "President, what should we do? Is Yushan City doomed?"

They come from Yushan City in Changsheng Prefecture, a city famous for its jade.

Jade is considered a noble object, a symbol of virtuous character, and objects made of jade are believed to have remarkable effects on self-cultivation.

In previous years, jade was highly sought after, and many cultivators in Yushan City switched to artifact crafting, starting to carve jade artifacts and earning considerable profits.

However, as the jade market gradually returned to rationality, jade products in Yushan City began to stagnate, and the unemployment rate rose year after year.

Even more tragically, the foreign debt incurred from previous reckless expansion is gradually coming due, and it is estimated that bankruptcy will not be long before the company is locked up and becomes a slave to major capital groups.

Just when the president was at a loss, someone stepped forward and pointed out a solution: create a grand dream scenario, she has connections to make this as fair as possible, guaranteeing that they can get first place.

If one can win first place, one can attract the attention of the Star Lord, enhance the miraculous effects of the jade, and perhaps trigger another jade craze.

For this grand dream project, Yushan City provided personnel, and the other party provided funding, with a total investment of 600 million yuan, finally resulting in the current finished product.

Unfortunately, it's very likely that it won't happen.

After analyzing the current predicament, before Chairman Yushan could even speak, someone said with a ruthless expression, "I'll go and make Chen Yu withdraw!"

"What are you trying to do? Don't do anything stupid!"

"Of course, we should kneel down and beg him!"

"Don't sell your dignity so easily, or you'll find that it's actually worthless!"

"What can we do then! Don't forget, the situation in Yushan City isn't much better than in Tianyuan. We might also be subject to regional restrictions! Do you know what the other Dream Weavers are discussing? They're discussing how to lift the recent ban so they can play the complete 'Journey to the Abyss' during this period. They don't want to wait even half a month now; they just want to play the dream world."

"I've heard about it too." Another person said helplessly, covering their face. "The better the dream weaver, the more they like it. The search, attack, and retreat gameplay is really too exciting. To be honest, I wanted to play it when I was watching, and I still want to play it when I'm in a meeting now. I even hope that 'Journey to the Abyss' can win first place, so that our city can also get special permission and I can play it too."

"Stop talking! You're making me want to play too! Damn it! Seeing the opponent use a Divine Gem is worse than being killed!"

"I want to take Bai Ze to the hospital!"

Seeing the wailing and screaming that began in the meeting room, Chairman Yushan knew that morale had collapsed. But he couldn't say anything yet.

Because he wanted to play too.

After comparison, he despairingly discovered that "Journey to the Abyss" was a dream that could be pulled out and analyzed whenever the types of dreams were mentioned in the future.

It pioneered many firsts, such as the first introduction of the free-for-all gameplay, which retains the characteristics of many dream characters while putting them into the same dream to fight.

In this way, all the roles in the company will have a powerful synergistic effect, and all new roles can be placed in this dream, forming an unbreakable moat.

Then came the proposal of the search, attack, and withdrawal gameplay.

This gameplay is a stroke of genius, connecting the internal and external aspects of combat and character development, creating an internal and external loop within the entire dream world, making every battle incredibly exciting for players.

There are also novel enhancement methods, cool magic weapon battles, and diverse map types... With each one he analyzed, the man felt more and more desperate, finding absolutely no way to defeat his opponent.

However, he is the president of the Yushan City Cultivator Management Committee, and he cannot collapse here.

Especially since he had placed all his hopes on this dream, he couldn't afford to collapse.

But after thinking it over carefully for a long time, he realized with despair that he had no other choice.

He had no money, no people, no means of dealing with people; he truly had nothing left.

The only way is to ignore sunk costs and give up directly, which might allow us to recover some of the losses.

Just as he was about to announce his decision, he saw a flash of white light and a young girl appeared in front of him. She was none other than the previous investor, Lian Qu, who handed over 600 million yuan in one go.

The other person was not tall, had a head of white hair, skin as white as snow, and even his eyebrows were dyed white, without a trace of black on his body.

His eyes were bloodshot and piercing, and being stared at by them gave one the feeling that everything about them was being seen through, instilling a deep-seated fear of being completely exposed.

Upon seeing her, Chairman Yushan asked in surprise, "Miss Lian, when did you arrive?"

Lian Qu nodded slightly, her face expressionless, and said, "Just arrived. How's it going? Your dreams must be very popular, aren't you happy?"

President Yushan gave a wry smile: "We do have very popular dreams, but they're not ours."

"Huh? How is that possible? I've played your dream world before. It uses historical allegory to satirize the present, and it's full of moralistic sentiments. It's definitely a rare masterpiece in our time. How could there be a better one?"

President Yushan reluctantly handed the phone to the other party: "Look, this is 'Journey to the Abyss.' This dream shone brightly at the judging meeting, and we were all outshone."

A slight ripple finally appeared on the girl's icy face: "How could that be? Let me see."

She took the phone, stared at the words on it, and after a long pause asked, "You lost to a dream world of words?"

"...Please don't slap me in the face, okay?"

　I was stuck on this all day and only figured it out after dinner. I can only post five chapters today, one chapter is owed, sorry.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)