You made all the streamers on the internet kneel before you when you were asked to make a game.

Mr. Chen leaned over to take a look and saw that the screen displayed a promotional poster for a game.

The background of the poster is a gloomy and oppressive traditional Chinese house.

On the gate of the old house, there is a bright red "囍" character, as if it were written in blood.

The promotional slogan is just a short sentence.

This time, we're going home.

"That's it?"

Mr. Chen found it hard to believe.

"How could such a crappy game, without even a trailer, cause our servers to crash like this?"

It's important to know that the Nebula platform's servers are the Federation's top-tier quantum server cluster.

Let alone an indie game, even when Aurora Entertainment's "Biohazard 8" was launched globally, the server only experienced a slight lag.

Now, a mere announcement has brought the entire "Underworld Zone" server to the brink of collapse.

Just how terrifying is this instantaneous traffic?

"Mr. Chen... take a look at this."

The young programmer's fingers trembled as he clicked on a real-time data graph.

That was a red curve representing "instantaneous pageviews".

At this moment, it is climbing wildly at an angle of almost ninety degrees, and will soon break through the historical high.

The record set by Resident Evil 8 is like a small hill compared to it.

"This...this is impossible..." President Chen was shocked.

He had worked in system administration his whole life and had never seen anything so outrageous.

"Quick! Apply for emergency capacity expansion!"

Mr. Chen snapped out of his daze and roared at the top of his lungs.

"Allocate all spare server resources to 'The Underworld'! Regardless of cost!"

"If this section crashes, we're all fired!"

……

At this point, all the players in the Federation had gone mad.

The moment the announcement of the release of "囍" appeared in the "Underworld Zone".

All players who were browsing the special zone or urging updates in the comments section received a system notification.

[The author you follow, "Good Person," has released a new work, "Double Happiness." Click to view details.]

Just one second.

"Good Man" has released a new work!

"The name '囍' (double happiness)... Why do I feel a chill down my spine?"

"Double happiness? I get it, this time it's two brides coming up together?"

"Don't talk nonsense, upstairs. I only have one wife, and she's my paper bride!"

The tagline is "This time, we're going home"... Home? That haunted old house?

"I have a feeling that this game will connect the stories of 'The Red Veil' and 'The Embroidered Shoes'!"

"Enough with the nonsense! How much? I'm buying it all!"

The players clicked on the purchase page, and then were stunned again.

[Game Title: 囍]

[Game Genre: Chinese Horror/Story-Driven Puzzle/Role-Playing]

[Game Price: Free]

[Game Rating: 18+ (Exclusive to the Underworld Section)]

free?

Free again?!

Everyone is stupid.

They had assumed that since this was the official version, it would sell for at least a few hundred credits.

After all, given "Good Guy's" current reputation, even if he sold it for a thousand credits, there would definitely be people scrambling to buy it.

But surprisingly, he gave it away for free again!

[That jerk of a planner... I'm so upset, I could cry!]

He could have just robbed me, but instead he gave me a game as a gift, and then scared me half to death.

He's so...gentle!

"Stop talking! He shot me, and I thought it was an accidental discharge! I'm definitely playing this game today!"

Suddenly, the online opinion of Hao Ren reached an eerie level once again.

The ID "Good Person" seems to truly reflect his character.

Only Hao Ren himself knew.

He offers it for free not because he is some kind of saint.

It's because his "system" simply doesn't have a paid feature enabled.

His only source of income is the precious "fright points" contributed by players.

The more players there are, the more he earns.

Free is the best marketing.

……

The live stream room of Brother Kuangbaolong on the Nebula live streaming platform.

Today, Brother Long didn't play games, but instead chatted and joked with his fans, talking about his glorious past as a young man fighting in underground boxing matches.

Since the last time he was "walked through a wall," his psychologist advised him to stay away from horror games for the time being and to spend more time with things from the "normal world."

So he's been broadcasting some casual and funny games lately.

Although it remains very popular, there are always some discordant voices in the comments section.

[Brother Long, stop bragging. When are you going to reunite with "The Embroidered Shoes"?]

[Paper doll son-in-law, do you still remember the paper doll bride by Daming Lake?]

[Brother Long, I'll send you a rocket, can you go and rescue the little girl?]

Whenever he sees these comments, Brother Long's face turns as green as Aurora Entertainment's stock.

"Get out! All of you get out of here!" Brother Long slammed his fist on the table and cursed.

"Anyone who mentions those two hellish things again, I'll ban them for 365 days!"

He had barely finished speaking.

Suddenly, the live stream chat was flooded with another sentence at an unprecedented speed.

[A good person has released a new work!]

[A good person has released a new work!]

[A good person has released a new work!]

Brother Long's cursing stopped abruptly.

That man's name is like a curse.

It made him both hate and fear, but also... couldn't help being curious.

"So what if he...he got lucky! What's it to me!" Brother Long retorted stubbornly. "I told you, I'm never playing his games again! Anyone who does is a dog!"

The screen was filled with "woof woof woof".

Brother Long's face darkened even more.

He took a deep breath and forcefully changed the subject: "Come on, let's continue talking. Last time we were talking about how I punched that boxing champion and knocked out his teeth..."

However, nobody listened to his boasting anymore.

All the viewers are tagging him like crazy.

[Brother Long, stop pretending, I know you want to play!]

Go, Brother Long! Go and avenge this defeat! We absolutely cannot kneel again this time!

[The new game is called "囍"! It sounds festive! Maybe it's a dating sim?]

"Love my foot!"

Brother Long finally couldn't hold back any longer; he slammed his hand on the table and stood up.

"Okay! You guys want to see it, right?"

"I'll show you today!"

"I'd like to see what other tricks this damn planner has up his sleeve!"

He cursed and muttered as he exited his current casual game and skillfully opened the "Underworld Zone".

When he saw the blood-red poster for "Double Happiness," his body still trembled slightly.

"Brothers, I'm telling you, I won't fall for that again this time!"

Brother Long cheered himself up.

"No matter what tricks he pulls, as long as I remember one thing, I'll be invincible!"

Which point?

The viewers in the live chat asked curiously.

Brother Long pulled a brand-new metal headband from under the table and put it on his head.

"That is..."

"As long as I surrender quickly enough, fear can't catch me!"