A genius student? Ha, they're nothing but ants at your feet!

Nova stopped smiling, zoomed in on the image, and pointed to the group of NPCs in the corner.

"Everyone, listen up! This is the coolest part!"

The NPCs in this game react extremely realistically, completely lacking the mechanical feel of those mindless AIs.

It's even the kind of realism that's chilling to the bone!

Watching their behavior, you might even have a strong sense of illusion:

If the real world were to be suddenly attacked by aliens tomorrow, humanity's response would probably look something like what's shown on the screen!

You watching the live stream probably have no idea how amazing this technology is.

To achieve such dynamic balancing of tens of millions of nodes, what an incredible algorithmic architecture would be required!

But as a seasoned reviewer who has reviewed countless games and been hurt by all sorts of AI idiots, I can vouch for it with my entire career!

Currently, there is absolutely no indie game on the market that can achieve this kind of incredible AI engine interaction!

No! Forget indie games, even among the AAA titles currently on the market that boast hundreds of millions of dollars in investment, you can't find many that can compete with it!

[Really?! Nova, how much dirty money did you take to dare brag like this?!]

[Suppresses AAA titles? I don't believe that hype at all, unless you get an activation code.]

[Hurry up and show us the actual gameplay footage! What kind of exaggerated effects could scare you like that!]

"At first I was also puzzled, these crazy people at MIT who do experiments."

What exactly was sacrificed to the devil to unleash such a magical engine?

It wasn't until I saw the name in the Engine Designer section that I finally understood.

The game's engine designer is named Su Hao!

"You remember that superstar who recently utterly crushed the arrogant Logia, becoming a legend in the gaming world? "

Before the chat could react, Nova immediately opened a recording in the live stream.

Video feed in!

Woo-woo—! Woo-woo—! Woo-woo—!

The piercing air raid siren instantly shattered the tranquility of the entire campus.

Outside the teaching building, the sky had darkened.

Several enormous alien creatures tore through the dome, revealing their terrifying and grotesque forms.

The professor, who was lecturing on the podium, did not crouch down and cover his head like a traditional NPC when he heard the alarm.

He glanced out the window, his expression changed drastically, and he immediately organized all the students to evacuate to the underground shelter as quickly as possible.

Meanwhile, the campus police officers outside had drawn their pistols and were trying to use the terrain to their advantage, but against the monster, it was clearly a drop in the ocean.

"See? Under the disaster scenario, the core gameplay is instantly restructured and becomes extreme resource allocation."

I have to constantly cultivate goodwill towards various departments and colleges, just like a social butterfly!

Once you have enough reputation, you can create exclusive life-saving items for your department during disasters!

For example, I am currently in the Department of Materials Engineering.

I'm going to use their department's advanced smelting equipment to forge an awesome superalloy warhammer!

As Nova spoke, his eyes lit up.

Based on my observation over a period of thirty hours, I deduce:

In this game, every department can create weapons and technology tailored to your specific needs!

If you want to play with modern firearms, machine guns, and cannons, you'll probably have to go find those weightlifting fanatics in the mechanical engineering department.

What if you try to get close to the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering?

If you max out your reputation, I have no doubt that you'll be able to set up a uranium enrichment centrifuge production line in the game later on.

They could even conjure up miniature nuclear bombs to wash aliens' hair!

Those guys from the civil engineering and architecture departments would be perfect for building their base in the ruins.

What if you get injured while fighting monsters?

You can apply for access to the medical pod directly from the Institute of Health Sciences and Technology…

Nova became more and more excited as he spoke, his words flowing freely:

"Like this! Your later growth path, where you effortlessly crush aliens, is entirely determined by how much reputation you accumulate!"

This level of freedom is simply unbeatable!

Another detail is that the profession you choose at the start is equivalent to the racial talent in a fantasy RPG.

To highlight the unexpected charm, I specifically chose the mathematics department.

Guess what? The panel now has a built-in passive trait called "Engineering Understanding +5%"!

The comments section went wild, densely packed and filling the entire screen:

[Holy crap! This system is way more hardcore than I imagined! You can even play like this?!]

[This is hilarious! A math major with the title of academic genius, but a pure brute force guy wielding a giant iron hammer!]

Using the most rigorous mathematical formulas to calculate the optimal angle for smashing a skull with a hammer, huh? Hahahaha!

[If you keep playing along this twisted logic, and by the late game you gather all the major departments, won't you be able to build even a Star Destroyer?]

Iron Man suit! There will definitely be one!

How could those MIT engineering students, all those reserved types, possibly resist adding this Easter egg to the game!

Nova looked at the scrolling comments and a fanatical smile appeared on his face.

"Everyone understands the gameplay now, right? So now, I'm going to start building my heavy armor!"

I want to transform into a medieval paladin and tear aliens apart on the front lines!

Once you max out your Engineering skill points later, you'll at least be able to build a mechanical warhorse that emits blue flames to ride.

This is the ultimate romance for men, you know?!

Nova was as excited as a 200-pound child, grinning from ear to ear as he skillfully operated the game's UI.

"Alright brothers, the moment to witness a miracle has arrived!"

"Now I've obtained the highest-grade special metal from the Materials Science NPC..."

At this climax, click.

The screen suddenly froze, as if dead.

The music stopped.

The action is frozen in time.

Nova's fervent expression froze instantly, and he was stunned for a moment.

"Huh? What's going on?"

Click click click click click!

No matter how frantically I clicked the mouse, the game screen was like it had frozen, with no response whatsoever.

"Wait. It's frozen? The screen is completely stuck?"

Cold sweat beaded on Nova's forehead.

"Holy crap, could the server have crashed?!"

As if in response to his jinxed words.

A system notification popped up coldly in the center of the screen:

[Server connection interrupted]

[Current network connection has ended]

Finally, there was the third line that plunged him into utter despair:

[Number of people in the queue: 192]

The entire chat room's bullet screen, after a half-second pause, exploded into a dazzling display of fireworks!

[Pfft! A cause for celebration! Congratulations to the streamer for achieving server overload!]

[Hahaha, this queue is incredible! A server meant for 30 people is crammed with nearly 200!]

[One second he's bragging about his mechanical warhorse, the next he's been kicked off the server! Hahaha, is this what they call extreme joy turning to sorrow?!]

Those 192 people at the front are probably all die-hard fans; we'll have to wait for these hardcore gamers to quit on their own.

Nova, you're probably waiting in line for ages!

[Holy crap! What the heck?! I just downloaded the game and was about to jump in after being recommended it by a streamer...]

It's telling me there are already over 500 people ahead of me in line?! This hype is crazy!

Holy crap, the queue size is still skyrocketing at a rate of more than ten per second!

Is it possible that the viewers in the live stream are all queuing to download the app, deliberately trying to sabotage Nova's morale?