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

Hearing this bold proposal that completely bypasses traditional investment institutions...

Root's eyes lit up, and he slapped his thigh, nodding in deep agreement.

"Holy crap, you're a genius! This is definitely a breakthrough!"

Just think about it, right now the forums are full of players complaining about the long queue times!

Forget about dividends. Just the immediate goal of shortening queue times and expanding server capacity...

There are definitely quite a few hardcore gamers who are willing to sponsor us out of their own pockets!

As they chatted more and more excitedly, Entropy exaggeratedly covered his head with his hands.

"Ah... my dream of becoming a tech unicorn that's about to be listed on Nasdaq and ring the bell in an evening gown!"

It just shattered into pieces!

After all that, am I just going to have to crawl back into my shabby room and start from scratch again?

However, despite the exaggerated sighs and wails of the crowd,

But at this moment, on the faces of these three young people who should have been devastated.

Yet it exudes an unprecedented brightness and vitality, as if it has broken free from all shackles!

That's the exhilarating feeling of being free from anyone's control and having your destiny in your own hands!

"Screw the financial tycoons! Screw getting rich overnight!"

Cyber ​​Fox raised a paper cup full of Coke as if it were a warhammer.

"As long as the core code is still there, just go for it!"

Entropy's eyes widened, and he roared defiantly:

"But I can't swallow this!"

My goal is to transform this studio into a Silicon Valley unicorn that's so high the skyline can't even dream of reaching!

"Haha, it's settled then, cheers!"

Looking at this group of noisy companions, who remain wild and unruly even when they've hit rock bottom.

Sitting in the corner, Su Hao revealed an incredibly clear and relaxed smile.

Root turned his head, looking at Su Hao with a half-smile, and asked jokingly:

"Hey, great mathematician."

Just an hour ago, you rejected the temptation of having ten million dollars thrown in your face.

Now, turning around, they're eating this cheap double cheeseburger.

Let's do a quick interview. How's the taste?

Upon hearing this question, Su Hao did not hesitate at all.

He raised his right hand, which was covered in ketchup, and gave them a thumbs-up as they looked at him.

"That has to be a game-winning shot!"

Su Hao paused, then said in a confident tone:

"Moreover, I have a strong premonition."

You lawless bunch, in the not-too-distant future...

It will definitely help me earn an astonishing fortune ten or even a hundred times more than that lousy contract I got today!

After a brief moment of stunned silence.

In a corner of McDonald's, the crowd suddenly burst into unrestrained, boisterous laughter.

........

"Ugh~~~"

This broken iron hammer has finally taken shape.

Now, it's time to get a helmet for this gear.

The anchor, Nova, slumped back in his chair, rubbing his eyelids, which were practically glued together.

Right in his room.

A massive warhammer with an exaggerated design and a cold, metallic sheen stood silently!

gorgeous.

heavy.

It's incredibly oppressive!

Nova's mind was foggy.

He couldn't even remember how many hours he had been streaming at a high intensity continuously.

Shift your gaze upwards.

The red text "LIVE 17:42:13" appears in the upper left corner of the monitor.

It flashed incessantly, like a death warrant!

More than seventeen hours!

I stayed up all night and most of the day.

Even now, his "internet addiction" still urges him to keep streaming.

However, there are fundamental principles to follow when cultivating immortality.

It's really not going to work now.

My heart was pounding like a drum, my vision was blurring, and my body was almost at the point of collapse.

"Brothers, I can't hold on any longer, I'm going to take a short nap."

Nova spoke into the microphone.

"Just so you know, this isn't the end of the stream! I'm just going to take a one-hour break to recharge. You guys can chat freely in the chat, I'll be right back!"

After saying that, he decisively took off his gaming headset.

He then casually pulled the lever, causing the gaming chair to creak and recline backward.

He performed a live stream where he fell asleep in an instant.

The live stream chat paused for half a second.

Followed by.

The screen exploded with a barrage of comments!

[Hahaha, wow, died at the speed of light!]

[He's asleep again. This guy is really working himself to death.]

I'm so confused, why is he always asleep whenever I enter his live stream?

Is his current core livestream content just showing everyone what deep, baby-like sleep is all about?

[What do you know? This is called an immersive experience.]

[Speaking of which, if some kind of unexpected event suddenly triggered in the game while I was sleeping, the entertainment value would be off the charts!]

Time passed by, second by second.

About half an hour later.

The live stream, which was running at a high frame rate, suddenly froze without warning.

The pixels are frozen instantly.

next second.

A blank, gray notification box popped up abruptly in the center of the screen.

[System message: The connection to the server has been lost.]

The live stream was instantly flooded with mocking comments that completely engulfed the screen!

[Hahahaha! This is perfect for the show!]

[This is hilarious! I told you to go to sleep!]

[He was just occupying the spot without doing anything, and got kicked out by the system while AFK, hahaha!]

[What's going on? Does it mean the game just had a secret update, changing to an automatic kicking system after 30 minutes of AFK (away from keyboard)?]

[Normal operation. Probably because there are too many people queuing outside, eager to play the game.]

Seeing that the servers were about to crash, the official team quickly shortened the safe AFK time.

[Nova really lost out this time. When he wakes up and sees this, he'll probably be completely dumbfounded, hahaha!]

"Beep beep beep beep!"

The alarm I set on my phone went off right on time.

Nova jolted awake and instantly opened his bloodshot eyes.

He looked at the screen, bewildered.

stunned.

"Holy crap? What's going on? I got disconnected?!"

He frantically lunged at the table, shaking the mouse wildly.

Useless.

The gray disconnect message box still hung on the screen like a tombstone, as if silently mocking him.

"Damn it! This is so unethical! I'm the man who forged the first epic warhammer in the entire server!"

I only slept for a little while, why were I kicked offline?!

He cursed and swore as he impatiently moved the cursor.

I clicked the reconnect button heavily.

"Click".

[The current server is full.]

[You are being queued.]

[Current queue length: 3,127 people]

"What the hell? Three thousand?!"

Nova's volume instantly pierced the microphone's maximum pickup capacity, and the last trace of sleepiness was completely wiped away by this absurd number.

"No way! Does this make sense?! This is an indie game that hasn't even had any marketing or promotion!"

Yesterday there were only a little over a thousand people in line, how come today it's tripled? Don't these animals sleep?!

In the live stream room.

The gloating comments on the screen instantly erupted like a New Year's celebration the moment they saw this number!

[Wow, this indie game on a potato server actually generated a queue of 3,000 people. I've never seen anything like it in my life.]

[Speaking of which, could all of this incredible hype have been created by Nova alone?]

[Not entirely. That hardcore student in the lab who was hand-crafting a hammer probably accounted for half of all the online search volume.]

[This crappy server only has a meager 30-person limit, yet it's letting 3,000 people queue up outside. They're treating players like dirt.]

[After all, it's an indie game made with passion. Purely free-to-play, I won't spend a single penny.]

Expecting poor students to pay for expensive servers? That's asking a bit too much, isn't it?