Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

Aya Tsukino was somewhat pleased by Takeyusei's suggestion that Alice might be alive.

This is a feeling I haven't had in a long time.

While she was engrossed in her work, she noticed that Zhu Youxing was browsing the forum, so she took a curious look.

"'You're something else, SE,' what a strange username! Who is SE?"

"These are just some of my personal little quirks, please don't mind them."

Even after all these years, Tsukino Aya still doesn't quite understand the meaning behind the names of some of the alternate accounts that Takeyusei registered.

The names people use to register accounts usually have some symbolic meaning.

But these strange titles like "Nintendo is the world's ruler," "Sony is great," and "Giant Hardware Group" have always puzzled her.

Each trumpet seemed to describe a certain person or thing, but she had never heard of any of these people or things before.

If Aya Tsukino hadn't known Takeyusei well enough to know that he was a guy completely absorbed in video games, she might have been wondering what secrets he was hiding from her.

What do you plan to do with this alternate account?

"You'll find out soon enough. This is a secret I've kept hidden for a long time; you probably don't even know it."

Aya Tsukino frowned: "I'm not quite sure? What exactly are you referring to?"

"It's an Easter egg in some game, and even after all these years, it seems like no one has ever discovered it."

As he spoke, Zhu Youxing began to create a new post on the forum.

The title of this post sounds very catchy.

"I found an Easter egg that's been hidden for over ten years! It's in Final Fantasy VII, and it might just reveal a hidden secret of the series!"

Just based on the title of this post, Aya Tsukino thought she would definitely click on it to find out more.

"An Easter egg? How come I've never noticed it before?"

Aya Tsukino was also checking the Final Fantasy VII program, partly for her job, and partly to see if Takeyusei had hidden anything.

However, after searching for a long time, she still couldn't find any particularly eye-catching Easter eggs.

"Actually, this Easter egg is a piece of code that takes a certain amount of time to develop. It's only possible to find clues by completing the game a certain number of times and opening the game's source files after that number of times. After all, there's so much code in the program, you can't possibly check millions of lines of code one by one, can you?"

"That's true, but now that you mention it, I'm even more curious about what you're trying to say."

Aya Tsukino originally wanted to go to Airi Hayasawa to share the exciting news she had just received from Yusei Takeyu: the story of Final Fantasy VII was not over yet, and Aerith and Zack might still have a chance to survive; everything was still unknown.

But now she's more interested in seeing what Zhu Youxing is hiding.

As Takeyusei began rapidly typing on the keyboard, he wrote out a piece of code that he had hidden deep within the Final Fantasy VII source code, and sorted it according to a specific pattern.

After being sorted according to a specific pattern, a piece of text is finally presented.

Alice: "Claude...we meet again. Hopefully, this time, we can change everything."

Aya Tsukino's eyes widened slightly.

"How about that? Did you miss this code?"

"There's something fishy about this discovery. You've been hiding it so well, you obviously didn't want anyone to find out, right?" Tsukino Aya said.

Easter eggs at least give people a chance to discover them, but the way Zhu Youxing set up this Easter egg to be discovered is so strict that it is almost impossible to find.

This was exactly the effect Zhu Youxing wanted. He smiled as he typed in the complete post and then clicked publish.

The post will be updated immediately.

Final Fantasy VII Remake should be out soon.

……

At the same time, Kazuo Murakami was discussing with his subordinates at his company whether the company could hold some game-related events in order to let more people know about the video game industry.

"I think we should hold a gaming event similar to the Game Star Carnival. Of course, we don't need to hold it on such a large scale. Just treat it as a meeting for video game enthusiasts. This would be a good opportunity for us to increase our popularity."

"That's right. At the same time, we can also attract more game developers to provide us with trial versions of their games, which will make our position in the game industry more solid."

"I think..."

"I also……"

A group of people were having a heated discussion, while Kazuo Murakami stood at the head of the group, watching the discussion and waiting for a final result.

Just then, an employee rushed in.

"President! And everyone, Final Fantasy... Final Fantasy!"

"Ok?"

Murakami Kazuo looked up at the impetuous fellow with a puzzled expression.

Murakami Kazuo asked, "What's wrong? What's wrong with Final Fantasy? Is Yusei Electronics planning to release a brand new Final Fantasy game?"

One of the people in the conference room said doubtfully, "No way. Generally speaking, if Youxing Electronic Entertainment releases a well-known game, they should definitely notify us first, since we have a very close cooperation with the official team."

"No...it's not official."

"That is……"

"It's a forum! A user named 'You're something else, SE!' posted a Final Fantasy VII Easter egg. I think the president and everyone else should take a look!"

Chapter 870 Even if it's just a novel, it'll do!

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Including Kazuo Murakami, almost 90 percent of the people in the company are fans of the Final Fantasy series.

Because this game has been evolving with each generation, both in terms of story depth and gameplay.

Today, Final Fantasy stands out as a top-tier (T0) title in the role-playing game genre.

So when everyone heard this impetuous employee mention an Easter egg related to Final Fantasy VII, they fell silent.

"An Easter egg? From Final Fantasy VII? Are there still any undiscovered Easter eggs in that game?"

"It's not impossible. After all, Senior Takeyusei is the God of Games. Even if the games he makes are very old, they can always bring surprises."

Kazuo Murakami stood up and said, "Let's go see the Easter egg you mentioned... no, let's just look at it here, everyone together, let's see what it is."

Soon someone took out a computer connected to the projector and logged into the official forum of Youxing Electronic Entertainment.

At this moment, the official forum is already experiencing some lag, and it's clear that the forum's traffic is surging in a short period of time.

About three to five minutes later, they finally found the post.

"I found an Easter egg that's been hidden for over ten years! It's in Final Fantasy VII, and it might just reveal a hidden secret of the series!"

Posted by: You're something else, SE!

Weird name.

This is what everyone thinks.

But that's not important.

They went into the post to see the details.

"This is a string of program code, the game's code." Someone in the audience immediately recognized the content noted in the post.

It was a string of easily recognizable code, clearly indicating that it was the program code for the Final Fantasy VII game. Most players wouldn't come across this kind of thing, and even if they did, they would probably be completely clueless.

However, there were still people present who were proficient in programming.

Following the tutorial in the post, this code was eventually adjusted in a certain way to produce a dialogue.

The line was signed Alice.

Alice: "Claude...we meet again. Hopefully, this time, we can change everything."

The crowd fell silent once again as they read the lines.

Then they glanced at the others.

"What does it mean?"

"It's obviously a literal translation. Alice said they met again. Does that mean Alice has been resurrected?"

"Hoping this will change everything? Isn't Claude and Alice's story over yet?"

Ninety percent of the people present had played the Final Fantasy series, and at least half of them considered Final Fantasy VII their favorite Final Fantasy series.

Some people could even say that it was because they played Final Fantasy VII that they resolutely decided to become professionals in the video game industry.

Whether they were game developers or game media, they decided to work in the game industry the moment they played Final Fantasy VII.

Final Fantasy VII has indeed changed many people.

And now, Final Fantasy VII is really something else.

"Wait, is this a prank? This isn't an official post. Can someone check it?" Murakami Kazuo seemed a little anxious at this moment.

He also really likes Final Fantasy VII.

He was heartbroken for a long time after Alice was killed by the villain Sephiroth.

Even now, recalling those scenes still brings a touch of heartache.

There has always been an urban legend that Final Fantasy VII actually has a hidden subplot, in which everything has a happy ending, Aerith survives, Cloud successfully defeats Sephiroth, and then lives happily ever after with Aerith, Tifa, or all three of them.

At the time, Kazuo Murakami believed this urban legend and played Final Fantasy VII more than twenty times. However, no matter what urban legend method he used, he could not find the final ending. After that, he stopped believing in such boring urban legends.

So he doesn't believe it right now, but hopes that someone can verify whether the Easter egg is real. If it is, then it means that the game may have been planned from the beginning, just waiting for someone to find the Easter egg.

Several people present immediately ran back to their workstations, then returned to the conference room with their laptops.

At this moment, many more people have gathered in the conference room.

Programmers who are skilled in programming are now like warriors on an adventure, picking up their computers and downloading the original Final Fantasy VII game.

"I've finished downloading!"

"Quickly verify it! Use the method described in that post to verify it!"

"it is good!"

He immediately found the specified code in the game program's source files and rearranged it according to the method specified in the post.