Chapter Sixteen: The War of the Insectoids

“Thank you so much, Stone.”
As soon as his friend accepted, Zhou Shun sent a message of gratitude.
Yu Jia breathed a sigh of relief. Judging from this, the personality of “Green Hat” didn’t seem as abrasive as Yin Jian.
After thinking for a moment, she typed:
“Do you know what’s wrong with your game?”
While waiting for a reply, she transferred the analysis she’d written overnight about “Zerg War” into her computer, ready to send it to Zhou Shun.
Green Hat Landlord of Romance: “I know.”
“Uh…”
Yu Jia was a little surprised, withdrawing her hand from the send button and instead typing:
“Do you know how to fix it?”
Green Hat Landlord of Romance: “Already fixed.”
“Send it to me, let me take a look.”
Green Hat Landlord of Romance: [Zerg War].exe
“Give me a moment, I’ll check if there are any issues with your modifications.”
After typing, Yu Jia clicked into the game.
Half an hour later.
She exited the game looking bewildered.
Was this the “Zerg War” she played two days ago?
No! This was clearly two entirely different games!
Yu Jia was at a loss for words. If he could make the game so good, why did he make such a mess in the first place?
She couldn’t understand it.
“Did you modify this yourself?”
Green Hat Landlord of Romance: “Some of the ideas are from Yin Jian.”
“…”
Seeing this message, Yu Jia immediately blocked Yin Jian.
It was one thing not to take her advice, but now he was even trying to steal her job. Who was supposed to be the operations manager here?
After blocking Yin Jian, Yu Jia felt much better and continued chatting with Zhou Shun:
“It’s good, the changes are excellent. Go ahead and update the content. I’ll see if I can help you get another trial promotion.”
A game could be pushed for trial more than once, but generally, each game only had one chance unless the operations manager saw promise and gave it a second shot.
This was a mechanism the platform had in place to prevent good games from being overlooked due to accidents.
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In the luxury apartment
“Damn! Stone really is as easy to talk to as Yin bro said.”
Zhou Shun stared at the message from Stone, hardly daring to believe it.
At the same time, he felt even more grateful to Yin Jian.
Without Yin Jian’s help, he would have launched the game tomorrow, and a second chance would have been impossible.
As for why he wasn’t grateful to Stone—
Come on, this was all Yin Jian’s doing, what did a tool man have to do with it?

After a polite thank you to Stone, Zhou Shun immediately messaged Yin Jian with the good news.
“Yin bro, next time you come over, I’ll treat you to Cloud Barbecue.”
“[Zerg War].exe”
“This is the finished game. You’ve helped me so much, just let you play for free. [dog head].jpg”
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On the other side
Yin Jian received Zhou Shun’s message and, seeing the game, immediately opened it.
Although Zhou Shun had asked him many questions about the game recently, he only knew the general outline, not the specifics.
So he was quite curious about this game that was half his own work.
He connected his consciousness to the game.
Yin Jian’s vision went dark, and he entered the game space.
It was a dimly lit underground area.
He looked around and found his body was now a black ant.
What surprised him was that he could actually smell the earth within the game—not just the smell, but even touch.
Although these sensations weren’t as vivid as in reality, they were undeniably present.
“So this is the five-senses module?”
Yin Jian clicked his tongue in amazement.
He had seen it in the game assistant’s shop before, and the cheapest one cost a hundred thousand.
A landlord with dozens of buildings really could afford to be extravagant.
He felt a pang of jealousy.
Pulling his attention away from his senses, he surveyed his surroundings.
There were many black ants just like him.
At the moment, these black ants were rushing in one direction at incredible speed.
Yin Jian immediately followed.
He had previously discussed with Zhou Shun that the first step in a game should be immersion or curiosity.
It seemed Zhou Shun had achieved that.
“I wonder what the first plot is like.”
Thinking this, Yin Jian followed the swarm out of the ant nest and into the outside world.
They arrived at a battlefield beneath a giant tree.
The area was littered with ant limbs.
Red and black ants were locked in fierce combat.
On one side was the camp of the black ants he controlled, and on the other was the fiery red “Fire Ants.”
The Fire Ants had much higher base stats than the black ants.
The battle was almost completely one-sided.
The black ants were retreating in defeat, the situation grim.
Seeing this, Yin Jian plunged into battle.
Of course, he wasn’t foolish enough to challenge a Fire Ant one-on-one—instead, he went for the last hit.
Whenever he saw a Fire Ant being mobbed, he moved in for the final strike.
After killing a few, his level increased.

His size instantly grew larger.
The Fire Ants that were previously hard to kill could now be dispatched in two or three hits.
His kill speed soared.
With each kill, his level climbed higher and higher.
An almost lost battle was reversed single-handedly by him.
He became like a war god, forcing the Fire Ants to retreat again and again.
That feeling of standing alone against countless foes was exhilarating.
The game emphasized one thing above all—
Satisfaction!
Of course, this was just a brief introductory sequence, not too challenging.
Soon, the system announced victory and rewards.
[Flame Rune]
Every attack now carried a burning effect, complete with fire visuals.
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That evening, Yin Jian exited the game, exhaling deeply.
Back on Earth, playing games like this was already thrilling.
Now, with this kind of holographic game, it was like being right there on the battlefield—absolutely intoxicating.
After playing Zhou Shun’s game, Yin Jian had some new ideas for his next project.
“But, I’ll have to wait a while before starting.”
His funds were tight, and he’d have to wait for next month’s payment to begin development.
In the meantime, he planned to update the monthly membership and online mode for “My Little World.”
“If I earn a bit more this month, I won’t have to worry about funding next month.”
Yin Jian sighed.
As always, poverty hindered his progress.
He shook his head and got to work updating the game.
The online module wasn’t expensive, just two hundred.
He bought it without hesitation.
As for the monthly membership… heh heh
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In the dormitory, Li Shang, who had tightened his belt, saw the update for “My Little World” and immediately logged in.
After being tormented by various bosses these past days, he had successfully transformed from an adventure player to an infrastructure builder.
He eagerly awaited the next game update, hoping the designer would be a bit more humane and weaken the monster attributes.
He really couldn’t handle it alone.
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