Chapter 1 Cloud Girlfriend Game
Qindao, an ordinary residential building, an ordinary room.
Chen Yan was staring at a document on the desk in a daze.
The name of the document is "Secret Guardian".
This is a game that Chen Yan has designed for five years. It is a rare puzzle game on the market. It has been his dream since college.
He had already designed the flow of the game and the specific characters, but... he just didn't have the money to make it.
According to his estimate, it would cost at least 100,000 or 200,000 yuan to start the project in the early stage, and several hundred thousand yuan would be needed to complete the whole project.
This is an unattainable number for Chen Yan at the moment.
"Oh." With a slight sigh, Chen Yan closed the document that he read every day, left the computer, took out his mobile phone, and prepared to check B station for a while to relax.
Chen Yan turned on his phone and clicked on Bilibili. Instead of the red and white Bilibili page appearing in front of him, a pop-up window appeared.
【Ding. Welcome to experience the only game: Cloud Raising Girlfriend.】
[This game is unique. It does not require krypton gold, card drawing, or hard work. It is a casual and healthy game. After binding, other people cannot use it. ]
【Excuse me, is it bound? 】
Looking at the pop-up window on his phone, Chen Yan was puzzled.
Is this a game ad?
Isn't there no advertisement on Bilibili?
He understands the term "cloud raising". It is a new form of entertainment on the Internet. For example, cloud raising cats, cloud raising dogs, etc.
It generally refers to people who are unable to raise cats, dogs or other pets themselves due to limited conditions, and who raise these pets remotely through the Internet or other means to gain psychological pleasure.
During the raising process, these people will also feed and reward the pets, participating in the process of raising the pets, just like they really own the pets.
but……
"Cloud-raising girlfriend? What the hell? Raising a girlfriend on the Internet?"
"Is it... some kind of ahem little game?"
"Bilibili knows that I'm feeling depressed right now, so it pushes this kind of game to me to help me relieve my boredom?"
"That……"
"It's something we can look forward to."
Thinking of this, he clicked OK.
[Congratulations, you have obtained the game qualification. Please answer the questions according to the prompts, and the system will match you with the first cloud girlfriend. ]
At the same time, a problem arose in front of Chen Yan.
【Please select your ideal girlfriend's view on love. 】
[1... Focus on yourself. 2... Discuss the matter at hand. 3... Only listen to your boyfriend. ]
"Girls who stick to the facts are the cutest!" Chen Yan sighed. Then...
Select [3].
【Please select the opposite sex of your ideal girlfriend|friendship view. 】
[1... open-minded. 2... green tea. 3... normal. 4... not interested in any men other than her boyfriend, and always keeps her virginity for her boyfriend.]
Chen Yan: …
“4.”
【Please select the appearance of your ideal girlfriend. 】
There is no system for creating characters in the game, so Chen Yan could only write down what he liked in broad strokes, such as "baby face, big breasts, fair skin, beautiful looks, cute and adorable" and other beautiful words to describe girls.
Afterwards, Chen Yan filled out a bunch of questions again.
The number of forms filled in made Chen Yan begin to wonder if he had fallen into a new scam and his private information had been stolen.
Just as Chen Yan was frowning more and more, finally, a prompt popped up on his phone:
[All choices have been made. The system will match you with a girlfriend who is most suitable for you and closest to you based on the player's selected appearance, marriage and love views, love views, opposite sex | friendship views and other options. ]
[Matching...]
[Matched successfully! Congratulations, you got a girlfriend! ]
As the prompt ended, a photo of a girl appeared on Chen Yan's mobile phone screen.
She has a small oval face, big eyes, light eyebrows, and is pure and lovely, the kind of first love face that everyone has in mind.
There is a natural youthfulness in the corners of her eyes and eyebrows that tempts people to commit crimes, and her beautiful big eyes seem to have a magical power to captivate people.
She is not tall, and looks only about 1.6 meters tall, but she is well-proportioned, with exaggerated curves in her upper body, yet still beautiful, making people unable to take their eyes off her at first sight.
When she smiles, her eyes curve into two crescents, she looks confident and happy, very sweet, and gives people a healing feeling.
Chen Yan looked at the girl's photo carefully and felt that she was the type he liked.
At the same time, Chen Yan heard the introduction of the game.
"Yu Qiaoqiao. She is 19 years old. She grew up in an orphanage. She is simple and strong, but she also has some inferiority complex and sensitivity deep down."
"Not long ago, she was successfully admitted to Qindao University with a score of 612, becoming the pride of the orphanage. Besides studying, she also does some odd jobs to earn a living."
"She would regularly mail the remaining living expenses to the teachers at the orphanage to improve the lives of her brothers and sisters in the orphanage. She is a kind and good girl."
Looking at this introduction, Chen Yan was amazed, "This game is quite realistic. Even the girlfriend's background is so detailed."
"But... the profile doesn't match the photo. The photo shows him being so confident, but the review says 'low self-esteem'."
"The production team didn't put in enough effort."
At the same time, the phone continued to pop up prompts.
"The cloud girlfriend has been matched successfully, and the game has officially begun. All the content of the game will follow the laws of reality and the development of the girlfriend's personality."
"My girlfriend may get angry, cry, be touched, or be happy. She may also study, graduate, look for a job, become unemployed, start a business, or go bankrupt."
"She doesn't know about the existence of you, the cloud raiser, but you will be her only support. Please respect and love her."
"Yu Qiaoqiao's initial favorability: 0 points."
"Player's initial wealth value: 0 points."
"Note. Wealth value is the player's in-game assets. It can be used to purchase various items and withdraw cash."
"Feeding your Yunyang girlfriend or shopping for her will earn you wealth points."
"The initial ratio of wealth value withdrawal is 1:10. For every 1 yuan you spend on Yunyang Girlfriend, you will get 1 point of wealth value and can withdraw 10 yuan."
"Cloud girlfriends have their own likes and dislikes and personalities, so they will have a favorable impression on players."
"The favorability will have a certain impact on the game functions. After it improves, your cloud-raised girlfriend may become your real girlfriend and never leave you!"
"So, please try to improve your girlfriend's favorability as much as possible. And... buy her a lot of things!"
Looking at the series of prompts in the game, Chen Yan was confused.
What is this all about?
How is it related to "cash withdrawal"?
Is this text written by the game to enhance the sense of immersion? Or is it some new trick to cheat players?
Recharge 1 yuan, spend it, and then withdraw 10 yuan?
1000% rate of return? This is just a scam, right?
If someone suddenly has a brain storm and deposits several thousand dollars, only to find out that there is no way to withdraw the cash, wouldn’t that be a rip-off!
Don't be fooled.
After secretly reminding himself not to be fooled into spending money, Chen Yan clicked [Continue] to see what the game was about.
[The game officially begins...]
As Chen Yan said this, his phone flashed twice , and then a pixel game interface appeared.
On the interface, a pixelated Q-version character who looked somewhat like Yu Qiaoqiao was walking and walking, and finally came to a convenience store.
At the same time, a prompt [Shopping...] was displayed on the pixel man.
Chen Yan clicked a few times and found that there was nothing he could operate.
He started clicking on other interfaces.
After studying it for a minute, Chen Yan found that the design of this game was very simple.
In addition to the main interface and the girlfriend's introduction page, there is only an unopened [Store].
There isn't even an entrance for recharging, so you can't be cheated even if you want to.
It looks very simple.
“Isn’t this game still a work in progress?”
"Putting advertising on a half-finished product? You really have money. I wish I could use that money to make The Hidden Guardian."
After fiddling with it for a while, Chen Yan couldn't figure out how to control the game. He threw his phone aside out of boredom, stretched, and touched his stomach, feeling a little hungry.
Looking at the time again, it was already noon.
He searched the house thoroughly, but couldn't find any food, whether in the refrigerator or under the bed.
"Huh? Have you eaten all the instant noodles at home?"
Chen Yan touched his head and decided to go to the convenience store downstairs to "buy some more goods."
After putting on his coat and picking up his phone, Chen Yan went downstairs in his slippers...
…
Chen Yan is a native of Qindao. He has loved playing games since he was a child. His dream is to open the largest game company in the country and change the current situation of domestic games!
He has been working hard for this goal. During his college years, he even independently designed two small games, which received a lot of praise once they were released.
"Secret Guardian" is a game he has been designing since college, and it is the project he has the highest expectations for.
In order to start this project, after graduation, Chen Yan opened a game studio specializing in the business of making money from games, that is, clearing dungeons, earning gold coins, and then selling them for RMB.
Although it's boring, the income is still good.
Watching myself moving towards my dream every day is also particularly motivating.
This house is where he works and rests.
Normally, he stays at home, playing games and doing dungeons from morning to night. When it's time for dinner, he orders takeout.
But when playing games, one always forgets the time, so he also needs to keep some instant noodles on hand to avoid being hungry when he remembers that he hasn’t had “lunch” yet in the middle of the night…
I arrived at the convenience store, pushed open the door, and saw a woman in her forties sitting at the counter.
Chen Yan greeted her and said, "Aunt Liu is on duty today. Please help me get a box of instant noodles."
The clerk Aunt Liu was obviously very familiar with Chen Yan. She smiled when she saw Chen Yan, and her face was full of wrinkles when she smiled. "Xiao Chen, are you here to buy again? Or is it Yitong Laotan Pickled Cabbage Noodles?"
Chen Yan said, "Yes. Help me get two more bags of sausages."
"Okay." Aunt Liu agreed and turned to the small room at the side to get some instant noodles.
Chen Yan stood in front of the counter waiting bored. While waiting, he looked at the shelves next to him, wanting to see if there was anything delicious so that he could buy it all back.
As a result, just as he was looking around, a girl walked out from the shelf and came into Chen Yan's sight.
She has fair skin and a lovely and pretty face, with a hint of immaturity and melancholy between her brows. The proud curves of her upper body, set off by a fitted T-shirt, have an impact that stimulates the blood to flow faster.
When he suddenly saw a beautiful woman, Chen Yan couldn't help but stay on the girl's face for a while.
Then... he was stunned.
Hmm…
Why does this girl look so familiar?
Chen Yan looked at the girl, and the doubt in his eyes became deeper and deeper.
For a moment, a flash of lightning flashed through his mind.
this……
How come this... is exactly the same as the girlfriend I raised in the game?
