“It’s really hunting! It’s a behemoth! Yay!”
“I knew it! Making wishes to Dream Architect really works!”
“Is that a dinosaur? Why does it feel like it and not like it at the same time?!”
“Give us more supernatural monsters! Just breathing fire is too ordinary!”
“Dream Architect’s speed is as reassuring as ever! What’s the release date?”
“There shouldn’t just be greatswords, right?”
“I’ve seen greatswords come down from the sky several times. Will the new game have a lot of vertical action?”
“Vertical action doesn’t really go well with the Mirage game kit, does it?”
… …
In the central plaza and all sorts of large and small live broadcast rooms, the players were getting more and more excited!
Ever since 【Age of Madness】 was launched, players had been constantly making wishes, hoping Dream Architect would add more behemoths and enrich the hunting experience.
But Dream Architect hadn’t given any response before.
This was a relatively rare situation.
— Previously, as long as the players’ voices were loud enough, Dream Architect would give some feedback, regardless of whether they would fulfill everyone’s wishes or not.
Only this time, there was none.
Regarding this, players had two guesses:
Either Dream Architect had become arrogant and didn’t care about players after getting rich.
Or, Dream Architect was holding back something big!
Now it seems that the second guess has come true!
Dream Architect really was holding back something big!
Under everyone’s expectant gazes, the four words “Monster Hunter” disappeared, turning into the game’s launch time—
【2026】
This launch time made the players’ heads full of question marks:
“Does this even count as announcing the launch time?? ”
“You launched 【King of War】 in 3 months, so 【Monster Hunter】 will of course be released in 2026!”
“You’re crazy, give us a more precise time!”
“I get it, it’s January 1, 2026, right?!”
“That’s not very realistic. It looks like there isn’t much actual gameplay footage in the trailer, I’m afraid they’ve only just started making it.”
… …
According to the situation in the game industry in the past, when a new game releases its first trailer, it’s just the beginning of the marketing.
There’s often a wait of 1 year to several years before the game is officially released.
— The bigger the game, the longer the wait tends to be.
But 【King of War】, which Dream Architect just released, completely broke this rule!
At this time, let alone waiting several years…
Unfortunately, the big screen didn’t respond to their questions, and simply went dark on its own.
Then, without waiting for everyone to discuss, the screen lit up once again.
Xu Meng, who had disappeared for a few hours, appeared in front of everyone again.
“Good evening, everyone!” He stood on the deck, greeting all the viewers.
In the central plaza, players who reacted quickly immediately turned their gazes to the airship that had been hovering in the air, and sure enough, they saw the airship slowly descending a bit.
Xu Meng’s figure appeared on the deck once again.
“Are you satisfied with the trailer for the new game?”
“If you haven’t seen enough, you can search for it on platforms like WeLight, pilipli, and Bit Bite. The official 【Monster Hunter】 account has already been registered, and the trailer has also been released across the entire network.”
“Any new game-related content will be released on these accounts in the future.”
“So—”
“Go follow, go follow!”
“A total of 10 million followers across the entire network, and we’ll release a special gameplay trailer!”
Even though he was still dozens of meters above the ground, Xu Meng could clearly feel the uproar among the players in the central plaza.
Clearly, they were harshly criticizing his trend-following behavior.
Regarding this, Xu Meng not only didn’t care, but also laughed loudly and said, “Remember to follow after you’re done complaining!”
“Then, next up is the last piece of information—”
“Dream Architect’s new hardware!”
“Originally, I prepared a video, thinking that if I slept too soundly, I’d have someone help me release the video.”
“But since everyone is so supportive and I’ve woken up, let’s just switch to a more direct method!”
As he said that, he raised his right hand, making a gesture as if to snap his fingers.
“Now, everyone, look at me, I’ll perform a magic trick for you.”
“Be careful not to blink.”
Xu Meng paused for a few seconds, and after confirming that all the players’ and viewers’ gazes were focused on him, he tapped his fingers together—
“Snap!”
In the central plaza, the players who were craning their necks immediately noticed that Xu Meng’s figure had disappeared from the deck.
“That’s it?”
Qihua Hua in the crowd was stunned.
Orange Juice was also stunned: “Magic? That’s it?”
“A great vanishing act? I can do that too! Isn’t that just logging off?” Heroic Sniper couldn’t help but complain.
Huan Yue didn’t complain, but patted him on the shoulder, signaling him to look at the big screen.
The few of them turned around together.
They discovered that on the big screen, Xu Meng was still maintaining the action of snapping his fingers just now, but the place he was in had changed from the deck to the living room.
Huan Yue saw it even more clearly—
After Xu Meng snapped his fingers, he appeared in the living room in just an instant.
That was clearly not the living room in the game world, but the living room in reality!
“Why are you wearing pajamas? It’s a global broadcast, are you really this casual?”
“Is that your living room? Such a sudden room tour…”
“A wonderful vanishing act! But where’s the hardware?”
… …
Complaining comments quickly scrolled across the screen.
At first, everyone didn’t realize what was wrong.
Until an eye-catching message suddenly popped up:
[Wait! Where are your VR glasses?!]
Reminded by the eye-catching message, the viewers finally reacted—
Xu Meng hadn’t worn VR glasses from beginning to end!
This discovery instantly ignited the enthusiasm of the live broadcast room:
“Entering and exiting the virtual world with your physical body?!”
“What kind of two-dimensional magic is this!”
The most ⊥ new ⊥ small ⊥ say ⊥ is ⊥ at ⊥ six ⊥ 9 ⊥ ⊥ book ⊥ ⊥ bar ⊥ ⊥ first ⊥ hair!
“What two-dimensional stuff, it’s clearly binary magic!”
“Then can I also enter Silver City with my physical body to see my wife?? ”
“Wait, wait, wait! This is impossible! Is it an editing effect? How is it possible to enter the virtual world with your physical body? This is too outrageous!!”
… …
The comments in the live broadcast room surged wildly.
In the central plaza, there were also large swaths of exclamations.
In the picture, Xu Meng smiled slightly.
He didn’t explain, but simply reached out and pointed at the camera.
In the next moment, the giant crocodile that had appeared at the awards ceremony before, swallowing Zhu Mo in one bite, appeared again, leaping up from behind Xu Meng!
It opened its bloody mouth, almost swallowing the players in front of the camera in one bite!
In the central plaza, many of the players who had just finished fighting subconsciously took a step back.
But the giant crocodile didn’t really swallow the camera.
Xu Meng stretched out his right hand wearing a haptic glove, and patted the crocodile’s head, making a muffled “thump thump” sound.
—The living room could only accommodate one head of this giant crocodile, the body was still submerged under the floor.
Xu Meng pushed its head.
So this big guy “swam” on the floor of the living room on its own.
But this giant crocodile was too big, making the entire living room look like a small fish tank.
The viewers across the entire network watched the big guy swimming on the floor in a daze, unable to even send out comments.
On the empty screen, Xu Meng finally spoke again:
“This is Dream Architect’s new hardware.”
“A brand new display device.”
He turned his head to look at the giant crocodile gnawing on his carpet with creaking sounds under Little Dream’s command.
“When many people see this scene, they may subconsciously think that this is an AR device.”
“But it’s not.”
“AR devices also need to use a camera to see digital content.”
“But Dream Architect’s new device doesn’t need to be so troublesome.”
“At this moment, I am not using any visual aids, and I can see this crocodile with my naked eyes.”
“With the help of haptic gloves and a somatosensory sync suit, you can also have realistic interactions with it.”
“Just now, when logging into the virtual world and entering Sprout City, I also didn’t use VR glasses, but projected the picture of Sprout City into reality.”
“If everything goes smoothly, this will become Dream Architect’s next-generation display solution.”
“At that time, players will not only be able to get rid of the shackles of VR glasses, but also freely travel between the virtual world and the real world, and also bring the creations in the virtual world into real life!”
“Just like this giant crocodile.”
“Or—”
As Xu Meng spoke, he reached out to his side, grabbed the hilt of a sword out of thin air, and pulled it back!
He pulled out a greatsword that was even bigger than him from the air!
“Drawing a sword from the void!”
“Haha, I’ve wanted to try this for a long time!”
In Dream Architect’s official live broadcast rooms on various live streaming platforms, nearly a million players had already gathered because of the new game trailer, and now that Xu Meng suddenly pulled out such a super bombshell that was enough to shock the world, the number of viewers began to skyrocket again.
It soared at a rate of tens of thousands per second!
In just a few breaths, it approached the platform’s limit!
But before the live broadcast room was cut off, Xu Meng quickly finished his closing remarks—
“Well then, all the information has been announced!”
“If you want more information, then log on to the Sky Arena’s 100th floor!”
“On the day the first player to reach the 100th floor is born, I will live stream the holographic device and give it to that player for free!”
“Oh, right, limited by certain policies, the giveaway rules are temporarily limited to players from Xia Country.”
“Well then, this live broadcast ends here!”
“We’ll see you next time!”
The moment Xu Meng waved goodbye, the live broadcast room disconnected at light speed.
Tens of millions of people across major live streaming platforms around the world—and even that number was still growing rapidly—were a bit caught off guard as they watched the suddenly darkened live broadcast room.
The viewers couldn’t even tell whether Dream Architect had actively closed the live broadcast room, or whether the live streaming platform’s server had crashed, causing the broadcast to end.
But that’s not important anymore.
What’s really important now is—
Is this real?
Has Dream Architect really created this kind of globally leading black technology?
Or is this another prank by Xu Meng?
You have to know, he has a previous record in this regard!
