The second floor of the "State Fortress".

"Yes, Xiaoxue..." Chen Qiang has been busy with business these days and has no time to accompany Xiaoxue. At this moment, he had to apologize to his phone, "I was wrong... Well, it's almost done... In just two days... what did Director Qiao say? Well, okay..."

After putting down Qin Lingxue's phone call, Chen Qiang breathed a sigh of relief.

It's great that Xiaoxue didn't blame herself for this.

Even though Xiaoxue's rational value has rebounded, Chen Qiang does not intend to put too much pressure on her.

The establishment of the "State Fortress" involves a lot. It's fine if Shi Li, Bai Shaobao and others who know nothing about the supernatural, but Xiaoxue has some understanding of the indescribable terrifying thing in the darkness of the earth...

"Before summer, you must find an opportunity to show off to her." In the newly renovated office, Chen Qiang sat on the boss's chair, holding his cheek with his hands, and fell into thinking. His new office was elegant and simple, just a table, a chair, a bookcase, and a potted plant.

He has already handed over the application for school leave to Director Qiao, who is a academic affairs officer, and the school has nothing to say. For Chen Qiang, the "fortress of reason" is the top priority, and everything else must be placed in the back.

The sudden rise of "The Curse of the Hanged King" attracted the attention of the entire game industry and also pushed the newly established small company "State Fortress" to the fortress. Of course, there are many trolls with ulterior motives.

I have to say that Chen Qiang's strong financial resources helped a lot... In addition, the reputation of "The Curse of the Hanged King" is indeed good, and the navy army that tried to destroy the situation was retorted by the players who brought their own dry food.

Now two opinions have been formed among players: the first is that the "State Fortress" is the front office company of a large enterprise, which is a signal that domestic large-scale companies have made great progress in the A-game industry; the other is that this is something that a boring domestic tycoon has nothing to do.

Although industry insiders prefer the latter one, among ordinary players, the first opinion undoubtedly occupies the mainstream.

A week has passed, and driven by incredible ultra-low prices, the sales of "The Curse of the Hanged King" have exceeded 1.5 million units, and are still rising; the motherboard is also expected to be released within one month.

The cheap price boosted sales, but the game's excessive difficulty and deep fear style also made a large number of players choose to pass the video. In addition, there are many players waiting for the console version abroad, which invisibly restricts the further increase in sales.

"Deducting commissions and taxes," Chen Qiang thought to himself, "the current income is just over seven million US dollars, and it will rise further. In the end, the stea version alone can make the small target of 100 million in the system task reach one fifth. Then settle the host version..."

Chen Qiang, who doesn't understand stand-alone games, pressed it all over the phone's calculator.

"...It's a pity that in order to prevent host players from protesting, the price of the console version cannot be too high, otherwise this project alone will be enough to achieve the goal of 100 million," Chen Qiang slammed his lips, "No, it is possible to achieve it now, but it may take a long time to wait..."

Many players are looking forward to the "State Fortress" launching the DL of "The Curse of the Hanged King" as soon as possible, but Chen Qiang knows...

The game is produced by the system. Chen Qiang is doing a business without a lot, so there is no DL that can be launched.

Not counting the security guard at the door (in order to deal with the paparazzi who found the company address from somewhere, Chen Qiang had to hire an additional security company). The "Standard Fortress" has only three formal employees, the first one is him, the second one is Shi Li, and the third one is Uncle Xu who brought him to raise his head when Chen Qiang registered.

Tu Lizhu and Bai Shaobao are still students and can only be considered interns. Chen Qiang also sent them back to school for the time being.

"Fortunately, I took back two more 'Investigator' contracts, and that 'more sacrifices...well, more investigators' has also completed the task of recruiting 20 investigators."

Chen Qiang closed his eyes.

...

The next second, Chen Qiang's consciousness appeared in the foggy space, which was where players prepared and wrote cards before the trial game began.

Chen Qiang smiled.

["More sacrifices...well, more investigators" has been completed]

【Unlock the "Secret Game Hall Virtual Space"】

[The secret keeper can enter the space at any time without using mythological technology devices]

[Note! Your body that stays outside at this time will lose consciousness. Please ensure your safety]

[This space can store items provided by "The Secret Guardian of Cthulhu". Items not provided by the "The Secret Guardian of Cthulhu" system cannot be brought into the space]

[In the space, secret keepers can send information to any investigator and communicate, or share vision and hearing with investigator]

[Investigators must enter the space with mythological technology installation]

Chen Qiang found that he could cut out many small rooms isolated from each other in the space, so he did not hesitate and threw the Myth Technology Device in directly. This was much safer than the bank's safe.

The only drawback is that "Kalquesa's Palace" is not a system-produced, so he cannot put it in.

And just yesterday, the series of hidden tasks of "Restore Reason" that Chen Qiang had almost figured out the rules finally came.

[You have completed the hidden task "Re-editing of Reason". Each of the 10,000 non-investigators lost at least 1 sanity point and then recovered at least 1 sanity point. The one you obtained in "Reason Correction" before was halved in the "Reason Revision". Now it will be transformed into an independent, free use of "Myth Interference" to myth creatures without consuming any chance of the sanity pool]

In other words, a free "God of God" is good.

After intensive hidden task prompts, the public task list released by the Secret Hall has also been updated:

【Task name: a small goal

Difficulty: Lower race

Task description: Run a "State Fortress" company and earn a net profit of 100 million yuan.

Reward: Increase credit rating by 1]

【Task name: My Mythical Creature is Not Ordinary

Difficulty: Superior race

Mission description: Recruiting three mythical creatures investigators, currently 1/

Reward: You can see the calculation criteria for consuming sanity pools when using "mythical interference"... maybe there are other ones?]

【Task Name: Diligence is the only way to gain reputation

Difficulty: The only existence

Task description: Run a "State Fortress" company and its reputation among the player group is respected

Reward: The player group will have a "friendly" preference for you

...It feels that the system's judgment on difficulty and rewards is still very mysterious.

Returning to the real world from the virtual space, Chen Qiang crossed his legs.

"I have a lot more cards in my hand now than in the past." Chen Qiang thought to himself.

First of all, the "burning lucky" investigator talent allows you to get a chance to escape from death, almost another life, and can also be used to reverse the situation during offense.

Secondly, the free god is his trump card to deal with mythical creatures. Except for the gods with divine nature, no matter how powerful other creatures are, they will be defeated in front of them.

Then, the virtual game hall allows him to contact the outside world for rescue when communication is cut off.

Finally, the remaining rational pool reserves at 51 points are the backing that makes Chen Qiang feel more at ease.

"Maybe it's time to try the function in the system that has not been tried." Chen Qiang mustered up the courage.

[Rull draw: The number of draws is equivalent to the number of completions of your module (current:), you can obtain mythical items and trigger a random new module.]

"Let's just go out the items."

"Get out modules with difficulty below the 'Old Dominator'," Chen Qiang muttered, "I can deal with it. Even if I draw out modules with the 'Old Dominator' level, I don't pursue exploration rate, and it shouldn't be difficult to protect my own safety alone."

He took a deep breath and clicked on the lottery button on his phone.

【lottery】

【You have obtained mythical item: Translation headset】

[Translation headset: It can translate any language into a language derived from the earth, or translate the user's language into any other language that the user has been exposed to (binding with your phone, the output will be performed on the phone).]

Looking at the black headset that suddenly appeared on his hand, Chen Qiang smiled.

It's a bit regrettable not to draw the module, but it seems that today is very European...

Am I going to smoke again?

He clicked on the lottery button again.

【lottery】

【You have triggered a new module】

[The game will automatically start when you reach the map marked location within 500 meters.]

【Not starting the game within 24 hours, it is considered a failure】

【Module name: Voice beyond time】

[Difficult: the    out    gods(External God)]

“…?!”
Chapter completed!