Whether you were a gamer or not, everyone now knew about Antarctica Company—and they knew about Xu Dan.
On China's largest search engine, World of Warcraft shot to the number-one spot. "Antarctic Game Company" ranked second, and "Xu Dan" followed in third.Anyone opening the search engine—whether to browse the web or simply look for a movie—would see these names immediately.
There was no escaping the hype.
In New York, outside the Antarctic Game Building, reporters gathered day after day. Xu Dan's popularity now rivaled Tony Stark's at his peak. The media was relentless—whoever had the heat, they chased.
But Xu Dan only held one press conference. After that, he had security throw every reporter out.Fame was one thing; being harassed daily by these bored people was another.
Across the ocean in the island nation, two-dimensional culture was flourishing.Under certain social policies, the country had cultivated countless shut-ins—hardcore otaku with comfortable lives and unlimited time. They were the kind of people who would wake up in the middle of the night to stand in line for a perfectly ordinary game.
So when Antarctica Game Company released its masterpieces, countless otaku gentlemen declared Xu Dan's work divine.
Much like Western players, they admired the stunning graphics—so beautiful they soothed the eyes. But while Western players cared most about gameplay, island-nation players first—and foremost—focused on the female characters in the trailers.
When they downloaded the game, they didn't follow the usual path.For them, The King of Fighters and Warcraft were merely warm-ups.
Once a world like World of Warcraft appeared, they didn't bother doing quests at all. Instead, they created low-level alts and ran all over the continent hunting for beautiful women—named NPCs, unnamed NPCs, and even attractive female monsters became their targets of fantasy.
With the Advanced Optimization Pack, Azeroth was filled with beautiful women.Of course, the premise was simple: if the character was canonically beautiful, the optimization made her even more stunning; if she was ugly, it only made her ugly with terrifying realism.
And thanks to a certain island-nation culture, they even used the game for role-playing.Even a low-level succubus from Azeroth could become an object of obsession.
Some shut-ins could live out the rest of their lives with virtual characters alone.
At the mention of Xu Dan's name, they practically wanted to kneel, bow, and kiss the tips of his shoes like devout worshippers.
Xu Dan, of course, would never tolerate such disgusting behavior.
He was also playing World of Warcraft himself. And unlike ordinary players, he had left himself a backdoor—a full-level character.
Not only was the character max level, but he could swap into the most powerful gear in all of Azeroth with a single click.
In other words—he was a walking GM panel.
"Back then, games were all blocky polygons. Now it feels like riding a plane on a sightseeing tour."
As he spoke, Xu Dan's character stroked the massive black dragon beneath him.With advanced optimization, the black dragon looked unbelievably realistic—even the fine ridges on its horns were clearly visible.
"This little beast isn't bad at flying."
Any veteran World of Warcraft player would have screamed—because Xu Dan was riding Deathwing.
The King of Darkness. The Earth-Warder. And now… someone's mount.
Meanwhile, ordinary players were ecstatic for days just learning a new skill.
Xu Dan already had Deathwing as a mount. Being a GM really was something else.
He was basically playing an online game like a sandbox simulator.
The optimized Azeroth was breathtaking—vast, detailed, alive.
Humans, elves, trolls, tauren, and countless other races roamed this world.
And of course, the infamous Burning Legion—the villains of the entire universe.
The Burning Legion had one goal: destroy the world.They sought to turn the entire physical universe into a sea of flames.Their twisted logic? The only way to prevent the Void Lords from claiming the universe was to annihilate everything first.
It was the cosmic equivalent of "He might catch a cold—break his leg first, just in case."Absurd, but that was the lore.
Demons born from distorted space couldn't be killed. In Sargeras's corrupted mind, the universe could always recreate life later—but only after everything had been purged.
Xu Dan teleported to the sky above the Burning Legion using code.
The Legion was already invading Azeroth.
He remembered the massive battle CG shown at the launch of The King of Fighters.It had been a foreshadowing of this very scene.
Once players reached a high enough level to encounter the Burning Legion, they would understand how deep a pit Antarctic Game Company had dug for them.
Xu Dan looked down as the grand, epic war unfolded beneath him.
He ignored the indescribable succubi—otherwise, players might defect to the enemy on sight once they saw their optimized models.
The hell warhorses were breathtaking.Their flaming hooves looked like molten steel pulled fresh from a furnace.Hundreds of hell steeds charged across the land like blazing fireballs streaking over the earth.It was spectacular.
But nothing drew the eye like the Void Terrors.
These demons resembled summoned beasts from a necromancer's nightmare.
They had two massive legs, thick as stone pillars. Their bodies weren't human-shaped at all—they were masses of twisted, fused heads.
Each grotesque face had foul yellow fangs.Their eyes burned blood-red.Rows of jagged horns grew from their skulls.They were horrifying—one bite could tear a person apart in seconds.
Xu Dan shivered despite himself.Thank goodness he was only a spectator.If he ever crossed into Azeroth for real—he'd be the one screaming..
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