"Red Queen, there's no problem with PVE."
"Master, I believe the biggest issue is that the four of you—according to the game's settings—are stronger as level-one newbies than ordinary players even after reaching max level."
"That's fine. After all, the power ceiling of this game isn't very high."
PUBG, at its core, is a shooter. No matter how it's adapted, it's impossible to turn it into a game where players carry nuclear bombs and fight nukes. A low overall power level is completely normal.
Moreover, virtual online games often include elements of controlled suppression.
But there was no need to worry. This PUBG was merely Antarctica's first virtual online game. Starting with a low power level was part of Xu Dan's plan.
Besides, something big was about to happen in the real world—and this game would be the perfect reflection of it.
"Log out."
As the world went dark, Xu Dan reached up and removed his helmet. When he opened his eyes again, he was back in his office.
The other three were still nearby.
They planned to stay in the game a bit longer to accompany Skye while she practiced her marksmanship.
Xu Dan stood up and walked to his desk.
Looking at the clean, orderly surface, he suddenly remembered—
He still hadn't done his actual work.
The announcement about the virtual game had already been released by Antarctic Company.
News of this magnitude would normally require a launch conference.
Just like smartphones—every new generation demanded a grand event.
However, Xu Dan had always kept a low profile. Even though his reputation now spanned the globe, it had all been forced on him by circumstance.
So even for a launch conference, he had no intention of appearing in person. He would simply send someone else.
For example…
"Hey—wouldn't it be pretty impressive if I dragged Tony, an actual superhero, out to speak on my behalf?"
Not long after being rescued from Afghanistan, Tony had publicly announced himself as Iron Man and voluntarily taken on the role of a so-called "vigilante."
That playboy's daily routine was simple: play games, catch bad guys, play more games, sleep, then repeat.
Last time, Xu Dan had promised him a tenfold attack speed bonus when the virtual game launched.
This time, it would probably be so cool it would make him explode.
Xu Dan was a man who valued keeping his promises.
Ten times attack speed? No big deal.
As for what ten times attack speed would actually be used for…
Oh—right. Maybe trolling. 2333!
Just imagining Tony charging around the game wielding troll gear, smashing things and spraying nonsense everywhere was hilarious.
With that thought, Xu Dan picked up his phone.
"Hello. Mr. Stark is busy right now. Please call again later."
"Oh?" Xu Dan raised an eyebrow. "Jarvis, call me Tony."
"Understood, Mr. Xu Dan. Please wait… Hello, this is Tony. What's up? I'm really busy—there's a little girl about to overtake me on the ladder."
It sounded like Tony was playing StarCraft. Last time in Wakanda, Shuri had said she was ranked second—apparently now she was about to surpass [Hardcore Plugin Tony].
An old silver coin who loved inviting Jarvis everywhere.
"Tony, my virtual game is about to launch."
"I know, I know. Bro, don't forget your promise. I'm about to lose my first place here, but in your new game, I'm definitely going to be a god! By the way—you didn't give benefits to anyone else, did you?"
"No. But you need to help me with something first. Otherwise, I'll take the benefit back."
"Hey—how can you be like that?! Fine, what do you want? As long as you're not asking me to kill good people!"
Xu Dan smiled. "Endorse the game helmet. And host the launch press conference."
"Please! I don't usually do this kind of thing, and now you're forcing me into it? You're really a damn—"
"Then I'll take the benefits back."
"No! Don't! I'll do it, I promise! Just give me the speech to prepare—damn it!"
"A speech? What's that? Just wing it. You're Iron Man."
"I—!"
Tony jumped up in rage, nearly smashing his massive gaming screen.
But faced with that irresistible benefit, he had absolutely no power to refuse.
What else could he do?
Xu Dan hung up the phone.
There was still some time before the release date announced on the official website. Right now, the company's employees were mainly focused on testing.
As long as the game ran smoothly, everything else would fall into place.
In truth, with Xu Dan personally overseeing the project, there was no chance of major bugs. The large-scale testing was simply because the project was enormous—and extra peace of mind never hurt.
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Meanwhile, under the authority of S.H.I.E.L.D., an officially backed secret research project was also in full swing.
Their researchers were studying a cube of immense historical significance.
This cube was different from the server cube at Antarctic Biotech.
It was itself a terrifying energy source.
A source that had already caused countless disasters.
During World War II, the Red Skull had used it to create weapons far beyond their era—nearly destroying the world.
Later, the Pegasus Project had even drawn the attention of extraterrestrials. Fortunately, Carol had been on Earth at the time to resolve the crisis. Otherwise, no one knew how Earth could have survived it.
After that battle, Carol flew into space to help the Skrulls find a new home.
It was also due to her deterrence that the Kree refrained from invading Earth for so long in search of Pegasus Project technology.
After that conflict, something fell into S.H.I.E.L.D.'s hands—
The cube known as the Tesseract.
Contained within it was one of the six Infinity Stones—the Space Stone—and the energy it held was unimaginably vast.
Now, S.H.I.E.L.D. intended to make use of this super-energy source once again.
After all, if others could research it, why couldn't S.H.I.E.L.D.?
Lacking technology? Then they would acquire it.
Thus, after the battle in New Mexico, they invited an unremarkable "minor figure" from that time—
Dr. Selvig.
Though he had played virtually no role in that battle, he was a renowned astrophysicist on Earth.
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