Pierpoint, Interstellar Peace Corporation Headquarters.
Lin Guang, who had been working overtime for a month straight, was incredibly haggard, with a look on his face that would surely drain the vitality from any ghost passing by.
I can't take this anymore. This damned Market Development Department is no place for a human.
Originally, I was just a Honkai: Star Rail streamer, busy farming the Dead Water set for my wife, Acheron.
I had just gotten a Crit Damage body piece with four sub-stats, thinking I could finally escape the prison, but after maxing it out, the 100-starting small defense directly transported me into the game.
Fortunately, my identity was that of a small team leader in the Interstellar Peace Corporation's Traditional Projects Department, which meant I could comfortably start a leisurely retirement.
But within a few days, I was transferred to the Market Development Department.
They said it was temporary reinforcement, but a month has passed, and there's no sign of me being transferred back.
If this continues, I'm afraid I'll be completely drained by the company, becoming material for the Amber King's wall-building endeavor.
“Damn it, why do other transmigrators have systems, but I just transmigrated to be a worker! Am I some kind of chosen laborer?”
“Detecting host's resentment. System activating…”
A the elusive and cold electronic synthesis voice suddenly rang out.
“Congratulations, Host, for activating the 【God-tier Mobile Game Development System】!”
“Congratulations, Host, for receiving a complete initial game program gift package!”
The crisp, pleasant system notification sound lingered in his ears like celestial music. Lin Guang immediately felt incredibly comfortable all over. This was the treatment a male protagonist in a web novel should receive!
He calmed his excited emotions and then began to carefully study the system's functions.
This God-tier Mobile Game Development System required him to launch the completed mobile game, and then acquire game points based on the number of players, online duration, Krypton Gold amount, discussion popularity, and so on.
The acquired game points could be used for game updates and development, and also to purchase items and draw prizes in the mall.
After understanding everything, Lin Guang opened the initial gift package given by the system.
“Congratulations, Host, for obtaining the initial version program of the mobile game “Honkai: Star Rail”!”
“Congratulations on activating the official account for “Honkai: Star Rail”!”
“What the heck? Honkai: Star Rail?”
Lin Guang was stunned for a moment. He was going to make a Honkai: Star Rail mobile game in the Honkai: Star Rail world?
Silver Wolf pulling Kafka to E6, Blade pulling Imbibitor Lunae?
Lin Guang's lips curved into a smile. Interesting, this was too much fun!
Moreover, in the world of Honkai: Star Rail, everyone had a mobile phone, and the population was unimaginable.
Just as Lin Guang was about to launch the game, he suddenly remembered a crucial issue: wouldn't the company trace the IP back to him after the game launched?
Given the company's performance-driven nature, they would probably lock him in a dark room and interrogate him severely.
Thinking of this, Lin Guang looked at the official account provided by the system again. The account's avatar was the same as the real official one, featuring a large head of March 7th, with a buff icon below it.
【Account IP information has been encrypted; private account information cannot be queried by any means!】
Encrypted account?
This way, he could launch the game through this official account, so he wouldn't have to worry about his real identity being exposed.
So, Lin Guang used the account to launch the game on the app store, and information related to the game also appeared on the system panel.
Game Name: “Honkai: Star Rail”
Game Version: 1.0
Registered Users: 0
Current Online Users: 0
Game Discussion Popularity: 0
It had been a while since the game launched, and the user count and game discussion popularity remained at zero, but in Lin Guang's view, it was normal.
In this Interstellar universe, without any advertising pre-heating or traffic support, a newly launched mobile game was like dropping a grain of sand into the ocean.
So Lin Guang decided, I'll buy my way to the top!
Using his internal company connections, Lin Guang found a small manager responsible for promotions in the company's large group chat. After noting down the contact information, he added them using the game's official account.
The application was immediately approved. The other party, named Yan Shi, was a P37-level promotion manager at Interstellar Peace Entertainment Company. A message that seemed like an automatic reply was immediately sent to Lin Guang.
“Thank you for your trust! For media buying, please specify your budget, product type, and Delivery time. Interstellar Peace Entertainment will ensure the promotion of your product!”
Lin Guang looked at the mere 200,000 credit points he had in his pocket, somewhat pained as he transferred all of them to the official account first!
It was also his fault for being prone to squandering small amounts of money he had; most of his credit points were tied up in the Interstellar stock market, leaving him with only this much now!
But as long as his game promotion went smoothly, these credit points were just a drop in the bucket!
So Lin Guang used the official account to communicate with the other party.
“200,000 credit points, for mobile game promotion, now.”
On the other side, Yan Shi, seeing a new order, put down his work and replied.
“Understood, boss. Based on current game chart prices, we can arrange for your game to be on the charts, platform advertisements… ”
Various promotional resources and their durations were laid out before Lin Guang. Lin Guang selected a few promotional resources he thought were suitable and made the payment.
Yan Shi was somewhat surprised to see the other party being so decisive, having expected some haggling. So, after arranging the other party's promotional work, he checked the other party's account, but unfortunately, there was only a homepage account interface, and nothing could be seen.
And as promotional resources were injected, people gradually began to notice this new mobile game IP.
Lao Mu was a streamer under Interstellar Peace Entertainment Company. He usually streamed Genshin Impact, and had accumulated a good number of fans, making him somewhat well-known.
This time, Lao Mu received a promotional task from his superior, requiring him to play a newly released mobile game for 3 hours.
“Brothers, I just received internal news that a newly launched mobile game seems pretty good. I'll go check it out for you all first!”
Seeing Lao Mu suddenly wanting to stream a new game, the audience was also a little curious.
“What internal news? Is it the master's task?”
“Possibly. I've been watching mobile game promotions recently, and there's nothing interesting.”
“Streamer, are you sure you can do it? The ones you recommended in the past were absolutely awful!”
Seeing a barrage of negative comments, Lao Mu could only pretend not to see them, as the games he had promoted before were indeed quite bad.
But he was a streamer! Very professional!
The game was available on both PC and mobile. Lao Mu, seeing that he could stream it on his computer, naturally chose the PC version.
After the game downloaded, Lao Mu clicked to start it. What greeted his eyes were the large characters “Honkai: Star Rail”, followed by a train roaming the galaxy.
So Lao Mu began to showcase his professional skills.
“Wow, look at this startup animation! The light! The train! It looks so much like the famous Astral Express that roams the universe!”
The barrage thought Lao Mu was going to start with his usual exaggerated praise, but some knowledgeable and hardcore viewers noticed something suspicious.
“This should be the Astral Express. I used to ride the Nameless's train across star systems. There's no mistake!”
“Holy cow, awesome, you can even tell that!”
“Now our little Mu Zi has also made it big!”
Seeing the good effect, Lao Mu registered an account and prepared to start the game. After registering, the train on the waiting screen actually started moving!
The train, which was originally displayed horizontally, rushed forward, giving the audience an upward-looking view of the train's head charging forward.
“It's got something, this animation effect, at least better than a college student's graduation project!”
“And this music, listening closely, it's completely incomparable to those garbage reskinned games!”
“Holy cow, could it be that Lao Mu actually got something good this time?!”
“Streamer, start the game quickly! I'm a bit curious about the quality of this game!”
So Lao Mu didn't procrastinate and clicked the screen to enter the game.
“Honkai: Star Rail, launching!”