148: Chapter 148 Subspecies Singularity, teaser PV!

[Chaldea Broadcasting Bureau · First Anniversary Special Project: Virtual Preview Livestream!]

As soon as this livestream teaser was released, major gaming forums across the Blue Planet were instantly ignited.

For the players of the Blue Planet, who had long been accustomed to the rigid operations of traditional game developers, the term "Preview Livestream" felt as novel as alien technology.

You must know, in this world's gaming circle, no matter how top-tier the gaming company, when facing a major version update, at most they would just post a dry text announcement on their official website, accompanied by two vague, nonsensical screenshots, and call it a day.

Even the wealthiest developers would, at most, pay for a splash screen CG advertisement.

A project like this, done with such fanfare—a "network-wide livestream"—and even claiming to "chat face-to-face with players about future versions," was an unprecedented first in the gaming history of the Blue Planet!

"What does a Preview Livestream mean? Is Old Thief Gu going to come down personally and play games for us?"

"I heard from my uncle who works at Chaldea Studio that they are going to release the upcoming new plot and new Heroic Spirit Noble Phantasms directly in real-time gameplay format! There's even a live interactive session with rewards!"

"Holy crap?! Other developers update versions while trying their best to hide things, fearing players will find out they've run out of ideas, yet Old Thief Gu actually dares to open a network-wide livestream and sell us big dreams to our faces?!"

"Just for the gimmick of giving out rewards, even if he stabs me two more times in the livestream, I'll accept it!"

"Vision! This is what vision is, brothers! I close other game announcements after a glance, but for Old Thief Gu's livestream, I'm not even working overtime today; I have to go back and watch it!"

Accompanied by this unprecedented sense of novelty and fanatical anticipation.

When the official livestream time finally arrived, the internet traffic of the entire Blue Planet experienced a terrifying tidal migration at that very moment.

Over ten million Masters of "FGO" punctually put on their VR headsets or sat in front of their computer screens, harboring complex emotions of excitement, nervousness, and even readiness to send razor blades, as they flooded into the [Holographic Virtual Preview Livestream Room] specially opened by Chaldea.

"It's here, it's here! It's finally starting!"

"Brothers, get your riot shields ready! If Old Thief Gu dares to show his face in the livestream today, blacklist him first!"

"The finale of the first part treated us like dogs, today if there aren't a hundred or eighty Saint Quartz as compensation for emotional distress, this matter is definitely not over!"

Amidst the clamor of countless scrolling comments, the initially bright hall of the livestream room plunged into absolute darkness without warning.

There were no boring opening remarks, nor long-winded pleasantries. Gu Yi smashed the conceptual PV regarding the Sub-Singularity directly into the faces of the ten million players online!

"Zheng—!"

Accompanied by a sharp metallic string sound tearing through the darkness, high-octane montage clips flashed crazily on the holographic big screen like a kaleidoscope!

It was a brand new visual impact that did not belong to the "Age of Gods" or the "Ancient Times," overturning all the players' perceptions!

In the ruins of a modern city, drenched in incessant rain and flashing neon lights, a black heavy motorcycle emitted a violent roar, tearing through the streets like a steel beast!

And on the motorcycle, a cold swordsman wearing a black tight leather suit and holding a pitch-black holy sword was coldly staring at the camera with those emotionless golden eyes!

Subsequently, the camera plunged into an abyssal depth where the sun never shines.

In a vast underground world emitting eerie phosphorescence, the berserk Amazon Queen, wielding a meteor hammer with blood-red eyes, was letting out heart-wrenching roars, smashing everything in front of her like a madwoman!

The scene instantly twisted, switching to a deep-sea electronic labyrinth filled with cyberpunk and psychedelic colors.

Countless ghostly blue data streams poured down like a waterfall, and at the very center of that abyss, a girl whose legs had been modified into sharp mechanical blades was dancing a gorgeous yet deadly ballet in the rain of enemy blood, like a proud swan!

Immediately after, cherry blossoms fell.

A blood-red crescent moon hung high in the sky.

Amidst the corpses covering the mountains and plains, a stunningly beautiful swordswoman, dressed boldly and wielding two samurai swords—one long and one short—was gulping down strong liquor while greeting the massive monsters crawling out from the depths of hell with a heroic smile!

And in the final scene of the PV, all the passion instantly converged, turning into an extremely oppressive silence.

It was a dark and damp courtroom. Before a towering gallows, a gloomy loli with brilliant golden hair, clutching a teddy bear toy, was staring fixedly at all the players in front of the screen with those hollow, azure eyes.

Behind her, there were vaguely some indescribable, massive tentacles writhing crazily in the darkness.

[Although humanity has been saved, the remaining threats still lurk in the shadows—]

[Epic of Remnant (Sub-Singularity)!]

[Unlocking immediately!]

After this line of epic-feeling large characters appeared, the PV came to an abrupt end.

And the over ten million players in the holographic livestream room were completely stunned at this moment!

"Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit!!! What the hell kind of art style is this?!"

"Modern city? Cyber network? Cthulhu horror?! Just how big is Old Thief Gu's imagination!"

"Who is that girl dancing with mechanical legs? The contrast is just amazing!"

Just when the players across the net were dizzy and blood-boiling from being blasted by this nuke-level PV, fully expecting that "cold-blooded producer" who made the whole net cry to descend on the scene with a high-and-mighty, pretentious attitude.

The big screen suddenly lit up.

The screen cut to a cheaply decorated "Chaldea Lounge" cardboard set where even the edges of the green screen background hadn't been keyed out properly.

Appearing in the camera was a man with his back to everyone, wearing an "Evil of humanity Gudako" otaku T-shirt.

He was holding a pink plastic thermos, leisurely preparing a cup of braised beef noodles.

Just then, an assistant in a formal suit rushed into the camera shot in a panic.

He stared fixedly at the teleprompter off-screen and began a completely emotionless, robotic performance:

"It's bad! Producer! The Masters have already breached the Grand Temple of Time, and now ten million people are blocking the entrance to the livestream room, threatening to send razor blades if you don't give out rewards!"

The man who was making instant noodles slowly turned around.

It was the top creator of Chaldea, Gu Yi, wearing an extremely abstract pair of black inverted triangle sunglasses.

He held the instant noodles, faced the camera, and using a dead-fish-eye tone with absolutely no inflection, like Siri, began an extremely stiff comedic straight man act:

"Oh. Is that so. That is truly. Too terrifying."

"Is it scary? Yes. Very scary."

"Everyone has worked hard to save humanity. Since that's the case. Then let me give everyone some rewards."

"Welcome to. The Chaldea First Anniversary Carnival Party. Yay."

To accompany this extremely perfunctory "Yay," he also expressionlessly made a peace sign.

The comments in the livestream room froze for a full three seconds at this moment.

Subsequently, the entire internet completely lost it!