《Double Winner! The 13th GDCA Game of the Year Award Announced!》

《"Overwatch" Becomes First Game in History to Win GDCA Game of the Year!》

《One Through Five! Well Deserved! Golden Wind Shines Brightly at This GDCA!》

《Golden Wind Sweeps Five Major Awards! Promising Future!》

《Featured Again in China Daily! Electronic Finance Edition Praises Golden Wind as "Outstanding Representative of Emerging National Enterprises"!》

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The day after the GDCA awards ceremony concluded!

The news of Golden Wind's one-through-five victory appeared as headline news across major gaming media outlets.

After all, since the establishment of GDCA, no gaming company worldwide had ever dominated four major awards with just two titles like this!

Golden Wind's footing on the world stage seemed to solidify further after this sensational awards ceremony.

However.

For Gu Sheng, while winning five major awards was certainly commendable, he actually valued two other gains more—

First was the promotion for "It Takes Two."

Clearly, the live demo at GDCA had excellent results. Players now held special anticipation for this game, making the promotional effect outstanding—exactly what Gu Sheng needed.

Second was the 'enthusiastic fan' Arnoldi gained during the awards ceremony.

Yes, after the ceremony concluded, Arnoldi actively sought him out.

After fully expressing his admiration and enthusiasm, Arnoldi chatted with Gu Sheng and requested to exchange contact information for future communication.

Gu Sheng naturally agreed happily.

Because he had also played "White Scheme"—though he hadn't finished it, just experiencing the first two chapters already shocked him with Arnoldi's unique narrative perspective.

However!

Remember, this is a motion-sensing pod game.

Perhaps in his previous life, players could face a screen, click the left mouse button to make machine guns spit fire, listening to civilians' screams unmoved.

But when you enter the motion-sensing pod, personally immersed in the game, hearing the explosive machine gun sounds in your ears, smelling the lingering heavy scent of blood, watching children, elderly, and pregnant women fall under machine gun fire—that heavy sense of guilt truly makes your scalp tingle, unbearable to witness.

One could say "White Scheme" deserved the GDCA Game of the Year award even more than "Overwatch."

While shocked!

Clearly, as an active pacifist, Arnoldi held tremendous enthusiasm for "anti-war" promotion and spared no effort.

Meanwhile, through dedicated research, their current mastery and tuning skills for second-generation FPS ranked at the industry forefront, not losing to major companies like CloudPower and Komera, second only to the pioneer Golden Experience Studio.

Anti-war concept, second-generation FPS experience, World War theme......

Perhaps there really would be collaboration opportunities in the future.

After all, Arnoldi held full anticipation for cooperation between both parties.

But now was clearly not the time for collaboration.

....

"Hmm hmm ting, hmm hmm—"

Another Friday arrived. Standing by the sink wearing rubber gloves, Shen Miaomiao hummed a little tune while placing plates into the dishwasher.

"So happy today?"

Beside her, Gu Sheng placed frozen ice spheres into homemade coconut lattes, tasting one—not bad.

It was already June, weather gradually heating up. Both had changed into short pajamas and started drinking iced beverages.

"Of course,"

Shen Miaomiao placed the last plate into the dishwasher, then cleaned and hung up the gloves, taking the iced latte Gu Sheng handed her for a sip:

"Five more minutes until we turn into little dolls—aren't you excited?"

Correct!

With June's arrival, "It Takes Two" simultaneously launched on Yiyou and XunTeng gaming platforms, starting its release countdown.

And today was "It Takes Two"'s official release date.

Shen Miaomiao was naturally extremely excited!

After all, the live demo at GDCA had pleasantly surprised Shen Miaomiao tremendously.

This game was really too fun.

Whether the scene settings, two-player interactions, or various ingenious mini-games.

Every element was so interesting, so captivating.

In her view, "It Takes Two" clearly had higher quality than Escape from Hell.

Moreover.

Today wasn't just about gaming.

Besides gaming, she had an additional matter to attend to.

"Ready, my almost-ex-husband?"

Thinking here, Shen Miaomiao raised her glass toward Gu Sheng.

Ding.

Glasses clinked crisply. Gu Sheng straightened up with serious expression:

"Reporting to almost-ex-wife! I'm well-fed, well-hydrated, fully rested! All-night special forces requesting deployment!"

Gu Sheng wasn't just talking.

Well-fed and hydrated went without saying—they'd just finished dinner, their second meal today.

As for fully rested...

Yes.

Clearly, Little Nezha really loved this game immensely, so she directly asked Gu Sheng about the game's approximate total playtime.

After receiving Gu Sheng's "about 12 hours" response, she decisively issued orders at 8 AM—

Today the chairman and president rest, catch up on sleep, directly pull all-nighters at 8 PM game release for high-intensity completion!

The company only has two people in charge, both taking leave the same day?

Too childish.

But this time!

Gu Sheng agreed without hesitation.

Perfect timing!

Thus, both readily agreed, slipped into slippers, went downstairs to eat breakfast at the neighborhood breakfast shop, then returned to crash for extra sleep, not waking until 6:30 PM.

"Two more minutes..."

Speaking, Gu Sheng checked the time:

"Go?"

Shen Miaomiao bit her charming red lips, also grinning:

"Go!"

"Feels like we're doing something sneaky..." Gu Sheng complained while walking toward the studio.

Gu Sheng also puffed out his chest: "Here to play games! Unrelated personnel make way!"

Pfft—

Shen Miaomiao couldn't hold back laughter, chasing to pat Gu Sheng's back, laughing playfully: "Our home has no unrelated personnel..."

Gu Sheng opened the motion-sensing pod, looking at Shen Miaomiao then pointing at himself:

"Aren't these two unrelated personnel skipping work to slack off all night?"

"Ah—that statement is mistaken!"

Hearing this, Shen Miaomiao stepped into the motion-sensing pod while correcting:

"This is called game testing—very hard work! Even requiring all-night overtime!"

"emmmmm......fine....."

Gu Sheng made a complex expression, shrugging:

"Testing games after launch? Okay, very reasonable."

"Of course!"

With a sound, Shen Miaomiao's motion-sensing pod closed, voice coming from squad chat:

"I'm the chairman! Heroes always appear last!"

As the screen flashed!

The game's start screen appeared—

Then, a man in orange-yellow casual sweater entered the scene, tossing trash into the bin beside the mailbox.

Thump.

Rustle—

As the bin lid closed, a small blue car parked in the yard.

An elegant woman in light yellow blazer stepped out:

"Hey, how was today?"

"emm—awesome,"

The man sighed, shrugging:

"The toaster broke, and Rose won't eat vegetables..."

"Okay, how was the dentist?" The woman slightly raised eyebrows, walking toward the house door.

But behind, the man's voice held hesitation: "Dentist?"

Hearing this, the woman paused, frowning slightly: "Don't tell me you forgot the dentist appointment?"

"No," the man shook head: "But aren't you taking her tomorrow?"

"Of course not," the woman waved denial: "I have work tomorrow."

"But tomorrow's Saturday!"

"I know but I have overtime."

"You—is there any week when you don't work overtime?"

"Oh, alright, I'm not in the mood to argue now."

Conversation stalled, the woman moved to leave, but the man called from behind:

"Hey, hey, May! Rose needs both of us. Since we can't manage, why not just tell her we're divorcing..."

"Now's not the time..."

"But I think we shouldn't..."

As their voices gradually faded, the perspective slowly pushed upward.

In the attic, a worried little girl held two dolls.

One wore an orange sweater with a pea sprout on its head—a clay figure.

The other wore a light yellow jacket with glasses and blue long hair—a wooden puppet.

"Oh... so we're getting divorced right from the start..."

After watching the cutscene, reaching character selection, Shen Miaomiao chose Little Plum.

"Life is these trivial matters. Many people in reality divorce just because they can't endure these daily annoyances..."

Speaking, Gu Sheng chose Cody.

[But love requires our joint effort]

In the tool shed, their daughter sneaked in, found a thick red-covered book titled "Book of Love," pointing at the preface words, speaking to the two dolls:

"You need to work together, can't just give up like this..."

"Make up, mom and dad..."

"Okay..."

Speaking.

The innocent little daughter couldn't help hugging the dolls and crying.

Clear teardrops fell on the two small dolls, splashing tears, blurring the screen into pure white...

......

"Holy shit! Hey! Changed, cousin! Damn, I turned into a clay figure! Shit!"

In the livestream chat, Ayin's voice emerged.

Turned into doll Cody, Ayin tugged his sweater, touched the pea sprout on his head, said in surprise.

Livestream chat erupted in cheers—

Still that familiar flavor

This one can't end with shooting, right?

"Holy shit don't scare me, isn't this family-themed?"

"Hahahaha traumatized by Escape from Hell?"

"Cousin finally has a neck, tearful"

"Wang Tianyu disgusts you?"

"So damn fun this game"

"Feels like watching cartoons"

"Ahhhh I want a gaming buddy too, nobody plays with me..."

......

Amid audience discussion.

In-game, Little Plum and Cody were also shocked by their sudden transformation.

"This... what's happening?! Cody what did you do?!"

"Me? No... you... why do you always blame me for bad things?!"

[That's right! Why do you always blame him?]

"See! See what they said... holy shit?!"

Cody turned head, just in time seeing the distinctively wild-personality "Book of Love" from the trailer.

[Your daughter requested me!]

[And I will help you rekindle your love! Woo-hoo! Yeah—!]

"Really damn crazy..."

"Exactly, who damn wants to rekindle love? We just want to divorce quickly..."

"Hurry up cousin, change back quickly, there's still cooling period..."

"Speed speed, can't stand this life another day..."

Amid livestream audience laughter.

Highly immersed Ayin and cousin directly ignored Dr. Hakim, speaking with Tianjin accents while searching for ways to revert to human form.

To revert to human form, they first needed to find their daughter.

After all, Dr. Hakim said he transformed them by their daughter's request.

But currently, they remained in the tool shed. To find their daughter, they first needed to find a way out.

"Oh—I get it I get it cousin, come come, classic door opening!"

As Ayin's voice emerged.

Now, he had jumped onto a generator lever, but being doll-sized, he needed cousin's help.

"Heh heh! Perfect vibe! Coming! Go!"

Whoosh! Seeing this, cousin skillfully jumped onto the lever.

With a click!

The generator lever successfully pulled down.

But the next moment!

Zap—Whoosh whoosh whoosh—!!!

Electric current sounds emerged as the three generator fuses suddenly came alive!

Two fuses spun wildly mid-air, collided and fainted, falling down, while another fuse grew four spider-like legs, skittering away.

A strange cry echoed through the livestream:

"Hey holy shit?! My fuse ran away!!!"

With this hilarious exclamation.

A fairy tale world for adults slowly raised its curtain—

PS: Two more chapters at midnight

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by lotustale.com