The viewers marveled in awe, while Pewdiepie took swift action. He forcefully shoved the one-meter-long egg into the Prawn Suit's storage compartment. Fortunately, the Prawn Suit's storage was large enough to fit it.
"Attention, the moment we grab the egg, run away immediately! The Ghost Leviathan will return rapidly, and the creature decoy torpedo won't be able to distract it!"
Sure enough, just as Pewdiepie finished speaking, the viewers heard an angry shriek from ahead. The Ghost Leviathan had returned, charging in his direction at an incredibly fast speed!
Pewdiepie moved immediately, activating the grappling hook mode. He latched onto the surrounding terrain and fled frantically!
[Damn, I didn't realize Pewdiepie was this skilled at using 3D maneuver gear!]
[HAHAHAHAHAHA!]
In the video, under Pewdiepie's exquisite operation, he ultimately managed to shake off the Ghost Leviathan successfully. Amidst a wave of "POG" cheers from the viewers, he secured the stolen egg!
"Chat, if you want to steal eggs, you absolutely must use the Prawn Suit. The Seamoth and Cyclops are both far too slow. I've tried, and the Ghost Leviathan will catch up to you. Moreover, even with the Prawn Suit, you must be thoroughly proficient with the grappling hook mode to succeed!"
After succeeding, Pewdiepie began sharing his thoughts on being an egg thief. "Let me give everyone a piece of advice. If you want to play Subnautica well, you must first master the Prawn Suit. Once you get the hang of this mech, the game truly becomes much more comfortable!"
"Well, that's it for this video. If I actually manage to hatch a Ghost Leviathan, I'll release a new video for you guys then!"
Pewdiepie's video left everyone deeply tempted. Just as they were all itching to try their hand at being an egg thief, another Youtuber named ratlobber released another video.
[There's Another Hidden Precursor Structure Within Subnautica's Volcanic Zone!]
In the video, ratlobber wandered around the volcanic zone in his Prawn Suit. Ultimately, in the southwest direction, he discovered a colossal active volcano!
This active volcano was vastly larger than all the active volcanoes encountered in Benjamin's video. It looked to be over five hundred meters tall, making it even more massive than the Precursor enforcement tower. The terrain was rugged with jagged rocks, and the crater was constantly spewing magma.
[This volcano is fucking breathtaking!]
[Tsk, tsk, I didn't expect the bottom of the ocean to have scenery like this.]
[Wow, this is truly spectacular!]
"Chat, this right here is the main volcano of the volcanic zone!" ratlobber excited voice rang out. "Furthermore, hidden within this volcano is a Precursor structure! However, the entrance is very hard to find, so you have to follow my coordinates closely!"
They watched as he piloted the Prawn Suit, crawling up the side of the volcano. Eventually, halfway up the mountain, he found an extremely inconspicuous cave.
Entering the cave and pressing forward a bit further, an eerie green Precursor structure appeared before everyone's eyes. Moreover, massive amounts of pipes were laid across the building, extending in all directions.
[Who would have thought there'd be a Precursor structure inside a volcano?!]
[Yeah, I've been to this giant volcano too, but I never in my wildest dreams imagined there'd be a massive building hidden inside it!!]
[The main issue is that the devs hid the building way too deep. That narrow entrance is just far too easy to overlook!]
Tender Tomato entered the building, and everyone immediately heard the continuous zzt zzt sound of electrical currents all around them. They could also see even more pipes inside, connected to the ones outside.
Right in the dead center of the building's hall sat an intricately shaped machine. Unusually thick electrical arcs continuously crackled and wrapped around the machine, illuminating the hall brilliantly.
"Guys, time for the big reveal! We have arrived at the Precursors' Thermal Plant!" Tender Tomato said excitedly. "I've scanned everything in this place. The purpose of this power plant is to convert the boundless thermal energy from the volcano into electricity, which is then supplied to the other Precursor structures!"
"Besides that, we can also find the blueprint for Ion Batteries here. From now on, we can craft the Precursors' Ion Cubes into batteries. But that's not the biggest surprise. The biggest surprise is this!"
Saying that, ratlobber arrived in front of a massive room. Then, all the people watching were utterly shocked to see that this room was actually piled high with Ion Cubes!
[It's entirely full of Ion Cubes?!]
[There must be at least a thousand of them in here, right?!]
[More than that! Tens of thousands!!!]
[Doesn't this mean we practically have an inexhaustible source of energy?]
[Smh! One look and you know this is the devs taking pity on us!]
The viewers marveled. They knew very well that unlocking this area was equivalent to the devs handing them a cheat code for infinite energy!
With infinite energy, where in this vast ocean couldn't they go?!
If this wasn't the developers' mercy, what was?!
At the same time, the players continued to marvel at just how incredibly rich the content of Subnautica was. Exactly how many more surprises had the developers hidden in this game for them?!
Carrying a myriad of questions in their hearts, the people unanimously gathered under Jenny's Twitter (X). They continuously asked question after question regarding Subnautica, begging the devs to answer their doubts.
Jenny was quite considerate of the netizens' feelings. Upon receiving their requests, she immediately sought out Lucien. " Lucien! The people have asked so many questions under my Twitter, and they're hoping you can help answer them!"
"Answer them? There's no need for that." Sitting at his computer, Lucien stretched his back and shook his head. "It's a game, after all. They should explore it for themselves. Right, Sis, I'll need to use your Twitter later to announce the results of the Gaia virtual avatar design competition and promote my gaming platform while I'm at it."
"The competition results? You've already picked a winner?" Jenny asked in surprise. She naturally remembered the competition; Lucien had promised a $30,000 prize for the selected Gaia design.
"Yeah, I picked one," Lucien nodded. "But I'm not going to use it."
"ot going to use it?" Jenny froze. "What do you mean?"
"Because I've already created an even more beautiful one!" Lucien smiled faintly. "Ta-da! It's her!"
Saying that, Lucien stepped aside so Jenny could see his computer screen.
Jenny leaned over and saw a virtual 3D female avatar standing on Lucien's screen. It was a tall woman with black hair, large eyes, a crisp white combat tank top, and black leather shorts that revealed a pair of long, straight legs.
Jenny's eyes widened instantly. Even as a woman herself, she was severely stunned by the 3D model before her. An angelic face paired with a devilish figure, it completely blew every other 3D female virtual avatar currently on the market out of the water!
And with this woman's beauty and figure... A woman as perfect as this would probably never exist in real life!
She had to admit, her younger brother's aesthetics were absolutely top-tier!
Once this avatar was launched, it would probably captivate a massive swathe of men, wouldn't it?!
"Lucien, your skills at depicting and designing character appearances are truly unmatched. My god, I feel like the players especially the male players will go absolutely crazy when they see her!" Thinking of this, Jenny couldn't help but sigh in admiration.
"Heh," Lucien smiled faintly. "Let me introduce you. Her name is Tifa."
"Tifa? Not Gaia?" Jenny was taken aback.
"I changed my mind." Lucien shook his head. "Tifa is a newly designed AI I created specifically to manage the New World gaming platform. Although her level of intelligence isn't as high as Gaia's, managing the platform is a minor task that she can handle without any problems."
After some thought, Lucien decided that Tifa was Tifa, and it was better to let her maintain her original name.
"Tifa? Hmm, that's a pretty good name you came up with!" Jenny nodded. "Not bad, Lucien. I've realized you truly understand player psychology. Even as a woman, my heart flutters looking at this Tifa. Male players will probably be even more excited, right?!"
"Obviously. Would anything I design be subpar?" Lucien smiled. Who in this world understands a pervert best? Another pervert, naturally!
"Then let's do that. I'm going to record a short video right now, and you can post it on Twitter later. Hmm, I might as well make a super handsome virtual avatar for myself while I'm at it!"
Saying that, Lucien stood up and walked toward the VR platform.
And so, an hour later, a video was published on Jenny's Twitter, accompanied by the caption: [Loyal players of New World Studio, your devs makes his first-ever appearance in a video! Come look.]
With Jenny's current Twitter follower traffic, the video was quickly noticed the moment it was published. The explosive title, in particular, left the people itching to click.
In an instant, people eagerly clicked into the video.
The background of the video turned out to be the incredibly vast ocean in Subnautica. In the next moment, the originally calm seawater suddenly churned violently. Then, a furious roar echoed as a colossal creature suddenly burst out from the ocean and took flight!
It was a Sea Dragon Leviathan!
[Uhm... the Sea Dragon Leviathan can actually fly?]
[Look closely, there seems to be a person on the Sea Dragon's back!!]
Amidst their shock, the peopleindeed spotted a human figure standing right on the Sea Dragon Leviathan's head!
Next, the Sea Dragon Leviathan hovered in the sky, and the camera zoomed in. Only then did the viewers clearly see that the person standing atop the Sea Dragon Leviathan was an extremely handsome young man with spiky blond hair and a pair of azure blue eyes.
[So handsome! not as handsome as me tho!]
[This guy is way too handsome!]
[Damn, this doesn't look like a real person though, it's a 3D model, right?!]
[Obviously. How could a real person look this handsome? You'd only see this in an anime. No, I haven't even seen an anime character this handsome before!]
Amidst the viewers' puzzled gasps of admiration, the young man spoke to the camera. "Hello, players. I am the one you call the devs."
The moment these words were spoken, the viewers were dumbfounded. And not just dumbfounded they were thoroughly amused!
[So this guy is the devs!]
[Fuck me, this devs is acting way too cool! Riding a Sea Dragon Leviathan straight into the sky, +99999 AURA!]
[It's not just that! He even sculpted such a ridiculously handsome virtual avatar for himself! I refuse to accept this!]
[As expected, you can do whatever you want in your own game!!]
It had to be said that the viewers were genuinely feeling a bit sour right now. After all, Lucien's grand entrance looked simply far too handsome and far too badass!
In the video, Lucien's voice continued. "I'm releasing this video today for two reasons. The first reason is that the Gaia AI avatar design competition held recently has reached its conclusion. The ultimate winner is the piece created by a netizen named 'Mika Pikazo – @MlkaPlkazo'!"
As he finished speaking, the video shifted, and the artwork selected by Lucien appeared before the people. It depicted a woman wearing a cool, elegant palace dress, looking incredibly delicate and charming.
The people immediately broke into sighs of admiration.
[Damn, the devs has a good eye! This drawing really is excellent!]
[I know Mika! She's quite a famous artist on the twitter and has drawn character illustrations for many games and comics. She also designed vtuber avatars.]
[I know her too! Mika drawing foundation and character depiction skills are truly top-tier]
Just as the viewers were showering praise, they heard Lucien's tone shift. "However, although I've selected this piece, I am very sorry to say that I do not intend to adopt it. This is because I have created an even better avatar myself. Of course, the $30,000 prize money will still be distributed as promised."
The moment these words were spoken, the viewers were shocked. To them, the avatar designed by Mika was already incredibly beautiful.
Wait a minute, if this guy could sculpt such a ridiculously handsome virtual avatar for himself, then him coming up with an even better-looking female virtual avatar didn't seem entirely impossible!
In the video, Lucien, standing atop the dragon's head, continued. "Now for the second matter. It is my great honor to announce that the brand-new gaming platform exclusive to New World is officially online!"
A brand-new gaming platform?
This time, the netizens were truly astonished! They hadn't expected New World Studio to make such a decision.
"You can head over to the New World official website to download it right now. From this point forward, all games produced by the New World Studio will only be released on our platform!"
As he spoke, a string of URLs appeared in the sky next to Lucien, exactly matching the URL for the New World official website.
"Players, I have also prepared an incredibly massive surprise for everyone on the New World gaming platform! Be absolutely sure not to miss it. Well then, I look forward to seeing everyone again on the brand-new platform!"
With Lucien's final sentence, the video came to an abrupt halt. However, the people' discussions grew even more fervent.
(PS: The image is Gojo Satoru, the avatar Lucien sculpted for himself.)
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