I Forged the Myth of the Ancient Overlords
Chapter 671 - 671 670. Yannan Electronic Game Show_1

Chapter 671: 670. Yannan Electronic Game Show_1 Chapter 671: 670. Yannan Electronic Game Show_1 November 6th.

Yannan International Convention and Exhibition Center was bustling with noise and excitement.

A careful look would reveal many unusually dressed men and women, resembling characters from video games and animations. There were also many people holding cameras of all sizes, continuously clicking away. Groups of young men in checkered shirts and jackets, backpacks slung over their shoulders, were eager to try things out, and there were schoolgirls in high school uniforms, holding their boyfriends’ hands and looking around curiously.

The 12th Yannan Electronic Games Exhibition was being held here.

As the largest electronic games exhibition in the country, Yannan Electronic Games Exhibition focused on domestic games. In this world, although the development of domestic gaming consoles started a little late, it grew normally and followed a healthy cycle. Besides the traditional genres of immortal heroes and martial arts, there were an endless stream of games in genres like horror, science fiction, fantasy, and sports. Various manufacturers and independent game development teams all hoped to showcase their games at this exhibition to win more attention and support.

Among them, Overlord Entertainment was a giant in the domestic gaming console industry. Their game console, the Overlord series, had reached its fourth generation, with performance close to, albeit slightly less than, the PS5. News about the development of new models was constantly updated, and some predicted that Overlord Entertainment would announce their fifth-generation Overlord console and some blockbuster supporting games at this Yannan Electronic Games Exhibition.

But compared to that, what drew more attention this time was Lu Ban’s Silent Media.

There were rumors that Lu Ban’s gaming device would be showcased for the first time at this Yannan Electronic Games Exhibition.

Compared to Lu Ban, what fifth-generation Overlord console, what cross-platform open-world masterpiece, what lifetime achievement award for a famous game producer, all seemed insignificant.

On the old-days video website, there were special live stream rooms broadcasting the content of the Yannan Electronic Games Exhibition throughout. Many gamers and YouTubers also came to the exhibition to film vlogs or do live streaming.

Like this one called [Old Eggplant].

He was a talented student from a well-known university who had gained fame during his college years by making gaming videos. After graduating, he chose not to work for anyone else and became a full-time YouTuber instead.

He made videos during the day, streamed games at night, and happily collected his earnings.

He came to the Yannan Electronic Games Exhibition specifically for Lu Ban’s new device.

He knew some people in the gaming circle and had obtained relatively accurate information that Lu Ban would definitely bring his new device to this exhibition.

Moreover, opinions among those friends were mixed; some said Lu Ban was just bragging and the actual product was just an ordinary VR-capable console, others suggested that Lu Ban’s device might indeed be impressive but were reluctant to be too assertive, and still others reckoned that Lu Ban was actually just marketing and what he really wanted to promote was his movie.

Anyway, from Old Eggplant’s point of view, as long as Lu Ban wasn’t building cars, everything else was irrelevant.

Old Eggplant was live streaming with his phone, capturing many beautiful ladies, but he was unphased. He knew all too well that women would only affect his gaming speed, a truth he had understood while playing those sidescrolling, jumping joy games.

Soon, Old Eggplant saw the booth for Silent Media.

The booth’s layout was quite minimalist—apart from the words “Silent Media,” there was nothing else to see. Even the TVs that other booths constantly played with gameplay demos or trailers were pitch-black.

The area around the booth was packed—swarming with people.

Old Eggplant, relatively tall, stood on his tiptoes for a better look, but the booth was empty, and he had no idea why everyone was crowding around there.

“What are you all looking at?”

Old Eggplant couldn’t help but ask someone next to him.

“No idea, but I saw everyone gathering around here, so there must be something good.”

A man replied.

Old Eggplant checked and indeed, there wasn’t much. He guessed that at the beginning there were only a few people standing guard here, waiting for Lu Ban’s announcement. Then other passersby and tourists saw the gathering crowd and figured there must be something worthwhile, which eventually led to a bigger unsuspecting audience congregating.

A classic case of a crowd drawing a crowd.

Seeing nothing newsworthy at the moment, Old Eggplant decided to look around at other booths.

He was a fairly well-known gaming area streamer, with good relationships with many game development studios. Sometimes, the big companies would seek him out for publicity, what is commonly referred to as “making a living.”

While livestreaming and chatting with acquaintances, Old Eggplant even had lunch with a few friends at noon.

Just from this video game show alone, Old Eggplant felt he could produce two or three video episodes, which immediately filled him with joy.

It was in the afternoon when he returned to the venue, intending to greet other game studios, that he saw a large crowd had once again gathered around the main stage.

The main stage of the game show hosted events for different companies at scheduled times, including new game launches and player interactions.

It was only then that Old Eggplant remembered to check the schedule and realized it was time for the Overlord V launch.

“No wonder there’s such a crowd,” he muttered to himself.

Old Eggplant himself owned Overlord IV. As a domestic console, he was very supportive, but since it was a machine produced several years ago, it naturally had its shortcomings: insufficient performance, poor compatibility, and a lack of available games.

Old Eggplant believed there were only two kinds of companies that produced game consoles: one kind produces consoles to make money, so they develop games that attract third-party developers.

The other kind simply wants to develop games, but find it too cumbersome to do so on other companies’ consoles. So, they end up making a console of their own.

Take, for example, a certain company that is daily claimed to rule the world; they belong to the second kind.

Such game companies may not produce the most exceptional consoles, but their games are sure to be fun because that’s the very reason they started making dumplings in the first place – for the love of the sauce.

Of course, the first kind of game console manufacturers is also good, because research and development of hardware is after all a significant investment, and not all game companies are willing to spend money on this.

However, as console manufacturers, they must have control over their machines, exemplified by the exclusive games from their first-party developers. And since the exclusive games for Overlord IV were not particularly outstanding, it was never very popular, falling short of the first and second generations and only slightly better than the transitional third.

Yet, Old Eggplant glanced at the schedule again.

It was then he finally realized why there were so many people here.

Whether intentionally or not, Lu Ban’s announcement was scheduled right after Overlord V’s.

Many of the people waiting here were now more interested in Lu Ban’s new device than in Overlord V!

Yet, those in charge of Overlord V might still be unaware of this, or they pretended not to know, happy to see everyone crowded around the booth.

After a long wait of over ten minutes, the Overlord V launch finally concluded.

Another ten minutes for the changeover, and amidst the agonizing wait, Old Eggplant saw a person with headphones and a microphone stepping up to the podium.

It was Lu Ban.