Chapter 2

After cursing with a grimace, Qin Xiaoyu instinctively reached out and rubbed the sore spot a few times.

A moment later.

The culprit behind the pain finally appeared before him, completely unobstructed.

Fortunately, it wasn’t a needle.

But a black external hard drive.

Once he saw the culprit’s true form, the pain on Qin Xiaoyu’s face vanished instantly, replaced by wild elation.

This shift in expression was like a storm suddenly turning into blazing sunshine.

It perfectly demonstrated how fast one’s face could change.

Of course.

This reaction wasn’t due to Qin Xiaoyu being moody—it had a reason.

To others, this external hard drive might seem utterly ordinary.

But only he knew what it truly represented.

If he wasn’t mistaken,

this was the very work hard drive he had carried with him in his past life.

It contained all the original data and full source code for the game Genshin Impact.

What did that mean?

If he wished right now, the game could be launched immediately on all major gaming platforms.

All prior design and development work could be skipped entirely!

Given such a stroke of luck,

not feeling excited or thrilled would be utterly unnatural.

So,

Qin Xiaoyu’s earlier reaction was hardly surprising.

After a brief moment of excitement,

he quickly calmed down. Though the early development phase could be bypassed, it wasn’t entirely free.

Some initial funding was still necessary.

In short, renting servers and running promotions—those costs couldn’t be avoided!

No matter how good the game was, players had to see it before it could truly shine and generate real profit.

Even the best wine fears a deep alley!

The idea that flowers bloom and butterflies come naturally? Pure nonsense—the original owner’s own past proved that.

Still, he didn’t need much startup capital.

With just a few hundred thousand, Qin Xiaoyu was confident he could reignite Genshin Impact’s popularity in this other world.

Just as Qin Xiaoyu was thinking this, two figures rushed into the hospital room.

"Brother Fish, you're awake? That's amazing! We got a call from the hospital and rushed over right away!"

The speaker was Cai Qiu, one of the original owner’s college best friends, known for his impatience.

He had already reached the bedside, pulled back the covers, and began checking Qin Xiaoyu’s condition.

“Glad you’re awake. When you lay there unconscious, Cai and I thought you’d turn into a vegetable—we’d even started discussing whether to ditch you and run!”

The joker was Chen Wei, the original owner’s other best friend.

Both had secured offers from major companies before graduation.

But under the original owner’s persuasion,

they ultimately gave up high-paying jobs to chase dreams alongside him, pouring their youth into sweat.

In a way, they’d been tricked by the original owner.

Now, their situation was clearly far worse than that of their classmates.

Still,

neither of them had ever complained to the original owner.