Chapter 83

A team of over five hundred people developing a game in four months—if it were the kind of game they’d made before, it wouldn’t be difficult at all.

Even in just two months, Zhang Lei had considerable confidence.

But Divine Tower was meant to rival Genshin Impact!

Even giving him a year would be extremely difficult—not because he lacked ability, but because no one in the entire industry dared claim they could produce a Genshin Impact competitor in four months.

If it’s meant to rival, forget surpassing it—surely it can’t be terribly inferior.

If it doesn’t even reach half the level of its rival, how can anyone claim it’s a competitor?

“A group of over three hundred people will join the Divine Tower project team in the next few days—would that make compressing the timeline by two months less difficult?”

With so much money already poured into the project and development already underway, Yang Kaitai worried Zhang Lei might just quit outright.

He calmed Yang’s emotions, then added: “They’re all industry elites, but they’re only here to support—you still hold full control over scheduling and management.”

Three hundred more industry elites?

After hearing Yang Kaitai’s words, Zhang Lei’s expression softened slightly:

“Director Yang, the project timeline is still far too short. Even with three hundred more people, we might finish the game, but there won’t be nearly enough time for testing—there’ll be plenty of bugs…”

Bugs?

Hearing that word, Yang Kaitai smiled. Which game company in Xia Country dared claim their game had no bugs?

Even those old games running for years still had bugs—it wasn’t unusual. If a game truly had no bugs, that would be the real problem.

So to Yang Kaitai, these weren’t serious issues at all—he could simply fix them as the game ran.

Right now, the most important thing for them was time.

Xia Country’s anime-style gaming market was now a chaotic, newly opened world where anyone could claim a share.

Whoever moved faster would capture more of the market.

“Don’t worry about bugs—compress the timeline by two months. If problems remain, outsource non-critical designs to third parties; don’t concern yourself with cost.”

Yang Kaitai’s tone grew firmer—his meaning was clear: this was already decided, not up for discussion.

Zhang Lei glanced at Yang’s expression, then nodded silently: “Understood, Director Yang.”

With things said this plainly, if he still made excuses to delay, he might get fired on the spot.

Seeing Zhang Lei raise no further objections, Yang Kaitai smiled again and ordered:

“Cancel all secrecy measures—we need to start early promotion. Many game companies are already making anime-style games.”

…

On the other side.

After confirming everything was ready, Qin Xiaoyu left the studio and returned to his rented apartment.

But.

Compared to his calmness before the launch in Xia Country, his heart now struggled to remain still.

It wasn’t fear that the game would flop immediately after release.

It was anticipation—how high could this game truly rise?

After showering,

Qin Xiaoyu lay in bed, unable to sleep. After a moment’s thought, he pulled out his phone and logged into the Genshin Impact page on Twitter, wanting to see how foreign players were rating the game.

Holy shit.