106: Chapter 106 saw an astonishing 1.47 million online viewers!

June 23rd, 11:47 PM.

Today was the day the Spark Game Platform's biggest hit to date, [Minecraft], officially ended its free beta test.

Over the past fourteen days...

Relying on constant updates and its own top-tier quality, the game [Minecraft] had exploded with an unimaginable level of popularity and staggering momentum.

After a dazzling start with over 500,000 concurrent players, the numbers continued to climb day by day, completely shocking countless game companies in the domestic industry.

And after the creative workshop, which Jiang Yuan had built using the Aurora Engine, officially went live...

The hype for [Minecraft] was instantly ignited, transforming it into an erupting volcano. Even though it hadn't been out long enough for many interesting mods to appear, the sheer numbers left everyone monitoring the platform's concurrent players utterly stunned.

Jiang Yuan sat in her office, her three screens displaying the backend data panel, the company's main chat window, and various domestic and international forums.

Her gaze first landed on the data panel recording the total concurrent players on the Spark Game Platform and the individual counts for each game.

And just now...

The concurrent player count on the Spark Game Platform had reached an incredibly staggering 1.47 million!

Among them...

...although Vampire Survivors, Slay the Spire, and Plants vs. Zombies—all of which sold very well on the Spark Game Platform—accounted for over a hundred thousand players...

...the figure of 1.34 million was still sufficiently mind-blowing.

It was so staggering that even Jiang Yuan, who had seen the world across two lifetimes, slightly widened her bright, clear eyes, a flash of genuine amazement and emotion passing through them.

On another screen, the company's main chat group—which had unknowingly grown to over 130 people—could also see this data, and they were going absolutely wild!

The messages were scrolling so fast that the content was a blur; only strings of exclamation marks and emojis were visible. It seemed that at this moment, everyone could only use these simple symbols to vent their unspeakable excitement.

And it was no wonder.

Although the primary reason [Minecraft] could be released was that Jiang Yuan had exchanged it directly through her System Daddy...

...every employee at Spark Games had contributed to its birth in this world, dedicating a portion of their lives to it.

Seeing the game they had a hand in creating achieve such brilliant success, coupled with the seemingly limitless future of the company's game platform...

...anyone who could resist joining the celebration at a time like this would have to be a person of extraordinary restraint.

As Jiang Yuan silently lurked, watching the 999 messages sent by everyone in just one minute...

...there was a knock on the open office door.

Then Su Meng, rarely dressed in a dark gray business suit and skirt, walked in carrying a steaming cup of coffee and placed it in front of Jiang Yuan.

Jiang Yuan glanced at the gently smiling Su Meng, picked up the cup, and saw it was indeed her favorite latte.

Taking a blissful sip and narrowing her eyes comfortably, Jiang Yuan murmured with some emotion:

"Is this a victory coffee for the celebration?"

Su Meng smiled slightly upon hearing this and said pointedly:

"This doesn't count."

Hmm?

Hearing this, Jiang Yuan looked up in surprise, only to see Su Meng's bright smile as she said softly:

"I heard that Lin Xi has been following you lately and staying at the place you're renting here?"

She asked as if in passing, paused for a moment, and then continued leisurely:

"I've been learning a lot of recipes during my time off lately. If you'd like, you can come over to my place after work sometime, and I'll prepare a victory feast for you!"

Jiang Yuan's eyelids twitched slightly.

Wisely choosing not to engage with that, Jiang Yuan changed the subject:

"Look, the news on foreign sites is quite fast. We just finished celebrating the platform's concurrent players breaking 1.47 million, and there are already several posts out there."

On the screen in front of her was a report page from a well-known overseas gaming media outlet.

After Jiang Yuan refreshed it, she saw the title of the media outlet's latest report:

"Chinese Sandbox Game Minecraft Concludes Free Beta, Concurrent Players Break 1.3 million! Is this a Staggering Miracle?"

The accompanying image was a screenshot of the concurrent player counts for various games on the Spark Game Platform. The figure of 1.34 million for [Minecraft] was circled in red with a massive exclamation mark next to it.

Although the report had been posted less than ten minutes ago...

...the comment section below already had over three hundred replies.

Jiang Yuan scrolled down and saw that overseas players were already engaged in heated discussion:

"1.3 million concurrent players? For a game still in its beta phase? Have the Chinese learned how to make games too?"

"Bro upstairs, you need to update your prejudices! This company's previous hits like Slay the Spire, Vampire Survivors, and Plants vs. Zombies were all smash hits. Have you been buried in a coffin for the last two years and only just come out today?"

"I've played the free beta for ten days, and honestly, it's the most immersive game I've played this year! I love Minecraft, and I love the mysterious Producer, Jiang Yuan, even more!"

"Holy crap, I knew this game was popular, but I didn't expect over a million people to be playing it at the same time?"

"This is well-deserved for Spark Games! To be honest, more than half of my favorite games from the past two years have actually come from their company! I wonder what other game companies are even doing?"

"Seriously, the speed at which this Chinese company is rising makes me a little uneasy..."

"It is a bit scary! Two years ago, no one had heard the name Spark Games, and now they have a game with over 1.3 million concurrent players and a supposedly powerful self-developed engine."

"And they have their own platform. A Chinese game company building its own platform and publishing globally—do you know what the market value of the last company that did this is now?"

"Steam: Is someone calling me?"

"Steam is American, but the Spark Game Platform is Chinese. I'm not going to preach about any 'China threat' theory, but I hope everyone supports Steam!"

"So? As long as the game is fun, I don't care which country it's from!"

"Stupid! Things made in China are usually of poor quality!"

"WTF? You should go home and check if some of the things you've used for a long time and praised more than once have 'Made in China' printed on the back! You blockhead with a brain full of crap!"

Although she knew Jiang Yuan was changing the subject...

...Su Meng cooperatively and gently looked at the heated discussions of the foreigners on the screen with her, and was amused to laughter by the final episode.