Giving Interstellar Players a Horror Ghost Game Shock - Chapter 41

After witnessing everything unfold, Liu Yuling’s perception of her junior completely changed.

“I was trying to figure out how I could help you, but it looks like you’re so capable you don’t even need me to worry about you… But seriously, how did you manage to convince such a renowned expert to appear on the show with you?”

Faced with Liu Yuling’s question, Ye Yuxi rubbed her temples, clearly exhausted.

“It wasn’t much. I just promised to collaborate with Professor Yuan on some ancient cultural research in my spare time.”

Her knowledge of ancient cultures wasn’t fabricated; after all, she had genuinely lived in that era.

As a veteran in the field, Professor Yuan had keenly recognized the depth of her expertise through their conversations. Enthusiastic about her potential, he invited her to join his research.

However, with her hands full working on her new game, she couldn’t dedicate much time. After some negotiation, they settled on this compromise.

Liu Yuling had plenty of other questions—most pressing of which was whether Ye Yuxi planned to take legal action against those involved.

But…

Seeing how her junior couldn’t hide her exhaustion, Liu Yuling swallowed her questions and left thoughtfully, letting her rest.

Finally, Ye Yuxi drifted into a long-overdue, blissful sleep.

Meanwhile, on the other side, her light brain’s message inbox quickly exploded, hitting 99+ notifications. Both her public and private accounts were flooded with messages.

“Damn it! Why won’t she reply? Does she seriously intend to go head-to-head with Feixun?”

Shen Yuelong slammed his desk, his triangular eyes brimming with malice but also tinged with fear and unease.

As a mere team leader, Shen didn’t have the power to stir up such a storm on the interstellar web on his own.

He had submitted his plan to his superiors, received their support, coordinated with the studio of a designer who had a long-term collaboration with Feixun, and even uncovered Ye Yuxi’s true identity. He had gone as far as bribing her roommate to steal her data.

It was through this multi-pronged effort that the plagiarized game had been rushed into production and released so quickly.

This was undoubtedly a gamble. If they won, they could secure a lucrative, untapped niche that had already been proven successful. But if they lost, the company’s reputation would take a severe hit.

However, both Shen and his superiors had been confident they wouldn’t lose.

What a joke. What could a powerless rookie designer like Ye Yuxi possibly use to fight us? Her life?

The vast interstellar domain was full of fallen stars—talents who never got the chance to truly shine. Shen was determined to make Ye Yuxi one of them.

As compensation, they would “carry forward” the innovative game genre she had pioneered.

But just as Shen Yuelong was reveling in his dreams of a bright future, reality delivered a brutal blow: the game they plagiarized wasn’t just Ye Yuxi’s original concept. It was rooted in historical research!

How could a game designer have studied ancient history and integrated it into a game? Shen Yuelong, despite being a top university graduate himself, had never bothered with such things.

To most people, academia and gaming were entirely separate domains. Who would ever think to combine them?

But now, it was too late for regrets. Ye Yuxi’s release of her hidden cloud records had become the final straw, breaking the tide of public opinion.

Feixun moved at lightning speed to issue a statement, distancing itself from the designer by claiming the game was a personal endeavor unrelated to the company.

But that wasn’t enough. Someone internal had to take the fall.

Thus, Shen Yuelong, the mastermind behind the plan, was naturally pushed out to take the fall.

The company president refused to meet with him, and his manager informed him with feigned regret that all of this was solely his personal actions and had nothing to do with Feixun.

His career was effectively over. If Miss Ye continued to refuse any negotiations, he might even face jail time in the near future.

Shen Yuelong wasn’t the only one whose life had spiraled into despair.

There was also Bai Siqi.

She couldn’t wrap her head around how things had gone so wrong. Initially, she had only been swayed by the enticing offer from Feixun and had helped install a plugin into Ye Yuxi’s personal creative workspace. How did it lead to such severe consequences?

Crying her heart out to the law enforcement officers who had come for her, she pleaded, “I swear I didn’t know what that thing was! I just had a momentary lapse in judgment…”

When the plagiarism scandal first broke out, she had immediately guessed what had happened. She even felt a twisted sense of schadenfreude and never once considered coming clean to Ye Yuxi.

But! But she truly hadn’t expected things to escalate this far. Isn’t there some leniency for ignorance?

Now, Bai Siqi was filled with resentment—against Feixun for dragging her into this mess, against herself for her foolishness, and even against Ye Yuxi.

If it hadn’t been for the surveillance software that Ye Yuxi had installed, capturing her actions, how could she have ended up like this?

Yet, no matter how much she cursed the heavens, the law would still deliver a fair verdict.

By the time Ye Yuxi returned to her dorm, the law enforcement officers had already taken Bai Siqi away on charges of aiding in the theft of critical creative intellectual property.

Ye Yuxi opened the interstellar web and checked Feixun’s platform.

As expected, the plagiarized game had been forcibly taken down.

This incident dealt a massive blow to Feixun’s reputation. A wave of designers refused to submit their new games to the platform, fearing they too might fall victim to plagiarism. Even long-time collaborators were beginning to reconsider their contracts.

Feixun, once riding high on its success, now teetered on the brink. Whether it could weather this storm depended entirely on its next moves.

But that had little to do with Ye Yuxi anymore. In fact, she felt rather pleased—if Feixun was busy dealing with their troubles, they wouldn’t have time to harass her.

Still, the thought of her packed schedule made her groan inwardly.

She was already constructing scenes for her next game and would soon dive into the grueling daily grind of game development.

Initially, she had planned to take at least half a day off each week. But now that precious half-day would be spent commuting to the neighboring capital star to assist Professor Yuan with research. Two round-trip flights in a single day—this was starting to feel like a military boot camp for college students.

Damn Feixun! If it weren’t for them, she wouldn’t have been forced to agree to Professor Yuan’s request. After all, since he had publicly supported her, it wasn’t as if she could turn down this small favor.

Thanks to the academic community’s endorsement, her game Campus Nightmare had been rebranded with an impressive “Ancient Cultural Revival” label, attracting even more players.

But still! She wanted a vacation more than anything else!

Oh, forget it. Who needs rest? Time to grind!