Giving Interstellar Players a Horror Ghost Game Shock - Chapter 67

“Yuxi, you want to start your own studio?”

Liu Yuling set down her coffee, her eyes widening in surprise. Just moments ago, she had been enjoying the rich taste with a satisfied squint, but now all her focus was on Yuxi.

But it wasn’t just the idea itself that shocked her—it was the fact that…

“You’re only thinking about this now? Did it never cross your mind before? I thought you would’ve started preparing to open a studio the moment your first game became a hit.”

Ye Yuxi blinked a few times, trying to make her senior see that she was just a simple game developer who only knew how to make games.

Liu Yuling sighed and shook her head. Geniuses really were something else—just following their whims as they pleased.

Now, with just a snap decision, Yuxi wanted to start a studio. She’s completely unaware that this would be just as much of a hassle as developing a new game.

“First off, have you found a place for your studio? Have you secured a lease? What about employees—do you have anyone besides yourself? Have you filed the paperwork with the Bureau of Commerce? Do you even know how long it takes to get a business license approved?”

Ye Yuxi was stunned into silence. She just stared at Liu Yuling’s moving lips, feeling like she was listening to an alien language.

“And most importantly—do you have enough money for this?”

Critical hit.

Ye Yuxi slumped over the table, looking like a cat that had been bothered one too many times.

“I don’t know. I really don’t know! Who knew starting a studio was this complicated? I’m just a game dev—I have no idea how any of this works!”

Liu Yuling let out a long sigh, rubbing her forehead. But at the same time, she couldn’t help but admire Yuxi’s single-minded passion. Maybe it was this kind of obsession that let her crank out two smash-hit games in just a few months.

Accepting her fate, Liu Yuling opened up her neural interface and started searching for office spaces nearby, specifically those with virtual creative space rentals.

“Let’s see… Blue Ocean Star is a first-tier planet, so rent in the busy areas isn’t cheap. The average price is 2 star coins per square meter per day. Since you need a virtual creative space, the smallest available office is 138 square meters… That comes out to a little over 8,000 star coins per month. What do you think?”

“Yuxi? Yuxi?”

When Liu Yuling looked up and saw no response, she was confused at first. Then, she let out a helpless chuckle.

Ye Yuxi had completely collapsed on the table, her soul practically leaving her body.

“Eight thousand… and that’s before employee salaries…”

She could afford it, sure. But it still hurt! This money wasn’t even going into making games…

Wait.

Wasn’t the whole point of opening a studio to make games better?

There was no escaping this.

Liu Yuling ruffled Yuxi’s hair in a comforting gesture—though she also took the chance to enjoy how soft and fluffy it was.

So nice to the touch.

“Alright, alright, no need to look so defeated. How about this? Once your studio is up and running, I’ll handle your network security and system upgrades for free. Deal?”

People always said even close friends should settle things with clear accounts, but Liu Yuling didn’t care about this small amount of money. More than that, she genuinely liked Yuxi and wanted to help.

Ye Yuxi froze, a warm feeling spreading through her chest.

She had originally stayed face-down on the table just to sulk, but now she was genuinely moved. Afraid she might get too emotional, she kept her face buried.

Most people saw her as someone full of energy, always carefree. But the truth was, ever since she regained memories of her past life, she had been a little uneasy.

She had lived 20 years in the interstellar era. Those memories were real. And even the parents who had faded into a blur in her mind—were also real.

But the memories that had resurfaced were so vivid.

Sometimes, in the quiet of the night, she couldn’t tell whether she was in her dorm at Blue Ocean University or back in her small but cozy home on Earth.

She had never told anyone that the reason she locked herself in her room and poured all her energy into making games was, in part, because she feared this era that felt both familiar and foreign.

Sometimes, when she ran into people from the interstellar era, she didn’t even know how to react.

The memories of her time with her classmates here were bright and real, but now that she had regained the memories of her past life, she couldn’t interact with them the same way she used to.

Lately, she had been immersing herself in game development, using it as a bridge to fully integrate into this time period. When she wasn’t working on games, she was always with Liu Yuling, keeping her days completely occupied.

Slowly, she felt the boundary between her two sets of memories blur. The vague unease in her heart was gradually being soothed.

Whether she was Ye Yuxi, a university student in the interstellar era, or Ye Yuxi, an ordinary office worker from Earth—living in the present was all that mattered.

And Liu Yuling… had always been someone she could rely on.

“Senior Liu… you’re too good to me!”

Suddenly, Ye Yuxi threw herself into a bear hug.

Liu Yuling instinctively caught her, but in the scuffle, her glasses were knocked off her face.

Ye Yuxi’s eyes widened. She quickly reached out to pick them up. “Sorry, Senior Liu… Huh?”

To her surprise, as soon as she lifted the glasses, they emitted a faint blue glow, and a large ‘X’ symbol briefly flickered on the lenses.

Liu Yuling casually took the glasses back and glanced at them.

“It’s fine, they’re not that fragile. These are projection glasses I had custom-made back when that whole retro glasses trend took off. They link to my neural interface, so I can browse information without activating my system. But honestly, I don’t find them all that useful—I still prefer using my neural interface directly.”

Ye Yuxi smacked her forehead.

Right. She had almost mixed up the two time periods again.

In her Earth-era mindset, glasses were practically a part of a person’s body if they needed them.

But this was the interstellar era. Most physical impairments had long been corrected with medical technology. Nearsightedness had been eliminated hundreds of years ago.

The few people she saw wearing glasses on campus weren’t actually nearsighted—they were just following a strange trend of imitating ancient scholars.

That said, she had to admit—Senior Liu really did look more intellectual with them on.

Once again, Ye Yuxi was struck by how vastly different these two eras were.

Having the chance to reincarnate into this world with the memories of her past life—to personally witness the immense changes in human civilization—was incredible.

But that didn’t mean she had to abandon the past. Treasures lost in the river of history deserved to be rediscovered, to shine once more in the interstellar era.

With that thought, a wave of excitement rushed through her. She felt a new surge of motivation to create her next game.

But first, she had to solve the issue of her studio.

When Liu Yuling put her glasses back on, she found Ye Yuxi staring at her with an intense, eager gaze.

It was the look of a capitalist discovering free labor.

“Senior Liu! How could I possibly let you help me for free? Just join my studio already! Let’s make it big together!”