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Hearing the viewers' words beside her ear, Jenny also felt her scalp go numb.
Because she knew that with her little brother's personality, he was absolutely capable of making such a cheap move as adding giant ferocious beasts into the game.
He loved torturing players far too much.
He would probably be overjoyed watching players get scared shitless by one terrifying alien beast after another.
Sigh. Maybe after today's stream she should ask her brother where those terrifying Leviathans were placed in the game so she could avoid them as much as possible while playing.
Yeah, that was a pleasant decision.
After making up her mind, Jenny continued swimming downward. Soon, on the sandy ground dozens of meters below the sea surface, she discovered a huge piece of white structural wreckage.
It was the Aurora wreckage that had flown over her head earlier!
Jenny swam over and realized this piece of wreckage was much larger than she had imagined. It looked almost as big as a basketball court!
"Wow, even one piece of wreckage is this huge. The main body of the Aurora must be even bigger." Jenny sighed.
[Jenny, hurry and go inside to check it out!]
[Yeah yeah, there should be space inside the wreckage. Explore it!]
[You might discover something good!]
This was also Jenny's goal this time. She circled the spaceship wreckage and soon found a broken window, then slipped inside.
What greeted her eyes was a room full of high-tech atmosphere. Inside were some complex and precision-looking machines and equipment.
However, all these devices had been severely damaged in the accident and turned into scrap metal.
Jenny couldn't understand what any of them were and could only continuously scan with her bracelet.
Gaia's responses were all. "Severely damaged. Unable to find useful information."
Until Jenny scanned an object resembling a steering wheel in the corner of the room, when Gaia suddenly prompted.
"Ding. Sea Moth wreckage discovered. Sea Moth blueprint acquired."
"Sea Moth?" Jenny was stunned and quickly asked, "What is the Sea Moth?"
"A single-person submersible vehicle. Top speed in water can reach 110 kilometers per hour."
"Holy crap!" Jenny instantly became excited. "Chat, did you hear that! A vehicle! I finally don't have to swim anymore!!!"
[A vehicle?! So Subnautica has a vehicle system?!]
[Holy shit, is the game content this rich? We can pilot submarines in the game?!]
[110 kilometers per hour? That's as fast as a small car.]
[New World Studio is awesome. They always manage to come up with something new!]
[What are you waiting for, Jenny? Build it already!]
"Gaia, I want to manufacture the Sea Moth." Jenny said hurriedly.
"Materials required to manufacture the Sea Moth are as follows."
The bracelet popped up a string of text listing the materials: titanium ingots, lubricant, power battery.
"Sigh, that's quite a lot of materials needed." Jenny frowned.
Even though she had been diligently collecting various raw materials before, it still wasn't nearly enough.
But Gaia's voice continued.
"No need to worry. The Aurora wreckage before you is a massive treasure trove. The raw materials it contains are already more than enough to manufacture a Sea Moth. You only need to have the 3D printer disassemble it and reassemble the materials!"
These words immediately put Jenny at ease.
So the Aurora wreckage could be used like this!
"OK! Then I'll bring the 3D printer over right now!" Jenny immediately took action. She returned to the escape pod once, carried the portable 3D printer platform back on her back.
She placed the 3D printer on the sandy ground. Under Gaia's control, micro-nano robots flew out from it once again.
This time, far more robots emerged than in previous instances. There looked to be over a hundred of them, densely packed.
They first clung to the Aurora wreckage like termites, chewing and disassembling it into pieces of metal ingots and restoring it to its raw form.
Then, countless robots hovered in the water and shot out beams of heat rays.
Wherever the rays passed, the metal ingots melted like putty and quickly formed the frame of a submarine, rapidly solidifying into a physical body.
Under the gaze of Jenny and the viewers, in just a few dozen seconds, a small single-person submarine appeared before their eyes.
The Seamoth was born! [IMAGE: Patreon exclusive]
Everyone carefully examined this vehicle of the future.
The Sea Moth didn't look very large. Its size was similar to a kid cart. It had an overall flying saucer shape, flat and oval, looking just like a UFO.
"Everyone, my first submarine in life has been born, HAHAHAHA!" Jenny cheered.
The viewers reacted as well.
[Sigh, is manufacturing a vehicle this simple? It didn't even take a minute?!]
[Damn it, does that mean later in the game there will be large submarines we can pilot too?!]
[Do you think with New World Studio's style they wouldn't do it?]
[Shit, then players piloting large submarines to fight sea monsters?! Sigh, just thinking about it is exciting!]
[New World Studio really hit me right in the feels. They understand players' tastes too well.]
[Jenny, hurry up and get in to try it!]
As if she needed the viewers to tell her. Jenny had been impatient for a while. She swam in front of the Seamoth, and the hatch automatically opened.
After she sat in the driver's seat, the hatch closed automatically and filtered out the seawater inside the cabin.
"Would you like to learn how to pilot the Seamoth?" Gaia voice sounded.
"Of course. This is my first time piloting a submarine after all." Jenny replied, curiously examining the Seamoth's internal structure.
Gaia' began teaching her. The Sea Moth's controls were designed with reference to car driving. It simply added two extra operations: surfacing and diving.
For people who could drive, it was quite simple.
At least much easier than learning underwater swimming. Before long, Jenny had learned how to pilot it and began driving the Seamoth forward.
She started off quite slowly, but as she grew bolder, she directly pushed the speed to a crazy 110 km/h!!!
"Nice! Wahaha, this feels so good! This is way more exciting than street racing."
Jenny let out excited strange cries. Watching the ocean scenery around her fly backward crazily, she was completely hooked. She even performed a near 180-degree drift at top speed right then and there!
And the Seamoth's performance was excellent. Even so, it didn't lose control and smoothly completed the hairpin turn!!!
"Woohoo!"
Feeling the powerful centrifugal force from the turn, Jenny let out another loud roar. At this moment, her adrenaline had truly peaked.
This scene made the viewers outside the screen drool with envy.
[Damn, I want to race a submarine too!]
[This looks so satisfying to watch!]
[Selling it for only 100 bucks, I feel bad for New World Studio. Are you running a charity or what?]
The viewers were thoroughly convinced. This game was truly amazing. So far, they couldn't spot any flaws, yet the exciting parts kept coming one after another.
All kinds of fantasies people had about the future world seemed to be realizable here.
That night, countless players fought through Subnautica, completely immersed in the water world.
Because he had been too excited the previous night, both mentally and physically, Lucien hadn't slept well. Today he simply got up very early.
Following his habit, he first went to the 7/11 next to the neighborhood to buy breakfast.
While queuing, Lucien overheard several young guys in front also queuing discussing.
"Mark, have you played Subnautica? It's so damn thrilling!"
"I did. I played all night and even saw the Aurora explode! Holy crap, that scene was spectacular as hell!"
"What? The Aurora explodes?!"
"Yeah, you'll know when you play further. That scene... damn, it's the most beautiful scenery I've seen in my life. I was so hyped I couldn't stop!!!"
"Sigh, then I'm going back later to keep grinding!"
"By the way, did any of you save the woman from Pod No. 2?"
"No, it's too hard. I was still learning how to swim when the rescue broadcast popped up, and then the woman died in just a few minutes. I couldn't make it in time!"
"Yeah, I wanted to save her too. Her desperate screams before dying were really heartbreaking!"
"I asked several friends and none of them managed to save her. I guess the fucking devs designed it that way on purpose so players couldn't save her!"
"The fucking developer is too shady!"
"Exactly, exactly."
The others all nodded in agreement.
Hearing these conversations, Lucien revealed a helpless smile.
Making a game and still getting cursed at. He had it rough.
After buying breakfast, Lucien headed back the same way. Just as he reached the neighborhood entrance, he saw a man in a suit hurrying out to work.
The man had heavy dark circles under his eyes. As he walked, his hands unconsciously made swimming motions.
Lucien nearly laughed out loud but held it back. Looking at this guy, he had clearly been heavily affected by his Subnautica.
He really didn't expect that just going downstairs to buy breakfast, he could encounter several of his loyal players.
Back home, he placed the breakfast on the dining table and first went to Jenny's bedroom.
"Big fat pig, stop sleeping. Time to eat breakfast." Lucien called out.
"Oh, got it." Jenny groggy and lazy voice came through.
"Hurry up, or it'll get cold." Lucien replied, then sat at the dining table and started eating hot pancake.
While eating, he opened X to check the situation.
On X, the words "Subnautica" had once again hit the trending searches. Not only that, several trending topics were all related to Subnautica.
Aurora Explosion, Alien Scenery, Deep Sea Horror, Saving the Woman from Pod No. 2, Gaia, Reefback Fish and so on.
Under every topic, large numbers of people were passionately discussing them.
[The Aurora explosion! The most beautiful scenery I've seen in my life!]
[You took the words right out of my heart. The best part is I wasn't just appreciating the scenery. I was part of the scenery. Tsk tsk, unforgettable for life!!!]
[Has anyone encountered the reefback fish yet? It was so spectacular too!]
[I did. At first I thought it was a huge small island. Later Gaia reminded me that the island was actually a living creature and scared me half to death!]
[Hehe, looks like your progress is too slow. Later we can even pilot submarines. That's the real fun. I watched Jenny race, uh, boat race for half an hour!]
[Holy crap? You can even pilot submarines?! No more talking, I'm calling in sick right now to keep playing.]
[Wow, listening to you all makes me want to open the game again. But it's nighttime in the game right now. It's too scary at night. There's a huge moon hanging in the sky and the seawater below looks so dark and ominous. I don't dare go into the water at all and can only hide in the escape pod shivering!]
[Yeah, I wonder if New World Studio can add multiplayer to this game. This water world is full of other species and it's such a vast ocean. There's a sense of despair from being all alone. It's too lonely. I'd feel so much better if someone could play with me!]
↳ [What's there to fear? Don't you still have Gaia with you? If you're really scared, just chat with Gaia!]
↳ [True. Gaia is really adorable. She patiently answers anything I ask, just like a friend!]
↳ [It's because of Gaia that I have the courage to keep playing. Without Gaia I would've pissed myself scared long ago!]
↳ [Gaia's AI is truly friendly. I told her to call me husband and she didn't object at all. So obedient. As expected of my wife!]
↳ [Calm down n'gga. Is she your wife? She's clearly mine!]
↳ [Hehe. Sure enough, designing an AI system is the perfect way to capture the hearts of the masses of players, especially otakus.]
Looking at these comments, Lucien's mouth curved into a smile.
Continuing to browse other people comments, Lucien discovered that players were extremely satisfied with the game content. The only point of complaint was that playing alone felt too lonely and too scary.
They hoped a multiplayer system could be added.
Actually, the multiplayer system had long been completed by Lucien and added into the game. However, he had no intention of opening it immediately.
The sense of loneliness and isolation was part of this game. Only this way could players truly experience the real and cruel feeling of surviving alone in another world.
Besides, they hadn't even gotten far yet. The current game story only took place in areas a hundred meters above the seabed.
When they later went to explore the deep sea hundreds or even thousands of meters down, that would be the real thrill.
If you can't handle it, don't play.
Giving players Gaia as an AI companion was already Lucien greatest mercy toward them!
"Sigh. I'm still too merciful." Thinking of this, Lucien couldn't help but sigh at how soft-hearted he was.