Chapter 46: Showing Off

**Chapter 46: Showing Off**

Wang Weijie and the others hesitated for a moment, looking at the hard drive in Lin Qingshan's hand. Could it be... this guy really knows how to make a game?

"Just take a look, it won't hurt to check it out," Lin Qingshan said. "Or are you afraid of being embarrassed?"

Wang Weijie snorted, "Who's afraid of being embarrassed?"

He took the hard drive from Lin Qingshan, then pulled out his laptop and mouse. But he hesitated again, "This game shouldn't be too demanding on specs, right?"

If it's some kind of AAA title, his laptop probably wouldn't be able to handle it...

Wait, what was he thinking? Does he seriously believe this could be a AAA game? It'd be impressive if it's even at the level of a 4399 mini-game.

Wang Weijie mentally scoffed at himself.

"It might be a bit graphics-intensive..." Lin Qingshan scratched his head, "But it should be fine."

He was somewhat confident, as it was just a single-player demo, not too heavy on the system.

Wang Weijie frowned but went ahead and connected the hard drive to his laptop. He navigated through the files and quickly found a program titled "Cyberpunk 2077 Demo."

He clicked to run it, and the computer screen immediately switched to a loading screen. The loading screen displayed the stylized text "Cyberpunk 2077."

Seeing this, Wang Weijie and Liang Zhiyuan felt this wasn't just any ordinary game. It looked like something crafted with a lot of care and effort. Could it be that Lin Qingshan had planned to make "Cyberpunk 2077" for a long time and had been preparing in advance?

What they didn't know was that Lin Qingshan had only spent two days making this game. Of course, without the system's help, he wouldn't have been able to create this demo in such a short time.

After the game configuration loaded, the screen transitioned into the game. It was a first-person game, so they could only see the character's hands—ordinary white skin, clearly not a black character. They didn't even know the character's name yet.

Just then, a face familiar to fans of "Edgerunners" appeared on screen: a black mohawk, black goggles, a full beard, and big golden hands. Yes, it was none other than the 3D version of Pilar, who had been killed by a crazed cyber-psycho in the comic.

"Hey, David, snap out of it! Stop spacing out like that," read the dialogue box that popped up below Pilar's face. It felt a bit crude—3A games usually don't show dialogue boxes like that. And there was no voice acting, either. There simply hadn't been enough time for that. They'd have to make do; this wasn't a full version game meant for sale.

Now, Wang Weijie and Liang Zhiyuan realized that the first-person character was David. But this game was different from the comic; only David and Pilar were present—no Maine, Lucy, or anyone else.

That was, of course, due to a lack of time. Creating Pilar's model was already a stretch; thankfully, because it was a first-person game, Lin Qingshan didn't need to create a model for David. Otherwise, the workload would have been impossible, even with the system.

For now, it seemed that Wang Weijie couldn't freely control David yet. The game appeared to be in a cutscene mode, with no player control.

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"Drip, drip, drip—"

The sound of water dripping broke the silence, and the view automatically shifted to reveal the cyber-psycho, who had killed Pilar in the comic, urinating from atop a container. Pilar then addressed the player-controlled David, "Buddy, get familiar with your cyberware and weapons. I'm gonna go teach that guy a lesson for pissing on our turf."

With that, Wang Weijie finally gained control of David. A series of prompts appeared on the screen, guiding him through the controls. It was mostly standard: WASD for movement, spacebar to jump, scroll wheel to switch weapons, left-click to shoot, right-click to aim, and so on. There were also some cyberware abilities, like David's "Sandevistan," activated with the 'E' key.

After Wang Weijie finished getting familiar with the controls, Pilar was already challenging the cyber-psycho and got shot dead in the process. The scene skipped straight to this, with the message "Your partner has been killed by a cyber-psycho. Avenge your partner!"

Now, Wang Weijie could fully control David. Without hesitation, he engaged the cyber-psycho in a firefight. Being a seasoned gamer, especially in FPS games, his accuracy was sharp. But Lin Qingshan had intentionally made the psycho's head shake, even leaving afterimages, making it impossible to land a headshot.

This forced players to use the "Sandevistan" time-slowing ability. Naturally, Wang Weijie understood this and quickly pressed the 'E' key to activate it. In the slowed time mode, the psycho's head stopped shaking, allowing Wang Weijie to land a clean headshot.

The demo ended there, exiting the game. Wang Weijie was left speechless, his mind still reeling from the high-quality "Cyberpunk 2077" visuals. Even though it was just a demo, if the full game were made to this standard... it would be a hit!

Next to him, Liang Zhiyuan also realized that if Lin Qingshan had indeed made this game by himself, then he was more than just a coder—he was a master. The game's art, rendering, and physics were all top-notch.

"So, how was it? I told you," Lin Qingshan said with a grin. "I do know a thing or two about coding and game development."

That's more than just knowing a thing or two! Wang Weijie's mind was still fixated on the polished scenes of "Cyberpunk 2077." This was beyond his ability to create. The art, models, animations, and physics were all so well done that Wang Weijie was left in awe.

(End of Chapter)