Chapter 961: Chapter 526: The Era of Universal Gaming Chapter 961: Chapter 526: The Era of Universal Gaming Tang Mo looked at the event notification sent out by the boss, and his thoughts were much the same as everyone else’s.

The new commander must have a screw loose.

He normally didn’t do much, but when he did get to work, it turned out to be impractical nonsense like this. It really baffled him how the other person’s brain worked.

Everyone was a highly educated intellectual, why did your way of thinking deviate so anthropomorphically?

After reading the notification from the boss, Tang Mo went back to his electronic villa to start today’s writing (or slacking off).

He was now one of the digital lives too, and his current location was an NPC town.

The residents here were all Photonic People and because everything in this place was digitalized, he could choose an exceptionally large villa where he could use and destroy anything freely and just reset everything with a click afterwards.

The view outside could also be swapped at will, he could even create a Jurassic Park in his backyard if he wanted.

However, Tang Mo still preferred to build a quaint little town, where he spent tranquil times alone chatting and reading books with the First Under Heaven storyteller, who he had wished for and invited.

Or he could just stroll around town, chat with other Photonic People to exchange pleasantries, and fulfill his daily social needs.

But today, just when Tang Mo was about to start working, someone rang his doorbell.

Upon opening the door, he found three excitable Photonic teenagers about fifteen years old standing in front of him. They eagerly asked, “Mr. Tang Mo, you’re a player, right?”

“Yes, I mentioned it on my first day here, that I am a player.”

“So Mr. Tang Mo, you’re planning on holding a gaming contest, right?”

“Yes, but how did you know about it?”

“It’s been the talk of the town! Everyone is super thrilled and they all say they’re very excited!”

Looking at the youngsters in front of him, Tang Mo could tell they really seemed excited; their knees were trembling continuously.

The Photonic People’s enthusiasm surprised him, but he still asked amiably, “So, why are you looking for me?”

“Can we join your team? We are really good at rock-paper-scissors! We have clinched the rock-paper-scissors championship here for thirty years, and we also have impressive records in underwater competitions and aerial races.”

As the youth prattled on about their achievements, Tang Mo’s brow furrowed.

Just like the information said on the forums, these Photonic People had virtually no knowledge of games.

Their only game seemed to be rock-paper-scissors, around which they had developed a lot of different variants, such as “Flying Rock-Paper-Scissors,” “Racing Rock-Paper-Scissors,” “Underwater Rock-Paper-Scissors,” and so on.

Their fervor for rock-paper-scissors had become a cultural phenomenon, and there were even specialized rock-paper-scissors competitions that were popular events every time they were broadcast.

But no matter how much it varied, the core was still rock-paper-scissors.

Poor them, to have been playing such a simple game for hundreds of years.

Detecting something off in Tang Mo’s gaze, a Photonic Person said discontentedly, “Mr. Tang Mo, perhaps you don’t understand the charm of rock-paper-scissors. It’s a game with tens of thousands of years of history, and it was our favorite before we ascended here. Let us join you, we will make the best rock-paper-scissors games.”

Tang Mo looked at them for a while and felt that “Stellar Nebula” had been a bit hasty in this area.

After all, a civilization that could reach out to the Starry Sea, but didn’t have even one decent game – was that normal?

But then, contemplating the plants and animals within the Heavenly Tao network, Tang Mo realized Fang Cheng didn’t seem to think much of aliens, always assuming aliens were just a bunch of unimaginative folks.

This was a form of alien prejudice, something that needed to be addressed.

However, since “Stellar Nebula” had set it up this way, Tang Mo could only embrace it.

So, why not give the three individuals a little shock with some games?

They didn’t need electronic games, just a few ordinary ones to show them how much fun other games could be.

A quarter of an hour later.

“I caught you, I caught you!”

“Alright, now I’ll count to ten, and it’ll be my turn to catch you!”

“Sure, I’ll hide behind the hedge. You have to come and find me!”

Watching their style of play, Tang Mo felt they seemed to grasp the rules of hide-and-seek, but not quite.

According to their understanding, hide-and-seek was a game where you hide somewhere and the other person comes to catch you, then the roles are switched.

They omitted the whole hiding and seeking process, making the game more like a sort of play for couples.

Yet even so, the three Photonic People were having the time of their lives, and they even forgot about their previous obsession with rock-paper-scissors.

After they had their fill of play, they excitedly approached Tang Mo, their eyes filled with admiration.

“Mr. Tang Mo, you’re amazing! You must be a great game designer to create such a wonderful game!”

“Indeed, I had no idea there were games in this world more fun than rock-paper-scissors. In comparison to this, what even is rock-paper-scissors?”

“Truly, rock-paper-scissors is nothing but trash.”

Hearing them start to belittle rock-paper-scissors, Tang Mo thought these NPCs really did tend to be prone to extremism.