Africa.

In a small hotel in Ethiopia, Chen Zheng was sitting at the computer, talking to the "finance department" on the far side.

"Extermination War" is priced at 98 RMB in Asia and $34.99 in Europe and the United States.

As an indie game, selling more than 30,000 copies at such a price is already a very good result. But if you look at it as a major game manufacturer, with such a little sales only four days before the release, it is almost certain that this new work will not even recover the cost.

However, it is not only different from the niche long-term sales of indie games, but also different from the triple-A masterpieces that have received frequent media attention from the beginning of development and will go straight to the sales list as soon as they are released.

"Extermination War" is like the beginning of many legends, relying on word-of-mouth and its own excellent quality, without any advertising, it actually landed in the top 50 of this week's sales list on the steam platform! And the rankings continue to climb at a rocketing rate!

While this has to do with the fact that there have been no major releases in the near future, anyone who looks at the sales curve of Extermination will feel their hearts pound - it's skyrocketing at an angle of almost 90 degrees!

“…… 307 copies were sold on the day of uploading, 1,323 copies were sold the day before yesterday, 5,598 copies were sold yesterday, and 27,971 copies were sold before the meeting today, with a total revenue of more than $877,000. At the current exchange rate, it is equivalent to more than 5.78 million ......"

More than 30,000 copies were sold in 4 days, with an income of more than 5.78 million yuan. Faced with such an achievement, Chen Zheng did not express surprise, but just nodded to indicate that he knew.

No amount of money could make Chen Zheng feel happy or greedy. Just like his father-in-law Chen Limin, he doesn't attach much importance to money, and his own requirements for the quality of life are also extremely high - he has food, clothes to wear, and can immerse himself in his hobbies, which is enough.

It is precisely because of this that Chen Zheng has become an outlier among his classmates - eating pancakes and fruits, wearing a set of stalls from head to toe that does not add up to 100 yuan, going to mountaineering and skiing to practice boxing whenever he has time, and a special nutritionist and coach behind his buttocks, and he usually dismantles Rolex to play when he has nothing to do......

…… Most importantly, he always likes to tell the truth.

How does this make ordinary classmates friends with him?

It is precisely because of Chen Zheng's indifference to money that, according to his original intention, he wanted to directly take out the Viking fighter system that he trained for a small time to make a flight simulation game, and then download it in a free form. Finally, by setting up a bonus, find people from among players who can be qualified as drone pilots.

Dong Jie, Lao Wang, and Lao Xia don't understand games, let alone other aliens. So if it's no surprise, "Insecticide War" will not be what it is now.

However, the unexpected happened.

Tong Xiaoxin is Dong Jie's roommate, and before that, Chen Zheng had the impression that she was a girl who always liked to comb her hair with buns and speak with a milky voice.

The game wasn't a secret, of course, and even all the earthlings in the Desert Star had "played" the game in order to find potential pilots.

When Dong Jie mentioned this matter to Tong Xiaoxin, Tong Xiaoxin suddenly came to her senses, mysteriously worked all night, and finally came up with a "revised draft", and had to let Dong Jie hand it over to Chen Zheng.

Dong Jie was naturally reluctant at first, but she couldn't withstand Tong Xiaoxin's soft grinding and hard bubbles, and finally brought Tong Xiaoxin's revision of "Insecticide War" to Chen Zheng's desktop.

Then, "The War on Extermination" was born.

As a result, the original complex flight system of the Viking UAV, the huge amount of information that is extremely unfriendly, and the use of various detection instruments, etc...... These things that are difficult for ordinary people to get started in a short time have been circumvented.

Although the large number of sensors greatly enhances the battlefield perception capabilities of Viking drones, they also allow the amount of information to be generated beyond the limits of what the human brain can process.

The flight simulation game itself is relatively niche, coupled with the excessively high operation threshold, it is easy to dissuade a large number of interested enthusiasts - you know, even a few pilots who have been trained on the desert planet, their combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced after they are separated from the supporters, not to mention the novices who have just come into contact with Viking drones?

In fact, even a flying genius is still a rookie when he doesn't have enough hours to fly. Only after flying long enough and the level of skill and tactics has risen to a certain level, can geniuses emerge from the crowd.

Therefore, the size of the audience and the length of the game fundamentally determine the number of pilots who can be noticed by Chen Zheng.

How can players take the initiative to train hard and hone their flying skills?

All Chen Zheng can think of is the incentive of high bonuses. What Tong Xiaoxin thinks of is hobbies, competitiveness and a sense of honor.

"Insecticide War" was born with this concept in mind.

The goal in the early stages of the game is to survive. While making reasonable use of various vehicles and weapons to fight back against the bugs, players also begin to gradually understand the Wild Star, understand the attack methods and weaknesses of all the bugs, and gradually become familiar with the battlefield environment on the Wild Star unconsciously.

There will be more and more high-level bugs of all kinds in the game, and no matter how powerful the player develops in the early stage, they will eventually be overwhelmed by the endless sea of bugs, unless they ...... They are able to get and become proficient in flying Viking drones.

That's what the late game is about.

Harness the power of Viking drones to take on the overwhelming Wyvern ...... When players can fight their way out of the overwhelming array of dragons, it's time for the next expansion.

But for the time being, that's a story for another time.

Although the bugs on the desolate star still harassed the base from time to time, with the assistance of Chen Zheng, a super pilot, there was no problem in breaking through the Flying Dragon Sea.

“…… As soon as the next expansion is released, our plans to recruit and train pilots will be launched simultaneously. So, first of all, we need a stable internet connection that allows pilots to connect directly to the tarot server for flight simulation training. ”

"Secondly, we need a relatively closed environment, preferably a secret base that can be militarized and managed, to train the discipline of these pilots."

After the discussion at the top of the Wild Star, Dong Jie finally reported the results of the discussion to Chen Zheng.

"Hmm......" Chen Zheng had a headache.

A secret base...... It's easy to say, but it's hard to do.

Besides, where can Chen Zheng go to find a qualified instructor? It can train a group of rebellious bear children into qualified soldiers...... Such instructors are rarer than giant pandas.

But when those bear kids know they need to be militarized, will they still be drafted? No matter how Chen Zheng thinks about it, he feels a little unreliable.

As for the first cut and then the play...... It's better not to do this kind of thing by deceiving people and then carrying out militarized management. After all, they are going to go to the battlefield after training, a real battlefield.

"On the base side...... I'll figure it out, but I can't really find an instructor...... Hey? Someone? ”

Chen Zheng suddenly frowned, and hurriedly turned off the interstellar communication without much explanation.