Chapter 223: A Single Dog Built from Blocks
Wen Lingwei looked at the large pile of parts in front of Chen Mo with some surprise. "Did you buy these parts separately?"
Chen Mo nodded. "Yeah."
Wen Lingwei asked, "So, what are you planning to build?"
Chen Mo replied, "You'll know when it's done."
Chen Mo took out blocks from the box, one by one, and began assembling them.
Wen Lingwei was also curious, watching Chen Mo's every move intently.
Most people who play with Leggo blocks just buy the themed sets directly. Like Jia Peng's car or Su Jinyu's ice castle—these toys are designed by designers, broken down into individual parts, and as long as you follow the instructions step by step, you can definitely put them together. It's just a matter of time.
However, there are also some special players who take a different path.
Overseas, there's a unique breed called "Leggo Certified Professional Players." They don't buy pre-designed Leggo block sets. Instead, they purchase bags and bags of parts in various colors, then freely improvise, assembling them into whatever they want.
For example, various buildings, statues, oil paintings, and so on.
They even demand their works meet the aesthetic standards of art, creating classic sculptures like Venus or David, or even certain celebrities.
If you want to play this way, it's no longer a matter of time—the most important thing is talent.
Using a pile of square block parts to form a life-sized human figure—that sounds utterly ridiculous when you think about it. But somehow, people have done it, and it's been hugely popular.
Wen Lingwei was also curious. Could Chen Mo be a hidden master of block building?
Chen Mo quickly picked out the parts he needed from the large pile in front of him. The parts he selected were mainly light yellow, dark brown, and black. In terms of quantity, the light yellow blocks were overwhelmingly dominant.
Chen Mo's hands moved very fast, with almost no time for deliberation, snapping one block after another together.
But even now, Wen Lingwei still had no idea what he was building.
Actually, Chen Mo hadn't played much with Leggo blocks before. In his previous life, he had assembled a few finished sets, but since coming to the parallel world, he hadn't touched anything like this.
However, his artistic skills were now very high. His concept art and modeling abilities were already top-tier. Plus, he had drawn a bunch of architecture skill books from the lottery earlier, along with hand speed and reaction time potions. His visualization and hands-on abilities were both very strong, making block assembly a piece of cake.
As long as he had a rough idea in his mind, he could quickly assemble it using these blocks.
Soon, the base of what Chen Mo was building came out: three legs, a rear end, and a tail.
Wen Lingwei's eyes widened in surprise because she could already tell—this was the lower half of a dog, and in a sitting pose.
Chen Mo's movements didn't pause. He kept assembling.
Soon, the dog's waist came out, its front paws extended in the air, a brown collar appeared, and then the dog's head.
Adding the finishing touches of a black nose and eyes, Chen Mo let out a long breath and declared it complete.
"Whoa, boss, are we even playing with the same kind of blocks?!"
Everyone stopped what they were doing and stared at the dog Chen Mo had just finished in just over half an hour.
The dog's entire body was light yellow, wearing a brown collar, and sitting upright. Its right front paw was slightly raised, its head tilted upward, as if begging its owner to pet its head. The expression was vivid and lifelike, and the proportions were perfect.
Everyone was stunned.
This was a completely different level of play!
"Boss, did you just freehand this?!"
"Damn, this is way too realistic! If you put this on the market, it would probably sell for a lot of money, right?"
Chen Mo shook his head. "It's not that exaggerated. This is just a simple dog. It's not really an artistic creation."
"Simple?!"
Everyone looked at the pile of parts in front of them, then at the dog Chen Mo had built, and fell silent.
Jia Peng was still struggling with his car. He had been following the instructions step by step, but he had already made a mistake and had to take it apart and start over.
Su Jinyu's ice castle was also only half-finished.
As for Qian Kun, he was the most miserable. He had drawn the short straw and gotten a huge interstellar mothership, with thousands of parts. He was still at the stage of sorting them by color.
"Boss, you're a professional, right? You're definitely a professional! How much does a Leggo Certified Professional Player earn an hour? 50,000+? Damn!"
Chen Mo thought for a moment. "That's not much. Working yourself to the bone for a month building this stuff wouldn't earn as much as *Onmyoji* does just lying there."
Everyone: "..."
If Chen Mo weren't the boss, he might have been dragged out as a show-off.
Chen Mo stretched. "Ah, too easy. No challenge at all. You guys keep playing. Try to finish up soon. Once you're all done, I'll tell you about the new game. Whoever finishes slow is basically holding up the new game's progress."
Everyone quickly returned to their seats, hurrying to finish their own block sets.
Qian Kun scratched his head frantically. "Damn, why did I get the hardest one?! If I delay the new game's progress, I can't take that blame!"
"Someone help me!!"
...
Before considering the new game, Chen Mo had been thinking about how to make sure all the core team members fully understood his creative intent.
After all, the game he wanted to make didn't exist in this world, and at first glance, it didn't seem very appealing.
The method Chen Mo came up with was: using blocks.
This world also had building blocks, and the brand name was very similar to the Lego from his previous life—it was called Leggo.
Although these blocks were very popular overseas, in China, only a few people could really afford to play with Leggo blocks because they were too expensive.
For example, the interstellar mothership Qian Kun was assembling cost over 2,000 yuan, with thousands of parts, and every single part was exquisitely crafted. The finished product was practically a work of art.
Even the cheaper ones usually started at around 200 yuan. Ordinary families rarely splurged on such expensive toys for their kids.
Once people grew up, there were more things to play with, so they were even less likely to play with blocks. Even if someone did play, they wouldn't buy them endlessly. At most, they'd buy one or two sets for fun, then put them away as collectibles.
So, blocks were a relatively niche hobby in China. Even in Chen Mo's studio, only a few people had ever played with them.