MiHoYo burned through nearly $300,000 worth of AI tokens in just 13 hours during an internal AI experiment.
The story came from Zheng Yinhe, head of the AI NPC speaking at the 2026 Alibaba Cloud Summit.
According to him, an employee set up dozens of AI agents to work together on a project. The agents kept talking to each other, generating outputs, and reviewing each other’s work, causing token usage to skyrocket overnight.
The expensive experiment didn’t pay off. Despite the massive cost, the final results were reportedly full of hallucinations and unusable.
New game Nodus Fall by miHoyo, the makers of Genshin Impact.
So this is where all the money from Genshin went.
Next time when you see quality Chinese gatcha games, don't be afraid to spend some money on it.
Nodusfall developers say the game is “very un-miHoYo,” setting it apart from the company’s usual games like Genshin Impact.
miHoYo CEO Liu Wei described it as the company’s first realistic fantasy online game, with co-op and large-scale boss battles. “Nodusfall is very un-miHoYo,”
Fans now think the game may have less or even no gacha after his comments. They have also compared it to Monster Hunter because of its focus on hunting massive creatures and collecting resources from them.