A Marmot That Fell into a Cactus Pile

"No, no, no... wait a second, wait a second!!!"

Liu Liu was flustered!

No wonder she had been confused earlier, thinking, 'Bullet hell shooter, why are there no bullets?'

These bat monsters all looked dull and didn't attack.

So this was what their "bullet hell" meant – a barrage of monsters!

A human wave tactic!!!

Seeing the layers upon layers of bats closing in, Liu Liu felt a surge of panic!

At this moment!

She finally understood why the game only had movement controls.

Because the player had far too much to deal with at once!

Not only did she have to dodge and weave to avoid monster attacks!

She also had to maintain her attack output to achieve effective kills!

And constantly keep an eye on the monster tide, searching for an opening!

She even had to pay attention to the experience gems dropping and find time to pick them up!

Busy!

Liu Liu was incredibly busy!

Watching Liu Liu in the stream, flustered and fumbling, crying out with every touch from a monster, the bullet comments were filled with a joyous atmosphere—

'Hahahaha, classic 'covering the front, neglecting the rear'' 'The number of monsters is too exaggerated hahahahaha...' 'Her whip is smoking' 'Here's a joke – this game is too easy (doge)' 'Liu Liu will definitely give you a mute package if she sees this' 'It's okay, she doesn't have time to look at the comments right now' 'Hahahaha, I'm dying of laughter' 'Whip Bro: Sis, did you mock the designer? How did the difficulty ramp up so suddenly?' 'Bat Monsters: Here's a little taste of another world' 'Whipping black things, is this a US farm?' 'Hahahaha, damn! That joke is too dark!' 'Teacher Da: You know what I'm going to sing (wise)' 'I'll die laughing in the comments sooner or later' 'You'll die laughing in the comments, Sis will die directly in the comments' 'Hahahaha...'

The bullet comments were filled with laughter!

The livestream was filled with screams!

The tide of bats was dazzling, and a moment's carelessness meant taking damage.

Although each hit didn't do too much damage!

It was the constant small cuts that wore her down!

For a while, the livestream was filled with Liu Liu's startled yelps:

"Ouch!"

"No!"

"Oh my god!"

She was like a marmot that had fallen into a pile of cacti.

Although the subsequent leveling up had brought her some weapons and passive items, Liu Liu was encountering this for the first time and didn't know which items were more powerful. Plus, she wanted to try everything, trying to grab too much and failing to digest it, which made the battle increasingly difficult.

Finally, under a sudden wave of bats, she fell with regret.

"Aargh—!!!"

Liu Liu slammed the table in frustration.

Hearing the commotion from his sister's side, Zhuang Zhuang maliciously asked what he already knew: "Hey! Sis! You didn't die, did you!"

Liu Liu gritted her teeth in anger!

"Ah! Yes! So what!"

"What about you! Didn't you restart the whole thing?"

Zhuang Zhuang had started the game a little earlier than her.

Liu Liu hadn't expected her younger brother to be much stronger than her in his first playthrough.

However!

She heard Zhuang Zhuang chuckle in the voice channel!

"Sorry, Sis! If you have time, feel free to drop by my stream and give me some pointers!"

Zhuang Zhuang's tone was incredibly boastful and smug:

"Come and guide me on how to finish the game so quickly, hahahaha..."

Hearing this, Liu Liu was shocked!

"You're not dead yet?"

As she spoke, driven by curiosity, Liu Liu clicked into her younger brother's stream.

And there she saw!

On screen, Zhuang Zhuang held a staff, a halo of garlic circling him. Where he passed, nothing grew, and bats fell in droves!

Distant bats were also destroyed by the magic projectiles fired from his staff.

Even!

Three axes would occasionally fly out from above his head, scattering like flower petals from a celestial maiden, killing any stragglers.

As for Zhuang Zhuang, he was shouting and charging forward.

The sounds of absorbing experience gems, ding ding ding, were incessant!

"Woohoo! Awesome! This game has a strange, satisfying feeling, so stress-relieving!"

Liu Liu: ???

Was this the same game she was playing?!

Why did his game look so fun?

Seeing this, the viewers in the stream were also astonished—

'Whoa, Prince Zhuang's character is so OP!' 'Is this Dynasty Warriors?' 'Feels like we're not even playing the same game as Liu Liu...' 'Hahahaha the playstyles have completely changed' 'Damn, that garlic halo is AoE damage, so strong!' 'Small mobs die on contact, amazing' 'Prince Zhuang's side is the true essence of the game' 'Indeed, Liu Liu's side is all about being frustrated' '...'

"See, Sis!"

Zhuang Zhuang, playing with ease, was much more composed than Liu Liu.

Seeing his sister enter the stream, he became even more smug:

"I don't get it, where's the difficulty in this game? Isn't this just a mindless hack-and-slash stress-reliever?"

"Look at me, am I stressed?"

"This game is practically challenging my gaming..."

However!

Before he could finish his gloating!

Everything changed!

As the game time reached ten minutes, a circle of man-eating plants suddenly appeared on the screen.

Zhuang Zhuang blinked: "Huh? New monster?"

In his confusion, Zhuang Zhuang instinctively tried to find an opening.

Through ten minutes of gameplay, he had basically grasped a small trick of the game.

That was to always keep moving and avoid getting surrounded by the monster tide.

And this time, as the man-eating plants descended, Zhuang Zhuang instinctively tried to find an opening again.

But the next second!

He discovered something terrifying—

"Holy crap!!! Wait a minute?!"

But then, he saw that the circle of man-eating flowers had no gaps at all!

At this moment, it was like a tightening noose, shrinking its range and closing in on him!

Zhuang Zhuang, who had been laughing and chatting just moments ago, suddenly panicked!

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, no way! No, no, no! That's cheating! How am I supposed to get out of this?"

And just as he was panicking and desperately searching for a way out, as the screen's perspective shifted, an even more despairing situation appeared—

A giant mantis, three times his size, stepped over the man-eating flowers and began to approach him!

At this moment!

Zhuang Zhuang truly understood the meaning of "a thin rope is most likely to snap, and misfortune always finds the unfortunate"!

"Holy crap! Again?!"

At this moment!

The fear of being dominated by Mario Bros.-style chain tactics descended once more!

"What the hell, are you serious?"

Seeing the once-promising situation take a sharp nosedive, Zhuang Zhuang felt like he was breaking down.

Just five seconds ago, he was charging forward, enjoying the thrill of mowing down enemies.

How, in the blink of an eye, did this BOSS, as tough as a mammoth and impervious to countless damage numbers, appear?

And he had nowhere to retreat, nowhere to dodge!

Seeing Zhuang Zhuang in danger, Liu Liu became animated:

"Ooh—Zhuang Zhuang—what are you gonna do—"

"Isn't this supposed to be a hack-and-slash game? What's going on—"

"Why can't you damage the BOSS anymore—"

Her sarcastic tone!

It made the viewers in the live stream chat slap their tables and roar with laughter!

'Hahahaha I've never seen Liu Liu be so sarcastic before' 'This is what you call sweet revenge' 'I'm dying of laughter, it's all about sisterly affection for brothers' 'They're like one big happy family now' 'So sarcastic, Sis' 'I feel like Prince Zhuang's face is about to turn green with anger' 'But the difficulty ramp-up is way too fast' 'Indeed, maybe the difficulty wasn't adjusted properly, the drop-off is too huge' 'What if, ten minutes ago, it was all just preparation time the designer gave you' 'Boiling a frog in warm water, right?' 'Damn, that sounds exactly like something the Mario Bros. designers would do' 'Indeed, this damn designer is always so devious, he understands player psychology too well' 'It's over...'

As he spoke!

They saw on the screen that Zhuang Zhuang, who had been so arrogant moments ago, was now cornered.

The man-eating flowers behind him left him with no room to retreat, forcing him to watch as the giant mantis BOSS slowly approached.

Clack!

The giant mantis swung its scythe blade, and in the blink of an eye, the mage controlled by Zhuang Zhuang was decapitated!

[GAME OVER]

Bang!

As the game ended, Zhuang Zhuang slammed his desk, letting out a roar of unwillingness!

"Aaaaah! I was just starting to have fun!"

"Again!"

"I can't stand this today!!!"