008: I Submitted a Proposal to the Company to Make Li Aoz a Photo Model, and They Actually Refused!
"Now I understand, Du Zexin must be under some kind of bad luck aura that I don't know about."
Li Aoz crossed his arms and looked at the three game testers in the interrogation room, trying hard to suppress his laughter.
Although he had guessed that the game testers might have noticed him and planned to include him in the game's PV as promotional material, Li Aoz never expected that it would be these three unfortunate souls.
What a coincidence, they're all acquaintances.
Xue Parker, who calls himself Qi Huaimu, is a "hacker," "Martial Artist," and "shaman." These two are well-known scapegoats at Qiqiao Network. Due to the inhumane behavior of Qiqiao Network's designers and planners, they often anger players. However, the planners and designers know that they are not popular and dare not go online. So players can only vent their anger on ordinary game testers.
These two unfortunate individuals are also the only two overtime workers at Qiqiao Network who are online every day at set times, making them the easiest targets. Every time these two staff members start working, they face the pursuit of hundreds of players.
As for Lu Ao · Wick, whose real name is Lu Run, his identity is rather special. Starting with version 3.0, he was transferred to the Professional League Committee to serve as a director, and his publicity and performance skills are quite good.
"These lucky bastards have finally arrived! I've been waiting for them with bated breath!"
Qi Huaimu produced a lot of evidence to show that he had broken with the GTB and killed some Bounty Hunter on the way, hoping to prove his innocence. He also presented video footage he obtained from the Nethermark Humanity of the Underworld.
Given the enormous cost and their amateurish and incompetent skills, it's obvious to anyone with eyes that these three Frostplate guys weren't lying, and they certainly weren't spies or undercover agents.
Auckland Lord remained all smiles, as if to say, "Go on, I'm listening." In reality, Li Aoz noticed that the young warlord was constantly observing his attitude.
In other words, the fate of these three testers did not depend on how well they performed, or on their efforts to gain the opinion of the Auckland Lord. What the Auckland Lord cared about was whether or not Li Aoz agreed.
As expected, after Luo Le handed over all the evidence he possessed, the Auckland Lord, this handsome young man with white hair and red eyes, rested his chin on his hand, pondered for a moment, and then turned to look at Li Aoz:
"What do you think, Mr. Li Aoz?"
He didn't bother to hide his intention to curry favor with him. Compared to the wits and schemes that ordinary players had to engage in, Li Aoz's extraordinary charm completely erased the unnecessary conflicts and suspicions in between, making the Auckland Lord trust him completely.
Of course, his own illustrious resume and powerful abilities, as well as his promised knowledge of the Nethermark Humanity, are also important factors.
Li Aoz thought for a moment and said, "I believe what they said. To have the courage to face Bio-Kongou and kill GTB Bounty Hunter, risking their lives to come to the depths of the Outland, is a remarkable act for the Frostplate Citizen. I have some questions I'd like to ask them privately."
Auckland Lord nodded. "In that case, these three are yours to handle."
He then gave a few brief instructions and told the guards to release the people.
"Wow, this Li Aoz quite influential. Even lords with nuclear weapons have to defer to him."
Luo Le turned around, clicking his tongue in amazement.
According to internal company information, Triangle Town will be developed as one of the Outland towns as a gathering place for players, and may even become the main city for players of the Outland faction. There are several pages of information on Oakland·Jute.
As a result, Li Aoz persuaded the young and promising warlord to release the man in just a few words.
"That's normal. If Li Aoz really is a [Dominator] type professional mentor, judging from his performance against Bio-Kongou, his strength should have reached the level above Beta."
"Gamma Rank? Then it certainly has the potential."
During the handover, Lu Run approached Li Aoz and was about to activate [Disguise Mode] to better communicate with the NPC when Li Aoz glanced up at him and said, "Are you going to take a picture of me?"
"Huh?" Lu Run was taken aback. How did he know that he was thinking that way? Was the pupil camera really that obvious?
However, he still nodded subconsciously.
"I understand what you mean by taking photos and recording videos to help me clear my name—that's fine, but I would prefer you to expose the identity of the Nethermark Humanity and the disgusting research they conduct behind the scenes."
Li Aoz's words completely stunned Lu Run.
He said nothing, but the other party had essentially revealed about 70-80% of his motivations, making Lu Run feel a little uneasy: 'Is this an NPC capable of filling in the blanks, or is its intelligence higher than I imagined?'
Seeing the player's slight surprise, Li Aoz casually opened the NPC Template and created a quest for them: "Push Open the Prism Gate".
[Duration]: 30 days
[Difficulty]: C [Introduction]: A legend of punishing evil and eliminating demons, yet he is known as a cruel butcher and Cataclysm of the Mortal World.
She filmed a video for Li Aoz and spoke out on Frostplate Media, revealing the true identity of Nethermark Humanity.
I could have tolerated hypocrisy if I had never seen the truth.
[Settlement Conditions]: Complete filming and upload to various social media platforms, and obtain no less than 100,000 views.
award:
2000 experience points
Li Aoz's Favorability +30...
With his current template of "Advanced Veteran Combat-Type NPC", he can issue tasks with a difficulty of B or less, and he can provide the experience and rewards himself. Favorability is also costless. He can raise it if he wants, and lower it to a negative value if he doesn't like it.
The task wasn't difficult, but the rewards were quite generous for Lu Run.
He originally came to take photos of Li Aoz to find material, and now he's getting a reward too—it's like Qin Shi Huang looking in the mirror—a win-win situation.
"Leave it to me!"
Half an hour later, Li Aoz sat on the sofa in the laboratory, with three grown men circling around him. The first round of filming was over. At Lu Run's request, Li Aoz changed his clothes a few more times and recorded some righteous statements, criticizing the Nethermark Humanity.
"I didn't expect Li Aoz to have such a good physique. He's quite muscular, not exactly strong, but all muscle. He'd be perfect as a model."
Lu Run looked at the massive amount of material in the video library and was quite satisfied.
"With the materials I collected in the Nethermark Humanity before, I should be able to deliver smoothly. As long as I edit them, the promotional videos for the Frostplate chapter and the [Dominator] series can be produced quickly."
As we all know, what's the prerequisite for a good-looking game promotional video? Attractive characters!
If you make every game character look like a dark-skinned Black person, and the game still sells well, it just means the game's name is "Plantation Simulator".
Lu Run was secretly pleased and immediately logged off to edit the video. His body swayed, Lu Ao · Wick's body vanished on the spot, disintegrating into dull, lifeless particles that instantly dissipated.
Damn! How did this kid get all chubby already?
Luo Le and Xue Nian immediately looked embarrassed. Lu Run had just logged off like that, with such an obvious disappearance effect. What would the NPCs think? "It seems your friend had something to do and used Aoneng to get there first."
Looking at the two innocent victims with stiff expressions, Li Aoz suppressed a laugh and said, "Thank you for helping me, but the GTB's retaliation will come soon. I will talk to the Auckland Lord and let you lay low here for a while."
"Thank you for your kindness, but we have other important matters to attend to and cannot stay any longer."
Luo Le and Xue Nian were still thinking about the investigation mission "Tracing Nethermark," one of the conditions for the settlement was to join forces with Li Aoz to eliminate the GTB mercenaries and Bounty Hunter.
After completing this task, they still had to return to their regular work positions to test the game system.
The game's closed beta test is about to begin, but the current game system still has many imperfections. The game's in-game store hasn't even been implemented yet. If this continues, the company will go bankrupt sooner or later—well, maybe that's not such a bad thing after all?
Li Aoz had already guessed that these people must have triggered some kind of mission to come to him, but he didn't care. There was plenty of time, so he might as well mention the important matter first. "You seem to be different from ordinary humans, but don't worry, I won't reveal your secrets."
Before the two game testers could react, Li Aoz took out another USB drive and handed it to them:
"These are some cell data of Bio-Kongou that I analyzed with the help of the laboratory in Triangle Town. If possible, I hope you can use your hacking skills to spread these data to online forums in various countries."
"Uh, but what's the point of you posting all this?"
"Leave yourself a way out," Li Aoz said meaningfully.
The truth about the Bio-Kongou is probably only known to the higher-ups at Frostplate. Spreading such a small amount of data around the world won't cause any trouble—it will only make those who secretly desire this thing willing to spend money and effort to protect themselves.
Li Aoz chatted casually with the two testers for a while. Both were former soldiers and quite tight-lipped. It was only thanks to the affability brought by his [charisma] attribute that Li Aoz them, and he noticed something interesting:
Game testers are a little different from ordinary players; they seem to have some basic knowledge of the professional skills and expertise in the game.
This is quite interesting—on the other hand, the skills and knowledge that players learn from games are not simply a template that you can follow to unlock them, and knowledge is not just a threshold, but a systematic and detailed set of learning and memorization.
"Is one of the jobs of a game tester to prevent players from actually learning skills and knowledge from the game through the game system's Recognition Filter?"
Li Aoz picked up a ballpoint pen, which spun continuously under the pull of gravity. He concentrated and pondered, and various knowledge, systematic theories, academic terms, and calculation formulas from "Higher Education Knowledge" and "Pioneer Level: Biochemical Materials" came to mind.
It's true.
Li Aoz's gaze narrowed slightly.
This is completely different from the past when, as a player, I had no information whatsoever.
Li Aoz is now truly able to learn the knowledge and skills of the game.