Perfect Score Review

It was the third day since the game launched.

During that time, the number of Battle Online players had increased to forty-eight. A large portion of them had been recommended by Chen Ziyu, Wang Damang, and the others, who wanted to establish the first guild in the game.

Before trying the game, nearly everyone had been deeply skeptical. Yet after playing it, they realized just how revolutionary it was. Its playability was so high that anyone who experienced it simply could not bear to leave.

Lu Wu and Bei Li, who often used the divine artifact to observe their every move, also learned of Chen Ziyu and the others' plans. They decided to add a guild option in the game's next round of improvements.

To make it easier to monitor the players, Lu Wu and Bei Li went down to the Underworld once more. In the laboratory, Lu Wu had Bei Li forge a secondary Battle Ring.

This ring had no independent capabilities. It existed as an attachment to the main ring, with functions for viewing players and issuing quests added to it. Bei Li officially became the game's GM.

Mu Qingshui was a full-time game reviewer for Platform173. Every day, his job was to try out all kinds of new games, write experience reports, and publish them on the website. Though the pay was decent, he found the work terribly dull.

After shutting down another game and removing his Virtual Helmet, Mu Qingshui rubbed his head helplessly. "What the hell were they thinking with such generic garbage? They even wanted to enter the new game rankings? What a waste of my time!"

He then opened the webpage, gave the game a review score of two, and tossed it onto the elimination list.

Scrolling through the review directory and seeing that he still had over a hundred games left to test, Mu Qingshui felt a surge of irritation.

Glancing at the other reviewers who were also testing games, Mu Qingshui took a deep breath, opened the directory again, and selected the next game in line.

"Hm?"

He had originally intended to begin testing it immediately, but the game's description left Mu Qingshui dumbfounded.

An 800 MB realistic game? Was this a joke?

Mu Qingshui laughed. They actually dared to submit a game like this? They really had no clue. It looked like he would have to suggest raising the entry requirements next time.

Just from reading the description, Mu Qingshui had originally planned to give it one point and throw it straight onto the elimination list.

But remembering the company's rule that every game required at least ten minutes of hands-on experience, Mu Qingshui could only sigh. He downloaded the game into his Virtual Helmet, put it on, and began the experience.

Everything that followed made him question his life.

From the moment he entered the Underworld, the surroundings and the breeze brushing past him felt as if he had crossed over in an instant. Everything was far too real.

After choosing his class, Mu Qingshui was completely won over by the game's opening. His original intention of playing briefly before quitting turned into a desire to explore the game's delights.

One hour... two hours... five hours. Time passed quickly, and he became completely immersed in the game, utterly forgetting that he still had many games to review that day.

On his way to the Ghost Mountains, he was lucky enough to pick up a newborn ghost indicated on the quest panel. He received a reward of one hundred Soul Coins, leaving him excited for quite a while.

After selling it to the shop, he proudly used the Soul Coins to buy a blue-quality dagger, making his monster hunting far more efficient.

Since he had chosen the Hidden Assassin class, as his attributes increased, Mu Qingshui truly got to experience the swift-as-flight sensation that only martial arts masters in movies seemed to possess.

Just as he continued exploring, the game's twelve-hour limit notification appeared, and he was kicked out of the game.

Frustrated, Mu Qingshui gritted his teeth and cursed, "Fuck! I was this close to soloing the Warrior of Wreckage! Which bastard came up with this time limit? Bad review!"

After taking off the helmet, Mu Qingshui wore a miserable expression. But then he froze, because the reviewers around him had already changed shifts, and it was now three in the morning.

"Holy shit, today's review assignments..." Mu Qingshui felt his teeth ache. As a professional game reviewer, he had become so engrossed in a game that he had forgotten about work entirely.

Still, Mu Qingshui had nothing but admiration for this game. He decisively gave it a score of ten.

He then spent half an hour writing a review report for the game and posting it beneath the game's page, placing it on the repeat review list.

To ensure fairness, every game had to be reviewed by every reviewer, and its score would be determined by the average of everyone's ratings. Therefore, Mu Qingshui's review data alone could not determine whether a game passed or failed.

Yet Mu Qingshui was still extremely excited, because he felt that he had truly discovered a treasure.

After taking out his phone, a hint of hesitation appeared on his face. After wavering for a moment, he gritted his teeth and dialed the boss of Platform173.

Beep~ Beep~

The phone rang seven or eight times before someone finally answered. "Hello?"

"Hello, Boss. I'm Mu Qingshui, a game reviewer from Platform173!" Mu Qingshui introduced himself first.

Upon hearing that the caller was a reviewer from one of his subordinate companies, Wu Guoyi was initially taken aback. He then glanced at the time displayed on his phone, and his mood immediately worsened. "What is it? And how did you get my number?"

"Boss, please don't get angry. I want to report something to you. Maybe this is an opportunity for Platform173 to grow rapidly, crush the other gaming platforms, and become number one."

Wu Guoyi, who had been about to lose his temper, was suddenly amused. It was a good thing that an employee cared about the platform's development, but calling in the middle of the night was far too rude. Besides, couldn't any issue be discussed with their supervisor first?

However, Wu Guoyi did not say those words aloud. After thinking it over, he decided to hear what this oddball employee had to say.

"Go ahead. I'm listening."

This excited Mu Qingshui, and he immediately said, "Boss, you know about our platform's Best New Game competition, right?"

"Of course I do. I was the one who proposed this event!"

As a veteran gaming enthusiast, it was precisely because of his passion that Wu Guoyi had considered establishing a gaming platform. He had gone on to create one of the country's largest gaming platforms, Platform173. This review event had also been implemented only after his proposal was approved by the board.

"Boss, we've found a treasure in this event. During my reviews, I discovered a game with realism close to one hundred percent. I experienced it for a full twelve hours and didn't find a single flaw. Its enhancement systems and other mechanics are completely different from current virtual games. It's practically a revolutionary game!"

Upon hearing this, Wu Guoyi's expression immediately turned serious. He switched on the bedside lamp and sat up.

"What game is it? Which game company made it?"

Realizing Wu Guoyi was interested, Mu Qingshui hurriedly replied.

"It was made by a small game platform. It's called Battle Online. What's even stranger is that this game's data package is only 800 MB. Even after testing it, I still found it unbelievable."

Hearing this, Wu Guoyi nearly thought that Mu Qingshui had tested too many games and lost his mind.

In a realistic game, 800 MB would barely be enough to make a single item, let alone an entire game. It sounded like a joke.

Taking a deep breath, anger welled up in Wu Guoyi once again. "What's your name?"

"Boss, my name is Mu Qingshui, employee number 387!"

"Good. You can go settle your accounts with Finance tomorrow."

The excited Mu Qingshui felt as though a basin of cold water had been poured over him, instantly sobering him up.

Realizing he was about to be fired, Mu Qingshui grew anxious. "Boss, please. If you have equipment nearby, you can log in and experience the game yourself. If everything I said is false, you won't even need to fire me—I'll resign immediately tomorrow!"