Ji Li walked deeper inside. Though he did not lift the curtains and peek in like Gao Mingjie, he listened carefully to the game sounds and players' performances in each compartment.
The reason he had headed straight here after arriving was because Cheng Ming had previously told him about this game—"Kill the Demon."
A few years ago, Cheng Ming had played this game while traveling here.
Simply put, "Kill the Demon" was a level-clearing game.
An electronic demon and a Game Player sat across from one another at a table, while the player's tool for clearing levels was a toy shotgun.
At every level, the player faced a different demon. By observing its behavior, they had to identify its weakness, purchase bullets with the corresponding attribute, and kill it to advance to the next level. And so on.
Players who broke the existing record or cleared the game outright would receive the game's ultimate reward.
According to Cheng Ming, he had only managed to kill four demons during his first playthrough.
Even after spending an entire night on it, he had ultimately stopped at the sixth level. The highest record holder had only reached the eighth.
The game was so difficult not only because demons' weaknesses became harder to find in later levels, but also because of the issue of coins needed to purchase bullets.
At the beginning of each level, the system automatically gave the player one in-game coin. Killing a demon rewarded two more.
That was the player's fixed source of coin income, but bullets came at varying prices, with some costing as many as four coins.
Therefore, one of the game's greatest difficulties was managing one's coin reserves wisely. Wasting coins in one level might lead to defeat in subsequent levels.
Gao Mingjie watched in alarm. He