"It's really not that I wanted to play. The viewers asked for it. What choice did I have, right, Liu Liu?"
"Yes, yes, Boss is right."
Liu Liu covered her forehead and snickered.
After some coaxing and evasive talk, the four streamers split into two teams again and began racing!
"It's all calibrated now, Liu Liu. Don't blame your big brother for showing no mercy."
"Hmph, it's still too soon to say who'll win, huh?"
"Oho! You're challenging us? Is that what this is?"
Ah Yin pointed at Liu Liu and slipped into his Pingjin accent.
"Cousin, she's challenging us."
"Then what else is there to say? Let's settle it with our skills."
Cousin stood up and started kneading Ah Yin's shoulders and pounding his back, entertaining both the live audience and the viewers in the stream until they burst out laughing!
Liu Liu's side refused to be outdone as well.
Dai Xiaomei stood up too and addressed the viewers in the stream and the people on-site.
"Brothers! Even though I, Dai Xiaomei, don't have Boss's popularity as the top console streamer, we can't lose, can we?!"
"Yeah—"
Some players below chimed in.
"Let's do this!"
"Go, Liu Liu!"
"Go, Boss!"
"..."
As the tension between the two sides rose, the atmosphere reached its peak!
Not only was the venue filled with cheers and applause, but the livestream chat was exploding as well!
Once both sides were ready and their rusty hands had been shaken off, the two teams threw themselves into battle once more!
"Tap tap tap! No, this part's fast!"
"Liu Liu, the front's about to flip!"
"Damn, Cousin, you've got a good memory!"
"Hahaha, damn it, bro, what the hell are you even playing?!"
"Ah! This part again! I always forget it!"
"It's fine, it's fine. I'll remind you when we get there."
"Yay! Cleared it, cleared it! Hurry, Sister Liu Liu and the others are already at the next stage!"
"It's fine, let them run fifty meters ahead first..."
The heightened immersion made the four streamers completely forget why they had come here in the first place.
Both sides chased one another, competing fiercely!
They were locked in a dead heat, neither side willing to let go!
As the difficulty increased, their initial laughter and banter gradually gave way to seriousness.
Failure after failure, restart after restart!
Their desire for the illustrations and obsession with winning tortured them, yet made it impossible for them to quit!
It was too hard!
It was really too hard!
It was as if this game's designer had completely grasped their minds, precisely seizing on every moment their nerves relaxed even slightly!
Then speeding up! Changing the rhythm! Flipping the controls!
Shattering their progress again and again!
Yet, seeing the song progress improve little by little each time, Ah Yin and Liu Liu found it impossible to let go!
They only needed to try a little harder to clear this stage!
Under this double torment, the streamers' mindsets slowly began to change!
The viewers knew the good part was coming!
'Hey, hey, hey, that guy's expression doesn't look right.'
'Even Liu Liu, who's usually so steady, is starting to lose it.'
'Hahahaha, look, Cousin pulled his chair a little farther away.'
'Looks like Cousin sensed the killing intent.'
'I can feel the killing intent through the screen.'
'Hahahaha, Liu Liu's getting a little anxious.'
'Eighty-five percent again. Feels like Boss is really fighting with eighty-five today.'
'Forget the players, look at Dai Xiaomei—her face is red!'
'"I'm not interested in rhythm games."'
'A classic among classics! Incredible!'
'Low EQ: Your game is garbage. High EQ: I'm not interested in rhythm games.'
'Brilliant. You used up all the brilliance in the world.'
'Excuse me, is this the venue for a blood pressure competition?'
'I think that guy's blood pressure is rising.'
'Damn, this is amazing!'
'"Get off my computer!"'
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Failure!
Restart!
Failure!
Restart!
Both teams wanted to claim the first clear of Stage Five!
However, the accelerating triple-note rhythm changes beginning at eighty percent were like an insurmountable chasm!
I fucking know there's a rhythm change coming up!
So why the fuck can't I get past it?!
AAAAAAAH!
Ah Yin roared inwardly!
If they had not been on-site, he would probably have wanted to smash the keyboard!
This designer had to be a devil!
He had calculated that the players would react like this long ago!
He was like some bastard holding a banana, eating and dancing in front of a group of ape-like players trapped behind an unbreakable cage!
Ah Yin's eyes were starting to turn red!
Just as he was about to lose control and explode!
A phone call saved him!
It was from Shark's upper management!
That was right, Shark simply could not bear to watch any longer.
Ah Yin was finally pulled out of the game!
He broke out in a cold sweat!
That was close!
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