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Watching the flood of positive reviews and the clueless newbies falling for it one after another,
Wu Wei sank into deep thought.
It seemed society was still quite sinister.
At least beneath this game's reviews, the players who had played it were every bit as sinister as he was.
"Mm."
Wu Wei nodded solemnly.
"Come to think of it, I don't feel guilty at all anymore."
Hehe.
And through this game, Wu Wei had thoroughly recognized the true nature of the masochists in the gaming community.
So next, let's see who the real evil genius was!
I! Game Designer! Ultimate Tormentor!
Ready!
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Streamers had an incredibly powerful ability to make games popular!
Especially the appeal of a top Console Zone gaming streamer like Ah Yin—it had reached an absurd level!
Some viewers, after seeing the streamer's stroke-inducing gameplay, assumed he was deliberately acting stupid for the sake of the stream.
Zhao Qiang was one of them.
"Tch, needless to say, this is just for the show."
After watching plenty of streams, Zhao Qiang considered himself highly knowledgeable about the livestreaming industry and confidently told his girlfriend:
"If those streamers just breezed right through it, would their streams even get that much traffic?"
"Oh—right!"
His girlfriend suddenly understood, but then added:
"But all the online reviews say this game is really hard."
"Pfft—"
Zhao Qiang waved his hand dismissively.
"They're just noobs who can't play games. How good do you expect their controls to be?"
If someone else had mocked them like that, his girlfriend might have dismissed it with contempt.
But when Zhao Qiang said it, she did not argue.
Because she knew very well that her boyfriend had been playing games since he was little.
He had cleared at least eight hundred, if not a thousand, games.
He had dabbled in every kind of game and was a textbook high-level player.
As they talked, a chime sounded, and the game finished downloading.
"Just watch."
Zhao Qiang gave his girlfriend a confident smile, filled with self-assurance.
The screen opened, and the game began.
A blank-faced little man sitting in a cauldron appeared atop a flat rock. To the right stood the tree that had plagued countless streamers.
Zhao Qiang moved the mouse, got a little accustomed to it, and began approaching the tree.
It had to be said that his talent for games was indeed impressive.
Very quickly, Zhao Qiang reached the base of the tree.
When he had watched others play, Zhao Qiang had specifically studied how to get past this spot.
Showing off, he pointed at the tree on the screen for his girlfriend.
"This part—lots of people get it wrong. Watch closely."
Wang Qiang controlled the hammer and drove it hard into the ground!
Tap!
With a crisp sound, the little man in the cauldron actually used the recoil to launch himself directly onto the second tier of branches!
"Wow!"
His girlfriend gasped in amazement!
Her face was full of admiration!
"Hubby, you're amazing!"
Zhao Qiang was delighted!
Heh heh! Was that all?
What was so hard about that?
"I told you, those streamers are either deliberately acting stupid or they just don't know how to play games at all."
As he spoke, he jabbed the hammer toward the branch again, preparing to repeat the trick.
Tap!
Thud!
Clang!
The little man hit the branch and bounced right back to the starting point.
Zhao Qiang: ...
"Heh, minor mistake. It's fine, let's try again."
One small failure naturally did not affect his mood.
He tried again.
Zhao Qiang got back onto the second tier of branches.
"Here we go!"
Clang!
The blank-faced little man once again landed steadily on the ground.
His girlfriend: ...
"Hiss—huh?"
After several failed attempts in a row, Zhao Qiang's expression seemed to grow a little serious.
He had found the problem.
Because the branch was not very long, no matter what angle he jumped from, he would hit the treetop.
"Oh—I get it. Got it, got it!"
Zhao Qiang decided to try a different approach.
"Since we can't jump over, we'll hook our way over."
As he spoke, he moved the mouse.
The little man in the game swung his hammer along with it.
"This game is so simple. Look, move the hammer like this, then like this, and then swing it—you'll get across."
Zhao Qiang gestured as he explained it to his girlfriend.
"Mhm, mhm, mhm!"
After hearing Zhao Qiang's plan, his girlfriend nodded in agreement.
"Watch closely."
Zhao Qiang smiled faintly, feeling that he had already found a way past the tree.
"First like this! Then like this! Then swing!"
Thud!
Clang.
Zhao Qiang: ...
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