Under Realistic Difficulty, communication outside the Dreamscape was possible, but streamers aspiring to challenge for naming rights often overlooked this, only reviewing things after giving up on a run.
As a result, the Dreamscape's tense atmosphere intensified severalfold. Even figuring out how to make contact with other companions became a difficult problem.
But difficulty was exactly what they wanted.
The harder the Dreamscape, the more every small achievement felt electrifying after making progress.
Using food as an analogy, the Simple Difficulty of My Unemployment Life was like an appetizer: tasty, but that was all.
Suffering Difficulty was the main course. It filled you up and tasted pretty good too.
Realistic Difficulty was like an unbearably spicy butter hotpot, its flavors intensely stimulating. Once you got used to it, you couldn't stop.
Every death brought growth. The more difficult the process, the more they wanted to challenge it. And every time they restarted after failing, they felt that it wasn't the Dreamscape characters growing, but themselves. That sense of unconsciously growing stronger was indeed addictive.
Just as Dreamscape Enthusiast was fully immersed in a battle of wits against the gangsters, he heard a notification: "Xinjing has died."
"Ah."
With a sigh, Dreamscape Enthusiast also chose to give up. He then exited the Dreamscape and returned to the stream, preparing to begin the eleventh review.
Passerby 12121: [What a pity. Xinjing was so close to swallowing that guard just now, but fell a tiny bit short.]
Yuan Jie: [It felt like more than a tiny bit. Didn't you think the timing of that other guard's appearance was far too coincidental? I remember he never showed up before.]
Wild Greens: [I've been replaying that scene over and over, and I feel the same way. The second guard appeared at a very suspicious time.