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Chapter 136 Top-Level Scheme: Speedrun "Infernal Inferior Demon"! (Four more - s for monthly passes!)

Chapter 136: Chapter 136 Top-Level Scheme: Speedrun "Infernal Inferior Demon"! (Four more Chapters for monthly passes!)

When Huang Wang first found the job, he was a little happy, but that feeling didn’t last long.

Because this President Sa seemed to really not treat people as humans!

Up to now, Huang Wang still didn’t know President Sa’s full name, but his surname wasn’t particularly rare—after all, a famous CCTV host also shares that surname.

The thing is, President Sa really didn’t act like a decent human being!

Huang Wang’s salary was merely 3500, and to speak of it was to lose the face of all programmers. But considering that he really didn’t have much skill or knowledge and would find it difficult to get a better job, Huang Wang decided to put up with the salary for the time being.

But soon, he encountered even more intolerable things!

When he first got the art resources of Hell Inferior Demon, Huang Wang was somewhat excited because the quality of these resources was quite high. If they were utilized properly, the game might make a small profit.

But not only did President Sa refuse to hire more people, he also relentlessly squeezed Huang Wang, forcing him to work overtime day and night!

Why were there so many strange collision and grab detection errors in this game?

Huang Wang’s insufficient capabilities were one reason, but more importantly, there was simply not enough time.

Huang Wang didn’t have nearly enough time to fine-tune these errors. He had just completed the game’s core functions and used AI-debug to run a test and fix some fatal bugs when Azazel ordered him to release the game immediately.

Huang Wang had planned to adjust these details at the end, but the game was already on the market!

This was extremely frustrating.

Did President Sa have money or not? It seemed like he did—Hell Inferior Demon’s art resources were impressive, and the game even had a marketing budget.

But why not hire more people?

Now it was clear that Hell Inferior Demon was doomed, and there was no way it would recoup its costs.

Yet President Sa wasn’t in the least bit worried and didn’t show any sign of regret.

Huang Wang also wondered, what would happen to Hell Frontline’s reputation? Would President Sa even be able to release another game?

After much thought, the most likely scenario seemed to be that President Sa would simply discard the company shell, file for bankruptcy, and then get a new shell.

As for President Sa’s ultimate goals... Huang Wang didn’t know, nor did he dare to ask. All he felt was that he should prioritize making an escape plan as soon as possible.

After all, for a programmer, it only matters that either the program or the person can run.

As for Azazel, he was currently sipping his coffee with great satisfaction, relishing the surge of negative emotions, feeling triumphant.

"Heh, so much for Lilith.

"The collection of negative emotions went quite smoothly, didn’t it?

"And besides, this investment agreement is just like giving me money. How could such a game make profit? Sign an agreement like this a thousand times, and I win every time!"

Azazel glanced at Huang Wang, feeling rather satisfied with this programmer.

Even so, he didn’t consider giving the man a raise. Those with inadequate skills were dime a dozen, and if Huang Wang fled, he could simply pick another from any recruitment website without any delay whatsoever.

And even if Hell Frontline got a bad reputation, it didn’t matter at all. After all, by then he would have already collected all the negative emotions, and he could just apply for bankruptcy and start anew.

However, just at that moment, Azazel’s brows furrowed and he appeared surprised.

He had been monitoring the internet for anything related to Hell Inferior Demon, but now, amid all the critical videos, he spotted one that was different.

And the popularity of this video was skyrocketing at an incredible pace!

Azazel sensed that the situation was getting tricky and he hastily looked at the video title.

[Hell Inferior Demon]-Any% Speedrun World Record 2 hours 14 minutes 09 seconds-By ST002-20241001

Azazel didn’t understand the title. He could vaguely make out that it was a record of someone completing Hell Inferior Demon rather quickly, but what did this mean? Why was the popularity so high?

The video hadn’t been out for long, but the popularity was rising rapidly, and at this rate, it was sure to hit a million views, basically on par with the rant videos.

Why?

Isn’t it just a simple walkthrough video?

...

Instructor Ding watched the video for a few minutes, then he leaned back in his chair with deep respect.

The viewers in the live stream also expressed their amazement.

"There are still experts??"

"No, this can be speedrun?"

"What kind of abyssal and dark terror track is this? Ordinary people really wouldn’t dare touch this, right?"

"? I don’t understand"

"Intestinal waterslide challenge? Septic tank butterfly stroke champion? Honestly, just reading the title commands respect!"

"Who would’ve thought, after nearly half a year of silence, All-Greedy Bro would choose such a unique track to make a comeback..."

"Honestly, there’s no need for this! But still, hats off to the spirit of speedrunning everything..."

"@Instructor Xiao Ding @Heilong @Lao Lu, come quick, All-Greedy Bro has blazed a new trail!"

The video has already garnered hundreds of comments, half of which are from viewers tagging various speedrunners and hosts.

It’s not about anything else, just wanting you guys to broaden your horizons!

One can only say that when it comes to setting trends, All-Greedy Bro is truly in a league of his own!

Half a year ago, ’Sisyphus’ was released, and All-Greedy Bro emerged out of nowhere, amazing everyone with his all-greedy playstyle, and directly pulled off Five Consecutive Dragon Flapping Wings, pushing the speedrun time down to 33 minutes and launching the hot speedrunning era of ’Sisyphus’.

After that, the speedrunning hype of ’Sisyphus’ lasted two to three months, where several top speedrunning greats kept outdoing each other, and consequently drove up the game’s sales.

But All-Greedy Bro didn’t join the battle; he only released that one video and then never uploaded anything again.

No one expected All-Greedy Bro to come back to speedrun ’Hell Infernal Demon’, this cyber torture device of a game!

Under the barrage of strong audience demand, Instructor Ding watched all the key parts of the video while hopping around.

He had to admit, this speedrun was indeed very challenging!

Of course, its challenging nature was completely different from ’Sisyphus’.

The challenge of ’Sisyphus’ mainly came from the skilled application of techniques and precise timing; the moment one executed Five Consecutive Dragon Flapping Wings, the game’s sense of exhilaration and pleasure also peaked.

But ’Hell Infernal Demon’ was different, where the challenge purely stemmed from the player’s endurance and understanding of the invisible pitfalls within the game.

For example, in some place in the game, if the air walls and collision volumes are set up unreasonably, the Hell Infernal Demon controlled by the player would get blocked if they tried to jump based on the scene model, leading to escape failure.

The player would then need to factor in the collision volume ahead of time and jump from a higher point to successfully pass through.

Similarly, the game’s optimization for climbing and edge-grabbing during jumps was also puzzling. In some spots, a casual leap would latch on, while in others you could be right in front of it and still fail to grab hold.

Players had to memorize these spots, jumping ahead of time where they could stick to save time, and for those quirky judgment spots, they had to choose the right moment to jump to ensure success.

Is running a ’Hell Infernal Demon’ speedrun awesome?

Awesome, but compared to ’Sisyphus’, it’s a completely different kind of awesome.

Soon, Instructor Ding noticed that the private message and new notification icons on the top right of his video site were increasing at a rapid pace, quickly hitting 99+, and still climbing!

After opening them, they were uniformly urging him to run a ’Hell Infernal Demon’ speedrun!

And what about the other streamers, UP owners, or professional speedrunners?

No doubt, each one of them, like Instructor Ding, had received a slew of private messages.

Instructor Ding was shocked; he slumped back in his computer chair, feeling as though a massive net was closing in on him.

"Guys, why do I suddenly have an inexplicable association with the ’Modern Internet’s First Yángmóu’, Nine-Turned Intestine??"

"All-Greedy Bro, we have no beef with you, right? There’s no deep-seated grudge, is there?

"Is it really necessary!!"

That’s right, this is the supreme yángmóu!

Just like the Nine-Turned Intestine, where the chef adds some rebuttal into the intestine, and if the judges don’t eat it, they can’t eliminate him; if they eat, they fall for his trick.

And even more terrifying is that the chef even sampled it himself, akin to another kind of ’entering the game personally, triumphing with just a touch of genius’.

Now, what about All-Greedy Bro’s video?

It just so happens to possess a similar kind of particular ingenuity!

At this moment, ’Hell Infernal Demon’ is like a cyber rebuttal, capable of inflicting more mental harm on players than the original flavor of intestine could ever do.

Ordinarily, except for a few players who are curious due to the low scores, others would stay well away from it.

Such a trash game shouldn’t even be in the daily routines of speedrunners.

But now, All-Greedy Bro, who made a name for himself in ’Sisyphus’, like the chef of Nine-Turned Intestine, has entered the game himself and abducted all streamers, UP owners, and speedrunners with a top-level yángmóu!

Yes, this game is indeed a rebuttal.

But now it’s the game with the lowest ratings across all platforms, the worst of its kind, and whether its popularity is positive or negative, just tell me, is it not high?

If you don’t taste this rebuttal, you’ll miss out on this heat.

If you do taste this rebuttal, then you fall into the trap!

Now, I, All-Greedy Bro, have taken the first bite as a sign of respect; will you follow?

As full-time streamers, UP owners, and speedrunners in this play, can you really bear to let your fans down?