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Chapter 137 Succubus Appearance Replacement MOD!

Chapter 137: Chapter 137 Succubus Appearance Replacement MOD!

Two days later.

October 3, Thursday.

Inside Xingwang Garden Community, Huang Wang carried the soy milk and fried dough sticks he bought from the community’s entrance to the office of Hell Frontline.

Then, he turned on his computer, browsed the web aimlessly, and ate breakfast.

President Sa evidently had a somewhat different viewpoint regarding national holidays, having required Huang Wang to work as usual during the holiday, though he wasn’t strict about the work content.

Huang Wang had also noticed that President Sa seemed to only come to the company at night.

Perhaps he was involved with other industries outside?

In principle, since there were just the two of them in the company, even if Wang didn’t show up while President Sa was away, no one would notice.

But Huang Wang didn’t dare to take the risk—what if President Sa suddenly decided to drop by for inspection one day?

Moreover, for young people like Huang Wang, working overtime wasn’t much of an issue, as he was broke, currently living in a damp and dingy basement flat, without even his own computer.

At least the company was in a proper residential area, with a living room facing south and good sunlight.

With President Sa not around, he found it quite comfortable here.

Playing games on the sly, catching up on series, and then pondering when to run away for good wasn’t too bad either.

He opened the backend as usual and glanced at the data for Infernal Inferior Demon.

Well, the rating hadn’t changed much, still firmly holding the crown as the number one in the bad review charts on the official platform.

He looked at the sales data next.

"Huh?"

Huang Wang rubbed his eyes in surprise, almost doubting what he saw.

The sales data from yesterday had actually ticked up a bit??

Was that scientifically possible?

Infernal Inferior Demon was released on September 30, and most of the game’s promotional resources were concentrated on the first day.

President Sa’s goal was obviously simple: he wanted a quick deal, to scam as much as he could.

So on October 1, as Infernal Inferior Demon’s ratings and reputation completely tanked, the sales plummeted abruptly.

Based on normal circumstances, the sales data seen on October 3 should have been even more catastrophic, continuing the steep fall.

But unexpectedly, there was a slight uptick? It was basically on par with yesterday!

Was that scientifically possible?

Was that reasonable?

Huang Wang felt as if he’d seen a ghost. He thought President Sa might have bought more promotions, but after checking, there wasn’t any.

With confusion, Huang Wang opened the game’s review section.

"Came here specially to witness the greatest open secret of the contemporary internet! I’ve beaten it, f*ck your mom!"

"Thanks to the lousy planner from Hell Frontline for providing the precious material for the first Internet Synchronized Shit Swimming Competition!"

"I admit I’ve been taken for a ride! At first, I was simply curious, how bad could a game be? So I tried it for 2 hours, very wisely without buying it. But after seeing All-Greedy Bro’s video, I got the itch again, and I no longer had the trial qualification, so after the purchase, I tried it again. Right now, I’m just full of regret, so much regret!"

"I’m an idiot!"

Huang Wang was perplexed. How did it become the greatest open secret of the contemporary internet?

He had indeed seen the speedrun video the day before, but hadn’t thought much of it. Although the video had just been released and was trending well, the buzz hadn’t picked up yet.

And normally, who would think that such a video could actually drive the game’s sales?

But now, the unbelievable reality was right before his eyes!

Huang Wang hurriedly searched online, especially watching several internet meme encyclopedia videos to figure out what was going on.

This video by All-Greedy Bro with the ID ST002 truly gave a sales boost to Infernal Inferior Demon!

Overall, All-Greedy Bro had driven the speedrun project for Infernal Inferior Demon, and as the game was really terrible, the audience collectively coerced various content creators and streamers to play, which significantly increased the buzz for the game!

Thus, sales naturally saw some growth.

Of course, Huang Wang noticed some details too.

For instance, All-Greedy Bro’s speedrun video wasn’t exactly perfect; there were a lot of mistakes and plenty of places for optimization.

This is fundamentally different from the speedrun video of "Sisyphus" back then.

In the case of "Sisyphus", All-Greedy Bro was the first to accomplish Five Consecutive Dragon Flapping Wings, a highly difficult move that most speedrunners would need to practice specifically for a week or even half a month before they could possibly master it.

But "Hell Infernal Demon" is different, the game itself doesn’t contain such high technical difficulty maneuvers.

Moreover, All-Greedy Bro didn’t make everything perfect.

Many people speculated that All-Greedy Bro might have just seriously played through the game once, then simply memorized the key points of each section’s operations, ran it a few times, and then churned out this result of over two hours.

The reason it looks so shocking is simply because he’s the only one on this track for now.

If other speedrun players don’t run, wouldn’t he be the world’s first?

In fact, there is still a tremendous amount of room for improvement on this result, even reducing it to around one hour is entirely possible.

But that doesn’t mean All-Greedy Bro isn’t awesome.

It’s clear that he started playing and studying "Hell Infernal Demon" earnestly as soon as it was released, treating it as a speedrunning project to prepare for.

In other words, he had been prepared for a long-term tasting defense...

This kind of "If I don’t enter Hell, who will?" spirit, indeed shocked everyone.

And after a large number of streamers and UP hosts joined the speedrunning race of "Hell Infernal Demon", All-Greedy Bro wasn’t idle either, he kept updating videos!

Whenever these streamers were tortured enough to want to give up, All-Greedy Bro would refresh the record, which in turn drove audiences crazy into various livestreams to fervently encourage.

Just like that, All-Greedy Bro actually managed to prolong the popularity of a trashy game!

Huang Wang shook his head in confusion, he clicked into All-Greedy Bro’s homepage, aiming to find some clues.

Could it be that President Sa bought some promotion?

Doesn’t seem like it though.

While Huang Wang was searching for clues online, trying to uncover the real identity of All-Greedy Bro, he stumbled upon another shocking discovery.

A file was spreading like wildfire online!

[Reupload] The ultimate savior for cesspool butterfly stroke enthusiasts! "Hell Infernal Demon" appearance replacement MOD! Replace the ugly Hell Demons with various styles of Succubus, available for those interested!

Huang Wang clicked in, dumbfounded, only to find that it was actually a complete set of finely crafted appearance replacement MODs!

The so-called MOD, short for "module", is short for Modification, and can also be seen as a modification or enhancement program for games.

Unlike DLCs or patches released officially by developers, MODs are often developed by unrelated third parties or enthusiasts on the Internet. Some can modify game functions; others can replace character appearances.

In a nutshell, there’s nothing you can’t do, only what you can’t think of.

Many classic games’ MODs are even on par with the originals, and some MODs have even become stand-alone games after numerous updates.

And among them, what people talked about most, of course, is the appearance replacement MOD!

Many characters in games are not visually appealing, especially in recent years as Western developers influenced by political correctness have been creating increasingly bizarre female characters. While some game characters might look good, they often have just one appearance from start to finish, leading to aesthetic fatigue over time.

Therefore, there’s a huge demand for appearance MODs among players.

The use of MODs has a bit of a threshold, but not a high one.

All players need to do is download the MOD file according to the author’s instructions, then place it into the designated folder within the game’s source files to overwrite it.

Using some MODs may require you to pre-install MOD management tools, but overall, it’s not difficult; you just need to download the installer, copy it to the game source files, and install it.

Once installed, you can manage all sorts of MODs with one click, easily activating or deactivating them with a simple click.

Huang Wang also wondered, wouldn’t this affect speedrunning?

There are fixed rules in the Speedrun Community, generally disallowing the use of MODs that change the game’s mechanics, as that’s actually no different from activating cheats. However, purely cosmetic MODs have always been allowed.

So, calling this MOD the "ultimate savior for cesspool butterfly stroke enthusiasts" is no surprise!

Previously, more than half of the torture in playing "Hell Infernal Demon" was focused on this character.

Who wants to play as an Infernal Inferior Demon?

But now, the Inferior Demons have turned into tempting Succubus, with little whips, little hooves, and heart-shaped tail tips...

Well, suddenly feeling wide awake!

What’s more, this MOD also provides several different images of Succubus, with curvy long legs, dainty easy-to-knock-over builds, along with different costumes and color schemes.

Who could resist this!