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Chapter 140 Making MODs for Nitiandang! (Four more updates, Monthly Pass needed!)

Chapter 140: Chapter 140 Making MODs for Nitiandang! (Four more updates, Monthly Pass needed!)

As a demon, his game was obviously a success.

But that contract was clearly a trap, and the moment he succeeded, he was duped!

Looking back at the signing moment, Azazel realized that Gu Fan had intentionally led him on, his intent was elsewhere!

When Azazel proposed the condition "no negative emotion for severe bugs," Gu Fan took the opportunity to suggest increasing the negative emotion owed when the game was at a loss to one-eighth and, when profiting, to three-quarters.

Azazel subconsciously rejected the proposal of one-eighth in losses, but Gu Fan then smoothly went along with it, cementing the clause of three-quarters for profits.

In hindsight, Gu Fan’s aim from the start was to exploit the situation when the game made a profit!

So where exactly had Azazel lost?

He thought he had considered all angles, but clearly, his understanding of the gaming industry wasn’t nearly as deep as Gu Fan’s; he didn’t anticipate a combo like "speedrun + MODs + battle for the top of the negative review board," and thus was caught off guard!

It was a wrong move, and he lost the whole game!

The corners of Lilith’s mouth almost reached the heavens at this moment.

She hadn’t quite understood what had happened, but one thing was certain: Gu Fan’s dinner tonight must include chicken legs!

Obviously, it was Gu Fan who arranged for Su Tong to do the speedrun, and he completed the MODs overnight with Nitiandang’s programmers after getting the art resources from Lilith.

Lilith was quite puzzled before, wondering why Gu Fan wanted the model and sound effects of Hell’s succubus?

Could it be that Gu Fan had a sideline on certain websites?

Now it made sense—it was all for work!

This moved Lilith.

It meant that most of Nitiandang’s staff worked overtime during the holiday, each doing their part under Gu Fan’s command, and they successfully made "Infernal Inferior Demon" a profitable game, scoring a splendid comeback!

As for whether Azazel would find out it was Nitiandang’s mischief?

He might not find concrete evidence but would definitely be able to guess it.

But what if he guessed?

Lilith’s status in Hell was far above his, and they had already signed a contract in advance.

No demon can escape the restrictions of a contract; even if Azazel knew he had been tricked, he could only accept the bet and carry out the contract.

Just as there was nothing Lilith could do about Gu Fan as long as he didn’t violate the contract, no matter how unsatisfactory he was to her.

"Well, let’s settle the account then!"

Lilith triumphantly sat down on the couch, crossing her legs smugly.

Azazel’s face fell, but he still could only act according to the contract.

So far, "Infernal Inferior Demon" had just about broken even with its actual net income compared to its original development and operating expenses, so Nitiandang’s game was essentially at a breakeven point. If the sales of "Infernal Inferior Demon" continued to grow later, it would be pure profit.

If sales could increase by another fifty thousand units, they could earn about 600,000.

However, to Lilith, this money was clearly of little importance; the negative emotion value was what mattered!

[Negative emotion from Azazel +1.53 million!]

This was just the first installment; thereafter, for every 4 points of negative emotion value that Azazel earned with "Infernal Inferior Demon," he had to surrender 3 points to her.

With this, there was no need for further competition between them.

Lilith would not only get three-quarters of the negative emotion from "Infernal Inferior Demon" but also the negative emotion from "City of the Abandoned Gods," which wasn’t much, but combined, she was already overwhelmingly crushing Azazel.

The position of Hell’s No.1 Game Creator was now even more secure!

"Alright, we’ll be going now.

"Keep up the good work, I look forward to your future performance!"

Lilith victoriously left with Gu Fan.

Meanwhile, Azazel slumped on the couch, his gaze unfocused.

...

At the same time, Gan Di’s live streaming room.

After relentless gaming, he finally boosted his best record in "City of the Abandoned Gods" to 61 years!

Gan Di finally stretched and took a moment to relax.

This record was the result of maximizing every detail, and as far as he knew, he was well ahead of other players on the leaderboard of "City of the Abandoned Gods," by nearly five years!

The game got harder the further it went, so five years might not seem long, but it was actually a significant advantage.

And these past few days, due to Gan Di’s dominant performance in "City of the Abandoned Gods," the popularity of his live stream has seen a noticeable increase.

What used to be the occasional sporadic barrage of messages has now, at its liveliest, hit at least a dozen simultaneous posts.

The heat in the live stream room has at least doubled compared to before.

After the achievement of 61 years was announced, a wave of "666" floated across the screen.

"The boss is too awesome, it’s like he’s grown a person on his liver!"

"Gan Di, do you have time to make a video and explain in detail how to train the AI? The previous post wasn’t very clear, and I keep failing when I try to follow it."

"Little Ding has already dropped out of the fight, it looks like the golden trophy for this game is going to be in Gan Di’s pocket again."

"Feels like Gan Di could get rich just by snagging these trophies."

"Indeed, the pure gold trophy is worth around twenty to thirty thousand, and considering the special collectible value of the Nitiandang games, maybe it could sell for forty to fifty thousand if a rich bro is willing to buy. Suppose Nitiandang releases a game every two months, and Gan Di gets the trophy every time, wouldn’t that amount to a monthly income of twenty thousand?"

"The golden trophy is in the bag! What content does Gan Di plan to stream next?"

"Start a new round? Or make a tutorial?"

"Why doesn’t Gan Di try playing ’Hell Inferior Demon’? Lately, a lot of streamers have been joining this cesspool butterfly stroke competition, looking forward to Gan Di joining and putting some pressure on them!"

Seeing the last comment, Gan Di couldn’t help but twitch the corners of his mouth.

Good lord, as expected, the audience loves to watch a big scene unfold!

Gan Di did have the confidence that if he participated in the "Hell Inferior Demon" speedrun, he would probably do quite well, given he had a solid understanding of the game and could endure. Plus, he was a programmer, capable of examining codes and unpacking them.

But... is it worth joining in on this chaos and taking a bite of this pie?

Other streamers joined the competition for the popularity, but Gan Di didn’t particularly care about that; he often played games simply for the joy of it.

However, it was true that playing "City of the Abandoned Gods" could use a break for now.

Gan Di hesitated, opened a web page, and decided to find out more about "Hell Inferior Demon" before making a decision.

And with this research, he suddenly noticed something.

"Succubus appearance replacement MOD, voice replacement MOD, and... save file MOD?"

Gan Di discovered that practically everyone who wanted to speedrun "Hell Inferior Demon" or just experience the game had downloaded these three MODs.

These three MODs in the "Hell Inferior Demon" section had popularity that could be described as unparalleled, with the total downloads about to break 300,000, averaging 100,000 per MOD!

Even surpassing the game’s sales figures.

This was to be expected, after all—the game could be played for 2 hours as a trial. Many players didn’t even buy the game, they just slapped on MODs to play it. They were curious to see what the Succubus MOD would look like once installed.

And following the lead of this mysterious author, the "Hell Inferior Demon" section also started to see some other MODs pop up. They might not have been very well made, and the download figures weren’t high, but they did provide the players with some new options, more or less.

Gan Di stroked his chin, lost in thought.

The messages in the barrage asked, "What are you thinking about, Gan Di? Do you also have a side gig and plan on making a MOD for ’Hell Inferior Demon’?"

Gan Di chuckled: "Well, I wouldn’t go that far. Even if I had the skills, I definitely wouldn’t make a MOD for ’Hell Inferior Demon.’ It doesn’t deserve it.

"It’s a trash game to begin with, and if I make a MOD that makes it fun, wouldn’t that just help a garbage company make money?

"Even if I were to make a MOD, it would have to be for Nitiandang!

"After all, Nitiandang’s games are fun, and they also give me golden trophies."

The messages displayed a hint of surprise.

"Huh? Gan Di, can you really make MODs?"

"Seems like Gan Di often looked at game codes before, right? Aren’t you a huge programming boss?"

"Making a MOD for Nitiandang’s games? There’s no need for that, the games from Nitiandang are already fun, and the art style is good, there’s nothing that really needs a MOD to rescue it."

Gan Di shook his head slightly: "No, if you think about it carefully, there’s actually a lot of MODs that can be done for Nitiandang’s games!

"Haven’t you noticed that Nitiandang doesn’t seem to like updating their games post-launch?

"’Infernal Trajectory’ has been out for over half a year, and up till now, they haven’t released any updates!

"Actually, the game has a good foundation, the concept of Bullet Bending is very novel. If we could develop some special combat modes, it would totally give the game a new lease on life.

"And when you think about the other games, there are actually improvements that can be made.

"For example, ’City of the Abandoned Gods.’ Although you can switch saves, it requires downloading the corresponding saves and manual manipulation. If we could use a MOD to manage it, you could automatically switch among them within the game, and even create an online play feature, where we train each other’s Xia Mi...

"Hmm, this seems promising!"