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Chapter 207 - 206 President Li, You Are a Great Person!

Chapter 207: Chapter 206 President Li, You Are a Great Person!

Seeing Wang Dawei slowly unboxing the controller packaging while showcasing his speedrun achievements, the audience knew he was about to start showing off again.

"What, are you going to tell the story of how your good buddy Heilong got you into speedrunning again?"

"Man, you’ve told it so many times, give it a rest!"

"You merely hit the official minimum standard; that’s nothing to be proud of!"

But Wang Dawei ignored the barrage of comments and continued, "Some of the new viewers might not know, but I’m now a speedrun streamer too!

"I want to thank my good buddy Heilong again..."

This story dates back to the time when the official nationwide speedrun event was first introduced.

Initially, Wang Dawei had zero interest in such events. Although he had beaten "Ascension" and was one of the potential target users for the speedrun contest, Wang Dawei knew full well that he had been carried by a pro.

Heilong would go on a rampage, slaying enemies left and right, while he would be at the back, cackling and boosting health and buffs.

After discovering the Sky Swimming and Relic Sword bugs, he became a ruthless skill shooter.

He did deal a lot of damage, but it was all through the power of the BUG Sharira Sword’s skills, without real skill involved.

With such a basis, how was he supposed to take on speedrunning?

Such events should have been irrelevant to him, but, unfortunately, the official speedrun contest included a newbie recruitment event! Not only were the standards relaxed for those who brought in a new player, but the rewards were also increased!

Since Heilong was already playing with Wang Dawei, how could he miss this opportunity?

He became relentless, pestering and pleading, using both logic and emotion.

At first, Wang Dawei was resistant, but after Heilong repeatedly assured him that speedrunning wasn’t difficult and emphasized that participating in the popular contest could significantly boost his stream, Wang Dawei finally gave in and embarked on his accidental speedrunning journey.

Of course, there were many more innocent victims like Wang Dawei.

Some players had never even played "Ascension" and used this as a reason to decline, only to find that this made their recruiters even more enthusiastic.

"Bro, I want to help you, but I really haven’t played this game!"

"You haven’t played? Even better! New users get even lower standards and better rewards! Come on, come on!"

Thinking that admitting they’d never played the game would deter the other party, they didn’t anticipate the opposite effect!

That’s quite hard to bear.

Thus, many newcomers were inexplicably pulled into the speedrun contest.

If it had been a regular speedrun event, these newbies would have quickly been discouraged, since speedrunning can be somewhat tedious and boring, especially for those without talent. They might spend three or four hours and still not understand the processes of the first few minutes, easily leading to resignation.

But this speedrun contest not only relaxed the standards but also broke down the process. Most players only needed to run through the first ten minute segment, which undeniably lowered the difficulty.

To outsiders, speedrunning is unattainable; but to the insiders, it is not difficult for the skilled.

As a professional speedrunner, Heilong taught Wang Dawei step by step, quickly imparting many necessary speedrunning techniques.

Like the hot-floor hopping grab travel method, specific travel routes, which items to pick up, where to use items for route planning, and so on...

Of course, even without Heilong’s tutorials, these speedrunning rookies could quickly learn the details and tricks of speedrunning, since many players had posted guides online.

The first and most famous was the mysterious "All-Greedy Bro" ST002. Almost immediately after the official speedrun contest was launched, he released a detailed breakdown video of the first mini-track, explaining every key aspect.

Although it was just video and text, it was detailed enough.

Players could meet the official minimum standard with some practice guided by these tutorials.

Moreover, the speedrun appeal of "Ascension" was quite good, mainly due to the existence of Sky Swimming and the BUG Sword, which appropriately shortened the original game play!

Wang Dawei gave it a try and found that, under Heilong’s guidance, he was making pretty good progress.

Moreover, the most important thing was that he found playing games this way was quite interesting and fun in a different way!

After completing the initial 10-minute speedrun track, he gained more confidence and, along with his audience, began to challenge some of the subsequent tracks.

Then, before he knew it, he had completed five mini-tracks!

The joy of speedrunning, the official rewards for completion, encouragement from friends, and the heat of the live stream... all these factors combined made Wang Dawei, who was neither a speedrun player nor a typical gaming streamer, persist through the contest and achieve the highest goal: speedrunning five mini-tracks!

Of course, his performance was nothing to boast about among real speedrun players.

Take the first mini-track, for instance; the official benchmark was 14 minutes and 30 seconds, Wang Dawei’s time was just over 14 minutes, while the top three on the leaderboard had long finished under 9 minutes.

This gap of nearly five minutes, if placed on the leaderboard, would leave him trailing by dozens, if not hundreds, of places.

But due to the special reward mechanism of this competition, Wang Dawei didn’t feel too defeated. He received his rewards and had made significant improvements compared to his past performance, so he was quite satisfied!

Afterward, Wang Dawei continued to embrace the spirit of "good things should not be enjoyed alone," inviting other friends to join him in speedrunning.

Just like that, this national speedrun competition achieved unprecedented success...

...

Lilith was stunned.

"No, this isn’t right! The script wasn’t written like this! Why is it completely different from what I imagined?"

"Why are these players, who’ve never experienced speedrunning, getting so much positive emotion from it!!"

Lilith felt her brain was on overload. She couldn’t quite understand where exactly the problem had occurred.

It seemed like there was some crucial information she was missing.

Obviously, the key bit of information was... Gu Fan used the positive emotions given to him by the Angel to boost the players’ positive emotions from speedrunning, plus the well-timed event of the speedrun competition, which produced excellent effects...

But obviously, Lilith was unlikely to think of this.

Moreover, Gu Fan had to keep leading her in the wrong direction, making her focus on the rules of the event itself.

"President Li, forgive my directness, but the person who set the rules for this speedrun competition... is truly a genius!" Gu Fan said with a look of holding back words.

Lilith frowned slightly, "Hmm? What do you mean by that?"

Gu Fan coughed lightly twice, "President Li, haven’t you noticed there’s a fundamental flaw in this speedrun competition? Why would you lower the entry requirements and increase the rewards?"

Lilith proclaimed confidently, "Of course, it’s to attract more new players! If we don’t lower the entry requirements and increase the rewards, new players simply won’t join the competition, and naturally, they won’t experience enough hardship through speedrunning to collect negative emotions!"

Gu Fan shook his head slightly with a hint of helplessness, "President Li, that’s a great idea in theory, but reality is much harsher! Some things may seem perfect in theory, but when it comes down to practice, a lot of issues arise.

"Take this speedrun competition, for instance. "Ascension" is inherently suitable for speedrunning. Its operational difficulty is moderate, and thanks to bugs like Sky Swimming, the planning of the run is quite reasonable, which is fundamentally different from the dumpster swimming speedruns of Hell Inferior Demon.

"And speedrunning in itself is somewhat fun. You’ve enhanced that fun with various awards and allowed players to help and encourage each other. Though you’ve attracted more players, you’ve also enabled them to slowly discover the joy of speedrunning..."

"I can only say, President Li, you are a great person!

"You’ve lit up the players’ worlds at your own expense, especially by making an indelible contribution to the Speedrun Community, allowing ordinary players to also experience the joy of speedrunning, and moreover, you’ve put up so many prizes out of your own pocket...

"I think, all speedrunners should bow to you. You deserve such respect!

"No, I even think they should erect a statue of you to worship, and pay homage to it before every speedrun..."

Gu Fan was so sincere that he almost wanted to kowtow on behalf of the players to Lilith.

Lilith’s mouth twitched slightly and she unconsciously crushed the can of Coke in her hand.

"Damn it! There’s a traitor! I must have been calculated by a traitor!!"

President Li lost money as well as negative emotions, while the players gained money and happiness; her dual loss scenario was complete.

This left Lilith on the verge of collapse, her good mood upon returning to the Human World gone in an instant!

However, seeing Lilith about to explode, Gu Fan also worried that her sudden rage might affect him, so he quickly started to coach her in managing her temper.

"But don’t be too angry, President Li, this matter can be summarized later on.

"Don’t we still have Road Rage Simulator? If that game and the peripherals succeed, it can earn back all the negative emotions that were lost."

Hearing this, Lilith temporarily suppressed her rage.

"Hmm, you do have a point. Let’s postpone big issues and first see how the new game does after its release.

"Later on, I’ll slowly start hunting the traitor!"

Lilith grudgingly opened another pack of chips and continued to watch Wang Dawei’s livestream.

Later on, "hunt" the traitor?

Gu Fan keenly picked up on that keyword.

He was now quite certain that this speedrun competition was definitely not Lilith’s own idea; otherwise, she would’ve just silently taken the blame and not thought about a traitor being involved.

But, Lilith said "hunt the traitor," not "find the traitor to settle scores."

This meant that Lilith didn’t directly think of the person who advised her as the traitor; instead, she felt the traitor might be somewhere else in the process and required further investigation?

It appeared that in President Li’s mind, this mysterious person was highly trusted!

Gu Fan silently noted this information.

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