Why the bug I wrote became a core gameplay mechanic?!
Chapter 222 - 221: Drag Racing? It Determines Both Superiority and Life or Death!

Chapter 222: Chapter 221: Drag Racing? It Determines Both Superiority and Life or Death!

Lilith was so angry that she gritted her teeth, "Zhou Yang...

"I knew there was something wrong with this kid, full responsibility!!"

Seeing Zhou Yang so supportive, Gu Fan was very pleased. At this moment, without any prior arrangement, Gu Fan knew that he definitely had to provide some cover for Zhou Yang.

When a good brother is on the offensive, you need to provide fire support; otherwise, how can you overcome a desperately wicked enemy?

Gu Fan hurriedly said, "President Li, strictly speaking... this can’t really be said to be Zhou Yang’s fault.

"Look, the two detailed rule settings he came up with are clearly derived from your design concept draft."

Gu Fan said this while opening the design concept draft Lilith had initially provided.

In this draft, many of the later details were missing, but there were some broad rules that acted as guidance, permeating various aspects of the game.

Gu Fan pointed to one of the rules: "President Li, look here, you wrote that in order to better trigger the players’ road rage, the uncivilized driving behaviors of surrounding vehicles will become more and more numerous and egregious, implying a progressively increasing trend.

"And you didn’t mention setting a cap on this, did you?

"If we consider the literal meaning, this would definitely be unlimited."

Lilith was at a loss for words for a moment.

Gu Fan then pointed to another rule: "President Li, look at this one.

"As the player’s accident-free time continues to increase, the dynamic road traffic adjustment mechanism will continue to take effect, and surrounding NPC vehicles will persistently attack the player until a traffic accident occurs.

"President Li, you didn’t write whether it’s the player or the NPC who is to have the accident!"

Lilith, not convinced, glared in anger: "Isn’t that obvious!

"We are humans, after all. Do you have to ask a Hell Demon for whom Chinese is the ninth language about such a basic linguistic issue?

"’Until a traffic accident occurs’ clearly continues the subject from the previous clause, which is the player!"

Gu Fan clearly disagreed with this point of view: "President Li, if you put it that way, I have to be pedantic about grammar.

"Look carefully, the subject of the first part of the sentence isn’t the player, but the ’dynamic road traffic adjustment mechanism.’

"’As the player’s accident-free time continues to increase,’ that represents a condition and isn’t qualified to be the subject. ’The dynamic road traffic adjustment mechanism continues to take effect’ is the main clause.

"However, using ’the dynamic road traffic adjustment mechanism’ with ’occurs a traffic accident’ obviously doesn’t fit, so by normal understanding, it should connect to the next subject.

"Which is the ’surrounding NPC vehicles.’

"So by normal interpretation, the first part is the condition for the dynamic road traffic adjustment mechanism to continue to take effect, and the second part is the surrounding NPC vehicles’ continuous attacks. These two ideas need to be seen separately. Therefore, ’until a traffic accident occurs’ naturally extends the preceding subject and will be understood as... the surrounding NPC vehicles having an accident."

Lilith’s mouth was slightly agape, staring dumbfounded.

This was indeed an area beyond her knowledge!

As a demon, Lilith was proficient in many languages and could use and communicate smoothly, but after all, she was just a demon. She couldn’t possibly study grammar as thoroughly as human linguists, nor could she be expected to pay too much attention to these details.

In many ambiguous areas, even native speakers can use the wrong terms inadvertently, let alone a demon.

But as a programmer and someone who had seriously studied grammar during school, Gu Fan clearly had an advantage over Lilith in this area.

Lilith looked sternly at her design concept draft, but no matter how she thought about it, she seemed unable to find a reason to refute.

Gu Fan was right...

After a while, Lilith finally reluctantly accepted this reality.

It seems like it wasn’t Zhou Yang’s fault; the root cause lay in her design concept draft’s ambiguous rule phrasing, which led to Zhou Yang’s misunderstanding when writing the formal rules.

Of course, Lilith had to bear a second layer of blame.

After Zhou Yang had completed the detailed design proposal, she had reviewed it, but at that time, she hadn’t noticed any issues with these two rules, so she directly approved and let Zhou Yang proceed.

Seeing Lilith wilt like a dried sheaf of wheat, Gu Fan struggled to keep himself from laughing out loud.

See, I said there was nothing wrong with the way I managed the game department, right?

You insisted on replacing me, but after the replacement, it proved that it’d have been better to let me continue after all!

However, what Lilith didn’t know was that Gu Fan had failed to mention one thing to her.

That was, even on such a design proposal, Zhou Yang had indeed played a little trick.

After consulting with Gu Fan, Zhou Yang finally found a breakthrough, and his solution was to have Zhao Haiquan lower the priority for AI self-preservation in the code while training the new AI.

On the surface, it would seem to further enhance the AI’s aggressiveness, but in reality, once in the game, it could provide players a way out.

Because the more aggressive the AI, the less it cares about its own safety, making it more likely to get into accidents. If players can hold on, they can emerge without a scratch, unscathed.

However, Gu Fan certainly won’t share these little details about the AI with Lilith.

And strictly speaking, he isn’t aware of these things either, so what’s there to talk about.

He is now nothing more than an innocent store manager who has drifted away from the game department, clueless about the new game design plans and production details.

Lilith was so angry her teeth itched, "Damn it!!"

She really wanted to vent her anger on someone, but couldn’t, so she had no choice but to disappear in fury once again.

...

Seeing Lilith leave, Gu Fan breathed a sigh of relief.

Thank goodness, the Nitiandang game department has finally become self-sufficient!

Actually, Gu Fan had also been quite uncertain before; he didn’t know whether Zhou Yang would really grasp his intentions.

Of course, Gu Fan didn’t expect Zhou Yang to follow his own ideas to the letter and make subtle moves. If Zhou Yang could find a new approach, achieving the same effect through different means, that would obviously be even better.

And now, it seemed that Zhou Yang had done a fine job with the task.

It wasn’t in vain that Gu Fan always distributed so much money to everyone; when it came down to it, financial interest was the most reliable bond!

This meant that from now on, even if Gu Fan no longer managed the game department’s industry, the department could continue to make money for Nitiandang tirelessly and earn a good reputation.

Of course, to say Gu Fan no longer had any opportunity to take charge of the gaming industry?

That wouldn’t be quite right.

Because as the game department continued to produce more and more successful games, Lilith would definitely break down even more. At that time, it was highly possible that she would invite Gu Fan back again.

Originally, Gu Fan wanted to go back to the hotel to rest immediately, but seeing the situation at this time, he decided to stay and watch the subsequent developments of Road Rage Simulator a little longer.

The store had a large television; Gu Fan turned on the streaming platform and began to enjoy himself contentedly.

...

Instructor Ding’s live stream room.

"Hey, guys, you’re right! After changing the way I think about it, this game really has become fun!

"If you’re just focused on driving a taxi to make money, these accidents are indeed quite annoying.

"But what if it’s to hone your defensive driving skills? To learn first aid? Or just to see some instant karma for these vehicles? If you look for fun in these ways while also considering making a bit of money, then it’s really interesting!

"Hey, guys, take a look, there seems to be yet another idiotic car over here. Let’s follow it and see how it crashes!

"Folks, this game is really educational, I love to speak the truth."

Instructor Ding was also using a steering wheel to play, but he hadn’t bothered to adjust the height of his seat or steering wheel, resulting in a comical posture, resembling an underage kid driving an SUV, with the wheel almost in his face and hands held high—a situation best described in four words as "somewhat hilarious."

However, you could tell that his driving skills had greatly improved after some practice and he was now able to contend with the crazed NPC vehicles on the road.

We see a luxury car going on the offensive, attempting daring maneuvers to pass other cars, but Instructor Ding was also performing his magic, braking and swerving sharply. In just a minute or two, the two were locked in such a fierce battle that the viewers were sweating bullets.

"Damn, it’s just road raging, but why do I feel an unexpectedly thrilling sensation?"

"This is more exhilarating than watching F1 or rally racing!"

"After all, rally racing doesn’t let you deliberately crash into someone else’s car, do you think this is Road Rash?"

"Bro, racing much? Let’s compete for skill and risk our lives!"

"Well said, deduct 12 points, detain for 30 days!"

After a fierce battle, Instructor Ding narrowly avoided the luxury car’s attack, while the opponent finally lost control and with a "thud," slammed into the column of an overpass.

Instructor Ding laughed heartily, "You think I can’t handle you?

"Come on, let’s save someone!"

He got out of the car cheerily and went over to the luxury car to render aid to the NPC driver.

No matter how road raged one was before, upon seeing the other’s terrible state, any anger would have long dissipated.

Deserved!

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