Why the bug I wrote became a core gameplay mechanic?!
Chapter 225 - 224 Live Streaming Moto Influencer

Chapter 225: Chapter 224 Live Streaming Moto Influencer

Meanwhile, in Chen Tingquan’s live streaming room.

He watched Heilong’s live stream, showing a trademark puzzled expression.

"Can you actually play the game like this? Making 210,000 in just one day! Why the hell am I still working a regular job?"

The gap in income was truly envy-inducing.

In the game, office workers toil for a whole month, earning just a few thousand dollars without being late, and up to ten thousand during good times. But internet celebrities? They make over 200,000 just by streaming for a day!

Chen Tingquan was unconvinced, "I can do that too! I even have a co-branded controller here!"

He also had purchased a co-branded controller for Road Rage Simulator, and immediately dismantled the steering wheel on the controller and replaced it with a long joystick.

This was when the long joystick came into play.

Its advantage lies in allowing the player to make more precise joystick movements, which is obviously a significant advantage when riding a motorcycle.

Chen Tingquan had two characters, one as a car-driving office worker, the other as a deliveryman on an electric scooter.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Tingquan decided to sell the deliveryman’s electric scooter at a depreciated value, then use the remaining savings to buy a cheap motorcycle.

Game characters all start with roughly the same amount of initial funds, and if you choose a car as your method of transportation, you’ll be left with very little starting capital. But if you choose an electric bike or bicycle, you’ll be able to save a substantial amount of money.

However, this money isn’t really necessary to save deliberately because the initial car given comes at a significant discount compared to market prices.

The game also allows career changes at any time, but you first need to acquire the corresponding vehicle. For example, if you want to switch from being an office worker to a long-haul truck driver, you need to figure out a way to buy a large truck first.

"Alright, got the motorcycle, let’s hit the road!"

Chen Tingquan hopped onto his cherished little motorcycle and, just like Heilong, started live streaming in the game before riding towards the suburban roads. He quickly sped up and began racing!

"Woo!!"

The motorcycle’s engine roared. Although the one Chen Tingquan had bought was an entry-level model priced at only 100,000, its power and speed were still terrifying.

Chen Tingquan almost saw his game character fly as it raced forward at breakneck speed!

And then, there was no more after that.

Just three minutes later, as Chen Tingquan was taking a turn at too high a speed and failed to lean into the curve, he flew out sideways, crashing into the guardrail on the roadside, and then bounced up fiercely, tumbling in the air for four and a half revolutions before crashing heavily onto the ground.

The complexity of the action was a whopping one hundred dazes.

"Ahh!!"

Chen Tingquan was shocked; it wasn’t like this when he watched Heilong’s live stream!

Heilong had been running on the highway for so long without any issues, so why did I fly off after just three minutes?

"Is there a doctor? Can I be saved?

"Where’s the doctor? Passersby? Come save me quickly!"

Fortunately, the rules of Road Rage Simulator require passersby to help in the event of an accident, so a player’s car soon stopped by the roadside.

The player got out of the car, looked around, and after some effort found Chen Tingquan lying far away.

However, the player, although he had taken the first aid kit from the car, did nothing but silently stand there, hopping twice.

Perhaps feeling a bit awkward in the end, the player simply bowed to the corpse.

Rest in peace!

Chen Tingquan was furious: "Quacks! Bloody quacks! Hurry up and bandage me, I can still be saved!"

The live comments were roaring with laughter.

"Saved my ass, if it weren’t for your motorcycle gear, you would probably be shattered by now. What’s there to save?"

"Even if Hua Tuo were alive, he couldn’t do anything in this situation."

"Quickly check, are you bruised blue and purple all over?"

"What blue and purple, shouldn’t it be bits here and bits there?"

"It’s one chopstick after another for you!"

"Your body flies ahead, your soul chases behind. Brother Quan, listen to me, let’s stick to learning foreign languages. Motorcycles really aren’t your thing to mess with!"

Soon, police and ambulance arrived as well, but the outcome was already sealed.

The nurse just glanced, then shook her head helplessly, silently covering the body with a white sheet after putting it on the stretcher.

Chen Tingquan’s game character, just like that, was dead!

Looking at his character now reduced to black-and-white, Chen Tingquan felt quite helpless.

Seeing the cost of resurrecting his character, Chen Tingquan could hardly bear it.

If he resurrected with Game Coins, he would need 500,000! Of course, he could also use cash to recharge and resurrect, which would cost 5 yuan.

Of course, if both characters died, players could always create a new account. But all the vehicles and properties in the original account would turn into Cyber Ashes Boxes and couldn’t be used again until after resurrection.

"What can I say... It seems that Heilong’s path really isn’t suitable for everyone..."

Obviously, Chen Tingquan couldn’t fork out 500,000 Game Coins, so he could only silently scan the code and pay 5 yuan to resurrect his character.

Although the character was resurrected, the content of Chen Tingquan’s live stream was as dead as it gets.

The route Heilong took was indeed good, but it was simply impossible to replicate!

Chen Tingquan felt helpless, so he opened the live stream room again to check how other streamers were doing it.

He found that the situation of other streamers wasn’t much better than his; they were all dying like crazy too!

Of course, these streamers lasted longer than Chen Tingquan, not dying after just three minutes like him, but it was only a matter of time before trouble struck.

The duration of their persistence ranged from ten minutes to an hour, but those who could run continuously like Heilong without trouble were extremely rare, very few and far between!

That was normal too, as controlling a motorcycle is even more difficult than a car, especially when taking turns, where it’s more likely to lose control.

Players can use a mini steering wheel to better control the car’s angle when turning, but when riding a motorbike, turns and other operations rely purely on feeling.

Pushing the joystick a bit more or a bit less, either could lead to vastly different outcomes.

Players with expert skills like Heilong were very much the minority.

The streamers discovered that driving the motorcycle at speeds of 200 or even higher could indeed exploit a bug to avoid the game’s dynamic road difficulty adjustment mechanism, making it impossible for the idiotic cars spawning behind to catch up no matter how hard they tried.

But the problem is, if you really drive at that speed, you don’t need idiotic cars to interfere; the players themselves are very likely to wreck!

At that speed, there was no chance of survival, either you delete your account, or you spend five yuan to resurrect your character.

So, most streamers could only watch as Heilong sucked up all the heat, completely powerless to do anything.

There was no helping it, they just didn’t have the skill!

Chen Tingquan also felt it was a pity, because Heilong’s live room was still heating up, and he had clearly nabbed a solid share of this wave of game popularity.

And while Chen Tingquan wanted to continue streaming Road Rage Simulator, he couldn’t think of any good content for his stream.

Stream commuting or food delivery? That’s not interesting at all!

But streaming racing, he didn’t have the skill.

This was a bit distressing. With the game’s popularity so high, was he really not going to stream it and go back to streaming treasure appraisal instead?

It felt somewhat unacceptable.

However, at that moment, Chen Tingquan suddenly had a bright idea for a great streaming content.

"Eh? Bros, I just came up with a great show. So what if my driving skills are poor? I don’t even need to drive to snatch up this traffic!"

"Watch closely, guys!"

The audience was confused. What was he planning to do?

Chen Tingquan appeared to have no intention of driving at all. He simply placed his newly resurrected game character at home, then started to check the game’s streaming system and began flipping through channels.

"The hottest stream right now is definitely Heilong’s; yeah, those driving skills are truly unrivaled, probably honed from countless hours of motorcycle driving games.

"There are also a few hot internet celebrities coming up behind."

"Wow, the top-ranking online celebrities are basically all motorcycle drivers, right?

"Good, let’s record all their names.

"Dear treasure friends, let’s all pay attention now. In one hour, let’s see how many of these internet celebrities are still alive.

"To add a little spice to this event, I’m also running a betting activity.

"I’ll show you the driving skills of these motorcycle internet celebrities, and then we’ll group them.

"For each group, we’ll tally their heat, death counts, and then make a comprehensive judgment.

"After the time passes, the group with more people alive and higher heat will be considered the winner!

"You can also place your bets with your Game Coins, buy and hold, folks!"

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