Why the bug I wrote became a core gameplay mechanic?!
Chapter 239 - 238 Nitiandang is Actually Encouraging Us!

Chapter 239: Chapter 238 Nitiandang is Actually Encouraging Us!

Heilong was also flabbergasted, "Brother Quan, why does it feel like the officials colluded with the troll army to sabotage us?"

All I can say is, the officials could have just kept their silence and done nothing like before, and they would have won effortlessly. Chen Tingquan and Heilong had already prepared for everything, and public opinion was about to shift in their favor, too.

Yet, somehow, the Nitian Paradise officials always manage to pick the single wrong answer out of countless correct ones with unerring precision!

This made it hard to believe it wasn’t on purpose.

Of course, what company would intentionally work with a troll army to besmirch its own name?

Nitian Paradise certainly wouldn’t. Most likely, some dimwit leader acted on a whim and ended up doing more harm than good.

But regardless, the situation quickly went from near reversal to complete downturn!

This is tough!

Chen Tingquan fell into silence, stroking his chin as he scrutinized the apology notice issued by Nitian Paradise, suddenly thoughtful.

"Wait a minute, Brother Long, don’t speak. I’m thinking!

"Who said the matter ends with Nitian Paradise issuing a voluntary apology? If I say it’s not over, then it’s not over! Dammit, we were so close to turning the tide against the wind, how could we possibly be dragged down by our own incompetent member?

"Moreover, there’s always a demon behind an anomaly. This nonsensical apology from Nitian Paradise might have some deeper meaning...

"Brother Long, change of plans!"

...

...

The next evening at 8 p.m., Infernal Hell’s Haunted House.

Lilith flipped through the online public opinion with a satisfied smile on her face.

Clearly, her plan was very effective!

Just as the public sentiment seemed to be spinning out of control, the Ghost Fire Youth Challenge orchestrated by Chen Tingquan and Heilong turned many biker influencers back from the brink, and the troll army was losing steam, barely hanging on.

But the apology from Nitian Paradise officials gave them a shot in the arm!

The troll army’s new standard slogan was: "Even Nitian Paradise has apologized, what are you still arguing about?

"See, even Nitian Paradise officials admit it, it’s a design flaw! It’s a problem with the game itself!"

Moreover, the troll army displayed a degree of "tolerance" and "magnanimity."

As long as Nitian Paradise could fix the feature where "riding and racing motorcycles could shake off the stupid cars," then it could still be a good game that educates and entertains people of all ages.

But obviously, that was impossible.

Most of the troll army was hired by Lilith. Though the issue had now become a hot topic across the whole network, in general, the public opinion was still largely under the control of the trolls she had recruited.

So, this argument was simply a double act that Lilith wanted to perform with the trolls.

The trolls say, as long as Nitian Paradise changes the feature, it’s a good game.

But could Lilith change it? Of course, she couldn’t!

If she changed it, the game wouldn’t be able to collect negative emotions anymore.

So, the end result would be: Nitian Paradise apologizing sincerely, but refusing to change. This would then give the troll army a perfect excuse to stir up a new wave of public outrage and continue to attack Nitian Paradise with justice on their side, further suppressing the game’s popularity and reducing the positive emotions players generated in the game...

What a perfect plan!

Lilith watched with delight, her mood buoyant.

"Hmmph, this Chen Tingquan thinks he can mess with my plans? Does he even know who he’s dealing with? He’s facing the most game-savvy, the smartest, the most wise and valiant Lady Lilith from Hell itself!"

Since Nitian Paradise’s game apology was released yesterday and up until today, Chen Tingquan and Heilong had not made any response.

Obviously, they too were unsure of how to respond, so they could only play turtles withdrawing into their shells.

But the turtles can’t hide forever. The Ghost Fire Youth Challenge that Chen Tingquan and Heilong were running wasn’t over yet, they had to keep it going.

And Lilith had already made her arrangements. Today she would launch a full-scale attack on the live streams of these two individuals and take them down in one fell swoop!

"President Li, President Li, there’s more good news!"

Qin Fengliang handed over a cellphone, "Look, the strategy you laid out earlier is also starting to take effect!"

"Hmm?" Lilith took the phone and immediately beamed with joy.

The forum post that had gathered much attention had a blunt title: Nitian Paradise, I curse your immortal! Seriously, this achievement feels like a real-life 66 hours!

Obviously, this user was completely frustrated.

"I still underestimated how outrageous Nitian Paradise is!

"This ’Road Ghost’ achievement, you all said it was 66 hours in-game, 11 hours in real-life! So I started grinding non-stop, day and night!

"You have no idea what I’ve been through these past few days!

"While you all were watching the Ghostfire Youth Challenge, I was driving defensively on the road, looking at every car with suspicion, even starting to feel a bit paranoid!

"Whenever another car had an accident, I would carefully rescue them, fearing that any oversight in the rescue would ruin all my hard work.

"And like that, I finally managed to achieve the feat of no traffic violations in-game for 66 hours!

"But what followed was a nightmare!

"I discovered that the game didn’t even give an achievement completion prompt, I thought it was a bug, so I persisted for a while longer, but the situation still didn’t change!

"Nitian Paradise doesn’t have customer service, and there weren’t any players online who had completed this achievement, so even if I wanted to ask someone, I couldn’t find anyone, I could only guess blindly!

"In the end, through analyzing other achievements I had completed, I finally came to a conclusion.

"Those 66 hours are real-world hours! That’s 396 hours in the game! Which means... 16.5 days! More than half a month!!!

"What kind of outrageous game company would make such an achievement? It’s just a regular achievement, not some especially valuable, rare platinum achievement, is it worth it? Huh? Is it worth it!!"

Obviously, this user was beyond angry.

Initially, he thought he was one step away from becoming the first person on the internet to complete this achievement, only to find out he had only achieved one-sixth of the original goal, which is unbearable!

And with this post, it turned out that there were many players who felt the same way.

"Fuck! I was wondering why no achievement popped up!"

"I thought I messed up an operation before, turns out the game is messed up!"

"66 real-world hours without accidents? Might as well just kill me!"

"So what’s the longest accident-free record now? Does anyone know?"

"No idea! I guess we’ll just have to wait for the first person to flaunt their achievement."

"66 real-world hours without accidents! Is this even an achievement a normal person can complete? Nitian Paradise, if you don’t want to give out the gift, just say it, is this necessary!"

Of course, there were quite a few netizens who couldn’t help but laugh.

"That was close, I was tempted by the mysterious reward at first, but lucky I didn’t try!"

"Pfft, why do I feel like laughing? Hold it in!"

"All I can say is when it comes to monkeying around, Nitian Paradise is professional."

"Support for the victims to go protest with banners in front of the Nitian Paradise Company! But the question is, where exactly is Nitian Paradise located? Who knows the address?"

And these mocks further increased the gamers’ negative emotions.

Just thinking about their 11 hours of effort going down the drain, their negative emotions began to surge, giving Lilith quite the feast.

"Very good, you truly are my trusted aide, you handled this matter beautifully, you deserve a reward!" Lilith said to Qin Fengliang, extremely satisfied.

Qin Fengliang was also brimming with confidence, "Of course! President Li, please don’t compare me to those mediocrities. When it comes to strategizing, I’m a professional!"

The two of them exchanged a smile and let out a villainous laugh.

However, just at that moment, the livestream of Chen Tingquan appeared on the computer screen next to them!

Obviously, after a whole day of agony and even delaying the start of the stream for a few minutes past the scheduled time, Chen Tingquan finally had no choice but to start broadcasting.

Lilith immediately became interested, she moved her chair a bit, leaning closer to watch.

"I really want to see how you’re going to continue this Ghostfire Youth Challenge!"

Lilith assumed an expression of confidence, as if she had everything under control.

However, what she didn’t expect was that Chen Tingquan seemed to be largely unaffected.

Despite the onslaught of malicious comments, Chen Tingquan completely ignored them and started the competition as usual.

It was only after the participants started one by one that he finally spoke leisurely, "What are you all talking about? Who said Nitian Paradise admitted defeat? Why should I apologize if Nitian Paradise apologizes? That makes no sense!

"You guys, still naive. In fact, Nitian Paradise is encouraging us to hold events like the ’Ghostfire Youth Challenge.’ Didn’t everyone see that?"