Why the bug I wrote became a core gameplay mechanic?!
Chapter 240 - 239: Why Does No One Believe the Truth Anymore??

Chapter 240: Chapter 239: Why Does No One Believe the Truth Anymore??

Upon hearing this, not only were the live comments stunned, but even Lilith in front of the screen was taken aback.

"Huh?

"Has he lost his mind? Why is he spouting such nonsense!"

Lilith was speechless. At this point, what was the point of such stubborn resistance?

But then, a string of remarks from Chen Tingquan left Lilith completely dumbfounded, even causing her brain to momentarily crash.

"You ask how one can see that the game Nitiandang supports us?

"Then I ask you, then I ask you, where do you see that Nitiandang does not support us?

"That apology statement?

"Haha, haven’t you heard the saying? Don’t look at what he says, look at what he does.

"I’m asking you, he apologized, but did he change anything? Does he plan to change anything?

"If the Nitiandang game specifically released an update patch to change this feature, then I would have nothing to say, I’d accept defeat.

"But ask yourselves, will Nitiandang change the game? Huh?"

This series of questions left Lilith totally baffled.

She looked at Qin Fengliang with confusion: "What does he mean by that? What does whether I change it or not have to do with him?"

Qin Fengliang obviously couldn’t quite understand either and frowned without saying a word.

The live comments also didn’t understand why "Nitiandang not changing the game" would imply that "Nitiandang supports Chen Tingquan and Heilong cheating in the Ghost Fire Youth Challenge," and the screen was filled with question marks.

Chen Tingquan continued confidently: "Isn’t this a simple principle?

"Think about it, if Nitiandang was truly sorry and believed that we shouldn’t be racing motorcycles, let alone organizing some Ghost Fire Youth Challenge, what they need to do is actually quite simple, just one thing.

"Why not just change the stupid car’s respawn rules?

"Nitiandang themselves admitted that the BUG occurred for one fundamental reason: the stupid car’s respawn mechanism is flawed, only respawning behind the player and not in front. So, as long as the player’s motorcycle speed is fast enough, they can slip through the gap and leave the stupid car behind, never getting into an accident due to external factors.

"For Nitiandang, this is easy to fix, right? Isn’t it just a matter of changing a few lines of code? Spend a few hours tweaking the code, do some simple testing, then roll out a hotfix, and everything is resolved.

"Given Nitiandang’s efficiency of developing a game every three to four months, they are fully capable of making changes in a short amount of time.

"Or there could be other ways to modify it, for example, the moment the player is detected speeding, just have the police come out and stop them, wouldn’t that also make sense?

"But clearly, Nitiandang shows no intention whatsoever of making any changes!

"What does that tell you? It means their apology is insincere.

"It’s like two people quarreling, and you say I don’t sweep the floor, I say ’yes, yes, yes, I’m wrong,’ but then I still don’t sweep the floor. At this moment, what does my ’I’m wrong’ mean? Does it mean ’I should sweep the floor’? Of course not!

"My ’I’m wrong’ actually doesn’t mean ’I’m wrong,’ but ’If you think you’re right, then you’re right, I don’t want to argue with you’!

"Now, the apology from Nitiandang is based on the same logic. Obviously, since Nitiandang hasn’t changed the feature, it means that, in their eyes, this feature has no issues and doesn’t need to be modified.

"As for calling it a design loophole, that’s also part of the ’I’m wrong.’ Ultimately, Nitiandang clearly doesn’t feel any real fault, but rather just wants to show their magnanimity. Regardless, they apologize first and admit the mistake, that’s all."

This speech left everyone dumbstruck.

Could it be interpreted that way?

But then again, on second thought, it seemed to make sense! Nitiandang’s behavior was indeed like two people arguing, with one verbally admitting "I’m wrong," but in reality, not changing at all, which clearly didn’t mean "I’m wrong," but "I can’t be bothered to stoop to your level."

But soon, a new question came up in the live comments.

"Hold on, Brother Quan, if we go by what you say, isn’t Nitiandang doing something superfluous? What are they aiming for?"

Chen Tingquan chuckled: "It’s quite simple, for two reasons!

"The first point, of course, is to quell public opinion. The message is, I’ve apologized and admitted my fault, so you cyber troops can let it go, I can’t be bothered to stoop to your level.

"The second point is to protect our Ghost Fire Youth Challenge! Clearly, Nitiandang supports and encourages our actions."

The live comments were even more confused: "Protect? How does that protect us?"

Chen Tingquan continued to explain patiently: "Think about it, if Nitiandang doesn’t admit this is a design flaw, what does it mean? It means our competition has misrepresented the game’s original design intention, and the fault lies with us."

"So the cyber army will come after us, and by then, Heilong and I would have had to apologize."

"But now that Nitiandang has actively acknowledged that this was a design flaw, it’s Nitiandang’s mistake, and the cyber army will target Nitiandang instead, leaving Heilong and I innocent."

"Isn’t this Nitiandang’s way of protecting us two small streamers?"

"Ah, I can only say that the bosses of Nitiandang are really too touching. To avoid affecting us two small streamers, they actually took responsibility. Such a mentality is so magnanimous!"

This speech left the viewers in the live stream stupefied.

Good grief, although it feels off somehow, there’s strangely some logic to it!

At this moment, the logic was like completing a closed loop, and the root cause of it all lay in the fact that Nitiandang didn’t plan to modify the game!

Since they didn’t plan to modify the game, it means that Nitiandang’s apology was insincere; they didn’t really think they were in the wrong.

Then they could also choose not to apologize, couldn’t they?

But then, many players and streamers who love the Nitiandang game would be attacked by the cyber army—how could they bear that?

Therefore, with the principle of ’if I don’t go to Hell, who will?’, Nitiandang took the initiative to take the blame. How could such a spirit not be touching?

But was there any other possibility? Like, Nitiandang wanted to change the feature but couldn’t?

Impossible, absolutely impossible!

In everyone’s eyes, this didn’t make any sense.

It was clear that a few lines of code could be changed and a hot update deployed to make the modification. Why wouldn’t a company as efficient at game development as Nitiandang do it? This just didn’t make sense at all!

So after much thought, Chen Tingquan’s explanation seemed to be the only reasonable one, didn’t it?

...

Lilith was simply dumbfounded.

She looked at the screen, then at Qin Fengliang; she looked at Qin Fengliang, then back at the screen.

"Are you crazy! How can Chen Tingquan spout such nonsense! I clearly didn’t think like that!

"I need to post another clarification! I can’t let him continue spewing rubbish!"

However, just as Lilith was about to open the back end, Qin Fengliang stopped her.

Seeing Lilith’s doubtful gaze, Qin Fengliang cleared his throat twice, "President Li, I certainly won’t oppose if you want to do that, but there’s one thing you need to think through first... Can you actually change the game?"

Lilith shook her head, "Of course not!"

Qin Fengliang sighed, "Since it can’t be changed... then even if you clarified again, what use would it be? It still wouldn’t be enough to break this chain of logic!

"Now there are only two options."

"First, change the game. But you’ve already said that’s not possible, President Li."

"Second, tell everyone the truth, that we were just collecting negative emotions, and that we hired the cyber army ourselves."

"The second one is doable, but I think most likely it would be useless, because no one will believe such an outrageous thing..."

Lilith instantly deflated like a punctured balloon, her twin tails drooping listlessly.

It really does seem like a vicious cycle!

Both options were clearly impossible.

Especially the second one; even if a portion of the netizens really believed it, Lilith wouldn’t dare to do it. Isn’t she conspicuous enough already? What if it really attracted the Angels!

So, even if Lilith posted another apology to clarify, it would be completely ineffective.

Even if she refuted Chen Tingquan’s words on the surface, as long as this logical loop wasn’t broken, the netizens would still interpret it according to Chen Tingquan’s explanation.

They would only think that Nitiandang was trying to cover things up, making it worse as they went along.

Lilith was so infuriated she was itching to bite something, "Damn it, why has it come to this! Where did it all go wrong!

"In this day and age, does no one believe the truth anymore?

"You Human World are simply in moral decline, the good old values gone to dust! Even I, a demon, can’t bear to watch it!

"Where’s the basic trust between people! Dammit!"