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Chapter 28 Mini Game Design Competition

Chapter 28: Chapter 28 Mini Game Design Competition

"Damn it...

"Who the hell is this person!!"

Lilith was absolutely livid as she approached Gu Fan, "Find out who this person is now, and have his account banned for me!"

Gu Fan coughed lightly twice, "Calm down, calm down, we can’t do that without a valid reason."

Lilith still wouldn’t relent, "At least find out who it is! And figure out what their motive was, what intention they had in posting this video! What exactly was their purpose!"

Gu Fan fell silent for a moment, "Cool off first.

"Is there a possibility... that you know this person? That you’ve met them before?

"And that they posted this video because they were following your instructions?"

Lilith’s eyes widened instantly, "You’re saying...!

"When did I ever ask someone to release such a video? It seems you’ve been coding too much and started spouting nonsense, haven’t you!"

Gu Fan sighed silently, "I’m really not lying to you, look at what the video uploader’s name is?"

Lilith glanced at it and saw the name clearly written: "ST002."

It was because this username was so incomprehensible that netizens started calling him "All-Greedy Bro."

Lilith was puzzled, "What’s wrong with this name?"

Gu Fan explained somewhat helplessly, "ST stands for ’Su Tong,’ the initials of her name! As for the 002, that is the employee number for Transcendent Heaven Gaming Company."

Lilith’s face was full of shock, "You mean to say... this video was posted by the Test Team Leader you brought in? But what does that have to do with me! When did she follow my instructions? When did I ask her to post a video?"

Gu Fan said earnestly, "Have you forgotten? Last time you met her, she asked you for instructions on her next job. What did you say?"

Lilith was taken aback, "What did I say?

"I... didn’t I just tell her to improve her skills before the next game release? That was to better test the games in the future, is there a problem?"

Gu Fan sighed and pointed at the video screen, "No problem at all, she just followed your instructions to the letter and turned the result of her skill improvement into a video that she uploaded online.

"It’s just unexpected... that this video somehow became an instant hit, and so quickly."

Lilith’s mouth hung open, her expression gradually turning blank.

Could it be that this traitor was actually one she’d arranged herself?

Outrageous!

She tried hard to say something to shake off this scapegoating, but after much thought, she couldn’t find anyone else to blame.

It could only be said that her luck was just bad!

Lilith collapsed onto a single-seater sofa, looking up at the ceiling, speechless.

Gu Fan stood by, wisely keeping silent. At this moment, Lilith was in a kind of "balanced state" which should not be broken rashly, as it could easily invite trouble.

However, after staring at the ceiling for a while, Lilith suddenly slapped the armrest of the sofa, "Wait a minute! There must be a problem!

"There are too many coincidences!

"’Infernal Trajectory’ had coincidences, ’Sisyphus’ too! If it were just one coincidence, maybe it could be a real coincidence; but if these small probability events happen many times, then there must be someone scheming behind the scenes!

"Hmph, I am, after all, a powerful Hell Demon, how could I be easily deceived by ’coincidences’!"

Hearing this, Gu Fan couldn’t help but feel a twinge in his heart.

Oh no, although he had always been careful and thought his plans were perfect, it seemed he still underestimated a Hell Demon’s intelligence?

No, it should be said that he underestimated a Hell Demon’s level of suspicion!

Lilith’s gaze sharpened, and she suddenly stood up from the single-seater sofa, pacing around the living room.

"All these coincidences happening one after another can only mean there’s a traitor I haven’t yet discovered behind this.

"This traitor is very strong, boasting powerful energy that even I overlooked, able to disrupt my plan to collect negative emotions without anyone noticing..."

As she spoke, she looked at Gu Fan, "Who do you think this traitor could be?"

Gu Fan’s heart had actually calmed down. Was this where his resistance would end?

All he could do was to brazen it out with a wild guess, "Maybe, this traitor could be..."

However, before Gu Fan could finish, Lilith had already made her judgment through gritted teeth, "Michael!"

"Ah?" Gu Fan choked back the lame lie that was on the tip of his tongue and looked towards Lilith, quite bewildered.

He had never expected this turn of events.

The more Lilith thought about it, the more she believed she was right, and she said emphatically, "It has to be Michael! Who else could it be?

"Who else could possess such immense power, to not only deceive me and Lucifer but also create many coincidences with mighty divine power to disrupt our ’Transcendent Heaven Project’ designed to collect negative emotions?

"Tell me, aside from that mightiest Archangel Michael, who else could it possibly be?"

Gu Fan fell silent for a moment, "Sorry, as someone from the East, I’m not very familiar with your Western concepts, so I can’t give a very definitive answer.

"But according to your deduction, it can only be him."

Lilith’s face grew dark as she muttered, "Just as I thought! I knew it!

"These detestable bird people are really too perceptive. Despite my careful and secretive actions, they still discovered us.

"Even more, they came up with such a sinister and cruel scheme. Without directly interfering with the Human World, they just altered a bit of luck to cause us so much trouble..."

Seeing that Lilith seemed to be coming up with more and more content on her own, Gu Fan didn’t dare to speak and could only stand obediently on the side.

He almost thought the blame that had been thrown around had finally landed back on him, but then it inexplicably leaped to Heaven and firmly onto Michael’s back.

So, in this parallel world, apart from demons, there really were angels, huh?

"Gu Fan." Lilith’s voice suddenly turned serious.

Gu Fan quickly nodded, "What are your orders?"

Lilith seemed to have completely shaken off her former despondent state, her eyes now burning with renewed vigor as though a boundless strength had been reignited within her.

"Now that we’ve identified the enemy in the shadows, that’s good.

"Even if the angels control ’luck,’ as long as we do everything flawlessly and minimize the impact of luck, we can still beat them!

"Next, I’m going to set out the next stage of development planning for ’Transcendent Heaven Gaming Company.’ Take note."

Gu Fan hurriedly took a notebook from the side, "No problem."

After careful thought, Lilith said, "First, recruitment!

"Although both you and Su Tong are very capable and have earned my approval, obviously the two of you alone cannot oppose the angels in control of ’luck.’

"Although our game’s testing time has been long enough, the lack of testers still makes it difficult to identify all bugs.

"Not just the test team, the development team also needs to continue recruiting.

"We need to reduce development time and even try to make more complex games. Only in this way can we reduce the impact of ’luck’ on our games! And to do that, we need more hands on deck!"

Gu Fan nodded earnestly, "Understood, I’ll start recruiting."

Lilith paused slightly before adding, "As for the next game..."

She paced around the living room.

"For the next month, your main task should be to complete the recruitment process as soon as possible. Therefore, the games we develop can’t be too complicated, to avoid distracting you too much.

"During this period, let’s work on a small game.

"I’ve got an idea."

Gu Fan thought for a moment, "With a small game, there are so many options; what type do you want to make?"

Lilith confidently replied, "Good timing, there’s actually a small game design contest happening, and I plan to participate."

Gu Fan took the computer, opened the official editor backend, and indeed, there was a huge banner prominently recommended.

’The 6th Mini Game Design Contest: Spinning Blocks!’

The official mini-game design contest held annually is open to all independent game developers or game companies.

The contest is simple: the officials randomly select a mini-game that has copyright and a template, which serves as the theme for that year’s competition.

Participants must make "limited" modifications to it, and the winners are chosen based on sales or popularity metrics by the officials.

And this time, the selected game was quite interesting.

In this world, it is called ’Spinning Blocks.’

But in the world Gu Fan originally came from, it had a deafening name: ’Tetris’!

Lilith... was actually going to work on that?