Why the bug I wrote became a core gameplay mechanic?!
Chapter 463 - 446 Could it be a special edition for the streamer?

Chapter 463: Chapter 446 Could it be a special edition for the streamer?

As expected, Ning Meng’s progress was noticeably slower than other streamers, and at this point, she was stuck at the giant beastification puppet just like Zhuge Jun.

Initially, Zhuge Jun wanted to remark that the world had finally returned to normal, but upon a closer look at Ning Meng’s streaming time, he felt a bit distressed.

It seemed she didn’t start playing "Blood of Lies" as soon as it was released but only began her live stream at noon.

It was very likely that she came prepared after having lunch.

This duration seemed a bit short for Zhuge Jun to accept.

However, on second thought, the content of the prologue was quite simple and not likely to cause players to get stuck, so the fact that Ning Meng had gotten to this point was begrudgingly acceptable.

The key was still the giant beastification puppet.

With this in mind, Zhuge Jun temporarily calmed himself down and continued watching.

As Ning Meng took on the giant beastification puppet for the first time, the chat room became lively with players who loved to watch the excitement offering strategies and advice.

"This boss is super easy if you use GP!"

"Stop kidding, you want the streamer to use GP because you want them to die faster, right?"

"Not really, I just came back from Little Ding’s stream. This installment definitely encourages the use of GP, even visibly extending the invincibility frames! Facing the boss, G is unquestionably the best choice."

"That might be the case for the average player, but are you sure that applies to Ning Meng? She could almost compete for the title of the most unskilled streamer on the internet! And you’re still recommending that she uses GP?"

"Then what should we do? From what we’ve seen so far, GP is the only wheelchair in this game. Other tactics like dodging or sneaky hits, or even using a shield, are even more unreliable!"

"Using a shield is unreliable too?"

"Unreliable indeed. You just need to watch other streams to find out; shields in this game are purely for laughs. Anyone insistent on using a shield will never get through the game in their lifetime."

"Oh, here it goes, she’s using GP!"

The chat in the stream of a less-skilled streamer like Ning Meng is never short of players who love to strategize and offer advice from the clouds.

"Blood of Lies" had just been released, and the players who had time to play were busy enjoying the game. At this time, those who had time to watch streams and comment were mostly cloud players, whose understanding of the game naturally came from watching other streamers’ broadcasts.

Therefore, up to this point, opinions like "this game isn’t hard," "GP is the optimal strategy," and "shields are not useful" were still the prevalent views among the cloud players in the chat room.

Obviously, some of this information reflected reality, but much of it was purely an illusion.

As Ning Meng officially started battling the boss, the chat room boiled over with excitement again.

"Eh, she’s actually not bad?"

"Hey no, didn’t she GP too soon? That’s a pity, must have hurt."

"Is the game, even as simple as this, still too difficult for Ning Meng?"

"Actually, it’s not that bad; feels like Ning Meng is getting the hang of this game much faster compared to others. Watching her play those action games almost gave me a brain hemorrhage, but playing ’Blood of Lies,’ my blood pressure remains normal!"

"Try again."

"Oh? Holy shit! She got the GP, awesome! Although it looks like the easiest move to GP, pulling it off is still impressive. She triggered part destruction, quick, deal some damage!"

"Awesome, awesome... Hey, dodge it! Damn, this round is doomed again."

"No worries, she’s already taken down half its health, Ning Meng, keep it up! I feel like she can beat it in three more tries!"

Zhuge Jun was shocked, what was this??? He could tell that Ning Meng’s reaction and awareness were clearly not as good as his, but there was one thing she did better than him—GP!

There were a couple of times when Ning Meng successfully landed a GP on the boss’s critical skills, triggering part destruction, which significantly slowed down the boss’s movements, followed by her immediate burst of damage that dramatically reduced the boss’s health.

If those two GPs were excluded, the amount of health Ning Meng had taken down was about the same as Zhuge Jun’s.

So, the question was, why couldn’t Zhuge Jun land the GP?

How did Ning Meng manage it?

Was it just luck? The invincibility frames seemed quite short; could it really be luck?

Zhuge Jun was puzzled; if he wanted to understand this fully, he needed to know the exact duration of the invincibility frames for GP and how different his timing was from Ning Meng’s.

But the invincibility frames for GP were in-game data, requiring unpacking, while figuring out the exact moment Ning Meng made her move was even more impossible.

But to suggest that Ning Meng was faking it?

It simply couldn’t be proven, because "game feel" is a mystical thing, with some people swiftly mastering one action game as if it’s second nature, yet struggling to acclimate to another. This scenario is quite common.

Besides, why would Ning Meng, a streamer, put on an act? And what would be the need for her to do so? It’s simply preposterous.

So, Zhuge Jun had to tragically acknowledge a reality: In the game "Blood of Lies," he was actually worse than Ning Meng, who was widely recognized as a notable clumsy female streamer...

It was truly a sorrow to behold!

Finally, after about ten attempts, Ning Meng finally defeated the giant beastification puppet.

Zhuge Jun immediately shut off his live stream as well.

"This is really puzzling, what on earth is going on? Looking at other streamers, it seems there’s no issue with the game. The GP determinations in the formal Chapters seem the same as in the prologue, not difficult at all.

"But for me, the GP determinations in the prologue seemed obviously lenient, yet the formal Chapters’ GP determinations seemed much stricter!"

If there were players who didn’t think too deeply about it, they might not dig into this matter. Seeing a female streamer beat it with ease, they’d tackle it out of sheer stubbornness, determined to gnaw through this tough bone themselves.

And they certainly wouldn’t confess how long they’d been "imprisoned" by this boss, as that would be too embarrassing!

But Zhuge Jun was wise and did not let his judgment be clouded by the female streamer. He held firm to one belief: the GP determinations in the prologue and official Chapters were definitely different for him.

How to verify this? That was easy enough to handle.

Zhuge Jun returned to the game’s title screen and created a new account to play through the prologue again.

This time, he still chose the Sword Spear, progressing normally through the map, and tested this weapon’s GP performance repeatedly.

"Damn, I almost let myself be fooled, but thankfully I was clear-headed enough.

"The GP’s judgment frames and Invincibility Frames must have changed, the GP in the prologue and official Chapters are absolutely different; if they’re the same, I’ll unscrew my head and kick it around as a ball!"

While the moves remained the same, a slight change in the specific judgment frames and Invincibility Frames would bring about a revolutionary shift.

Take the dodge roll, for instance. At 30 frames per second, the Invincibility Frames for rolling are typically around 13 frames. Through special in-game items or mechanisms, it could at most increase to 16 frames, no more.

Just 3 frames more could bring a significant advantage.

If the Invincibility Frames for some special Combat Skills could reach 20 frames, that would be astonishingly overpowered, and the developers would have to heavily nerf them when executed in succession—for example, reducing the Invincibility Frames during consecutive uses to something like 5 frames.

In normal circumstances, every additional Invincibility Frame can lead to a drastic difference in outcomes.

The situation Zhuge Jun was facing was an apparent intentional act by the developers to add an extra three or four Invincibility Frames in the prologue, and then stealthily subtract some in the official release. While this seemed imperceptible and hard to confirm, it could devastate a player’s gameplay experience.

"But why does it seem so normal when streamers play?

"Could it be... a streamer-exclusive version!"

Zhuge Jun scratched his head. This conclusion surprised even himself, but on second thought, he felt the likelihood was not high.

After all, the streamers had all downloaded the game through the official platforms. There were no patches or mods applied during streams, and with the audience watching throughout, any cheat-like behavior would have been immediately spotted by the eagle-eyed viewers. Surely, such big news would have been out by now.

Zhuge Jun was perplexed. He was certain there was a trick to it, yet he couldn’t quite pinpoint what it was.

Moreover, to be strict, the GP and Invincibility Frames between the prologue and formal Chapters could be off by no more than three or four frames—a discrepancy lasting less than 0.1 seconds, which affected game feel significantly but was hard to prove.

To confirm this, one would have to wait for the experts to dissect the game.

"Forget it, somebody will eventually uncover this trickery. I’m here to play games, not to solve mysteries, hey, where did President Gu go?

"Never mind, I’ll just wait till President Gu comes back next time and catch him for a thorough interrogation.

"I’ll go watch some replays and learn the precise timing for GP."

Zhuge Jun did consider posting online but then thought that there must be many other players who had noticed something was off. Surely there were discussions among the netizens, but it was difficult to definitively prove anything at the moment.

Sooner or later, some expert would dissect the game, so there was no need to dwell on these issues for now.

If the GP’s judgment frames really were different, that wouldn’t make the game unplayable. He just needed to make his GP more precise.

The simplest way was to watch other people’s replays, see when they executed their GP, and then specifically aim for those fixed moves to beat this boss.

With this in mind, Zhuge Jun decided to put off settling the score until later. The immediate priority was to defeat this boss.

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