Chapter 6 (1/2)

Qiao Liang was confounded.

That’s it?

He had cleared the game?

That line of words was the only thing he received?

Shouldn’t you at least make a trophy for me? Make a podium!

Even if you don’t have those art resources, make me a sound effect of people cheering!

How much does cheering sound effects even cost? Must you be that stingy?!

I spent eight hours clearing this and all you gave me was a black screen and a mocking remark?!

Qiao Liang could not take it any longer, be it physically or mentally.

He had truly invested deeply and he was so pissed at this game that he wanted to cry!

However, despite his despair and infuriation, there was a slight consolation in his heart. A slight… relief?

It wasn’t that he was a masochist; he knew that this was precious material for him!

Wouldn’t his audiences click for more likes and shares seeing their UP Master in such misery?

Qiao Liang checked for a moment – his eight hours of journey had been recorded completely.

“Just you wait! I’ll settle you after I wake up!”

Qiao Liang said to the game harshly before saving his recording properly and sinking into bed for a deep sleep.

…

Three days later.

Pei Qian woke up naturally in his dormitory, feeling happiness in his life.

He had adapted himself to university life once more during this period of time.

He could wake up naturally everyday without having to worry about work, the pressure of hitting KPIs or facing the temper of his superiors.

All in all, there was only a single word for it – contentment!

But of course, things would be better if he was richer.

First thing to do upon waking up – summoning the system!

When he saw the 0 in the system, Pei Qian felt a sense of satisfaction.

Amazing!

As for the pathetic figure behind his Personal Wealth status, there was nothing he could do about it.

He was already trying his best but he couldn’t save any money at all!

He only had 1,000 yuan monthly for living expenses. Even if he were to eat in the canteen daily, it still wouldn’t be enough.

After all, he couldn’t use all his money just for food – there had to be other daily expenses, right?

Pei Qian could not wait for the settlement 11 days later where his System Funds’ loss would be converted to his Personal Wealth entirely. That would be amazing.

The System Funds was still at 0 because the profits of the gaming platform hadn’t been shared to the company’s accounts yet.

ESRO’s game platform processes payment weekly using its intelligent system automatically – the creators and the platform split the profits evenly.

If one wishes to check on their income and the download figures before payment day, they could inquire at the back end of the game editor.

During the first two days when the game was uploaded, Pei Qian was sneaking peeks at the back end all the time only to find out that there were dozens of unlucky fools who had bought and downloaded the game.

Since it was a new game after all and there were occasional recommendation spots every now and then, it was only normal that some stupid gamers would download and try it.

A dozen of downloads… after splitting profits with the platform, it would just be a couple of yuan earned and wouldn’t affect the big picture.

Besides, all of those gamers had naturally given it a 1 star review as well. With that, The Lonely Desert Road’s ratings were absolutely horrendous and there shouldn’t be more stupid gamers who would download it.

After being affirmed that his game was bound to fail, Pei Qian spent his day in joy and hadn’t checked the game editor anymore.

Even though he was certain that checking the game editor today wouldn’t make any difference, he still did it instinctively.

He was approaching it with an attitude of curiosity.

While other creators would always be hoping for greater results for their games and even wish that there could be tens or hundreds of thousands of downloads with every refresh, Pei Qian on the other hand was hoping for atrocious results and even a big, fat zero as the best possible outcome.

“If I’m not wrong, the downloads should still be in two digits…”

“Holy f*ck?!”

“What happened?!”

Pei Qian was dumbfounded.

He was shocked at the download volume – it had reached four digits and was even climbing towards five!

Piak!

Slapping his forehead with his right hand, Pei Qian nearly thought that he was seeing things.