Chapter 448 - The Savior Has Arrived! (1/2)

“AH!”

Qiao Liang was taken aback. His eyes involuntarily looked at the black clothes that suddenly appeared but at the same time, the entire mirror broke with a loud bam—!

Qiao Liang was really scared this time. He even leaned back involuntarily and almost toppled onto the bed behind him with the chair.

The mirror inside was already broken when he looked at the screen again, revealing the darkness behind the mirror.

A line of numbers in bright blood-red appeared in the right corner. 10:00.

This line of words quickly became 9:59, which seemed to indicate that the game could only be played again in another 10 minutes.

Qiao Liang was slightly shocked, but he calmed down in no time.

“It seemed like this step is purely to test the psychological quality of a person. You must start at the center of the mirror without drifting away. Otherwise, you’ll fail immediately…

“Alright, I’ll train hard now and try to succeed in one shot 10 minutes later!”

Qiao Liang was full of motivation at that instant. He realized that all puzzles set by Boss Pei should be successfully solved as long as he passed this test!

One hour later…

Qiao Liang stared at himself in the mirror, and a bloody ghost floating in the air had stretched out its bloody hand and was about to touch his neck…

Qiao Liang felt his heart thumping very loudly, but he still gritted his teeth and stared at his eyes in the mirror, using his will to force his eyes to remain motionless.

That terrifying ghost, which was always wandering around the mirror, was constantly using all sorts of ways to attract Qiao Liang’s attention.

Finally, it seemed to have completely lost his patience, came to the center of the screen, opened its huge mouth, and let out a shriek towards Qiao Liang!

Qiao Liang was pretty smart, he did not turn on the sound of the speaker so he could not hear the sound. However, the scene that appeared in front of him was enough to make his heart race like crazy!

However, a whirlpool suddenly appeared in the mirror, sucking the ghost in!

This ghost seemed to be constantly struggling. However, there was no avail as it quickly disappeared in the mirror.

A line of bloody words appeared in the mirror. “Congratulations, the first guest of Thriller Hostel!”

He clicked randomly with his mouse and exited this program. The invalid buy button lit up on the ‘Be Quiet’ page which meant that Qiao Liang could finally spend money buying the game!

Qiao Liang was so moved that he was nearly in tears.

That was tough! How could it be so tough to buy a game in this era?!

However, that was all worth it since he was the first player of Be Quiet!

“I have to share this news immediately with others!”

Qiao Liang opened his fan group and shared the solution to the last puzzle excitedly with his fans.

At the same time, Pei Qian spat out two words slowly after sitting in the office for some time.

“The f*ck…”

A chill ran down Pei Qian’s back seeing the eye-catching number ‘1’ on the backend of the Be Quiet purchase counter. It was still solved in the end. A puzzle he thought could last for one month only lasted until the 11th! Not even half a month!

“Sigh, my previous estimate was still too optimistic. It is really impossible to trap players for a month with a puzzle of this difficulty. However, that did not mean there was no use at all. It’s still alright.”

Pei Qian knew very well that this puzzle had been completely solved since the first buyer showed up. As long as this person shared his experience, more people would be able to receive the invitation and purchase.

However, even so, there were still barriers to purchase!

Pei Qian set the price of The Lonely Desert Road and Game Designer as free and then silently followed the changes in sales. His mode of operating was the most optimal under the strict restrictions of the system.

In layman’s terms, the difficulty in solving puzzles and the restrictions of everyone buying the game was different.

Finding clues, solving puzzles, etc., involved the players. Once someone solved the puzzle, everyone could continue to study the next step. The difficulty would naturally be set higher.

The game itself would have a purchase threshold even after knowing and understanding how to solve the puzzle.

The players must drive a car in The Lonely Desert Road for a while, personally reach the ‘Game Designer’ ending in Game Designer, then go to the TPDb website to search for “Thriller Hostel’, enter one’s own account password, enter the dynamic code into the bloody handprint of the game, complete the eye-tracking mirror challenge before one could purchase the game.

That was the highest threshold allowed by the system and could not be higher.

Of course, Pei Qian had nothing to be dissatisfied with. This threshold could help him to screen out numerous players.

There was also Pei Qian’s attempt to make The Lonely Desert Road and Game Designer free. It seemed to be creating convenience for the players, but in fact, it was to make less money.

Pei Qian found that the system allowed the games to be completely free, but the requirements were more demanding.

It had to be a standalone game.

It must have been officially on sale for more than 10 months.

The revenue from last month must have fallen to one-fifth of the revenue when the game first went on sale.

The system would only allow the game to be free based on these three conditions. The Lonely Desert Road and Game Designer happened to meet this condition so Pei Qian was able to make them free.