Chapter 6 (1/2)

Translator: Exodus Tales  Editor: Exodus Tales

Translated by Coldtaco

Edited by Aelryinth

Most of the gamers didn’t immediately start playing, but instead looked at the main screen. They waited for the introductions, only playing a game when they felt it was interesting enough.

The deep voice of the male emcee boomed throughout the venue.

“Contestant number Seven, entry: FlappyBird!

20“In this game, the player controls the flight of a bird through tapping the screen, navigating obstacles. For every obstacle you clear, you gain one point.

“The game also has online capabilities and a leaderboard. Um, yes. Leaderboard?” the emcee stuttered during his delivery. He was in the middle of trying to make the game sound impressive, but alas he had failed.

Even a well-known professional emcee couldn’t find other parts of the game to be praiseworthy. All he could do was awkwardly repeat its online capabilities and its leaderboard.

Yep, it was an online game, to some extent.

Snickers came from the audience. Sure, there were a few more simple games among the earlier entries, but they were not this simple!

1Judging from the screen, this barely passed as a game, by just a hair…

It was so simple it was an eyesore.

There were no other mechanics in sight.

There was only one boring playstyle.

Who’s gonna play this?

Looking back at the three judges, Shi HuaZhe looked pale. Lin Hai was shocked.

Qiu HengYang felt that there was more to it and was trying to confirm on the tablet if the game really was that simple.

It was obvious that all three judges were thinking the same thing: Game mechanics like this still exist?

How did the game designer clear the preliminaries with such a game?

The contestants also sniggerred, their stress and anxiety from before had been relieved.

Many were trying to scope out who designer number Seven was. Were they not afraid of becoming the laughing stock of the video game industry if this got out?

Chen Mo remained calm and collected. Nobody could tell that he was the designer number Seven they were looking for.

The contestants did not have their entry numbers on them. This was to prevent cheating or prejudice from both judges and the audience because of the contestant’s identity.

The emcee continued to introduce the other games. This incident had become an interlude, passed off as a joke by many.

Chen Mo felt that the time was right. He discretely turned on the virtual display from his bracelet and activated the super focuser.

Chen Mo had already tested it before. Only he could see the virtual display, therefore he was able to use it in crowds at any time.

After that, Chen Mo had the attention of the judges and the majority of the audience, exactly five hundred people, all focus on his game.

A countdown timer had appeared on his virtual screen, showing ten minutes. For the next ten minutes, all their attention would be on his game.

1After it had was done, Chen Mo stayed on his seat quietly, waiting.

As they say, do one’s best and leave the rest to fate. This was the time to leave it to fate.

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Among the audience, a student turned on their tablet, ready to try out a game.

Originally, he never even considered touching a game like FlappyBird, but for some reason, he involuntarily tapped on it’s icon.

“Huh?” He was a bit shocked, but he could feel a voice inside him, strongly cheering him on, chanting: Try it out, try it out…

“Wasn’t this that extremely simple game… doesn’t look like it’ll be any fun.

“… Whatever, I’ll just try it out.”

The student tapped the screen in the end and started the game.