Chapter 147 - Pre Sales Promotion (1/2)

On Lin Xue’s screen.

Beggar

“After failing to defeat the Cult of the Sky Dragon and taking heavy damage, you awake from a months long slumber.

“As you awake, you feel like you’re living in a completely different timeline. The Dragon King defeated the masters of the plains, becoming the leader of the guild.

“You’ve lost all of your ability to fight, rendering you completely useless. Anyone who opposed the evil were either killed or imprisoned, it was everybody for themselves.

“You managed to escape the Dragon King, but your life fell into disarray. You were in poverty with nowhere to go, begging as you wandered, till the end of your life.

There was an image of a skinny beggar curled up at the corner of the wall, with eyes full of discontent.

“What! How? What is this game!”

Lin Xue was so angry she was about to explode.

She had played the games for three days, but whenever she lost a key battle, she was met with the end of the game.

The main character becomes a beggar.

Other games would usually tell the players to try harder, or ‘everyone has to deal with victory and defeat’, and would prompt the user to start again from the last save. But this game turned the game over screen into an ending, making the player feel more immersed.

Lin Xue was on the verge of breaking down. The main character was ordered to gather the Shalins, Warriors and beggars to band together before the cultists invaded. But Lin Xue died before she could even gather all of them. She didn’t have a chance to see the subsequent scenes of the martial arts meeting, election, and fighting against the cults!

Lin Xue felt really bad as her three days of hard work resulted in such a pathetic ending. It was incredibly embarrassing for someone like Lin Xue who self-proclaimed as an experienced standalone game player!

At this moment, someone behind Lin Xue said, “Tsk tsk, the beggar ending huh?”

Lin Xue turned around to find Chen Mo behind her.

Who knows how long he had been there for, he even had a smug grin on his face.

Lin Xue stood up, “Ah! Aren’t you Chen Mo! I’ve waited for you for a few days. Why haven’t you shown up?”

Chen Mo was shocked, ‘What do you mean? Although I’ve been heading about quite a bit the past few days, I’ve spent most of my time in the experience store. Maybe you’ve never noticed me because of how focused you were on the game?”

Lin Xue was shocked, ‘Uhh… maybe.”

Lin Xue then suddenly asked, “Tell me the strategy! This game is so difficult I’m about to rip my hair out!”

“What strategy? It’s it more fun when you figure it out yourself? Keep going at it, I have high expectations of you.” replied Chen Mo before leaving.

Leaving behind the angry Lin Xue.

The chat started moving again.

“My goodness, we finally caught Chen Mo!”

“He’s so punchable! As punchable as always! Xue, punch me for me!”

“Keep going at it? That’s it?”

“I think he intentionally made the game hard! Screw that guy!”

“Don’t be mad, Xue. Keep going at it, you can do it!”

“That’s just how he always is huh. He’s so irritating.”

Lin Xue took one last angry look at Chen Mo’s silhouette before restarting the game.

—

The companies were working hard to finish their game as the end date edges ever so close.

It didn’t take long before leaks started appearing.

Wuxia and Xianxia themes never garnered much interest, but because it was a pretty big deal this time, players were treating this as drama.

The game most looked forward must’ve been Zen Entertainment’s Tale of the Sword. The players were really excited after seeing some leaked test footage and gameplay.

Tale of the Sword was a standalone Xianxia game. The setting of the game was related to Legend of the Sword, this way they could gain some advantage off their own IP.