Chapter 511: Wolfish Nature!!! |
Looking at the viewers' discussions in the chat barrage, Ayin ultimately gave up on analyzing.
He truly couldn't figure out what Golden Wind meant by releasing such a small game at such a critical moment.
Was it facing the public opinion with complete indifference, completely slacking off and waiting to crush Komera with technology at the expo?
Or was it simply ignoring Komera, not taking the aggressive old rival seriously at all?
He couldn't tell.
He genuinely couldn't tell.
However, as a streamer, Ayin didn't need to overly trouble himself with unnecessary worries.
Coincidentally, he had pretty much experienced all the recent works he should have.
"Then... let's try it? Wait for me to call a couple of people over!"
The game was indeed cheap, only ten dollars, which fit its scale quite well.
Soon, Ayin pulled three people from his CSTG squad.
"What game, what game, is it GW's? Damn, I just woke up, just turned on my phone and saw the old man sending me a message, what game is it?"
In the voice channel, Cousin's voice appeared.
"Seems like a new multiplayer co-op small game, looks somewhat similar to Phasmophobia, Cousin, get online, the boss and I are already in a team."
Hearing Cousin's voice, Ah Lin urged him to get online quickly.
And right at that moment, the final person in the squad also arrived:
"Hey hey hey hey, it's me, the Euro Emperor, boss wait for me wait for me wait for me, I'm coming I'm coming..."
A mere five minutes!
The four-man squad was assembled!
Ayin, Cousin, Ah Lin, Euro Emperor.
After all, it was a game suddenly released by Golden Wind, so this time, Ayin didn't have time to notify Liu Liu, Tree-ge, and others in advance.
Moreover, this wasn't some major release by Golden Wind, no need to pull in too many streamers for show effects.
Not long after!
The four gathered, and the game began.
The game was, after all, small, and coupled with Yiyou's consistently good and smooth connection servers, it was downloaded instantly, teamed up instantly, started instantly, all in one go.
"Damn, hahaha, we really are freaking rough..."
As soon as they entered the game, before even understanding the game's theme, Ayin was first amused by the game characters' abstract modeling.
An orange-yellow jumpsuit resembling a sanitation worker's, a black breathing mask covering the head, the whole person even had a sense of abstraction reminiscent of "Who's the Daddy."
Trying to follow the neural prompts given by the motion assist system, Ayin raised his arms, twisted his body, swung his hands, and performed a simple yet comical dance.
Seeing this, the other three followed suit.
The four formed a circle, as if playing a large-scale clapping game, dancing with an addictive and abstract dance.
"Hahahaha damn... what the hell kind of game is this..."
Cousin was the first to lose composure, laughing out loud:
"We look like four damn mental patients."
For a moment, the livestream chat was filled with a joyful atmosphere—
What an addictive dance?
Ever since Golden Wind upgraded the motion assist system, I haven't seen them use this thing for proper purposes.
'Too abstract.'
This modeling kinda feels like dreaming back to Who's the Daddy.
'After all, it's made by three people, don't expect a luxury car.'
'Laughing to death.'
'Breaking into a dance during tense moments?'
'It's already reached the point where you can tell it's a Golden Wind game just by looking at the dance moves...'
'......'
After a friendly "dance to make friends" session, the four then familiarized themselves with the game a bit.
The game was actually quite simple.
Currently, their location was inside a spaceship cabin belonging to "The Company."
The cabin layout was simple.
There were several display screens at the ship's bow, with the largest one showing their location, similar to a personal GPS.
Next to the main screen were two surveillance monitors displaying the scenery near the ship.
As for the topmost display screen, it showed two numbers—
Current earnings: 0
Target earnings: 134
The game's objective was right there on that earnings display screen—
They needed to go to various planets within a limited time of three days, collect various valuable scrap, and complete the KPI set by "The Company."
Otherwise, they would be mercilessly fired.
"Oh—got it got it—"
The game objective wasn't set too complicated, Cousin quickly understood:
"Interstellar scrap picking, completing the company's KPI."
A game objective as simple as it gets.
But!
If you are an experienced Butter player!
Then you definitely wouldn't let your guard down just because this game's objective is simple!
Phasmophobia's objective is also simple—go to a haunted house, use the tools in your hands to identify the ghost type.
That's it.
The objective is simple, but that doesn't mean the gameplay difficulty is negligible!
"There's a trick!"
Ah Lin couldn't help but speak cautiously:
"This game definitely isn't as simple as it looks, be careful, everyone be careful, I think there's definitely something fishy here."
Just as he said that!
Clunk—
Suddenly, the four felt the ship shake!
—
Immediately after, the cabin door at the ship's stern opened, and a desolate, earthy-yellow planet with a strong post-apocalyptic atmosphere appeared outside the door.
And as the ship docked!
Ayin also cleared his throat, quickly entering his "Ayin 360 Professions" mode:
"Ahem! Let me say a few words, let me say a few words!"
"This... first of all, The Company entrusting us with such a daunting task as interstellar scrap collection must be based on absolute trust in our team!"
"Then we, too, must live up to The Company's heavy expectations!"
"Wolf-like spirit! We must become a team full of fighting spirit and motivation!"
"As everyone knows! A successful team must have a fierce wolf good at fighting, a tiger guarding the mountain, a loyal dog, and an eagle with foresight!"
"Cousin!"
Hearing the boss call his name!
Cousin also quickly responded: "Here! Big Bro!"
Ayin placed his hands on his hips, pointed at Cousin: "What are you!"
"Reporting, Big Bro!" Cousin stood at attention, voice booming: "I am the bucket that serves rice!"
"Then I am the horse that harms the herd!" Ah Lin actively responded.
"I am the stick that stirs shit!" Euro Emperor even performed an abstract dance.
"...Okay, okay okay okay, what a damn elite team,"
Ayin was speechless, applauding repeatedly:
"Then I'll be the grass on the wall, okay, damn it, if we can complete the KPI, ghosts must exist..."
Seeing this, the chat barrage naturally exploded with laughter—
Only CSTG has the show.
The Company is really blessed to have your team...
'《Professional Team》'
'The stick that stirs shit is too damn much...'
'No wonder you were assigned the task of picking up scrap.'
'True to its name.'
'Redefining 【Wolf-like Spirit】'
'Is it the internet-famous wolf from Hoh Xil?'
'Kinda entertaining.'
Soon!
With the team building complete, the party of four finally set foot on this desolate planet.
However!
It's worth mentioning that although, visually, the overall production level of this game seemed rough, both in modeling and scene construction, quite abstract.
Its sound design, however, continued the Golden Engine's top-notch expressiveness, with exceptionally powerful performance.
Ayin and the others discovered this game didn't have "real-time squad voice chat."
The game's sound system completely mimicked real-world sound effects.
The farther apart two people were, the softer the sound; if too far, they even needed to shout and yell.
Truly achieving "communication basically relies on shouting."
And this realistic experience naturally gave players a refreshingly alternative sense of immersion.
"Big Bro! Big Bro, slow down! We can't keep up!"
On the wilderness shrouded in yellow sand, with strange rocks jutting and branches and bushes growing densely.
Cousin ran at the back, trying hard to catch up with the three in front, shouting while running.
They saw the leading Ayin full of energy, rustling through the bushes and strange rocks, his whole body seeming to have endless strength, rushing towards the 【Main Entrance】 marker in his head-up display, his voice coming from far away:
"No time to explain—! Hurry the hell up and pick up scrap—!"
"Keep up with our team's speed!"
"Wolf-like spirit—! Must be full of..."
Huh?!
Rustle!
Suddenly!
Euro Emperor, who was originally closely following Ayin, stopped!
He saw in front of him a lush, dense bush.
And just now.
The moment the boss entered this bush, the sound disappeared.
"No way..."
Euro Emperor only felt a chill running down the back of his neck:
"Big Bro... Big Bro...? Bi—g Bro—!!!"
No one responded.
And now, Ah Lin and Cousin also rushed over following the sound.
"What's the situation? Damn, where's Big Bro?"
Cousin asked.
"I don't know!" Euro Emperor looked utterly confused, hands on hips pointing at the bush: "Big Bro went in and then there was no sound!"
"Huh?"
Cousin was full of question marks, craning his neck to peek into the bush, stepping inside:
"Big Bro? Old man? Ayin? Are you in..."
Holy—shit—!!!
In an instant!
Ah Lin and Euro Emperor, left behind, freaked out!
Cousin's voice was gone too!
"No way! Damn! Cousin—! Boss—!"
Ah Lin's face went numb:
"Don't mess around! Damn, this is kinda scary! If you're alive, respond, you two! Hey—! Are you two still there—?"
No one answered.
Two grown men!
Just in the blink of an eye!
Gone!
For a moment, Ah Lin and Euro Emperor couldn't help but look at each other!
And then they started dancing the clapping dance.
"What... what do we do?"
Ah Lin rhythmically twisted his body.
"Should I go in and take a look?"
Euro Emperor also swung his hands:
"How about this, I'll go in for ten seconds, if you don't see me come out in ten seconds, you run fast."
"Deal!" Ah Lin nodded!
"Goodbye!"
Euro Emperor stopped his dance steps, nodding solemnly:
"Wolf-like spirit!"
Ah Lin also nodded, equally solemn-faced:
"Tatakae! Heart—sasageyo!"
With that!
They saw Euro Emperor turn around and disappear into the bush:
"Tatakae! Boss—Cousin—I'm coming to find you..."
It didn't take ten seconds.
Ah Lin's screams accompanied by panicked footsteps echoed across the wilderness:
"F*** that s*** I ***! **! This damn game is too f***ing weird! I'm out! I'm not playing! I'm not playing I want to go back to the ship! I'm not playing I want to go back—"
However!
Just as Ah Lin's panicked footsteps were about to reach the ship's gangway!
Rumble—!!!
Suddenly!
They saw the bottom of the ship spew out raging flames.
In Ah Lin's despairing pupils reflected the tightly closed cabin door and the departing ship.
A mournful roar echoed across the desolate planet:
"Hey—!!! I haven't gotten on yet—!!! Come—back—!!!"
And the viewers who witnessed everything.
At this moment, had long since burst into laughter!