Chapter 194 The End of Despair (Second Update)
Although he is only a second-tier anchor, Eric has a huge number of die-hard fans, and many people are willing to help him play together, so a team was quickly formed.
However, this team mainly helps search for clues and experiment with methods. The real main force is the game masters who have reached the nine-week goal in the forum.
"Devil" is very popular overseas. When Eric said he had discovered new Easter egg clues, a group of people immediately joined in. Join him as he searches for the secrets of Easter eggs.
After learning that the final easter egg may only appear after nine rounds of playthroughs, most people immediately said that this thing is so exciting that people can also row boats.
What you want is suffering, what you want is torture, what you want is this kind of desire to live and die!
A large number of nine-week masters came uninvited and contributed their own unique secrets. Together with Eric, they joined in the nine-week challenge.
They began to exchange their time management experiences in the game and contributed the methods they found to save time, so that Eric could better challenge the final boss of the nine-week objective.
Although Qiu Yu is not the best at playing games, he is one of the few Chinese people in the team and has great insights into many things, so he was invited as a consultant to become active in the game group.
And because of his status as a consultant, Qiu Yu found that the way this group of people played games was really too hardcore.
Every action needs to be broken down to the smallest detail, and every time must be accurate to the second. A group of people even have to calculate the time to turn around. They just finished a racing game.
These foreigners may be a little defeated in reality, but their performance in the game is top-notch.
Looking at the arrangement of this group of people, Qiu Yu felt that his notebook was a bit thin when it was made.
At the same time, he also saw that these game fanatics were playing games as their own lives.
And the joining of the Jiu Zhoumu game bosses showed what madness is.
Qiu Yu saw that more than one player was online all the time. Whenever he asked a question, he would reply, which made Qiu Yu wonder if the other player didn't need to sleep.
There are also people who are always giving explanations of ten thousand words, as if they have nothing else to do, and the game has become everything to them.
All these circumstances made Qiu Yu feel that what was flowing in these people's veins was not blood, but fanaticism.
A large number of guides appeared, and various new gameplays were developed. Eric's live broadcast of the nine-week guide gradually became popular, and many challengers even appeared to follow suit.
Unconsciously, this matter seemed to have turned into a small gaming event.
Some gaming media began to report on the matter, and gambling institutions even began to conduct betting, asking everyone to guess who would be the first to successfully challenge the nine-week challenge.
And Hoffman also noticed this.
This little old man was particularly good at catching hot spots. After discovering that this matter had marketing value, he immediately offered a bonus of 100,000 euros to the players who were the first to clear the nine-week level.
It's a lot of money, but nothing compared to the impact it has.
The game "Tianmo" itself is full of topics. It is a masterpiece made by oriental people, an extremely difficult game, and a plot full of despair. Each of them is an attractive point to attract people.
This bounty further increased its popularity and led to a breakthrough increase in game sales.
A large number of players came in. Some people had confidence in their gaming skills and believed that they would be the ones to get 100,000 euros, but in the end they all failed.
Some players who originally fought with Eric also went out independently, hoping to be the first to clear the nine-week mission.
This is not an easy job.
It requires a thorough understanding of the game, knowing what each step needs to do, and some random events even require luck to complete.
In addition, a strong ability to withstand stress is also a must. There will be desperate plots in the game waiting for players to overcome, and outside the game there are challenges from other players. Those who can persevere in this environment are all mental. Cruel person.
But these mental pressures are almost non-existent for Eric.
He has no interest in 100,000 euros at all, he just wants to see the last Easter egg.
For the sake of Easter eggs, he declined all business orders and began to stay at home.
To prepare him for the challenge, his father began delivering three meals a day to his door, and even allowed Eric to set up a sleeping bag in the living room so he could take a nap.
A man is a boy until he dies, and there are times when he is crazy about something. He knows not to stop the other person at this time, but to encourage the other person as much as possible.
Three days after the bonus was announced, someone took the lead in defeating the boss in the previous area.
On the fifth day, the penultimate boss was killed, leaving only the last boss.
On the seventh day, the first form of the final boss was defeated.
On the ninth day, the second form of the final boss was beaten down to its remaining health, but was eventually killed.
Among a group of challengers, Eric was the first to complete the nine-week challenge, but he was not the fastest.
Many gaming geniuses have joined in. This is no longer their game, but a challenge in the gaming industry.
The betting companies' odds on him are getting higher and higher, and the popularity of his live broadcast room is getting worse and worse.
Players who are more talented than him are still working hard, but he is equivalent to giving up his basic base and fighting for his own hobbies, which makes some old fans unable to stand it.
[Eric, forget it, you are still worse here. ]
[Yeah, keep streaming Quake, you won't succeed. ]
Faced with these doubts, Eric turned a deaf ear and just played his own game.
Behind him, his father is still supporting, and Qiu Yu in the group is still providing help, but he himself is not interested in who clears the level first, he just wants to see the end.
Compared with before he started the challenge, he lost seven pounds and looked at the screen unconsciously every day, only moving his fingers on the handle.
The popularity of the live broadcast room has hit rock bottom, and the popularity ranking has dropped to just outside the top 100. Moreover, he barely spoke during the game, only old fans kept talking.
Although his attention was on the game, Eric felt that his consciousness had transcended his physical body, allowing him to observe himself as a bystander.
It is now 11:13 pm, dead of night.
He could hear the stopwatch ticking, the dehumidifier humming slightly, and a cricket lurking on the floor.
His concentration was extremely concentrated, but his consciousness seemed to be floating in the room. This state allowed him to observe himself from a third-party perspective, and also allowed him to see the mistakes of the character he controlled.
His consciousness was infinitely ethereal, his operations became almost perfect at this moment, and the entire game began to obey his orders at this moment, and all random events began to serve him.
The boss in the previous area was easily knocked down by him, and the penultimate boss fell under his sword.
His outstanding state attracted the attention of some people, and his popularity began to rise. However, when facing the final boss, a mistake caused him to be directly beaten to residual health, and his supplies were also exhausted at this moment.
"Alas..."
A sigh sounded, and everyone knew that there was no hope this time. In high-level games, if you fail to challenge the boss, you will die immediately and cannot save. The player will be sent directly back to the beginning of the game, and all efforts will be in vain.
Next, the second form of the final boss starts with an almost fatal full-range attack. Every time you dodge, you must
react within three frames (0.25 seconds), otherwise your blood will be deducted.
The attack would last thirteen times, but Eric would be finished in one.
Experts rely on blood volume to survive this process. If the previous time management is not good enough and the blood volume is not enough, then you will die at this stage.
It can be said that Eric has failed now.
The newly gathered popularity began to dissipate, and only Qiu Yu and Alan stayed at the end, quietly watching Eric's performance.
Despite the mistake, Eric didn't back down.
When the terrifying full-screen attack started, he calmly looked at the direction of the boss's attack, and then began to react.
One, two, three...
thirteen attacks, he dodged them all with a miraculous gesture, and his mythical heroic appearance caused the live broadcast room to explode instantly.
The audience who heard the news held their breath and watched Eric's performance quietly.
And after that, Eric was like a god possessing him.
The protagonist controlled by him seemed to come to life, with every movement blooming with dazzling life, and responding to every strong attack of the boss with powerful breathing.
His smooth movements blossomed like a waterfall, and were as bright as the moonlight. His current blood volume would make him collapse with just the slightest touch, but he was a beacon in the storm, holding on tenaciously in the face of the stormy waves, and then continued to Counterattack.
10%...
5%...
The boss's blood volume dropped at a speed visible to the naked eye, and dizzying counterattacks continued to appear, but Eric just dodged and dodged in this nearly impossible attack, and then launched brave attacks again and again. attack.
Finally...
at 11:43 pm on the thirteenth day, the boss was finally defeated.
After hearing the news, the audience almost overflowed Eric's live broadcast room, and there were endless congratulations and applause. He received more than 300,000 euros in rewards in a single day, and his crazy popularity directly pushed him to the top. to commemorate this historic moment.
Compared with the crazy audience, Eric was surprisingly calm.
He quietly watched the ending animation and then started the tenth week.
He thanked everyone calmly, walked up the stairs quietly, lay on the bed, closed his eyes and fell asleep.
The next day, Eric woke up and found that his cell phone had been blasted.
Hoffmann personally sent a message of congratulations and invited him to Cologne to receive the award, and the air ticket was all-inclusive.
The anchors he knew all sent text messages to congratulate him on becoming the first person in the nine-week program.
Until this moment, Eric still had no sense of reality.
Until he came to the living room and found that his father had been playing the video he had completed last night on repeat.
In the video, he was dull and dull, which was in sharp contrast to the flexibility of the character in the game. When the final boss was defeated, he saw tears flashing from the corners of his tough-guy father's eyes.
He hasn't seen his father cry since his mother died.
Seeing Eric walking down, he quickly wiped the corners of his eyes and said sincerely: "Son, I'm proud of you."
"...Thank you."
He hugged his father, and the joy of winning finally came, making him He realized that he had won.
But victory in the ninth round is just the beginning.
He did not forget his original intention and immediately started live broadcast to show the truth about the easter egg.
In the tenth week, he saw that the mysterious symbol in the water tank had been completed. After all the water was emitted, the symbol began to absorb the surrounding aura and emit a strange black light.
A brand new teleportation array appeared above the water tank. Nothing could be seen behind the teleportation array, only the billowing black mist could be seen constantly surging and lingering.
Seeing this scene, Eric knew that they had really discovered the easter egg.
But when he saw the easter egg in person, he became frightened.
He was worried that behind the teleportation array, there was actually nothing.
It may be that there is only a word of encouragement from the development team and nothing else.
But in the end, he walked out and walked into the teleportation array.
Stepping inside, he found that the surrounding light gradually disappeared and the entire field of vision gradually darkened.
The surroundings are full of dark fog, with no light and no guidance. Eric is the only one left here, walking aimlessly alone in a world full of black fog.
He didn't know how long he had been walking, but he found that the black fog around him dispersed, and he arrived in front of a huge altar.
This altar looks like an ancient sacrificial platform. The half-meter-high stone steps extend upward layer by layer. The entire platform cannot be seen to the end, making it impossible to imagine how high it is.
Even though he started flying with his sword, it took him ten minutes to reach the end. On the spacious platform, a handsome-looking young man sat cross-legged, looking at Eric as he flew up with a chuckle.
"Thank you, fellow Taoist, for helping me find this glimmer of spiritual thought. Although I have not yet been resurrected, with this glimmer of divine thought as a guide, I won't be far away." After finishing speaking,
the young man looked at Eric again, confused. He asked: "It's strange, how come your body is made of mana, but inside you are a barbarian? After these thousand years, have you all had such a good time?" "
Forget it, it doesn't matter. To thank you, do you want to What, just talk to this Demon Lord."
Looking at the young man, Eric felt that the other person was not facing the game character, but was talking to him.
Just when he was thinking about how to express to the other party that he wanted a perfect ending, he saw the young man holding his belly and laughing wildly.
"How naive, you have worked so hard to get here just for a perfect ending? All of this was done by me, the Demon Lord of Sorrow, and you asked me to make them happy? It's ridiculous, it's ridiculous!"
After laughing, he looked at Eric said: "There can't be a perfect ending. As long as I'm here, everything can't be perfect! I am the Demon Lord of Sorrow, and despair is my best food. Not only this world, but also you will become My qualifications...Great Heavenly Lord?"
The next moment, Eric's screen went completely black.
(End of chapter)