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Chapter 313 Chainsaw Man MOD
Xiao rubbed his dry eyes and refreshed the page to make sure he wasn't seeing things.

"Left 4 Dead? Chainsaw Man mod? Or is it official???"

He muttered to himself, his drowsiness instantly vanishing, leaving only a strong sense of curiosity.

to be frank.

The Chainsaw Man comic is quite unique in the industry because it's very popular but wasn't serialized in any magazine, and the author is a key member of a currently booming game company in China...

Yes, the last point has long been agreed upon by all comic book readers.

Because third-rate teachers are really too active behind the scenes.

She's not only a writer for FGO, but she also drew the original concept for the entire game, Fate/Zero. She also contributed to the vast world of Hearthstone, which is made up of fragmented elements and card descriptions. Even Avalon's single-player games, Undertale, Outlast, and the latest Left 4 Dead, bear her mark...

Therefore, many readers believe that the third-rate teacher is the core writer of Avalon, and may even be one of the co-founders of the company!

This situation, as the plot of "Chainsaw Man" gradually reached its climax and became increasingly exciting, attracted more and more readers...

It would be a lie to say that the readers of this comic don't expect this game to advance multimedia projects.

Because many readers who follow Chainsaw Man have watched Avalon grow from a relatively unknown upstart in the gaming industry to a dominant force, becoming arguably the most watched and profitable gaming company in the country... They've even made a name for themselves overseas!
Not to mention that Avalon has a very successful example right here.

FGO!
The way this game has developed to this point is something that many readers who followed "Fate/Zero" before never expected!

It's getting better and better, and the stories are becoming more and more interesting.

Especially after version 1.6 was released!
It's really great!
Chainsaw Man comic book readers were incredibly envious of the Fate fans' celebration.

If Fate/Zero can be gamified and used to advance multimedia projects, then why can't Chainsaw Man?
These are all works by third-rate authors! Not to mention, many readers who are currently following Chainsaw Man were previously readers of Fate/Zero.

They're really hoping for a game adaptation of Chainsaw Man.

Although most manga adaptations are garbage... there are just too many examples to follow.

This is also a consensus among many comic book readers.

But for some reason, perhaps because Avalon's past achievements were too brilliant, FGO's performance was too good, or perhaps because Avalon, under Tang Yao's tutelage, had a really special temperament.

Surprisingly, comic book readers are not at all opposed to Avalon's game adaptations.

I'm even looking forward to it!
just.

Although readers were eagerly anticipating it, Avalon, for reasons unknown, made absolutely no move in this regard... Even though Chainsaw Man has developed into the No. 1 comic book after more than a year of development, and ANF Comics has become the undisputed top online comic book reader after a series of operations.

Avalon showed absolutely no interest in pushing forward with the Chainsaw Man multimedia project; instead, they were releasing a whole host of single-player games...

This really worried the comic's readers.

This is also why, recently, Chainsaw Man fans were clamoring for a Chainsaw Man multimedia project after seeing the FGO Sixth Singularity...

Meng Xiao was one of the people who made the fuss back then.

In fact, he was still looking forward to it, but seeing Avalon's increasingly terrifying size, the launch of AG, the third-party game support program, and the global popularity of Left 4 Dead... he was starting to despair.

Because Avalon is really moving faster and faster, and the third-rate author is getting busier and busier, it seems that he really can't take care of the original manga that made him famous anymore.

This can be seen from the frequency of the Chainsaw Man comic updates.

At first.

A third-rate writer can have the glorious feat of updating two chapters a week! And even managing to squeeze in a super touching short story in between!

But such a feat will never be seen again.

Meng Xiao could roughly guess the reason. After all, if the third-rate teacher was really a core member of Avalon, it would be quite remarkable that he could update the comic every week. He could understand, but he was really a little disappointed.

just.

He didn't expect that.

It came suddenly!
Games related to Chainsaw Man!

Although it's advertised as a mod... it was made by Avalon!
He immediately clicked on the post. The post didn't contain much content, but it was packed with information... The post explicitly stated that it was made by Avalon officially.

Furthermore, the main characters from Chainsaw Man, such as Denji, Power, and Hayakawa Aki, as well as demonic enemies, will be perfectly integrated into the four-player cooperative survival framework of Left 4 Dead.

Furthermore, the characters will possess unique skills and weapons that align with the comic book's setting, and the map and scenery will also be redesigned with a themed approach.

Most importantly, the entire mod will be available for free on the AG gaming platform for all players to download.

You can play it as long as you own the base game of Left 4 Dead.

and!

It went live right away!

just now!

You can play it right now!
"Holy crap! Is this true?"

When Meng Xiao saw this, his heart suddenly raced. Of course he knew about Left 4 Dead, because he had played it for nearly a hundred hours!
It's a bit strange... why would a comic book adaptation become a mod? And I can't even imagine what a Left 4 Dead Chainsaw Man mod would look like, but this was made by Avalon! Aren't you going to play it!?

Of course I'll play!

So, instead of going to sleep, he immediately turned on the AG platform client on his computer.

Sure enough, on the first page of the AG Workshop, there was an official collaboration MOD for Chainsaw Man, labeled as 'free' and 'new'.

And downloads are skyrocketing at a visible rate.

Meng Xiao quickly clicked to download.

AG platform's efficient download channel enabled MOD files to be downloaded at extremely fast speeds.

After installation, he couldn't wait to launch Left 4 Dead.

And just opened.

He was stunned.

Because the style of the main interface has changed... the broken logo has been replaced with a chainsaw style, splattered with blood, and the background music is a symphony of chainsaw hum and demonic howls. The overall background music has also been changed to a more tense and eerie melody.

Actually, during this period, the AG platform gradually became popular.

There are a lot of related mods.

But there really isn't a mod that can achieve this level of performance.

"Fuck..."

Upon seeing this, Meng Xiao couldn't help but sigh.

However, the general operating logic remains unchanged.

He quickly found the mod map... three of them?
Three new maps?
And the characters have all become familiar characters from the comics?

Meng Xiao's eyes widened, and he immediately opened a room, then excitedly selected the electric mode and quickly matched with teammates.

The matching speed is ridiculously fast.

obviously.

Many people saw the news and came to visit immediately.

Meng Xiao selected one of the new maps and started the game.

The controls are the same as the original game, but the loading screen images have been changed... The Chainsaw Man cast stands in front of a hospital, blending the style of the original Left 4 Dead, but it's even more gory!
After entering the game.

Meng Xiao gasped in shock.

Because what appeared before him was no longer the familiar city from Left 4 Dead, but a horrific, contaminated hospital. The walls were covered in filth, huge chunks of flesh and thick blood vessels flowing with slime, intestine-like tentacles hanging from the ceiling, and the floor was sticky, like a dark red fungal carpet of living things.

An eerie red light permeated the surroundings.

It's not that it has absolutely nothing to do with the original game... it's more like it has absolutely nothing to do with it!

This mod changed the game far beyond his imagination!
even.

Where am I?!

The moment the game started, the characters began to speak, but they were not the original voice actors from Left 4 Dead... and even the text was completely different.

At the same time, the game's voice chat started playing, and his teammates were shocked.

"Holy crap! This new map! Is this Left 4 Dead???"

"No, the character voices seem to have completely changed! It's not the original at all! This is totally like the comic book characters! It's so right!"

"The character models look completely different too, holy crap! They all come with their own weapons?! That's awesome!"

"This is a mod??? This is practically a new game!"

"..."

The group was completely dumbfounded.

That's really shocking.

But soon.

They realized what was happening and their faces lit up with excitement.

Because this really doesn't look like a mod! It's more like a free DLC that completely changes some of the game's underlying elements!!!
It turns out.

Their intuition was correct, for they soon encountered the enemy: several twisted, fleshy-winged monsters emerged from the lumps in the ceiling, swooping down with shrieks! These were no longer any monsters from the original game, but completely bat-like demons!

The devil in the comics!

And what's even more outrageous is...

“Buzz——!!!”

A deafening, highly penetrating chainsaw roar erupted instantly!
The sound was no longer the muffled rumble of the engine in the original game, but a sharp, frenzied roar filled with the friction of metal! On the screen, Denji's arms suddenly swung out to the sides, accompanied by a piercing metallic creaking and a hissing sound driven by something, and two ferocious, high-speed rotating chainsaw arms instantly replaced his hands!
This is Denji's melee weapon...

[Ha! Come on, you little devils!]

Denji's slightly silly yet wild voice came on simultaneously, no longer having the composure of the original character, but 100% restoring the reckless madness of the manga!

Looking at the screen and listening to the lines of Denji he was controlling, Meng Xiao felt a surge of electricity rush from his tailbone to the top of his head! He couldn't help but shout out in reality! Then he moved the mouse, controlling Denji, who was wielding a chainsaw, to meet the swooping bat demon head-on!

brush--

The feel of the attacks has changed!
The feeling of cutting with a chainsaw is completely different!

With a slightly sticky, dull sensation, it felt as if the demon was being torn apart! When the rotating saw teeth slashed into the twisted body of the first bat demon, accompanied by a tooth-grinding sound of flesh and bone separating and exaggerated, fountain-like splattering of viscous blood effects, a sharp, dynamic, blurry red afterimage even appeared on the screen, resembling a comic book panel!
"Fuck!!"

See this scene.

Meng Xiao couldn't help but shout in the voice channel: "This is awesome, brothers!" "Awesome!!"

Over the voice chat, the teammate controlling Power was incredibly excited: "Mine is awesome too! Look at mine! Look at mine! Blood Weapon!"

In the game, Power is no longer modeled after any of the original female characters, but is a completely independent model that recreates her arrogant expression and iconic features.

She suddenly raised her hand, and a thick, dark red blood gushed out from her palm! The blood churned and condensed rapidly in mid-air, instantly forming a gigantic, terrifying hammer with blood still dripping from its edges!
[Go to hell!!]

Parvana's arrogant voiceover explodes simultaneously!
boom--! ! !
With immense force, the blood hammer slammed into another bat demon that lunged at her! The demon was instantly smashed into a pile of exploding flesh! The impact even produced a brief blood-red shockwave effect, sending several smaller leech demons, similar to the original Boomer but with even more grotesque designs, sprawling and staggering!
“Awesome!!!”

Another teammate couldn't help but praise him, then shouted, "Let me try! Let me try too!"

The voice just fell.

At the end of the passage, an unusually large Tank-like enemy, composed of countless stitched-together corpses and writhing chunks of flesh, roared and charged toward them. Its appearance seemed to be an aggregate of many demons!
The player who had just shouted immediately controlled his character, Hayakawa Aki, to go and meet him.

Meng Xiao's adrenaline was completely ignited!

Because he watched helplessly as his teammate, who was controlling Hayakawa Aki, made an action that completely defied the logic of the original Left 4 Dead game the instant the giant demon aggregator roared and charged! But the action was exactly the same as in the comics—the gesture to summon the fox demon.

"knock."

A fox's head appeared out of nowhere.

puff!

Accompanied by a spray of copious amounts of blood and shattered entrails, the enormous monster paused abruptly before continuing its charge!

"So cool!!!"

When Meng Xiao and his two teammates saw this, they shouted it out in unison over the voice chat!
The movements, the special effects, the voice acting—it's a perfect replica!
This isn't a mod! It's like bringing comic book panels directly into the game!

"I rely on!"

The player controlling Hayakawa Aki was startled by what he saw, but he couldn't hide the excitement in his voice.

What followed turned into a frenzy of celebration.

This mod, including the characters, doesn't seem to have considered balance or other aspects much, and it's supposed to be more gory!
It's like it's designed entirely to make players happy!
Because all four characters possess unique skills and weapons that align with the manga's setting, and can even evolve, such as Denji's complete berserk state.

And the four players... really had a blast!

The four-person team rampaged through the hellish corridors of the demon hospital.

Denji's chainsaw arm is like a meat grinder, each swing bringing a bloody storm and a piercing cutting sound; Pava uses his own blood to create objects, sometimes condensing into a giant hammer to smash, sometimes transforming into blades to slash, accompanied by arrogant laughter and curses; Hayakawa Aki's fox demon, on the other hand, becomes a ranged attack tool...

Although not many numerical aspects were considered.

But I have to say, the immersion! The exhilaration! The level of detail! Every aspect is pushed to the extreme!
Meng Xiao was incredibly excited and thrilled throughout the entire process.

The more he played, the more he felt that way!
This completely exceeded his understanding of what a mod could be! It's clearly a game based on the Left 4 Dead framework, but with a completely different core and presentation! A brand new cooperative action game exclusively for Chainsaw Man!
"Guys! This is something you can play for free???"

After defeating the final boss of the hospital level, an enhanced hybrid demon, enter the safe house.

They were so excited in the voice message that they were incoherent.

"Avalon has gone mad! How many resources are they going to invest in this?!"

"This is free? I'd kowtow to Avalon!"

"Brilliant!"

"Holy crap!!! I knew Avalon wouldn't disappoint!!!"

Completed the game in one go.

Meng Xiao and his three temporary teammates were incredibly excited, praising each other's skills, marveling at the level of accuracy, and immediately agreeing to start another game.

At the same time... the AG platform forum completely exploded!

The original post announcing the mod is getting dozens of replies per second.

"?????"

"Avalon, my God! A surprise attack!?"

"This mod is of insane quality!"

"The voice acting! The voice-over! The text! Everything's been changed! It's so authentic! Did that third-rate teacher personally supervise it!?"

"This is a mod? This is practically a new game! No! Avalon! You guys are truly my gods!!!"

"The feel of an electric chainsaw!! I'm absolutely blown away!"

"The demon hospital scene terrified me! It was amazing!!!"

"Free?! You're telling me this is free? Is Avalon a charity?"

"I haven't read the manga!!! All I can say is that Avalon is truly Avalon! Official production is official production! So satisfying!!"

"The comments section for the latest Chainsaw Man chapter on ANF Comics is flooded with screenshots from this game! You guys are crazy!"

"I just recommended this mod to my comic book-loving friend who doesn't play games! He bought Left 4 Dead just for this mod! I recommend everyone who hasn't played it to give it a try! It's so awesome!"

"This isn't a mod! This is DLC! A completely rebuilt DLC! The art! The brand new voice acting! The completely remade models! The attack methods! Why don't you just make a new game?!"

"Guys! Let's go have some fun!"

"..."

this time.

Avalon announced the news suddenly.

But this mod is incredibly popular!

the next day!
Countless Chainsaw Man comic book readers, whether or not they had played Left 4 Dead before, were attracted by the overwhelming praise for the mods and the cool screenshots and GIFs, and flocked to the AG platform!

With the terrifying word-of-mouth spreading and organic recommendations, Left 4 Dead's sales charts on the AG platform have once again skyrocketed, defying the trend! A game that had been released for some time suddenly surged back to the top of the AG platform's sales charts in a single day! The review section was completely overwhelmed, with reviews increasing dramatically.

One mod has been destroyed!
only……

After the initial excitement of playing the comics subsided, countless readers were aroused with a deeper and more urgent desire, and a new wave of voices began to gather on forums and social media.

"After playing this mod, I want a complete Chainsaw Man game made from scratch even more!"

"Avalon! You guys have the technical skills! You have the passion! Why don't you make a proper game!?"

"Awesome... If they release a proper sequel, I'll definitely buy it all!"

"Third-rate teacher! Stop slacking off! Put some effort into it! Get the Chainsaw Man multimedia project on the agenda! We can wait! But don't make us wait too long!!!"

"Avalon, please announce a Chainsaw Man game soon!"

"..."

This fervor, ignited by free mods, ultimately transformed into the strongest anticipation and call for a full-fledged Chainsaw Man game.

In fact.

It wasn't just the comics that drove the counter-trend growth in sales of the Left 4 Dead game.

On the other hand, the game also greatly boosted the comic's popularity... because there are a lot of Left 4 Dead players who haven't read the comic! How could they not play the official mods? And after playing them, how could they not be captivated!

Even overseas, many players have been attracted!

So while their peers were completely bewildered and clueless.

Avalon suddenly achieved a win-win-win situation...

……

Avalon.

Tang Yao's office.

Li Xue gently placed a real-time data report on Tang Yao's desk, then, with a hint of amazement, said softly, "Tang Yao, the effects of this 'Chainsaw Man' mod... seem to be more than ten times stronger than we expected. Not only are game sales bucking the trend and increasing, but ANF also reported that the comic book section has suddenly seen a surge of new users..."

"That's normal... You could actually call this a new game."

Tang Yao was also looking at the players' feedback on the screen. Hearing this, she chuckled and said, "You have no idea how enthusiastic the Left 4 Dead team is. In order to recreate the comics, they remodeled anything that didn't quite fit... They even changed a lot of underlying things to make the gameplay consistent with the original work. They were exhausted... In a way, this is definitely not a MOD."

But the gameplay and changes are too drastic, making it unsuitable as DLC, and as a new game... it's not quite good enough.

"So it can only be released as a mod, partly to promote the Workshop and partly to give back to comic readers."

Li Xue said softly, "Is that right?"

"Ah."

Tang Yao nodded slightly: "But this can also be considered part of that experimental project."

"..."

Li Xue nodded slightly, then glanced at the flood of player comments on Tang Yao's screen and chuckled, "However, this seems to have some side effects. The readers seem to be completely ignited by this mod; they want a proper masterpiece that doesn't depend on other games. Look at the calls..."

Upon hearing this, Tang Yao also glanced at the screen. Seeing the comments such as "Avalon, please make a proper work!", "Third-rate teacher, hurry up and put in some effort!", and "The money is ready!", she felt somewhat helpless.

“Of course I know what they want: a complete, independent game world tailored specifically for Chainsaw Man… It’s a great idea, and I’m really excited about it.”

"But there aren't enough people."

"So, Miss Li, why don't you put in some effort first, like you said last time, and help me transform some people..."

"..."

Li Xue was taken aback upon hearing this, then raised her hand to tidy a stray hair at her temple, gave Tang Yao a light glare, and made as if to walk towards her.

Tang Yao realized something, her delicate body stiffened slightly, and her long, shapely legs, encased in slim-fit jeans, instinctively came together. At the same time, the office chair beneath her slid silently and swiftly half a foot deeper into the large desk.

Upon seeing her actions, Li Xue's beautiful face immediately broke into a smile.

Tang Yao gave her a light glare.

The two looked at each other for a moment, then smiled at each other.

"No more kidding."

Tang Yao suppressed her smile, looked back at the screen, and said softly, "There will always be an opportunity... but not now. Right now, the most important thing is the MOBA project and 'Rogue.' We really can't find the right people, and we don't have enough experience. We have to accumulate experience little by little, but one day, we will do it."

"Ah."

Li Xue nodded gently, then looked at Tang Yao's fair profile for a while before turning to look out the window.

The sunlight outside the window is just right.

(End of this chapter)