LOL: Can’t I play other games professionally?

Chapter 412 A New Record for Temple Escape!
Temple Run 2's basic controls can be performed with just one finger, including jumping, turning, and tilting. Players can control their character by simply swiping and tilting their device to avoid obstacles and collect coins.

Yes, it seems simple, but it's actually not simple at all.

Just based on that 1 meters, at least a third of the viewers in the live stream couldn't do it.

For someone like Lin Ruo, who is used to gliding and jumping to avoid most obstacles, the time spent in the air after jumping is the easiest period to control the character, because there is enough time to avoid any situation where there is not enough time to react and fall down.

After all, falling from the sky takes quite a while, unlike the kind of rapid fall where you're instantly killed upon landing.

This can be considered Lin Ruo's skill in playing this game: jump whenever you can, and never try to find new ways to dodge obstacles. The result is that you might not have time to react after dodging, and you'll run into love around the corner, and then be carried away by a monster, leading to a story of close proximity.

I believe that most viewers will be able to see the technique if they watch him play carefully.

However, it was clear that not many viewers were really watching him play; they were only interested in the distance he ran and his score.

[2 meters! Holy crap, that's impressive.]

[If he could run 5 meters, that would be a distance most people in this live stream couldn't do. Damn, Lin is terrifying.]

[That's enough, that's enough. I suggest Lin Gengxin pause for a bit, say something witty to lighten the mood. There's really no need to rush like this.]

[Don't you even know what "feel" means? Why don't you call him to go get some food before you come back?]

That works too, I'm feeling hungry anyway, hehe.

...

Lin Ruo glanced at the comments but didn't react. As the game progressed, her sprint speed increased. When she reached an intersection where there was no time to turn, she jumped first and then swiped to the right to turn.

This is another technique, especially when dealing with deadly forks in the road. Jumping into the air and then turning is much better than relying on your meager reaction time and ending up either crashing into a wall or falling off a cliff.

This includes the ability to jump over obstacles on one side first, and then tilt the screen left or right.

Playing this game requires skill, and most of these skills are honed through long-term investment and adjustments.

However, the viewers in the live stream remained silent, only asking questions. They didn't know how much time had passed, but the achievement of 3 meters was already a piece of cake.

This was really fast, incredibly fast.

Lin Ruo didn't even blink, maintaining a high-intensity sprint throughout, and catching up on almost every aspect, especially the gold coins, which resulted in a very high score.

Lin Ruo also picked up any props along the way, determined not to waste a single one.

Picking up the magnet will automatically attract gold coins from afar, making it an essential tool for farming gold coins at home.

Lin Ruo found one, used it, and then continued running at her usual pace.

Not only are they fast runners, but they also collect every single gold coin they're supposed to. It's really unfair to them.

After all, having gold coins allows you to upgrade items, and having items makes it easier to collect gold coins, which directly creates an incredible virtuous cycle.

On the Temple Run map, besides coins, the most important item is the green diamond, which can be used to revive. So sometimes you have to pick up the green diamond even if you don't pick up coins.

After waking up in a panic and collecting a whole basket of gold coins, Lin Ruo offered a friendly reminder: "Brothers, don't follow my example. Don't pick up items or gold coins unless you're prepared."

He was telling the truth this time, because the audience doesn't have his reaction time, so they're bound to make a lot of basic mistakes in the game, especially when picking up items.

When faced with more difficult and dangerous buildings, there is a high probability that bad results will occur.

Therefore, there are certain items and coins in certain scenes that are not suitable to be picked up, so please don't pick them up. Otherwise, you'll be trying to gain a small advantage but will suffer a big loss, like hitting a wall and never being able to turn back.

After another round of item-based speed boosts, Lin Ruo looked ahead at the road and started manually controlling the vehicle before the effect wore off.

As the running distance gradually increased, it reached the 50,000-meter mark, still leaving the viewers in the live broadcast room in awe.

"Awesome, I should have already started the second round by now." With nothing else to do, Mingkai pulled up a small stool and sat down to the side, watching Lin Ruo accomplish this impossible feat, and revealed his true thoughts.

He did start the second round at this point, and it's not impossible that he might even start the third.

Watching Lin Ruo's actions, Ming Kai realized that there were indeed some details he didn't know about.

For example, when approaching a curve, you should slide to turn in advance, preferably 0.5 seconds in advance. The character will hit the wall, triggering deceleration and the system will automatically complete the turn, which is safer than a normal collision.

In areas with unobstructed straight paths, you can slide and collide with the walls on either side to trigger a monster chase, which will reduce your speed by about 30%. This state will last until the monster disappears.

Anyone who didn't know better would think Lin Ruo was a veteran, but Ming Kai was certain that before coming to Berlin, he had never seen Lin Ruo play any Temple Run.

I've never even seen it in my dreams.

It's impossible to secretly play games under the covers in the middle of the night at the base.

So Mingkai still chose to believe in talent. Only Lin Ruo is as freakish as him, able to achieve this in just a few days.

It was so perverted that he wanted to stay away from them. Every time they stood together, Mingkai felt that one of them wasn't human.

Yes, it is indeed perverted.

Especially when Mingkai saw that the person had already broken through 7 meters, and even one Green Diamond resurrection was useless.

It's important to know that Temple Run 2 allows players to revive using VIP status, and not just once. If Lin Ruo can run 7 meters without using it even once, what will happen if he uses it twice more later…

How many meters would it take to finish? Or is there even a possibility that it will finish?

Lin Ruo responded that it was completely unnecessary. He said that using a green diamond to revive would be an insult to the value of his achievements, so he was dead and would not spend diamonds to revive.

There is an energy bar on the left side of the phone screen. After collecting a basket of coins to increase the energy and make it flash, you can double-tap the screen to use the hero skill.

Lin Ruo certainly wouldn't be stingy with this; she'd use it as quickly as possible, and could continue accumulating it later.

When the skill is used, you enter an automatic acceleration run. In this state, you can run automatically without controlling the character. However, once you see the character's speed slow down, you will see a reminder that the skill is about to run out.

Lin Ruo immediately took manual control before the status quo disappeared, otherwise it would be easy to make a mistake.

Then they came to a steep road. When going uphill, the character jumped low, and when going downhill, the character jumped high. Lin Ruo was very good at controlling the timing of the jumps to ensure that there would be no mistakes.

He is the most professional in terms of jumping technique.

The entire process was incredibly smooth, and I broke the 10-meter mark before I even knew how to run.

The comments section was no longer full of question marks, but full of exclamation marks.

[Lin Gou is aiming for 20? That would truly be an unparalleled world record.] [Don't talk, don't disturb Lin Gou, I'm incredibly nervous right now.]

[Friendly reminder: We can breathe, it won't affect Lin Gou in any way. Also, could Kai Ge please leave? Staying there will distract Lin Gou.]

...

After glancing at the comments, Lin Ruo, feeling tired, put down her phone and slowly took a sip of water.

Running 10 meters seems short? Actually, it's not short at all. This "not short" applies not only to the running distance in the game, but also to the time spent outside of the game.

Lin Ruo, who clearly remembered the time, knew that he had been running for more than 40 minutes to reach the milestone of 10 meters, so it was impossible for him not to be tired. He wasn't some casual viewer in the live stream.

However, it must be said that Temple Run 2 is very user-friendly. Although there are many ads when you enter the game, you can pause at any time during the game, which gives players like Lin Ruo who are trying to break records a chance to rest.

Otherwise, if you keep rushing around without stopping, you'll really be exhausted. Not only will your hands go numb, but your eyes will most likely pop out of their sockets.

After taking a short break, Lin Ruo wiped her hands, picked up her phone, and continued the second phase of her sprint.

Crossing the river, walking across the bridge, and hanging the cable—everything seemed strangely familiar, as if Lin Ruo had already done it before.

This is actually quite normal, because the challenges in Temple Run 2 at later levels are essentially just repetitions of what you've experienced in the earlier levels.

After all, if there were really tens of thousands of meters with different running checkpoints, it would be a miracle if the game didn't lose money before it was even released.

In the highly popular live stream, Lin Ruo, who had been focused on the game from beginning to end, did not say another word until she had sprinted for another 20 minutes to reach a distance of 15 meters, at which point she put down her phone and relaxed.

As the top achievement of 20 meters drew ever closer, the people in the live stream were stunned, filled with a mixture of surprise and anticipation.

Meanwhile, there are also many people who like to express their surprise through actions, namely, a large number of viewers have sent a large number of gifts.

These are all recognitions of Lin Ruo's performance in the game.

Watching a live stream is all about having fun, and Lin Ruo's actions exceeded everyone's expectations, which naturally caused a change in their mood.

If the audience enjoys the show, they'll naturally receive plenty of gifts.

Is he coming? Is he really coming? Holy crap, Lin Gengxin is such a jerk.

[Lin Gou, keep charging! If you really reach 20 meters, I'll immediately charge ten more Great Swords.]

Upon seeing these words, Lin Ruo immediately straightened his chest. How could he possibly give up now that things had come to this point? Wouldn't that mean giving up all the effort he had put in over an hour?

He didn't care about the 10 great swords.

"Should we go now... or..."

Abu, who suddenly stopped talking as he entered the training room, seemed to sense that something was amiss, as if something very meaningful was going on inside.

Why does he think that way?

Because Mingkai and Lin Ruo, who are usually the most flamboyant, were extremely serious at this moment and didn't say a word.

So Abu, who quickly figured out the situation, chose to join and then opened his mouth wide: "17 meters, you really can do it."

Temple Run is a household name in China in recent years, and almost everyone has played it, let alone these people who make a living from gaming.

So Abu naturally knew what 17 meters meant. He initially thought the same as Mingkai: if Lin Ruo had secretly started playing Temple Run, it was impossible for her to have gotten this far in just a few days.

Hmm... thinking about it, it really does seem to be true.

Because his name is Lin Ruo, and he's already like this in just a few days, does he expect it to take a month? Then he shouldn't be called Lin Ruo.

"That's insane." Abu couldn't help but curse under his breath as he followed the same steps, then watched helplessly as Lin Ruo skillfully broke through 20 meters.

It's simple and straightforward, without any suspense.

At that very moment, the official Temple Run 2 account arrived in the live stream and gifted a whopping one hundred Greatswords.

Since Lin Ruo is about to break the record, the authorities are not to be underestimated. They naturally know to give it a boost and hype it up to achieve the greatest publicity effect.

[21 meters already, and still going! Awesome! Has it already broken the record?]

[I'm not sure, but 22 meters is definitely a record-breaking achievement. Lin Gengxin did it again. This streamer is unbelievably amazing.]

[Awesome! We're the champions!! Oops, wrong stage. Seeing how excited you all are, I thought we'd won.]

[Wait, what happened to coming to MSI? What happened to climbing the StarCraft 2 ladder? How did I end up aiming for an official Temple Run 2 record first?]

Breaking records seems like a piece of cake for Lin.

The live stream chat exploded, and the viewership for the MSI group stage completely disappeared, replaced by Temple Run 2.

That evening on Weibo, the official Temple Run 2 account jumped on the bandwagon, posting five consecutive Weibo posts to congratulate Lin Ruo on achieving her latest running record, as if afraid that no one in the world would be unaware of this.

At the same time, the official Temple Run 2 website also posted updates on external websites in an effort to maximize its impact.

The truth is, they did everything perfectly, and within a single night, everyone knew about it.

The 25 meters became the focus of discussion.

This is Lin Ruo's final running record. However, it wasn't because he died and the game ended, but because he had to leave for Paris, he chose to end the game voluntarily.

In other words, if Lin Ruo continues playing, it is very possible that he will break through to 30 meters.

Those who heard the news and the European and American viewers who were already paying attention were completely surprised that they would start praising it before the MSI was even over.

There was no way around it; blowing Lin Ruo's cigarette had completely become their daily habit.

Who can blame them when they break records every month? Compared to that, winning the Mid-Season Invitational seems like the least noteworthy thing.

[Lin Shen, God!]

If the Forest God is not God's representative on earth, then there is no representative.

[Can we fast forward to the MSI championship? I'm ready to start the next round of hype.]

[I think we can fast forward to when Lin was 30 and dominated the European and American regions; I believe he could do it.]

(End of this chapter)