Rebirth is fine, but I get eight hundred dollars right from the start?

Unexpectedly, a reply came in less than an hour.

"Sure, take as many tests as you like, there are no restrictions. That's what Mr. Lin said."

Ah Le stared at that line of text for a long time, then scratched his head.

Mr. Lin?

Which Mr. Lin?

Ah Le clapped his hands suddenly. Wasn't the CEO Lin, who was involved in this little game, the one behind HWG?

"Hey guys, let's test it out! Emperor himself has authorized it!"

HWG headquarters, studio.

Lin Shu sat on the sofa, twirling his phone in his hand.

Gu Xinyue sat beside him, tilting her head to look at him: "You really agreed? The game is simple, but it was still something the production team and technical staff put effort into making. Are you just going to release it to others to play?"

Lin Shu stopped spinning his phone and asked, "You think that game is hard to replicate?"

Gu Xinyue was stunned for a moment.

Lin Shu shrugged and explained without keeping everyone in suspense:

"HWG Career Adventure is a side-scrolling platformer with nasty traps. How much code could it possibly contain?"

"Any indie game developer with a bit of experience can watch a couple of episodes and make a similar one."

"At most, we'll need to put more effort into the game traps... So instead of waiting for others to copy it and ride its coattails, we'd rather release it ourselves. Whoever wants to play can play, whoever wants to test can test. This way, at least our production team and club's names are in front of us. The higher the show's popularity and the more discussion it generates, the more beneficial it will be for us."

"Besides, that game is meant to test your mentality. Streamers play it, viewers watch it, everyone has a good time, and it also lets more people know that becoming an esports player isn't something you can just do casually. Even a pixelated game can break your spirit, let alone playing professionally."

"This aligns with our production team's ultimate goal."

Gu Xinyue glanced at him, and the corners of her mouth curved into a smile: "Okay, you're right."

……

After obtaining authorization and the game download link, streamer Ale immediately started a live stream on his computer.

"Brothers, I'm here! E-God said that anyone who wants to try out 'Professional Adventure', the official HWG license, can get the download link from the customer service of the e-sports goodies Taobao store."

"Today, let's take a look at this insidious little game that's said to have even broken the hearts of players with 800 points in the King of Glory rankings!"

He opened the game, and the familiar pixelated character appeared on the left side of the screen.

Unlike the players who use gamepads, Ah Le started using the keyboard directly, muttering as usual, "That's it? That's the graphics quality? Hmm, the graphics are terrible. My grandma could draw this with a drawing program. But considering the club is for training players, let's not cause trouble—"

The little man runs forward, jumps over a pit, and stomps on a mushroom monster. Everything is normal.

Ah Le got even more excited: "That's it? This is what you call mental training? I'd do it too—"

Before he could finish speaking, he jumped onto the first step, his head...?

No, this time a brick flew off the ground with a "bang".

The little man turned into a pile of ash.

Ah Le's smile froze on his face, and the live stream was silent for half a second.

"no???"

"Why is there a trap in the update? Didn't this brick just fall from the sky?"

"It's a human being!"

Hahahaha!

[Brother Le's smile froze!]

[It's here! The first kill by the master brick-wielding god!]

"I could do that too?"

[Ah Le clearly didn't pay attention to the details in the program; this game randomly changes the trap triggering method based on your gameplay.]

Ah Le took a deep breath and pressed restart: "Unexpected, unexpected. What haven't I seen, buddy? This game can't possibly stump me!"

The second time, he ran in front of the flag and was killed by spikes.

The third time, he was bitten to death by a monster that jumped out of the water pipe.

The fourth time, the ground on both sides suddenly closed in and swallowed it up.

The fifth time, he died in front of the flag because the flag flew up.

Ah Le's keyboard creaked loudly as he pounded away, still stubbornly insisting, "This game design has problems, absolutely problems! Look at this trap, it has no warning! This monster, its speed is unreasonable! This mouth, it—"

The sixth time, he died on the first step.

Ah Le stopped talking.

He died on the second step the seventh time.

"Gaia!!!"

Ah Le took off his headphones, rubbed his face, and put them back on.

On the eighth try, he finally reached the flag, pressed the jump button, paused for two seconds, and didn't jump.

He stared at the screen for a while, muttering to himself, "Last time I jumped back two steps, this time I'll try jumping back three steps—"

He took three steps back and then jumped.

The little man leaped high, cleared the spikes, and touched the flag.

"bite."

First level passed.

Ah Le slumped back in his chair, looking like he'd just run a kilometer, his chest heaving: "That's...that's it? That's it? I made it, you see, guys, I made it!"

The screen was filled with "666" comments, but what followed was—

[Brother Le, there's a second challenge.]

There are four more levels to go, keep going!

Ah Le's smile froze again.

……

Ah Le's review video has gone viral.

Riding the wave of the premiere of "Next Stop, Career!"

It could even be said that it became incredibly popular.

It's being spread everywhere – on Tencent, Duowan, QQ groups, and Tieba.

The video titles were increasingly outrageous: "Streamer tries out HWG Pro Adventure, and curses throughout the game," "A game that even a King of Glory player with 800 points can't beat, I'd die too," and "A real man should silently persevere—and then smash his keyboard."

Even Ah Le himself didn't expect that after doing mini-game reviews for more than two years, his number of fans had remained around 100,000. But this one video got over a million views in three days, and his number of fans increased by nearly 200,000.

As soon as the video went viral, other streamers with keen business sense followed suit.

This thing generates traffic!

PDD was eating a hamburger when he came across this video in his live stream.

He slammed the hamburger on the table, wiped his greasy hands on his pants, and patted the mouse: "Guys, this looks interesting, I'll give it a try."

Then he opened "Career Adventure".

The first time, he was killed by a brick falling from the sky.

PDD's chubby face froze: "What is this thing?"

The second time, it was swallowed by the pipe monster.

PDD's eyebrows were twisted into a pretzel.

The third time, by sheer luck, the Heavenly Maiden Scattering Flowers Spikes were triggered.

PDD was silent for five seconds, then slammed his hand on the table, making the entire computer vibrate: "Holy crap! Which son of a bitch made this game?!"

The live stream chat was instantly flooded with comments.

[Hahahaha, PDD broke down!]

[He slammed his fist on the table! He slammed his fist on the table!]

[To that teacher who said "I could do that too," are you alright?]

[PDD: This game is targeting me because I'm fat!]