The online discussion about the new streamer Bai Zhiyuan's identity didn't last long.
Because Call of Duty was released!
"Open the door, quick, open the door, I can't wait!"
"Do you want me to beg you on my knees? Release it quickly!"
"To show my support for domestic AAA games, I'm buying ten copies!"
"Tsk tsk... so many leeks." /
"Sorry, my dog wasn't on a leash, apologies everyone!"
"Then leash it up quickly, there are a lot of people here, and we're not responsible if it gets stepped on."
...
The explosion of popularity of Undertale had many netizens, who loved it by extension, filled with anticipation for the new game.
Call of Duty hadn't done much promotion, yet its heat was incredibly high.
Before the game was even released, the comment section had already reached 9999+, a phenomenon extremely rare in the entire gaming industry.
As ten o'clock struck, players, like hungry wolves, frantically clicked to download!
Domestic and foreign game manufacturers alike dispatched testers into the game to collect various data on Call of Duty as soon as possible.
This was related to the future direction of domestic games and the transformation of gaming styles!
If this battle was won.
"Suffering-style" games would become a sought-after commodity, gaining a considerable market share among players.
Game manufacturers with the means would also launch projects to capture this market.
At the same time,
Major night-owl streamers, uncharacteristically, adjusted their schedules and immediately started live streaming the game at ten o'clock.
Among them, streamers like Mo Zhi and Dai Xiaomei, who had created famous moments in Undertale, had the highest popularity.
Other streamers like PDD, Zhou Suyie, and Teacher Ma, who had lost a lot of popularity due to missing opportunities, also joined Call of Duty immediately.
Trying to regain the significant popularity lost in the past few days.
As for Bai Zhiyuan, who had been eagerly awaiting the game,
She was still in an early meeting at Penguin Building o(╥﹏╥)o
Bai Zhiyuan maintained her professional integrity, her inner self impatient like a cat's claws, but outwardly appearing calm and collected as she directed her work.
Only after finishing her current tasks did she open the streaming platform and find Mo Zhi's stream.
She had to wait until after work to play the game, so she decided to quench her thirst by experiencing it through Mo Zhi's perspective first.
"It's really consistent with the promotional content!"
"Although I'm a country bumpkin, I still find the opening BGM very impactful, it makes my heart surge with emotion!"
Mo Zhi had just finished the game's opening background introduction and was now wandering around the 'Phoenix' firepower base.
"Tsk tsk... this weaponry, equipment, sound effects, character modeling, military base..."
Mo Zhi praised enthusiastically, unable to help but rub her eyes, saying incredulously:
"Is this really the standard of a domestic game? I would believe you if you said it was from big manufacturers like Bao Xue or Yu Bi!"
Most viewers, like Bai Zhiyuan, were unable to play the game due to being at work and could only watch the stream for entertainment.
'The soundtrack is truly amazing, listening to it makes me feel so excited that it substitutes for my old ox plowing two mu of land!'
'The game graphics are like a blockbuster movie, and the character modeling is very realistic. The development team is very experienced!'
'Old Thief Lu Li really has something, domestic games will have a name from now on!'
'I'll have more material to brag to my foreign classmates in the future.'
......
Mo Zhi, being in the game, felt it even more intensely than the players!
The scene design had no sense of incongruity, and the grim atmosphere of the battlefield immediately enveloped her.
"Welcome to the first design lesson!"
Mo Zhi's agitated heart was interrupted by the fully armed sergeants in front of her. He looked at the circle of new recruits and then fixed his gaze on Mo Zhi.
"You, come here and demonstrate to these recruits how to shoot correctly."
Mo Zhi looked at the sergeant. His name appeared above his head: Fu Li.
Fu Li turned to the recruits and said, "I'm not trying to be harsh, but I've seen many people shoot aimlessly at the target from the hip."
"As a result, they hit nothing and ended up looking like a gauze bandage."
After speaking, he tilted his head, "Allen, you start. Take the weapon on the table and shoot the target behind you."
The novice training unfolded in the form of a small storyline, which was very clever.
While the NPCs imparted knowledge to the new recruits, players also gained some understanding of the game's setting.
Upon hearing this, Mo Zhi picked up the assault rifle from the table. As a seasoned player of battle royale games, she immediately recognized it as an M4A1.
"My M4A1 recoil control is rock solid."
Mo Zhi was very confident. "Let me show these rookies something."
At this moment,
A mode selection screen suddenly popped up – Normal/Rookie/Veteran, three modes.
Mo Zhi's eyelids twitched, and some unpleasant memories surfaced.
It gave her a sense of ease, peace, and massacre.
On the other hand, viewers who enjoyed watching without getting involved were actively egging her on in the chat:
"Why even think about it? If you're a man, choose Veteran mode!"
"A true man only has one difficulty – Veteran!"
"A game life without experiencing Veteran mode is incomplete."
"If it were a game made by someone else, I might have chosen Veteran mode instantly, but it's Old Thief Lu Li."
......
"This is a game built by Old Thief Lu Li, are you trying to die?"
Mo Zhi's anger flared up seeing the encouragement from her viewers. The fear of being dominated by the massacre line was still vivid.
Even thinking about it now sent shivers down her spine!
"Normal mode should be the easiest, definitely boring."
"But Veteran mode probably corresponds to the perverted difficulty of the massacre line."
"I'm not that foolish, so I'll choose Rookie mode!"
Mo Zhi learned her lesson this time. No matter how you tried to provoke me, I remained unmoved. Rookie mode it is!
After selecting, she picked up the gun, turned around, and faced the shooting range.
Yellow sand filled the shooting range, surrounded by mountains behind, and the blue sky was hazy as if covered by a gauze skirt, very realistic!
The target, thirty meters away, stood quietly in the shooting range.
Mo Zhi raised her gun, aimed at the bullseye, and pulled the trigger.
Bang!
Brrrtt!!
After a few gunshots, except for the first one that grazed the top edge of the target, the other shots went astray into the sky!
Before the audience could mock her, the surrounding NPC recruits burst into laughter, their intelligence evident.
"Look, what's unprofessional? This is it, spraying bullets everywhere, go practice again!"
Teacher Fu Li's use of the word 'spraying' was very vivid, accurately and vividly describing Mo Zhi's "human outline" shooting.
This unique textual charm made players feel a sense of familiarity, a feeling that foreign games couldn't provide.
Mo Zhi was dumbfounded.
What the hell is this recoil?
Why is it completely different from the M4A1 recoil control technique in battle royale games, and there's no option to adjust sensitivity in the game!
"This scoundrel must have referenced real-world data, otherwise this recoil wouldn't be so outrageous!"
Mo Zhi gritted her teeth and fired another burst, still unable to pass even this beginner training.
'I can only say, this is so Lu Li!'
'Indeed, the style is obvious. Even in the beginner training phase, he has to torment players a bit, and you can't argue with him referencing real weapon data.'
'Realism is good. The gunshots and recoil are much more realistic than in battle royale games, giving a sense of a real battlefield.'
'And this is just Rookie mode...'
'He's truly not afraid of the game not selling, this opening must be discouraging so many people.'
......
Lu Li's design to make players suffer even during the beginner training stage received mixed reviews from the audience, but Mo Zhi didn't mind.
Compared to the beginner stage of Undertale, she was much happier now!
Even Mo Zhi didn't realize that she had unconsciously become accustomed to Lu Li's style.
After practicing more than ten times, Mo Zhi could barely control the recoil of the new M4A1.
Then she proceeded to practice shooting handguns, hostage rescues, sprints... advanced training.
"Very good, you have thoroughly conquered the training ground!"
Sergeant Dunn, with his arms crossed, watched Mo Zhi complete the mission:
"Very well done, you can regroup with the others. Of course, you can practice a few more times if you wish."
Mo Zhi shook her head like a rattle drum, "No, no."
She quickly followed Sergeant Dunn's footsteps.
Buzz—
Buzz—
Buzz—
As soon as they reached the ground, combat alarms sounded.
The roar of artillery fire was incessant, mixed with various shouts, creating a stark contrast to the training ground below.
Whoosh~~ Boom!!
Before Mo Zhi could even figure out what was happening after coming out of the underground trench, an accident occurred.
"Our comrades are surrounded on the other side of the river in the redwood area and have lost contact!"
Private Wade in front of her shouted, "We need to reinforce them, move! Quick!!"
The mission had arrived.
Indeed, instructions came through her headset:
"Attention all units, all personnel board the vehicle, prepare for rescue mission!"
Just then, with a loud 'boom',
Mo Zhi's perspective violently shook, and the character she was playing, Allen, fell squarely on his rear.
This was clearly the earth-shattering impact caused by heavy weaponry.
She was very excited!
"The feeling of the battlefield!"
"I just got out of basic training and received a rocket from a fellow player, thank you very much!"
"Wow! Charge!!!"