Chapter 1 Wednesday, May 16th

Binhu Community.

Qiao Liang was currently in a heated battle in GoG with several of his fans and friends.

"Kill them, kill them! The enemy mage doesn't have their ultimate!"

"No ultimate, no ultimate, we can kill them!"

"Uh… they don't have their ultimate *now*."

"The enemy mage doesn't have their ultimate now, can someone else supplement the damage?"

A teammate's complaining voice came from the team voice chat: "Old Qiao, whose side are you on? Don't give false intel! Does the mage have their ult or not? Give us a straight answer!"

In the previous team fight, Qiao Liang was unfortunately caught and died first. While his teammates were rushing over, he shouted, "The enemy mage doesn't have their ultimate!" So, everyone rushed in, deciding to fight four against five, only to be wiped out by the enemy mage's perfect ultimate, followed by a swarm of other enemies.

Qiao Liang said a little embarrassedly, "Sorry everyone, I'm getting old, my memory isn't what it used to be. I thought the mage just used their ult, how could it be ready so quickly?"

"Alright, that's it for today, I need to rest."

Qiao Liang quit the team, took off his headphones, and stretched.

Yesterday at midnight, the 515 Game Festival officially began, and it has now been more than a day.

Qiao Liang had been grinding non-stop during this time.

Playing online games with friends in Tengda's games every day would grant a gift pack, with a chance to open rare in-game items. And after playing for an hour, one could also receive a random cash-back red envelope...

In summary, players were responsible for playing games, and Tengda was responsible for giving away money!

Although Qiao Liang considered himself a hardcore gamer, there was no way he could buy all the epic weapons in *Sea Fortress*, and he hadn't gotten all the skins in GoG, not to mention the cash red envelope rewards.

Although these rewards weren't much for Qiao Liang, it was just a bonus.

Since he was going to play games anyway, there were such generous rewards for playing now. Why not play a little longer?

Of course, in addition to playing games, Qiao Liang was also paying attention to the situation of the money-burning war between Tengda Group and Finger Company.

From the current situation, Tengda Group had a complete and utter advantage!

Although Finger Company and Longyu Group had also launched a series of preferential measures, which players initially thought were pretty good, they paled in comparison to President Pei's extravagance!

After all, one was a discount, and the other was basically free, which was a fundamental difference.

After the detailed rules of the 515 Game Festival were revealed, players immediately entered a state of carnival, and those who only played IoI and not GoG once again expressed their sincere envy to the GoG players.

After all, IoI skins were discounted, but you still had to pay to buy them, while GoG was giving them away for free just for playing the game!

As for who would win this money-burning war?

Most players hadn't even considered the question.

Wasn't it obvious? Of course, it was President Pei.

Because President Pei never seemed to lose in these kinds of things, players had 100% trust in President Pei.

If it was anything else, it was hard to say, but when it came to burning money, Tengda had never been afraid of anyone.

It wasn't that Tengda had a lot of money, but that Tengda was bold.

Moreover, players didn't care about the winning or losing of the game companies' money-burning wars, as long as they could get tangible benefits, the more the two companies burned money, the happier the players would be.

The game just now had left Qiao Liang a little tired, so after stretching, he decided to rest for a while and secretly peek at what everyone was discussing in the fan group.

"Huh? Shang Yang Games has released a new game!"

"A new game? Really? I haven't heard any publicity about it at all?"

"It's true, it's called *Fitness Battle*, it's a mobile game, it's available on many platforms, search for it and you'll find it!"

Seeing the discussion in the group, Qiao Liang couldn't help but be stunned.

A new game?

Tengda didn't seem to have announced that there was a new game coming online recently?

But while discussing, the people in the group posted screenshots.

This game called *Fitness Battle* really was a work of Shang Yang Games!

Judging from the name, it seemed to be a game related to fitness, so many people in the group were slightly disappointed.

What's so fun about that?

In most people's minds, *Fitness Battle* should be a game similar to a fitness simulator or a game that uses fitness to package traditional gameplay, so they weren't interested.

After all, the only games on the market that could barely be related to fitness elements were these kinds of games.

If they had time to play this kind of game, they might as well get a card at a managed gym.

After all, going to a managed gym, as long as you can stick to it, you can lose weight, but can you lose weight by playing this game? Aren't you still staying at home, getting fatter the more you stay in?

Everyone's confusion was normal.

Because their first reaction was not to associate this game called *Fitness Battle* with the game announced at the smart fitness clothes-drying rack press conference!

Because the name of the game wasn't mentioned at the press conference, and the promotional page for *Fitness Battle* didn't mention the smart fitness clothes-drying rack.

There weren't many players paying attention to the smart fitness clothes-drying rack in the first place, and most of them had no expectations for the game that came with the smart fitness clothes-drying rack, so many people didn't make the connection when they saw this game for the first time and didn't think about it that way.

They only chose to download it for the sake of Tengda's golden brand.

Of course, Qiao Liang wouldn't let it go.

Although this was a mobile game, its size wasn't small for a mobile game. Qiao Liang guessed that the content of the game might be very rich.

What's more, the games produced by Tengda were all high-quality. When had Tengda ever done anything to deceive people?

With this expectation, Qiao Liang immediately downloaded the game on his tablet and entered it to check it out.

...

After a brief black screen, the game's opening CG appeared on the screen.

The style of the CG was more inclined to a two-dimensional cartoon style, and the characters' features were very distinct.

The scene at this time seemed to be the ruins of some ancient building. It was late, there was no moon or starlight, and only a few dim oil lamps stood on the broken walls of the ancient building ruins, making the whole scene seem to add a bit of an evil atmosphere.

In the ruins' broken walls, eight people sat cross-legged in a circle. Underneath them, a huge magic circle emitting a strange red light connected them all together, flickering slowly like a beating pulse.

As the camera panned across, one could glimpse the general appearance of these eight people.

Overall, they were still two-dimensional cartoon-style characters, including a cute loli, an enchanting older sister with amazing breasts, and a much smaller loli and shota...

These characters were obviously carefully designed, and their appearance was very much in line with the aesthetics of two-dimensional players. Their hairstyles, hair colors, and clothing details were all very much in line with the characteristics of the characters.

The clothes worn by these people varied, matching the characters' personalities, but all of the clothes were a bit more inclined towards the style of sportswear.

And the strangest thing was that these people's figures didn't seem to be particularly perfect.

For example, the older sister character was clearly curvy and a little bit of a nosebleed inducer, but it was obvious that she had a bit of a small belly, and her upper arms and thighs also seemed to have some extra fat, which didn't look firm enough.

The other characters also had their own problems, but they weren't as obvious.

At this time, these eight people all had their eyes closed, their brows furrowed, and they were swallowing saliva from time to time, as if they were enduring terrible pain.

In front of them, in the inner circle of the magic circle, there were also eight extended branch lines, each with a food item on it.

Braised pork, fried chicken, milk tea, barbecue skewers...

They looked very tempting.

These foods constantly emitted aromas, stimulating the senses of these eight people, and the rate at which these eight people swallowed saliva seemed to be getting faster and faster.

Some people were already on the verge of being unable to bear it, trying hard to control their hands, not letting themselves reach for the food in front of them.

At this time, a dignified voice-over came: "Hold on, the ritual is almost successful!"

"As long as you can stick to your diet and endure hunger, you will eventually defeat the terrible demon of fat!"

But then, there was a treacherous, seductive voice-over: "It's okay, it's okay to eat a little bit from time to time!"

"You've already worked so hard, shouldn't you eat a little bit to replenish your strength and reward yourself?"

"What's the point of living if you can't even eat what you want?"

"Just eat a small bite, it's okay!"

These two voices swirled around the crowd, constantly exerting influence on them.

Finally, these people's will reached the brink of collapse.

"I can't take it anymore, I'm starving, I'll just eat one bite!"

Someone lunged at the food in front of them.

After the sound of hearty eating rang out, the psychological defenses of the others instantly collapsed, and they all rushed to the food in front of them, stuffing it into their mouths regardless.

"Hahahaha..."

A burst of wild laughter came, and layers of black smoke suddenly rose from the bottom of the magic circle, turning into a huge demon with a bloated figure and a fat brain.

"Poor humans, your willpower is so fragile, how could you possibly seal me with these tricks?"

"Well, these are just gifts for you!"

The huge fat demon waved his hand, and countless bubble-like light spheres floated out of his body and merged into the bodies of these eight people.

Immediately afterwards, the figures of these eight people visibly swelled up!

They were only slightly out of shape, and it wasn't particularly obvious unless you looked closely, but now it was obvious that they were fat.

The situation of the eight people was different. Some people only had fat growing on specific parts, but some people were two sizes bigger all over, and their original good looks were almost on the verge of collapse.

In a burst of wild laughter, the magic circle completely dimmed, and the fat demon also stirred up a cloud of black smoke and flew away.

The eight people fell to the ground, and the food remaining in their hands fell all over the place.

"It's over, we failed!"

"We still couldn't resist the temptation of food, the fat demon ran away, and we were also parasitized by his fat clone. We can no longer control this magic circle!"

All the faces of the crowd were full of frustration, and even two of the female characters lowered their heads and sobbed.

But soon, one of the slightly plump but seemingly very sunny girls stood up and said, "No, we can't just give up like this!"

"The fat demon will continue to bewitch humans and parasitize them with fat clones, eventually becoming the host of everyone. The lifespan of us humans will be greatly reduced!"

"Our willpower is not strong enough, and our physique is not strong enough."

"But as long as we undergo arduous training, we still have a chance to drive away the fat demon clones that are parasitizing us and reseal the fat demon!"