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    ## Chapter 144: When Spring Arrives, I Speak First, Who Dares to Make a Sound?

    Thus!

    Every Sunday became Shen Miao Miao’s “Date Battle Day”!

    Although neither of them said it out loud, they both understood implicitly.

    Every Saturday, Shen Miao Miao would propose their dinner plans for the evening.

    After deciding on the plan, Gu Sheng would work or study at home.

    Shen Miao Miao, on the other hand, would take advantage of the morning to go shopping and buy groceries with Chu Chu or Jiang Shan.

    As for the afternoon, Shen Miao Miao would play some games, learn baking with her newly purchased small oven, or watch TV series.

    Or, she would simply come to the study, sit beside Gu Sheng while he worked, and ask him about his work occasionally.

    Then!

    At five o’clock!

    Their alarm clocks would ring on time!

    Gu Sheng would immediately put down his work, walk out of the study, and prepare a delicate dinner.

    Shen Miao Miao would help him with the preparation.

    Usually, it was just the two of them having dinner, but occasionally Lu Bian, Da Jiang, Chu Qing Zhou, Jiang Shan, or even Jiang Yun and his wife would come over.

    Yes.

    Neither of them planned to hide the fact that they lived together. After all, to them, they were just “normal roommates” and had nothing to hide.

    So, now most of the company knows that they are roommates.

    After dinner on Saturdays, Shen Miao Miao would pull Gu Sheng along to plan their activities for the next day.

    Amusement parks, farms, hiking, the beach… even just finding a small park, sitting in a gazebo and chatting over tea.

    In short, they always had to go out and play together.

    Shen Miao Miao never tired of this routine.

    Gu Sheng was truly enjoying it.

    In fact, he felt that his life truly became a life only after he became roommates with Xiao Nezha (a playful, spirited, and mischievous child from Chinese folklore).

    He had someone to go to and from work with, someone to eat and chat with, someone to play and laugh with.

    His once cold and lonely “home” seemed to have finally become a true home.

    The person who used to be indifferent to the outside world had begun to step outside and enjoy life because of the companionship of another.

    The “Date Battle” was in full swing!

    On the other side, the APEX project was progressing without delay!

    Fueled by the enduring popularity of Titanfall!

    The APEX project, upon its inception, attracted the attention of numerous media outlets.

    Players were full of anticipation, and their discussions continued.

    The media coverage was also wave after wave –

    “It is reported that the project currently being developed by Golden Wind is confirmed to be a derivative work of TTF, named ‘APEX Legends’.”

    “The derivative sequel is confirmed to be multiplayer only, a supplement to TTF, with a total investment of approximately 50 million yuan.”

    “It is understood that the project has currently reached over half of its development stage, and the development progress is stable.”

    “This is Golden Wind’s first multiplayer game after the epic battle of the escorting masterpiece. We await its quality with bated breath.”

    “Currently, we are still unable to learn the details of how APEX will achieve multiplayer combat, but reliable sources say that this game will be completely free and open only to users with invitations.”

    “The monetization model for free games has always been a headache for many game developers, but this time, Golden Wind seems to have found a new path.”

    “[Green In-App Purchase] Model! According to internal interviews, the in-app purchase model for APEX will prioritize player experience and ensure absolute fairness in the game.”

    “The development of APEX is progressing rapidly, but the entire FPS game market seems to have entered a cold winter.”

    “According to statistics, since the announcement of APEX’s development, the number of FPS game projects has decreased by 60% year-on-year compared to previous years.”

    “Is FPS declining? Of course not! According to my analysis, this is simply other game developers temporarily avoiding confrontation!”

    “Spectacle! When the second-generation FPS king speaks, the vast FPS market of Huaguo (China) falls silent!”

    “Internal sources revealed that a new shooting game developed by Xun Teng (a fictional Chinese tech company) has also been delayed due to unforeseen circumstances.”

    “Staggering, staggering, still staggering! Two weeks left before APEX’s release! Nearly ten shooting games have announced postponements! Eight shooting games have announced early releases!”

    “One week left! Players who have received invitation cards, let’s chat!”

    “Five days left!”

    “Three days!”

    “Two days!”

    “The promotional video is about to be released! Just now! Golden Wind, Golden Wind’s Chief Game Director Gu Sheng, ArtTour X2, and ArtTour Game Platform jointly announced that tonight at eight o’clock, the highly anticipated ‘APEX’ will release its first, and only, promotional video!”

    As soon as this news was released!

    It immediately sparked a heated discussion among players!

    “Ohhhhhhh——Finally, it’s here——”

    “Little Yellow (nickname for Golden Wind) is hiding it so well! The game is released tomorrow, and the promotional video is just released today?”

    “Hey! It’s normal. The promotional effect of the promotional video is almost irrelevant to Little Yellow anyway…”

    “Indeed…”

    “Let’s just get a sneak peek.”

    “It’s ridiculous, I’ve never seen a promotional video released at this point in time.”

    “Maybe Little Yellow wanted to release the promotional video normally at first, but seeing this situation, it seems unnecessary.”

    “Hahahahaha, there are no opponents, right?”

    “This is just insane! The entire FPS community is scared off! Either postpone the release or release early!”

    “When spring arrives, I speak first, who dares to make a sound?”

    “Competitors: It’s too scary, I’ll just avoid the limelight for now.”

    “Xun Teng: The enemy general is arrogant and domineering! Which one of you will step forward to meet (song) the challenge (si)?”

    “That ‘unforeseen circumstance’ is hilarious.”

    “Unforeseen circumstances – refers to APEX’s release.”

    “Just say it’s unavoidable, right? (Dog Head Emoji)”

    “So, the promotional video is really unnecessary, right?”

    “The Old Rogue: The problem is, I already made it, so just release it.”

    “Might as well (Funny Emoji)”

    “No one can refuse ‘might as well’ (Dog Head Emoji)”

    “…”

    Amidst countless expectations!

    Eight o’clock in the evening.

    On the Shark Live platform, in Zhou Shu Yi’s live stream, known as Bu Er Bu Jiao (Don’t Cry) –

    “Here it is, my brothers and sisters!”

    Zhou Jie, half-kneeling and half-sitting in her chair, looked at the time:

    “It should be about time, let me refresh and see.”

    At this moment!

    Zhou Jie’s live stream had a heat of over eight million!

    Bullet comments flew across the screen, urging Zhou Jie to watch the video quickly.

    You know!

    In principle, there should be no actual live stream content in her live stream at this moment.

    Neither any jokes nor games. In theory, it would be great if the audience heat could reach five to six million.

    But with the help of APEX’s heat, now Zhou Jie just said a simple “It’s time to watch the promotional video” and her live stream heat soared to eight million.

    This is enough to show how unprecedented the heat of APEX is without any interference from any manufacturers.

    “Hurry, hurry!”

    “Finally, we can see the game form.”

    “I’m about to die waiting.”

    “Wuh, just right! I just finished TTF yesterday, watching the promotional video today, and tomorrow I’ll seamlessly switch to APEX.”

    “I also bought ArtTour X2 recently.”

    “X2 is great, the immersive technology is really awesome, and there are more and more authorized manufacturers.”

    “It is said that its current market share has surpassed Xun Teng.”

    “Directly turning from a salted fish (lazy person) to a dragon, awesome.”

    “Indeed, during the previous generation of sensory pod era, how many years was ArtTour suppressed by Xun Teng’s Polar Bear?”

    “Thanks to Titanfall, ArtTour must be treating Little Yellow like a god, right?”

    “Most likely, after all, the record is too exaggerated.”

    “A game directly changes the market share of sensory pods, it’s really ridiculous.”

    “Oh, here it comes, hahaha, it seems ArtTour really treats Little Yellow as the chief daddy—”

    With the audience’s jokes.

    The official homepage of ArtTour Game Platform showed a special page – [Titanfall Official Derivative Sequel]

    [Brand New Shooting Experience, Smooth and Fast-Paced Combat]

    [APEX Legends]

    [Starts Tomorrow]

    [Check out the Sneak Peek Trailer -]

    “Holy crap, it’s so damn cheesy! What the…”

    “It’s obvious that ArtTour did it themselves!”

    Zhou Jie couldn’t help but laugh!

    It had that strong “Crossfire” (a popular Chinese FPS game) vibe.

    Actually, logically, in today’s game circle, many, many manufacturers’ official promotional trailers have this kind of high-end but slightly cheesy design.

    It seems like nothing is wrong.

    But Golden Wind is different.

    Golden Wind has always been praised by players as a supernova flagship leading the gaming trend, thanks to its unique and innovative work style.

    And now, the innovative supernova’s work is packaged like this by ArtTour. It is indeed a bit funny.

    After mocking ArtTour’s promotional design skills, Zhou Jie also clicked into the promotional video page.

    “Get ready, it’s starting, my brothers and sisters!”

    Full-screening the webpage, Zhou Jie also picked up her takeout, eating while clicking play.

    She watched intently with the eager audience –

    Accompanied by a blues music with an elegant rhythm slowly playing in the background.

    The screen first showed a large WG logo, slowly lighting up –

    [Golden Wind Games]

    Then, the logo of the exclusive gaming platform flashed –

    [ArtTour X2] [ArtTour Game Platform]

    Finally, the individual subtitles of the chief game director –

    [Director: Gu Sheng (SamGu)]

    All the viewers took a deep breath.

    The dark screen slowly lit up.

    Under the neon lights, smoke was curling in the air, the bar was bustling with customers.

    Some were sitting in booths, chatting loudly, while others were drunk and swaying.

    Long hair, short hair, tall, short, fat and thin, guests of various shapes and sizes came and went.

    At the bar, a work robot poured golden beer into a glass, and delivered it to a guest sitting on a barstool outside the bar.

    This guest had gray hair. Although he looked quite old, he was still sturdy and strong.

    He wore a tight vest over a red sleeveless undershirt, and a small leather bandolier was hanging around his vest.

    From the back, the viewers seemed to feel familiar, but they couldn’t see the old man’s face.

    Clink.

    As the glass fell onto the table, a newspaper with the APEX logo appeared on the screen.

    Various news articles, like blocks of tofu, occupied the top, bottom, left and right sides of the page.

    In the center was a team photo of three people – [The New Generation of Defenders Have Been Born].

    Swoosh!

    The old man took a sip of his drink, then pulled a dagger from the bandolier on his shoulder, and stabbed it into the newspaper!

    Click!

    As the dagger plunged in, the perspective also plunged into the sea, following a migrating fish, leaping onto the ocean surface!

    A magnificent canyon, desolate yet beautiful, appeared on the screen!

    A voice, hoarse yet steady, rang out:

    [I have wandered for half my life, and I have seen rebirth from despair, and I have also seen destruction crumble to dust.]

    [But no matter how the times change, people’s desire for wealth and their curiosity about the truth can never be erased.]

    [And this ancient and brutal bloodsport…]

    [Still thrives….]

    As soon as these four sentences were spoken, the audience felt their hairs stand on end!

    “Holy crap…!”

    “I think I know who this back is.”

    “Little Yellow is really too good at this.”

    “Damn, my scalp is tingling, my brothers and sisters.”

    “Could it be…?”

    The bullet comments were just about to reach this point!

    Boom!

    Suddenly, the music became intense, full of rhythm!

    The door of a small wooden cabin was kicked open, and three legends with different appearances burst into the room!

    The leading girl wore a special combat suit, with a beautiful face, but her eyes were an eerie white.

    To her left was the work robot “Marvin” that appeared many times in TTF, but this Marvin robot had obviously been modified, looking powerful.

    To her right was a man with curly hair, wearing goggles, and a combat suit.

    At this moment!

    The man was reciting lines in an exaggerated and dramatic way, making a big show of it:

    “Some legends fight for money, and some for answers,”

    “But we will be reborn in this glorious land, through fire and blood!!!”

    “Shut up, Mirage,”

    Before he finished speaking, the leading white-eyed girl interrupted him:

    “You’re affecting my judgment of the situation.”

    Speaking!

    The girl looked at the robot setting up his sniper rifle at the window: “Pathfinder, is it safe out there?”

    The robot’s sniper scope showed a warrior wearing a crow mask like the medieval plague doctors.

    Bang!

    A gunshot rang out, and the crow mask’s head exploded with blood.

    The robot gave a thumbs up: “It’s safe now!”

    Then, a hiss sounded!

    The capsule silo in the center of the room opened, and a golden light burst out, illuminating Mirage’s face:

    “Whoa! Jackpot! Friends! I won’t be polite!”

    Speaking!

    Mirage was about to reach for the prize.

    But the next second.

    Slap!

    The girl swatted his hand away: “You are indeed very rude. It would be nice if you were this rude in the face of ‘Caustic’…”

    It turned out that ten minutes ago –

    “Death is inevitable, it is calling for you…”

    Amidst the spreading bio-toxic smoke, Mirage fell to the ground.

    In front of him, a burly man wearing a gas mask and carrying a gas can, pressed forward step by step.

    Just when it seemed like he was in a desperate situation!

    Bang! Bang!

    Two gunshots rang out, the girl flashed out from behind a big tree, firing two shots at Caustic!

    Caustic was also startled, frantically raising his flamethrower to fire back.

    Rattatatatatat –

    Bullets flew out, sweeping towards the girl, but she didn’t panic at all, dodging and weaving while making a fist!

    Zoom!

    Her figure instantly disappeared in place, then reappeared behind Caustic in the blink of an eye, like an evil spirit!

    Pfft!

    As Wraith’s kunai plunged into Caustic’s neck, a blue void portal appeared behind Wraith!

    “Tell Death I say hello…”

    Saying this!

    Wraith grabbed Caustic’s collar and spun him around!

    Woooosh!!!

    Caustic screamed in agony and was thrown directly into the void portal by Wraith.

    Then, along with the closing portal, he vanished from the world forever!

    The next second!

    The bullet comments exploded!!!

    (End of Chapter)

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