You’re so troublesome!
So what if they’re not good enough? Just download the game and play it. If the screen freezes, leave a bad comment.
If you can’t even download it, leave a comment as well! Curse the game as much as you can. I wouldn’t come after you!
How do you want me to answer this question?! I can’t give you so many details.
Pei Qian pondered for a while and replied, “I’ll give you twenty thousand yuan more for you to solve the problem on your own. If you really can’t, look for a good internet cafe nearby.”
Hu Xiao replied, “Ai, alright! Brother, you’re too kind!” Indeed, money could solve all problems, especially when the System was paying. With everything resolved, Pei Qian happily resumed working.
The game would be released the next day!
October 1st…
Repent and be Saved was officially released!
The moment the ‘purchase’ button was activated, countless anxious and excited gamers clicked it without hesitation!
However, a small number of gamers were careful enough to notice a line of words in the game’s introduction: ‘You may unconditionally refund the game within five hours of purchase.’
On the official platform’s other games, the same sentence read, ‘You may unconditionally refund the game within three hours of purchase.’
Of course, an even smaller number of gamers who read this thought that Tengda was being good-hearted once again. They did not realize there was a hidden threat in the message.
Shenzhen…
In his own house, Hu Xiao had just finished briefing his brothers about the new assignment. Although the assignment seemed slightly confusing, the payer seemed extremely generous. Since he had paid them so much money, Hu Xiao did not think other problems would arise.
Hu Xiao had already picked his candidates. They were all waiting for the game to be released before they started work.
“Why don’t I try it out, too?”
Hu Xiao did not have anything better to do anyway.
He was not getting any offers for sponsored partnerships, and he did not feel like watching videos either.
Of course, Hu Xiao did not have to write fake reviews on his own. He could not be bothered to earn that bit of money.
However, the game looked quite popular on the official platform. He thought it would be a good idea to try the game out and de-stress while he was at it.
At that thought, Hu Xiao downloaded the game and started playing it. “The game requires 8.0 GB?
“That’s fine. I’ll download it.”
Repent and be Saved had high requirements for hardware, and its art resources were also top-quality. However, since the game was not long and it had been significantly improved, the entire game remained below 8.0 GB.
This was not an intolerable size.
Hu Xiao was curious as to why the payer was only asking them to leave comments about their first impression of the game.
What would everyone’s first impression be like?
Chapter 274 - The Fake Reviewers are Confused
The internet speed in Hu Xiao’s house was quite fast. Soon, the game’s download was complete.
As a professional UP Master, Hu Xiao had a relatively high-quality desktop in his home. After all, he had to edit videos and play some games.
He did not have a controller, but he could play this game using his mouse.
Since Hu Xiao treasured custom, he brewed himself a cup of tea and sipped it before entering the game. He was not even sure what kind of game this was yet.
However, its title made it sound like a Buddhist-themed game.
What’s more, the game looked like it had an overall Chinese style. The images on the official platform also seemed to depict reincarnation, rebirth, and transcendence.
Hmm, it must be filled with Buddhist messages, right?
Since it’s going to be a Buddhist game, should I relax and experience it with my heart?
Hu Xiao realized that he was beginning to look forward to playing the game. He saw a black screen and then heard a melody. The melody was mellow, but it also felt cold and sorrowful. Hu Xiao could tell that it was played using traditional Chinese instruments.
The hoarse voice of an old, experienced lady sounded.
“Rebirth after rebirth, we travel different paths and miss each other. Conflict and bloodshed fill our lives in this mortal world.
“The flower blooms and misses its leaves. It’s hard to hold onto both on the Road to the Underworld.
“The River of Three Crossings is long, and there is heartbreak by the Bridge of Forgetfulness.
“The former life ends with a cup of tea and a bowl of soup. A mouthful smooths the journey ahead.”
Her voice sounded aged and tired, but it chilled Hu Xiao to the bone. It was almost as if she was summoning his soul.
Her words sounded like a poem or lyrics to a song-it sent chills down Hu Xiao’s spine.
An image appeared. A bright-red maple leaf fell into a stream of water before it was carried away. Immediately after that, bright-red blood dripped into the stream and faded away.
The camera began to pan upward. A bony, wrinkly hand smacked the surface of the water, creating ripples in the stream. Then, it stopped moving.
The camera panned up along the bony, wrinkly arm. A corpse appeared on the screen, dressed in torn and tattered clothing. He was covered in wounds, and his eyes were wide open.
Although he was already dead, his opened eyes would cause one to shiver involuntarily.
There seemed to be fear, helplessness, conflict, and a hint of indignance in his eyes.
The camera continued to pan upwards to reveal several bony, wrinkly legs walking past. There was a wild dog, skinny as a skeleton, with dried-up fur. Dark-red saliva was dripping from its mouth, and its eyes were blood-shot. It glanced at the camera before walking away, looking for its next target.
It looked like everyone had lost their sanity and become blind, ruthless killers.
The old, hoarse voice sounded once again.
“Everyone has three immortal souls and seven mortal forms.
“Once one’s time is up, he would be picked up by the Black and White Impermanence. After that, he would step on the Road to the Underworld and begin his journey towards the netherworld, where he would be judged by Yama.
“He could reincarnate, enter the six realms of rebirth and existence, or be sent to hell.”
The corpse by the stream suddenly twitched. The camera did not focus on it for long. Instead, it continued panning across the stream and the wasteland. Finally, it stopped at a small village by the stream, hidden deep among tall mountains. “At least, that was so… until the Black and White Impermanence stopped picking up the souls of the dead.
“The souls were dissociated from the earth, and yet they were not picked up. They had no choice but to wander around on the Road to the Underworld.
“They were left to suffer a fate worse than death.
“As time went by, these wandering souls became more and more ferocious. They lost their sense of humanity and their memories.
“The mortal world turned into hell.”
The camera turned to show several innocent people being killed by villagers with pitchforks and axes. Their helpless and desperate cries filled Hu Xiao’s ears.
Divine Buddha light-faint and goldenshone from inside a worn-out temple in the outskirts of the city. It formed a shield, isolating the temple from the wandering ghosts, who tried to charge into it.
An old monk sat cross-legged on a futon in the temple. He looked at the Buddha statue swaying back and forth in front of him and chanted continuously. Not far away from him, a scholar ran out of a burning house. He tripped over and knocked into many things along the way as he ran for his life. His messy hair made him look like a lunatic.
He laughed as he shouted, causing his words to be muffled.
“The rebirth cycle is like a house on fire; we are a
bsorbed in worldly suffering.
“We remain stubborn and refuse to change our ways.
“There is no path to the Soul Mountain; you clasp your hands together in vain.
“The Road to the Underworld is long; repent and be saved.
“Repent and be saved? Hahaha…”
As the scholar laughed maniacally, the screen turned black.
Then, the laughter faded.
Once again, the old, hoarse voice spoke, “Wandering and evil ghosts roamed the earth. The six realms were broken; the gates to hell opened…”
The screen remained black for a long time.
Dong!
Dong!
There were two low rings. A sliver of light appeared on the black screen. It was the first-person view of a person being buried. Soon, the camera turned to face the outside of the grave.
It was a deserted mass grave. Broken signs were either sticking out of the ground crookedly or being covered by long, withered weed. There were many opened coffins lying around the mass grave. These coffins were made out of low-quality thin wood, and they were dilapidated beyond recognition. Some coffins contained the remains of corpses they once held; perhaps hungry beasts had fed on those corpses. Other coffins were empty apart from rainwater and mud.
A huge number of corpses were scattered haphazardly around the mass grave. Most of them were incomplete, missing limbs or heads.
Two holes were smashed into a particularly thin coffin cover. A scrawny hand—that still had a bit of meat left on it-stuck out of the hole, pushing the cover aside with all its might.
Then, a pale-looking corpse sat upright.
Hu Xiao looked at the cup of tea in his hand and then at the unwelcoming cut scene. He felt like the game had fallen short of his expectations somehow. How is this a Buddhist-themed game? There’s a huge problem!
Hu Xiao wanted to give up. He had just bought the game anyway; he could return it right now if he wanted to. However, on further thought, he decided to give it a shot. What if it turned out to be fun?
“Eh? I can write my own epitaph? What a weird detail. I’ll skip it.”
Hu Xiao instinctively wanted to skip it, but he realized he could not. He had no choice but to write a message.
He wanted to type an ellipsis. However, thinking it would be inappropriate, he settled on one word instead.
After some consideration, Hu Xiao typed ‘hehe’.
He did not think too much; he just wrote the first word that popped up in his mind.
Once he was done, he officially began playing the game.
Hu Xiao steered his character towards the monster in front of him.
Three seconds later…
His character screamed out in pain and collapsed onto the ground. The screen turned gray, and the word ‘hehe’ appeared on his screen. Hu Xiao, “???” He was slightly confused about what had just happened. My health bar was full, wasn’t it?
The beast only touched me twice-how did my health bar become empty so quickly?
Is there a bug in the game?
Hu Xiao revived himself indignantly. He climbed out of the mass grave and charged towards the monster once again.
“Hehe.”
“Hehe.”
“Hehe.”
Hu Xiao was stunned. After a few minutes, he pushed his keyboard and mouse forward and leaned back on his chair, falling into deep thought.
What the h*ll is happening?
Why is my character as weak as a paper doll? The monster just touches me and I die?! Did I open the grave wrongly?
Is there something wrong with the way I started the game?
Still confused, Hu Xiao opened his chat with his fake reviewers, intending to ask them how they found the game.
Yet, other people seemed to be just as confused as Hu Xiao.
“Has anyone downloaded Repent and be Saved? My computer is too lousy. It keeps lagging, and once I recover from the lag, I’m
dead.”
“My computer lags, and I keep dying mysteriously, too.”
“This game’s requirements are too high. My computer can’t seem to accommodate it either. It looks like a slideshow.”
“Hehe, my computer can’t run the game, too. Honestly, I don’t think you’re dying because you’re lagging…”
“Sh*t, what a lame game. The first beast can kill you?!”
“How can we continue playing?”
“I don’t know. I’ve already refunded the game. The boss didn’t request for positive or negative comments, right? I’m going to give it a bad comment!”
“I don’t think you should give it one star immediately. You’re not giving it a second chance?”
“I can’t run the game on my laptop. I’m planning to look for an internet cafe later
on.”
“This boss is quite generous. Would it be irresponsible of us to give the game bad reviews based on this alone? He didn’t ask us to spam bad comments either. He just asked us to review the game based on our first impression.”
“That’s right. My first impression of the game is that it’s horrible.”
“But maybe it’s because of your computer.”
People in the group began to argue. Hu Xiao scratched his head, feeling light-headed.
This was the first time he was witnessing such serious discussion in a group of fake reviewers.
The group used to feel more like a well-trained army. At the sound of command, everyone would either like or share a post, attack a particular account, or agree with someone else. All in all, they always responded instantly to any instructions.
Yet, the group felt more like a marketplace today. Everyone seemed to have their own opinions.
A group of people wanted to give the game bad reviews after playing for just a couple of seconds.
Other people felt this would be letting the generous boss down. They refused to act irresponsibly and insisted on trying harder at the game.
Hu Xiao found himself in a predicament after reading everyone’s thoughts. What if the fake reviewers begin to fight among themselves? I’ll wait and see; this is serious!
Chapter 275 - The Fake Reviewers Blended Perfectly into the Comments Section
“What should I say, then? I’m prepared to give it one star.”
“I think it’s alright. Two monsters at the beginning deal higher damage. Just dodge them and kill them-it’s quite simple. You’re giving the game one star because of that? Why aren’t you reflecting on your own lousy skills?”
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“What the h*ll are you sending me a question mark for? We have principles as fake reviewers. We should do a good job if we are getting paid. How can you be so irresponsible after taking the boss’s money?” “F*ck, if you’re so righteous, why are you working as a fake reviewer? You’re just a beggar; stop acting like you’re an official in the emperor’s palace.”
“Are you not a f*cking beggar, too?”
“If you’re so awesome, why are you working as a fake reviewer? Why don’t you fight for justice like other keyboard warriors?”
“What’s wrong with me working and earning some pocket money? How do you know I’m not a keyboard warrior in my spare time?”
Hu Xiao realized that these two were going to engage in a full-on debate and quickly stopped them. “Alright, stop arguing! Both of you are banned from speaking for an hour! We are professionals; you have to learn how to control your anger, understand?
“Don’t bring your emotions to work. Be as calm as me. Get it?”
Hu Xiao was speechless.
In fact, this was normal. Although the fake reviewers were all in a single group, they were all being paid to work. There were hundreds of people in that one group; how could he expect all of them to see eye to eye?
What’s more, people who worked as fake reviewers were genuinely short of money. They probably had unhappy lives and enjoyed picking on fellow netizens with a keyboard in hand. Naturally, these people were ‘good with words’ and would reso
rt to ‘asking about others’ family and friends’ once a hint of a disagreement took place.
Hu Xiao could not write this argument off as an accident.
He was just realizing that Hardcore Reviews’ UP Master’s requests had not been that simple after all.
There’s a scam in all of this!
If the boss had given the fake reviewers a clear direction-such as to mindlessly praise or criticize the game, the fake reviewers would have been able to get the job done without much objection.
Nobody would stand up to fight the instructions. After all, every fake reviewer was professional.
Yet, the boss did not give them clear instructions on what to comment.
That was why people were discussing the game in the group. They had differing opinions, which resulted in internal conflict.
The administrator had to step up and ban those people from speaking. What’s more, he had to threaten to kick people out and forbid them from ever working as a fake reviewer again if they started picking fights. It was only then that they regained control over the situation.
Hu Xiao read everyone’s comments and realized that most people were criticizing the game. Many people had low-quality hardware that caused the game to lag horribly. Naturally, their first impression of the game would suffer if their gaming experience was lousy. Others were similar to Hu Xiao; there was no problem with their hardware, but they had been tortured by beasts shortly after entering the game. Of course, they began to dislike the game as well.
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However, a minority in the group thought the game was alright.
The graphics weren’t bad, and the movements were smooth. They also felt good when they managed to attack. Although the monsters at the beginning could kill them, they only had to be more careful to avoid being killed. Ultimately, they could still defeat those monsters.
That minority had quite a good first impression of the game. That was why they had very different comments compared to the majority
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