107: Chapter 107: Did they forget to turn off the broadcast again? Acting?

Old C operated his mouse while speaking.

Soon, he successfully downloaded CSOL and clicked on Zombie Mode.

When he entered the Zombie Mode map in the game, the tone of the barrage chat truly shifted.

The screen was completely filled with dark green light; every corner was so dark it was impossible to see, with only the faint, low growls of zombies audible in the distance.

Even when the game started, the line "We are their slaves" chanted in his headphones made many people feel creeped out.

A few barrage comments drifted by.

"I can't stand this map alone."

"It's too eerie; I'm a bit scared just looking at the screen."

"Streamer, can you move further away? The sound just now was too scary."

After the game started, Old C controlled his character to crouch in a corner, aiming his gun toward the corridor, but apart from the muzzle, everything else was impossible to see.

When the zombies rushed over, it was quite terrifying; they were extremely fast, and the entire screen would shake.

After a few rounds, Old C pushed his mouse away.

"See, that's how it is."

"Anyone playing for the first time will be scared 100%, and the underlying logic of this mode is zombies catching humans, and those caught also turn into zombies."

"In the end, either all the zombies are killed by the humans, or all the humans are infected; there's no tactical depth to speak of."

"It's just scary, nothing more."

The barrage also began to complain, lamenting why this mode was later cut.

Old C exited the game and stretched.

"That's it for today; I'm logging off."

He waved at the camera.

"Same time tomorrow, remember to tune in."

A row of "goodnight" messages floated across the barrage.

Old C clicked the button to close the stream and leaned back, but the live broadcast screen did not go black, and a few more barrage comments still drifted across the screen.

"Thanks for your hard work today, Old C."

"See you tomorrow."

"Speaking of which, did he forget to turn off the stream again?"

"...It really is!"

Soon, the barrage realized that this time, Old C seemed to have really forgotten to turn off the stream again!

For a moment, the barrage exploded, and countless question marks instantly filled the entire screen.

Just as the barrage was still discussing, the screen changed again. Old C's phone, who was originally leaning back in his chair, rang, and he quickly picked it up and answered.

By this moment, the barrage had already exploded, and the viewer count was rising crazily.

On the live broadcast screen, the call connected.

Old C pressed the speakerphone, seemingly casually.

A friend of Old C's voice came through from the other end of the line.

"Old C, is alliance of valiant arms really that fun? You must have played both games, tell me the truth."

"Don't pretend; I really want to know."

Old C nodded. His eyes drifted for a moment, pretending not to notice the computer on the side that was still streaming. He lowered his voice, then raised it naturally.

"Although the feel of crossfire is satisfying, that's only on the premise that you haven't played alliance of valiant arms."

"Once you play alliance of valiant arms, you'll know that this game is much more fun than crossfire. The Escort Mode is especially interesting; the feel of crossfire can't even compare."

"Many people say crossfire is fun now, but that's because they haven't played alliance of valiant arms yet. When they truly play it, they'll realize there's a gap between the two games."

"crossfire is really not good."

The person on the other end of the line also followed Old C's lead and continued.

"Then I'll take your word for it."

Old C was about to respond.

His friend's voice suddenly became very deliberate, like he was reading prompt cards from a script.

"Oh no!"

"Old C, you seem to have forgotten to turn off the stream again!"

Old C immediately replied.

"Oops, damn it."

"My brain, why am I still so stupid?"

He walked over to the computer in a few strides and hurriedly cut off the live broadcast.

By this time, the barrage had already filled the entire live broadcast room, and countless question marks continued to emerge.

This time, it was truly disconnected.

After the stream was truly cut, Old C breathed a sigh of relief, picked up a towel to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and then put the phone to his ear. His tone returned to normal, sounding much more relaxed.

"That's about it. We can just edit this part later. If there are any parts where the acting is a bit off, we can just trim them; it shouldn't be noticeable."

The person on the other end of the line also smiled and returned to a normal tone.

"Don't worry."

"We have experience."

If anyone from within Douyu were listening, they would definitely have been able to tell that the person on the other end of the line was actually Old C's operations assistant.

However, just as he was about to hang up the phone, the operations assistant on the other end seemed to think of something and asked.

"By the way, what do you really think of the two games?"

"Letting you streamers play on the beta server, besides keeping the hype for alliance of valiant arms alive, is also to let you experience this game and crossfire to see the characteristics of both."

Facing the inquiry from the other end of the line, Old C was silent for a moment.

"Actually, I haven't played crossfire yet."

"Why?"

"I'm afraid that if something happens again—as long as I don't play crossfire, there will never be any problems!"

...

Half an hour later.

A topic suddenly appeared on the Weibo hot search list.

"Old C forgot to turn off the stream again."

This topic instantly made countless people recall the previous incident, and soon it climbed to the top of the trending list.

Clicking on it revealed an edited screen recording.

Old C finished praising alliance of valiant arms on his stream, went off-air, and then called a friend to chat about crossfire and alliance of valiant arms, claiming the latter was much more fun than the former, and that Escort Mode was much more interesting than some Zombie Mode.

The barrage and comments were all flooding in.

"Forgot to turn off the stream again? How many times is this?"

"Is he really forgetting, or is it intentional?"

"Hilarious. He didn't learn his lesson after being banned for so long last time he forgot to turn off the stream. He forgot again this time. But honestly, alliance of valiant arms really has something; even Old C says so."

Of course.

Some people pointed out that this might be staged. How could Old C, who had already suffered a major loss once, still forget? Plus, the prompt to turn off the stream at the end of the conversation was too deliberate.

However, these voices were soon drowned out.

Most people didn't question the event itself too much. After all, it wasn't the first or second time Old C had forgotten to turn off his stream, and this time, it was clearly Old C's true thoughts.

Under Tencent's marketing, combined with the natural traffic brought by Old C's previous "forgotten stream" incident, this hot search soon swept across major social platforms.

Old C's "forgot to turn off the stream again" was not an isolated case; it was just the beginning of Tencent's new round of publicity.

Just a few hours later...

A negative trending topic for crossfire was launched simultaneously.

"Why did crossfire launch a mode that was already eliminated?"

Clicking on the trending topic, a detailed analysis video was pinned to the top.

The video not only heavily disparaged crossfire's Zombie Mode, criticizing everything from the atmosphere to the rhythm to the entertainment value, but at the same time, it also compiled clips of other streamers and players praising alliance of valiant arms.

Streamers who had tried alliance of valiant arms over the past few days were basically saying that this game was more satisfying and fun than crossfire, especially the Escort Mode, which they praised without reservation.

On one side was the mode crossfire was about to launch—a mode already eliminated by CS—and on the other was alliance of valiant arms, which was lauded by streamers and media as being full of innovation and fun.

The two storylines were combined, creating a stark contrast.

Under this wave of publicity, countless players indeed developed huge expectations for alliance of valiant arms.

After all, at its core, alliance of valiant arms looked excellent. The top-tier visuals in the promotional video and the rampage of the armored vehicles were something previous similar games lacked.

Furthermore, the video clips from various streamers were quite wonderful. The footage of protecting the vehicles as they rampaged was top-notch, as if they were truly on a battlefield, which further raised the expectations of many players.

Under Tencent's large-scale publicity, many players felt that if alliance of valiant arms was well-optimized, it might actually be better than crossfire.

Therefore, even though crossfire had millions of daily active users, many people were not optimistic about it.

In fact, many players currently playing crossfire were planning to try out alliance of valiant arms and its unique Escort Mode.

And crossfire, despite having at least three million daily active users, was being outperformed by alliance of valiant arms in terms of hype and discussion during the subsequent period due to its silence.

As for the upcoming Zombie Mode, few people even mentioned it.