25: Chapter 25: King of Glory, Initiation!

Blood-Red Pupils had no idea what to do now.

If he were to quit abruptly,

he would be very unwilling,

so he waited patiently for another half an hour.

However, he realized then

that the loading interface was completely frozen!

The extraction progress was stuck at 33%,

and hadn't moved since!

The phone was clearly under a high load,

and at this moment, it was incredibly hot.

He wanted to force-quit the game and restart it to try again,

but he found that he couldn't even exit the game!

The phone was completely locked up!

He simply shut it down and turned it back on,

opening the game again,

but he still couldn't get in,

and the phone was getting even hotter.

Finally unable to take it anymore,

he threw the phone directly into the freezer compartment of the refrigerator.

It was minus 4 degrees Celsius in there;

he refused to believe the phone's temperature wouldn't drop!

A few minutes later,

he took the phone out again

and found that it indeed wasn't as hot as before.

However, even at such a low temperature,

the phone was still lagging like crazy,

and the extraction process wouldn't progress at all.

Finally, he gave up,

posted on the forum,

and recounted his experience.

"What on earth is honor of kings doing?!

Is the new game really this laggy?

How the hell are we supposed to play!

Just after downloading,

I felt my phone getting incredibly hot,

like it was about to explode!

After the download finished,

I launched the game several times,

but I can't get in at all;

it's always stuck on the loading screen.

Then I rebooted,

but still couldn't enter the game.

Finally, I threw my phone into the freezer,

which cooled it down,

but even then,

I still can't get in;

after a bit of lagging, the temperature rises again!

Can this damn game even be played?!"

Many people had bookmarked Blood-Red Pupils' previous post showing off his internet speed.

Seeing that Blood-Red Pupils had posted again,

many clicked in immediately to take a look.

They didn't expect to see this news;

Blood-Red Pupils couldn't even get into the game!

Everyone else was shocked as well.

"Is the game update really that huge?

The installation package is 1.6 GB,

which proves Penguin really put effort into this game.

But if you can't even get into the game,

then what's the point!

No matter how well-made it is, it's useless!"

"Big shot, what's the situation?

Is there a bug in the game,

or is the phone too bad?"

"I think it must be a bug in the game.

Pupil-bro can afford broadband that costs over 20,000 a year,

so could his phone be bad?

His phone definitely isn't cheap!

So it must be a problem with the game!"

"So what's the deal?

Pupil-bro, what phone are you using?

If it's really a phone issue,

then it's pointless!

Even if we download it, we can't play!

Isn't that a waste of a download?"

"What is Tencent doing?

It can't really be a bug, can it?"

Blood-Red Pupils replied below the post: "I'm using a li xiang a7,

which is Ideal's previous generation flagship.

Maybe it is a problem with my phone.

Wait for me a bit;

I'm going all out today.

I don't believe no phone can run this damn game!"

"Holy crap, what is Pupil-bro going to do?

Pupil-bro, don't do anything rash!"

"It's over; if even a li xiang a7 can't run the updated honor of kings,

what chance does my knock-off phone have!

I'm not playing anymore;

I won't even download it;

it'll just waste my memory."

"Continuing to watch; let's see what Pupil-bro is up to."

After making that post,

Blood-Red Pupils went out in the middle of the night,

drove around the city,

and finally found a mall that was still open.

He bought a brand new ideal a8 phone at the counter

for over 9,000 yuan.

Actually, the ideal a8 had been released for several months,

so it wasn't that expensive anymore;

if he got it through other channels,

he could have gotten it for around 7,000.

But Blood-Red Pupils was anxious to play the game

and didn't care about that,

willingly becoming a sucker.

Spending an extra 2,000 was fine;

he wasn't short on that money.

"9,000 yuan,

ideal a8 acquired!

Let me challenge this game with a new phone!"

Then he spent another two or three hours downloading;

by then, it was already two or three in the morning,

yet he wasn't sleepy at all.

Similar situations were happening all over the country;

many who loved heroic battle records hadn't gone to sleep yet.

They all wanted to wait for the download to finish and experience it before sleeping,

and of course, many were waiting for feedback from Blood-Red Pupils.

Because after Blood-Red Pupils ran out in the middle of the night to buy the ideal a8,

he had also posted on the forum,

saying he had snagged the most powerful flagship phone, the ideal a8, for 9,000 yuan.

If even this phone couldn't get in,

then others really didn't need to download it.

So many people were watching,

delaying their sleep.

Blood-Red Pupils finally finished downloading again at two or three in the morning.

This time, the ideal a8 wasn't as hot as the A7.

"As expected of a top-tier flagship!

It really has some power!"

Holding the phone,

Blood-Red Pupils felt the body was only warm,

not yet at the point of burning his hand,

and he couldn't help but marvel.

"Next is the most exciting moment!"

With an excited heart and trembling hands,

Blood-Red Pupils tapped to start the game.

He heard the familiar "Timi,"

and then he arrived at the game loading interface once more.

Blood-Red Pupils wasn't taking any chances;

he brought over the ice pack from before,

placed the phone on it,

and gave the phone some physical cooling.

Then he watched with great anticipation as the extraction progress bar slowly moved forward.

"97%, 98%, 99%..."

Blood-Red Pupils chanted in his mind.

"100%! Success!"

Seeing the small line of text in the middle showing [Mobile QQ Server 1: Azure Soaring Dragon],

and below it a blue button

with the words [Start Game].

At this moment, Blood-Red Pupils was so excited he almost wanted to cry.

He clicked "Start Game" without hesitation.

"Whoa! This is awesome! So cool!

Is this the new hero, Zhao Yun?

This modeling! This animation!

Truly handsome!"

After entering,

Blood-Red Pupils first briefly adapted to the changes in the lobby UI

and took a few screenshots to post on the forum.

"Brothers! Successfully launched!

Now I'm going to experience the changes in the Gorge!"

Then, without waiting to see the many replies,

he impatiently clicked "Start Game."

But after matching for a long time, he couldn't find anyone.

After a quick thought, Blood-Red Pupils realized

that most people hadn't gotten in yet!

They didn't have internet speeds as fast as his!

Some of those junk phones might not even be able to load in!

So he simply stopped matching

and played a bot match instead

to experience the new map.

Choosing his best hero, Miyamoto Musashi,

he discovered that Miyamoto Musashi had been reworked,

and the skills were a bit different from before.

This made him even more expectant of Miyamoto Musashi's in-game performance.

He then entered the game normally,

but he always felt something wasn't quite right.

Why was releasing skills so laggy?

No matter what he did, there was always a stuttering feeling,

and this was Ideal's latest phone model!

Could it really be this laggy?

However, after opening the settings to take a look,

he suddenly understood.