28: Chapter 28 Everyone Here is Trash

Sao Hei felt his fingers trembling.

He couldn't help but light a cigarette and put it in his mouth,

taking two deep puffs,

before he felt a bit more comfortable.

Then, with one hand, he tapped the words "Start Game" in the middle of the screen.

After a slight lag of two or three seconds,

he successfully entered this bizarre and colorful world.

"Brothers, did you see that?

Apple enters the game with absolutely no pressure."

Sao Hei's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled,

and he couldn't resist bragging to the bullet chat again.

"Whoa, it really has to be Apple!"

"As expected of Apple, you really get what you pay for!"

"Awesome! I want to switch to an Apple for my next phone too,

even if I have to sell a kidney, I'm switching!"

Seeing this scene,

many Apple fans couldn't help but send bullet chats praising Apple's superior performance,

making Sao Hei even more self-satisfied.

The game lobby had completely changed its appearance;

the new hero, Zhao Yun, had already been released.

Sao Hei didn't hesitate either,

purchasing him directly.

It was only 6 yuan, not expensive at all.

"This character model is indeed handsome!"

"Squad Match? What's this?"

Sao Hei casually browsed the changes in the game,

sharing them with the audience in the livestream room at the same time.

"This update is actually quite big!

Let's not talk about anything else;

I'll let you all open your eyes

and see if playing honor of kings on an Apple is a breeze!"

He then entered the matchmaking system,

similarly starting a match.

However, he couldn't find a match for a long time,

because there really weren't many people who could enter the game right now.

Sao Hei was also getting anxious;

with so many viewers in the livestream,

he couldn't just keep them waiting like this, right?

Moreover, he really wanted to experience the updated honor of kings,

so he decided to play against the AI.

As expected, he got into an AI match very quickly.

He decisively chose the hero he just bought, Zhao Yun.

After all the heroes were selected,

it entered the loading screen.

However, at this moment,

an accident occurred.

He watched as the loading progress for all the other AI players reached 100%,

while the progress under his hero alone remained stuck at 99%,

unable to enter the game!

"What's going on?"

Sao Hei, tired of waiting,

couldn't help but start complaining.

The viewers in the livestream were all excited,

"Didn't you say Apple phones were awesome?

Isn't it still lagging?"

"The classic 99% freeze;

first it gives you hope,

then it gives you despair."

"Assessment complete: Apple phones are also trash!"

Seeing those bullet chats,

Sao Hei was so angry he just wanted to curse.

His whole body was overheating with rage,

his neck and face flushing red.

He said anxiously, "Wait a bit longer and see.

I don't believe Apple could be this trash;

it must be a game bug!"

That an Apple phone would lag—

he couldn't believe it in a thousand or ten thousand years.

After all, this was a phone he bought for 15,000!

But facts speak louder than words;

the game progress was stuck at 99%, not moving an inch.

Sao Hei really wanted to lash out;

this phone had really made him lose face in front of so many viewers!

He shut down the livestream directly,

so angry he wanted to smash the phone.

But remembering Blood-Red Pupils,

he felt he shouldn't do something as stupid as him,

so he continued to wait,

smoking one cigarette after another.

But as he waited,

he felt the phone getting hotter and hotter in his hand.

"Holy shit! It's not going to explode, is it?!

This phone is too damn hot!"

Sao Hei looked at the loading screen stuck at 99%,

and sighed helplessly.

"Sigh, forget it, let it be."

As he spoke, he quickly exited the game on his phone.

"What kind of shitty phone is this?

Apple is just like this too!

Even this Apple A8 Chip can't handle this game?

I'm really done with this!"

Although he had closed the livestream room,

there were still many people staying in the chat room,

constantly sending bullet chats.

Sao Hei took a quick look;

most of them were mocking him.

He then posted an announcement in his livestream room: "The host's house has a power outage.

Taking a day off, mwah~"

Seeing this announcement

made the viewers in the livestream even happier.

"Hahahaha, still pretending it's a power outage;

it's obviously because the phone can't enter the game!"

"But to be fair,

Apple phones are already quite impressive;

at least right after the update, it wasn't hot at all,

and it could even load the game to 99%!"

"This is killing me. Sao Hei bragged so much about how awesome Apple phones were before playing,

and now the phone can't even get in.

He's become a total clown now!"

Someone even posted this incident on the game forums,

which quickly sparked a lot of discussion.

"Wow! Can even Apple not manage to run honor of kings smoothly?

What kind of game has Tencent made!"

"The funniest part is Sao Hei frantically hyping up Apple phones before he started playing;

this is a real slap in the face."

"What's so 'slap in the face' about it?

Overall, Apple is still much more powerful than android!

Even the top-tier android flagships

can't play it smoothly either, can they?"

"android can't play it smoothly,

but Apple can't even get in at all!"

"They just finished downloading the game,

the phone is very hot,

and even then it loaded to 99%.

If you put an android in a refrigerator, it might barely be able to open the game;

what is there to brag about?"

"Alright, everyone stop arguing.

I, honor of kings, am not targeting anyone specific;

I just want to say one thing:

Everyone here is trash!"

This incident sparked a massive debate on the game forums;

the forums hadn't been this lively in a long time.

Sao Hei was also scrolling through those posts,

feeling quite worried at the moment.

If even his Apple 6 Plus couldn't run honor of kings smoothly,

what would happen to his future livestreaming career?

He relied on this for his livelihood after all;

if he didn't even have a phone that could play honor of kings,

how could he keep making a living off this game?

Could it be that honor of kings was going to go bust just like that?

He had just started to gain some fame through this game!

So, he posted another thread on the forum,

offering a huge reward for a phone that could run honor of kings smoothly,

with a reward amount of 100,000!

This post was also spontaneously pushed to the number one trending spot on the forum by game users.

"100,000 to buy a phone,

just to be able to play honor of kings smoothly?

Is it really that exaggerated?"

"I guess the person who posted this must be a streamer,

because he needs it for his livelihood!

If he can't play the game,

how is he supposed to livestream?"

"There's really no other way.

Instead of posting on this forum,

you'd be better off begging those phone manufacturers

to release phones with better performance.

Or go beg Tencent

to bring back heroic battle records.

What help can the brothers on the forum provide you?"

"Just use a knock-off phone;

knock-offs are the best.

I won't feel bad if it breaks,

and if it explodes, I'll even praise it for the loud bang,

since it's cheap anyway."

"A knock-off phone can't even fucking install the game,

and you're still talking nonsense here?"

Actually, the Apple 6 Plus wasn't to the point where it couldn't play the game at all,

but it was mainly because Tencent hadn't properly tuned the game before releasing it,

resulting in it not being well-adapted or compatible with many phones.

If special optimization and adaptation were carried out,

the Apple 6 Plus would actually be able to achieve basic smoothness even playing the honor of kings of later generations.

It was just that Sao Hei felt the phone was too hot at the time,

so he didn't dare to continue playing.

After all, if it really exploded, 15,000 would just go down the drain,

which wasn't worth the loss.

Moreover, Apple's heat dissipation was a pile of crap,

so it was indeed normal for it to get hot.

On Penguin's side, they were already extremely anxious.

They had just launched an S-grade project, honor of kings;

who would have thought it would suffer such a setback?

The project team also quickly released a Weibo announcement:

"Dear Summoners,

honor of kings is currently undergoing emergency repairs.

We are about to complete the adaptation and optimization for the vast majority of models.

Please be patient.

Little Daji also looks forward to meeting everyone in the Canyon."

Many players didn't buy it at all,

still cursing frantically in the Weibo comment section.

Ultimately, Penguin couldn't take it,

and simply closed the comment section.

This storm grew more and more intense,

and many people who didn't even follow games learned about it.

Peng Rizhao had been following this matter in the mobile gaming circle.

Since the release of honor of kings,

he had also been constantly lurking on the forums.

"Little Boss Bai actually predicted it correctly.

Could his xiaomi 5 really manage to play honor of kings smoothly?"

He also tried playing with the xiaomi 4 that Bai Jingqing had provided him,

finding it to be extremely laggy too.

Although he could download and install it,

he couldn't even think about starting a game.

Once a game started, it basically hovered around ten frames per second.

That frame rate was practically like a PowerPoint presentation;

he felt like he would vomit if he played for long.

Thinking of the xiaomi 5 that Bai Jingqing said could play honor of kings smoothly,

he eventually couldn't hold back anymore.

He shuffled the funds in his accounts,

prepared 300,000,

and then came to Bai Jingqing's shop again.

Just as he entered the shop, he found Bai Jingqing sitting behind the counter,

holding a phone in his hands,

playing honor of kings.

Peng Rizhao couldn't help but exclaim, "Holy shit! Little Boss Bai!

You're already playing?

Is this honor of kings?"

Bai Jingqing looked at the newcomer;

it was Peng Rizhao.

"Oh! You're here too.

How is it?

I was right, wasn't I?

This game is just laggy as soon as it comes out;

only this phone of mine can handle it."

Bai Jingqing greeted him,

without stopping the game in his hands.

Peng Rizhao stood by and watched for a while,

discovering that although the phone Little Boss Bai was holding still couldn't maintain a steady 60 FPS,

it was certainly much more than 30 FPS.

It wasn't to the point where he couldn't even enter the game,

and seeing him play against the AI, it was actually very smooth.

Bai Jingqing sighed while playing, "Sigh, there's no way around it.

Tencent still hasn't tuned it properly,

so it can't hold a steady 60 FPS yet.

But it's playable enough;

anyway, it's above 30 FPS,

which should be much stronger than other phones, right?"

Peng Rizhao nodded;

he had seen the performance of other phones with his own eyes.

Seeing Bai Jingqing motion for him to play for a bit,

he hurriedly took the phone from Little Boss Bai.

He played a match,

and it was indeed quite smooth.

"This time, I'm ordering 100 units directly!

I brought 300,000 in cash.

Little Boss Bai,

what you said before about 2,999 per unit still counts, right?"