17: Chapter 017 Closed Beta Update

After speeding through Old Kui's playthrough video.

Zhou Yang had to admire that Old Kui really had skill.

He coordinated skillfully with the NPCs and even employed some tactics.

He successfully drove the Japanese Invaders off the bridge.

Although he only held it for a few minutes before it was bombarded.

It was still a commendable feat.

Looking at the other streamers, they weren't playing a game; they were simply livestreaming various ways to die.

As a technical streamer, Old Kui loved challenging difficulties.

At this moment, in Old Kui's livestream room.

Over a hundred thousand viewers were frantically spamming the chat, celebrating Old Kui's successful completion.

"Hahaha, Old Kui, you are the first among all beta testers to clear it."

"I saw a streamer who played seven or eight times and got more and more broken as he went; it was hilarious."

"Old Kui didn't disappoint me; he cleared it. Devs, what's so hard about this?"

"I suggest the devs increase the difficulty. It's only the first day of the beta, and it's already been cleared."

Zhou Yang came to Old Kui's livestream room and saw these comments.

He ignored them.

They're tough-talking now, but in a few days during the open beta, they'll learn their lesson when they get crushed to the point of questioning their lives.

Besides, this battle at Bazi Bridge was just an appetizer.

The subsequent battles are the real eastern meat grinder.

If he wasn't afraid that starting with a high-difficulty instance would drive them away.

He definitely would have given them a real taste of it.

...

The second day of the beta.

Zhou Yang had just woken up when a call came through.

He picked it up and saw it was from Yang Ruoxue.

"Hello, Sister Yang, what is it?"

"Yiteng Group's new game is in beta. I didn't expect them to actually dare to release it."

"It's fine. If they want to copy, let them. In this amount of time, what kind of thing could they possibly copy?"

Zhou Yang didn't think much of Yiteng Group.

It was impossible for them to copy everything.

If they really did that, it would be even better.

He would just copy them back and make a new game.

Afterward, Zhou Yang opened the trending list.

On this second day, wwii: eastern meat grinder was on the trending list once again.

It occupied several spots on the trending list directly.

#wwii: eastern meat grinder difficulty is shocking, is this a game for humans?#

#eastern meat grinder, real war!#

#Average survival time is ten minutes, this game is too hardcore!#

He scrolled all the way to the bottom of the trending list before seeing the beta test search for Yiteng Group's new game.

Seeing this, Zhou Yang felt even more relieved.

In the morning, Zhou Xiaoyi started her stream again.

After a night of adjustment, she had returned to her usual state.

Just after she started, the chat in the livestream room began to flood with comments.

"Sister Yi, someone cleared Bazi Bridge yesterday."

"Old Kui cleared it in seven hours, breaking the record, with a survival time of over 4 hours and a game rating of 90 points."

"Yeah, that's the most insane data I've ever seen."

"I originally thought this game was very difficult, but as expected, a pro is a pro."

Zhou Xiaoyi looked at the comments and quickly understood what had happened.

"Huh? How did he clear it? Did anyone record a video?" Zhou Xiaoyi asked, surprised.

"There's a video, but you probably can't learn it."

"Yeah, Old Kui's maneuvers left me stunned."

"I feel like Old Kui must have been a soldier; otherwise, he wouldn't know so much."

Seeing this, Zhou Xiaoyi immediately abandoned the idea of learning it.

Forget it, single-player mode wasn't for her.

If she really had to rely on herself, who knows when she would ever clear it.

Anyway, playing online, she could just have someone carry her.

"Sister Yi, Yiteng Group's new game is in beta. It's said to be a direct competitor to wwii: eastern meat grinder and is an unlimited beta. Do you want to apply?"

Zhou Xiaoyi saw this comment and shook her head.

"Better not. I'd rather play a trash game than play Yiteng Group's plagiarized game."

Currently, so much of her traffic came from livestreaming eastern meat grinder.

If she went to stream something else and her traffic dropped, what then?

Besides, it's not like everyone doesn't know what kind of company Yiteng Group is.

If she really livestreamed Yiteng Group's game, her reputation would probably be ruined.

"Let's just continue streaming eastern meat grinder today."

Saying this, Zhou Xiaoyi opened the game.

However, as soon as she opened the game, she realized it had updated.

"Updated? What did it update?"

Zhou Xiaoyi immediately checked the update content.

[New mode, Instance Mode; you can respawn within Instance Mode.]

[Rank System: Achieve a high game rating to earn Rank Points, raise your rank, and unlock more game features.]

After reading these two items, Zhou Xiaoyi's eyes lit up.

Instance Mode allows respawning; this is perfect for a noob player like her.

She really couldn't clear it with one life.

The players in the livestream room were very surprised to see this update.

This update was just released, right?

After all, they hadn't seen any update notifications in other livestream rooms.

So, viewers immediately ran to other livestream rooms to tell the streamers about the game update.

Those who were currently playing the game went straight to get themselves killed so they could exit the game and update.

Anyway, they had died so many times they were already used to it.

This update was fast.

It took Zhou Xiaoyi a few minutes to finish the update.

Afterward, she impatiently opened the game.

Entering the game, she immediately found the Instance Mode entry in the game lobby.

Clicking on Instance Mode, the first thing that met her eyes was still the Bazi Bridge battle.

Zhou Xiaoyi couldn't help but twitch the corner of her mouth.

Why is it still this one?

So these two updates were just applying a patch.

However, she didn't dwell on it and clicked start game directly.

The same opening; Zhou Xiaoyi couldn't wait to rush up with the NPCs and die.

She wanted to see if she could respawn.

Zhou Xiaoyi rushed to the front line, holding a rifle, charging forward without fear of death!

"Li Dongyang, don't run so fast."

Someone seemed to be calling her from behind, but Zhou Xiaoyi didn't pay any attention to it.

She was single-mindedly focused on running to her death to test the respawn.

Subsequently, she faced the enemy's artillery fire and charged onto the bridge.

Before she could even fire a shot.

She was immediately strafed by several machine guns.

Fortunately, she had turned off the pain sensation; if not for the impact, she might have thought she wasn't hit.

As her vision went black, three large red characters appeared before her eyes.

[You died.]

Then she looked for the respawn option, wanting to respawn.

But the next moment, a string of text appeared before her.

[Li Dongyang, 1914-1937, from Hongdu, enlisted in 1934 and joined the German-trained 88th Division... Died on August 13, 1937. He fought bravely, was the first to charge onto the enemy position, and sacrificed his life heroically.]

Zhou Xiaoyi finished reading this text.

She was instantly stunned.

What is going on?

At this moment, the chat reminded her that someone seemed to have called her Li Dongyang in the game earlier.

"Sister Yi, could it be that in Instance Mode, one life represents a new identity?"

"Yeah, I remember your game name is Zhou Yide, right?"

"If they really did it this way, how massive must the game's text be? Giving everyone an introduction, recording their life story."

"Wait, why do I feel like what's recorded above is mainly combat experience?"

"Do you think if Sister Yi hadn't just rushed to die and lived until the next day, there would be a different result?"

Seeing this, Zhou Xiaoyi felt that what the chat said made sense.

"Brothers, I'll try a few more times to see."

Saying this, Zhou Xiaoyi continued to click the text.

At this time, another piece of text appeared.

[Letter to Family]

["To my esteemed parents: I have been ordered to hold Bazi Bridge. The Japanese Invaders have invaded our borders, and artillery fire fills the sky. All the brothers in my company are prepared to die; we will not let the enemy take a single step across our line. If I should die for my country, I hope you will not grieve too much. The people of Shanghai are displaced, and my gun is raised to protect my compatriots. My younger sister is still young, I trouble you both to care for her; if my wife wishes to remarry, do not stop her... The night is deep and the shelling has paused, I only hear the sound of the Huangpu River like weeping. Your unfilial son, bowing in farewell. July 8th, 26th Year of the Republic of China"]