There were quite a number of people following AliveAfter500Years in the gaming circles. As Fang Zhao's fame increased, the number of people following his game ID also increased. However, Fang Zhao rarely logged into his game account. When he logged in publicly, it was mostly because he was invited to participate in events. In private, he only logged in for a while during SilverLight team's internal training.
It had been a long time since Fang Zhao had participated in this sort of open global online competition. That was why there was talk of Fang Zhao retiring from the industry. In fact, most people in the gaming circle thought so.
In addition, before the launch of the commemorative map, various parties had scouted out Fang Zhao's whereabouts and found out that he was in seclusion composing, so they were relieved. There were also quite a few top battle teams that had considered things thoroughly. While formulating their battle plans, they had also formulated backup plans. What if Fang Zhao participated in the battle?
Of course, no esports club would want to carry out the backup plan.
After the opening of the new map, Silver Wing's first echelon main force had been on the field for quite a while, but AliveAfter500Years did not appear. Everyone had basically concluded that Fang Zhao would not be participating in the battle.
However!
"AliveAfter500Years that you are following is online!"
When this pop-up window popped up in front of tens of millions of people, everyone in the game froze for a moment.
All the players who saw the pop-up window:???
A certain team's Sharpshooter missed the target.
The moment this account came online, gamers all had their own guesses. Those who believed Jinro's words first thought that Fang Zhao's account had been hacked. Although Fiery Bird was the best in the industry when it came to security, nothing was absolute. What if? What if his account was hacked?
News of AliveAfter500Years going online spread in the gaming circles. All the live broadcast teams immediately changed their original marketing plans. The various e-sports forums were also in an uproar, and people who were originally focused on other teams also shifted their attention.
"What did I see?!"
"Has my Zhao God finally decided to forsake music and return to the esports scene!!"
"Don't be too happy just yet. According to the grapevine, Captain Qin of the SilverLight battle team said that Fang Zhao should be in seclusion composing. The person who is logging on to this account might not be him."
"You believe Jinro's words!! Learn about strategic bluffing! "
"Let's not talk anymore. Let's observe first. Whether it is Zhao God or not, we will know in a while. "
There were also some newcomers who did not know much about Fang Zhao and were unhappy to see veterans praising him.
New player: "I don't understand Fang Zhao, so I won't comment. But AliveAfter500Years doesn't sound nice. It's not domineering enough."
Veteran player: "What's the use of having a good game ID? You'll still be beaten like a dog when you enter!"
New player: "Is Fang Zhao really as good as the rumors say? I always feel that the legend is too exaggerated. "
Old player: "No, no, no. You can search for the battle that made him famous. When he was in Jianghu, you weren't. To you, he's just a legend, but to us, he's a god! "
Of course, not all veteran gamers were optimistic about Fang Zhao.
"… Stop bragging. All that's left of Fang Zhao is a legend," someone said. "Aren't there many people in our circle who are overly deified?"
"It cannot be denied that Fang Zhao is formidable, but no matter how formidable he is, he is just one person. As long as he does not join forces with the SilverLight battle team, he is actually not much of a threat."
Some people gradually realized that Fang Zhao was not with the SilverLight team. He was going to fight alone!
From the looks of it, there was indeed no threat.
However, he would still scold them when he needed to. Esports Team Chat Group
"Jinro! And you f * cking said that Fang Zhao isn't participating! "
"You all believe Jinro's words! I already said it was a strategic bluff!! "
"Luckily, luckily, we have a backup strategy."
"To be honest, not only am I not worried, I actually feel like my boots have landed on the ground.
Plan B, let's go! "
SilverLight team chat group:
"Captain, come quickly! What's going on? Didn't you say that Zhao God isn't participating? "
"That's right. Just because Captain said that Zhao God is in seclusion composing, no one in the team is going to disturb him."
"So are we going to change our strategy?"
"Could it be that … Captain, you are actually going to join forces with Zhao God for a secret strategy?"
"Perhaps Zhao God is just a leisure activity outside of composing?"
Jinro hurriedly replied, "Let me ask first. Team members, proceed with the original plan."
Actually, Jinro was also astonished. Based on his understanding of Fang Zhao, the chances of Fang Zhao participating in this month-long commemorative match were extremely low. Even if he was participating, he would surely let Jinro know and not suddenly do something like this. Although Fang Zhao was currently out of the gaming circle, it wasn't that he didn't understand the rules of the gaming circle. Fang Zhao wasn't so lacking in emotional intelligence.
Jinro was even more inclined to believe that Fang Zhao's account had been hacked.
Thus, Jinro got the team members not participating to keep an eye on Fang Zhao's movements. If they discovered any signs of an account being hacked, they were to immediately report it to Fiery Bird.
Jinro didn't have the time to care about those people denouncing him, nor did he intend to explain himself.
Why should Silver Wing's internal affairs be explained to you?
Don't say that I don't know. Even if I knew that Fang Zhao was coming, what's wrong with me setting up a smokescreen? All's fair in war!
You're already a professional e-sports person, yet you're still so naive!
Ignoring the sudden surge in private messages, Jinro looked around and saw that Fiery Bird hadn't issued an announcement of a hacked account, so he found some time to send Fang Zhao a message.
"Zhao God, look at me! I'm Little 9, 9th floor! "
"Are you here to make a guest appearance or do you intend to stir up some trouble? Do you need our cooperation? "
"The team just did a preliminary analysis of the new map. Do you want me to send you a copy?"
However, the private message was like a rock sinking to the bottom of the sea.
Jinro assumed that Fang Zhao was busy killing monsters and didn't have time to reply.
At the same time, as a game developer, Fiery Bird was also keeping an eye on AliveAfter500Years.
Fiery Bird headquarters.
"Hacked account?"
"There are no signs of a hacked account. There are no problems with the identity verification. There are no abnormalities at the back end."
"Can Fang Zhao be contacted?"
"Fang Zhao has set his' do not disturb 'mode. As we haven't figured out the situation, we didn't use emergency communication, but we left him a message and contacted his assistant."
"Mmhm, keep a close eye on him. If there are any signs of a hacked account, immediately freeze it!"
It wasn't that they were being overly sensitive, but AliveAfter500Years' account was really too special in the gaming circles. Furthermore, with Fang Zhao's current global influence, too many people were paying attention to him.
Somewhere on the game map.
"Hello everyone, I am your old friend, Strong Bubbles. Welcome to Bubbles' live broadcast. I am now at the edge of a beast nest, hiding in a small cave. I have put on a disguise, so no monsters have discovered me yet. However, if time passes, I can't say for sure. Let me show everyone my surroundings … "
He adjusted the camera so that the audience could see the situation outside the cave more clearly.
Although it was only the edge of the beast nest, they could already see monsters moving around.
Host Bubbles explained to everyone why he had chosen this location for his live broadcast. Based on the traces of AliveAfter500Years, he had predicted that AliveAfter500Years might appear here. Logically speaking, unless it was a team battle, a solo player wouldn't choose such a dangerous place to fight monsters. But Bubbles' intuition told him that a "storm" would definitely appear here.
Their team just happened to have an account nearby. They were hiding here, waiting for the "storm" to appear.
If their prediction was correct, they would be able to earn a huge sum of money this time.
Back then, host Bubbles had used the classic scene of Fang Zhao sweeping monsters like crazy to attract a lot of fans. He had also made a lot of money from the videos he had shot. Now, he was no longer a half-dead host who was still worried about failing to make a career change. He already had a pretty good small team.
It could be said that just the videos he had shot during Fang Zhao's rise to fame were enough to support his entire team.
They had always been on the lookout for this "sugar daddy" Fang Zhao.
In the truest sense, they had been on the lookout for him.
They had printed out the classic photos of Fang Zhao in the game and had even spent a lot of money on custom-made photo frames. Every time before a live broadcast, they would pay their respects. They didn't expect to be as lucky every time. As long as they were a tenth as lucky, they would have made a killing.
But after Fang Zhao had retired from gaming, there had been no sign of him in e-sports competitions. Bubbles' team could only track other players or teams. Of course, they didn't just randomly track him. With Fang Zhao in the lead, they would choose to track some of the more intense battles. They were the "storm chasers" of e-sports, pursuing every battle that could trigger a storm in the gaming circles.
After Bubbles had successfully made a career change, he realized that he was especially sensitive to the carnage in the game. The success rate of his predictions was also very high. Thus, his team had grown even bigger.
The accounts Bubbles used were different every time, and there were high and low accounts. Chasing after the storm was considered a highly dangerous activity in the game. It was too easy to game over.
The chances of surviving after experiencing a carnage were extremely low, unless one's luck was off the charts.
Suddenly, the monsters wandering outside the cave shook violently and looked in a certain direction.
Inside the cave, Bubbles also held his breath. He had heard a familiar voice approaching from afar.
"Tyrannosaurus rex! It's the voice of the Tyrannosaurus rex! "Bubbles was so excited that he wanted to cry.
After so many years, he could finally hear this voice again!
After AliveAfter500Years, more and more people used the Tyrannosaurus rex, but there was only one classic!
From Bubbles' point of view, AliveAfter500Years was different! He could hear the clear sense of oppression!
His heartbeat sped up. He was looking forward to it, but he also felt an indescribable fear.
The high-frequency roar of the engine was like a ferocious beast panting without a trace of hesitation. It even sounded a little … excited and impatient? Like a starving beast that had seen its prey?
No, it must be an illusion.
Bubbles shook off the thoughts that suddenly flashed through her mind and focused on listening to the movements around her.
The tires of the heavy-duty motorcycle screeched across the ground.
It's here!
Taking the risk of game over, Bubbles poked his body out a little and adjusted the live broadcast.
Originally, Bubbles had wanted to interact with the audience, but very quickly, he was stunned by the scene in front of him.
The beast horde that had been attracted by the sound gathered in one spot, quickly forming a moving storm circle.
He couldn't see anything except the moving "eye of the storm."
Flames spewed out from the storm center!
Blood splattered on the ground along with the beast corpses, and the rapid gunshots made people panic.
The beast horde that surged past suddenly set off waves, but when the tide receded, only a pool of stagnant water remained.
After an unknown amount of time, the storm receded into the distance. The gunshots gradually disappeared, and the surroundings became deathly still.
Coming back to his senses, Bubbles seemed to have finally found his breath and took a deep breath.
Coming out of the cave, he saw a thick pile of beast corpses at his feet. Upon closer inspection, he realized that every beast corpse had been killed with a single shot.
Stepping on the thick layer of beast corpses, Bubbles advanced with great difficulty in the direction AliveAfter500Years had left. It was much more strenuous than climbing a mountain, and he still had to be wary of any living beasts beneath the layer of beast corpses. He was worried that a beast with sharp teeth would suddenly bite him.
However, it was clear that he had worried too much.
There were no survivors.
It had been cleaned up cleanly.
Even though the moment of crisis had passed, Bubbles still felt his hair stand on end.
Looking up, it was literally a rain of blood and stench of foul wind. The front was covered with beast corpses, and a few of them were piled high into mountains. It was a dizzying sight.
Bubbles' legs went soft, and he knelt down.
Not only was the host Bubbles so scared that his legs went soft, even the audience that had seen the scene was shaken.
"With the power of one person … he massacred the entire beast nest …"
"There's only one person in the current gaming circles who can do this, right?"
"This move of his is even more savage than the battle that made him famous!"
Stolen account?
What account?!
In the entire gaming circles, besides Fang Zhao, who else had this ability?!
Not just the people watching the live broadcast, even the people from Fiery Bird who had been keeping an eye on this account were staring blankly at the screen in front of them, dumbstruck.
The new month-long commemorative map in the game had some rules that were different from the usual ones.
As long as one was willing to spend money to buy ammunition, one could have unlimited ammunition.
But! Anyone who played this game knew that having unlimited ammunition did not mean that one could do whatever one wanted in the game! This was a survival game! You could not even revive in the commemorative map! If you fell into a beast nest, unless you had a nuclear warhead, you would be dead!
Other than that, even if it was just a small wave of monsters, the model of the gun, the speed of switching, the ability to predict, react, battle techniques, and the surrounding environment would all be affected.
However, the scene before them had challenged their understanding of the world.
"Could there be a technical bug in our game?"
"That shouldn't be … impossible!"
"I just did a computer simulation. In this game, to achieve the power of one person to massacre the entire beast nest without the use of weapons of mass destruction, and excluding the factor of luck, every step must be done without error. Prediction, movement, efficiency, replenishment, switching, and other aspects must all reach the limits set by the game! They must all be impeccable!
It can be said that to achieve this is practically impossible. Even a ten-thousandth of a second delay will result in failure.
And he just so happens to be stepping on the 'limit'!
He is as tough as a supercomputer operating with precision! "
"Is there really no problem with the account? There are no signs of theft or cheating? "
The technical staff said helplessly, "There really isn't. At least our entire technical team did not discover anything. There are no abnormalities in the game. The account is normal. "
There was silence.
After a while, a technical staff looked as if his worldview had collapsed. "I think … this kind of person … should be banned from the game."
At the same time, videos and analysis posts appeared on various e-sports forums.
"It's appeared! Sliding and turning 360 degrees while simultaneously switching to a gun and firing! [Video] (Dangerous move, do not imitate!) "
"This is the legendary … God's Domain? [Video] "
"F * ck! This isn't PUBG, this is a one-sided massacre! [Video] "
On the social platform, the Silver Wing gaming team's official account also exploded with comments.
"AliveAfter500Years hasn't said a single word since he went online. No wonder he's the epitome of a man of few words!"
"I'm not here to pick a fight. I'm just here to pay my respects! Silver Wing, have you guys finally succeeded in persuading Zhao God to abandon the game for the sake of gaming?! "
"Some people don't belong to the game, but when they get up, they belong to the game. A storm is brewing, and it doesn't come with good intentions! "
"I can already smell the stench of blood on the leaderboards."
As the topic quickly spread, many live broadcast teams gave up on their original plans and switched to tracking AliveAfter500Years. They believed that with AliveAfter500Years's monster-slaying style, it was impossible for him to only wipe out one beast nest.
Indeed, as everyone expected, the storm caused by AliveAfter500Years was only the beginning.
The beast nests were slaughtered one after the other. AliveAfter500Years was like a super calculative machine, operating non-stop yet maintaining an extremely high efficiency. Not a single second was wasted, and it could safely survive every crisis.
On the individual leaderboards, AliveAfter500Years's individual points seemed to have a bug, constantly jumping up and down. He relied solely on killing monsters to firmly occupy the top spot.
Gradually, everyone realized what was going on.
Picking up treasures was secondary. Killing monsters was his true goal!
Savage!
Arrogant!
Crazy!
The attitude of a courageous person who would stab wherever there were many monsters!!
The people chasing him were left far behind. They could not even smell the exhaust fumes.
Very quickly, the headlines of the various e-sports forums appeared:
# Crazy point-sweeping demon 2.0
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