Agreeing to Create Bad Games, What the Hell Is ‘Titanfall’? Chapter 103
“This circle…”
At that moment, inside the Huaguo team.
Eggplant stared at the map and clicked his tongue with a troubled look.
“D**n, this is tough…”
Currently, teams from Huaguo, Nihon, and Goryeo were each holding a corner of the map.
The Nihon team was in the north, at the bottom of a slope, guarding a lonely two-story house. They had no vehicles—and didn’t need any.
The Goryeo team was in the east, halfway up the mountain, hiding behind an Old Eight Funhouse. They had a jeep, but it was already smoking.
As for Eggplant’s squad representing Huaguo, they were in the south, on a hillside, hiding behind a massive rock. They had a smoking motorcycle and a trike.
Once the circle shrinks, they’ll be the first to be forced into the blue zone.
They were now effectively pinned down by both teams.
If they rushed the building to get into the safe zone, they’d be handing the win to Team Goryeo on a silver platter.
After all, the Goryeo team was still a full squad.
They didn’t even need to rush—they could just wait for Huaguo and Nihon to fight it out, then clean up what’s left.
But if Eggplant and the others decided to rush the Goryeo team—
The two Nihon players holed up in the building would make a move.
With only two players left, they needed to whittle down both Huaguo and Goryeo while they fought, in order to protect their building.
Either way, they were screwed.
“How about we just pick one and go for it, Egg Bro,”
With forty seconds left before the circle closed in, Tuanzi was getting restless.
“If we wait any longer, we won’t even have the chance to rush in!”
Eggplant and XTT both frowned and hesitated.
Just like Tuanzi said—
If they didn’t go now, things would only get worse.
They’d not only face crossfire from both teams but risk getting caught in the deadly shrinking zone.
By this point, the seventh circle’s damage was already intense.
“Let’s give it a shot!”
With that, XTT took the lead. He drew the sniper rifle from his back and leaned out from behind the rock, trying to get a bead on the Goryeo team by the toilet.
But before he could even aim—
Bang! Puff!
Two gunshots rang out almost simultaneously from the building and the toilet!
A spray of blood burst from XTT’s chest as he was forced back behind cover!
“Motherf**ker!”
A curse burst out!
Both teams were targeting them!
XTT, still young and hot-blooded, refused to accept it.
When had anyone ever dared to snipe him?
He pulled out his last smoke grenade and lobbed it past the rock.
Clink—
The grenade hit the ground and released a thick cloud of smoke, cutting off the building’s line of sight.
“F**k it, let’s hit the Koreans! They’ve got the numbers! Egg Bro, give me cover!”
As he spoke, XTT used a med kit and downed an energy drink, picking his sniper rifle back up.
He and Eggplant exchanged a look and nodded.
Rat-a-tat-tat—
Rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat—!!!
Eggplant stretched his hand out from the side of the rock and opened fire toward the toilet.
Meanwhile, XTT waited for the right moment, peeked out, and locked in with his 8x scope!
In his sights—the Goryeo sniper appeared dead center!
The crowd went wild!
With a pre-aim that looked like a wallhack, it’s no wonder people demanded an investigation!
Bang! Crack!
Two gunshots rang out!
XTT was instantly reduced to a sliver of health—even with a level 2 vest, he took 68 damage from a 98K shot!
But the enemy sniper?
Dropped instantly—
Headshot kill with a single shot!
Right after that—
A storm of gunfire erupted across the field!
The Goryeo team unleashed a hail of bullets toward the rock and scrambled to revive their fallen teammate.
Their goal was twofold—
Suppress XTT’s deadly accurate shots,
And pin down Huaguo before the circle closed in.
Eggplant returned fire like a madman, trying to suppress Goryeo’s firepower!
“One down! Let’s go!”
At this point, this was the best outcome they could’ve hoped for.
The smoke blocked Nihon’s view.
They hadn’t lost any teammates and had taken down Goryeo’s main sniper.
Fifteen seconds until the circle shrinks.
Time to go—all in.
But just then!
Tuanzi, who had been silent this whole time, finally spoke up:
“Egg Bro, TT, let me do it.”
As he spoke, he pulled the last frag grenade from his backpack.
“No way, they’re not in the toilet,”
XTT had seen clearly—
“They’re hiding behind it to avoid exactly this kind of grenade toss. You won’t reach them.”
“I never said I was tossing it,”
Tuanzi smiled, lifting the smoking motorcycle off the ground.
“You two have the better aim—you can’t afford to take damage in this push,”
“Besides, I promised my mentor we’d get the chicken dinner this round,”
“I’m counting on you!”
With that—
Tuanzi hopped on the motorcycle, kicked the clutch, and twisted the throttle!
VROOOOM—!!!
The engine roared to life!
Gripping the handlebars tight, Tuanzi charged into the smoke!
In that moment, Eggplant and XTT understood what Tuanzi was about to do!
“Cover fire!!!” Eggplant roared!
They both grabbed their rifles and started unloading toward the toilet!
Gunfire erupted across the field!
【Circle 8 is about to close in!】
The commentator’s voice crackled with tension inside the stadium!
【Ten—Nine—Eight…】
【…Three—Two—One!!!】
Zzzzz—
The countdown ended!
The circle began shrinking!
And at that exact moment—
WHOOSH—!!!
A smoking motorcycle burst through the haze, charging straight toward Team Goryeo!
Hearing the bike approach, two Goryeo players peeked out—
And saw a twin-tailed figure racing straight at them on the bike!
“Block that crazy bastard—!”
RATATATATA—!!!
Gunfire exploded.
Blood mist burst from Tuanzi’s body—
But instead of panicking, he opened his mic to all:
“My mentor taught me this one!”
“Moto—Killer—Hahahahahaha—”
BANG!
The final bullet pierced Tuanzi’s head.
His twin-tailed body crumpled off the bike like a rag doll, tumbling across the ground.
But the motorcycle kept going—
And crashed straight into Goryeo’s already smoking jeep.
BOOM!
A fireball erupted—
Both vehicles looked ready to explode.
Then—
Clunk clunk—
A round object rolled across the ground.
All four Goryeo players turned their eyes downward.
They watched as a little green frag grenade rolled right up to the motorcycle tire.
“Oh f**k no—”
BOOM! BOOM!
BOOM—!!!
Three massive explosions erupted behind the toilet!
Fire and smoke billowed into the sky!
The motorcycle and jeep both detonated—sent flying into the air!
A mushroom cloud rose behind the toilet!
The killfeed lit up with [Xiao Tuanzi]’s name!
FOUR KILLS!
The full squad was wiped out in an instant!
WAAAA—!!!
The entire arena exploded!
Eggplant and XTT shouted in unison, voices nearly cracking:
“Fking awesome!!!”
“Tuanzi is a fking legend—!!!”
The sudden turnaround threw the two remaining Nihon players in the building into complete disarray.
“Hurry! Snipe them! They're pushing the building!” (Japanese)
The teammate with the S686 shotgun yelled and rushed down to the first floor.
“I got it, I got it! You hold the door—I’ll take the sniper position!”
The one with the 98K stayed on the second floor, aiming toward the Huaguo team.
But just as he raised his sniper—
He froze.
On the hillside—
A trike was charging down the slope in a wobbly zigzag path!
Despite its awkward S-pattern driving, it just refused to flip over!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Zip zip—
Bullets whizzed past Eggplant and XTT’s ears, but not a single one hit. The trike’s movement was simply too unpredictable.
“Yo—Mr. Hotshot, getting nervous, aren’t we?! Hahahaha!”
XTT, at the wheel, laughed out loud, mimicking Teacher Ma’s voice while swerving left and right, baiting every last bullet out of the sniper’s mag!
“You think I’m playing with you? Not a single hit—how you feeling now?”
Before the words finished—
The trike reached the base of the building with a clang, crashing into the short wall and billowing smoke.
XTT leaped off the vehicle, yanked his sniper from his back, and racked the bolt.
Clack!
“Time to show off some instant-snipe magic!”
He raised the barrel—aimed straight at the second-floor window!
The Nihon sniper had just reloaded and peeked out again, trying to get a shot at XTT—
In that flash of a moment—
XTT lifted his scope.
The audience didn’t even get to see what was in his reticle.
BANG!
The gun went off.
A hot bullet tore through the air, entered the sniper’s jaw, and exited through the top of his head.
A crimson burst splattered across the ceiling.
Instant snipe. Instant kill.
At that moment—
Eggplant had already rushed to the door!
As he pushed it open—
Thud thud!
Two muffled shots rang out!
Maybe out of sheer panic, the Nihon player guarding the door hadn’t expected Eggplant to push the door and not step in.
He emptied both shotgun shells at nothing.
Only then did Eggplant appear in the doorway.
“Yo—Mr. Hotshot, you done shooting? Guess it's my turn now, huh?”
Seeing Eggplant step through the doorway, the Nihon player completely panicked!
He threw away the shotgun, backed up, and drew a Desert Eagle from his waist!
Then he started blasting wildly at Eggplant!
BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG!
Bullets flew!
But Eggplant suddenly started twitching left and right like a madman, dodging with exaggerated head movements while laughing wildly:
“Time for the Tilted Head—Special Technique!”
Seven bullets!
Not a single one hit!
Seeing this, Eggplant let out a sinister grin, pulled out the frying pan from his back, and hurled it hard!
“WDNMD—!!!”
“CHICKEN DINNER!!!”
Whoosh!
Duang!
【Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!】
With the golden victory banner flashing on the massive screen at the center of the Bird’s Nest!
Flames erupted from the stage!
Fireworks exploded around the venue!
Two custom-made fireworks shot into the sky, bursting into brilliant displays!
One exploded into a sky full of stars, forming the iconic PUBG frying pan logo.
The other formed four bright red letters—
PUBG!
Tens of thousands of people in the arena erupted!
BOOOOOM——!!!
The screaming reached an ear-splitting peak!
Roars of disbelief echoed through the stadium!
“Fking legend—!!! Huaguo team is fking legendary!!!”
“Holy sh*t, that was unreal! Turns out Teacher Ma really taught them the good stuff!”
“WDNMD that final wave was fking insane! Are you fking Li Tiannan?!”
“Moto Killer! Instant Snipe! Tilted Head Technique! All of them were Ma’s signature moves—HAHAHAHA!”
“All maxed out!”
“This was a f**king show and a half!”
“I paid too little! I’d happily pay a thousand more just for this show match!”
“I’m sorry, Teacher Ma!”
“Teacher Ma, this glorious age really did go as you wished—hahahaha I’m crying and laughing at the same time!”
“I propose this match happens once a year—no! Once a month!”
Front half: explosive.
Middle part: hype.
Ending: earth-shattering.
Amid waves of fireworks—
The sixth Asian Esports Games officially came to an end!
The golden crown, the golden scepter, even the crystal trophy for the exhibition match—
All stayed in the Bird’s Nest, all stayed in Huaguo!
And PUBG, thanks to this unprecedented hype, blew up even more in the gaming scene!
The very next day after the event—
IG, VG, IFTY, 4AM, 17, RNG, and over a dozen other PUBG pro teams announced their formation.
Countless young people with dreams of esports entered the field, dedicating themselves to the industry.
At the same time, wave after wave of streamers rose with the momentum—comedy streamers, skill streamers, chaos streamers, even old-timer meme lords—each found their own audience.
With more viewers and more players, the in-house project team became stretched thin.
So, under Gu Sheng’s suggestion, the Golden Wind Operations Department was founded and began recruiting ten new operations team members.
Very soon—
That same afternoon the job posting went live—
The first candidate arrived at Golden Wind with his resume.
The young man was around 27 or 28 years old. His appearance was ordinary, his clothes were ordinary—he was, in every way, an extraordinarily ordinary person.
“Hello, President Shen. Hello, Director Gu. My name is Wang Xiaoming. I’m 27 years old and majored in Modern Art and Design,”
“I taught myself the two mainstream programming languages used in current sensory cabins and am currently diving deep into the Volix operating system,”
“Right now, I work as an external business representative for an insurance company.”
Wait—what???
Hearing Wang Xiaoming’s introduction, Gu Sheng was completely dumbfounded.
Can I ask him to repeat that?
A modern art graduate working in insurance… who self-taught programming and systems operations?
Bro… you’re juggling way too much.
Have you dabbled in postnatal care for sows too?
Gu Sheng scratched his head.
Wang Xiaoming seemed to notice his confusion and smiled slightly.
“Actually, I’ve admired Golden Wind for a long time,”
“It’s Golden Wind that made my ordinary life feel extraordinary,”
“In fact, the reason I started learning programming and operations was so that one day, I could join Golden Wind and make my life more colorful.”
“Oh?”
Gu Sheng raised an eyebrow.
“Because of Golden Wind? You play our game?”
“Yes.”
Wang Xiaoming nodded.
“You might not know my real name, but my in-game ID might ring a bell.”
Gu Sheng leaned forward with interest.
“What’s your ID?”
Wang Xiaoming smiled.
“I’m Ordinary Xiao Wang.”
Holy sh*t!
The moment he said it, Gu Sheng’s heart skipped a beat!
This name wasn’t just familiar—it was iconic!
Among the highest-subscribed Left 4 Dead MODs, 8 out of 10 were made by this Ordinary Xiao Wang!
Lightsabers, laser guns, character models, zombie models, even special gameplay maps—every beloved MOD was his work!
He didn’t just understand what players wanted—he delivered.
More importantly, he had both creativity and skills!
For game content updates, he could assist Gu Sheng in enriching game features, thanks to his art design background.
For external promotions, his product sales experience meant he could handle communication and outreach.
For game maintenance, he had enough self-taught engineering knowledge to cover the basics. Maybe not as professional as a CS grad, but more than qualified to be a general manager.
Thinking of all that—
Gu Sheng glanced at Shen Miaomiao.
Shen Miaomiao looked back with a questioning gaze.
Whether this guy was a keeper or not—that was Gu Sheng’s call. She didn’t really understand all that technical stuff.
Gu Sheng understood her meaning and gave a subtle nod.
He’s a keeper. A rare all-rounder.
“Then welcome aboard, Mr. Wang Xiaoming.”
The “puppet CEO” Shen Miaomiao followed up with a smile after seeing her company's behind-the-scenes boss nod.
“Starting tomorrow, you’ll be the Operations Department’s deputy director under Director Gu,”
“Please report to work formally tomorrow.”
Wang Xiaoming: ???
“Wait… I’m… a deputy director?”
“Oh, right,”
Shen Miaomiao slapped her forehead.
“Technically, yes, since Director Gu also serves as the head of Operations.”
Wang Xiaoming looked even more bewildered.
That wasn’t the issue!
He wasn’t asking about the title!
He meant—he just came over from selling insurance, how did he end up starting as a manager!?
He… he just wanted an entry-level position, that’s all???
But before he could gather his thoughts, Shen Miaomiao had already stood up and patted Gu Sheng’s shoulder.
“I’ll leave him to you, Old Gu. I’m going to grab a coffee—I stayed up late watching dramas last night, dead tired.”
With that, she walked straight out of the conference room.
Wang Xiaoming sat there like a robot, mouth open, watching her leave in shock.
Gu Sheng had seen this reaction many times before.
Back when the project team was formed—Jiang Yun, Kai Lang, Jiang Shan, and the others all had the same exact reaction when they heard their salaries and benefits.
So, he cleared his throat and began his legendary onboarding speech—