Agreeing to Create Bad Games, What the Hell Is ‘Titanfall’? Chapter 95
“All done! Let’s roll!”
8 p.m. sharp, time for PUBG!
With a classic curtain-wipe across his mouth, Liu Peiqie dropped his bowl and chopsticks, then eagerly dove into the full-immersion gaming pod.
Meanwhile, in the voice channel, Liu Di, Donggua, and Xiaohei were already waiting, prepped and ready.
“Here, here, I’m coming…”
Peiqie fumbled in a hurry, downloading and installing PUBG as he spoke:
“Had to eat dinner, but I’m almost done now.”
Thanks to the pod’s high-bandwidth network, the download speed was way faster than a normal PC platform.
“Less talk, more action. Get online, we’re all waiting for you.”
Before long, Peiqie finished downloading and entered the game.
“I’m in! Pull me in, pull me in!”
Even though they hadn’t started a match yet, just being in the game already had Peiqie and the others hyped as hell.
After all, they’d been waiting for this game for what felt like forever.
Five months of pure waiting, just like all the other players—getting by on nothing but promotional images.
Meanwhile, the live stream chat was blowing up:
“Happy New Year, Happy New Year!”
“WDNMD, it’s finally here! I’ve been waiting forever!”
“Hahaha, classic 16+ game tags slapped on. This is the vibe.”
“D*mn it, everyone with a gaming pod must be playing by now. Poor me, stuck here watching the stream.”
“Ugh, don’t remind me. Us broke college boys are crying right now.”
“Checked yesterday, they say our local VR café can preload tomorrow. Woohoo!”
“I just wanna see if there’s skydiving.”
“No idea yet. Looks like Peiqie and the crew are the fastest streamers so far. Haven’t seen anyone else start a match yet.”
“Hurry up! If you’re slow, other streamers are gonna steal the hype!”
“Speed, speed!”
“…”
With the audience hyping them up, Peiqie’s squad quickly formed their team.
“Ready, ready, ready—”
“Let’s goooo!”
Peiqie shouted with excitement.
The game started!
The chat exploded, gifts flying in every direction!
Clearly, everyone was hyped beyond belief. Even viewers who usually didn’t tip were buying memberships, and some were even sending planes and rockets.
And this was just the pre-match lobby—no actual fighting yet!
As the screen flashed, the four of them landed in an abandoned square.
Peiqie looked around.
They were standing on a massive plaza, easily the size of two football fields, with a derelict plane sitting in the middle.
The east side was surrounded by hills, the west by ocean—a totally self-contained staging area.
At that moment, the square was packed with nearly a hundred people!
Some were running around, some practicing prone slides, others play-fighting in the spirit of fun, and a few more were climbing all over the wrecked plane!
The open mic chat was absolute chaos—
“Holy sh*t! There’s really a hundred people here!”
“Are we gonna skydive? Or is it random spawns?”
“Idiot! Eat my punch! Hahahahaha—”
“Come here, everyone! I’ve got an announcement—I’m an idiot!!!”
“Does nobody care about you in this world?”
“D*mn, you’re savage, bro.”
“Just a reminder—this isn’t a lawless land…”
“No wonder it’s 16+ rated. Pure freedom…”
“…”
The square was a mess of yelling, guys and girls alike, sounding like a flock of crows cawing away!
“Holy sh*t—”
Liu Di was shocked:
“This is f***ing nuts! Are these all real players?”
“Of course!”
Xiaohei replied.
“Look at the player count in the corner—already full at 100. Too many people playing, the servers can’t even keep up.”
“Holy sh*t goose goose goose goose…”
Peiqie made excited goose noises, itching to jump into the action.
These were all real players!
A massive 100-player free-for-all!
Only one team would survive in the end!
Thinking about it, Peiqie couldn’t hold back. His brain sparked with ideas, and he bolted to the wrecked plane, climbing onto the wing:
“Listen up! Everyone, listen to me!”
Peiqie had a loud voice. With that shout, nearby players all turned to look.
Standing high above the crowd, Peiqie raised his fists and declared:
“I’m a streamer! And I’m telling you, from now on, I’ll f***ing kill anyone I see! If you’re smart, come here and let me finish you off!”
Just then!
A cannon-like boom echoed across the square, like muffled thunder.
Then, a countdown timer appeared in the center of everyone’s HUD.
Seizing the moment, Peiqie bellowed even louder:
“My name’s the same wherever I go—I’m—”
“Dong! Gua! Qiang!”
Boom—
Instantly!
The entire square erupted!
Players all raised their fists, yelling curses at Donggua Qiang’s name while charging at Peiqie like a mob!
But before they could get him, the countdown hit zero!
Everyone’s screen went black, and the open mic cut off.
Donggua’s furious roar lingered in the team’s private voice channel:
“Peiqie! You d*mn idiot!!!”
The live effect was perfect!
The viewers were howling—
“Liu Peiqie, you’re such a d*ck.”
“Couldn’t hold it in at that last ‘I’m Donggua Qiang.’”
“Main vibe is all about flexing, getting your a** kicked with your bros.”
“Such a troll.”
“Peiqie knows how to make good content.”
“Is this even something a normal person would do?”
“But seriously, this Quality Square is hilarious!”
“Hahahaha, what the h*ll is a Quality Square with no quality.”
“Wife Cake has no wife, Quality Square has no quality, makes perfect sense.”
“LOL…”
Donggua kept cursing in the team channel for a full thirty seconds!
Until—
The roar of plane engines filled their ears.
Hiss—
In an instant, the banter stopped. All four of them held their breath.
Then—
A powerful gust of wind rushed in. They opened their eyes and gasped!
There they were, standing at the plane’s exit door.
Below them, ten thousand meters of open sky!
“OHHHHH—”
The entire cabin erupted in shouts!
Even though they’d all expected the game to include skydiving, seeing it in the actual game was still mind-blowing.
The chat exploded—
“Holy sh*t, there really is skydiving!”
“No one does it like you, Golden Wind!”
“No one knows what players want better than Shengzi!”
“Jump, jump, I wanna see how it looks!”
“This is gonna feel insane!”
“Honestly, the skydiving alone is worth the price, and he even threw in a shooter game. I’m crying.”
“Hurry up, I’m drooling here watching.”
The four exchanged glances, all itching to jump.
While they hesitated, other players were already diving out.
They knew—jump sooner, grab better loot, get ahead.
“Where we jumping?”
Xiaohei opened the map UI as they talked.
The flight path was west to east, roughly center of the map.
“Hmm…”
Liu Di thought for a second:
“Let’s hit P City. Looks like it has the most buildings, so probably the best loot.”
P City was right below them, a decent-sized town, seemed like a solid choice.
It was their first time playing, so they didn’t know much about the map, but they all agreed—P City it was.
“Let’s go!”
With that, Liu Di led the charge, diving out of the plane!
The other three followed close behind!
Whoooosh—
The wind howled in their ears as the buildings below got bigger and bigger.
The weightless feeling was like a shot of adrenaline, making them shout with excitement!
“Wuh—hoo—!!!”
“Holy sh*t, this is awesome!”
“Feels just like real skydiving!”
“…”
The four of them were screaming like kids.
As they plummeted, they all reached for their parachute pulls.
But!
No one wanted to be the first to open their chute!
“Di, why aren’t you opening your chute?”
“Bro, I’m playing for the thrill. You scared?”
“Scared my a**. Let’s see who opens last!”
“F*** yeah, whoever opens first is a loser!”
“D*mn, say it again—I’m not opening at all today!”
“…”
Their weird little contest had the viewers cracking up—
“Men gotta prove themselves.”
“Can’t resist a ‘you’re the boss’ compliment.”
“Extreme sports, huh? 98 bucks for this game, what a steal.”
“LMAO what kind of ridiculous contest is this?”
“Are you seriously not opening your chutes?!”
“They’re about to crash into the ground!”
“…”
As the chat blew up, the four of them were starting to look a little panicked.
The full-immersion system made skydiving feel incredibly real.
Seeing the ground rushing up, hearing the wind howling in their ears—no matter how much they knew it was just a game, they couldn’t help feeling their hearts race!
Xiaohei cracked first: “F***, Di, open your chute!”
“I’m not! You open! You open and I’ll open right after!” Liu Di was stubborn.
“You go first!”
“You go first!”
“You’re just repeating me now, d*mn it!”
The two bickered back and forth, the tension rising.
Finally, Peiqie couldn’t take it anymore, shrieking in panic:
“WDNMD I’m opening mine!”
Swoosh—!!!
Peiqie’s chute opened, followed closely by Donggua!
Seeing that, Liu Di and Xiaohei sighed in relief and grinned: “Haha, they chickened out, we win—”
Before they could finish…
Boom!
Boom!
Splat—
The sound of bodies hitting roofs, rebounding off railings, and falling to the ground echoed through the area.
Two figures smacked into a rooftop, bounced off, and tumbled down, landing as lifeless corpses.
Swoosh—
Two parachutes floated down and landed safely on the roof.
Looking at the neat little loot boxes on the roof and the two corpses on the ground, Peiqie shook his head:
“…You two are real d*mn idiots. I’m done.”
The chat lost it—
“Pride kills.”
“Extreme sports, not extreme suicide.”
“Hahahaha, what the h*ll.”
“Didn’t even get to start and they’re already dead.”
“Bro, you actually came to skydive?”
“You call that skydiving? A real skydive has a chute!”
“Walked off the plane like normal, turned into a box on landing.”
“Dropped in and boxed up, LOL.”
“…”
The viewers were crying with laughter.
Meanwhile, Peiqie and Donggua packed up their parachutes, when Donggua suddenly called out:
“Yo, Peiqie, look over there!”
Peiqie followed his gaze—
Down below, figures darted through the streets of P City, the heavy sounds of gunfire echoing through the town, creating a chaotic, blood-soaked atmosphere!
From the rooftop, Peiqie and Donggua had a perfect view of it all.
Killing, gunfire, blood, roars…
All the elements that fired up your adrenaline were surging through the streets, hitting their nerves like a hammer.
The intense visuals, the city-wide gunfire—it was thrilling.
No doubt about it.
Gu Sheng had delivered.
Everything he’d promised at the Asian Games Expo was now fully realized in the game.
And now!
The only task left for the players—
Dive headfirst into the chaos!
Take down your enemies! Be the king of the island!
Rustle rustle rustle—
While they were still taking in the scene, suddenly—
Footsteps.
They looked down, and saw a buzz-cut player in a white tank top enter the building right below them.
Donggua let out a squawk: “Peiqie! Peiqie, someone’s coming up!”
Peiqie saw him too. The adrenaline pumped him up, and he roared:
“DNM, get him! Get him! Get him!!!”
Sure, their teammates had trolled themselves to death before the fight even began.
But right now, it was still two versus one.
And the guy who just ran in was alone.
Peiqie and Donggua were feeling unstoppable. They kicked open the rooftop door and stormed down the stairs!
Peiqie led the charge!
Rounding the corner, he spotted the buzz-cut guy climbing up.
They locked eyes—both froze—then immediately raised their fists!
No guns? Then it was down to fists!
“Get him, get him! Donggua, get him! He’s alone, take him down!!!”
Peiqie roared!
He threw a punch, not caring about any sense of fairness.
Donggua, hearing the call, threw ethics out the window and lunged forward, yelling.
Thump thump—
Bam! Slam! Bang!
“Ah sh*t, stop hitting me! I’m a streamer…”
The sound of punches filled the narrow stairwell.
In just twenty seconds—
The fight was over.
The buzz-cut player was still standing, cracking his neck as he looked down at Donggua, who was cowering in the corner.
At his feet lay a corpse and a loot box.
Donggua looked at Peiqie’s body, then at the buzz-cut player’s fist the size of a sandbag.
He forced a grin, trying to butter him up:
“Hehe, bro…”
“If you’ve already beaten him, can we just leave it at that~?”
But the buzz-cut player didn’t even blink.
He walked up and said:
“So you’re Donggua Qiang, huh? I’ve been holding it in since the square. Take this!”
Bam!