Chapter 14

Chapter 14: Public Opinion Outside the Game

The joys and sorrows between people are not shared. Ye Hao only felt that these players were noisy.

He never expected that his Foresight Skills seemed to have not malfunctioned, and the events that followed were exactly the same as what he saw in his Foresight Skills.

The demi-human slaves regarded him as Heroic, Saintess Zoe showed admiration towards him, and the players occupied Dawn Town in half a day, making Dawn Town the first stronghold of the demi-humans.

“Could it be that this beating was not accidental but predestined? It’s just that the Foresight Skills were fragmented, so I didn’t see it?”

Ye Hao pondered, standing alone on the terrace of the mayor’s mansion, looking at the large pit on the ground with some melancholy and sadness.

It was the pit that Clement had thrown him into when he beat him up earlier.

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The first test of “Cain Continent” has been going on for most of the day.

After an intense battle between the protagonist and the BOSS, reviews of the game appeared on various gaming media platforms like bombs, igniting the entire gaming world.

Among them, Lin Fan’s review post with videos, images, and text explanations took the lead, receiving a large number of likes and shares.

Of course, standing out from the crowd of reviews was not only because of the quality of his review but also because of the eye-catching title.

The title of the post was:

[Shocking! On the first day of testing a certain 100% immersive virtual reality game, the protagonist actually publicly had an affair with the BOSS in a pit!]

The spectators exclaimed at the audacity, never having seen such a bold display of affection before, and immediately clicked to watch and learn:

“Hello everyone, I’m your Brother Fan, long time no see, I vaguely remember the last time we met was the time before last.

Today, I bring you a game review of the recently popular new game “Cain Continent.” I only do the most genuine game reviews, please give me a follow, so you won’t get lost next time you watch~”

“It’s very fortunate to be selected as one of the first thousand testers out of over eight million pre-registered players. However, the total number of pre-registrations has now reached over twenty million, haha, a small-scale Versailles.

There are countless strategy videos and posts on the internet, and there are no particularly good strategies in the early stages of the game, so today I mainly want to talk to you about my feelings in this game.”

“Regarding this game, I only want to use three words to summarize and explain it step by step: real, hardcore, and epic.”

“I believe everyone has seen the official promotional video of the game, and many people doubt whether the quality of the actual game can reach the level of the promotional video.

Now, I will give a unified answer to this question: the actual game quality is completely consistent with the promotional video, without any discrepancy.”

“Now, let me talk about why I say this game is real.”

“I believe everyone has played many virtual reality games, and the factors that affect whether these games are realistic mainly come down to three aspects: modeling and environmental details, the player’s sensory experience, and the NPC’s AI level.”

“In the game “Cain Continent,” the sensory experience has indeed reached one hundred percent. Standing in the game, all your senses seem to be in a real world.

As the viewers who watched my live stream should know, the first thing I did when entering the game was to slap myself. I want to say that the feeling of this slap is exactly the same as the feeling of slapping myself in real life. If you don’t believe it, you can try it in the game later.”

“As for modeling and environmental details, I feel that my pale language cannot perfectly describe my feelings. Everyone can directly watch the video. This is a part of the real-life footage I captured (link).”

“It can be said to be lifelike, even the pores and the pulsation of blood vessels can be clearly seen. Actually, there were more vivid combat scenes, but they were not approved because they were too realistic.”

“What impressed me the most was the NPC system of this game. I also have a video of a conversation with the NPC Saintess Zoe, who is currently the most popular NPC. Everyone can take a look (link).”

“We can clearly see that the NPC’s actions are almost like a real person. They have different answers to different questions, they will think, hesitate, and even be shy (picture) and angry (picture) when players tease them. Isn’t it cute? And NPCs will selectively communicate with more polite players.”

“So, here I want to remind everyone that in the future, when entering the game, you must treat NPCs as real people, you will thank me.”

“Next, let’s talk about the second aspect, hardcore. ‘Cain Continent’ is one of the most hardcore games I’ve ever played.

In the game, you are like having a powerful body, but you are a big fool who doesn’t know any skills.

Warrior’s Slide Tackle (picture), Shield Bash (picture), and Whirlwind Slash (picture) all require you to make movements similar to skills to be judged as successful, so you can mobilize the special energy in your body to produce corresponding effects of knockdown, dizziness, and knocking away.”

“As for mage skills,

This is a Fireball (picture), as a mage, the feeling is that besides chanting meticulously, you also have to feel the flow of magic power in your body according to the skills description.

Don’t argue with me, when you really enter the game and choose a mage later, you will find that the feeling of magic flow is real.”

“Some people may think that playing such a hardcore game is difficult, but in my opinion, this kind of realistic hardcore experience is where the fun of a game lies. When you master a skill through your own efforts, the sense of achievement is unparalleled.”

“Finally, let’s talk about the epic feeling. As everyone already knows, this is a world of swords and magic, but this world is not an empty shell, but a world with a profound historical and cultural heritage.

Brand new text (picture), brand new customs (picture) (picture), here are the disputes of various countries, as well as the epic songs of blood and tears, behind each NPC there is his own life and story.

I really can’t imagine how much effort the game development team must have put in to build such a vast worldview.”

“Another important point is that this game has no refresh mechanism. The dead NPCs are really dead, and what happened will not happen again.

That is to say, future players will not be able to experience our current plot, they can only follow our current plot to continue moving forward.

In this game, we players are really participating in the development of this game world, leaving our own footprints in the game. We are not only creating the history of the game, but also creating our own legends!”

“At last, you’ve also noticed. I’ve said so much content, but it’s not very related to my title.”

“I, Lin, am certainly not a clickbaiter, so please watch an exciting battle video from the game as a summary of this review.

Friendly reminder~ The video includes the protagonist and the currently popular BOSS, Eagle Lord, as mentioned in the title. (Link).”

“So, this review ends here. Dawn Town is still under construction, and I need to contribute more. See you next time.”

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In less than half a day, Lin Fan’s game review has received tens of thousands of comments.

Lucky players selected for the first test have left their marks to prove the authenticity of the review. The bystanders who couldn’t play the game, apart from eagerly anticipating the opening of the game, have also truly experienced cloud gaming.

Everyone is discussing vigorously under the game review post, and some have even begun to imagine what they would do in the game.

In addition to Lin Fan’s review post, there is also a post that quoted the video Lin Fan placed at the end, which has been pushed to the top.

The owner of the post is the Sleepless Penguin, and the title is:

[Bold Speculation about the Love-Hate Relationship between Protagonist Ye Hao and Eagle Lord]

The post begins with a video of the battle between Eagle Lord Sivey and the protagonist Ye Hao, with some screenshots and explanations below.

“At present, ‘Cain Continent’ has been tested for a day, and the general plot has been outlined.

The main storyline is to help the demolished demi-human country restore its country and make the Cologne Empire pay for its blood debts. It is said that behind these disputes, there are the shadows of the gods, but currently, there is insufficient game data, so let’s talk about what we know.”

“(Picture) (Picture) This is the male protagonist Ye Hao of our game plot. Do you think that just by looking at his appearance, you feel that the game plot must be smooth sailing?”

“If you believe that, you’re being naive. I suspect the game planners designed the male protagonist akin to Long Aotian to mislead us. Ye Hao’s identity is far more complex than that. He should be seen as a tragic character, and Eagle Lord is more than just an antagonist.”

[E/N: “Long Aotian” (龙傲天) is a common character archetype in Chinese martial arts fiction. It typically refers to a male protagonist who is exceptionally talented, often arrogant, and sometimes depicted as a dominant figure in the martial arts world. ]

“According to the information we already know, Eagle Lord’s Winterkeep is particularly far from Dawn Town, how far exactly? Probably as far as the distance of a province.

And Dawn Town is just the barren land at the edge of the Eagle Territory, belonging to the desolate and lawless zone where birds don’t shit, why would the Lord of the Eagle Territory, who has nothing to do, come here?”

“Yes, he came for Ye Hao. When Eagle Lord appeared, his gaze deliberately or unintentionally fell on Ye Hao, there is a screenshot to prove it (picture) (picture).”

“As the plot progresses, Eagle Lord kills all players, but strangely, he doesn’t touch Ye Hao. If you say they don’t know each other, I don’t believe it.

Eagle Lord’s gaze at Ye Hao clearly indicates that he is very familiar with the protagonist Ye Hao, but Ye Hao looks completely unfamiliar with Eagle Lord. (Pictures) (Pictures)”

“So what caused for this to happen?”

“Before returning to the plot, when players entered Dawn Town, Ye Hao once said he was a knight of the Griffin family, bringing knight followers to seek refuge with the lord.”

“This is an excuse to enter Dawn Town, but it also allows players with intentions to discover the connection.”

“As shown, (picture) this is a screenshot of a conversation with a merchant in Dawn Town. This merchant tells players that the Griffin family used to be a subsidiary of the Golden Lion family.”

“Here, do you all think of the possible relationship between Ye Hao and Eagle Lord?”

“I boldly speculate that Ye Hao may be Eagle Lord’s half-brother from the same father but different mothers, and Ye Hao is probably a bastard, with a low status, sent away and arranged into the Griffin family at a young age.”

“But Eagle Lord has always been paying attention to the existence of his brother, which can also explain why Eagle Lord appeared in Dawn Town, which is so far away.”

“The struggle for power between noble heirs is obviously very fierce, so Sivey Golden Lion, himself came all the way here especially to deal with Ye Hao, a potential threat, and to rid Ye Hao of thoughts he shouldn’t have.”

“In addition, in the battle between Ye Hao and Lord Sivey, Ye Hao also showed several abnormal behaviors, one of which was trembling all over (GIF), I speculate that Eagle Lord said something that made Ye Hao very angry.”

“Another time was the obvious look of realization and anger on Ye Hao’s face (pictures) (pictures), I think by then he already knew that Eagle Lord was his brother.”

“As for why Sivey Golden Lion didn’t kill Ye Hao but just gave him a lesson, I guess there should be many considerations here, such as Sivey Golden Lion having to consider his father’s thoughts.”

“The above content is purely personal speculation, but I think it is close to the truth. Ye Hao is a typical tragic male protagonist. He is not only burdened with the ultimate licking dog duty of helping demi humans restore their country but also suppressed by his own brother, and even unable to be recognized by his biological father.”

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This conjecture post also has tens of thousands of comments, most players agree with the author’s speculation, and many players are also very interested in the skills of Ye Hao and Lord Sivey.

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At night, Ye Hao lay on the bed with his whole body sore, he opened his personal panel and moved the cursor to the icon of the game forum.

As a protagonist, it is important to understand the thoughts of players, which helps him better control players.

And the best way to understand players is to browse the game forum, after all, players can speak freely in the game forum without any reservations.

They also wouldn’t anticipate that the protagonist in the game has this special function.

However, Ye Hao only has viewing permissions and cannot make any comments, this should be some kind of special restriction.

As soon as he opened the game forum, two highlighted posts appeared in front of Ye Hao’s eyes. One of them was a common review post, but the other immediately caught Ye Hao’s attention.

“Bold Speculation about the Love-Hate Relationship between Protagonist Ye Hao and Eagle Lord?”

What’s this?

Ye Hao frowned and clicked on it with curiosity.

After reading through all the posts, Ye Hao was already grimacing, trembling with anger.

To think that he, the pride of heaven, born with a golden key, eating delicacies and drinking nectars since childhood, had defeated so many talented youths on his journey.

Now he has been humiliated like this!

Seemingly reaching a limit, Ye Hao suddenly groaned, and a mouthful of blood overflowed from the corner of his mouth.

Now he understands why those players looked at him with inexplicable pity and sadness at night.

After all, he has been labeled as a destitute bastard, a tragic male protagonist, and the ultimate lick dog by the players.

And all of this is blamed on this Eagle Territory Lord, Sivey Golden Lion.

Ye Hao gritted his teeth, his eyes filled with humiliation and hatred, looking towards the direction of Winterfell.

“Eagle, Lord! I, Ye Hao, will definitely smash you to pieces sooner or later!”

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