The second episode video was quickly completed.
As expected, the video’s stats shot up like crazy!
Although hardcore players claimed that virtual reality games were fake, deep down, they still harbored some hope.
The ‘Divine Domain’ anti-fans born from this mindset were as sticky as a glue trap!
Their thinking was probably something like:
Virtual reality games never came true, so I’m pissed off, and now you want to use it as a gimmick to make money?!
Lin Xian looked at the estimated backend revenue and grinned so hard his eyes disappeared!
With a grand gesture, he decided to add an extra sausage to his instant noodles at lunch today!
After enjoying the good news, Lin Xian started to worry again.
He no longer had any material for a third ‘Divine Domain’ video!
All the information about ‘Divine Domain’ was just a single 10-minute concept trailer.
After Lin Xian seized a bit of early advantage, his peers had already rushed in, tearing apart every aspect they could mock.
Not even a drop of soup was left for him!
He was unwilling to give up just like that!
Lin Xian reopened the ‘Divine Domain’ concept trailer.
Although he’d already scrubbed through the ten-minute video frame by frame until it was worn out, what if?
What if he found some new material?
After watching, he gained nothing.
But Lin Xian didn’t get discouraged and continued browsing the comment section.
Sometimes, audience mockery could spark new inspiration.
At the very least, learning new creative insults could also entertain viewers.
But when Lin Xian sorted the comments by time, he realized the comment section had completely changed!
Everyone was now cursing another game called ‘Under the Gods’!
Player criticism of ‘Under the Gods’ actually overshadowed ‘Divine Domain’?!
Lin Xian’s eyelids twitched.
He had seen firsthand how much players despised ‘Divine Domain’ in recent days.
Even mild criticism could get you accused of trying to whitewash ‘Divine Domain’!
What made ‘Under the Gods’ so powerful that it could reverse even the reputation of ‘Divine Domain’?
And all this happened in the ‘Divine Domain’ comment section!
Lin Xian frowned, catching the scent of new material.
As a game blogger, the most essential trait was a keen sense of public opinion trends.
He immediately shifted his focus, searching for the origin of this new game in the comments.
Comment after comment scrolled before his eyes.
“Now even random cats and dogs are trying to ride the virtual reality game hype?”
“Aixin might be shady, but at least they’re a big game company. If they throw enough money, maybe they can pull it off. Where did this crappy game even come from?”
“Advertising directly in the ‘Divine Domain’ comment section? Shameless.”
“Even the name is deliberately similar to ‘Divine Domain’. ‘Divine Domain’ isn’t even online yet, but the knockoff’s already out?”
Finally, Lin Xian figured out the origin of ‘Under the Gods’.
Around midnight today, a flood of Tourist Accounts suddenly appeared in all comment sections related to ‘Divine Domain’.
They shamelessly promoted a virtual reality game called ‘Under the Gods’.
They claimed the game was 100% realistic and about to enter closed beta—available to play soon!
It was a page-dominating flood.
The phrasing was varied, with nearly a new message every second!
Every platform that allowed Tourist Account logins was affected!
It was scarier than life-and-death competitive posts!
And their comments were highly inflammatory.
If someone replied to increase the Tourist Account’s comment count, the bots would even argue back!
“Hehe, ‘Under the Gods’ is about to enter closed beta. I wonder who’s really riding the hype here [heart clutch]!”
“Tut tut tut, ‘Divine Domain’ xz won’t let us advertise—afraid they’ll lose? [star eyes]”
“Yo~ Who’s the real knockoff? Don’t you know which game’s beta test starts first? [funny]”
The toxic phrasing wasn’t new, but the combination of mocking interjections and sarcastic emojis at the end was enough to rile up anyone.
Players who had been united in cursing ‘Divine Domain’ ended up being portrayed as loyal defenders by the ‘Under the Gods’ spam, and began to speak up for ‘Divine Domain’ instead!
The speed of these account comments was even faster than the platform’s reporting mechanism!
There was no way to delete them all!
For every one you reported, they’d post ten more!
In the end, the reporting system directly crashed!
Angry players cursed the platform’s Tourist Account system!
In today’s era of widespread Real-name System usage, old users could log in automatically when they opened the app.
Even with Tourist Accounts, each phone could only have one.
So where did all these blacklisted accounts come from??
This kind of rogue behavior forcibly shifted everyone’s resentment for ‘Divine Domain’ onto ‘Under the Gods’.
Aisi Games could only release a concept trailer now, hoping to attract investors.
It would still take at least seven or eight years for true virtual reality game development to succeed.
But the company behind ‘Under the Gods’ dared to claim they’d completed the game and were ready for public testing?
Who did they think they were fooling!
Players cursed, saying ride the hype all you want, they would never pay attention to such trash games!
Aisi Corporation also noticed this tireless spam army.
While dispatching staff to clean up abnormal comment sections, they also warned influential game bloggers on each platform.
They forbade them from posting videos attacking this unethical hype-chasing game.
They wouldn’t even give ‘Under the Gods’ a chance at negative publicity!
They’d risen to fame on black-and-red controversy themselves and understood ‘Under the Gods’ tactics all too well.
After reading everything, Lin Xian was thoroughly shocked.
Which billionaire’s spoiled heir was so bored they bought spam bots for fun?
Buying spam bots with Tourist Accounts was much less cost-effective than with regular accounts!
If Tourist Accounts weren’t replied to, they could only post one comment a day.
How many phones did the other side possess?
After his shock, Lin Xian immediately opened his own video’s comment section.
He was afraid his account would be overrun by the powerful ‘Under the Gods’ spam army.
However.
There was nothing.
The comment section remained filled with criticism of ‘Divine Domain’ and Aisi Games.
Not a single mention of ‘Under the Gods’.
The backend also hadn’t received any warning message from Aisi Games.
Lin Xian:
Being a dead account had its perks.
Even trash web games riding the hype didn’t bother to leech off his videos.
Aisi Games didn’t even spare him a glance.
He belonged to the group that neither side cared about.
Lin Xian gloomily shut down his account.
After a while.
Lin Xian still couldn’t suppress his curiosity and opened QuickDou again.
He never could resist any news related to virtual reality games.
Being able to assemble a spam army that gave Aisi Corporation a headache meant the other party had deep pockets.
Maybe they really were researching virtual reality games?
Lin Xian told himself.
He just wanted to see how far this trash game had gone with its disguise.
He definitely didn’t truly believe the other side had developed a virtual reality game!
Anyway, since neither side cared about him, what was wrong with just looking!
“It’s just an overhyped game, there’s no way I’d really pre-register—just watching the online drama.”
Lin Xian said to himself.
Then he nervously rubbed his hands, waiting for the page to finish loading…….
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