The official Tina Continent game encountered a major operational failure. With the release of the new update, the game character Xie Feiran, drawn by players from the character pool, mysteriously disappeared.
For a moment, the player community erupted in outrage, sending the game company and its developers trending on social media with furious complaints.
Under the official Tina Continent game comments:
Qingqing Riverside Grass: I spent thousands, even tens of thousands, pulling characters, and you just delete them like that?
Do you even consider us players as people?
Whose money is just blown away by the wind?!
Yuexia Yu: I’ll just say it—trash game, give me a refund!
Kan Jian Wo Jiu Jiao Wo Qu Xuexi: My Feiran, my Feiran, even though he’s weak, I really like him. Sima the planner, you have no heart!
Qu Mingzi Hao Nan: This update claims to fix weak characters (×), but in reality, it deleted characters from the pool (√).
Amid the barrage of complaints, the belated official statement from the game company finally came.
Tina□□: In this update, based on player feedback regarding the disappearance of the character Xie Feiran, we attempted multiple repairs. Unfortunately, Xie Feiran’s source data has been corrupted, and his model, animations, and voice lines cannot be restored quickly. Therefore, we will compensate all players with 10 draw crystals.
Players were stunned upon reading the announcement, then quickly realized—what?
They spent thousands, even tens of thousands on this character, and now he’s reduced to a mere portrait?
And the company expects to mollify everyone with just ten crystals?
Spectators who enjoyed the chaos sneered: You should be grateful. They didn’t even give you ten Healing Potions to make up for it.
Thus, Tina□□ once again trended on social media, this time with the headline: Trash game, give us our money back!
Outside, players vented their fury, while inside the game company, the atmosphere was equally tense.
The game planners and project leads stood anxiously behind the head of the modeling team.
“How’s it going? Can you finish the model?”
Just as the words left his mouth, the computer data suddenly crashed, and the newly built Xie Feiran model was corrupted.
The modeling lead could only lean back in his chair, helpless.
From Xie Feiran’s sudden disappearance to attempts at data recovery and re-modeling, only heaven knew what they had gone through.
His data was unrecoverable, and every attempt at rebuilding the model failed.
As the three executives wore worried expressions, another message arrived.
“President Li, the voice actor for Xie Feiran caught a severe cold recently and cannot do the voiceover,” a junior staff member stammered at the door.
The executives sighed. No model, no voice acting.
Then the PR department sent another alert.
“Boss, our rivals bought black heat on us. Players are calling the 315 consumer hotline demanding refunds.”
“What?!”
While chaos reigned outside over Xie Feiran’s disappearance, Xie Feiran himself woke up in a training room.
But in an instant, he was transported to a different world—an otherworldly realm for game characters, the players’ real world.
“Hey, wake up.”
Someone gently nudged him.
Xie Feiran opened his eyes to see a delicate, doll-like young man.
As a game character, Xie Feiran almost instinctively said, “Do you want to go on an adventure with me?”
The boy who woke him showed a faint look of surprise and poked Xie Feiran’s cheek.
“You look even more handsome after a few days.”
Just as Xie Feiran was about to reply, someone approached from outside the training room.
“Xie Feiran, Ye Ansheng, the President wants you both to come to his office.”
The boy named Ye Ansheng’s eyes lit up.
“Brother Cheng, we’ll be right there!”
He quickly grabbed Xie Feiran’s arm.
“Let’s go. Maybe this time, the two spots for Polar Bear Youth will go to us.”
Xie Feiran had seen the name Polar Bear on the game forum and immediately realized this must be related to the upcoming talent show.
Could the God of Light really have heard his wish and brought him to the real world?
While Xie Feiran pondered how to join the contest, Ye Ansheng had already pulled him along, following the man called Brother Cheng to the President’s office.
Before they could step inside, cries of pleading came from within.
“President Xie, I was really wrong this time. I’ve cut ties with her. Please let me participate in the contest!”
“I’m already 27. If I miss this chance, I don’t know how long I’ll have to wait to debut.”
The man called President Xie responded coldly.
“When you got caught by Dog Paparazzi sleeping with a rich woman, did you think about this?”
The one crying was Jiang Ran, the top trainee at Star Cloud Entertainment, known for his solid singing and dancing skills, and a beautiful face that had attracted many fans through various shows.
This talent show was Star Cloud’s big chance to promote Jiang Ran as their ace.
President Xie had acquired Star Cloud Entertainment specifically to challenge Shenghua Entertainment, who had created countless trending stars.
But Jiang Ran’s scandal with the rich woman had ruined that ace card.
Jiang Ran looked at Xie Ling and said desperately, “This can be cleared up, if only—”
Before he could finish, Xie Ling cut him off.
“Enough. I don’t like people who don’t listen.”
Actually, Xie Ling didn’t care who Jiang Ran slept with, but the rich woman was a friend of Shenghua Entertainment’s boss—this was unacceptable.
Outside, Brother Cheng glanced at the two boys beside him and reminded, “President Xie doesn’t like disobedient people. Just follow the contract: no dating, no messing around, and no contact with rival companies.”
Ye Ansheng nodded obediently.
Xie Feiran nodded as well.
As the game’s main DPS, coming here to debut as the lead, dating was simply too complicated for a game character.
At that moment, Jiang Ran, unwilling to accept defeat, said, “The new trainees aren’t even good-looking. Their singing and dancing aren’t as good as mine. President Xie, you—”
“Cheng Yuan, bring them in,” Xie Ling said coldly, sitting behind his desk and staring at Cheng Yuan by the door.
Cheng Yuan, known as Brother Cheng, looked at the two trainees beside him and said, “Come in.”
With that, Xie Feiran was the first to enter Xie Ling’s office.
The frosted glass door slid open, revealing a handsome youth with white hair.
Xie Ling glanced up once but could not look away.
The boy’s hair was as pure as freshly fallen snow, his eyes like glazed crystal, with a faint red tint at the corners—both delicate and striking, like an elf stepping out of the snow.
The boy casually brushed the strands of hair by his ear, revealing a vermilion mole on his wrist.
The bright red mole against his snowy skin made him appear even more ethereal.
Xie Feiran carefully studied the man before him—his cold gaze seemed to judge everyone as if they owed him something.
After a moment’s thought, he spoke, “Hello, President Xie.”
Xie Ling appraised Xie Feiran, who returned the gaze.
Xie Ling had a refined appearance and an aura of nobility, clearly a big spender by player standards.
Xie Feiran was very satisfied with such a boss; after all, only with spending money could one get stronger!
At the same time, Xie Feiran presented his best posture, hoping to convince President Xie that he was the most outstanding main DPS.
Even if his damage was subpar, at least he had good looks.
Ye Ansheng followed in, not as handsome as Xie Feiran, but better looking than Jiang Ran, full of youthful energy.
“Hello, President Xie,” Ye Ansheng greeted.
At the other side of the office, Jiang Ran’s expression darkened.
When did the company get two people better looking than him, especially that white-haired youth?
Though the white-haired boy looked young now, Jiang Ran imagined his adult appearance would be even more dazzling—a true pinnacle of entertainment industry beauty.
As jealousy gnawed at him, Xie Ling scoffed.
“Is there anyone in this company who isn’t better looking than you?”
Jiang Ran’s face turned as red as a dye shop.
Xie Ling then said coldly to Jiang Ran, “Get out.”
Clenching his teeth, Jiang Ran was about to storm out, but Cheng Yuan stopped him.
He handed Jiang Ran a sheet of paper.
“This is your breach of contract penalty.”
Closing the door, Cheng Yuan said, “Take care.”
Once Jiang Ran left, the office grew silent.
Xie Ling looked at Xie Feiran and said, “You found good people.”
Born into a wealthy family, Xie Ling had seen many beautiful faces, yet Xie Feiran’s beauty still astonished him.
If Xie Feiran entered the entertainment industry, even as a mere figurehead, he would attract many fans just by standing there.
Cheng Yuan smirked proudly.
He had found Xie Feiran distributing flyers on the street and immediately signed him.
Just a few days later, Xie Feiran’s features had become even more refined.
“The company has decided to give you both the two spots for Polar Bear Youth. I hope you won’t disappoint me,” Xie Ling said, scanning Xie Feiran and Ye Ansheng.
“This talent show will be fully live-streamed. Everything you do will be watched by the audience. I don’t want my artists to be two useless pretty faces.”
He gave them a forced smile.
“Now, tell me, what instruments do you play?”
Under Xie Ling’s intense gaze, Ye Ansheng quickly replied, “I play guitar and piano, and a little drums and flute.”
Xie Feiran fell silent, considering.
As the main DPS, his instrument skills were minimal, but facing Xie Ling’s stare, he forced himself to answer, “I play the Leiya Qin.”
Actually, he was not proficient in the Bard’s Leiya Qin, only knowing a little from his game setting. Was it too late to load new data now?
Xie Ling didn’t care what instruments they played, as long as they weren’t completely useless.
“Well then, good luck. The company will fully support you.”
The office was silent.
Ye Ansheng trembled inside. President Xie’s smile was terrifying!
Xie Feiran, not wanting the atmosphere to lag, wracked his brain to come up with a phrase of encouragement from player phrases.
“Reforge the glory of the talent show—it is our unshirkable duty!”
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