novellk Chapter 120 There's a biting dog in the warehouse area!
Chapter 120 There's a biting dog in the warehouse area!
"Mr. Chen, don't we need to respond?"
"Star Card," Yin Qingying asked in a deep voice in Chen Dong's office.
On StarCard's official account, many players have left messages hoping that StarCard will personally address some player-made mods in the Steam Workshop that are significantly impacting the game's lifespan.
However, Chen Dong simply shook his head calmly at the players' demands.
"No need. Once the game is sold, ownership belongs to the players. How the players want to play the game is their freedom, and we have no right to, nor do we need to, interfere."
Seeing Chen Dong's attitude, Yin Qingying was taken aback, but still couldn't help but offer a reminder.
"Mr. Chen, according to the platform's rules, even if a player purchases the game, they only have the right to use it, not ownership."
Upon hearing this, Chen Dong shrugged and looked up at Yin Qingying with a smile.
"If a player buys a game but doesn't own the rights, does piracy not count as theft?"
Faced with Chen Dong's question, Yin Qingying opened her mouth, but couldn't say a word.
"In any game, there will always be players with different ideas. As a game developer, we just need to treat all players equally."
As for other matters, there's no need to concern ourselves with them.
After saying that, Chen Dong waved his hand, indicating that Yin Qingying could go back to work.
Only after the door closed did Chen Dong reopen the writer's assistant and get back to writing.
However, while writing, Chen Dong couldn't help but worry about what conditions the system would give when he redeemed "A Couple's Journey".
As is customary, the system does not provide fixed exchange tasks; instead, the tasks change in real time based on the current state of the novel, thus the difficulty of the tasks varies.
However, Chen Dong believes that the redemption task given by the system this time is very likely related to monthly tickets or subscriptions.
"Sigh, why think so much? Let's just take it one step at a time."
Chen Dong shook his head, banishing all the distracting thoughts from his mind, and focused intently on writing.
The next second, a series of rapid keystrokes filled the office.
Meanwhile, online discussions about whether or not to use overpowered mods have gradually come to an end.
In the adult world, changing a person's beliefs formed from childhood is as difficult as climbing to the sky.
Therefore, no matter how much reasoning and data both sides present, they cannot completely convince the other side.
This heated discussion, which attracted countless players, ultimately fizzled out.
Fortunately, neither side involved in the discussion was affected by it. On the contrary, Starcard and Escape from Chickenkov reaped a lot of free traffic in this discussion battle.
Whether it's Bilibili, Yinpu, Manjiao, or various live streaming platforms, "Escape from Chickenkov" is practically everywhere.
The game garnered over 100 million views in less than a week after its release, making it a truly popular title.
In less than a week, some experienced gamers will have moved on from Zone Zero, the beginner map, to the next map, the Warehouse Zone.
Even more remarkably, some have already arrived at the farm town.
Although Escape from Chickenkov is only a small game with a limited scope and its selling point is not a captivating storyline.
However, for the sake of the game's integrity, Chen Dong did not cut the background story, which seemed to have little effect.
Therefore, the storm zone mentioned in the background story, as well as the polluted natives, have become one of the directions that guide players' gameplay.
After all, besides a large group of mouse players who enjoy searching and saving, there is also a small group of players who like to uncover the secrets of the game's plot.
These players have absolutely no interest in farming for rare items; instead, once they acquire high-level equipment, they immediately head to the next map, wanting to be the first to complete the game.
Given the current popularity of "Escape from Chickenkov," if someone can become the fastest to complete the game, they might actually gain a significant amount of attention.
However, for streamer Su Tao, all she was thinking about was whether she could increase the drop rate of red and gold items after moving to the next map.
She didn't care at all about completing the game or uncovering its storyline.
"So this zipline is the way to get to the warehouse area."
Su Tao controlled the chick to the upper left corner of Zone Zero. After the chick approached the zipline, an interaction button popped up. Su Tao didn't press it immediately, but instead gave the camera a suspicious look.
"Is the drop rate in the warehouse area really that much higher than in Zone Zero?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the number of comments on the live stream exploded.
"Of course, I played in Zone Zero for several days and didn't get a single big red card, but as soon as I got to Zone Warehouse, I got a graphics card and Bitcoin in a row!"
"The drop rate in the starting village is definitely not as high as in the next map, isn't that common sense?"
"Sister Su, be careful of that dog when you get to the warehouse area! I've been killed by that dog so many times!"
Seeing a dog mentioned in the comments, Su Tao tilted her head, looking puzzled.
She didn't pay much attention to walkthroughs for Escape from Chickenkov, so she didn't know that someone had already created a guide to the Warehouse District boss.
"Besides the players, are there any other NPCs in the game who have dogs?"
In response to Su Tao's question, someone immediately replied in the live chat.
"That's right, it's a dog kept by a boss in the warehouse area. It's incredibly fast and can sense players' locations from a great distance, always suddenly appearing to ambush them!"
"Really?"
Su Tao didn't seem to believe it.
After all, viewers in the live stream often trick Su Tao into making foolish moves in the game.
She assumed it was a lie made up by some viewers to prevent her from moving on to the next map.
So, Su Tao decisively pressed the interaction button, and the chick immediately jumped up and grabbed the zipline, and the game entered a cutscene.
However, what Su Tao didn't know was that the viewers in the live stream weren't lying to her this time; there really was a biting dog in the warehouse area.
The cutscene ended quickly, and Su Tao's character appeared in the lower right corner of the warehouse area.
Su Tao didn't rush around. Instead, she opened the mini-map to check the BOSS's location.
That's right, she ultimately chose to install a player-made mod that could display the BOSS's location.
To her surprise, there were two red dots in the warehouse area, which meant that there were two BOSSes in the warehouse area.
One of them is in the factory area on the left side of the map, and the other is wandering near Su Tao, and the distance between them is rapidly decreasing.
With a bark, a dog suddenly jumped out from the top of the screen and bit Su Tao's character hard.
A red '-9' symbol appeared above the head of the chick controlled by Su Tao.
"Holy crap, there really is a biting dog in the warehouse district!"