69novels Chapter 20 Bet
Chapter 20 Bet
"You are dead..."
"game over……"
It wasn't until several large, blood-red characters appeared on the black screen that Tian Baiwei finally realized what had happened.
"!!!"
What?! It just disappeared so inexplicably?!
She didn't even understand how or why she died... and the game ended just like that?
But no matter how incredulous Tian Baiwei found it, the game's creator seemed unwilling to offer an explanation.
After the large red text disappeared, only two icons appeared on the bare game interface:
One option is "Restart (the game)", and the other is "Exit the game".
There was absolutely no indication of what exactly happened in the game!
Just thinking about how she had finally managed to escape the pursuit of that invisible monster in the game, and how she had finally found the light and the village chief, and how, just when she thought she was out of danger and could relax, the game had dealt her a heavy blow—a blow that was literally delivered to her head!—made Tian Baiwei so angry she wanted to explode!
What a piece of trash game!
Bad review!
She deserves a bad review!
Tian Baiwei angrily clicked "Exit Game," opened the webpage for the "Holographic Horror Game Competition," found the red and black logo, and clicked on the review section.
Just as she was about to unleash her passion, her communicator suddenly rang.
It was a call from a teacher at the school.
Tian Baiwei had to stop what she was doing and answer the phone first.
"Hello, teacher, this is Tian Baiwei."
"Bai Wei... I received a notification that the mental strength monitor you were wearing just showed that your mental strength has dropped to a safe level."
"So starting tomorrow, you can resume your regular training and you don't need to stay in the dormitory anymore."
"R-Really?!" Tian Baiwei sat up abruptly, fully alert. "I understand, teacher! I'll go to training tomorrow!"
"Yes! That's great!" She hung up the phone excitedly, all the displeasure she had felt from the trashy game completely gone.
Her mental strength has finally returned to normal! She can finally go back to class!
Otherwise, if this drags on any longer, the school may have to seek mandatory intervention from the medical department.
She excitedly opened a mental energy monitoring app on her personal computer. This app was used to check her real-time mental energy level during special periods when wearing a mental energy monitor was required.
So when Tian Baiwei clicked on it, she indeed saw that her mental strength had suddenly dropped significantly not long ago.
Wait a minute...
Tian Baiwei checked the time when the value on the app started to decrease, then opened the game helmet and checked her game time.
Sure enough... "It matches up..."
Tian Baiwei stared at the two almost identical time points, muttering to herself, seemingly unable to believe her eyes: "It's actually this game..." as her mental energy returned to normal.
And it dropped so much at once!
God!
What a treasure of a game!
With this "later-worship" perspective, Tian Baiwei found the game increasingly appealing and pleasing.
Whether it's the gameplay she still doesn't understand, or the strange settings in the game, everything has become mysterious and unpredictable.
Great game!
Good games are worth sharing!
Tian Baiwei opened her messaging app, and without even looking at the chat box at the top, she started typing furiously:
"Honey! I just discovered an amazing new game!"
"This game is unlike any I've played before. It's not the kind of horror that's superficial; it's a different kind of horror that I can't quite describe!"
"It's really scary!"
"My mental strength returned to normal after playing the game! All thanks to this game! You have no idea, my mental strength, which had been stagnant for so many days, finally started to decline!"
"And it dropped significantly all at once!"
"I reckon I won't have to worry about my mental strength exceeding the limit for the next two months!"
……
Tian Baiwei sent out a lot of messages in one go. Soon, the other side's message popped up:
"Really? What game is it that's so useful?"
"It's the one I mentioned when we talked on the phone before—"
Before she could finish typing that line, still caught up in her excitement, Tian Baiwei suddenly realized something was wrong. She glanced at the other avatar in the chat window—clearly not her friend's—then looked up at the title bar at the top of the chat interface, and unsurprisingly discovered—
She posted it in the wrong place.
She sent the message she originally intended for Xuanxuan to the class group chat.
While she was engrossed in the game and trying to escape, a new notification was sent in the class group chat, so it was pushed to the top of the message list.
Eager to share, Tian Baiwei subconsciously assumed the top chat box was her conversation with Xuanxuan, so she sent it without even looking at it.
"Sorry, I didn't see clearly and sent the message to the wrong place..."
She started apologizing in the group chat: "I'll take it back right away..."
"Hey, hey, hey!" The other classmates quickly stopped her: "No need to retract it! No need to retract it!"
"Tian Baiwei, just tell me which game it is! I need a recommendation! My mental strength is almost at its limit, please help your poor classmate!"
"Yes, please!"
A row of repeaters then spammed "Please!" Tian Baiwei found it amusing and was about to type the game's name into the chat box when a message broke the formation and popped up.
"Huh? You guys actually believe that?"
He was a boy who had always been at odds with Tian Baiwei in the class.
"If a game that could drastically reduce mental strength really existed, it would have been advertised on the StarNet long ago. Why would Tian Baiwei need to promote it?"
The other students felt that while the words were a bit harsh, they... also made some sense. However, they wondered, "What about Tian Baiwei's decreased mental strength?"
Tian Baiwei certainly couldn't lie about this.
Everyone knows that Tian Baiwei has been unable to attend class these past few days due to her mental state issues. If her mental state has truly recovered, we can simply wait and see if she returns to class tomorrow—therefore, Tian Baiwei has absolutely no need to tell such an easily exposed lie.
"It's very simple..."
The boy replied quickly: "Is it possible that Tian Baiwei herself just finds this game scary...?"
"It's not that the game itself is actually scary."
"After all, everyone's threshold for horror is completely different, so just one person's opinion...is completely irrelevant."
"Of course, what I say isn't accurate either. Why don't we have Tian Baiwei show us the reviews of that game and see just how many people actually rate it as terrifying?"
Tian Baiwei... Tian Baiwei really can't be shown.
After all, she herself was the first player of this game. And the game's creator seemed too laid-back (as evidenced by the perfunctory and brief game description), not only not doing any promotion, but also not even bothering to get a few positive reviews.
What should we do?
While Tian Baiwei was pondering, the boy in the group chat had escalated the situation to the point where she was accused of trying to gain attention. Looking at the boy's smug face, Tian Baiwei, who was originally too lazy to argue with an idiot, was so angry that her chest heaved several times.
She opened the chat window and started typing: "You're right."
"One person's opinion is indeed not reliable..."
"How about this..."
Why don't you come and play it yourself and give it your opinion?