"This game is extremely difficult."
Yu Nan simply deleted her save file, since she was stuck quite far ahead in the game anyway, and that save file was essentially just a completion of the tutorial missions.
Zhu Yao took the controller and looked intently at the screen.
"I never knew characters could be so realistic."
Zhu Yao couldn't help but exclaim, "Now I finally understand why some people spend thousands of dollars on games."
This is a completely new world, a fantastical world on the screen!
Zhu Yao quickly got the hang of the controls, maneuvering the wolf with a sliver of health to hug the wall and cross the cliff.
"This game is different from yours, there are no invisible walls!"
Yu Nan blushed slightly, coughing to cover her embarrassment, "I can hire someone to do that kind of thing later if I have the money..."
"Aren't you an indie game developer?" Zhu Yao asked, a little puzzled. "Why do you need to hire people?"
"No! Independent game development isn't about one person developing a game all by themselves; it's about developing a game outside of a well-known game company, often with a small team!"
"I'm working alone now because I'm too poor."
After all, squeezing every last drop of money out of yourself is the most immediate way to save money.
Zhu Yao understood. "So you're planning to recruit people now, and I'm your number one, right?"
"Yes, you can be zero if you don't want to, and I can be one."
Zhu Yao was completely baffled. What nonsense was her niece spouting?!
Human language?!
Zhu Yao seemed to have a natural talent for stealth; she quickly acquired a knife and equipment and began her assassination journey.
Yu Nan watched helplessly as Zhu Yao followed the tutorial and killed the first soldier by parrying.
The first cut went so smoothly? What a coincidence! It must be a coincidence!
Zhu Yao overcame numerous obstacles and arrived at the first elite monster, where she used a perfect parry to take down its first health bar.
Yu Nan was stunned. What kind of terrifying gaming talent was this?
Did she unintentionally activate the Wind Spirit Cult (a cheat code)?
Yu Nan gestured for Zhu Yao to hand her the controller, just as the elite monster began a new round of attacks.
Yu Nan began frantically shaking his knife, attempting a perfect parry.
But fate had other plans. The elite monster killed her with a single powerful attack, and Yu Nan didn't even have to press the attack button.
A very large red "death" character appeared on the screen.
Yu Nan took a deep breath. She refused to believe it and was determined to fight again!
Before even touching the elite monster, Yu Nan was surrounded and beaten to death by the minions on the road.
The word "death" appeared in red on the screen again.
"So this game lets you die and start over?" Zhu Yao exclaimed in amazement.
The sound was extremely grating to Yu Nan's ears.
So what if he's never died once?! Damn it!
Using her own cooking to prove that the Wind Spirit Cult hadn't opened, Yu Nan handed the controller back to Zhu Yao, defending her last shred of dignity.
Watching Zhu Yao advance forward as if she had a cheat code, Yu Nan became more and more alarmed.
Zhu Yao could definitely develop in the direction of Valkyrie, because skilled female game streamers are in high demand!
Fortunately, when fighting Ichiro, Zhu Yao didn't realize she was in danger and had to dodge, so she was stabbed right through the heart.
Yu Nan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
It seems Zhu Yao is a normal person after all.
Following the plot, they arrived at the sculptor's place. The wolf with a sliver of blood lost its arm and became a one-armed wolf.
He became disabled, but he also became stronger.
"Can we defeat the initial boss?" Zhu Yao asked, slightly curious.
"We can win, but we'll still die once."
The wolf's arm was destined to be gone; it was an inevitable step on his path to becoming stronger.
Zhu Yao seemed lost in thought.
The wolf, now equipped with a prosthetic arm, can use bladed weapons. Zhu Yao controls him to climb trees and rooftops, jumping around with great joy.
Yu Nan observed that Zhu Yao skillfully used the terrain to assassinate the soldiers, and knew how to disengage from combat if surrounded.
Ambush when you need to, run away when you need to, don't be greedy for hits or try to tank damage, play like a pro player speedrunning.
Why did you avoid that Taro soldier?
Yu Nan finally couldn't help but ask a question.
"Hmm?" Zhu Yao was still immersed in the game. "It's just my intuition. I feel like I can't beat the big guy. It would be easier to sneak up behind him and kill him with a stealth attack."
"So how did you parry it?"
Zhu Yao parried almost every attack perfectly, which Yu Nan resented.
"Listen to the rhythm. You can tell how the opponent will fight by the sound of their blade. A crisp parry means the parry was successful and you can attack. A dull thud means the parry failed and you need to dodge..."
Yu Nan was stunned. She had been stuck on the level for so long without realizing that Sekiro was actually a rhythm game?
"Then how do you determine the moment of parrying?"
After all, a slight increase or decrease in timing would prevent a perfect parry...
"It felt like he judged the opponent's attack speed the instant his blade was about to fall, then judged his own parry speed, and then calculated how to make the two blades meet precisely—a typical mathematical 'meeting problem,' working backward to deduce when to parry..."
Yu Nan was stunned. She thought Zhu Yao was an intuitive type of person, but it turned out she was an academic genius.
"Of course, it's not based on calculation, but on estimation, but that's roughly the method."
Is this the innate talent of top gamers? Do they have a miniature computer in their brains?
Finally, Zhu Yao was killed by the first warrior general, and the game entered the death scene, unlocking a second life.
Yu Nan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Just now, she was worried that Zhu Yao would not die and that she would miss the plot.
Zhu Yao is only human after all. It's normal for her to die when she encounters elite monsters she hasn't fought before or who are unfamiliar with the rhythm. You've been deifying Zhu Yao.
Watching Zhu Yao engage in a fierce and exhilarating knife fight, with both sides exchanging blows, Yu Nan felt a little smug. She thought, "Wow, 'One-Armed Wolf: You Can Die Twice' isn't all that great. Even a new player can play it so smoothly."
She felt she could do it too! She could do it again!
Taking the controller, Yu Nan excitedly went to find the Samurai General. Compared to Zhu Yao, she remembered the game map and the attack patterns of the elite monsters, and even knew where to assassinate the first life of the elite monsters!
Isn't that a huge advantage!
With nimble movements, Yu Nan circled around the roof beam to the back of the samurai general, jumped down, and assassinated him in mid-air, draining his health. Then, she unleashed a flurry of attacks on the samurai general who was lying on the ground, still unable to get up.
However, his cool demeanor lasted only three seconds before he was caught off guard by greed for a kill and finished off with a single blow.
"..."
I refuse to believe it, let's try again!
The second time, the aerial assassination attempt went astray, and Yu Nan was killed instantly.
"..."
In the third round, after persevering until the samurai general escaped danger, Yu Nan subconsciously used the "See Through" move.
However, "Danger" is a powerful move, and players must either dodge it or use the "Insight" move. In the early stages, wolves haven't learned the "Insight" move yet.
Yu Nan was once again stabbed through the heart.
Immediately afterwards, dragon cough appeared.
Yu Nan: "..."
"What is Dragon Cough?" Zhu Yao asked obediently from the side.
"Dragon cough is a death penalty in the game. If a wolf dies too many times, it will deplete the life of the NPCs around it, causing them to suffer from dragon cough."
In other words, Yu Nan died too many times...
Zhu Yao exclaimed "Oh!" as if she had just realized something.
So embarrassing, boohoo.
Chapter 28 Yu Nan is a childish devil
Yu Nan tossed the game controller to Zhu Yao, and watched as she fought her way through the various levels. However, when she reached the Butterfly Lady level, Zhu Yao got stuck.
Yu Nan was delighted to see Zhu Yao suffer.
But watching Zhu Yao being repeatedly beaten by the same BOSS was boring, so Yu Nan left the basement and went to the flower field outside the villa.
After reading Zhu Yao's novel, Yu Nan didn't dare stay inside the villa, but she dared to stay outside the villa late at night, even though there were many mosquitoes.
After all, the book describes the villa as a passage to the underworld, while the area outside the villa is perfectly safe.
Looking around her home with a slightly uneasy feeling, Yu Nan felt increasingly eerie and decided to harass Li Yue.
[Yu Miao]: I want to move and live with you guys.
[Autumn Moon]: ...?
Li Yue called directly, and Yu Nan had no choice but to answer.