In the distant view of a collapsing city, only two slender figures walk silently in the foreground.
Louis's monologue began as the background music "The Last Us" played.
He recalled the various experiences he had with Russell along the way—with certain changes based on the player's previous choices.
Finally, he took Russell's hand and decided to go to another survivor base to continue fighting to survive.
After the black screen that signifies the end of the game appears, the credits will be displayed.
The huge "Producer: Mingyan" appears at the very beginning, followed by the logo and name of "Blue Star Digital Media Studio".
The background music was soothing and ethereal. Zhou Liye took a deep breath and leaned back in his seat.
He touched his cheek, and sure enough, it was wet.
Zhou Liye turned off the camera on his face and lit a cigarette.
Then he started wailing: "What kind of monster is Chief Designer Ming?! He made me cry seven or eight times playing this game! He cries every time he records a segment! Is he cursed?!"
Bullet comments:
[Hahahahaha or Haha]
[The devilish cult leader! Isn't this the truth we already knew?!]
I cried twice while watching it.
The game developer is truly reliable; everything from combat to storyline is flawless.
[laughs, this is so true! The crying streamer is so real!]
...
Zhou Liye's livestream style has always focused on storylines, which is because his own technical skills are rather lackluster.
There are also some other tech-savvy streamers who are having a blast playing.
Some streamers have already started teaching Russell's skill combos from various styles.
After a series of dazzling moves were executed in succession, the whole scene was like a celestial maiden scattering flowers or mercury spilling onto the ground, it was incredibly beautiful.
Such videos are easy to circulate.
Some streamers focus on speedrun guides, just to show players what "real skill" is.
Skip all options that will increase the game time along the way.
—What? He'll die if we don't save him? Oh, I won't save him!
—What? This mutated animal can be killed or rescued? Killing it is obviously easier.
Throughout his journey, this "Russell" was ruthless and merciless, killing anyone who stood in his way.
That's a true "orphan flow" where every teammate is ruthlessly abandoned after being squeezed dry of their usefulness.
The audience was stunned.
[That was awesome!! I need a Russell figure, I'm buying them all!]
[Holy crap, are you and the cult leader competing to see who's more devilish?]
Please, have some decency...
Even for streamers like this, there are always things that can touch them.
After speedrunning through, one of them went back to watch the cutscene of the white dragon emerging from the water and suddenly sighed.
"I've finished recording this video, and I'll probably play the game again," he said. "Next time, I'll definitely experience the story more thoroughly... Hmm, maybe I'll do a no-damage challenge on the highest difficulty."
After the video went black, it suddenly came back on.
The streamer came back on and added, "I hope everyone enjoys this game and doesn't rush through it like this. Good games are meant to move and inspire; don't waste the developers' efforts."
Chapter 48 Third Anniversary Celebration
While the players continued to enjoy the game, Mingyan was having dinner with Ning Yufeng.
The chairman from the League of Malaya was very approachable and maintained email communication with Mingyan.
He was also the one who inspired Mingyan in solving the previous vehicle problem.
So he made it clear that he would invite him out for a meal as a way of thanking him.
They had lunch at a seafood restaurant.
Ning Yufeng smiled and said, "Blue Star Doomsday has surpassed 100 million in sales. Congratulations, your new game has been another success."
Mingyan touched his nose: "Oh, not at all, I'm still far from that level."
"Although I didn't have time to experience it in person, I did complete it once through a video," Ning Yufeng said.
The so-called "video walkthrough" actually refers to gaining a certain understanding of the game's storyline by watching other players' video walkthroughs without actually playing the game.
Mingyan nodded in understanding.
Ning Yufeng rested his chin on his hand, a smile playing in his deep brown eyes.
He looked at Mingyan and said, "I've heard that every work and every protagonist of a creator is actually a reflection of his own personality... I've been thinking about this these past two days."