Agreeing to Create Bad Games, What the Hell Is ‘Titanfall’? Chapter 148: Fate, indescribable

The motion-sensing pod opened.

A young foreign guy with brown curly hair, wearing a black shirt, appeared in the live stream.

The guy looked quite young, just in his early twenties, with a high nose bridge and blue eyes. His face showed a hint of shyness and nervousness.

At once, the chat streams from Piāo Teacher’s and Octane’s live rooms overlapped, with players both dostic and international praising Octane—

“Whoa, professional potential always cos with youth.”

“Indeed, that kind of operation requires extrely fast reflexes.”

“prprprpr”

“Damn, this dude’s kinda handso.”

“Pretty shy too, nothing like Power Kid’s crazy style.”

“That’s the main contrast they’re going for.”

“I’m basically a screen-licker right now.”

“……”

anwhile!

In an apartnt in Binjiang Yaju!

At this mont, Shen Miaomiao and Gu Sheng were also watching the live stream.

Shen Miaomiao was curled up on the right side of the sofa, legs crossed, covered with an air conditioning blanket, munching on potato chips and sipping cola, looking very comfortable.

Gu Sheng was half-lying on the chaise lounge on the left, one hand propping his head, the other holding a handful of sunflower seeds, cracking them open while watching.

It was Saturday. After dinner, they had played a bit of poker.

As it neared eight o’clock, Shen Miaomiao suggested watching the live stream.

After all, today was the launch day of APEX, and as the developer’s boss, she definitely wanted to see the ga’s reception!

Of course.

That’s what she said.

But Shen Miaomiao’s main interest was in the strears’ feedback on the ga’s monetization model.

She knew firsthand how much influence strears had.

If she hadn’t watched, it would have been fine. But after watching, Shen Miaomiao felt a chill of fear.

This ga really looked too fun.

Keep in mind! She had played PUBG!

So comparing it with APEX was effortless.

Seeing the actual performance of the ga, Shen Miaomiao knew that many previous doubts about “adding skills to an FPS” were now disproven.

Gu Sheng’s design was so exquisite.

The perfectly balanced skill design not only enhanced the battlefield’s variability but also avoided letting skills overshadow the core FPS gunplay.

Yes.

Her top-tier jinx had struck again.

Thinking of what she had said in the eting before—

“It’s very likely that Gods’ Calamity reversed the FPS and MOBA elents.”

“After our twist, maybe it will succeed.”

Shen Miaomiao couldn’t help but want to smack her own mouth.

Why can’t I control this mouth of mine!

It’s really thanks to this ga being completely free!

If they had implented Gu Sheng’s original segnted sales model,

she feared she would be rolling in money again.

In the end, it was Wang Xiaoming’s charging thod that saved her life!

The concept of “cancel attribute sales, focus on item quality” was incredibly clever.

So much so that, even now, no major strear has thought to browse the in-ga shop, nor has anyone tried to understand the microtransaction system.

At this rate…

Shen Miaomiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

The great idea of “praised but not bought” was about to co true!

So!

She put her mind at ease and focused on enjoying the ga stream.

“Wow—such a handso young guy!”

Seeing Octane on the projection screen, Shen Miaomiao couldn’t help but sigh.

She glanced sideways at Gu Sheng, wanting to see his reaction.

Click.

Gu Sheng didn’t even raise his eyelids, cracking sunflower seeds as he nodded:

“Indeed.”

Tsk!

This reaction is off, Gu Sheng!

Shen Miaomiao clicked her tongue, silently cursing him as a wooden post.

One more chance!

Her eyes flicked, then she spoke again:

“His shooting skills are so good, even I, who don’t play gas, want to be his fangirl.”

“Mm—”

Upon hearing this, Gu Sheng nodded as well:

“That last smoke-and-pull move was really spectacular,”

“Not only did he perfectly catch Gibraltar’s ultimate downti, but he also seized the chaos and enemy squad’s reduction to strike proactively. His situation judgnt was spot on.”

“His shooting is top-notch too, precise needle-like pulls without any dragging.”

“Decisive, confident, strong execution, and most importantly, daring to operate.”

“The wall jump and the final mid-air snipe—none of that is possible without a big heart.”

Saying this, Gu Sheng sincerely nodded with approval:

“Really impressive, with a bright future ahead.”

Shen Miaomiao’s expression twisted a bit.

Bro, did you just give an analysis?

Did I ask for your analysis?

Are you sick? I wanted to hear you say that!

You’re really doing this, spouting off analyses, and pretty comprehensive too!

“My point was that he’s handso!”

Shen Miaomiao chewed her chips irritably, crunching loudly.

“He is pretty handso indeed.”

Gu Sheng cracked sunflower seeds, crunching along.

I should just kick you to death!

Shen Miaomiao’s face turned dark; she clenched her small fists, trying hard to suppress the urge to give this old rascal an uppercut.

Since that’s the case!

Don’t bla for pulling out the big guns!

Shen Miaomiao snorted angrily!

She looked at Octane on the big screen: “So handso! I want to kiss him!”

Beside her, Gu Sheng raised an eyebrow:

“Cute, wanna smash.”

Shen Miaomiao: …

Silly.

With a soft sound, Shen Miaomiao scooted toward the left side of the sofa, trying to put as much distance between herself and Gu Sheng as possible.

Too damn much.

I can’t even comnt.

Hearing the sound, Gu Sheng turned to look and saw Shen Miaomiao watching him suspiciously, full of guard.

“What’s that face?” Gu Sheng chuckled. “I’m joking.”

Across from him, Shen Miaomiao’s face turned green as she shook her head doubtfully: “Really? I don’t believe it…”

However!

While the two were joking around,

Octane shyly smiled on the big screen, then propped himself up with his hands and, with his family’s help, sat into a wheelchair.

His pant legs hung empty. He ca closer to the cara and said:

“Is it better closer like this?”

In an instant!

The live stream went silent.

Shen Miaomiao’s expression froze.

Octane nodded in front of the cara:

“Yes, as you all can see, I lost my legs due to an accident.”

The sudden revelation left the viewers at a loss.

Comforting, sympathetic, and reassuring ssages flooded the chat.

Octane continued:

“The reason I dared to start this stream today,”

“First, is to challenge the title of Thirty-Kill Defender,”

“Second, is to use this platform to say thank you to Golden Wind and to SamGu,”

“We agreed you’d watch my stream today. I know you’re watching. Thank you, brother.”

He gave a thumbs-up to the cara, the iconic gesture of BT.

Gu Sheng also raised his hand, giving Octane a thumbs-up across the distance.

Ssshhh—!!!

Seeing this, Shen Miaomiao gasped in surprise, eyes wide as she looked at Gu Sheng:

“You… he… agreed?”

Seeing Shen Miaomiao’s shocked face, Gu Sheng smiled: “Fate, truly indescribable…”

……

The story actually started months ago when APEX was first established!

At that ti!

Little Nezha had just announced the official start of the APEX project.

Right away, Gu Sheng contacted Octane—the player who once set a world record in TTF.

Because this player’s ID matched the na of Power Kid in APEX!

Yes!

In Gu Sheng’s previous life, Power Kid’s na was Octane.

Gu Sheng thought it was a coincidence and tried to contact Octane to discuss “naming an APEX legend after his ID.”

This way, it wouldn’t change the original work, while showcasing Golden Wind’s respect for outstanding players, and boosting ga buzz—a win-win-win.

However!

After contacting Octane, Gu Sheng found things were more complicated than he imagined—

Like Power Kid, Octane in real life had also tragically lost both legs due to an accident.

His only way to regain a sense of wholeness was through the motion-sensing pod ga.

Because the pod connected to his brain nerves and could induce dreams, combined with full-sensory technology support, Octane could regain his legs and run freely inside the ga world.

In fact, because he wanted to rember this feeling so much, Octane would turn on level five pain sensitivity in the pod and sprint repeatedly around the Titanfall trial grounds with an almost crazy “grenade start” thod.

He said he was very grateful to Golden Wind’s ga.

Not only did it give him the freedom of rebirth, but he also unexpectedly set a world record and earned praise and envy from many players.

After hearing Octane’s story, Gu Sheng was silent for a long ti.

The next day!

Octane received a legendary APEX profile from Golden Wind—

[Na: Octane]

[Age: 22]

[Occupation: Extre Sports Athlete]

[Background Story—]

As an extre sports athlete, Octane once perford a spectacular stunt—using a grenade start in a real-built Pilot trial ground, leveraging the explosive force to reach the finish line at the fastest speed, creating a world record no one could surpass.

He succeeded.

But the cost was a twenty-hour rescue and his legs.

From then on, Octane’s stunt career was over, and he gradually fell into despair.

However, his despair did not last long. One day, he received an invitation card—

The top hunter leader Sam admired his boldness and adventurous spirit and was willing to provide him with an unparalleled pair of high-tech chanical legs to help him pursue the extre again.

Yes, the old stunts were nothing. To chase true adrenaline, the APEX competition was his only choice!

Now, Octane had risen again, and the APEX competition was calling him.

He would use his most incredible, most daring moves to challenge the Defender!!!

[—APEX Legend Biography: Power Kid—Octane]

Yes!

After hearing Octane’s story, Gu Sheng imdiately tweaked Power Kid’s biography, giving this legend a soul in Octane’s na!

Although it was a ga from his past life,

he did not mind using it to encourage a player to regain passion for life.

After all, isn’t that one of the anings of gas?

“It’s so fvking really coooooooooool!!!” (This is really too cool!!!)

Seeing the background story, Octane was naturally excited and thrilled!

If not for his physical condition, he even wanted to jump out of the wheelchair and spin three circles!

Octane could hardly believe it!

He never expected Gu Sheng to create a legend in APEX based on him!

Even now!

In the live stream!

Octane was still unable to hide his excitent while recounting this magical experience!

And the audience, upon hearing Octane’s story—

Was utterly stunned!!!

“Oh my fvking god! This is just too cool!”

“Sam is really a crazy guy with a heart of gold; he even created a legend for a player!”

“This kind of human care is shocking!”

“And the fact proves Sam’s design is so exquisite; Octane’s performance in APEX is outstanding!”

“That’s because Octane himself is operating! XDDDD”

“Damn, that sudden humanity from the old rascal is kinda touching…”

“Though the old rascal is a bit twisted ntally, he never lacks respect for players.”

“Amazing.”

“God knows how much this encourages Octane!”

“No wonder this guy is so flashy; the legend was designed just for him.”

“Goosebumps.”

“At this mont, I have to say four words—”

“The old rascal is aweso!!!”

“……”

Players and viewers at ho and abroad all exclaid!

They marveled at this strong young man’s extraordinary talent and were deeply moved by Golden Wind’s approach!

“Of course!”

At this point, Octane took a pair of prosthetic limbs handed to him by family mbers and proudly showed them on cara:

“Besides, Sam specially made a pair of carbon fiber prosthetics!”

The prosthetics were pure black with golden lines outlining the edges. The entire set was designed to be lightweight, looking extrely futuristic!

On the right lower leg prosthetic was Gu Sheng’s personal handwritten signature—

[Presented to my bravest top hunter friend—SamGu]

After saying this!

With his family’s help, Octane put on the prosthetics, then propped himself up and, witnessed by countless viewers, stood up again!

“I’m still adapting,”

Octane said:

“But I believe that one day, I can also enter the battlefield like Power Kid in the ga and use my most incredible moves to beco a master of life!”

As soon as he said this!

Buzz—!!!

If Octane’s story had stirred the live stream earlier,

now the stream exploded instantly!!!

“ohhhhhhhhhh—!”

“This is fucking—too cool!”

“The old rascal is aweso—!!! (voice cracking)”

“Oh god, this is too cool! Octane is cool! Sam is cool! And APEX is even cooler!”

“Sam is probably the most romantic designer I’ve ever seen!”

“Getting a bit emotional here, bros, feelings are coming out…”

“Can only say the old rascal’s move was top-notch. Whether marketing or not, this attitude commands respect.”

“Octane got a hero designed just for him, a new pair of prosthetics, a new streaming job, and countless players’ respect and praise. If this is marketing by the old rascal, my comnt is—”

“Top! Level!”

“Amazing!”

“Not! Enough!”

“More! Please!”

“……”

The live stream was boiling, everyone cheering for the miraculous fate between Octane and APEX, amazed again and again.

Beside them, Shen Miaomiao looked at Gu Sheng, who was smiling, with strange light flickering in her eyes.

She was also moved by this warm interaction.

She admired Gu Sheng and was captivated by his romantic gesture!

At this mont, the charisma shining from this man seed even more fascinating.

That warm, beating heart sparkled brilliantly, making her fall even harder!

Just then!

Gu Sheng turned his head to look at her:

“So, President Shen? How about my little idea?”

Seeing Gu Sheng’s slightly smug expression, Shen Miaomiao couldn’t help but laugh softly.

She gave him a thumbs-up with both hands and also lifted her two fair, pink little feet to thumbs-up:

“Aweso! Double thumbs up from hands and feet!”

Shen Miaomiao responded playfully.

“Wow,”

Gu Sheng ‘surprised’ greatly:

“Honored to instantly receive four likes!”

Shen Miaomiao giggled and lightly kicked Gu Sheng with her foot:

“You’re so annoying…”

However!

While the two were still joking,

Suddenly, Piāo Teacher’s voice sounded in the live stream—

“Yo, Yā’er, you really got a bit moved.”

“I can only say, Golden Wind really knows their stuff.”

“No way, I have to see if there’s anything worth buying in this ga.”

“Though I, Liu, have limited skills and level.”

“But!”

“Dropping a little cash to show respect is definitely sothing I can do…”