Zhao Haiping clicked the "Agree" option without hesitation.
Duh, of course he would agree. How could he miss such a great opportunity to show off, sanctioned by the ga itself?
Cough cough, oops, spoke too soon. What showing off? This was clearly a case of initiating discussions about ga strategies with other players—it was all part of normal player-to-player interaction.
It wasn't about fishing for player adoration at all.
But on another note, the ga was quite considerate. It even took into account that so players might be low-key and might not want to share their gaplay videos with others.
The developers left the choice to the players, who could freely decide whether or not to post their videos.
However, Zhao Haiping thought the developers might be overthinking it. In an average ga, maybe, but in a ga as tough as this, the sense of achievent from beating it was too great. If soone could resist bragging about it, they must have been a saint in a past life.
The mont Zhao Haiping clicked agree, the video appeared on the official website of "Dark Sand."
Then, he opened his chat app, ready to share the good news with Chu Ge.
...
anwhile.
At the postgraduate dormitory of Tiandu University's History Departnt.
Chu Ge woke up on ti and took off his gaming helt.
After washing up, he walked towards the cafeteria for breakfast while checking the ga forum of "Dark Sand" as usual.
After a quick browse, he noticed that the number of complaint posts about "Dark Sand" seed to have increased again.
"This ga is too hard! Frustratingly difficult!"
"Exactly, I've been stuck on the assassin instance for days, and I just can't beat it!"
"It's the sa with the foot soldier instance. It's so tough! I barely got through the first stage, and the second stage wants dead!"
"This isn't a ga; it's a special forces recruitnt program, right?"
"I think even special forces would struggle with this difficulty. It's simply not playable!"
"Is it possible the ga's neural link technology collects players' negative emotions, and the more we suffer, the happier the developers get? Otherwise, why design such a sadistic ga?"
"I'm sure if they don't lower the difficulty soon, the ga will be dead within two weeks!"
"Yeah, I agree. The difficulty probably deters 99% of players. The craziest part is that so far, no one has even managed to beat the beginner instance!"
"Let put it this way, the ga feels real, but it's not fun at all! A ga like this can't last long!"
Obviously, three to four days of suffering had indeed pushed most of the beta testers to a threshold.
They were nearly at their breaking point.
Of course, there were also many people who didn't get the beta access and were just spectating. Out of envy, they threw a few critical remarks as well—it was only natural.
Chu Ge certainly didn't agree with these views, as for him, this was the most fun ga ever!
The realism and the high degree of freedom made the ga endlessly enjoyable once you really got into it.
Unfortunately, just talking about it couldn't make other players see how fun the ga was.
Like many challenging action gas, when you really got into them, they were super fun and addictive. But if soone asked why the ga was fun, it was really hard to explain.
Just then, Chu Ge's phone buzzed. He had received a ssage from Zhao Haiping.
It was straightforward, just three words.
"I passed!!!"
Even through the phone screen, Chu Ge could feel Zhao Haiping's excitent.
Chu Ge's eyes lit up, and he imdiately replied, "Congratulations!
"How did you do it?"
Zhao Haiping: "Basically, just as you predicted, I went northeast towards the North Mountain route and quickly encountered the reinforcents from Great Chu. The entire process is now uploaded on the official website."
Chu Ge promptly replied, "OK, I'll go watch it now!"
For Zhao Haiping's victory, Chu Ge was genuinely elated.
After all, the two of them were partners, not competitors, and Zhao Haiping's successful clearance couldn't have happened without Chu Ge's help.
Players are such a community; they generally don't keep good tricks to themselves but share them selflessly, helping each other.
Moreover, Chu Ge was well aware that Zhao Haiping's successful first clearance was crucial!
So many players were complaining about the difficulty of the ga, feeling that there was nothing enjoyable in the instance.
Was it because the ga's chanics were not rich or fun?
Actually, no.
It was because those players simply hadn't found the right way to clear it.
If they kept timidly hiding at the back in the "Foot Soldier Trial" instance, then they would just be getting chopped by the Beidi barbarians—where's the fun in that?
So, a legendary player's successful clearance video was indeed needed now to show players how the ga should be played!
Chu Ge opened the "Dark Sand" official website and discovered that there was indeed a new section added, simply titled "Outstanding Player Clearance Videos"!
The video's description didn't contain much—just phrases like "first clearance" and "Foot Soldier Trial", but even that was enough to capture attention!
Chu Ge imdiately clicked to view it.
...
The video's clarity was extrely high, almost identical to the in-ga quality.
In other words, it was indistinguishable from reality, nearly on par with films that pay extre attention to prop details.
The content of three stages was perfectly edited together, pulling the cara back when needed, focusing on close-ups when appropriate, capturing every facial expression and slashing movent—everything was portrayed as realistically as the actual movies.
Appropriate detail where necessary, never dwelling too long on any scene that should be omitted, yet never being vague on scenes that required emphasis.
Right from the beginning, Zhao Haiping astonished everyone with his excellent archery skills. As the barbarians stord the walls, he was unstoppable, his outstanding performance even amazed General Geng Zhong.
In the second stage, Zhao Haiping decisively persuaded the general to dig wells and kill horses, ultimately turning the tide at the last mont.
In the third stage, Zhao Haiping rode alone into vast snow storms to bring reinforcents, eventually driving away the Beidi barbarians, allowing General Geng Zhong and the remaining soldiers of Great Chu to safely retreat.
Chu Ge was actually well aware of the general plot because he had been strategizing throughout Zhao Haiping's entire clearance process.
But seeing the clearance video now, Chu Ge was still profoundly shocked.
So aweso!
This level of play was from an ordinary player?
It's like watching speedrun videos from great players in many action gas, always shocking because it feels like you're not even playing the sa ga.
Could this area even be maneuvered like that?
This terrifying enemy seed utterly powerless in front of the master?
That's absurd!
Especially as the ga progressed, Zhao Haiping's moves beca even more extre; dealing with three or four barbarians up close at the end of the second stage seed like a piece of cake.
And the combat scenes in this clearance video were different from those in movies.
In movies, the fight scenes are usually one of two extres: either overly simple and childish, making them seem slapdash, or too ornate and visually appealing to feel real.
But real lee combat is sowhere in between these two extres, yet entirely different.
There are no fancy moves, and unlike gas, there's no balance to speak of; every soldier uses the simplest, most direct killing techniques, which might not seem clever but on a real battlefield, they show how fragile life really is.
Many films and dramas also try to make lee combat more realistic, but no matter how much they check their facts, it's hard to achieve.
The reason is simple; the actors just can't portray that state!
These veterans, who had seen countless battles and were accustod to death, every attack carried countless subtle details—a peace-ti person couldn't perform that.
Maybe so masterful actors could master it without guidance, but 99% of those forming the entire battlefield were just extras; no matter how much they tried, they couldn't execute that quality, it's better to muddle through focusing on drama or leave everything to the martial arts director to design a set of flashy fight moves—just be 'cool', and that's it.
But this "Dark Sand" ga video portrayed lee combat with incredible realism.
Every NPC seed as if they were alive, truly fighting for their lives!
And in such a state, they presented a performance that could truly be called perfect for all players and viewers!
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