Only those who have truly played "Towards Death and Life" can understand how high Xiao Douzi's skill level really is.
Wang already felt his hands were steady, but compared to Xiao Douzi, they were simply not on the sa level.
The other player was obviously a professional gar, whose movents during platform jumps were incredibly stable. In several spots where there was barely any room to land, Xiao Douzi would jump with ease and precision.
Apart from the fluid movents during the jumps, Xiao Douzi's judgnt of distances was also spot-on. Many tis, when Wang thought he wouldn't make the jump, Xiao Douzi would land exactly where he intended to.
The control was mature, and the understanding of the ga even more accurate.
And it was through Xiao Douzi that Wang realized that many objects in the ga were not randomly placed.
The decrepit elevators could be operated; if the button light on the elevator was on, then it could be used, saving a great deal of jumping ti.
So inconspicuous places could also be used to move quickly and speed up climbing, greatly saving ti.
After watching for a while, Wang kept nodding, impressed that this person seed born to play gas.
But what surprised him was that at a certain platform, instead of jumping directly across, Xiao Douzi took a three-minute detour to activate an unremarkable-looking switch by the roadside.
Once the switch was flipped, a multitude of light particles began to converge, and a palm-sized chanical sprite appeared next to Xiao Douzi's character, intermittently saying, "We et again, unknown traveler."
Wang Say Gas: "...F*ck!"
He was thoroughly convinced now.
He originally thought it was a horror ga, but it turned out to be a platform-jumping ga.
He thought jumping was the only option, but hidden chanics revealed so many interactable items.
He thought that was all there was to the ga, but there was actually a storyline.
A small ga with so much depth, Fang Cheng, you're quite sothing!
The sudden appearance of the chanical sprite gave Wang Say Gas a jolt of energy, rousing him from drowsiness and making him watch with renewed excitent.
It wasn't just him; a bunch of users on Bilibili also exclaid "F*ck" on the bullet comnts, causing the entire screen to lag for a second before the video could continue playing.
At that mont, Wang was certain that Xiao Douzi was the first person to discover the storyline within the ga.
Xiao Douzi didn't speak during the stream, but the palm-sized sprite certainly had a lot to say.
It appeared to be a semi-transparent little person, its body blurry due to chanical faults and occasionally glitching, effectively conveying its damaged state.
Floating beside Xiao Douzi, it intermittently said, "It has been an hour since we last t."
"Pleased to see you, unknown climber. Let introduce myself again, I am your climbing aid tool; you can call Alpha."
"This climbing path was built to commorate the 1100th birthday of the Republic. The whole course is 5 kiloters long, and you can appreciate the magnificent scenery along the way. If you feel tired, you can use the elevator to get to the top. However, according to my diagnostics, the elevator has broken down, and I have already contacted staff for repairs."
"I have learned your language, which I find very interesting. Its intonation rises and falls like music, very pleasant to listen to, and I like it a lot."
"Why don't you speak? Is it because you dislike my explanation? My apologies, it's been thousands of years since I've seen a living being, and seeing you makes overly excited."
The sprite chattered ceaselessly while Xiao Douzi climbed in silence, letting the sprite relate everything around them.
Although occasionally there would be a harsh noise, the sprite's voice was very pleasant.
Through its explanations, players learned a lot of information.
An ancient kingdom fell due to war, and terrifying biological weapons ultimately destroyed the entire civilization. Unknown monsters descended from the sky, began devouring this planet, which no longer bore signs of civilization, and sent the climb path built to commorate the Republic into the air.
Civilization was destroyed by its own people, all life was wiped out, and only the chanical beings from the last days of civilization dedicatedly carried out their prior orders, one of which was Alpha.
The story wasn't long, but after everyone heard it, they felt sowhat choked up.
What initially seed like simple environntal design, after the truth was unveiled, had a powerful emotional impact. The dead civilization presented itself to the players in this way, letting them hear, through their screens, the last echoes of that civilization.
At last, in the video's finale, Xiao Douzi finally reached the endpoint, a small room at the top of the tower.
After entering the room, the sprite flew onto Xiao Douzi's shoulder and happily said, "Congratulations, you are the first and second person to reach the top after a thousand years. We have prepared a fine gift for you, which you can collect from the administrator after descending the mountain."
Then the ground began to tremble, and the massive Star-devouring Beast finally sensed the presence of the "little one" and, following Fang Cheng's orders, lifted the little one into the sky with its tentacles.
As the altitude climbed, the tentacle pierced through the atmosphere and the dust layer overhead, finally reaching outer space where the endless cosmos unfolded.
There, they saw the vast universe, the greatness of the cosmos and their own insignificance starkly contrasted at that mont, giving everyone a new interpretation of the ga's na, "Towards Death and Life."
This civilization had died.
But it still left sothing behind, lingering in the hearts of the players after death.
In the end, Alpha turned its head towards the screen and smiled, saying, "Thank you for participating, I hope you found the journey satisfactory."
"...And thank you," Xiao Douzi finally spoke his only line in the video.
Just that simple sentence broke through the defenses of everyone watching.
The playful and adorable sprite was like a little angel; behind her optimistic and cheerful deanor was a millennium of lonely waiting, but luckily, fate had not abandoned her.
Xiao Douzi had also beco the voice for the players, finally expressing what they had all been wanting to say.
The original triple-digit follower count exploded before their very eyes as a flood of gars rushed to the Steam platform to download the ga and tagged it with a "recomnded" review.
Wang Say Gas was no exception.
After turning off the video, he purposefully restarted the ga and located Alpha's switch during the gaplay. Accompanied by the sprite, he climbed tirelessly until he finally reached the end.
After watching the ending scene, standing in the dawn's light, he couldn't help but reflect,
"This world is truly beautiful."
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