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Chapter 37 A Shocking Scandal in the Gaming Industry

The nutrient solution rolled onto the floor, the sticky liquid flowing out and staining everywhere, but Ji Yang had no intention of cleaning it up at all.

He kept clicking the "delete" button next to the video, watching the "deletion successful" message pop up repeatedly.

However, as soon as you refresh the page, the video stays in the background, unmoved in its original position.

Even if he tried to bury his head in the sand and not refresh the backend, the notification of increasing comments would still ruthlessly shatter his illusions.

It can't be deleted...

This damn video can't be deleted!

Looking at the black background with red text on the video cover, Ji Yang began to regret why he had pretended to be dead and refused when the author of "囍" contacted him to delete the video...

If, if he had apologized and deleted the video back then, wouldn't all of this... have been avoided?

Completely lost and confused, Ji Yang opened the group chat, which he had come to see as his lifeline and was already buzzing with conversation:

"Did you guys sleep well last night? I had nightmares all night long."

"Did you have nightmares too?! Me too! The dream was full of content from that 'Double Happiness' game I uploaded before!"

"You too?!"

"What do you mean 'you too'? Wait, did you have the same nightmare too?!"

"Me too! I keep looping the death scenes in my videos, and I can't even control my body! That despair of knowing I'm dreaming but not being able to wake up is driving me crazy!"

"So I've decided to delete the 'double happiness' video! This deal is too crazy, I'm quitting! Fine, I'll break the contract!"

"..."

"...Did you delete it?"

"I haven't deleted it yet, what's wrong? Why are you all reacting like this?"

Upon seeing this, Ji Yang joined the group chat: "It can't be deleted."

"Huh? What does that mean? What do you mean 'can't delete'? I just tried to delete it, and it said 'deletion successful'..."

"Strange... how come the video is still here?! I remember it just said 'deletion successful'?!"

"I've been trying to delete it all morning, but I can't, that video..." Seeing that everyone else in the group had the exact same experience, Ji Yang had completely lost any hope: "What do you guys say..."

"The nightmares we all had, and this video that can't be deleted, could it be... a warning from the creator of the game '囍'?"

"No way, Lao Ji... what you're saying is even weirder than the video being undeletable. Don't scare yourself..."

"Exactly, they might just be using some kind of virus or special technology to scare us. Taking it seriously is just a losing proposition..."

"But what kind of technology... could make our nightmares every night filled with videos we created ourselves?"

The group chat fell silent immediately.

After a moment, someone finally emerged, trembling: "But...but we were just following the instructions to take the order! It's the bosses who paid us who have a conflict of interest with the author of '囍'. We have no grudge against that author, so why are they targeting us instead of the bosses?!"

Ji Yang said in a flat tone: "But we're the only ones standing on the stage..."

"That author doesn't know we have someone backing us."

"Old Ji, do you mean...?"

Ji Yang seemed to be talking to himself: "I just contacted the boss and told him about the nightmare and the video I can't delete, but he hasn't replied to my messages yet..."

"It seems the boss is abandoning this matter and intends for me to fend for myself..."

"Since he's so heartless, don't blame me for being ruthless in return..."

……

At noon, when most netizens had finished their lunch and were at a loss, the well-known gaming blogger "Xiao Ji Crossing the Ocean Current" suddenly apologized publicly to the creator of the game "囍" on his video account.

The apology was quite lengthy, but in summary, it stated that Xiao Ji had accepted money from other game developers and deliberately posted strategy videos for the game "囍" online. Furthermore, when the game's creator politely messaged them to delete the videos, Xiao Ji pretended not to see it and even deleted the creator's comments and account.

To further prove his claims, Xiao Ji even included various records, such as chat logs from other game developers who contacted him to commission videos and request spoilers for the game "囍", records of him receiving money, private messages from the "囍" developer, and records of comments he deleted... leaving onlookers in awe.

"My God, how can the gaming world be so dirty?"

"So, are all these game developers outwardly friendly but secretly scheming against each other?"

"These developers are wasting their talents making games..."

"Sorry, I don't understand. Why would other game developers commission videos featuring the 'double happiness' symbol to promote their competitors?"

"The point isn't the 'Double Happiness' video, it's the spoiler video for 'Double Happiness'! I've played that game called 'Double Happiness,' it's a story-driven puzzle game, and I think it's even participating in a holographic horror game competition. Once these videos flood the StarNet, players won't want to download the game after watching them... it's like the game is completely ruined..."

"I was completely stunned after reading the explanation above!"

"Huh, speaking of which, I was a little surprised when I saw the game '囍' on the competition page. Why was this game with so many negative reviews ranked so high? I thought everyone had pica, so those negative reviews were all from competitors?"

"It might actually be true! All those negative reviews haven't had any effect, so these people have turned to game bloggers to create custom videos..."

"Holy crap! You guys need to look! Several other gaming bloggers have also apologized and released their records! They're all like Lao Ji, they were paid to do this 'double happiness' thing!"

"Holy crap, even I, someone who doesn't play games, feel sorry for this author... Where can I download this author's game? I'll contribute a download to support this poor, besieged guy..."

"I was just curious about just how fun this game was, that these game developers didn't even bother with pretense and went straight into launching a campaign to destroy it..."

"Isn't anyone curious about what the apology said about 'discovering all the spoiler content was deleted' and 'having nightmares all night'?"

"What? Isn't this just the blogger playing the victim?"

"I don't know if having nightmares is a way to gain sympathy, but it's true that spoilers were deleted! My friend also heard about this and just asked me if '囍' (a game name) was fun, so I sent her a screen recording of my last game. All she saw was a compilation of my hilarious deaths, and she even asked if I'd still play after dying so badly, and praised me for being really strong..."

"What? Really? I'll try it too!"

……

"Host! You're right again!"

Seeing the comments online, the system felt that its host was truly a prophet!

At first, when it saw discussions on the StarNet about how their game would automatically delete spoilers, it worried that this might scare innocent netizens. It even nervously asked Jiangyi if she should delete those comments to prevent the spread of fear.

However, Jiang Yi didn't seem to care at all.

"You underestimate the human capacity to endure..."

Consider that back in the day, so many players in horror games, except for a very few who crashed and died when they first entered the game, all of them were treated as resources in the game day after day without ever crashing, and in the end they even managed to team up and blow up the system... This shows the resilience of human beings.

"Those bloggers are scared because they have a guilty conscience."

"Other people will just see this as something amusing..."

As Jiangyi had predicted, the system only saw a few scared comments among the vast sea of ​​comments. The rest seemed to find it very interesting, and many people even downloaded the game and started experimenting.

At least, judging from their ever-rising ranking on the overall leaderboard, this incident not only did not have a negative impact on "囍" (Xi), but also brought them a wave of popularity.

In addition, some passersby who downloaded the app after seeing the big news and feeling sorry for the girl in red have also contributed to the fact that "囍" has climbed from the bottom of the rankings to around 50th.

"And...what about those people?" Jiang Yi asked lazily.

The system snapped out of its excitement at about to reap a huge amount of energy. "Oh, host, you mean the producers behind those bloggers..."

"Don't worry, host!" The system even added a chest-thumping sound effect, assuring, "Ever since those gaming bloggers contacted them, I've been tracking them down via the internet and marking them."

"Their experience these past few days will be even more unforgettable than that of those gaming bloggers..."