Creating a zombie in a mountain village terrifies players worldwide.

Chapter 8: 50,000 People Online Are Terrified

The next day, at 9 a.m.

Lin Shu got up early, and after washing up, he returned to his room, ready to check yesterday's game data on his phone.

Of course, it would be more convenient to directly access the consciousness network, since the virtual panel can appear as soon as you think about it.

But considering I've had enough sleep and don't want to lie down anymore, I'll just watch it on my phone.

So, Lin Shu picked up her phone, opened the SkyNet app, and logged into her account.

Suddenly, the prominent 99+ in the upper right corner made him pause slightly, and his heart skipped a beat.

I opened the message center, and wow, it was like I'd stirred up a hornet's nest!
99+ replies, 99+ private messages, 99+ likes.

"what's the situation?"

"I got flamed because the game is so bad?"

"That shouldn't be the case, I was very serious about it."

Lin Shu didn't rush to look at the messages. Instead, she opened the developer backend to check the data first.

He was shocked when he saw the result!
[Work: The Strange Videotape]

[Price: This is an early access version of the game.]

[Views: 162174; Favorites: 100774; Downloads: 84017; Comments: 31044]

Current number of users online: 56415

[Maximum online time: 8 hours]

[Account gained 11654 new followers]

Overnight, 80,000 people downloaded it?

And there are still over 50,000 people playing the game right now?
Don't they go to work?

"My goodness, this is going to be a hit."

Lin Shu felt like she was dreaming.

This data is incredible, absolutely incredible!

In just one night, it exploded!

These data points clearly showed him that his game was a hit!

It's worth noting that such first-day performance data only appears in games from large, established companies, not in indie games.

Many indie games haven't achieved this kind of data even after a week of release, yet I've generated such impressive numbers in just one night—it's practically a miracle!

Lin Shu was somewhat excited at this moment.

He didn't have high expectations for the game's performance. After all, everyone knows what the situation is like with indie games, and besides, he's just an ordinary person without a team, so there's basically no way to succeed with individual development.

However, now that his first game has achieved such remarkable results, surpassing most others, his passion is naturally soaring.

Of course, a large portion of these players were definitely attracted by the fact that it was free.

After all, free stuff is always so tempting.

Thinking of this, he immediately opened the comments section to see what the players had said.

User A, who played for 1.2 hours:

"This game is so scary, it made me pee my pants."

User B, with 3.0 hours of gameplay:

"The relationship between the man and woman is real! The woman was completely clingy and went to great lengths to get my attention. In the end, she desperately wanted to get close to me, but I refused. She even had someone hold me down (drooling.jpg)."

User C, who played for 6.5 hours:

"I'll just say one keyword: 'female lead with long, straight black hair,' then look at my game time, and you can figure it out yourselves."

User D, who played for 4 hours:

"It's so much fun! I highly recommend it!"

User E, who played for 2.9 hours:

"At first I thought I was watching a movie in a game, then two men and two women appeared and I thought it was SilverAsh, then I picked up the camera and thought I was going to shoot a big 2V2 scene, and finally I found out that I was the clown who was tricked."

User F, whose game time was 0.5 hours:

"The group from Chishi's side has gathered. This game is so exciting, watching others play it is so much fun." - User G, game time 0.3 hours:

"Holy crap! I've been tricked! Run, guys! This isn't a porn game! I'm absolutely terrified!"

Lin Shu:
Lin Shu was very glad that she had found those three tags, which allowed the players to help lure people in and kill them.

but
Chishi-ge? Is he a streamer?
So that's how it is. It seems the streamer indirectly made the game popular.

"Turns out my luck isn't so bad after all."

While many of the comments under the game were memes, most of the players' messages were still quite normal.

"A single person could create such a monstrous thing? I'm totally blown away!"

"I impulsively clicked on it at 3 AM, and now it's dawn and I'm too scared to sleep. Producer, you're such a newbie!!!"

"This is completely different from any horror game I've ever played before. It's so scary, waaaaah!"

"This is not something that should exist in the mortal world! A friend of mine who loves watching horror movies was scared to tears after playing it for only half an hour!"

"This is not a game! This is a torture device! It should be included in new interrogation methods!"

"It's more fun than Pixel Interactive's 'They Are All Ghosts,' this is a true horror game!"

There were many more comments like that, more than Lin Shu could probably read in a day, so she stopped reading.

He casually opened his private messages, which were almost entirely filled with people marveling at how terrifying the game was and asking if there would be any updates.

Of course, besides praise and requests for advice, there were also mindless insults, which Lin Shu simply ignored.

Meanwhile, several people claiming to be from certain game companies extended offers to him, hoping to hire him, with salary and benefits negotiable.

Lin Shu glanced at it briefly, and without thinking, simply read it without replying.

If I'm already using cheats, why would I play with you guys? Wouldn't that be a waste of my cheating skills?

The Skynet app has been shut down.

Lin Shu used her phone to access the world's bullet screen website.

He wanted to see if anyone was streaming the game on the danmaku (bullet screen) website, given that over 80,000 people had downloaded it.

So he tentatively searched for the keyword: 'creepy videotape'.

The result was over 20 pages long!
The first five pages are all related to his games.

Various headlines emerged one after another.

[Newbie YouTuber recklessly challenges himself with "The Weird Videotape"—viewer with caution if you have a weak heart!]

Who says horror games are no good? This game teaches everyone a lesson in being human!

[Even client revisions have never terrified me like this; this game has.]

[I played for half an hour, and just as I stepped out of the virtual pod, I was already at the Bridge of Helplessness. A tearful recommendation!]

I declare that even a big-budget game like "They Are All Ghosts" isn't worthy of shining this indie game's shoes!

Those who can beat this game without showing any expression are all like this (thumbs up)

[I'm not exaggerating, this is absolutely the best game to cure facial paralysis in 2055!]

[A horror game that scared the streamer – today I'm going to test how deep the waters are!]

Lin Shu discovered that the video with the most views was a clip of a male live streamer, posted at 7 a.m.

In just two hours, it has already garnered over 300 million views!

Goodness, even Lin Shu was stunned.

Is it that popular?
Besides the videos, the live streaming area was also very lively.

There are also more than 20 game streamers broadcasting his game. If you click on any of them, you can see the streamer screaming and yelling in terror at Chu Renmei, his voice cracking, and the chat is filled with "hahahahaha".

Two female anchors were even so frightened they cried!
Her tears, like pear blossoms in the rain, prompted the viewers and fans in the live stream to offer her comfort.

Gifts were being sent in droves, and the screen was filled with comments like "I feel sorry for the girl" and "Don't cry, streamer, here's a hug."

Lin Shu was green with envy.

"This money is so easy to make, I'm so envious."

(End of this chapter)