What do you mean the games you make are all real?!

Chapter 90 Shocks the World: A Game That Can Enhance Strength (4200)

As the red "death" message appeared on the screen again and again, Captain Ao felt like he was about to break down.

This was the fiftieth time. After successfully killing the samurai who was patrolling the outer corridor, he didn't even have time to feel smug for more than ten seconds before he was surrounded by a squad of samurai who had rushed over after hearing the commotion.

Those samurai and the lone soldier he stabbed to death from behind were completely different concepts. Their teamwork was excellent, but after dying twenty times, he gradually figured out the core parry mechanism of the game.

Precisely parry the enemy's attack the instant they strike, deflecting it with the blade to create a brief moment of vulnerability before counterattacking.

The window of opportunity is extremely short. If you parry a fraction of an hour too early, it will just be a normal defense; if you parry a fraction of an hour too late, the blade will strike you. Only in that split second can you trigger a perfect parry.

He eventually managed to wipe out the squad by parrying, but later he was killed thirty times when facing the squad leader, Shigenori Yamauchi.

"Again! I refuse to believe it!" Captain Ao's eyes were bloodshot, just like a gambler who had lost everything.

The comments on the screen were also constantly mocking them.

"Arrogant Dog, that nickname is really accurate. In your hands, the wolves in the game are chased and beaten like dogs. This game shouldn't be called Sekiro anymore, it should be called Dog."

"Haha, I think it should be called 'Joyful Man,' because the protagonist is a lone ninja, but you're controlling a leaping creature."

A jelly-like substance jumping down.

Captain Ao is working so hard, we shouldn't mock him.

At this point, Captain Ao no longer had time to look at the comments mocking him. He clicked the revive button again, then charged towards Team Leader Yamauchi Shigeyuki with the Wedge-shaped weapon in his hand.

This time, he wasn't as reckless as before. His more than thirty deaths had allowed him to figure out Yamauchi Shigenori's fighting style.

When the huge samurai sword fell, Captain Ao successfully blocked it. Not only did he block this attack, but he also perfectly parried and deflected the next few attacks.

The sound of the katana clashing was just like the sound of blacksmithing, and Captain Ao felt as if he had truly become a samurai or a ninja.

The fluid and skillful maneuvering silenced the taunts in the comments, and everyone watched the duel intently.

After Captain Ao deflected all of Yamauchi Shigenori's attacks, he finally saw the red dot on Yamauchi Shigenori's body. Without hesitation, he swung his sword and stabbed it. The tip of the sword pierced through the gaps in the armor, through the muscles and bones, and a bloody blade protruded from his back.

Soon, the words "Ninja Kill" appeared in blood-red letters before his eyes. Captain Ao stared blankly at Yamauchi Shigenori lying on the ground, then roared at the sky like a madman.

"I won!!! Did you see that?! I won!!!"

An unparalleled sense of accomplishment filled his heart; this feeling was simply too exhilarating, even more so than when he went to CCB.

It was even more enjoyable than when he bought the big villa before; he felt great from head to toe.

The comments on the screen were also shocked.

"Holy crap! The arrogant dog actually won!"

"That perfect block was fucking awesome! It gave me goosebumps!"

"Xi Zhilang has evolved! He's evolved into Sekiro!"

"That close-up of the ninja kill was so shocking; I got goosebumps all over when the blade came out of his back."

"Is this Mitten's combat system? Sword parrying, parrying, and stealth kills all done in one smooth motion—it's a hundred times more exciting than gunfights!"

Captain Ao roared to the sky for two minutes before he came to his senses. His face was as red as if he had just come out of a sauna, and his eyes were full of excitement and pride. The more torment he had just endured, the more enjoyable it was now.

"Brothers, let me tell you, you have to experience this feeling for yourself to know the thrill of deflecting all of your opponent's attacks, and finally seizing an opening to deliver the fatal blow—"

He took a deep breath and gestured with his hands in the air as if searching for a word big enough to describe it.

"It's even more exciting than winning the lottery! Everyone has to try it, it's so much fun! Let's keep playing and beat the game in one go!"

Captain Ao was growing increasingly excited about the upcoming plot and the enemies. He stopped reading the comments and couldn't wait to take off.

The following plot begins.

He quickly found the tunnel, played his flute, and then the scene changed, and the divine child came over. He led the divine child through the tunnel and saw the magnificent reed field.

The comments section started flooded with messages.

"Beautiful! Absolutely stunning!"

"Completely the opposite of Raccoon City's art style, what a genius Mitten's art design is!"

"I wish I could go inside and take a walk around."

"Even virtual reality can't achieve this level of detail now—the lighting, the physics of the wind blowing through the reeds, how did Miteng create all that?"

"Stop talking, stop talking! The more you talk, the more I want to play, but I'm still at work!!"

Ignoring the barrage of comments, Captain Ao drew his sword and looked at the samurai standing in the reeds ahead.

Judging from that armor and the large bow on his back, you could tell that guy was incredibly strong, but the perfect parry he had just delivered filled Captain Ao with confidence.

Captain Ao drew his wedge and charged toward Genichiro.

The first strike missed.

Genichiro's sword was much faster than he had imagined. Just as he swung his sword, Genichiro's katana had already slashed past him, taking away about a third of the wolf's health.

"Holy crap! So fast!" Captain Ao hurriedly retreated, quickly taking a sip of his healing gourd.

But Genichiro didn't give him a chance to catch his breath. His second slash followed immediately, striking the wolf precisely on the shoulder, and the wolf's health bar dropped significantly.

Captain Ao was already planning to spend money to revive and fight again, but Genichiro's next strike did not kill him, but instead severed one of his hands.

Then Genichiro takes the Divine Child away, and after that, please look forward to the next chapter.

"Is that all?" Captain Ao was still a bit dazed. Genichiro's attack speed was too fast. He couldn't react at all. Genichiro was not on the same level as his previous formidable opponent.

He was also surprised that the prologue ended so quickly. He had just started to get the hang of it and was just enjoying the fun of parrying when the game was over? And what was with the hand being chopped off?

The viewers in the chat were also completely bewildered.

"So, from now on, the wolf controlled by the player will only have one hand?"

"Damn! I couldn't beat them with both hands, how am I supposed to fight with only one hand now?"

"This game is so difficult, a whole level harder than Resident Evil. How much money would it cost to beat it?"

"Did you guys notice? There's no first-clear bonus this time. Has Miteng really reduced it this much?"

"As expected, Mitten and Umbrella have fallen out, and they can't even give out the prizes anymore. Without a big sponsor to bail them out, this is just a money-making scheme that Mitten uses."

Captain Ao was somewhat surprised to see that there were no game completion rewards, but he didn't care too much.

He switched the live stream from the VR headset back to his computer, then took off the headset and continued, "Although this game is very difficult and it may cost a lot of money to beat, the quality of this game is really high. It must have used the latest engine. You all know how expensive it is to develop a new engine these days."

"Those who have the financial means should definitely support this game, and those who don't have the money should still give it a try. If Miteng's funding chain breaks down, this game will be canceled, which would be a loss for players worldwide."

This is the first time Captain Ao has recommended a game so sincerely, and without receiving a single penny. It's Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.

The quality is just too high. Even though the difficulty is extremely high, he has already become somewhat addicted to playing it. He doesn't want such an excellent game to have no sequel.

Just as he was about to stand up and go to the computer to continue making recommendations, he felt something was wrong with his body.

"Brothers, something's not right—I feel like something's changed about me—" Captain Ao's voice carried a hint of uncertainty.

He straightened up, and then he quickly realized what this change was.

His body, which was constantly staying up late, lacking exercise, and relying entirely on takeout and sugary drinks to stay alive, used to sway involuntarily whenever he suddenly stood up from his gaming chair, and sometimes his vision would even go black for a moment.

The doctor said it was orthostatic hypotension and advised him to stay up less and exercise more. He let it go in one ear and out the other, but now when he suddenly stood up from the chair, he not only didn't sway, but even that familiar dizziness disappeared.

His feet were firmly planted on the floor, and his center of gravity naturally fell into the most balanced position, making him stand more steadily than ever before.

This is really not right.

He turned to look at the baseball bat in the corner of the room, which he had bought on a whim but never used, and then picked it up.

He started practicing the wolf's sword techniques from the game, and his previously stiff body actually managed to execute those moves, albeit clumsily, though he was nowhere near the agile wolf in the game.

"Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap!" Captain Ao was so shocked that he couldn't even utter a complete sentence. The actions he had just performed were something he would never have done before playing Sekiro.

Although he wasn't the kind of shut-in who slumped in a chair all day without moving, he was definitely not an athlete either. He would get out of breath after walking just a few steps to pick up a package, and his back would ache for half a day after bending over to pick something up, let alone wielding a knife.

The barrage of comments had completely exploded at this point, with the scrolling speed of the comment pool so fast that the entire screen was experiencing severe lag.

"??? Captain Ao, what are you demonstrating? When did you learn this trick?"

"Was that swing of the bat just now for real? It felt like someone had been practicing for years?"

"I've known him for three years, and he never even goes to the gym. Last time he was carrying a delivery box, he complained of back pain. You're telling me he can do that kind of spinning swing now?"

"I recorded it! I played it back in slow motion and saw the trajectory of that waist movement. It's definitely not something an ordinary person can do by just swinging their arms around a couple of times."

"I just tried swinging the knife, but why can't I even get the posture right? —"

Captain Ao's forehead began to bead with cold sweat.

He strode to the computer, dragged the recording to the part where he swung the baseball bat, and slowed it down to 0.5x speed.

In the video, he did indeed make a clean and crisp horizontal slash, with the power generation sequence of his shoulder, elbow, wrist, and waist and hips being completely correct.

That move was almost identical to the final strike he delivered when controlling the wolf to kill Shigenori Yamauchi in the game.

"Brothers—" Captain Ao's voice trembled slightly.

"I think I've really mastered the sword techniques from the game—"

The comments section was silent for a moment, then started scrolling at an even more frantic pace.

"??????"

"??????"

"??????"

"No, this joke has gone too far!"

"His movements just now weren't perfectly precise, but they weren't just random swings! The trajectory of his movements was exactly the same as the wolf's sword technique in the game!"

"Did you notice? His balance is noticeably better than before. When he jumped and landed just now, his feet didn't even wobble. Before, he would have been panting and leaning against the wall."

"What the hell is the workings of this?! You can learn the moves from a game?!"

"Since I got bitten by zombies so many times while playing Resident Evil, will I turn into a zombie too?!"

"Don't talk nonsense upstairs. How do you know you won't turn into a zombie? Maybe you're already turning into a zombie, just not fully mutated yet."

"Really?! My nails definitely grew faster after I finished playing Resident Evil, could it be that—"

"Don't go off-topic! Don't go off-topic! We're discussing what's really going on with Captain Ao!"

Captain Ao licked his dry lips and said seriously to the camera, "Brothers, I solemnly declare here that I absolutely did not rehearse any moves beforehand. You've watched my live streams for so long, you know what kind of person I am. I'm just a gamer, I've never learned martial arts. I need to get to the bottom of this. I'll contact Mi Teng right now."

Fang Qingzhou, who was in his office, soon received a call from his secretary. He was completely bewildered after learning that playing Sekiro could teach him sword techniques.

He didn't know why this was happening, but the damn system was under maintenance, and he couldn't even ask questions.

"Just say it's our new technology, called—Neuro-muscle Synchronous Mapping Technology." Fang Qingzhou rubbed his temples and casually made up a name that sounded impressive enough.

Shen Yingtang on the other end of the phone was clearly stunned for a moment, and then Fang Qingzhou heard her typing rapidly on the computer.

"Neuro-muscle synchronization mapping technology — Okay, boss, what's the specific principle behind it? How do I explain it to the media and players?"

"I'll just say—" Fang Qingzhou paused for a second, his mind racing with fabricated stories.

"We've embedded a biomechanical skeletal tracking algorithm into Sekiro's virtual engine. Every action the player takes generates corresponding muscle memory data through a neural signal interaction module. This data is then written back into the player's nervous system, creating an effect similar to muscle memory. This is Miteng's latest breakthrough in the field of virtual reality interaction, and it's a normal experience of using a zombie."

upgrade."

After he finished speaking, he himself thought it sounded quite plausible.

"Understood," Shen Yingtang replied, then hung up the phone. After hanging up, Fang Qingzhou leaned back in his chair and stared at the ceiling.

He didn't know if this was a system setting or some unexpected bug, nor did he know how far this matter would ultimately develop.

Everything was giving him a headache. The only thing he knew was that Mi Teng would once again be in the eye of the storm.

Soon, Miteng's official announcement was released across the entire internet, and within five minutes it topped the trending searches on major social media platforms.

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