Starting with Genshin Impact, the whole world is going crazy for it.

Xia Tian also recounted what she had seen and heard during the day.

She said the new employees were all working very hard. Although she didn't specifically observe or monitor them, she could tell that everyone was full of enthusiasm.

Zhou Tiankuo nodded, a weight lifted from his heart.

Suddenly, both of their phones started ringing incessantly.

A glance between them revealed that there must be a new message in their work group.

[Boss, where are you?! Look! The data from DouDou Interactive Entertainment is very abnormal!]

[Holy crap, it's already 10:30, and their game's active player count is still rising, it's even reached a million!]

Are they getting restless now that they've seen us surpass them in revenue?

"Of course! We always thought our game was amazing, and now it seems we were right..."

[Are they sore losers? Hiring online trolls at a time like this? Shameless.]

Upon seeing these messages, Zhou Tiankuo frowned.

He opened the Starlight website on his phone and saw that all of DouDou Interactive Entertainment's data was rising.

The most suspicious thing is the number of active players.

At 10:30, Zhou Tiankuo looked around and saw that although there were people enjoying the cool air on the street, there weren't many.

This is a city, after all; most people prefer to stay at home.

“Given this situation, how could the number of active users keep increasing…” Zhou Tiankuo knew that Chen Bin must have done something wrong.

Chapter 162 seems to have been refreshed, but not completely.

Zhou Tiankuo gave a disdainful laugh.

"On which day did you lose your temper?" His stats were almost completely crushed the first two days, but he remained calm and composed.

Now, Tiankuo Studio has only managed to surpass DouDou Interactive Entertainment in terms of DNF revenue, and DouDou Interactive Entertainment is already rushing to get things done.

It has to be said that, from this perspective, Zhou Tiankuo feels that his mindset is better!

And really, when it comes to data analysis...

Originally, Zhou Tiankuo wasn't entirely sure, so DouDou Entertainment and Chen Bin used other methods.

But later, he kept staring at the data and found that the data from DouDou Interactive Entertainment had gone out of control!

Zhou Tiankuo remembers that it was almost eleven o'clock when he got home.

At this time, everyone should be home.

As an outdoor game, "Let's Catch Monsters" is definitely more fun when played outdoors.

Generally speaking, the number of users will decrease significantly after 10 o'clock.

Of course, Zhou Tiankuo knew that some players would also stay at home, open the mobile game, and keep checking on the pets they had raised.

Zhou Tiankuo previously released Pokémon GO, and he himself is a player like that, so he is well aware of this.

But looking at those data, he was certain that this was definitely not something a player at home could achieve.

Starting at 10:00 AM, the number of active players in DouDou Interactive's "Let's Catch Monsters" began to rise.

Even after 11 o'clock, the number of active players in the game "Let's Catch Monsters" continued to rise.

It had even reached the point where Zhou Tiankuo could see something was wrong with his naked eye.

The increase is simply too rapid.

The base number was already alarming, so this surge is quite exaggerated.

Zhou Tiankuo thought for a moment and used the code he had just written to crawl the data.

He may not be able to figure it out yet, but he must keep a record of it.

At the same time, he opened various game forums, as well as Weibo and other platforms.

He was looking for related trending topics and discussions.

If the game "Let's Catch Monsters" is so popular and has so many active players, it's impossible that it hasn't made a splash on social media.

There will definitely be some people posting topics, and it might even become a minor trending topic.

But after wandering around, Zhou Tiankuo found nothing.

Weibo is still filled with the usual gossip news, with very few topics related to games. Have any new games been released recently?

Zhou Tiankuo even specifically mentioned the topic of "Let's Catch Monsters".

Hey guys, we've been having some fun lately!

This game is really fun! I don't know if you guys have played it yet...

[I'm a newbie here, where's the best place to download this game?]

Hi everyone, anyone want to play with me?

[Let's go! Everyone, spend money on this game and destroy Tiankuo Studio!]

[Let's Catch Monsters! is the best game, no arguments allowed.]

Sure enough, under this kind of self-contained topic, the comments from fans and players became increasingly emotionally charged.

Zhou Tiankuo felt as if he had mistakenly entered someone else's territory, and left with some shame.

But after browsing through the supertopic, he still couldn't find the "evidence" he was looking for—the popularity was simply not commensurate with the real-time data from the Starlight forum.

Interactions don't lie; the only thing that can be true is data manipulation.

If it were a different game, Zhou Tiankuo wouldn't be so surprised.

The game "Let's Catch Monsters" has extremely high environmental requirements.

This game is simply unplayable at home if you don't turn on your camera and go outside.

Zhou Tiankuo had already done a review before, and had also invited Chu Zichen and others, and received similar responses.

Such games are based on the premise that players will go outdoors to improve and expand themselves, rather than simply staying at home.

To help Pokémon grow better, they choose to play outdoors more often.

Because going out to interact and battle can accelerate the growth of Pokémon.

This was also a change that Zhou Tiankuo specifically emphasized when releasing the game.

The purpose is to allow this game to achieve its original meaning.

The game "Let's Catch Monsters" is based entirely on the core of Pokémon GO, making it another plagiarized game.

These should be left unchanged and copied exactly.

This would make it easier for Zhou Tiankuo to make a judgment about it.

It can be said that plagiarism had both advantages and disadvantages for Zhou Tiankuo.

The advantage is that Zhou Tiankuo can now easily analyze the factors causing the fluctuations by looking at the data of the game "Catch Monsters".

"Absolutely a fake..."

Zhou Tiankuo then opened the Starlight website.

The data continues to rise steadily, but the rate of increase is not as dramatic as before.

It's possible that DouDou Interactive Entertainment also realized something was wrong.

The comments below, however, did not point out anything wrong.

[Everyone, let's catch monsters and keep charging! We must crush Tiankuo Studio!]

[OMG, is this number of active players real? That's incredible!]

Our little game is finally going to stand up!

[Ahhh, no! I still hope Tiankuo Studio wins...]

[Talking about winning or losing now? It's only been a few days, and you're already getting impatient. We'll see in a month.]

[Based on total revenue, everyone catching monsters will definitely earn more! Do you really think you can break the record set a few days ago?]

……

Zhou Tiankuo pursed his lips.

Well, some of the comments are readable, but others...

Zhou Tiankuo chose to ignore it and continued to collect data.

……

But that very night, a mysterious post suddenly appeared on the Starlight Games Forum.

Speaking of Starlight Games Forum, it was actually established quite early.

The forum existed as early as when the Starlight Awards began, but it wasn't very popular.

The forum exists simply to make voting for players more convenient and efficient.

This time, Starlight took on the heavy responsibility of comparing the data from the two companies, and the gaming forum suddenly returned to the public eye.

It has even become one of the most popular gaming forums recently.

One post in particular caught everyone's attention.

Don't you guys think the game data on DouDou Interactive's end is weird? It looks like it's been manipulated, but not completely!

Zhou Tiankuo discovered this post quite early on.

He had been intensively browsing various forums, trying to find people who doubted the matter.

Persistence pays off, and he finally got what he was waiting for!

Zhou Tiankuo excitedly clicked on the post, only to find that the original poster hadn't updated it yet.

There was only one simple sentence posted inside the building.

[Does anyone want to hear it? If so, I'll write out the details.]