Because of My Stupidity, I Became a Timid Vampire

Chapter 75 : Bei Yaoyue's Gaming Skills

"Did you understand? If you didn't understand, I'll explain it again."

"I understand, I understand." Bei Yaoyue nodded hastily, but in reality she understood nothing at all.

She just didn't want to hear it again. It didn't matter anyway—since this was multiplayer co-op, having Xifeng carry her would be enough.

Xifeng indeed thought the same way. PVE games were just for fun—knowing the basic controls was sufficient.

Both maintained an optimistic attitude until Xifeng was jumping over a cliff when Bei Yaoyue butt-stomped on her head, causing a hitstun that made both of them fall to their deaths together.

"..."

"..."

Xifeng looked at Bei Yaoyue with a strange expression, while Bei Yaoyue returned an extremely innocent look, her clear eyes as pure and flawless as a deer's, as if she weren't the culprit who caused their team wipe.

"It's okay, let's try again." Xifeng helplessly pressed her forehead.

Not long after, Bei Yaoyue picked up Xifeng and threw her onto a fireball, then accidentally walked onto it herself.

"..."

"...My hand slipped, hand slipped."

"...Let's continue."

When passing through a narrow path, Xifeng made a small jump to get onto a platform, but Bei Yaoyue used her as a stepping stone, launching her high up to hit the icicles on the ceiling. The next moment, Bei Yaoyue slipped and fell into the abyss.

"..." Suppressing the urge to throw her controller, Xifeng felt completely numb. This gaming talent was already in the negatives, wasn't it?

She no longer hoped for Bei Yaoyue to provide any positive help—at minimum, just don't harm her, okay?

For a simple difficulty map, if she were playing alone, her skills would have no problem clearing it in one try. But now she was being held back by Bei Yaoyue and still stuck on this level.

Feeling somewhat embarrassed, Bei Yaoyue blinked and asked: "Should we keep playing?"

"...Let's change games."

Xifeng ejected the Super Mario Maker 2 cartridge and inserted Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Compared to Super Mario Maker 2, this game's difficulty was much lower.

Actually, the Mario series' difficulty was quite counterintuitive. What looked like just a jumping platformer game where you stomp on enemies to clear levels made most people think it was simple, but due to control limitations, the difficulty was actually much higher than it appeared. The learning curve was actually in the higher tier.

Even some extreme high-difficulty parkour levels often had clear rates below 0.2%.

Just like the famous parkour game "Celeste"—watching others play with fluid, effortless operations looked simple, but only when you tried it yourself did you understand how difficult the game really was.

Xifeng had also suffered from this back then. She saw how relaxed and comfortable Super Little Jay made it look, so she bought the game, only to discover when actually playing that everything about her was fine except she had no hands.

Xifeng explained Mario Kart 8's controls to Bei Yaoyue, and they began playing.

Since this was a racing game, even though Xifeng had set the AI difficulty to the lowest, Bei Yaoyue, being a beginner, consistently placed in the bottom few positions.

But fortunately, the fun of racing games lay in the process of breaking speed limits—results didn't greatly affect enjoyment, so Bei Yaoyue played with considerable relish.

However, even if rankings mattered little, always being last was somewhat boring. Bei Yaoyue had an idea and said to Xifeng: "Just playing is a bit uninteresting. How about we add some stakes?"

"Stakes?" Xifeng looked puzzled. "What stakes?"

"For example... next race, if my ranking is higher than yours, you have to fulfill one wish of mine. Of course, if your ranking is higher than mine, I'll fulfill one wish of yours." Bei Yaoyue's azure eyes sparkled with unusual light. "How about these stakes?"

"Are you serious?" Xifeng scratched her head. Wasn't Bei Yaoyue digging a pit to bury herself?

She could consistently get first place every time, while Bei Yaoyue perpetually hovered around eleventh or twelfth place. There was no possibility of her losing this bet.

"Of course I'm serious. Do you dare accept?" Bei Yaoyue used the timeless provocation method to stimulate Xifeng's competitive spirit. "If you don't dare, then forget it."

"Of course I dare!" Xifeng snorted disdainfully. "Am I afraid of you?"

Since Bei Yaoyue wanted to throw herself into defeat, she had absolutely no reason to refuse. She had even already thought of what to demand when Bei Yaoyue lost—she'd make Bei Yaoyue promise never to bully her again.

A sinister smile flashed in the corner of her eyes as Bei Yaoyue smiled: "Good, let's begin."

"One race decides the winner?"

"Yes."

"The loser can't welch, okay? Whoever welches is a puppy."

"Fine."

"Ding, ding, dang—"

The starting countdown ended, and Xifeng shot out ahead, taking the lead and grabbing the double item box—a Super Star and a Golden Mushroom. The Super Star could block items, while the Golden Mushroom provided unlimited boost for a certain time.

With these two powerful items for someone in the lead, Xifeng maintained a commanding advantage, while Bei Yaoyue was in her usual bottom few positions. However, she didn't seem anxious at all, leisurely following at the back of the pack.

Thanks to a setting in Mario Kart 8—players in lower positions had higher chances of getting powerful items—Bei Yaoyue picked up one of the strongest items in the entire game: the Bullet Bill.

Using the Bullet Bill's super-high acceleration and powerful effect of knocking down all other racers, Bei Yaoyue overtook three or four AI racers in one go, closing the gap with Xifeng to single digits, though there was still a considerable distance.

The race quickly entered the final lap, with Xifeng still holding a commanding lead and clutching two Super Stars—victory was practically assured.

Seeing the finish line just half a lap away, she decisively activated her Super Star and smugly turned to Bei Yaoyue: "You're going to lose. This was a bet you proposed yourself, so don't blame me."

The Super Star made her immune to all attacks and interference except terrain. With the Super Star's protection, aside from operational mistakes causing her to fall off the track, there was no possibility of her losing. She could already declare victory in advance.

Bei Yaoyue ignored her, just smiling faintly, dark clouds swirling in her eyes as if brewing some sinister conspiracy.

When Xifeng approached the final sharp turn before the finish line, Bei Yaoyue suddenly moved close to the concentrating Xifeng, used her face to brush aside the hair by her ear, opened her pearly teeth, and gently bit Xifeng's earlobe.

"Kyah~~~~~~~~~~~"

The sudden electric current made Xifeng let out a charming moan, her body instantly losing strength, and her controls became distorted. Her character deviated from the drift trajectory and plunged headfirst into the river outside the track.

Taking advantage of Xifeng's respawn time, Bei Yaoyue decisively used her speed mushroom, overtook her in one move, and sped away.

The recovered Xifeng immediately became furious with embarrassment. She controlled her character to chase Bei Yaoyue's exhaust fumes, shouting frantically: "Bei Yaoyue!!! You cheated!!!!"

At this point, the Super Star in her hand became useless, since it could only protect but not attack or accelerate. When behind, it couldn't help her catch up at all. She watched helplessly as Bei Yaoyue used the speed mushroom to pull further and further away.

Game over. Bei Yaoyue: 8th place. Xifeng: 9th place.