This Is Not a Bug but a Game Feature

Chapter 331 - 212: Bullets Can Curve—Isn’t That Common Sense?

"Gun... Gun Fighting Technique?!"

"Whoa? Whoa!"

"Are you kidding me? Magic Bullet, huh?"

Surprised by this bizarre scene was not only Guo Mo the protagonist, but also the thousands of viewers watching his live-stream.

When Guo Mo got behind the rock and confirmed that the player he just killed hadn’t exposed any part of themselves, instead hiding behind the cover and being shot "through the mountain", he was stunned.

"No, brothers!"

"You have to vouch for me, I swear I wasn’t cheating, I... I don’t even know what happened!"

As a game streamer, Guo Mo knows he’s in trouble. If he doesn’t explain this clearly, a bunch of malicious editing accounts will accuse him of cheating by tomorrow.

The problem is, he really wasn’t cheating!

He doesn’t even know how that shot happened, did the bullet curve? Did it pass through cover to kill the enemy behind?

My god!

The more Guo Mo explained, the more powerless he felt, as if even he was starting to believe the suspicion was huge.

The chat was also constantly stirring things up.

"Nice cheat, streamer, how much did you pay for it?"

"Confirmed, the streamer is cheating!"

"Chang Wei, you still say you don’t know martial arts, Magic Bullet appeared and you don’t admit it?"

"Someone is live-streaming cheating here, come quickly to enforce justice @GameBugs"

Most of the chat was just teasing, after all, they were old viewers, not really believing Guo Mo would pull such a stunt as live-streaming cheats.

Most importantly, this is Tianba Studio’s newly released game "Space-Time Reconnaissance"!

Ba boasted and even put out a ten thousand yuan reward for related cheats. If Guo Mo really had these cheats, why not claim the reward from Ba?

"This isn’t a cheat..."

Among the viewers in Guo Mo’s live-stream, there are people who play the game "Space-Time Reconnaissance".

Soon someone explained the phenomenon on the chat: "Just tried it in the game, sliding followed by a double jump, shooting during the hover, the character’s arm twitches abnormally, and the bullet does indeed curve."

With someone corroborating, Guo Mo’s cheating suspicion was cleared.

However, more astonishing than Guo Mo not cheating was that such miraculous "Magic Bullet" can be achieved without cheats?

Is there really Gun Fighting Technique?

Goodness gracious!

Everyone has played dozens if not hundreds of FPS games, seen all sorts of things, but this bullet-curving phenomenon happening in a normal game match, really hasn’t been seen before.

Generally speaking, this kind of thing is only achievable through cheats, isn’t it?

Since when could you achieve film-level miraculous "bullet-curving" just with a normal aerial shooting technique?

Hey hey hey!

Is this game serious? What FPS game has flight paths like this? What FPS game has bullets that curve?

...

"Space-Time Reconnaissance" is fairly popular.

After all, Ba invested heavily for a cheat reward, even boasting that as long as you can cheat in the game and provide evidence that your cheat works, you can receive ten thousand yuan.

This statement naturally attracted a large number of FPS enthusiasts and civilian tech prodigies.

Initially, everyone thought Ba’s reward was easy money.

After all, FPS game cheats are rampant for a reason, wanting to eliminate them completely is unrealistic. Since it’s impossible to eradicate, isn’t this reward just free money?

But when these tech whizzes and cheat authors entered the game intending to create a cheat for it, they found no way to start.

What the heck?

We’re saying, this game looks normal both horizontally and vertically, why does it fall apart the moment you break it down?

Where’s the normal game data?

What about the local computation logic every FPS game has? Isn’t this game computing in real-time on the client?

But that can’t be right!

The ultra-low latency and fluidity requirements of FPS games mean the computation part must be client-side, otherwise the delay from server-side computation check would make it unplayable.

Given it’s on the local client, where’s the data? Where are the files? Why has no one found anything useful after looking for so long?

Modifying data requires having data to modify in the first place. If you can’t even fetch the data, what are you modifying? Modifying out of thin air?

The current issue is, "Space-Time Reconnaissance" feels like an empty shell, and all the arrangements cheat authors made around the client were completely futile.

"Indeed, some skill there!"

Realizing this game isn’t simple, no wonder they dared to boast, domestic and foreign cheat makers focused on "Space-Time Reconnaissance".

This is a battle to defend honor!

Having been in the FPS gaming industry for so many years, who hasn’t suffered from cheats?

Yet today a newcomer challenges all cheat makers, claiming that he’s not targeting anyone, but saying everyone sitting here is trash, who can stand that?

Better die than lose face, even cheat makers have pride, feeling their skills aren’t bad, being underestimated vexed them, now wanting to prove their strength.

However, before they even took action, a video titled "Suspected ’Space-Time Reconnaissance’ Cheat Demonstration" went viral online.

The cheat creators were all surprised.

Whose subordinate is this? We haven’t even put in effort yet, and how has "Space-Time Reconnaissance" already been breached?

Not bad, not bad, this cheat is well made. Bullet bending and all, quite artistic...

Chen Ba, kid, do you admit defeat now?

Didn’t you say it was impossible for cheats in this game? Open your eyes wide and see what this is?

Just when everyone thought this farce was practically over, unexpectedly, a clarification announcement from Tianba Studio once again catapulted "Space-Time Reconnaissance" into the spotlight.

"After testing, the bullet bending issue reported by some players is a normal game mechanic and not any form of cheat. Please rest assured to continue playing..."

Huh? This isn’t a cheat?

Many people were dumbfounded by this announcement, left with just one thought: how can someone play this game and still cheat?

Oh my!

A bullet that curves would be an unstoppable skill exclusive to cheats in any FPS game.

But in "Space-Time Reconnaissance", it turns out this is a technique everyone can use?

Is this for real?

...

What happened in Guo Mo’s livestream was recorded and quickly sparked a heated discussion online.

Chen Ba naturally saw it too.

His first reaction to the video was the same as many others: did this Guo Mo kid cheat, otherwise how could he kill an enemy hiding behind cover?

But on closer inspection, it turned out this wasn’t a cheat; it was the Tianba Engine acting up again, creating an outrageous feature.

That’s why he immediately had a clarification announcement released to reassure the restless players that there was no cheat involved, it was just Gun Fighting Technique.

Yes, Gun Fighting Technique!

Through rapid wrist movement, the bullet bends and creates an arc. This is a principle everyone knows; very scientific.

"Scientific my foot..."

Lu couldn’t help but complain: "What kind of FPS game has such an outrageous mechanic? Curving around cover is just too much!"

What’s the current situation?

Facing a gunfight head-on, there’s still a chance to fight back. After all, some people nonetheless can’t hit standing opponents with their sunset human edge drawing technique.

But if you hide behind any cover, sorry, you’re dead!

When hiding behind cover, you can’t counterattack, but others can still hit you.

So in "Space-Time Reconnaissance", cover not only doesn’t provide protection but might even be counterproductive.

Gun Fighting Technique is too excessive.

The good news is, since this technique doesn’t have a high entry barrier, anyone with basic movement skills can pull it off.

If everyone can do it, then no one can.

And although bullet bending sounds cool and flashy, it’s not very useful except for dealing with enemies hiding behind cover.

So, Lu can still accept this.

What he really can’t accept is when players began exploring new techniques in "Space-Time Reconnaissance" after triggering bullet bending tricks through slide tackle + double jump.

And they really found something.

"This is a newly discovered bug. When players run quickly and press the roll button twice in succession, they enter bullet time..."

"Bullet time?"

Reaching for the document Lu handed over, Chen Ba asked curiously, "This bullet time, isn’t it the one from the movies?"

"Pretty much!"

"In this state, bullet flight speed becomes extremely slow, like watching a slow-motion replay."

Lu rubbed his forehead and said, "But players’ actions are unaffected. That means in this state, you can dodge bullets with your eyes closed."

Chen Ba: "..."

Is there really such a trick?

First, it’s bullet bending, then bullet time. Although Chen Ba anticipated that the Tianba Engine’s characteristics might create some bizarre bugs, he didn’t expect them to be so peculiar.

What on earth?

This game doesn’t have third-party cheats, it’s all official cheats, right?

Thinking about the bounty he announced, Chen Ba is relieved that these bugs are caused by the Iron Fool System, not discovered by cheat creators.

If it’s the Iron Fool System’s doing, I can stubbornly claim it’s a game mechanic and engine feature. If cheat creators found and exploited it, that would be trouble.

"Is there anything else?"

"Not for now, temporarily!"

Lu scratched his head and said, "I hear those cheat creators are planning to unite for a big move against ’Space-Time Reconnaissance’, maybe we should watch out."

"Don’t worry, they won’t make any waves."

Chen Ba feels that even if these cheat creators unite, they probably won’t break through the defenses set up by the Iron Fool System or claim the bounty he promised.

Instead of worrying about that, it’s better to worry about the continuous official bugs emerging in "Space-Time Reconnaissance".

This game, could it become the first to eliminate cheats, surpass cheats, but ultimately die because of official cheats?