novelraw Chapter 6 European and American Playing Style
Chapter 6 European and American Playing Style
"You'll treat me to a big meal if I help spread the word about this game? Seriously? Why is this miser suddenly being so generous?"
Liu Qiqi had some doubts. Could it be that this game involved elements of demonic cultivation, and that spreading them was illegal?
"Since it's a game made by Ah-Xiao, let's play it first, no matter what."
To effectively promote and market something, you naturally need to understand it first.
So, Liu Qiqi downloaded the game.
After making preparations, she channeled her consciousness into the game.
The first step for every player is to choose the difficulty level, and Liu Qiqi is no exception.
"For difficulty, choose the easiest one... wait."
Liu Qiqi was preparing to play the game at the easiest difficulty level, just like she always had.
But suddenly, she recalled what Chu Xiao had said a few days ago.
"Your 'Master of Weeding' is ringing—you're terrible at this."
This statement is slander, ridicule, and the ultimate insult.
Liu Qiqi simply couldn't swallow this insult.
She was worried that Chu Xiao would be able to see what difficulty level she chose backstage.
After struggling with the decision for a while, Liu Qiqi decided to start with the second most difficult difficulty, "Nightmare".
After all, she was somewhat aware of her own gaming skills.
Unfortunately, she didn't know that the Nightmare difficulty was actually similar to the highest difficulty level.
But that doesn't matter, because her gaming skills are so bad that even a three-year-old child can't compare...
Even the simplest form of leisure is hellish for her.
"Would you like to activate 'Health Mode'... Huh? What is Xiao thinking? Why... why are you playing this kind of game?"
After Liu Qiqi realized what was happening, her delicate face instantly turned bright red.
Because she was rather lazy, Liu Qiqi didn't check the description in the game store, so she didn't know beforehand that it was an eroge (adult game).
After a fierce internal struggle, Liu Qiqi, her face flushed, ultimately clicked "No" out of curiosity and by some twist of fate.
The moment she clicked the button, Liu Qiqi regretted it.
"Oh my god, what am I doing? Ah Xiao won't think I'm that kind of...bad woman, will she?"
She covered her burning face and peeked at the game screen through her fingers.
After the cutscene finished playing, Liu Qiqi, who had gradually calmed down, began to operate the game.
"It's okay, it's okay. Anyway, it was Xiao who asked me to help promote the game. I only played the full version to promote it better, so he definitely won't blame me..."
After convincing herself, Liu Qiqi looked at Noelle in front of her.
"She's so cute! Does Ah Xiao like cute girls like this?" Liu Qiqi's eyes lit up.
Coincidentally, when it comes to cute style, this sweet girl really knows it all.
"The voice acting is quite good, but... hmph, it's still a bit worse than my voice."
"But where did Ah Xiao find a voice actor? Why didn't you let me help?"
While pondering, Liu Qiqi followed the instructions and moved forward.
The initial steps are not difficult; you collect some small items and familiarize yourself with the game's controls.
The game officially began when Liu Qiqi arrived at the first bench.
After Noelle sat down on the bench, Liu Qiqi, like the other players, saw the menu with functions that were hard to describe.
"This...this...this isn't right."
Liu Qiqi had studied a lot of learning materials on a regular basis, so she understood it instantly.
"...So embarrassing." She muttered, closed the menu, and controlled Noelle to leap down.
In front of Noelle, a bouncy slime had been waiting for a long time.
"Monster? Is it going to be a fight?" Liu Qiqi tensed up instantly, and the shyness on her face gradually faded.
Rather than worrying about shame or anything like that...
Now, she wants to defeat this monster in order to salvage her image in Chu Xiao's eyes.
"I don't want to be a gaming idiot or anything like that!"
After preparing herself mentally, Liu Qiqi had Noelle swing her staff and smash it at the slime.
This first slime was undoubtedly the weakest monster in the entire game. After being hit a few times with the staff, it fell to the ground and died.
"Looks like I do have some talent... Huh? Why the sneak attack? That's unsportsmanlike!"
The giant slime that fell from the sky startled Liu Qiqi.
By the time she realized what was happening, it was too late.
[Pitiable is cute]
—The true nature of the game "Alice's Cradle" was revealed to her at this moment.
"Huh? Ahhhhhh?!" Liu Qiqi was completely stunned when she saw Noel being beaten to her knees by the giant slime.
She wasn't unfamiliar with butter, but the butter in this world was always poorly made and boring.
What's more... she'd never seen butter this simple and straightforward before.
Butter isn't like that. You should chat more first, then increase your favorability, occasionally give gifts, and then trigger special interactions on special holidays.
Finally, he should confess his feelings to me during some event, and then show me your special CG...
But why did you just jump right in?! That's not how it's supposed to be in butter!!!
Liu Qiqi had never seen such a Western-style fighting style before. Her mind instantly heated up, and in the blink of an eye, she turned into a steamy, bubbling steam girl.
Even adult films have an opening sequence, but this game just fires at any time, which is definitely outside Liu Qiqi's knowledge.
With her face flushed red, Liu Qiqi hurriedly rescued Noelle.
"Wow, is Ah Xiao playing this weirdly? Is she going to force me to have sex in the wild every day from now on...?"
Liu Qiqi was already terrible at cooking, and now she was even more absent-minded.
Seeing Noelle's miserable defeat, Liu Qiqi felt ashamed, angry, and heartbroken.
She immediately quit the game, ran into the bathroom, and planned to wash her face to calm down.
After the sound of water in the bathroom continued for twenty minutes, Liu Qiqi returned to her bedroom after washing her face.
The feelings of shame and anger have been released.
So when she logged back into the game and saw Noelle lying on the bench in such a wretched state, all she felt was heartache.
"Ah Xiao is so cruel, how could she do that to such a cute little girl..."
Liu Qiqi spoke words that sounded ominous as she controlled Noelle, who had fully recovered, to move forward.
"If I make a mistake, will this little girl get hurt...?"
After figuring out the rules of the game, Liu Qiqi patted her flat chest, brimming with confidence: "That's easy, as long as I don't make any mistakes!"
As she spoke, she manipulated Noelle to attack the slime.
In her fantasy, she and Noelle were invincible, together slaying two great demon clans. In the end, Chu Xiao, who learned of this, praised her for having a talent for playing games...
Hehehehe...
But fantasy is beautiful, reality is brutal, and games are explicit.
The combination of nightmare difficulty and terrible gameplay makes it a highlight reel generator.
Of course, the highlight wasn't Liu Qiqi's, but the monster's.
Showing off monster skills is also a form of showing off skills.