Chapter 169 Self-Salvation

Pei Qian’s gaze swept over the latter half of the report, word by word.

After reading it, Pei Qian blinked in considerable bewilderment, looked out the window, and then carefully read the report again from beginning to end.

According to the report, all of this stemmed from... Lin Wan!

Huang Sibao also seemed unable to escape responsibility!

However, it was difficult to say that the blame belonged to any one person…

Huang Sibao had no intention of promoting or advertising *Sea Fortress*. He simply felt that after *Sea Fortress* went online, the next phase of the R&D plan and modification scheme should be formulated as soon as possible. So, he wanted to find some guinea pig players to experience it and gather player feedback.

As a result, because *Sea Fortress* had too few players, and Huang Sibao had no connections, he had to ask for help from the design team.

And Lin Wan happened to be responsible for connecting with some influential FPS players back when she was at Tianhuo Studio!

So, Lin Wan recommended *Sea Fortress* to these people and asked them to try it out.

*Sea Fortress*, with its excellent game quality, sparked a warm response among these people, especially the story mode, which received rave reviews!

Chen Sha and others quickly fell for it, shouting “It smells so good!”, and started frantically pulling people into the group for the sake of the 888 Fire Kirin!

At first, Chen Sha looked down on the Fire Kirin, thinking it was just a flashy, nouveau riche thing. He was a high-end professional player and didn’t need such things at all.

But after getting his hands on it, he realized it smelled so good!

As a unique weapon, it wasn't about stats; it was about prestige!

With so many people in a room, the moment you pulled out the Fire Kirin, everyone would immediately surround you and worship you!

Moreover, the Fire Kirin could give extra experience to everyone in the room, so the person holding it was very popular!

After Chen Sha got the Fire Kirin, he was basically the focus of attention wherever he went. This feeling... seemed pretty cool?!

And others desperately pulled people in so they could get the Fire Kirin, unanimously becoming volunteers. *Sea Fortress* quickly spread among many FPS game player groups, gaining its first core players!

After that, *Sea Fortress*, due to its soaring data in the short term, moved to a better recommendation position on the official game platform.

But even so, it was not enough for *Sea Fortress* to gain so many players and so much popularity.

At this time, *Bullet Marks* also went online!

After going online, *Bullet Marks* spent a lot of resources on promotion, with various advertisements covering the sky and covering the earth. Many video creators made videos for money, allowing *Bullet Marks* to instantly enter the vision of a large number of ordinary players.

According to the normal script, after these people entered *Bullet Marks*, some should have been lost and some should have stayed.

However, many players who had already played *Sea Fortress*, after playing *Bullet Marks*, immediately felt that this game was so trash!

The feel wasn't refreshing enough!

The battle mode wasn't rich enough!

There was no story mode!

The charging model was much more of a rip-off than *Sea Fortress*!

And you couldn't even get a cool weapon like the Fire Kirin even if you spent money!

*Bullet Marks* had a realistic style, and even the most expensive weapons only slightly changed the texture. Compared with weapons like the Fire Kirin, which were full of special effects, it was really too far behind!

So, many people even ran to the comment section of *Bullet Marks* to leave messages:

"Trash game, completely crushed by *Sea Fortress*!"

"The light of domestic FPS games? Sorry, this title can only belong to *Sea Fortress*!"

"This game is too P2W, the monetization is ugly, it is recommended to check out *Sea Fortress*."

These and other remarks filled the various comment sections of *Bullet Marks*...

Some were heartfelt, some were inflammatory.

After all, this world has no shortage of anything except idle people…

Originally, there weren't many such remarks.

But how could the players of *Bullet Marks* endure this grievance? They immediately started arguing!

The two sides were tit-for-tat, clashed fiercely, cited extensively, and cursed…

In short, the more they argued, the happier they became. The more they argued, the more people joined!

Many players originally just came to watch the excitement, but seeing the two sides arguing fiercely, they couldn't help but join the debate…

So, things got out of hand…

Many players who were attracted by the advertisements for *Bullet Marks* tried *Sea Fortress* out of curiosity and immediately found that there was no going back.

These two games simply weren't in the same league!

The story completely crushed it, the feel completely crushed it, and *Sea Fortress* was free, far more conscientious than *Bullet Marks*!

So, *Bullet Marks* became an adapter. Those players who were attracted by the advertisements basically all ran to *Sea Fortress*…

After this series of operations, the data for *Sea Fortress* exploded!

Not only did a large number of players who liked FPS games pour in, but even many players who didn't play FPS games very much were also attracted!

Strictly speaking, *Counter-Terrorism Plan* was still going strong, and many old players were still sticking to it.

But, just these new players flowing in were enough for *Sea Fortress* to make a fortune!

What's more, this was just the beginning.

*Counter-Terrorism Plan*, although good, was ultimately just a single-player game, making it inconvenient for friends to play together.

*Sea Fortress* was an online game with rich and entertaining gameplay. In the long run, it would inevitably continue to erode the player base of *Counter-Terrorism Plan*!

Except for the Fire Kirin, *Sea Fortress* was almost completely free. With this ebb and flow, the future of *Sea Fortress* was bound to be limitless!

…

Pei Qian felt like he was paralyzed.

Was fate playing a joke on me???

How could I encounter such a thing?

He never expected that Lin Wan, who seemed to know nothing, would actually bring her own channel??

Of course, strictly speaking, this was not bringing her own channel. It was just that because of her previous work, she happened to know a few FPS game player group owners and some players who were relatively influential in the FPS game field.

These people were all gathered together by Tianhuo Studio to work on *Bullet Marks*.

As a result, the sparks from this group of people, with the help of the dry grass that was *Bullet Marks*, turned into a prairie fire!

Pei Qian, who originally wanted to assign blame, suddenly felt confused.

Whose fault was this?

Was it Huang Sibao and Bao Xu’s fault?

They did make this game according to what I said…

Was it Lin Wan’s fault?

She was just following Huang Sibao’s request to find a group of players to be guinea pigs…

Tianhuo Studio and *Bullet Marks* did help a lot.

On the one hand, they gathered so many opinion leaders from FPS players, and on the other hand, they frantically advertised, which led to publicity for *Sea Fortress*.

But… it seems that I decided that it would clash with *Bullet Marks*’s release date…

So, could it be… that this is my own fault???

Something doesn't seem right…

Pei Qian couldn't help but fall into deep self-doubt.

This feeling was like being completely confident of victory, but suddenly being taken away in one fell swoop…

Pei Qian's heart turned cold.

Three months, wasted!!

"Calm down!"

"I want to save myself!"