They wanted to make a trashy game, but how come it sold like hotcakes again?

Chapter 41 Fall Guys

Inside the Old Boys' live stream, the brothers Bancheng and Laoxian are playing Plants vs. Zombies Hybrid.

"This chicken stew is the most I can have."

"Three pots of chicken stew and three bottles of iced black tea, okay? I want the chilled one-liter bottle of Guojiao!"

Old Immortal fell into deep thought upon hearing Bancheng's words, while Bancheng ignored him and continued playing his game.

Seeing this, the old immortal became anxious and quickly stopped Bancheng's actions.

"No, I'm still deciding whether to buy it or not, why are you continuing?"

"Whether you buy or not is your business, whether you sell or not is mine. Stop dawdling and you're interrupting my game."

At this moment, the old immortal also made up his mind.

"I'll buy it, I'll buy it, okay? As long as these three holes can yield plants, I'll buy it. But it's a promise, no matter what plant you get, you have to sell it and you can't raise the price."

Bancheng, the older brother, rolled his eyes. Since he figured the three pits probably wouldn't yield anything good anyway, he agreed to the deal with his younger brother.

"Okay, I'll open it for you."

A handful of candies fell, and a Butter-Grilled Mushroom appeared on the screen.

Upon seeing the plant that appeared, the old immortal burst out laughing.

"Quick, quick, give it to me! You've got a plant, now it's my turn!"

Half-City, who never expected to get the Butter Depression Mushroom, quickly made up a lie.

"Mushrooms are fungi, and fungi are not plants!"

"No way! This is the first time in my life I've realized that mushrooms aren't plants!"

While the two were arguing about whether fungi were plants, they didn't see a zombie walk into the villa.

"Hahaha. Mushrooms are indeed fungi, but the plant that Old Immortal is referring to is clearly a card in the game."

"Stop discussing this nonsense, let's go get checked and see which of you is mentally challenged."

"Hilarious! Is this the legendary 'three monks had no water to drink'?"

The zombie ate your brain!

As the text appeared on the screen, it was too late for the two to make amends, and they could only sigh in unison.

"This game cost me three pots of chicken stew and three bottles of iced tea, and you took them all without me even touching them. This is your fault, and don't forget to pay me back."

"No, it's a cash-on-delivery transaction. You haven't paid yet, so why should it be yours?"

The two brothers started arguing again without warning. No matter what comments were posted, it was no use. In the end, they got tired of arguing and went back to their seats.

"I've been so bored lately, there aren't any new games."

"Yeah, there's been no news from overseas, and domestically, Tangren Games said their next game would definitely be better than Pokémon, but then there was no further news. It's been two months already, so please give us some updates, good or bad."

For the two brothers, they still prefer to play games from Tangren Games, after all, the previous game "Plants vs. Zombies" increased the popularity of their live stream several times over.

Tangren Games played a crucial role in their current popularity.

At that moment, a comment caught half the city's attention.

"Tangren Games released a new game, Fall Guys, today, didn't you guys know?"

Upon hearing this, the old immortal also sat up, somewhat surprised.

"No, I don't know. How come it was released without any publicity? Should I go check?"

Bancheng and Laoxian exchanged a glance, then simultaneously opened the game store and searched for Tangren Games. The only game not yet in their library appeared before them.

"Fall Guys...that name sounds pretty childish."

After seeing the game's cover, Lao Xian couldn't help but complain.

"You play Plants vs. Zombies so enthusiastically, and you still have the nerve to call others childish?"

Although it had nothing to do with Bancheng, he still retorted without hesitation.

"How can that be the same? Plants vs. Zombies is a strategy game!"

"Strategy my ass! They can't even tell the difference between plants and fungi!"

The old immortal opened his mouth, wanting to refute, but found that he couldn't find a reason at all.

The game downloads quickly, considering its small file size.

Half-City entered the game first, and a pink, round, and bouncy little character appeared on the screen.

"...What is this thing?"

The old immortal leaned over for a look, then burst out laughing.

"Hahaha, this is Tangren Games' new game? This game is so sweet!"

Bancheng ignored him and started the beginner's tutorial.

Fall Guys is very easy to play; you just need to move, jump, pounce, and grab.

But for some reason, this jelly bean always has an inexplicable comical quality when it moves. It wobbles when it runs and jumps clumsily like a child who has just learned to walk.

"This feels a bit strange."

"Strange? Tang! If a game from Tangren Games doesn't have the feel of Tang, then it's not a Tangren Games game at all!"

As he spoke, Lao Xian returned to his computer.

Because the new game had just been released, the two were quickly matched with other players.

The first challenge: rush through the gate.

Sixty jelly bean characters stand on the starting line, with a series of doors to be smashed open in front of them.

"Why are there so many people playing this game?"

Before the old immortal could react, the countdown had already ended.

Sixty jelly bean men rushed out at the same time.

The scene was just like elderly people rushing into a supermarket during a big sale.

Old Immortal's Fall Guy had only taken two steps when it was bumped by another Fall Guy and stumbled, rolling away.

"No! Who hit me!"

Ban Cheng didn't have time to pay attention to him; he was focused on rushing toward the first door.

Doors can be broken open, but there are also fake doors.

Half the city charged and crashed into the door, but it didn't budge.

"Why can't we break down this broken door?"

A jelly bean character easily pushed open another door, and Half-City quickly followed.

He ran a few steps before being blocked by another fake door.

"Depend on!"

The old immortal finally got up from the ground. When he saw the devastation of half the city, he laughed so hard he almost fell over.

"Hahaha, what are you doing? You can't even get through the door?"

"If you're so good, then you do it."

The old immortal confidently rushed toward a door, and he even deliberately chose one that hadn't been breached. Sure enough, the door remained unmoved.

"..."

"..."

The comments section was filled with laughter.

"Are these two trying to be funny?"

"While others are trying to pass the obstacles, these two are performing acrobatics."

"Fall Guys: This is too hard for me, I can't carry anyone."

The two people bypassed the fake door and ran in the right direction, while the Fall Bean Man in front had already run far ahead.

"Don't worry, it's just bad luck. We'll definitely catch up later," the old man comforted himself.

Sure enough, although they were behind, quite a few new players were still stubborn and insisted on choosing the doors that hadn't been broken open, only to be overtaken by Half-City Old Immortal.

In addition, with a group of people crammed together, they would often get stuck in the door, delaying their progress.

In the end, both of them successfully crossed the finish line and advanced.

The scene changes, and sixty pink Fall Guys are each in a private room, waiting for something. Then, the blue squares turn pink and push the Fall Guys off the screen. The number of people remaining at the top of the screen also decreases sharply, eventually from sixty to thirty.

The falling jelly bean appears to be splashing water as if it has fallen into the water.

"No, is this game about boys and girls rushing forward?"

Although he completely agreed with his brother's point of view, Lao Xian still had to argue back.

"It's clearly a challenge of wits and courage, okay?"

"What's the fundamental difference between these two things?"

The viewers in the live chat were amused by their "brotherly" demeanor, and many also expressed that the game was very interesting and they wanted to try it.

The second challenge involved dodging and landing simultaneously.

Fall Guys need to dodge flying fruit and sprint along the conveyor belt towards the finish line.

It looks simple, but in reality...

"What's wrong with this watermelon?!"

The old man's jelly bean was knocked away by a giant, long watermelon, tracing a graceful arc in the air before being tripped by a stick and pushed back to the starting point.

"What? What is this thing? Why did it send me back?"

Half-City wasn't much better off; he was grabbed by another Fall Guy, and the two of them were entangled together, neither of them able to escape.

"Let go! Let go!"

Half the city was in a frantic rush, and the jelly bean man who was grabbing people didn't let go until time was up.

disuse.

"..."

"..."

The two watched silently as their characters were eliminated from the game and pushed into the water.

The live chat exploded again.

"Who am I? Where am I? Why am I playing this game?"

"We're here to be funny, not to play games."

"I have to say, at least the show was quite entertaining."

Old Immortal took a deep breath and clicked "Rematch".

"Let's play one more round, this time seriously."

Bancheng nodded and clicked "match".

The second one.

The first challenge is also a sprint through a gate.

This time, the two of them were smarter and stopped blindly bumping into doors on their own. Instead, they followed the group.

The old immortal successfully passed through the first door and then saw a spinning hammer ahead.

"Watch out for that hammer..."

Before he could finish speaking, half of the Fall Guys in the city were smashed away by the hammer.

"..."

Didn't I remind you?

"I'd already been hit by the bricks by the time you reminded me!"

The old immortal suppressed a laugh and continued running forward.

But this time he suffered the same fate as Bancheng.

It wasn't that I was smashed away by a hammer; it was that I was grabbed and unable to move.

disuse.

"Hahahaha!" Bancheng laughed so hard he slammed his hand on the table. "How dare you say that to me?"

"I call this an accident! An accident, you know? That person just grabbed me and wouldn't let go, what could I do!"

"Surprise my ass, you're just bad."

The two started arguing again, completely forgetting that they were still live-streaming.

The screen is already flooded with comments.

"I suggest Tangren Games give these two an endorsement fee; the show's entertainment value is better than any other show."

"I've already taken a screenshot. I'll laugh for the rest of my life at the way the old immortal was so angry and begging."

"Please, stop playing competitive games and go back to playing Plants vs. Zombies."

The third one.

The two barely made it through the first hurdle and arrived at the second.

This level is called "Big Windmill".

The road ahead is made up of fan blades, which keep spinning. If you don't control it properly, you could easily fall off.

The old immortal looked at the fan blades in front of him and took a deep breath.

"This is in the bag. I'm best at these kinds of levels where you need to find the right moment."

No sooner had he finished speaking than he slipped and jumped down.

"..."

"You're good at so many things."

Half-Cheng said something sarcastic, then carefully placed the fan blades on the ground.

He controlled the Fall Guy's center of gravity, walking step by step along the inner circle of the fan blades to where he wanted to go, without needing to jump at all.

"See that? That's real technology."

The old immortal snorted defiantly:

"Just lucky."

The second fan blade was made using the same method, and it passed the test again.

The third one also passed.

The fourth piece...

"Hey hey hey hey—"

Fall Guy lost his footing and fell through the gap between the two fan blades.

"Hahahahaha!"

The old immortal laughed until tears streamed down his face.

"Technology? Is this your technology? It would have been easier to skip over there, but you insist on pretending!"

"How can you blame me? That gap was so narrow, who could get through?"

"The jelly bean ahead has passed."

"He was just lucky!"

The two got more and more into arguing, completely unaware that the comments section was already flooded with "incest".

The fourth one.

The fifth one.

The sixth one.

……

The two played for almost an hour, and their best result was in the third round.

I feel ashamed to say this result out loud.

The old immortal slumped in his chair, saying weakly:

"Is this game addictive? Why is it so difficult?"

Bancheng wasn't much better off; his wrists were sore from massaging.

"I don't think the game is difficult; we were just unlucky."

"Yes, yes, bad luck."

The two brothers finally reached a consensus, but the comments section was not happy.

"If you're bad at the game, don't blame luck."

"I suggest Tangren Games introduce a new player protection mechanism to match these newbies together separately."

The old immortal glanced at the comments and was furious.

"You guys say I'm bad? Why don't you try playing? This game is really hard!"

The live chat immediately erupted with comments like "Let's give it a try!"

The old immortal was speechless and simply ended the broadcast.

"I'm logging off now, I'll play again tomorrow, my skills aren't working well today."

"Yes, yes, it doesn't feel good."

Half the city echoed this sentiment.

The two ended their live stream, but neither of them quit the game.

"One more round?" the old immortal asked tentatively.

"……Come."

Then the two of them played for another two hours.

Best result: fourth round.

The next day, the two of them started their live stream with dark circles under their eyes.

The viewers in the live chat burst out laughing when they saw their expressions.

"The police officers were on the move tonight; the two of them have been online for over ten hours straight."

"Look at those dark circles under your eyes, you must have secretly practiced extra last night."

"If you've practiced all night and you're still at yesterday's level, I suggest you switch to a different game."

"Live streaming is fine, but sudden death doesn't count as a work-related injury."

The old immortal yawned and said weakly:

"Stop talking, this game is really addictive."

"What game doesn't get addictive? The problem is you guys are bad at it."

Half-City didn't say anything, and directly opened Fall Guys.

"We must win today."

"If you win, I'll eat my keyboard live on stream."

The old immortal said with absolute certainty.

"You said it."

"I said it."

Then the two of them started another night of mutual squabbling.

The viewers were engrossed in watching the live chat, and the show's popularity reached a new high.

"The live stream of this game is absolutely amazing."

"I've already bought it, and I'm urging my roommate to join in. It'll be more fun if we all play together."

Upon seeing this comment, Lao Xian couldn't help but sigh:

"The biggest problem with this game is that you feel like cursing when you play it, but you also feel like playing it when you see others playing it."

Bancheng, unusually, agreed with his younger brother's words:

"really."

Then the two of them started a new round of mutual sparring.