Chapter 381: Breaking Into the Mainstream (Part 3)
"Got it!"
Bo Wei, the team leader, glanced at the rising morning sun and waved his big hand.
"Alright, let's enter the town."
The team began to enter Tianyuan Town.
Little did they know, there was actually something following behind them.
"What a terrifying formation... this town is quite interesting."
A faint and indistinct voice appeared in the void and quickly vanished.
...
In reality.
"Achoo!!"
Fang Yu suddenly sneezed.
Didn't dry my hair after a shower last night, could it be a cold?
Fang Yu felt a bit anxious. Although the Foolish Underworld and the Lin Family had been at peace recently, something felt off, like the calm before the storm, making his heart uneasy, always worried about when something might suddenly happen.
He couldn't afford to get knocked down by a cold at this time.
Who would have thought that Mr. Diao, invincible in the game, acting captain of the Foolish Underworld, in reality, was someone who could almost catch a cold just by taking a shower?
If Ding Hui and the others found out, they'd probably laugh their heads off.
Shaking his head slightly, Fang Yu sipped on homemade coffee, brewed from beans bought online, the rising steam clearing his head a lot.
Taking a bite of the freshly heated frozen meat bun, Fang Yu enjoyed his mixed Western and Chinese breakfast to the fullest.
Without a care in the world, putting on some weight, Fang Yu felt that these days, his income had increased, his meals improved, and even his weight seemed to have gone up.
Casually opening his phone, he was about to scroll through game forums.
Suddenly, a pop-up ad appeared, and before Fang Yu could do anything, it started auto-redirecting.
Fang Yu: ???
Is shamelessness already at this level, holding the phone so steadily, and it still auto-redirects?
Instinctively trying to close the redirected page, the video content had already started playing.
"...It is reported that 'Seeking Demon' is gradually becoming..."
Eh? Talking about the game?
Upon closer inspection, Fang Yu was surprised to find it was from the local official media account of Jiangnan City!
This caught Fang Yu off guard.
After all, games are a bit beneath the official media accounts, which rarely mention them.
Listening carefully for a while, Fang Yu learned that the topic on the official media account was about the issue of young people taking on part-time jobs recently, due to economic downturn and tight incomes, making it easier for young people to look towards online games for part-time work.
But expert reviews pointed out that gold mining in online games is far less stable than traditional leaflet distribution, being a delivery person, or working as a restaurant server, easily wasting young people's free time with nothing to show for it.
Then it began to urge everyone to face life positively, with the background music of "The Light of the Right Path", making everything seem so wonderful.
If the game they criticized were any other online game, Fang Yu would agree with this point of view.
But "Seeking Demon"... it's too stable, too popular!
The explosive popularity brought stable gold prices, and stable gold prices made gold mining in the game extremely cost-effective.
Now the craze for "Seeking Demon" seems to be spreading even more.
Initially, it was just those professional gold miners and game enthusiasts, glued to this new game "Seeking Demon" every day.
Now it seems... even the elderly street vendors are starting to gossip about this game.
Fashion-pursuing office workers consider playing "Seeking Demon" the latest trend.
The heat brought breaking out of the niche, breaking out of the niche brought popularity, and with solid quality, it continually attracted people to join.
"Seeking Demon" seemed to do nothing but rely on sheer strength, attracting spontaneous promotion, allowing the game to thrive.
However, Fang Yu also wasn't sure how long "Seeking Demon" could remain hot, half a year to a year should be no problem.
He must seize this opportunity to make a big fortune, lest the game's heat fades and he hasn't earned enough, wasting the opportunity.
After scrolling through a few short videos, he found that even some mainstream media had started featuring "Seeking Demon".
Although the discussions were mostly about the social impact of the game, being on such semi-official platforms indicated that the game's popularity had reached a considerable level.
"No wonder it's the game I took notice of at a glance!"
Fang Yu felt a sense of pride as if his own child had grown up, taken out to show others, making him beam with pride.
Occasionally, he fantasized about the game becoming universally popular, hosting professional competitions, with him as a professional player, becoming a global sensation or something.
But that's just a fanciful thought.
Finishing the last sip of coffee, he returned to his room, ready to enter the game.
"Seeking Demon, launch!"
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