Chapter 85: Casually Roaming Around, Coming To Pick Up Money In Average State!
#QQ Speed Unreal 100,000 Prize Money Challenge, waiting for you to fight!#
This hot search entry was like a thunderclap, exploding in the esports circle that was still immersed in discussions about the EDG and WE match.
It was mainly the absurd level, even surpassing the previous group offline support from fans of various games.
After all, in the eyes of League of Legends fans, Li Fan is the biggest fan circle leader at the current stage, and it’s very normal for him to have so many braindead fans.
However, League of Legends is the hottest game at the current stage, and these unpopular games coming offline to taunt face-to-face is mainly out of jealousy.
【？？？？？】
【Am I blind? Isn’t this the League of Legends section I’m browsing? How did QQ Speed pop up?】
【100,000 prize money? Challenge Unreal? What new stunt is this?】
【No… this is even more outrageous than fans spontaneously supporting! League of Legends professional players and QQ Speed are totally unrelated, right?】
【No… if it’s Unreal, it really can connect with one pole; he’s an SSC Spring Split quarterfinals player, and he’s about to participate in a match this month, so providing heat for the match makes sense.】
【But how did the EDG club agree to this? When was this cooperation discussed? The match just ended and it’s already on hot search? Lightning signing?】
Countless curious netizens clicked into the event announcement posted by QQ Speed’s official Weibo.
“Unreal 100,000 Prize Money Challenge”!
1. Event time: From now until 24:00 next Sunday night.
2. Challenge content: In the in-game shadow challenge module, enter Unreal’s shadow challenge code to challenge the Spring New Fun track. Unreal’s shadow code will be announced in the live stream tonight.
3. Challenge rules: Players use the standard D-class race car （ provided uniformly by the system ） to attempt to challenge the shadow recorded in advance by Unreal player.
Ultimately, players worldwide who successfully surpass Unreal’s shadow record will receive a 100,000 RMB cash grand prize, as well as a limited Unreal Challenge Crown.
4. Participation prize: All players who participate in the challenge will receive one EDG-Unreal co-branded exclusive background board.
And the comments under this official Weibo post instantly broke through 20,000.
【Holy crap, is this still QQ Speed official? So generous? No limit on spots?】
【Nonsense, Unreal’s Spring New Fun is the absolute King Map; he can run around 2:05 with a Board Car, Jiang Zhangchuang’s record with Renault is 2:08, treating Board Car like an S car! QQ Speed is making a steady profit here, of course they’re generous.】
【How is that possible? How can a Board Car run 2:05? Unless cheating!】
【You’ll know by going to Unreal’s live stream room tonight.】
【Whatever, watching the fun and getting a participation prize is fine.】
100,000 prize money is absolutely a huge reward for a single event of a game.
Countless people were dazzled by this 100,000 prize money.
Regardless of whether they’ve played the game before, download QQ Speed first anyway.
Similarly, quite a few masters are rubbing their fists.
Although they know the gap is huge, but if they don’t know, they can learn; if they can’t learn, they can practice.
They even have the shadow code; if they still can’t learn it, there’s no way.
Compared to 100,000 RMB plus a crown…
Adding it up, that’s nearly 160,000 to 170,000 in prize money, and this Unreal limited event crown might sell for even more.
As long as it doesn’t kill you, go all out.
You know, the SSC Spring Split champion prize is only 20,000 RMB, and the crown, due to not very intense race system, is worth about 20,000 in this situation.
Full count, 40,000 RMB…
Jiang Zhangchuang saw this Weibo post and had already sat down at the computer to run Spring.
Liang Haihui instead first watched the recording saved on his mobile phone.
Although he had studied it countless times, he still couldn’t grasp the best spot for the up-down acceleration drift.
Logically, it shouldn’t be like this…
Why can this guy run Spring so well?
In the meeting room of Linlang Tiantian studio, the atmosphere was subtly tense.
Although the “Unreal 100,000 Prize Money Challenge” Weibo had been posted and the heat was visibly soaring, the final actual effect was the only standard to test success or failure.
Team leader Li Chao and several core members were all staring at the real-time scrolling data on the big screen, their breathing unconsciously lightened.
“Weibo forwards broke 50,000…”
“Topic views increased by 8 million in half an hour…”
“Comments section… it’s exploding, all kinds of things being said, but discussion level is extremely high.”
Indeed, this data was very explosive; Unreal is truly a Weibo king, it’s too easy to get on hot search as long as he’s involved.
But traffic is just traffic; until it turns into real results, everything is empty.
So we still need to see if it can really drive game downloads and daily active users.
Time passed minute by minute, and everyone grew more anxious the longer they waited.
When the data department colleague rushed into the meeting room holding the latest data report, all eyes instantly focused on him.
The one-hour data was finally out!
“Li Bro! The data…” The colleague’s voice trembled with excitement.
“Say it quick!” Li Chao abruptly stood up.
“From the event Weibo post until now, exactly one hour, compared to the average data from the same time slot over the past seven days…” The colleague took a deep breath and almost roared: “Platform-wide new downloads surged 22%, and daily active user data showed a clear upward trend!”
Silence.
The meeting room was first dead silent.
Because they were digesting 22%!
Don’t think it’s just a 20% increase; a day has 24 hours, and the cumulative numbers will be terrifying.
Not only that, Li Fan hasn’t gone back to live stream yet.
Once the live stream runs the QQ Speed shadow code… how many people will challenge?
That will absolutely be an extremely terrifying number too.
“Nice!” Li Chao slammed a fist on the table; although it hurt and made him tremble a bit, the smile on his face couldn’t be suppressed at all.
They bet successfully! They bet right!
This chess move was risky, but Li Chao inexplicably felt it could succeed… relying on Unreal.
After all, this guy is also considered a legend; in just three months, he achieved such exaggerated traffic heat and a large number of loyal fans.
“Wuhu! Takeoff!”
“Boss is awesome!!”
“22%! And that’s just one hour!”
The meeting room was instantly flooded with huge excitement and cheers.
All team members’ faces bloomed with agitated and relieved smiles.
Since being acquired by Timi Studio Group, the entire team had never felt this relaxed.
“Unreal is now the traffic password, top traffic in the esports circle!” A planner shouted excitedly.
“Mainly his gaming genius persona is too solid; massacres in League of Legends, professional level in QQ Speed, this cross-game effect is invincible, no one else could do it, only him.”
“Right! Many League of Legends players, out of curiosity or just for that co-branded participation prize background, will be willing to download our game to try.”
Even if they just log in and play this one map, the main purpose of this event is achieved.
And the next direction is also clear.
Just hitch onto the traffic password Unreal; once there’s one cooperation, there will be a second.
EDG base’s victory celebration banquet was held at a well-known local Shanghai cuisine restaurant.
In the private room, the atmosphere was exceptionally lively.
Spicy small lobsters, steamed East Star spot, braised pork, crab roe tofu… one dish after another of hearty, aromatic delicacies filled the huge round table.
Forming a stark contrast with the base canteen’s “nutritionally balanced” but bland food.
“Come on, come on, celebrate our three consecutive wins! Hope the upcoming matches go as smoothly, advancing all the way to take the championship.” Abu, as manager, was the first to raise his cup filled with drink.
As for what championship, he didn’t say directly here, but everyone in the room knew it was the World Championship.
After all, they had already won many league championships.
“Cheers!”
“Take the championship!”
“Charge!”
The players all raised their cups to celebrate, faces full of ease.
Consecutively defeating strong opponents, especially cleanly taking first place in Group B against WE today, brought the team’s cohesion and confidence to a new high.
Of course, confidence is confidence, but eating can’t stop.
Everyone started devouring the food on the table.
Clearlove ate especially contentedly, peeling small lobsters while sighing: “Ah, if only we could eat like this every day.”
Li Fan couldn’t help laughing at Clearlove’s words; seeing them eat at the base canteen every day, he thought they could fully accept it, but they still couldn’t hold out.
“I seriously suspect the canteen food is deliberately made like this by Abu!” Meiko clamped with his chopsticks.
Abu just smiled and said nothing about it.
Holy crap!
Li Fan was reminded by Meiko’s words.
His face showed a sudden realization as he looked at Abu: “So this is putting to death then giving life? Canteen food is the death, and coming out for a victory banquet after winning is the life? The club is directly using the Art of War?”
No wonder the canteen food is made so bad.
Also, finding an auntie who cooks tasty food isn’t hard; it’s impossible they couldn’t find one in three or four years, right?
Looking at it this way, it really is the case.
Abu was amused: “Get lost, the canteen is planned by professional nutritionists, all about health; do you guys get it?”
“These kids better not bite the hand that feeds; but… winning matches and coming out for a feast is indeed the club’s traditional program.”
Of course they understood that; after all, tasty food is often unhealthy.
Kuaisu Xing coach didn’t quite understand what everyone was chatting about, but seeing everyone laughing happily, he knew it was banter and laughed along.
Esports is like this; as long as you win matches, the team is extremely harmonious.
Everyone ate a satisfying meal contentedly, patted their round bellies, and returned to the base.
At the same time, the heat of the QQ Speed Unreal 100,000 Prize Money Challenge was growing bigger.
Although Li Fan himself hadn’t started streaming yet, his Huya Live Stream Room had already surged with a large crowd.
The black screen didn’t dampen the audience’s enthusiasm; instead, it became a huge public chat room.
The backstage administrators clearly saw the online viewer changes: 50,000, 60,000, 70,000… ultimately breaking through 80,000 even in black screen state!
Dense bullet comments kept popping up in the chat box, scrolling so fast it was hard to catch with the naked eye.
【Open the door! Open the door! Unreal, you dared to post the challenge, dare to open the door!】
【Even production team donkeys wouldn’t rest like this; why hasn’t he started streaming yet? It’s almost midnight!】
【Actually, running a shadow live stream takes at most over two minutes; him streaming at midnight is no problem.】
Bullet comment content was all over the place: some really here to challenge for the 100,000 prize, some fans from different games bantering, naturally some purely watching the fun.
The live stream room’s heat was frighteningly high, even attracting close attention from Huya platform’s supervisors, fearing any issues with this huge black screen traffic.
Finally, amid countless audience’s eager anticipation.
The originally black live stream room lit up.
Li Fan had just logged into the streaming software, not yet spoken, when the live stream room’s bullet comments instantly exploded, and gift effects started flooding the screen.
【He’s here, he’s here! He came!】
【Welcome Car King Unreal!】
【Finally waited for you!】
【Run one quick to see!】
Li Fan looked at the frantically scrolling bullet comments and soaring online numbers, smiled, tone still relaxed: “Good evening everyone, just got back; looks like everyone already knows about this challenge.”
Actually, when Abu told him, he was also startled; really didn’t expect the club to agree to this.
Of course, there was a prerequisite: must win the match against WE.
But honestly, even without this cooperation event, the most important thing for professional players is winning all matches, right?
Li Fan spoke while unhurriedly opening QQ Speed.
“The rules are still very simple: run the Spring New Fun map with Board Car to challenge my shadow record; of course, I also used Board Car.” Li Fan logged into his game account and then created a room.
“According to official meaning, I run three rounds and select the best result as the challenge recording.”
“But I think giving everyone a benefit is better; I’ll just run one and use this one as the shadow challenge!”
【So confident?】
【Good good, this way don’t we have a chance? There’s possibility of mistake in one run!】
【Yeah, really have this chance…】
Jiang Zhangchuang, Liang Haihui, Hu Xu, Liang Haipeng, Luo Wei, these top players watching Li Fan’s live stream, all stared dead at the screen.
If a mistake appears and he runs over 2:10, then there’s a chance.
Professional players… even the strongest ones can easily make mistakes if not careful.
Li Fan is exactly in that state right now.
Li Fan stretched his fingers and selected the Spring New Fun map.
Li Fan here directly chose another running method: rank start, then pre-drift for nitrogen before the curve…
Seeing this, all professional players in the live stream room widened their eyes.
This running method was completely different from before, and they couldn’t help feeling a bit nervous!
If running like this, would it be faster or slower?
But at the third curve, he directly drifted out two nitrogens, one more than normal run here!
You know, this is Board Car!
Can Board Car achieve this operation?
“Two bars?! Board Car can collect two bars of nitrogen here?” Liang Haihui abruptly sat straight in his gaming chair, eyes dead fixed on the screen, face full of disbelief.
Then relying on the extra bar of nitrogen, up the slope to the acceleration zone with sustained extra nitrogen run, can pre-add nitrogen into the acceleration zone, and upon landing started continuous drift…
And landing speed reached 475 points! And still soaring… highest to 539.
If it continues like this, this lap would be around 1:03, two laps could break into 2:04?
Is this really a speed a human can run?
This single lap result already approached or surpassed many professional players’ records with S cars!
“Done for…” Jiang Zhangchuang looked at the screen, muttering to himself.
He originally held a sliver of hope that Li Fan would make a mistake, but now knew it was absolutely impossible.
Second lap, Li Fan’s operation was still smooth as flowing water, no mistakes.
Every curve was as precise as measured with a ruler, every nitrogen release perfectly timed, keeping speed always at a terrifying level line.
Another elegant ultimate skill through the acceleration zone, then landing into a straight sprint!
The Board Car like a blue lightning, crossed the finish line!
Center screen, final result slammed to 2:04.88!
Everyone was stunned by this result.
Really… with Board Car… broke into 2:05!
Next second, Li Fan’s live stream room was like a nuke dropped; gift effects and bullet comments completely exploded!
Li Fan looked at the bullet comments, smiled: “Alright, the record is here; 100,000 prize, those capable come take it; this run of mine shouldn’t be the best state, everyone should have a chance.”
After uploading the shadow, immediately notified QQ Speed official; official side’s Weibo was updated, and they even posted a new Weibo specially @-ing Li Fan.
“QQ Speed Shadow Challenge Unreal waiting for you to fight!”
Game shadow code AACMZ601!
