This Is Not a Bug but a Game Feature-Chapter 53: When Gods Fight, Mortals Suffer

"User [Eat Not Eat Fried Dough] sent a message worth 1000 batteries: Mo, I heard this game requires a strong setup. Can your lousy computer handle it?"

The pop-up of an SC message made Guo Mo somewhat surprised, especially since he had just started streaming. He didn’t expect to receive such a significant donation.

Adhering to the principle of "money talks," he answered the question posed by the SC.

"Don’t worry, my computer isn’t that bad. Although the 1070Ti is a bit old, it can still run the game."

"Moreover, this game is very well optimized, you see I have it at the highest quality settings, and the frame rate is very stable, like a gentleman!"

To reassure the viewers in the live room, Guo Mo specifically turned on the game’s frame rate display, 60 frames per second were stable as a rock under extreme quality settings.

After answering the SC’s question, he inspected the game’s UI interface while praising: "The game’s optimization is indeed impressive. Without mentioning it, I almost forgot that this is a game developed with the Dream Building 5 Engine."

The comment section also echoed his sentiment.

Initially, it was thought that a new game developed with the Dream Building 5 Engine would have poor optimization, but unexpectedly, even Guo Mo’s crappy computer can run it smoothly with extreme quality settings...

Simply too surprising!

But on the other hand, this is currently in single-player mode, not yet matched into a game, so the frame rate at this moment can’t be entirely trusted.

The game’s UI interface is very simple.

Probably due to being an early access version, the areas players can explore aren’t many, and the unlocked features are only [Random Match] and [Path to Immortality].

After glancing at the content description, Guo Mo understood.

Random Match, as the name suggests, is randomly matching with an "equally skilled" opponent for an unrated free fight.

Path to Immortality is like the Ladder Ranking System, matching opponents according to their rank, winning can improve rank.

"In the early access version, there seem to be only six characters!"

Guo Mo seemed a bit troubled, the game has six characters in total, wouldn’t that be too few for a fighting game?

"Oh well, let’s queue for a game and try."

The game may be lacking in characters, but this is ultimately an early access version, can’t be too demanding. Also, since it’s his first time playing, even testing out the skills of the six characters one by one would take a considerable amount of time.

Clicked on Path to Immortality, and almost instantly upon clicking the mouse, the screen showed that matchmaking was successful.

Instant start!

Seems like there are quite a lot of players, otherwise it wouldn’t be this quick.

Since it’s the first game, [Buried Love Xiaomo]’s rank is the First Heaven of the Great Emperor, and the opponent matched with him is also in the First Heaven of the Great Emperor.

"What should I choose?"

After the match loaded, players have 10 seconds to pick a suitable character to fight with.

Guo Mo hesitated.

Of these six characters, he doesn’t recognize any of them nor does he know what the skill sets are.

Path to Immortality is Bo3 mode, meaning, in one game, he can choose up to three characters.

"Star Emperor!"

"Must be Star Emperor!"

"This game is called Star Emperor, no need to think, Star Emperor must be the strongest..."

Guo Mo thought the comment section made a valid point. With the game being titled "Star Emperor," choosing Star Emperor when he doesn’t know who else to choose must be right.

It’s decided, Star Emperor!

Mouse left-click selected Star Emperor’s icon, confirmed the choice, and a segment of an animated CG appeared in the game featuring a signature voice line:

"The path I tread is the Path to Immortality!"

Guo Mo: "..."

Alright, alright! Such showing off, huh?

Deservedly the game’s protagonist, even his words have that refreshing feeling of a male lead from a power fantasy story, if he doesn’t sweep the opponent gloriously, it wouldn’t do justice to these lines!

On the other side, the opponent matched with Guo Mo [Ba Sent Me to Herd Cows] chose the female character Feather Venerable, she also has signature lines and voice:

"No need to revive the ancients, I shall surpass them!"

Fired up!

The battle hasn’t officially started yet, but the tension is already brewing.

With those two voice lines sparking a surge of adrenaline, Guo Mo now has only one thought: either defeat the opponent or be defeated by them.

Words have reached this point, and the boasting has been done, it seems hard to wrap this up without crushing the opponent!

"3! 2! 1!" 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

As the countdown ended, the figures of Star Emperor and Feather Venerable appeared in a strange region of stars.

In the distance was a star, illuminating the entire cosmos, and there were tiny planets orbiting the star.

"Let me see, what this skill does..."

Guo Mo didn’t rush to attack the opponent, but instead studied each skill’s description.

"Streamer, stop reading, the opponent’s approaching!"

The reminder from the comment section was ultimately a bit late, as Guo Mo buried his head in researching skill descriptions, Feather Venerable had already activated the exclusive Emperor’s Weapon, rushing forward with a streak of bright light.

"Huh?!"

Guo Mo was startled by the flying white feathers all over the sky.

These feathers were actually phantom shadows of Dao principles, and it’s area AOE damage, because he stayed put, he took the full hit.

Not playing fair, huh?

With health dropping significantly, after maneuvering the character to dodge, he also summoned his Emperor’s Weapon [Starry Sky Cauldron], gaining a layer of Starlight Shield around his body.

Countered with [Star Fall].

Here’s the bad news, Star Fall is a non-targeted skill that requires predictive movement abilities, so Guo Mo missed the attack.

The good news is, his Star Fall accidentally hit one of the terrestrial rocky planets drifting nearby.

Then...the planet exploded!

In the dark, cold universe, this terrestrial planet was like a firework, ending its life in utmost splendor.

The comment section floated with a string of ellipses.

"Go hit that woman, why hit my home?"

"Godly clash, but mortals suffer, huh?"

"So it’s not Earth huh! Scared me, almost thought Earth blew up..."

"To give credit, that effect is cool!"

There shouldn’t be life on that planet, right?

Having made a big mistake inadvertently, Guo Mo was now a bit distressed.

Not that he felt guilty about possible innocent life on that planet, rather it was about him as an FPS game expert, struggling to hit a target?

Damn it! Trying to show off your moves, huh?

Fired up with competitiveness, Guo Mo decided to restore his dignity as an FPS expert, letting the opponent know what it means to respect the emperor!

"Wait a minute, what’s that sound?!"

Just when Guo Mo was engaged in fierce combat, he suddenly heard a dull buzzing sound.

The sound was akin to the old fan at home, turning at the highest setting and straining under stress, as he was wearing headphones, he couldn’t hear it clearly.

Boom!

In his moment of distraction, the opponent seized the opportunity to summon a thunder phenomenon, using a secret technique full of special effects to drastically reduce his health.

"Quick, press Y! Hurry..."

With guidance from the comment section, Guo Mo didn’t have time to think deeply, using the desperate measure instructed by the commenter coach, he pressed the Y key.

Tianxin save me!

The mark at the center of his brow emitted a glow, guiding the little fairy [Tianxin] to reappear, Guo Mo surprisingly found Star Emperor was enveloped in golden mist.

What the heck is this?