novelODS Chapter 279 Every Word Pierces the Heart
Chapter 279 Every Word Pierces the Heart
Ziying gritted her teeth, unable to utter a single word, staring at the camera, her mind screaming:
Damn it! Is the director dead? Why hasn't he cut this damn connection yet?!
Jiang Feng turned around and walked towards the blackboard covered with writing.
He raised his hand and lightly tapped the first line of the title with his fingertips—"Game Prices and Drop Rates".
"The second question."
Jiang Feng's voice, transmitted through a microphone, resonated globally, as calmly as if he were discussing the weather:
"Ziying, do you know the current price of a golden egg at 762.51? What was the price seven days ago?"
Ziying seemed to have finally grasped a lifeline, and almost rushed to speak, her words coming out as if she were answering a question in front of others!
This was the first question he could answer accurately throughout the entire live stream!
"Seven days ago it was 3300 per shot, now it should be 4800 per shot!"
His answer was incredibly fluent, and his tone even carried a hint of barely suppressed pride.
Jiang Feng shook his head, clapped his hands, and a sardonic smile curled at the corner of his lips.
"Yes, absolutely right, not a fraction off."
Do you think I'm trying to compliment you?
"How come someone who doesn't even play games and never goes all out knows the price of golden eggs so well?"
Jiang Feng's smile deepened, but it was chillingly cold.
"You drew the candlestick chart? And you still say you're not manipulating prices?"
These words were an instant revelation to countless players.
Yes! A project manager who doesn't even touch the game knows the price of bullets inside and out. If that's not manipulation, what is it?
Ziying opened her mouth, beads of sweat on her forehead glistening under the light:
"This...this is from watching a video and hearing what the players were saying...I didn't control anything..."
"If you hear the players' voices but don't make changes, you might as well not listen at all."
Jiang Feng looked at Zi Ying coldly:
"Do you know exactly how much the drop rate of resources in the game has decreased?"
Jiang Feng scoffed, and Zhang Jindong immediately handed over a stack of bound A4 papers.
He showed the camera one by one the photos, which Chen Dexing had worked on for three consecutive nights: "Comparison of Material Prices and Drop Rates in Season 3".
"It just so happens that my roommate did a container burst rate test in December 2024. In the confidential dam, he opened 100 small insurance policies, large insurance policies, and flight cases. All the data is recorded and archived."
"After January 2nd, he used the same account to conduct the exact same test again in the confidential dam, still with 100 small insurances, no large insurance, and an airline case."
"The complete comparison video has just been posted on his personal Douyin account. Everyone can watch it. The data is absolutely real, and the entire process is screen-recorded and verifiable."
Jiang Feng shoved data charts and graphs in front of the camera, and finally told everyone the answer, word by word:
"According to statistics, after the version update, the probability of getting red or gold coins has decreased by nearly 50%, and the overall returns have decreased by 43%."
"Head armor, chest armor, and backpacks have all increased in price, as have bullets, firearms, and various accessories. The purchasing power of players' Half Coins has shrunk by more than half overnight."
"Drop rates halved, prices skyrocketed. Why?"
"Is it to reclaim the HAF coins held by players? To forcibly increase players' online time? Or to force players to buy HAF coins with real money outside the game?"
"Ziying, do you know how much it costs to equip a full set of five M14s right now? Do you know that even if an average player plays all day without encountering any cheaters, they still won't earn enough to cover the cost of ammo?"
"You don't know," Jiang Feng said for him, his voice suddenly turning cold, "because you never play."
Ziying opened her mouth, still making a final struggle:
"This...this is market regulation...the relationship between supply and demand..."
"You call this a supply and demand relationship?"
Jiang Feng pointed at the chart, his voice suddenly rising:
"That's fucking robbery!"
"Did you hear that? The players are saying, 'I can't afford to play anymore!'"
The chat was completely engulfed in fury at that moment:
[Has the drop rate really been nerfed?]
No wonder there haven't been any new photos of me lately!
Their intentions are despicable! Their intentions are despicable!
[I can't afford to play anymore. I was even thinking of going to order some food from the escorts, but now that I think about it...]
Ziying's lips trembled, and after a long while, she managed to squeeze out a sentence:
"This...I'll check this out in a bit..."
"Verification?" Jiang Feng didn't wait for him to finish speaking before walking directly to the second point on the blackboard—"Cheat Issues".
"The third issue: cheating software."
"Ziying, do you know how rampant cheating is in games right now?"
Ziying quickly responded, using the official language she had prepared beforehand:
"This is because the anti-cheating system is undergoing verification and optimization, and some functions have been temporarily disabled to prevent the previous false bans from happening again..."
"A temporary loss of control?"
"Okay, even if the system is temporarily out of control."
"So your people also went out of control?"
Zhang Jindong handed over another A4 sheet of paper, which was densely filled with IDs.
"The most obvious change is that the number of players with the 'Brilliant Prodigy' title across the entire server has increased from 11 to 1059. Ziying, do you know what this means?"
Ziying's Adam's apple bobbed, her voice dry: "It means... the players' skill level has improved..."
"This means your so-called manual review is a complete joke!"
"We promised that every dazzlingly talented young person would undergo rigorous manual verification to ensure they are a true genius, pure green."
"What I've found so far is just the tip of the iceberg. Over 90% of these IDs are undoubtedly bots!"
"I even crashed into three of them—two with X-ray vision and one with a lock."
"I immediately reported this to your official team, and you kept telling me that if it was confirmed to be a cheat, I would ban the user immediately."
Jiang Feng stared intently at the camera, his gaze sharp and unwavering, enunciating each word clearly:
"And then? Then he was still alive and kicking, having beaten up the dazzling genius teenager, and you approved him. Just now, he was still slaughtering people inside the space station."
"Is this a case of the anti-cheat system malfunctioning? Or is your project team deliberately condoning certain cheaters, turning a blind eye?"
Is there any conflict of interest?
Answer me!
Ziying's face turned from pale to ashen, her lips trembling as she said, "The review... the review is the operations department's job, I'm not sure..."
"Not quite sure?"
Jiang Feng laughed, a laugh so cold it chilled one to the bone.
"You sold the title of 'Brilliant Prodigy,' representing the highest honor for players, to cheaters. You used the faith and dedication of all the legitimate players to gild a bunch of cheaters."
"How can you do this to those green-skinned gamers who worked so hard to hone their skills?"
"I, Jiang Feng, hereby formally declare: I permanently relinquish the title of 'Brilliant Prodigy,' severing all ties with it. I disdain being compared to these cheaters!"
Meanwhile, in Chen Yichen's overseas live stream, the voices of the simultaneous interpreters were trembling:
"He's exposing everything! This is insane! The developer is selling the 'Genius' title to cheaters!"
"He's staked all his own honors just to restore fairness to the game."
Ziying had completely disregarded her image during the live stream, frantically tapping on her phone with her head down, trying to send a message to the control room to cut off the connection.
Jiang Feng, quick-witted and agile, realized that he wanted to desert, and his speech suddenly quickened.
"Don't you even have the most basic manners? Millions of gamers worldwide are watching you, and you're just looking down at your phone?"
Jiang Feng raised his hand and slammed his palm down on the podium, the loud bang echoing through every live broadcast room via the microphone!
"Do you even care about the players?"