novelODS Chapter 302 The dust settles, bidding farewell to the old era
Chapter 302 The dust settles, bidding farewell to the old era
With the release of some rumors—the DMA team being arrested in multiple locations, a major purge within the Delta project team, and Su Mingziying being formally detained—this five-day-long internet drama has finally come to an end.
Looking back on these five days.
Since the preview live broadcast on January 10, the names "Delta Operation" and "Jiangfeng" have been like two red-hot nails, firmly stuck on the trending topics list of the Chinese Internet, and cannot be removed.
On Weibo, Douyin, Bilibili, Zhihu, and Tieba, these two terms have been dominating the top of the trending lists on every platform you can name.
On Weibo, the server crashed at one point. #JiangFeng's five questions for Ziying in his preview live stream#, #TX bans JiangFeng#, #YiFeng's recording exposes the truth#, #Ziying and Su Ming are criminally detained#, #YiFeng returns to Delta#, #NPC deputy calls for the criminalization of cheating#, #JiangFeng's 30 billion challenge is successful#, these topics topped the trending searches several times.
At its peak, seven out of the top ten trending topics on Weibo were related to the Delta.
Even those marketing accounts that usually only follow entertainment gossip were dumbfounded.
A blogger with millions of followers who started out focusing on scandals in the Chinese entertainment industry was forced by five consecutive days of trending topics to retweet news about the Delta Force incident, with the caption:
"Family members, I really don't understand games, but who is this guy named Jiang Feng? Why is he always trending on Weibo? He's even more popular than my brother!"
The comment section was flooded with gamers, and the top comment read:
"You don't need to understand games. All you need to know is that he single-handedly brought down the Tencent empire."
That blogger later actually watched Jiang Feng's live stream recording and posted a new update three days later:
"Finished watching. Brother Feng is so handsome, I'm a fan now. From today onwards, I'm a member of the Feng family army."
On Douyin, Jiang Feng's account now has 1800 million followers. It took Jiang Feng less than 30 days to go from 0 to 1800 million followers.
This is a more difficult and meaningful challenge than his initial goal of "30 billion HAF coins in 30 days." HAF coins are virtual, but the fans are real.
1800 million followers—that's 1800 million living, breathing people, 1800 million proactive "follows," and 1800 million weighty trusts.
In the words of financial bloggers, this is called "capturing user mindshare." In the words of gamers, this is called "winning the hearts and minds of the people."
A true superstar is rising.
This is not an exaggeration, it's a fact. In the Douyin game streamer ecosystem, no one has ever gone from an ordinary person to having 1800 million followers in 30 days.
Even for top streamers who have the backing of top MCNs and have spent tens of millions on traffic fees, it still takes at least half a year to go from 0 to 1000 million.
Jiang Feng doesn't have any MCNs and hasn't spent a single penny buying traffic.
Every time he gained followers, it was through his actions, his sense of responsibility, and his declaration, "TX doesn't care about you, but I will."
This is the real "million-dollar evacuation." It's not about how many virtual resources were taken out in the game; it's about how, in reality, he transformed from an ordinary college student into a symbol that millions were willing to follow.
On Bilibili, content creators from various gaming sections all mobilized.
Someone made a long video summarizing the events, starting from Jiang Feng's first day of live streaming at Puba Shuangxin, and going all the way to the confrontation with the production team and Yi Feng's return. The video was 47 minutes long and the barrage of comments was dense from beginning to end, with "tears in my eyes," "justice being served," and "welcome home" filling the screen.
On Zhihu, the top-voted answer to the question "How do you view Jiang Feng's successful challenge of 30 billion Half Coins and the subsequent apology from Tencent?" is only one sentence:
"This is not a victory for one streamer; it is a victory for millions of players saying 'no' to capital."
A blogger who runs a financial media platform, who never plays games, was forced by the hype to produce an episode titled "The Awakening of Player Sovereignty in the Gaming Industry: A Look at the Delta Force Incident," which turned out to be his most-viewed video of the year.
Regardless of the nature of the news, whether good or bad, Delta and Jiangfeng have firmly occupied the central stage of the Internet during this period.
Jiang Feng, Delta, and even Yi Feng, Zi Ying, and Su Ming, have truly broken out of their niche. The five-day storyline is more exciting than a TV series, more absurd than a movie, and more thrilling than any script.
A true crackdown on organized crime!
Some have even suggested making it into a movie.
So when Yifeng came back and looked at the daily active user data in the backend, he was completely dumbfounded.
Didn't we agree to a server-wide boycott and no login? Why is the number of players increasing instead of decreasing?
Moreover, most of them were newly registered users. Especially after Tencent officially announced the return of Yifeng and announced the "Player Co-creation Plan", the registration wave surged to its peak.
You reap what you sow.
Jiang Feng's gains were watched and envied by the entire internet. But no one was jealous, because everyone knew that Jiang Feng deserved it.
There will never be another Jiang Feng in Delta, just as there will never be another Faker in League of Legends.
Later generations can only look up to them and live by their stories.
Lin Shu said during his live stream: "Fengshen, I admire him. There's only one in the entire live streaming industry who can do what he has."
Tonight marks Jiang Feng's first official live broadcast of Delta since the incident.
The significance is self-evident.
The show became an instant hit.
The average number of online users has reached 170 million!
The barrage of bullets was so dense and overwhelming, like a tsunami, that the game screen was almost completely obscured.
The gift effects never stopped, with carnivals, Douyin No. 1, and sports cars exploding like fireworks on the right side of the screen.
Jiang Feng had no interest in idle chatter.
He didn't even have time to thank them for the gift.
The first two games went very smoothly.
Perhaps Yifeng's return brought a fresh start, or perhaps the calls for legislation to criminalize cheating scared away those cheaters—today's top-secret aerospace industry is unexpectedly green.
There's no X-ray vision or wallhacks, no brute force headshots. Every round is a clean and honest game, a brutal and realistic confrontation.
Action to restore Qinglang!
In the first game, the team landed and controlled the map. The Warden returned to his position. 13 kills, map cleared, and the team's loot reached 1103 million.
In the second game, after landing at West University, the player rushed into the core area and achieved a miraculous 1v3 comeback. With 11 kills, the map was cleared, and the player secured 978 million in loot upon retreat. The two games combined took less than fifty minutes, resulting in a net profit of 20 million.
The two games together took less than fifty minutes, resulting in a net profit of 20 million.
Jiang Feng leaned back in his gaming chair, stretched, and glanced at the time in the lower right corner of the screen.
21:12pm.
At this rate of efficiency, let alone 30 billion, 35 billion is just around the corner.
His nerves, which had been taut for days, finally relaxed for a moment. A slight smile appeared on his lips as he looked at the live chat for the first time.
"Guys, tonight's spaceflight... was awesome!"
The barrage of comments exploded instantly:
[The first time I tried to get the dog to perform well, but the dog ended up failing.]
Seriously, where's the sniper squad? Give them some serious firepower!
Stop targeting the sniper team; with their stats and K/D ratio, can they even rank up against Fengshen?
[Sigh, is this the end of the story of the Wind God in women's clothing?]
【Wind God, slow down! Leave us some hope!】
Jiang Feng looked at the comments and couldn't help but smile. He picked up his water glass, took a sip, and felt more relaxed than ever before.
The warehouse is almost overflowing with food; organizing the warehouse is the most time-consuming thing for him to do when he's trying to make money.
"Oh dear, let's tidy up the warehouse, it's overflowing with food."
"Let's start the next game after we're done organizing!"
Meanwhile, in a villa in Hangzhou.
Feng Jiancheng was lying on the sofa watching Jiang Feng's live stream when he saw the screen full of comments about "cross-dressing" and glanced at Jiang Feng's triumphant appearance on the screen. Suddenly, he frowned.
Women's clothing generates a huge amount of traffic!
He couldn't bear to see his beloved go astray.
He wants Jiang Feng to wear women's clothing, specifically Hanfu!
He's bad at games, but he's got money to burn!
Feng Jiancheng grabbed his phone and dialed his assistant's number.
"Find me, contact every club in the market, every top escort team."
"Yes, everyone! Including everyone from Zhengfeng Esports, call them all!"
"Have them form a team, keep an eye on Jiang Feng's platoon, and snipe them relentlessly. The commission? I'll double it!"
"Whoever can defeat Jiang Feng in the game will receive a reward of five thousand yuan!"
"Get him!"
The person on the other end of the phone gasped:
"Mr. Feng, what's wrong...?"
"Don't ask." Feng Jiancheng grinned, looking at Jiang Feng's arrogant Qing Tu silhouette on the screen.
"I just want to see someone in women's clothing."
After hanging up the phone, Feng Jiancheng immediately spent 100 Carnival credits.
This is considered medical expenses.