wavenovel How's Chapter 78 going?
How's Chapter 78 going?
Not long after Lu Ran posted the game, in the male dormitory of Jiangcheng University.
Li Ming had just finished a ridiculous little game where you had to pour water.
"The games these days are so boring," Li Ming complained. "They're all these kind of mindless little games. I'm about to throw up from playing them all."
He is currently a sophomore in college, which is the time when he has the most free time.
He doesn't have many hobbies, except for playing games.
When "Sheep and the Sheep" was popular a while ago, he stayed up for two nights to pass the test once.
So I quickly played a few silly games to relax my brain.
"That damn author designed the second level of 'Sheep Is a Sheep' so difficult that I almost failed my exam," Li Ming muttered, casually clicking on the new game recommendations on the gaming platform.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up.
Plants vs. Zombies — Author: Wool Harvester.
"It's that dog of an author again." Upon seeing the author's name, Li Ming immediately sat up straight. "I want to see what new work this dog of an author has. Is it even more perverted than 'Sheep and the Sheep'?"
With mixed feelings of anticipation and fear of being hurt, Li Ming downloaded the game.
The loading screen is very simple, with a cartoon icon of a zombie wearing a helmet and a sunflower.
Upon entering the game, the refreshing art style and upbeat background music surprised him.
"This must be a trick by that lousy author to lull me into a false sense of security before giving me a big surprise." Li Ming didn't dare to relax at all; instead, he became even more nervous.
Loading complete, Li Ming clicked on the first level.
The first level is very simple; anyone with hands can do it.
「果然，又是这个套路，第一关是1+1=2，下一关就变成了证明1+1为什幺等于2。」
With a nervous heart, Li Ming clicked into the second level.
The second level was a bit more challenging, but still easy enough for anyone.
"Could it be that this author has changed his ways?" Li Ming lowered his guard and started playing.
The first few levels are basically tutorials on basic plants, with very limited difficulty.
But it was Li Ming's first time playing this kind of tower defense game.
When the seventh level appeared, Li Ming was flustered for a while and eventually had his brain eaten by the zombie. He had to start over to find a way to deal with it.
"I see. The Tall-nut Wall can block him from jumping over, and then the Peashooter can attack from behind. This game design is very interesting."
By the time he reached the tenth level, Li Ming was completely engrossed in the game and had mastered its techniques.
First look at the characteristics of the plant, then look at the characteristics of the zombie.
"Holy crap, this Frost Archer is amazing! Cherry Bomb is a godsend for clearing the field! The combination of Spikes and Garlic is incredibly effective against zombies!"
Before we knew it, two hours had passed.
"Holy crap, this game is amazing!" Li Ming jumped up from his chair excitedly. "It's way better than 'Sheep and the Sheep,' but it's still very strategic! Fun! Fun!"
He immediately shared the game link in the dorm group chat: "Kids, try this! It's the new game from the author of 'Sheep and the Sheep,' and this time it's not a scam, it's super fun!"
"Then Dad will give you some face and let you come down and try it out."
In university dormitories, you can never tell the seniority of each other.
Around 11 p.m. is the peak time for playing games.
Soon, the other three people in the dormitory also downloaded the game.
"You know what, this author has something special. Just look at this art style; it already surpasses 90% of the games on the market."
"This zombie looks so funny."
"Wait, why is this zombie with the newspaper suddenly running?"
In less than half an hour, the entire dormitory was immersed in the game. Shouts and yells could be heard every now and then.
"Damn it, I forgot to pick Ashe again. We can't get past this level without slowing down the enemy."
"There's not enough sunlight! Sunflowers, give it your all!"
"It's over, it's over, we're going to lose the last wave!"
Seeing his roommates engrossed in the game, Li Ming felt it was necessary to share such a fun game with more netizens.
Of course, another reason is that he got stuck.
He couldn't get past the fifteenth level no matter what he tried, and he wanted to ask netizens for their ideas to help him find a solution.
He logged into the game forum, posted a thread, and also sent the download link for "Plants vs. Zombies".
As a seasoned gamer, Li Ming has a certain level of popularity on game forums.
His post had barely been published when it received numerous comments:
"Ming-ge is sharing games again? This time it's different from the last time he 'Sheep's Sheep', isn't it?"
"This sheep game is so cheap, it took me two days to pass a level."
Li Ming felt he could reply below:
"This time is different from the last one. This time it wasn't as difficult, but it was very fun and the experience was great."
Upon seeing Li Ming's reply, many players on the game forum downloaded the app.
In no time at all, Plants vs. Zombies had been downloaded over 10,000 times.
With the addition of many veteran players from gaming forums, the popularity of Plants vs. Zombies has also increased.
Many game review posts also appeared on the game forums.
OP: Let's start a strategy thread and exchange tips for clearing the game. I'll go first: To deal with the miner zombies, you can plant reverse shooters in the last row, or use a Magnet-shroom to suck up their shovels.
Comment 1: You can blow away balloon zombies with a cactus or clover.
Comment 2: The appearance of the snowman zombie is conditional; it seems to appear randomly in specific levels, and killing it gives a lot of coins.
Comment 3: Use Sun-shrooms first for nighttime levels, and then switch to Sunflowers once you have enough.
Comment 4: Be careful of the flower pots in the rooftop level, as zombies will only appear from the locations of the flower pots.
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Lu Ran hadn't expected that his newly released game would gain such popularity in just one night.
These popularity points also brought Lu Ran some popularity value.
However, Lu Ran now has too much popularity points, and there are no more to use.
My popularity is now approaching 100 million. I wonder if there will be any special rewards after reaching 100 million.
Not far off, Lu Ran estimates that it won't be long before it reaches 100 million.
However, Lu Ran is now in a dream.
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The next day, as soon as Lu Ran arrived at the company, he saw Tan Yu and a few others coming in from outside.
Tan Yu and the others looked even darker after training these past few days, but they were full of energy and spirit.
"Brother Lu!"
"Brother Lu!"
"Brother Lu!"
When the group saw Lu Ran, they greeted him warmly.
"Hmm. Is training over?" Lu Ran asked. He remembered that Director Chen Ke had said the training would last a month, but it hadn't even been half a month yet.
"No, the first phase is over," Tan Yu replied. "Director Chen Ke was worried that the filming progress would be too slow, so he plans to film a few episodes first before participating in the second phase."
Lu Ran nodded. The progress wasn't slow; it wasn't moving at all.
If we don't film it now, it's hard to guarantee a summer release.
"By the way, how are things going between you and Xu Manxue?"
"Pfft!" Tan Yu, who had just taken a sip of water, was so startled by Lu Ran's sudden question that he spat the water all over the floor.
"Hey Lu, next time you ask this kind of question, could you please not do it so suddenly?"
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