I Just Want Players to Save Money, They Insist on Giving Me!-Chapter 66 - 40 Top War Criminal Continues to Trend The

That’s nearly the inevitable journey for every single-player game.

But as it turned out,

“Skyline” started to trend in Thunderbolt’s video section in a different way, gradually attracting more attention.

Initially, someone edited clips from Dasima and Zhou Shuyi’s broadcasts, adding some BGM and memes to make a video.

It got over a hundred thousand views.

And when Eggplant’s fecal wealth of Klondike slice hit, it completely blew up!

In just one day, viewership rocketed towards a million, landing the video in the trending list for the period.

Some casual viewers who rarely watch live streams or play games laughed themselves into sitting up in bed, even late at night, after stumbling upon the video complemented by numerous sarcastic and comedic comments.

Sharp content creators realized this game seemed more suited for the short video format.

Because short videos can condense interesting gameplay elements, omitting the lengthy development phases.

Hence, the keyword “Skyline” began to soar in popularity.

By the second day, among the top ten hot videos of the day, two were about “Skyline”

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Today’s Trending No. 4: “On the massive sewage discharge of my city to avoid polluting the water, we had the volunteers among the citizens drink it down.”

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In the video, the UP explained and operated simultaneously.

They named their city Neon Island.

And stockpiled a vast amount of sewage in the suburbs of the city, all contributed by the residents of Neon over time.

“…Directly discharging these waste waters into our oceans is definitely not acceptable. To recycle, I, as the mayor, have decided to let all citizens share this responsibility.”

“Let’s first…”

As they spoke, they moved all the pumps to the sewage output and redirected the pipes back into the citizens’ homes.

And then, they connected the drainage pipes back to the sewage reservoir.

This way, the water flowing from every citizen’s tap every day was their own waste.

What they dumped, would flow back to the sewage reservoir.

Forming a flawless closed loop.

Of course, this UP’s methods were slightly inhumane.

But still, they had some bottom lines.

“We can’t blatantly lie. After drinking such water, the citizens will definitely have health issues.”

“As a deeply caring mayor of Neon Island, we should then build a few more hospitals next to the sewage reservoir… let’s just build five at once, to make sure there’s enough for everyone.”

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“Of course, getting sick depends on personal health, it varies from person to person. Look, out of over ten thousand residents, there are dozens who aren’t sick, right? So, it’s because the citizens don’t care for their health and don’t exercise regularly. We must punish them harshly, let them realize their mistake, so we’re going to increase the hospital fees by five hundred percent!”

A few sentences caused a flurry of comments.

“Another war criminal emerges!”

“Bring your game to the military tribunal tomorrow, and explain your crimes.”

“Why does someone like you exist in every game, always thinking about torturing NPCs, never doing what people should do? I’m puzzled as to why everyone doesn’t imitate this behavior?”

“Building the hospital right next to the sewage reservoir just cracked me up. Are you trying to make sure the citizens see where their water is coming from?”

“Transparently sickening the citizens, what a great mayor! /Thumbs Up/Thumbs Up”

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There was yet another trending video, ranked eighth, that also retained some of that original flavor.

“…As you can see, the economy of Lighthouse City is flourishing, with high-rises everywhere, even iconic buildings, like the Cone Goddess. But this isn’t sustainable. When the economy is good, people don’t want to work and only think about indulging themselves. Then no one generates GDP, and the economy goes downhill. So, the better the economy, the worse it gets.”

“In order to create a virtuous economic cycle, we need to establish a district. Let’s call it the Lighthouse New District.”

“Then, we will put those citizens who appear to have darker skin into this new district. As everyone knows, dark and shiny skin is a symbol of good health, and if they come over, they can accelerate the construction of the new district.”

“Lighthouse New District is intended to represent freedom! Freedom means no restrictions. So, it’s normal not to have a police station here, and it’s normal for the crime rate to be as high as 80% all year round. We need to make this a district with low education and low quality, otherwise, who would want to screw in screws for us?”

“However, having too low quality is certainly not good. As everyone can see, the violence index has risen to an exaggerated level. Therefore, we must take some measures. For instance, setting up fruit shops in the new district, specializing in watermelons that are cheap and good, icy cold, and sweetly refreshing; just one bite can ease the agitation in one’s heart. Then, there will be tobacco shops, offering special Eggplant that can numb the desire to commit crimes, highly efficient indeed.”

“Ultimately, we, as mayors, will definitely treat everyone equally. The palm and the back of the hand are all flesh, so if the citizens of the new district do encounter conflicts, we will let them resolve their issues with the spirit of a warrior. We will set up stores exclusively selling various iaido techniques that are in high demand.”

“OK, the Lighthouse New District is now fully planned. To make the citizens here feel a stronger sense of belonging, let’s establish a motto; let’s call it ‘maga’! I, as the mayor, have done so much for this district, the citizens will definitely like me very much.”

The short video, spanning just a few minutes, also triggered a barrage of sarcastic comments.

“Fine, fine, fine, so Damn is making videos like this! Tomorrow, you and the guy who’s fourth in popularity, go get shot together!”

“The citizens like you as a mayor? What about you do they like?”

“The citizens like the mayor to be far away from them/Dog Head”

“The episode Black Dragon fears the most.”

“Fast forward to ‘Reborn Lighthouse New District: I Am Black Dragon’, then I forgot the middle part, but that’s the Black Dragon! Black Dragon is also a dragon!”

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Besides the two eye-catching popular videos, there are also scattered derivative works with views ranging from several hundred thousand to tens of thousands.

But the core of all the videos emphasized a gameplay that Blue Star had never had before.

Criminal style gameplay!

This kind of gameplay is humorous without being naïve, cruel without being immature.

Due to its novelty, it also created the reason why ‘Skyline’ stood out instantly and widened the gap with other management games.

The game’s deep players have been labeled A-class criminals by the majority of gamers.

The game company that was founded not long ago, “Top Player,” also got its name sprawled in the popularity spread over the last couple of days, sarcastically dubbed by players as “Top Criminal Company.”

Its founder, Mr. Ke Jin, was directly issued a ‘Number One Wanted Order’ by the players, a network-wide manhunt within the circle!

According to the players who issued the wanted order.

The punishment after the arrest is severe; a game as maverick as ‘Skyline’ must be created again before the case can be closed.

The hot catchphrases derived from ‘Skyline’ allowed a group of Blue Star players, who had not seen much of the world, to taste a different kind of gameplay.

The game ‘Skyline’ also began to quietly emerge on larger social media platforms.

As the popularity rose, more and more bystanders began to take notice of the game.

And so, it led to the second small incident recently in the gaming circle.

Due to the game’s outrageous recharge interface, a handful of tycoons worried about the game disrupting the market environment rose up, waving flags and shouting slogans.

Tycoons said.

If everyone starts doing this, how can tycoons distance themselves from the average players? How can they hang at the top of the power rankings and show off to attract the hearts of girls?

And taking ten thousand steps back, if you can play without spending money, then how can I play?

Unacceptable!

This damn designer is clearly targeting us tycoons!

Settle the score!

We must settle the score fiercely!

Thus, a handful of tycoons, who only played games to show off everywhere, began to plot with gritted teeth.

And eventually launched an unprecedented pay-to-win holy war against this game, its backing company, and the game designers.

The purpose of this holy war was to find every possible way to pour money into this damn game! Let this designer from the boondocks feel the joy of money, so he’ll naturally drop the idea of ‘ads replacing microtransactions’ and get back on track making paid games with honesty.

Of course, it looked like this group had come prepared.

Beyond the imperial edict, they had also thought of a slogan to boost their army’s morale.

The slogan for the holy war is,

“Eradicate Ke Jin the scourge, games belong to the tycoons!”

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PS: The video mentioned in the first half of the chapter isn’t actually on Bilibili… I adapted it from gameplay and wrote it myself, blending in memes, it’s not copied from real videos, so don’t accuse me of padding the content! Darn it!

PS2: To prevent any misunderstandings, let me clarify, this book does not intend to map any tycoon gamers, playing games, any gameplay is fine, as long as you are happy. I am just writing about the distorted market environment on Blue Star that gave rise to tycoons! Please don’t take it personally! There is really no mapping!!!