Chapter 444: Chapter 275: Did I Actually Cheat? (Part 2)

But the fact is laid before him, and his performance in the game, especially the situation where he was attacked without losing health, is exactly like using a health lock cheat.

Even if he saw it himself, he would probably think he was cheating.

The awkwardness lies in that, as the person involved, doesn’t he have a clue whether he cheated or not? He really didn’t cheat, and "Star Emperor 2" is a newly released game; how could there be cheats so soon?

"Oh right, Tianba Community!"

Recalling the harsh words from his opponent, Yu Wenjie suddenly panicked and quickly opened Tianba Community, wanting to know if he had posted about this incident.

As it turns out, the opponent didn’t have any intention of letting Yu Wenjie off the hook. After voluntarily surrendering, they quickly uploaded a match recording to Tianba Community.

The title of the post had a classic shock factor - [Shocking! A man actually publicly... in "Star Emperor 2"]

Since it was just posted, there were not many replies yet, and hardly anyone had watched the entire recording.

Yet the few replies in the post still left Yu Wenjie feeling cold inside.

"No way out, iron-clad health lock cheat!"

"Doesn’t matter how you argue it isn’t a cheat; getting hit without losing health, what else can you play with!"

"Remember his ID, everybody casually report him so no cheater can continue wreaking havoc!"

"Too funny, the treater just admits it, then actually tries to act? If you act, at least be good at it; those with one-page hukou are exceptional after all..."

The attacks are really strong!

Seeing several people already under the post starting personal attacks on him, words like orphan and dimwit were relatively mild.

The interactive nature of Tianba Community is somewhat similar to Tieba, and because of this, many community players are former Tieba veterans, who always branded themselves as refined and amiable.

When dealing with cheaters and dimwits, the community veterans naturally don’t hold back their words, filled with aggression, cursing fiercely, as cheaters don’t deserve sympathy; curse and then report is the norm.

If Yu Wenjie were just a passerby, witnessing this scene, he’d probably support them, and join the veterans in ridiculing and criticizing the cheater.

But regrettably, he is the one being cursed, so his feelings at the moment can only be described as "a mixed bag."

Rationally, he knows he’s been wronged, these community veterans are in the dark about the truth, a few insults don’t matter, no need to get angry over it.

But emotionally, seeing these veterans wantonly attack him, even making a fuss about his hukou, with his parents inadvertently involved, honestly Yu Wenjie finds it hard to accept.

"Let me find Ba, hoping Ba can thoroughly investigate and clear my name..."

Yu Wenjie sighed and thought.

This matter blew up in Tianba Community, and everyone believed he cheated. Logically, he should post to clear his name, to rid of the wrongs as a result.

But the problem is...

He can’t prove his innocence! He even doubts if he cheated himself, after all, that scene of being hit without losing health is really inexplicable.

Can only hope for Ba.

According to Yu Wenjie’s guess, this should be an in-game issue, or rather an unknown game bug, not really related to him.

If he could contact Ba and have him conduct an investigation, he might find the reason and prove he didn’t cheat.

As for the post on Tianba Community...

Perhaps because cheats rarely appear in Tianba games, everyone was so surprised that the post quickly went viral, a flame icon was even attached after the title.

Even the admin moderated the post with a highlight and pinned it, so that any player entering the community would see this post first.

Health lock cheat?!

Oh wow! This is so fresh!

Not to mention new players haven’t seen it, even veteran "Star Emperor" players haven’t seen this before.

Cheating, in other games, may not be big news, nothing more than a private discussion among players.

But in games under Tianba Studio’s flag, especially a networked game like "Star Emperor 2," it is undeniably the headline news!

For a while, countless players came after hearing the news, flocking under the post to see what this so-called "health lock cheat" looked like.

Upon seeing it, everyone was stunned!

Is it really a health lock cheat?

Originally thought "health lock" was just an exaggerated description, with the actual effect not so crazy, but who knew, what was shown in the video was more outrageous than they imagined.

Indeed no health loss, not even a single bar! From start to finish, the character controlled by Yu Wenjie endured several waves of attacks, including a "direct hit to the chest" fatal attack.

For other players, even if they were not severely hurt, the health would be nearly gone, and they may suffer some minor injuries.

For Yu Wenjie?

Not to mention the injuries, his health didn’t change at all the entire time, always at full health.

If this isn’t health lock, what is?

As for the slightly "awkward" kick in the video, people didn’t pay much attention.

Because everyone didn’t believe the statement in the video, where the treater claims they were possessed, and the character moved on its own without them controlling.

Nonsense!

You believe a treater’s words too?

Moreover, if you believe anything, why believe such an outrageous and abstract statement, got water in your brain, or didn’t learn in school as a child?

Yu Wenjie became famous!

To be precise, his game nickname "Don’t Want to Be a Pigeon" became famous.

Almost all players of "Star Emperor 2" including the previous work "Star Emperor" knew this treater. The number of people who reported him by name to Tianba Studio seems numerous enough to circle the earth.

Everyone thought, such a "violent" cheat, probably wouldn’t survive an hour before being detected by Tianba Studio and facing account ban.

But who would’ve thought, after the post fermented, a lot of players reported, and a detective found, Yu Wenjie could still be seen in the game.

And he was "online"!

What kind of international joke is this?

So many players named report, the cheating incident fermented for so long, how come Tianba Studio hasn’t banned his account?

What’s Ba doing?

Is he rewarding himself and got dizzy, not yet sober?

...

Chen Ba was already sober.

Regarding the rumors among players that he secretly rewards himself and often passes out in the office, he felt speechless.

But being speechless aside, he wasn’t like players guessed, busy with other things, ignoring or not noticing the cheating incident that caused a stir in "Star Emperor 2."

In fact, when the community post got highlighted and pinned, he had already understood the ins and outs of the matter.

At the same time.

He also received a personal email from the player known as "treater" Yu Wenjie, explaining the event in detail, along with screenshots and account password, requesting Ba to help prove his innocence.

Indeed!

Yu Wenjie’s account now is in "online" status, not banned.

But the one logged into this account isn’t Yu Wenjie himself, but Chen Ba.

Originally, like other players, after watching the video, Chen Ba thought Yu Wenjie undoubtedly cheated; no way out, he is a cheater regardless.

Nonetheless, Yu Wenjie’s candid attitude and lengthy explanation caused Chen Ba to have doubts.

Is it truly not a cheat?

But... but if it’s not cheating, then what’s going on?

Chen Ba didn’t rule out the possibility of Yu Wenjie lying to deceive him. But as the game developer, he had the ability to review the game records at the time.

His investigation showed Yu Wenjie indeed didn’t cheat, that game’s data was all normal, without any tampering or violent modifications.

But that’s precisely what’s weird!

Everything normal?

If everything is normal, then why the absurd situation of "being hit without losing health"?

From game backend information, in that match, after being attacked, Yu Wenjie had clear records of "health deduction."

So...

Since the game has records of health deductions, where is the deducted health?