"Bt—"
Sister Zhou’s voice carried far into the vast mountain valley, echoes reverberating endlessly.
*Dong!*
A ripping sound tore through the sky, stirring the clouds like a thousand ripples from a single stone. A steel behemoth descended from the heavens!
*Peng!!*
The moment it landed, dust billowed, and the entire earth seemed to tremble.
As the smoke cleared, a brand-new, robust Titan, adorned with vibrant and audacious colors, appeared before Sister Zhou.
It rested on one hand, awaiting Sister Zhou to place the core into its optical sensor.
A familiar yet strange sensation washed over her. Overcoming her inner dissonance, Sister Zhou observed it closely.
As expected, this wasn't Bt, or more precisely, not Bt-7274.
Bt-7274 slumbered forever in the inferno. The Titan model before her was—
FS-1041!
Upon seeing the new Titan's model, the audience instantly stirred.
'FS-1041 was Cooper's Titan in the training mission.'
'Damn! How many foreshadowing did the designer plant from the start?'
'So cool, so cool, so cool!!'
'Not Bt, this feels wrong!'
'This was the Titan from the training ground. It's truly pitiful, essentially a spare for Bt, otherwise it would have been the same as Bt.'
'The designer understands symmetry, a perfect callback.'
'Cooper now legitimately has his own Titan. Watching them grow to this point is quite emotional.'
.......
It had to be said, some viewers watched streams with the same meticulousness as if they were playing the game themselves.
Many details they remembered more clearly than the streamer or player. They not only observed every detail during the stream but also actively collected information afterward to gain more practical insights.
Then, during the streamer’s gameplay, they would actively answer questions, providing a lot of useful knowledge to the audience in the comments.
Among them, Su Han, who was typing diligently in front of his screen, was one of the more professional科普 (science popularizers). Su Han himself was a veteran game enthusiast.
He enjoyed games that were challenging, deep, and creative. Lingjing’s games perfectly suited his taste.
However, due to his humble background, he had to rely on work-study programs throughout university to cover his living expenses. Unable to play games, he could only "cloud play" them. Compared to others’ casual cloud gaming, Su Han was relatively more dedicated.
For a long time, he frequented Mo Zhi’s stream, especially when she played Call of Duty.
Because Mo Zhi’s empathy was too strong, and the game designer’s portrayal of Ghost was overwhelmingly charismatic, Su Han, enraged at the final betrayal, smashed his phone!
This made Su Han’s already precarious financial situation even worse. Later, Su Han, determined, worked throughout the entire summer vacation to buy a second-hand phone and a second-hand desktop computer from the used market.
In less than half a year, he had experienced all the games Lingjing had developed for PC.
He replayed Call of Duty three times, each time attempting to save Ghost in different ways, to prevent him from falling victim to Shepherd’s treachery.
However, each time he failed, and then he would have to replay the game and personally execute Shepherd to vent his frustration.
With the popularization of VR games, Lingjing had not developed any PC games for a long time.
Impatient, Su Han had to return to his old habit, diligently cloud playing VR games.
This time, he was smarter, choosing a game with a less empathetic protagonist—a mute bride who made people break character just by speaking.
As fate would have it, the usually cheerful streamer fell completely silent when Bt was stuffed with a cannon by Sloane’s chest.
This made many old fans uncomfortable, as the silent bride was incredibly attractive, and they couldn't handle it.
Thus, Su Han once again found himself entangled with Lingjing’s games. Not long after emerging from the shadow of Ghost, he had finally transferred his affection to Bt, only for Bt to fall.
Fortunately, the designer still had some conscience and brought Bt back.
The moment he saw the new Titan model, Su Han, the ultimate cloud player, immediately recalled the simulated Titan Captain Lastimosa had prepared for the player at the beginning; it was this very unit.
*Ka ka ka!!!*
As Su Han’s thoughts drifted, Sister Zhou’s actions on the stream immediately pulled him back to reality.
My goodness, Sister Zhou was installing Bt’s core into FS-1041!
No wonder, no wonder the comments earlier said FS-1041 felt like a spare for Bt’s great wife. It made sense now.
"Hi, Jack."
A familiar voice rang out, and Su Han’s heart trembled. Bt, it had truly resurrected!!
More so than Su Han’s trembling, Sister Zhou experienced it more deeply. Bt’s greeting shattered her resilient heart. In an instant, all her grievances surged to the surface. She tightly covered her mouth to keep from crying out loud.
She never expected that the usually boisterous and energetic streamer would be brought to tears three times in one day by a single game.
To be honest, apart from the Paris Mating Ground and the Summoner's Rift incidents, Sister Zhou had almost no record of crying on stream.
"Hoo~"
"Hoo~"
Taking deep breaths repeatedly, Sister Zhou managed her emotions and replied with feigned composure, "I’m so glad to see you back alive, Bt."
"Actually, it's over twenty-five thousand."
Bt seemed to be adjusting to its new body, shifting its body left and right, and giving Sister Zhou a勉强 (reluctant) ‘okay’ gesture. Its language system was not particularly fluent.
"Bt-7274 activated and ready for combat."
With that, Bt took out its new equipment from its back, laid it on the ground, and bent slightly. The cockpit in its chest hissed open.
With a unique entry mode, it stepped into the cockpit step by step, as if climbing stairs.
However, Sister Zhou still preferred the feeling of being enveloped by a pair of large hands and directly placed into the cockpit. Then she reminded herself, she was being greedy.
She had only hoped for Bt to revive; anything more than that should make her content.
Sitting in the modified cockpit, Sister Zhou’s mood grew more peaceful, but the flames of hatred within her were like a volcano on the verge of erupting.
The more she felt this strangeness, the more her hatred for Sloane intensified.
The audience had mixed reactions to Bt’s new body, with the comments section in an uproar.
'What does over twenty-five thousand mean?'
'Carbon fiber Bt!'
'In fact, I have over twenty-five thousand (parts in my body)' /
'Thank you, comment expansion guy!'
'The original Bt is gone, boo~'
'The memory core is here, he is Bt, just not in the original appearance.'
'What is that weapon Bt is using as stairs for Sister Zhou to enter the cockpit? It looks very imposing!'
'So the villain was just helping Bt get a brand new chassis. I'm really crying.'
.......
(I wanted to find a job with job security, but what kind of profession is a professional author?)
(What job security?)