"What's going on? This is completely unscientific!"

"I hid it so well, how could they possibly find it?"

"Are there really gamers so bored that they just randomly run around activating Buddha statues for no reason? And then happen to run into the old monk and die six times?"

"Damn it..."

Pei Qian felt a little dizzy.

This was too much!

He still didn't quite believe that a player had found "Pu Du" (Salvation), feeling like there had to be some other reason.

But the facts were in front of him; he couldn't deny it.

In any case, the appearance of "Pu Du" gave those players who originally couldn't beat the game a glimmer of hope. Many players were originally hesitating about whether to get a refund, but now they were all sticking around!

Even the public opinion had reversed to some extent!

Previously, many online trolls had criticized the game's difficulty.

The game was too hard, playing it was tantamount to self-abuse, this high difficulty was deliberately designed by the development team to disgust players, so this game was trash, and everyone should quickly get a refund.

But now, this argument had been refuted!

The development team wasn't deliberately trying to disgust players; hadn't they created an exclusive weapon for unskilled players?

As long as they obtained "Pu Du," the game's difficulty wouldn't be so high, and unskilled players would naturally have no reason to get a refund!

It even made the development team seem particularly humane and compassionate!

Pei Qian felt a little dizzy, what was he supposed to do?

This wasn't just a problem with the refund rate plummeting; once unskilled players could play the game, if this news spread...

Pei Qian was very clear that even unskilled players could clear the Six Paths of Reincarnation ending with "Pu Du," after all, he himself was an unskilled player.

"No, I have to quickly think of a way..."

Pei Qian couldn't sit still and wait for death. After thinking for a while, he decided to seek help from the online trolls!

Of course, the specific application method this time definitely couldn't be the same as the previous two times.

...

...

Pengcheng.

Hu Xiao was happily killing monsters with "Pu Du."

"Let you kill me!"

"I'll give you each a little 'Pu Du'!"

"You think you're an elite monster? Get down!"

Hu Xiao was having a lot of fun.

After obtaining "Pu Du," the game finally had some playability!

Hu Xiao was a very easily satisfied person. He didn't rush to fight the later monsters, but just repeatedly killed the small monsters that had previously abused him, accumulating more of the three souls and seven spirits to level up.

He never thought that even unskilled players could find enjoyment in this game.

After playing for a while, Hu Xiao contentedly closed the game, preparing to open the forum to see if there were any new discussions about the game *Rebirth From the Ashes*.

He found that he was increasingly enjoying browsing the *Rebirth From the Ashes* forum because it was very interesting!

Not only was it interesting to see the players fighting each other, but the forum often had players who would dig up the hidden content in the game, which was also very interesting.

Like the hidden weapon "Pu Du," which was shared on the forum by a certain player.

As he was browsing, Hu Xiao received a message from "Hardcore Reviews."

"Buy more online trolls."

Hu Xiao's eyes lit up, and he quickly replied, "Okay, no problem!"

This guy had already bought three waves of online trolls; he was very generous and quick to pay.

Although Hu Xiao had spent more than a hundred yuan of his own money to buy the game, this misunderstanding had already been cleared up.

Hardcore Reviews: "This time, the requirements are a bit different from the previous two times. I've noticed that the recent topic seems to be a bit one-sided. Think of a way to make the topic more controversial, understand?"

Hu Xiao agreed without hesitation: "Okay, no problem!"

...

Pei Qian breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the online trolls were all professional, doing their jobs without asking too many questions.

Recently, the topic about *Rebirth From the Ashes* was indeed a bit one-sided.

With the discovery of "Pu Du," the complaints from unskilled players about the game had decreased, and the controversy had naturally become less.

Those online trolls who were singing the praises of the game had lost their weapons, and many had defected, joining the ranks of mindless praise to complete their tasks.

If this situation continued, the reputation would soon be reversed...

So, the important thing was to keep everyone arguing. Those online trolls who were singing the praises of the game couldn't give up. If they gave up, President Pei wouldn't be far from giving up either!

This time, Pei Qian had once again seamlessly deceived the system.

If his request was "Have the online trolls all trash-talk *Rebirth From the Ashes*," that would definitely not work, and the system would definitely not approve it; but if it was "Let *Rebirth From the Ashes* have a little more controversy," then there was no problem.

After all, in the system's view, this should also be considered spending money to buy popularity, right?

And now, people who were praising *Rebirth From the Ashes* were clearly in the upper hand, so this statement was equivalent to supporting the haters.

Mission accomplished.

Hate it with all your might! It would be best if everyone refunded!

Pei Qian refreshed the forums and Weibo, silently waiting for the online trolls' actions.

...

On the other side, although Hu Xiao had accepted the job very readily, he encountered a bit of a problem after distributing it to the group.

The boss's requirement was to prevent the online opinion of *Rebirth From the Ashes* from being so one-sided, and to create as much controversy as possible.

In the current situation, it was clear that the haters were a bit unable to hold on, which meant that the boss wanted the online trolls to help the haters set the pace, so that the situation would return to balance!

But how to set the pace?

The points for hating this game before were nothing more than that the game was too difficult, but after "Pu Du" appeared, this problem no longer existed. Wouldn't it be too obvious to force the hate? And the effect wouldn't be good.

Hu Xiao told the group about this requirement, letting the professional online trolls in the group think of a way themselves.

As the saying goes, rewards bring courage. As long as the money was enough, were they afraid of not finding a point to hate?

As soon as they heard that there was more money to be made, the online trolls instantly boiled over and began to rack their brains to find the game's flaws.

"What about hating the game for distorting traditional culture?"

"Or hating the game for having a thin plot?"

"Let's hate the game for hiring online trolls!"

Everyone had their own opinions, but they still couldn't come up with a very good idea.

Because it was really boring to hate these points, it was just forced hate!

Of course, it wasn't that forced hate was completely impossible, but if it was forced hate, it would be difficult to cause enough controversy, and it might not be possible to complete the boss's requirements.

In other words, it was doing twice the work for half the results, and it was easy to waste effort.

If the game itself had quality problems, then there would be a lot of things that could be done, such as being shoddy, deceiving consumers, selling domestic feelings, etc., all of which were very good hats to pin on it.

However, there was no problem with the game's quality, it was very solid!

It was too unconvincing to put these hats on it, and it was easy to cause some backlash, making more people stand on the side of supporting *Rebirth From the Ashes*.

What's more, many of these online trolls hadn't deeply understood the game. After playing for a few minutes and finding that their computers couldn't handle it, they directly refunded it. How could they find any deeper flaws?

Therefore, after discussing for a long time, they still couldn't find a very good entry point.

So the situation stalled.

In the end, Hu Xiao had no choice but to type: "Brothers, don't worry, just send out a few posts with forced hate to maintain the level of controversy. Other brothers, look for deeper flaws in the game."

"We are professionals, we must do everything possible to complete the boss's task!"

"This is a long-term task. Everyone can read more posts on the forum and other players. Once you find any loopholes, report them in the group as soon as possible!"

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...

October 6th.

Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd.

Li Yada looked at the game's sales data, as well as the player reputation on the forum and online. The glasses under her thick lenses couldn't help but curve up, smiling into squinting eyes.

Sure enough, everything was under President Pei's control!

Previously, she had been worried that *Rebirth From the Ashes* would be taken down, but that was completely unnecessary.

During this period, the officials hadn't issued a warning at all, and even the recommendation slot on the homepage hadn't been removed. The attitude was already very clear: fully support Tengda!

Moreover, everything was constantly improving as President Pei had predicted.

Li Yada had known about the existence of "Pu Du" before, and she was still worried that this weapon might be buried too deep, and the players wouldn't find it even after a few months.

As a result, the players had already found it in less than a week since the game was launched!

This showed on the one hand that the power of the players was infinite, and on the other hand that President Pei's grasp of player psychology had reached a pinnacle.

Why did President Pei make a hidden weapon? It must be for the players to find it.

And the players really didn't live up to President Pei's expectations, and they found it soon, which showed that President Pei and the players were in sync!

Moreover, with the release of "Pu Du," the game's reputation had also turned around, and the refund rate had begun to plummet. Everything was getting better!

What was even more magical was that the players on the forum were all becoming die-hard fans, and the players who complained about the game's high difficulty had almost disappeared!

Li Yada was very clear that even with "Pu Du," this game was still very difficult for ordinary people and unskilled players compared to other games.

It was just equivalent to reducing the difficulty from hell mode to hard mode.

But the players weren't complaining!

This contained President Pei's accurate grasp of the player's mentality.

First, throw out an extreme difficulty to make the players suffer like crazy. When the players were about to give up, let them discover "Pu Du" on their own, greatly reducing the game's difficulty.

The sharp drop in difficulty would bring a great sense of happiness to the players. So although this game was still very difficult, the players' feelings had been greatly improved, and even unskilled players could play it!

The game still had a certain degree of difficulty and challenge, but the players weren't so impetuous, and they weren't clamoring for refunds. It was simply a win-win solution!

Li Yada couldn't help but sigh, so this was what Lu Mingliang felt like?

It was a complete躺赢 (tǎng yíng, lying down to win)!

With a bigwig like President Pei planning strategies, even a slight modification could have a finishing touch effect. It was really too happy to be an employee.

Seeing that the game's success was already a certainty, Li Yada was also sincerely happy.

"Keep up the good work, we can start planning the new version update plan!" Pushing up her thick glasses, Li Yada threw herself back into her work with full enthusiasm.