At the start, I tricked the school beauty, and ended up with twins?

Three hours had passed since the release of Summoning God Dragon.

A large portion had already experienced the game.

Despite appearing to have simple gameplay, this super-upgraded version of greedy snake is filled with unexpected challenges.

Some players, having barely evolved from a tadpole to an electric eel, encountered a submarine and were instantly killed by it...

"Damn! I thought that submarine was just part of the decorative background!"

"Pfft, that's nothing. You want to talk about bad luck? That'd be me! I've been stuck at the tadpole stage forever. Don't ask me why, because there's this human catcher who keeps targeting me..."

"I just don't get it, there's a frog beside me, why does he insist on chasing after me!"

"You guys have it easy! I was about to merge with the Divine Dragon, flying high in the sky, evolving, when a fighter jet came zooming in and knocked me back into being a lesser dragon..."

"??? Fighter jet"

The various unexpected ways to die drove every Summoning God Dragon player insane.

After dying several times at the start, many were so furious they put their phones down.

But seeing others nearly completing the Divine Dragon, they couldn't admit defeat and picked up the game again, determined to keep playing.

Instead of calling this a Summoning God Dragon game, it's more apt to call it a high blood pressure summoning game.

From start to finish, players must not drop their guard and should always stay alert to their surroundings.

Sometimes, a swaying piece of seaweed could be the reason for failing a level...

However, there were those with an incredible gaming talent who, after dying a few times, figured out the patterns of the game. After many trials and experiments, they finally completed the last step of summoning the Divine Dragon.

Shi Ran was one such talented player.

At this moment, his phone screen was flashing with electric sparks, but he didn't lift his finger from the screen because...

A fighter jet was heading towards the Divine Dragon. It looked set to hit, but with a light tap of his finger on the jet,

The half-evolved Divine Dragon suddenly breathed out a spurt of flame and blew the fighter jet to pieces.

Following that, a golden Dragon Ball emerged from the wreckage, which the Divine Dragon in the sky swallowed and finally completed its evolution!

[Congratulations! You've completed the game!]

Looking at the game's victory screen, Shi Ran took a deep breath of relief.

The difficulty of the game was much higher than he anticipated, mainly due to many surprising elements.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

This meant the player always had to be mentally present, constantly on their toes.

A momentary oversight could lead to the character's untimely death.

And after dying, there was no going back; you could only start over from the primitive tadpole stage,

which was the game's main selling point.

It also mixed in some innovative skills and had a not-too-shabby combat system.

Ah, overall this game could score an eight! It's indeed a tad more enjoyable than Life Restart Simulator. Bingo, review complete! —— Shi Ranran

Shi Ran stretched and submitted his score in Shengda Game Platform's review section for Summoning God Dragon.

Eight points! A very standard score.

But it was this very review that stirred up a big fuss.

That's because Shi Ran's identity is that of a well-known game reviewer for Dou Bean Games.

He had reviewed no less than a thousand games, and less than a hundred of them received a score of eight or more from him!

Most of these were popular, classic PC and mobile games; very few new games ever received an eight-point rating from him!

With a surge in traffic, naturally, Shi Ran had fans!

People who recognized the familiar ID, along with the familiar "bingo" catchphrase in the comments, instantly realized it was him!

"Whoa! The great Shi Ran has also rated Summoning God Dragon!" someone in the Dou Bean Games group immediately posted the screenshot of the rating.

Suddenly, the lurking group members were all blown away.

"I still trust Shi's opinion, he previously rated the simulator a 7.5 and didn't give it an 8 because he said the gameplay was too monotonous, and this time he actually gave Divine Dragon an 8!"

"Doesn't that mean we, the Dragon Party, have won?"

"Damn! I don't accept this, Shi Ran's opinion isn't necessarily accurate! Besides, it's only a 0.5 difference! There's also a matter of personal taste involved here!"

"But right now, if we're talking about credibility among game critics, isn't Shi Ran the one whose words matter?"

"Pfft! I'm not convinced, I've played Divine Dragon too, but I still think Life Restart Simulator is a bit more fun!"

"..."

The flame war that had just quieted down suddenly found a new spark to reignite it.

Unlike before, the Dragon Party wasn't just made up of cloud gamers now.

They had the game in their hands; whenever the Simulator Party brought up the simulator's advantages, they could compare them to the special features of Divine Dragon.

...

"Gu, you can release the video now!"

Seeing his video comment section starting to get noisy again, Yu Xiaochuan sent a message to Gu Yu through Feixin.

On the other side, already prepared for filming in the apartment, Gu Yu and Lin Xinyue exchanged smiles.

Both of them were dressed in formal wear, sitting on chairs, with promotional posters of Life Restart Simulator and Summoning God Dragon behind them, one on the left and one on the right.

In a detailed touch, both were wearing a text badge on the chest of their clothes—Ideal Paradise.

This was a piece of company merchandise strongly requested by Hu Xiaoya, meant to deepen the sense of identity and unity within the company.

Gu Yu was initially skeptical about this.

But when he got the badge in his hands, and all the employees of Ideal Paradise began to wear it, he realized that sometimes, a sense of ceremony really mattered.

Seeing everyone's chest adorned with the same badge, a strong sense of collective pride welled up inside!

No wonder those big companies liked to play with such things; when you actually use them, they really do create a different atmosphere.

"Alright, alright, we're about to start recording the video! Mind your image!"

Hu Xiaoya held her phone, looking at the two with a beaming smile.

"Doing this won't get us criticized, will it?"

Gu Yu joked with a smile before filming started.

"Emmm, we might get criticized? But didn't you say you didn't plan to operate a Dou Ying account? But we can't waste the popularity and traffic! Now that the company is releasing a new game, we need to utilize it!"

Lin Xinyue tugged at his hand.

"Well, alright then!"

Gu Yu shrugged helplessly.

This time, he was going to film a Dou Ying short video, also his first time establishing a personal Dou Ying account, named: Life of Gu Lin.

However, this did not mean he planned to record his and Lin Xinyue's romantic life on this account,

the name was just a spur-of-the-moment decision.

His real aim was, to film an advertisement!

Yes! An advertisement!

"I'll count one two three, and you start talking, okay?" Hu Xiaoya gestured an okay sign to them.

"Okay!"

Gu Yu and Lin Xinyue nodded in unison.

"Ding——"

The phone made a sound.

Gu Yu looked into the camera and flashed a perfect smile:

Your journey continues at empire

"Hello, friends on Dou Ying, I'm Gu Yu..."