Chapter 277: Chapter 277 – Refreshing in a New Game
Clank– Clank!
Click!
"It's done." A man wiped the sweat off his sweat and looked at the man younger than him. "How is it?"
"Phew, finally. It's perfect. Thank you, mister." Max laughed and looked at the security in front of him. "I thought you would stop me from putting it together here. I will buy all the securities for tonight's meal. It will arrive soon, I believe."
"Hahaha, this time is different. The landlord has shown us your video, and this one has good security with the mattresses. As long as you don't jump down the building, we will allow you to use the roof."
"I will remember that."
"Great. Good luck, then. I will be waiting for the meal."
With that, the security left the roof and returned to the entrance. Max watched him leave before turning to the new structure he and the security had just built.
"The system really knows what I want." He commented as he approached it.
The structure in front of him was a complicated monkey bar. The rectangle structure was made from many bars, allowing Max to use this to train his movement. A hanging ladder was also connected to the monkey bar, which could be used for pull-ups.
Underneath the structure were soft mattresses. It all came in that large box sent by the system, the first secret reward.
'I can use this to make a tutorial video and get used to my new body more.'
While it wasn't the best reward, it was a good one. Besides, there was still one more reward to wait for.
<Quest:
- I Can Do it Better!
Ads video? Meh, you are a streamer! Your job is to stream and shoot videos!
Prove that you are better than a professional by getting your original version more likes than your first ad video!
Progress: 461,726/122,271
Reward: Secret Reward.
Deadline: 7/30 days (Counting after the ad is released)
This is a bonus Quest. Failure will result in nothing!>
Another secret reward was already waiting for him in 22 days. That would be the real secret reward. This time, the A-Grade nutritional supplement was good enough for a reward already. This monkey bar was just a bonus.
That was how Max thought because he was slightly disappointed by the reward.
'I want to try the monkey bar, but it will be night soon. I need to buy lighting equipment to make this roof brighter if I want to use it at night, or it will be dangerous.'
Thinking so, Max returned to his room. Today was the rest day, so he had time to stream something different from Roach Planet.
He was thinking of playing Mercenary Quest now, but when he was about to start, he felt that his mood wasn't right. He didn't want to play this game right now.
"Hmm… Let's try something different. I don't want to play with a sword for now. It will destroy my aim in Roach Planet."
Max relaxed in his Lobby and pulled up a list of popular offline games. After the Midnight Heist, he preferred to be away from other players for a few days… At least until the Roach Planet competition finished.
For now, something exciting and cool would do. And if you asked a man what an exciting VR game…
"It should be that! Mecha!"
No matter how much parkour junkie Max was, he still appreciated technology and robots. And it seemed like one mecha game was on the rise lately.
"Stranded Mech. This sounds good."
Reading the game's introduction, it seemed like this story focused on a space military officer who was stranded on Earth and couldn't return to his own planet.
The said Earth had far more advanced technology than the current one. Due to a mishap of one artificial intelligence, the robots on the planet raged and controlled the planet.
Survivors tried hard to regain the planet's control and developed a man-handled robot called Strand. This Strand used no artificial intelligence and was purely controlled by a human to avoid getting taken over.
Hope returned, and the war between Strand and rogue Robots started until a certain stranded military officer turned the tide of battle with his tactic and genius control over his strange Strand.
The battle in this game included long-range using shell bullets, cannons, and tactical missiles. There was also a close-range battle with Strand using sharpened metal to cut down robots.
Max watched the trailer and was immediately hooked. And as usual…
"Biozone Entertainment… They truly publish many good games." He chuckled and bought the game. It cost $125 as it was a fairly short game with good graphics.
Based on the review, it was only a 3-hour game with a fairly straightforward story without any branches. The main point of this game was the battle between mechas. There was no need for a complicated story to make this game good.
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Max set up his livestream while the game was downloading.
[I AM A BEEG, BAD ROBOT! #StrandedMech #Mecha #SteelWarrior #Thruster_Time]
He started the stream and waited.
— Thruster time?
— T-Too lewd! He thrust something!
— We're playing mecha now? What about the Mercenary Quest? What about Blackie?!
— Ooooh! EXPLOSION TIME!
— This noble me is disappointed not seeing Blackie or black cockroaches, but I will be patient. Why? Because ROBOT IS A COOL MOTHERLICKER!
— This noob agrees with viscount. Besides, Stranded Mech is a short game. Probably, Breeze only plays out of boredom.
— Maybe he's tired of cockroaches and wants to do something cool. Like flying with a thruster and shooting large missiles.
— IT'S APOCALYPSE TIME!
The chat managed to guess Max's real intention of playing this game. With a chuckle, he started the game and changed the stream screen.
A loading and introduction scene appeared in front of his eyes.
— It's starting!
— BREEZE! KILL THEM ALL!
— Oil for the oil god!
— Petrol for the petrol god!
— Steel god is with you!
Max appeared on what seemed like a spaceship. He was dressed in a murky brown military officer uniform, wearing a beret that showed his high rank.
And as soon as he appeared, he saw a large black hole waiting for him. It was just the start of the game. Without any kind of explanation, he knew one thing.
"I am fucked."
With that, the game started.