Chapter 70: Friendship Can Fracture at Any Moment
As the game progressed, the barrage of comments in the live stream grew louder and louder, but the players had little time for them; they were completely absorbed in the game.
There, Lily and Ethan's team members had reached a preliminary reconciliation agreement. Of course, under Lily's powerful influence, the "rebellious" Ethan was suppressed, further solidifying the team's power. Despite everything, with Lily in the lead, their group had begun to adopt a more formal culinary approach.
Meanwhile, Jay and Sam were still engrossed in a chaotic battle, their verbal arguments exacerbated by the game's chaos.
"What do we do? Think of a plan! We're losing!" Sam exclaimed, worried, seeing his own score drop to -140, while Ethan's and Lily's plummeted from -140 to -70.
"What the heck do I do if I'm losing? We can't compete in a real battle! Hurry up and serve the dishes! The game's over!" Jay exclaimed as he picked up the dishes.
"Plate! How can we serve food without plates? You're the only one with a sink to wash the dishes!" Sam ran to the serving area with the dishes, but he was asked to place them on plates.
"What the heck is going on? Can't I eat without plates? Can't I just eat it with my hands?" Jay was furious.
"My dear Jay, enough! Wash the dishes!" Sam shouted urgently.
"Wash what dishes? What is there to wash? Isn't it a waste of time?" Jay, filled with rage and a sudden inspiration, threw the dirty plate aside and controlled the bearded chef in the game to run towards Lily and Ethan's area.
Without a word, he grabbed a new plate.
"Sam! Take the plate!" Jay turned and controlled the chef to throw the plate.
He glanced at the menu at the top of the screen and then at the dish they had just prepared that was on the outdoor stove in front, still unserved. Then, he made a brilliant play.
"Sam! Take the dishes!" Jay ran towards Sam, grabbing the dishes he had snatched.
"Jay, there's something here!" Two dishes were served in quick succession, raising the score from -140 to 0.
Ethan, who was diligently chopping vegetables and washing dishes, also realized that the fruit of his labor had been stolen.
"Lily! They stole our dishes!" Without a word, Ethan threw the dirty dishes at Jay.
However, it was no use.
"How outrageous! How could they steal the dishes!" Lily was also bewildered.
When she stumbled upon this game, she thought it would be a warm and harmonious experience. But upon experiencing it, she had to admit one thing: it was a truly exciting experience. Especially playing with partners, if ideas didn't align, it could be a bit frustrating. It was easy to lose your temper even for an instant.
But now, she realized that not only partners could raise her blood pressure, but opponents could too. The opponent was able to snatch their dishes and platters, and even give them to guests as extra points? Their hard work had been stolen!
"Sam! You're good at this, so I'll leave it to you!" Jay saw that his behavior was being criticized and shouted at Sam.
"It's a scholar's business, how can this be considered stealing?"
"What do you mean by stealing? It means without anyone knowing! Jay borrowed it in front of you!"
"And one more thing, Lily, Ethan, you two listen to me, and the viewers in each live stream room too. We don't stream this game just to watch it. As streamers, what we stream has depth!" Sam's tone suddenly became serious.
"We stream a game to teach our audience some lessons, so they can learn a lot from it. Nowadays, all kinds of marketing accounts are giving all kinds of inspirational messages."
"Jay's behavior is, in reality, telling everyone that this society is very dangerous! We ourselves are honest, but some are not! Everyone works in a company, does the work, but there are always people who, hey... take the credit. They entertain themselves during the week, but when the boss comes, they appropriate the work you had almost finished and then what do they do? Take credit!"
"We don't do this to warn everyone to do this, but so that everyone knows that there are a lot of evil people at work. Don't intend to harm others, but you must be alert!"
"This is the BEST live stream; it should teach you life lessons. How many people were ruined and opened their own businesses after watching our streams! How many divorced couples reconciled! This is live streaming. In this society, do you feel that everything around you is dark? That's because you lack spiritual strength. You only have material things, but not spiritual ones."
"So we have to keep up both spiritually and materially. Someone asked: how can we keep up with Sam's spirit? The method is simple: $1! Let's get a membership and become a 'member.' Every afternoon and evening, we'll enjoy the purest spiritual baptism on the live stream!"
A silence fell over the live stream room as Sam spoke.
"Sam! What a shame you don't join a pyramid scheme!" Jay sighed.
He had almost forgotten that, in reality, he was being used as a negative example.
However, it was clear that these words did not fool Lily or Ethan. When Jay tried to grab the plate, Ethan ran towards him, waiting for the opportunity to snatch it.
Instantly, the kitchen, once a place for cooking, became a battlefield. Ingredients and dishes flew everywhere, and the pot on the stove was left unattended.
The small sailboat of friendship capsized in an instant.
It was winter vacation, and apart from NetDragon's and Aether Games' two virtual reality games, there weren't many particularly interesting games. And from the perspective of the live stream effect, those two games can only be interestingly streamed by a few talented streamers. Most players simply watch the footage and plots and join in the fun.
So the game Overcooked came into the view of most streamers. In just one day, coupled with previous advertising and promotion, and the proliferation of platform streamers, the game Overcooked spread and became popular on major live streaming platforms. After all, it was a multiplayer game, launched on Valentine's Day, and it had already generated a sense of warmth. Of course, these labels were just what they imagined.
Afterwards, they called their friends and entered the game as couples. The originally stable ship of friendship faced strong winds and waves in the sacred place of the kitchen and capsized at any moment. In the main live stream rooms, streamers who initially had very good relationships instantly confronted each other.
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