"Give it a try. I don't think this game will disappoint you. Maybe you'll even have an unexpected gain."
As Ge Liang said this, his gaze towards Sasuke was filled with peculiarity.
Last night, before going to bed, he specifically played this mini-game for a while to test its quality.
After playing, he only said one sentence before going to sleep.
That sentence was: System is awesome!
To entice players to keep playing, the System actually optimized even this mini-game.
Even Ge Liang cursed while playing, which shows how 'terrifying' the System's methods were.
"Since you've said so, Boss, I'll try this mini-game called pixel bird."
Sasuke already wanted to try a new game, and now hearing that there might be unexpected gains, he certainly had to play.
"This mini-game doesn't have an immersive mode; you can only play in normal mode."
Seeing Sasuke about to put on a helmet, Ge Liang quickly spoke up about a mini-game setting.
"Can't use immersive mode?"
Sasuke was startled, then gave up on wearing the helmet.
Since only normal mode was available, there was no need to wear a helmet.
After opening the game and looking at the interface, Sasuke asked, "Boss, how do you play this game?"
"This game is very simple. You just need to control the little bird by clicking the left mouse button, guiding it successfully through obstacles."
"This game has online connectivity and ranking features."
"For every obstacle the little bird passes through, you get 1 point."
"The player ranked first each week receives a small gift."
"The player ranked first each month receives a mysterious gift."
"The items in the gifts are all-encompassing; it could be a carton of milk, or it could be a Cultivation scroll containing powerful Ninjutsu."
"So, young man, if you want these gifts, strive hard!"
That's right, the System's optimization for pixel bird was the addition of this gift System.
As Ge Liang said, as long as you rank first in points, you can receive gifts every week and every month.
He also asked the System what the difference was between a small gift and a mysterious gift.
The answer he got was that there was no difference.
Because the items that could be obtained from both types of gifts were the same.
If there had to be a difference, it was that small gifts had a slightly lower chance of yielding good items, while mysterious gifts had a higher chance of yielding good items.
What are good items?
Anything that can help a player's strength is considered a good item.
From various Divine Rank Divine Artifacts to various Cultivation methods and healing medicines, these are all good items.
Naturally, items that do not significantly help one's strength are considered bad items.
For example, Jin Kela and dog-skin plasters are bad items.
"Boss, you've successfully piqued my interest in this game."
Clearly, upon hearing that ranking first in points could earn him items, Sasuke immediately became very interested.
However, once he entered the game, his expression began to change.
Miserable pixel art.
No discernible controls.
Extremely boring gameplay.
This gave Sasuke a misconception.
'Is this really a game?'
If not for the temptation of getting gifts for being first in points, Sasuke, after only a few rounds, would have quit.
The extremely crude pixel art, the little bird that looked like a ball, with two lifeless big eyes, a sausage mouth, and two small wings, looked stupid no matter how you saw it.
Indeed, after playing a few rounds, the more Sasuke looked at the bird, the more he felt it was a bit stupidly cute.
But no matter how cute the little bird was, it couldn't change the reality that Sasuke's highest score was only three points.
"This is a scam!"
"I refuse to believe it; I, Uchiha Sasuke, cannot Breakthrough ten points!"
After playing more than ten rounds, Sasuke finally erupted.
There was no other way; even someone with the best temper would probably erupt after playing over ten rounds and seeing their highest score was only three points.
Surprisingly, Sasuke's eruption after more than ten rounds was already beyond Ge Liang's expectations.
This showed that Sasuke's temper had indeed improved a lot.
If it were his old self, he would probably be thinking of smashing the computer by now.
He calmed himself down.
After playing more than ten rounds, Sasuke was mentally prepared this time.
Clicking the left mouse button, the little bird smoothly flew past the first pipe.
Not clicking the mouse allowed the bird's flight path to go down, then just as it was about to approach the pipe, he immediately clicked the mouse to make the bird's flight path ascend, thus successfully passing the second pipe.
"Good, just like that, keep it up."
"Sasuke, believe in yourself, you can do it."
After passing the second pipe, Sasuke thought he had found the trick. While cheering himself on, he stared intently at the computer screen.
Then... then he crashed into the third pipe.
"What the heck..."
"Continue~"
Sasuke was indignant, completely indignant.
He didn't die at Uchiha Itachi's hands; how could he fall to this game?
Half an hour later... the little bird controlled by Sasuke had died countless times.
There was no other way; the game's mechanism was like that, the little bird died too easily.
Even with Sasuke fully focused and his Sharingan activated while playing, it was impossible to say he could pass the pipes 100% of the time.
Fortunately, activating his Sharingan greatly enhanced Sasuke's perception, and his points soared.
Currently, his highest score had reached fifty-eight points.
Sasuke was very dissatisfied with this achievement.
He had already activated his Sharingan to 'cheat', yet fifty-eight points was only ten points more than Haku.
That's right, with Sasuke's various complaints about the game, Haku became curious about this mini-game, so he also got hooked.
Then, he was trapped and still hadn't gotten up.
Besides Haku, Zabuza and Karin were also playing.
However, their skills were indeed too poor; their scores had not yet broken ten.
The Sand Siblings Trio, however, were firm in their resolve, continuously playing diablo ii and ignoring this mini-game that made Karin, Zabuza, and Sasuke curse. From this, it could be seen that the Sand Siblings Trio held immense resentment for not placing in the individual competition... As time passed, more customers gradually arrived.
However, they were all Genin, meaning Ge Liang's acquaintances: Shikamaru, Choji, Shino, and others.
When they saw Sasuke, Karin, and Haku playing the game while spewing colorful language.
It was hard to imagine that Haku, who usually had a good temper and was gentle with people, was also swearing, which made them very interested in this magical mini-game.
Then... then they all joined the 'Foul-Mouthed' gaming group.