I Became a God in a Horror Game

Viewing pool.

The audience was talking a lot as they watched Bai Liu on the screen about to walk to the Ghost Bridge, but the voices were very low and not aggressive.

When two very popular teams confront each other, at least in the viewing pool, the audience dare not say anything bad. After all, the team members who have not entered the game are sitting below. If they say something and offend the other side, it is not impossible that they will be hunted down afterwards.

The precedent of the Clown killing the audience member was still there.

But it is inevitable to discuss the direction of the competition, and the current trend is clearly unfavorable to Bai Liu.

“… Tsk tsk, I think Bai Liu is finished.”

“Kong Xuyang always likes to play tricks on his opponents after silencing the panel. I didn’t expect that he also has a big card like devouring memory. Together, they are truly invincible.”

“A skill that silenced the panel is naturally very hard to deal with. Many big guilds have fallen into this trap…”

Wang Shun turned his head back to the audience and looked at Bai Liu on the big screen with worry. “The growth rate of points in our gambling pool has slowed down a lot.”

Mu Ke looked coldly at the Fanatic Lambs players on the opposite side. “The Fanatic Lamb gambling pool’s points growth rate has tripled.”

“The growth rate of the gambling pool points depends on the momentum of the game. Once it slows down, it will be difficult to increase it.” Wang Shun became more and more worried. “The lower the growth rate of the betting pool, the fewer viewers are optimistic about you. This also means that the possibility of getting a golden medal of immunity from death in the later stage is smaller.”

“This match is one of the most watched matches in recent times. Kong Xuyang is also a very talked-about contestant. Although I don’t think Bai Liu will lose to Kong Xuyang…” Wang Shun sighed, “I’m worried that if Bai Liu doesn’t win beautifully and excitingly in this match, his popularity won’t increase.”

Wang Shun paused for a moment and said, “You will soon meet the Russell Cemetery Team. They are not going to come down from the field alive. They are using a suicidal strategy. If you don’t get the popularity bonus in this game, it will be difficult to get it in the next one.”

“Without the golden medal of immunity from death, it will be a tough battle with Russell Cemetery.” Wang Shun smiled bitterly.

Liu Jiayi was surprisingly very calm, “Can the gambling pool be rigged?”

[Pool Rigging] was a tacit cheating method between teams. The extremely fast-growing pool will be displayed on a vertical TV screen next to the game login entrance. This screen is also called the [Team Points Growth Rate List]. Teams on this list will be quickly noticed by the audience.

If the gambling pool is growing rapidly, it means that the team that owns this gambling pool has a very good momentum and is currently bullish. [1]

Similar to stocks and funds, a rapidly rising betting pool will have many viewers placing blind bets. They will rush in without asking any questions and place bets on the players and teams, thereby rapidly expanding the gambling pool and increasing the popularity of the players. After placing bets, these viewers will turn their attention to the team.

The concept [Pool Rigging] is that one’s own team puts in a large number of points first, allowing one’s own betting pool to rush to the [team points growth rate list], attracting a large number of viewers to place blind bets. This practice is also called [dealer rigging], which is used when the team is in a slump and attempts to make a last gamble. Simply put, it is to lure people in first.

If this approach fails, that is, if the players lose, they will be scolded for “taking a few others with them when they die”, and the team usually has no way back and will be directly besieged by the audience who lost points and disbanded.

If this approach is successful, the quick, high-yield gains will quickly make the audience who have tasted the sweetness addicted and thus, become more loyal to the team. They will place more bets in the next game and wildly increase the player’s popularity value to give him a golden medal of immunity. This is a typical [gambler’s mentality].

Liu Jiayi looked at Wang Shun and said, “Our behind-the-scenes financial backer Charles made his fortune by rigging schemes. Why doesn’t he come to take control of the situation now?”

“I personally don’t like this way of getting to the top. The audiences it attracts are too extreme and it’s easy to get into trouble. It’s also not very fair to these audiences…” Wang Shun frowned and sighed, “But I did ask Charles before if he wanted to set up a scheme.”

Liu Jiayi asked: “What did he say?”

Wang Shun said, “He said he would not participate in the preseason. In the preseason, he would not participate in any of Bai Liu’s affairs except to help fund Bai Liu’s training.”

“Charles’s original words were, ‘If the dark horse can’t even run ahead of him then he doesn’t deserve to put in more effort.’” Wang Shun took a deep breath, “In the preseason, Charles clearly told me that he would not give Bai Liu any help.”

Liu Jiayi quickly shifted her focus, “Then do we have enough points in storage for our own guild to set up the game?”

“It’s far from enough.” Wang Shun shook his head. “And Bai Liu clearly said that these points cannot be moved. He said that these points are the foundation of the guild members. If they are moved, it will easily lose people’s hearts.”

Liu Jiayi pursed her lips and looked at Bai Liu on the screen, “What is Bai Liu’s current popularity ranking?”

She actually had no doubt that Bai Liu could win the game but… how could he increase his popularity when he was in a slump, get into the top 100 in popularity before the match at Russell Cemetery and get the golden medal of immunity from death? This was the core of the game.

“Bai Liu’s popularity ranking is now 151, making it into the mid-season tournament.” Wang Shun replied, “But there is still a long way to go before the top 100.”

“If we really want to set up a plan to boost Bai Liu’s power, we can only hope that a high-scoring audience will suddenly appear and place large bets on him.”

Wang Shun couldn’t help but let out a bitter laugh. “But these wealthy audiences have already been bought up by various celebrity players during the cheering season. They are all playing in the betting pool of the mid-season tournament. How can they see Bai Liu, a newcomer in the pre-season tournament?”

Tang Erda looked at the team’s gambling pool on the system panel, resting his hands on his knees and said in a deep voice, “The growth rate of our gambling pool is almost zero.”

Wang Shun was startled, and quickly opened his system panel to check, “How could it fall so badly!”

“It’s not just us. The growth rate of the gambling pool of the Fanatic Lambs has also slowed down…” Wang Shun muttered to himself as he watched, “The growth rate of the gambling pool of all teams in the entire preseason has slowed down… What’s going on?”

Liu Jiayi responded quickly, “In the mid-season tournament that’s being played now, which 2 teams are playing against each other?”

Being reminded by Liu Jiayi, Wang Shun slapped his forehead and said regretfully, “I was so focused on our guild’s battle today that I forgot about this important matter!”

“At the same time as our match, there is also a big match in the mid-season tournament.” Wang Shun looked at the battle table displayed on the system panel with complicated eyes, “… Killer Sequence vs. King’s Guild.”

“Now all the points in the game are pouring into the gambling pools of these two guilds. This situation is most likely the result of the competition is about to be announced.” Liu Jiayi stared at the skyrocketing gambling pool points data of King‘s Guild and Killer Sequence on the system panel. “I can’t tell who will win from the data for the time being. Wang Shun, can you tell?”

Wang Shun shook his head slowly, “The growth rate is too fast, I can’t analyze it.”

Mid-season viewing pool.

Two white beams of light flashed on both sides of the huge screen. The members of Killer Sequence and King’s Guild walked out in a column.

The one walking in front of Killer Sequence was the Reverse God, and the one walking in front of the King’s Guild was Hearts. After they had walked out of the aisle, they passed the host who was standing in the middle with a microphone in his hand and a blank expression, shook hands very politely.

The audience had basically the same expression as the host, blank as if they simply couldn’t believe what they were seeing.

There were so many people watching the game, and yet at the most exciting moment of the game ending, no one made a sound.

The whole place was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop; it was eerily silent.

Everyone stared blankly at the two teams walking towards each other in the center of the field as if they had not yet recovered from the game and had no idea what was going on.

The Reverse God smiled and shook Heart’s gloved hand, “Very brilliant tactics.”

Hearts smiled charmingly, “Isn’t this more suitable for you?”

“After all, you gave up a singles match.” Hearth raised her eyelids and glanced at the Reverse God with a moving look, “but you shaved our heads bald.”

The host seemed to have just come to his senses. He excitedly jumped up with the microphone in his hand and shouted, “Everyone!! The result of the match is that Killer Sequence beat the King’s Guild 22-1!”

“This is the biggest mid-season game in history!!!”

“In the singles match, Killer Sequence forfeited, in the doubles match, Killer Sequence ended the match early, scoring 6 points, and in the team match, Killer Sequence ended the match early, scoring 16 points, earning a total score of 22 points”

“You are quite courageous. You dare to do this when you are dealing with us.” Hearts casually glanced at the Killer Sequence members behind her and her eyes only paused for two seconds when she passed by Spades. “The team you are in still barely defeated me last year and this year, you dare to sacrifice my guild to pave the way for your own momentum.”

The Reverse God pretended to be sincere and scratched his head with a friendly smile, “I just gave it a try, I didn’t expect it to work.”

Hearts was stunned for a second by the Reverse God’s shamelessness.

The rules of the mid-season, pre-season and playoffs were different. The core of the mid-season is points, the gambling pool and the immunity from death medal. Killer Sequence had undergone major roster changes this year. Although the five main players are still ranked in the top 100, the popularity rankings of the players are quite polarized.

Hearts and the Reverse God were firmly in first and third place but apart from them, Bai Yi, Bai Jiamu, and Liao Ke were hovering in the lower 70 to 90 circle. Their positions are very unstable. Once popular players start to exert their strength in the later stage, they will be squeezed out.

The reason for this phenomenon is very simple. Because Killer Sequence performed poorly in team competitions, the team’s average ranking could not be improved, resulting in a ranking gap.

The same is true for Wandering Circus.

The only way to resolve this situation is a strong and highly-watched team competition.

The Reverse God made a risky move. He chose this team match as the one against the King’s Guild.

“Single matches have always been your strong event. Every time, Spades can end the game early and secure two points.” Hearts looked at the Reverse God, “I didn’t expect you to give up Spades’ single match and not let him play, postponing Spades’ golden medal of immunity to the team match.”

Hearts stared at the Reverse God quietly, “Spades is not good at team competitions. Your gamble was very risky.”

The Reverse God smiled again. He glanced at Spades who was standing next to him and obviously distracted. “People can always change.”

Hearts let go of the Reverse God’s hand, bowed slightly and saluted gracefully. She then stood up and looked at Spades who was standing next to the Reverse God.

She paused for a moment, looking at the black whip in Spades’ hand then took off her red gloves and extended her hand to Spades. She smiled very elegantly and said, “It was a pleasure to compete with you this time, Spades.”

Spades’ wandering eyes paused on Hearts’ face for two seconds, “Who are you?”

Hearts: “…”

The Reverse God suddenly burst into a loud choking cough. He calmly stood in front of Spades, firmly and forcefully grasped Hearts’ hand then shook it up and down twice. “Yes, Spades also enjoyed the game this time!”

“Are you so happy that you don’t even remember who I am?” Hearts pulled her hand back with a disingenuous smile. She nodded slightly to the other members of the Killer Sequence, turned around and walked off the stage with the other members.

The Reverse God breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Hearts leave the stage. He turned around and poked Spades on the forehead with his hand in frustration and scolded him, “You have played against her twice! She was so polite to you, you should at least remember what she looks like!”

Spades recalled seriously, “We’ve fought her before?”

The Reverse God: “…”

Bai Yi: “…”

Bai Jiamu: “…”

Liao Ke: “…”

Hearts, give up this man and look for your next love. You played in the finals with him once and he didn’t even remember you. He’s really not worth it!!

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[1] Bullish is a term used in finance to describe a positive outlook on the market, or a belief that the prices of assets will increase in the future.

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