2025-08-11 02:00:56"Come on, it's still at two downloads? Why is no one playing my masterpiece?" A man who sat at his workbench lamented in a sorrowful tone as he took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes. He had been on his computer for hours, and his eyes were red with bags under them.
"It's been three years since the Aero game was released on Eyeplay, and no one has yet to d******d it," the man known as Everett Lang muttered as he leaned back in his chair, eyes glued to the screen.
Everett was a 23-year-old avid gamer who was a professional in all types of RPG and survival games. But among all the games he played, his favorite was Blood Battlefield.
A game that was launched seven years ago and quickly gained popularity within a few weeks. In less than two weeks, the game already had a total of one billion downloads on Eyeplay, and every individual around the country and beyond was addicted.
Everett was one of the addicts. He played the game on his outdated personal computer day in and day out, and he also downloaded it on his phone in case he was away from home.
Everett was so in love with the Blood Battlefield game that he got fired from work because he was caught playing the game during work hours.
After getting fired from work, Everett knew he had to do something if he wanted to survive. Finding another job in the city wasn't on Everett's list since most companies and shops only hired people who graduated from university with high grades, and Everett was a school dropout.
His parents died when he was in his first year, and he had no choice but to drop out since he couldn't afford the fees anymore.
Since no company would hire him, he chose to create something with the little knowledge he had about programming from when he was a kid. He chose to create his own game after being inspired by the Blood Battlefield game.
The game creation took him months because he had to add several tough levels and also features that hadn't been used in other games.
The game was similar to Blood Battlefield, but Blood Battlefield was more advanced than Everett's since it was created by professionals who had several essential tools and materials.
After several months of creating the game and adding all that needed to be added, Everett finally launched it on the Eyeplay app where it would be easy for people to d******d it on their computers and mobile phones.
But unlike Blood Battlefield, which only took one week to gain billions of players, Everett's game took three years to get two downloads. And the two downloads were him downloading it on his phone and computer.
"What's the matter? What didn't I do right?" Everett questioned himself as he sat there helplessly. "This game is far more interesting and tougher than Blood Battlefield if you ask me, but no one seems to be interested. Could it be because of the graphics?" Everett mused.
His game's graphics weren't on the level of the Blood Battlefield game, since he lacked the equipment to add good graphics. But the graphics couldn't be the problem why no one was downloading.
One could only tell if a game's graphics were bad if they downloaded the game and played, but no one had even bothered downloading, which made Everett even more confused.
"I guess it was a waste of time and money after all. I shouldn't have created it in the first place." Everett let out a sigh as he stood up from the chair and stretched his arms and body while yawning.
He walked towards the window and glanced outside. The morning sun was already shining brightly, and the sounds of birds chirping could be heard.
"It's morning already, and I didn't even realize." Everett mused. He had been up all night trying to craft more interesting and captivating modes and missions in his game that he lost track of time.
"I better get dressed for work. Damn it, I hate that job." Everett frowned as he headed towards the bathroom.
While Everett began his game creation three years ago, he quickly realized that he would need lots of money to make it happen.
He searched for jobs in several companies and shops, but no one accepted him because he was a dropout.
But after several weeks of searching, he finally got a job in a store as a salesman. He hated the job badly, but he had to do it since he needed cash for his game.
In less than ten minutes, Everett stepped out of the bathroom now dressed in his work uniform. He combed his sporty black hair, grabbed his phone, and exited the one-room apartment.
Everett headed to the bus station after leaving his apartment and stood there in the station, waiting for a bus with other people.
While Everett stood there waiting, he took out his phone and went to the Eyeplay app to request them to remove his game from the app.
He saw no reason to still leave the game on the app when no single person had downloaded it for the past three years.
"I guess I'll just stick to being an avid gamer and not a game creator." Everett mused as he clicked on the app. The moment the Eyeplay app opened and he saw his game, his eyes widened in shock.
"Wait, it was two downloads this morning. But now." Everett couldn't believe his eyes as he stared at the screen in shock.
"But now it's three!" He screamed at the top of his lungs, causing the people around him to shift their gazes towards him and glare at him in anger and hate.
"Someone actually downloaded my game!" He shouted once more with joy evident in his voice. "Let me see who downloaded it."
Everett swiftly clicked on the profile of the person that downloaded, and the second he caught a glimpse of the name, his mouth widened even more.
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The third day was the darkest. Inside Everett’s mind, there was no bunker. There was no Lyra. There was no desert.There was only a massive, endless white room.Everett was standing in the middle of the bright white nothingness. He was not wearing his heavy cloak. He was not holding his chain-sword. He looked down at his hands. They were transparent. He was fading away.A voice echoed through the endless white room. It did not sound human. It sounded like perfect, cold math. It was the voice of the System itself.“SUBJECT EVERETT. FATAL CORRUPTION DETECTED. SYSTEM DELETION IN PROGRESS.”"I am not a subject," Everett said. His voice sounded small in the giant white space. "I am a man."“YOUR BIOLOGY IS FAILING,” the cold voice stated. “THE POISON HAS DESTROYED SEVENTY PERCENT OF YOUR VITAL FUNCTIONS. YOUR STATS ARE PERMANENTLY DAMAGED. IT IS MATHEMATICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO SURVIVE. CEASE RESISTANCE. ACCEPT DELETION.”The white floor beneath Everett’s feet began to turn black. The darkness
Chapter 337
In the camp, the silence was terrible. It was the silence of absolute, crushed hope.Little Finn, the ten-year-old boy who had been practicing with his wooden stick, watched the screen go dark. He looked down at his stick. He had believed Everett. He had believed he could break his blue box.Finn’s hands shook. He dropped the wooden stick into the dirty mud. He walked away, his head hanging low. The spark inside him was completely dead.Inside the noble cities, the reaction was exactly the opposite.The elite families threw massive, expensive parties. They drank wine. They danced to beautiful music. Lord Valdrin laughed loudly as he watched his baby son destroy more expensive toys with his inherited magic. The nobles celebrated because they knew they were finally safe. The monster in the dark was gone. The peasants would never rise up again.But down in the underground bunker, Lyra was finally awake.She was incredibly weak. Her head pounded. She crawled across the cold concrete floor
Chapter 336
The walk back to the hidden underground bunker was the longest walk of Everett’s life.Every step he took felt like he was moving through thick, heavy mud. The dry red dirt of the desert crunched under his boots. The cold wind howled, blowing sharp ash into his eyes.In his strong arms, he carried Lyra. She was completely unconscious. Her skin was as pale as the moon. She had used her own life force, her forbidden blood magic, to stop the green poison from eating his heart. She was so light, but to Everett, she felt like the most precious thing in the entire world.Silas walked next to him. Silas held his sniper rifle tightly. His eyes scanned the dark rocks, searching for any more elite assassins."We are almost there, Everett," Silas whispered. "Just over this next hill. Keep moving."Everett did not answer. He could not open his mouth. If he opened his mouth, he was afraid he would scream.The green poison from the Silent Knife was still inside his veins. Lyra’s red magic had pushe
Chapter 335
The last standing assassin, from House Rho stepped back. He looked at Everett, who was pushing himself up onto one knee. He looked at Lyra, who was glowing with terrifying red magic. He looked up at the ridge, where Silas was surely reloading his sniper rifle.The element of surprise was completely gone. Their leader was bleeding out. Two assassins were crippled. One was dead.The assassin from House Rho reached into his belt and pulled out a small black glass ball. He smashed it onto the ground.A thick cloud of black smoke exploded into the air, covering the entire canyon."The Houses send their regards, anomaly," a voice echoed from the dark smoke. "You cannot hide forever."When the thick black smoke finally cleared in the wind, the assassins were gone. They had used a teleportation crystal to escape, taking their wounded leader with them.The canyon was quiet again.The Stat Suppression Field suddenly turned off.The heavy, crushing weight vanished from Everett's shoulders. His
Chapter 334
The leader screamed in absolute agony. He spun around and fell into the dirt, dropping the green dagger. His blood sprayed across the dry red rocks."Sniper!" the assassin from House Solenne yelled. He raised his shield and looked up at the high canyon walls.BANG!Another shot rang out. The bullet hit the ground right in front of the assassin, throwing a cloud of red dust into the air."Keep your heads down, you golden bastards!" a loud, familiar voice echoed down from the dark ridge above.It was Silas.Silas was lying flat on a high rock, looking through the scope of his heavy rifle. He pumped the gun quickly, loading another bullet. "I missed the head! Next one goes right between your eyes!"The assassins panicked. They looked for cover. They were trained to fight in close combat with magic. They were not prepared for a Dust Runner sniper shooting from the dark hills.But Silas was not alone.Down in the canyon, the sound of boots sliding fast down the rocky wall broke the silence
Chapter 333
The five assassins attacked at the exact same time. They were incredibly fast. They did not lose their stats in the suppression field. They had special glowing white tags on their shoulders that protected them from the drain. They moved with high-level Agility.The assassin with the two short swords reached Everett first. He swung the blades in a fast, deadly cross toward Everett's neck.Everett could not dodge. He was too slow. His body felt heavy and useless.So, he did not dodge.Everett stepped forward, right into the attack. He raised his heavy, dead chain-sword like a simple iron club. He used the sheer weight of the weapon to block the two glowing swords. CLANG!The impact shook Everett's bones. The pain shot up his arms. But he did not stop. He used a pure, raw, human fighting trick he had learned long before the System gave him magic stats.Everett let go of his sword with his left hand. He stepped inside the assassin's guard. He grabbed the assassin by the back of the neck,
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