[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-game-development-starting-from-a-2d-game":3,"chapter-game-development-starting-from-a-2d-game-game-development-starting-from-a-2d-game-chapter-86":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Game Development: Starting from a 2D Game",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2271147,4435,"Chapter 86: One More Outrageous Than the Next!","game-development-starting-from-a-2d-game-chapter-86",86,"\u003Cp>This scene completely stunned the vast majority of players, most of whom now felt a storm of chaos in their hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The god of Mondstadt not doing his job was bad enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Good grief!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The god of Liyue was even more outrageous—dying right at the start… Jianzhiyigebiyigelipu ！\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some female players who had been eagerly awaiting Zhongli’s grand entrance immediately turned dark, snatching up their keyboards to start hurling insults in the livestream chat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t understand,” “I can’t accept this,” “Give me back the Rock Lord,” “Are the writers’ parents still alive?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All sorts of friendly, affectionate comments instantly flooded the livestream’s public screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Xiaoyu looked at these furious messages and couldn’t help but laugh and sigh at the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are players in this world really this short-tempered?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Couldn’t you at least finish watching the plot before you start yelling…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s not really the players’ fault for spouting curses—it’s the company’s fault for hyping Zhongli so hard in early promotions, raising their expectations too high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In previous quests, the people of Liyue had praised the Rock Lord to the skies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mora is named after him, the true ruler of Liyue, the oldest of the Seven Gods…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listen!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These accolades were too overwhelming!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With such a status, even the most spectacular entrance would be entirely justified!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now… he dies the moment he appears. The psychological drop for players is simply too great.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Calm down, guys! It’s probably not what you think!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the flood of comments from viewers, Zhang Feng lowered his head, pondered for a few seconds, then spoke to the camera:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is definitely a conspiracy—or a play staged by Ningguang herself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ve always felt that Ningguang isn’t a good person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And think about it: the company has already confirmed Zhongli will be in the next gacha pool. Unless they want to stop making money, they’d never let him die right after his debut—otherwise, who’d pull the gacha?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, have you ever seen a game writer dare kill off such an important character? Such a brutal plot? They’d be fired if they did.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Zhang Feng’s analysis, the livestream viewers gradually calmed down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhongli is so popular right now; any game company with half a brain wouldn’t kill him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Games released in Xia country mostly had happy, Tuanyuan -style endings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The protagonist or someone close to them—let alone dying—even suffering a major setback would have players drowning the writers’ ancestors in spit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This had become a consensus in Xia country’s gaming circle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing Zhang Feng’s analysis, Qin Xiaoyu’s face broke into a faint smile—but not one of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He simply found it amusing how seriously he was spouting nonsense. Other Xia country game developers wouldn’t dare do it—but he, Qin Xiaoyu, had no such qualms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After calming the livestream viewers, Zhang Feng continued following the prompts to proceed with the next part of the plot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the Gongzi  appeared to rescue Xiao Ying, who was surrounded by the Qianyan Army, the livestream audience erupted once again.\u003C\u002Fp>",505,"2026-06-19T22:23:19.067Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","e09bda562f4f46c33fb06d21ccd5f485a2ccca65f791567147c3d8f16fa38704","game-development-starting-from-a-2d-game-chapter-87","game-development-starting-from-a-2d-game-chapter-85",89,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgame-development-starting-from-a-2d-game-cover.jpg"]