[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-this-is-not-a-bug-but-a-game-feature":3,"chapter-this-is-not-a-bug-but-a-game-feature-this-is-not-a-bug-but-a-game-feature-chapter-203":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","This Is Not a Bug but a Game Feature",{"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},1472081,1919,"Chapter 203 - 147: Car Repair Boosting? (Part 2)","this-is-not-a-bug-but-a-game-feature-chapter-203",203,"\u003Cp>\"I’m a car mechanic!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh oh!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the viewer reveal his identity, Ice Cola was overjoyed and quickly followed his instructions to remove the power steering pump.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What next?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You unscrew the back cover screws of the steering pump, open the rear cover, and then check if the seal ring inside is damaged.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It really is!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After trying to figure it out for so long without finding the issue, it turned out that a professional solved it immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ice Cola let out a sigh of relief and said, \"As expected, repairing cars should be left to the professionals! We ordinary players should just honestly go to a NPC for repairs.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This game is so hardcore!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, he thought he had made a great deal by buying a platinum version.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, in this game, the cars are so fragile that a slight scratch or collision requires maintenance and repair. And the platinum version came with a maintenance and modification workshop, which could save so much on repair costs!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now it seems...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ba certainly lives up to his reputation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The maintenance and modification workshop gifted with the platinum version wasn’t meant for ordinary players. If you don’t know about cars or car repairs, even if you have a workshop, you can’t use it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m genuinely impressed!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it really this hardcore? I need to understand professional car repair knowledge to fix a car in the game?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The platinum version is completely for suckers!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I thought the platinum version had great value, but now it seems, this workshop is utterly useless...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they saw this, the viewers in the live room felt sorry for Ice Cola, who spent a lot on a platinum version that came with a maintenance and modification workshop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>End up not being able to use it at all?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh, wait!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s not that you can’t use it; if you know a little about car repair, then the workshop would be very useful indeed. But the problem is, how many players know such specialized knowledge?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ice Cola’s live stream continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the events in his live stream had already reached the Tianba Community and other live streams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guo Mo, who was also playing \"Speeding Frenzy,\" lit up his eyes upon hearing this: \"Oh? There’s actually something like this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also bought the platinum version.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this game, the vehicles are prone to damage, and maintenance costs are relatively high. And it wasn’t easy for players to earn game coins; they needed to participate in competitions and achieve excellent rankings to earn a bit of prize money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So if the maintenance and modification workshop that came with the platinum version could be properly utilized, players could save a lot on vehicle repair costs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But here’s the problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That thing is not usable!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To use this workshop for vehicle repairs, one must understand car repair knowledge, at least know the specific problem location.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you don’t even know where the problem is, a maintenance workshop wouldn’t help you fix the car either...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since he couldn’t use it, Guo Mo had always sent his vehicles to the NPC repair shop and never used the maintenance workshop that came with the platinum version.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But seeing what happened in Ice Cola’s live stream, a new world opened up for him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I can’t use it myself, and don’t understand this knowledge, why not get guidance from a professional car mechanic?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coincidentally, Guo Mo had a classmate who owned a car repair shop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He called up this friend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey? Qiangzi!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Here’s the thing, my car is broken and needs repairing. Do you think you could...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>About ten minutes later, Qiangzi, carrying a toolbox and wearing protective gloves, hurriedly arrived at Guo Mo’s home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The car’s broken?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah... it’s broken!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faced with his old classmate’s angry glare, Guo Mo felt a bit guilty, \"I’m not lying to you, the car really won’t start.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You damn...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiangzi was utterly exasperated, rushing there urgently, asked about the car’s location?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then this guy actually told him the car was in the game! In the game?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He almost wanted to smack the wrench in his hand over his old classmate’s head, to let him know that such jokes shouldn’t be made.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a car mechanic, but he couldn’t repair cars in a game! Is he crazed from gaming? You need me to fix a broken in-game car?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Trust me, it can be fixed!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing his old classmate genuinely getting angry, Guo Mo hurriedly pulled him to the computer and described the wonders of the \"Speeding Frenzy\" game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiangzi was initially dismissive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was genuinely angry, feeling that Guo Mo was purely messing with him; how could he repair a car in a game? He was a car mechanic, not a programmer!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after fiddling around for a bit, Qiangzi was suddenly surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hey...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seems like he really could fix this car?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Qiangzi, utilizing his knowledge, repaired the in-game car for Guo Mo, the two were left speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It actually can be fixed?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It can be fixed!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guo Mo confidently said, \"I wasn’t lying to you, right? I said this car needed you to fix it, I couldn’t do it myself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Indeed!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But for me...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiangzi first nodded, then looked puzzled, \"This is my first time repairing a car that doesn’t exist in real life.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The key is, it was actually fixed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isn’t that just too abstract?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Qiangzi left, carrying the toolbox and with two hundred bucks for his hard work, he still felt a bit disoriented recalling what just happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who is he, where is he?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wasn’t he here for a home repair service? How did it suddenly turn into fixing a game car? And he really fixed it, can you believe that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Speeding Frenzy...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After jotting down the game’s name, Qiangzi suddenly had a bold idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are there many people with such needs?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If his repair shop could offer \"Speeding Frenzy\" car repair services, could his career have a second spring?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt there was potential!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiangzi was young too, knowing what game boosting was. It stood to reason that if rank-boosting had business, then what about his \"car-repair\" boosting?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking about it, he took action.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once back home, Qiangzi first got a better understanding of the \"Speeding Frenzy\" game, especially the \"modification and repair\" feature Guo Mo had mentioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more he learned, the more excited he got.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to feedback from netizens, the game’s repair and modification are too hardcore; many players lack car knowledge and find it quite difficult to use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Start learning from scratch?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How long would that take? And it wouldn’t necessarily be successful! Instead of spending so much time learning, it’s better to send it to a NPC shop for modifications and repairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But game coins are hard-earned, single-player mode is alright, but online mode coins are even harder to come by, since the opponents in competitions are players themselves...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the vehicles are so easily damaged, and repairs are frequent, so most players spend almost all their game coins on repairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alright!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiangzi saw that this was his chance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he provided players a car repair boosting service, saving them a significant amount on repair costs and charging just a few bucks per session, surely players would be glad to hire him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Additionally...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boosting isn’t exactly reputable, and the game has an \"insurance\" mechanism, so people aren’t particularly afraid of repairs anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So why not change the mindset, start a live stream teaching people how to repair cars? How to repair cars in \"Speeding Frenzy\"?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earn a fan badge, and the streamer will point out vehicle issues for free and impart essential \"Speeding Frenzy\" car repair knowledge, freeing you entirely from the headache of car repairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more Qiangzi thought about it, the more excited he became, so he quickly called Guo Mo to ask about the feasibility of this idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course it’s feasible!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whoa, I had no idea you were such a sharp thinker! Already found a way to make money?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guo Mo was greatly surprised, suggesting no need to start a new live stream, but for Qiangzi to come to his place tomorrow, and they would share one streaming room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guo Mo had a fan base, Qiangzi had car repair knowledge, and the two combining their efforts would be much better initially than Qiangzi starting from scratch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, there’s an added benefit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiangzi can take care of his repair shop during the day without needing to do high-intensity streaming every day, just two or three hours of streaming in the evening would suffice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for gift revenue shares?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two would discuss it and decide together!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They would first see if the model worked; if it did, the streaming income would definitely have to include a share for Qiangzi.\u003C\u002Fp>",1467,"2026-06-06T03:03:37.618Z",1,"novelbin.me","2af2855a50841ba30749600ac009d498d4ecd4000cc6fd9417a392db74ac6c42","this-is-not-a-bug-but-a-game-feature-chapter-204","this-is-not-a-bug-but-a-game-feature-chapter-202",479,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-is-not-a-bug-but-a-game-feature-cover.jpg"]