Pshhh—

BOOM!!!

With a thunderous explosion—

Amid the billowing smoke, a rifleman in a sand-colored combat suit sprinted forward!

Rat-tat-tat… ratatatat… whoosh whoosh… rumble rumble…

On this brutal battlefield, bullets flew in every direction.

Bombs blasted chunks of concrete and shrapnel through the air.

The fierce factory skirmish had reached its boiling point—blasts thundered right beside the ears!

Shhhk—

The rifleman ducked behind a concrete barrier, trying to regroup with teammates and press forward.

But the next second—

Whoosh—BOOM!

A spiraling rocket screamed through the air. In a flash of fire, the concrete wall shattered like soggy tofu.

The rifleman was flung back by the blast wave, slamming to the ground hard!

“Whoa—”

The livestream erupted in gasps.

‘Holy sh*t—this battlefield scene is legit’

‘Feels like I’m watching a movie’

‘D*mn this camera work is insane’

‘Totally immersive, that rocket just hit me in the face’

‘Xiao Huang’s cinematics have always been fire’

‘Wait... this doesn’t seem that bad?’

‘Hmmm—’

The audience sucked in cold breaths!

Then—

A young, composed male voice spoke:

[Out on the frontier, in all the battles I’ve seen]

[The Titans are the deadliest hunters…]

As he spoke—

The rifleman’s blurred vision gradually cleared.

A flash of bright blue light approached.

Another soldier in sand-colored armor, but this one equipped with a heavy gear pack and wearing an X-shaped tactical visor, sprinted onto the scene.

As he passed the fallen rifleman, the gear pack ignited—red and blue flames blasted out, launching the Titan pilot high into the air!

Amid gunfire and chaos, he remained cool and precise, moving with the elegance of a hunting predator.

He flung a throwing knife—thunk—it embedded into a distant wall. A pulse wave spread, revealing all enemies behind cover.

The Titan pilot didn’t pause.

He weaved and slid through bullets and missiles, zipped past explosive spider drones.

Like Max Payne in bullet time, he dropped into a slide—an already primed grenade flicked from his hand—

[They’re fast, elegant, and utterly destructive.]

[Sharp-eyed, resourceful, and cold as ice.]

In a fireball explosion, the Titan pilot emerged, dual-wielding firearms!

Enemies barely had time to react before they were torn apart by bullets.

Blood splattered everywhere. A heavily fortified position collapsed in seconds!

Next—

He fired his grappling hook and, with a boost from his jetpack, wall-ran straight into a high-rise!

The narrow corridor inside swarmed with foes!

Gunshots thundered, bullets splintered walls and kicked up clouds of dust.

And within that smoke—he moved like a ghost.

Decoys confused enemies. Cloaking tech let him sneak past defenses…

With elite CQC skills and a mind like ice, powered by high-tech gear, he was a literal war god.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Three shots.

The final enemy dropped.

He turned—bodies littered the hallway.

Lightning quick!

One man tearing through an entire army!

Wooooooom—!!!

The chat exploded!

‘HUH???’

‘What the actual f***?!’

‘He’s hacking!’

‘Wallhacks, speed boost, invisibility, flight—just add aimbot and you’ve got the full cheat package!’

‘So this is what dev-mode looks like, huh? Can’t cheat in full-immersion, so they just built the cheats in!’

‘This is f***ing glorious!’

‘This makes exosuits look like junk!’

‘Holy sh*t the visuals are insane!’

‘Okay, compared to this, that exosuit reveal was kinda mid…’

‘Didn’t everyone say this project was trash? This looks anything but!’

‘Is this the moment Gu Sheng officially became a mad scientist?!’

‘If the actual gameplay matches this… holy sh*t we’re in for a treat.’

‘This is a Golden Wind promo. Gu Sheng never puts anything in a trailer he can’t deliver in-game.’

‘Let’s f***ing go…’

‘Hold on—didn’t they say only Titan pilots get this OP gear? What if we’re stuck playing the rifleman?’

‘Who says a rifleman can’t become a pilot?!’

‘I’m done fighting bugs on alien planets! I’m signing up to be a Titan pilot! Xiao Huang, I command you—make this game RIGHT!’

Everyone in the livestream was shook!

Just having exosuits in a VR game was already insane.

Now?

Golden Wind was going next level!

The equipment designs, the effects, the tactical diversity—it all blew minds.

Originally—

Everyone had braced themselves for Golden Wind to flop.

No one expected this promo to not only not fail—but actually reignite players’ excitement for mech games!

If the Titan pilot concept was this cool—what kind of breakthroughs did the mechs themselves have?

Of course—

[What truly separates Titan pilots from other soldiers and machines]

[Is their bond with the Titans themselves.]

Epic orchestral music swelled with the narration.

The pilot sprinted toward the end of the hallway.

From his POV, everyone looked skyward—

Rumble…

A deep tremor echoed from above.

Then—BOOM!

A shockwave rippled across the sky. From a low orbit drop pod, a massive mech hurtled down!

CRASH—!!!

The towering Titan—two stories tall—slammed into the ground, shattering the building’s windows from the impact!

Glass exploded in every direction as the pilot leapt high.

The Titan, already synced to him, reached out a massive mechanical arm and caught him with precision, depositing him into the cockpit.

Then—spin!

Woom!

A blue energy shield expanded forward, absorbing every incoming bullet and rocket like flies in amber.

Then—

The Titan stepped forward and returned fire!

Rat-a-tat-tat! THUMP THUMP—BOOM!

Every bit of enemy fire was paid back in full—massive explosions sent their ranks flying!

Next—

The Titan drew its back-mounted autocannon and pulled the trigger. Fire blazed from the barrel!

Each burst of the cannon tore through walls and cover alike—nothing survived in its path.

Justice in caliber—delivered to devastating effect!

War. Carnage.

Cutting-edge tech fused with cold, relentless steel.

The gunpowder symphony of blood and fire reached its climax when—

An enemy Titan dropped onto the field.

Steel clashed with steel.

Giant against giant.

Each punch echoed like mountains collapsing.

Autocannons roared, plasma fire curled and struck.

Roads crumbled, cover disintegrated—nothing could withstand the battle of these titans.

Deafening booms hit like sledgehammers to the chest!

“I—HOLY—SH*T—!!!”

Dumb Little Sis couldn’t hold it in!

She leapt from her seat, hands clutching her head, eyes wide with disbelief!

And just then, the background story—narrated by the rifleman—was revealed:

[The frontier’s the only home I’ve ever known.]

[For years, IMC has stolen our resources, polluted our lands, and killed anyone who resisted…]

[We’ve won a few battles recently at Ceres, but victory’s still far away.]

[Right now, I’m just a rifleman fighting for frontier freedom.]

[Becoming a Titan pilot… that day’s still far off. But if I ever make it—]

And then—

The two Titans reached the end of their duel.

The resistance Titan leapt into the air, delivering a massive steel punch!

The IMC Titan swung a massive alloy blade, cutting the air with deadly force!

Screen—black.

A final line from the rifleman ended the trailer—

[Well deserved.]

Trailer over.

The livestream chat went dead for three seconds.

Then—

It exploded.

Chat lagged!!!

‘HOLY! F***!’

‘OHHHHHHHHHHHH——’

‘WTF did I just watch? Wasn’t this supposed to be a trailer?! That was straight-up a sci-fi movie!’

‘Okay okay—WHO said Golden Wind picked the wrong genre?! Speak up!!! …Oh right, it was me… I’m sorry kneels with a smile’

‘Yo haters?! Where you at now?!’

‘I thought the Titan pilot was the peak… but then the actual Titan shows up?!’

‘Machine guns, shoulder cannons, kinetic shields, heavy hammers—DUDE I THINK I GET IT! These aren’t just generic mechs—they’ve got classes and abilities!’

‘NO WAY?! Custom mech builds?!’

‘HOLY S***! It’s like car modding—but for giant robots!’

‘Right?! The concept’s so obvious, why hasn’t anyone done this before?!’

‘Obvious?! Second-gen FPS was just “remove the crosshair” and let you aim down sights. Seems simple—but only Golden Wind actually did it!’

‘Exactly! It all seems simple—but Golden Wind’s the only one pulling it off!’

‘Best part? They’re nailing both the pilot and the Titan gameplay!’

‘Absolute GENIUS!’

‘DNMD I’m saying it—PERFECTION!!!’

‘It’s official. Judge, bring the hammer down!’

‘Xiao Huang: I’m not a global top-tier game company yet, but when I am—I hope I can…’

And then—multicolored comments flooded the chat like a tidal wave:

‘WELL DESERVED!!!’

BOOM.

The streamer blew up.

The stream blew up.

The entire gaming industry blew up!

Except—

Not Dumb Little Sis.

At the same time, countless media outlets—and even rivals from Xunteng Tech—watched the trailer unfold.

Because this was the opening clash between YiYou and Xunteng.

Both companies were gambling on this debut’s impact—it could define the success of their future marketing campaigns.

Originally—

After days of skirmishes, the gap was clear.

YiYou trailed by 26% in public heat. No way Golden Wind could close that with just one title.

Media headlines were ready to go:

《Golden Wind Fails to Reverse the Trend: Grim Prospects for YiYou x2》

《Lowly Nag Gets Trampled: Where Does YiYou Go From Here?》

《Betrayed by an Old Partner: Zhenting Locks in the Win》

《The Decline Continues: Why Golden Wind’s New Game Doesn’t Measure Up》

Meanwhile, Xunteng had their next promo push queued up.

With two wins in hand, they’d widen the lead and dominate the FPS space. They’d also start undercutting YiYou’s efforts in racing and sports.

Even YiYou had contingency plans:

After yesterday’s Waterloo, Golden Wind’s failure seemed inevitable. They were prepping to stabilize their racing and sports genres and reallocate some of Golden Wind’s resources to Angerflame and Kol.

Everyone thought the story was over.

Then—

Gu Sheng strolled in, smiling wide—

And slapped everyone in the face.

Hard.

Like thunder.

A cinematic masterpiece.

A Titan pilot with revolutionary mechanics.

A fully customizable mech with modular loadouts.

Everything shattered expectations of what a mech game could be!

Excitement exploded across the market.

8:00 PM – Titanfall trailer goes live.

10:00 PM – YiYou x2’s heat rises 12%, reaching 49%. North Polar Bear 3 drops to 51%.

12:00 PM – Titanfall becomes the top trending title among the six flagship games. YiYou x2 officially overtakes Xunteng by 6%.

And all of this—

Was confirmed by Huayu Electric’s public data.

When the clock hit midnight—

Half the Chinese game industry was cursing Gu Sheng while scrambling to respond!

First, every media outlet tore up their doom-posts and pulled all-nighters rewriting headlines:

《Golden Wind Stages a Comeback! YiYou x2 Looks Bright!》

《A Lowly Nag? Try an Eight-Legged War God! Golden Wind Reveals Its Trump Card!》

《Zhenting, Stop Calling Me! I Don’t Want Golden Wind to Get Jealous! Supernova Designer Dominates with Titanfall!》

《Ace in the Hole! Golden Wind Keeps Winning as the Underdog—Here’s Why!》

Rewrite.

Rewrite like mad.

Doubt turned to praise overnight.

Every article was now shouting “Golden Wind is badass” and “Gu Sheng is the GOAT.”

Meanwhile, Xunteng Tech held an emergency midnight meeting.

First thing Director Chen Guangde shouted: “Can someone please tell me what the actual f*** just happened?!”

He was stunned.

Wasn’t mech gaming supposed to be dead?

Wasn’t the genre niche and risky?

Weren’t their three flagship titles supposed to steamroll Golden Wind effortlessly?

How the hell did one Titanfall trailer shut them all up?

Silence.

Then Ding Kai, head of Radiant Studio, cautiously offered:

“Well… Director Chen…”

“As of now, Golden Wind only has 31% of the total heat among the six games. Our three titles combined still hold 43%—we’re still ahead.”

Technically true.

Xunteng just needed to dominate the FPS space. As long as they stayed ahead of Golden Wind, they were fine.

But—

The more Chen Guangde listened, the more he wanted to punch someone.

Do you even hear yourself?!

Three mega-studios, all high-budget giants, barely beating Golden Wind by 12% combined?!

Didn’t you brag to me before about crushing them into the dirt?!

“I swear to god…”

Chen Guangde wanted to reach through the network and slap Ding Kai into next week.

But at this point—

He had no choice but to pivot.

Forget sabotaging YiYou’s racing and sports games.

With this momentum, even their FPS territory might be in danger.

It was embarrassing for Xunteng to go 3v1—

But right now, it was the only option.

That night—

Xunteng officially shifted strategies.

No more “steady pressure” across genres.

Now it was full-force assault—Golden Wind’s Titanfall became the primary target.

Three heroes vs. Lü Bu, for real.

Of course—

Yan Sheng saw the news and immediately anticipated their next move.

So YiYou called an emergency high-level meeting of their own…

It was a night of chaos for the gaming world.

A jaw-dropping reversal shocked everyone.

Players buzzed with theories and excitement.

And in the middle of it all—

Shen Miaomiao slept like a baby.

In her dream, Fifty grew wings and flew out of the office, then returned with stacks of red banknotes.

It told her: Titanfall bombed completely. It didn’t earn a single cent. The full 170 million RMB investment went up in smoke.

But the system had her back—

Seventeen billion in rebates, all for her.

Heehee…

She giggled in her sleep all night long.

Until her phone started buzzing the next morning.

Half-asleep, she grabbed it—

The caller ID read: Yan Sheng (YiYou).

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by lotustale.com