"Alright, dear viewers, welcome to the live broadcast of Wang Laoju’s #￥%@#￥ show..."

Friday night at 8 PM!

Xiaopozhan livestream room, [Wang Laoju Future Technology Co., Ltd.] livestream.

Wang Laoju, sporting a bizarrely shaped face, stood in the dressing room, greeting the viewers watching the live broadcast through the mirror.

The chat barrage erupted with enthusiasm—

“This game really should have the face customization disabled just for the chairman.”

“Chairman, can you stop looking in the mirror?”

“Shocked.”

“This face customization is honestly indescribable.”

“Hey, does it matter if he can or not? If he can’t do sports, won’t he just die?”

“True that...”

“...”

Exactly!

Just now, the "niche" extreme sports game Peak Kingdom, produced by Golden Wind Game Company and known as a copyright fanatic, finally launched on schedule amid massive anticipation!

The reason for putting “niche” in quotation marks is because this game, which has a niche theme, is actually the hottest item in the gaming livestream circles both domestically and abroad!

Undoubtedly, this kind of copyright bombardment approach is mindless, but as long as the copyright power is strong enough, the effect is explosive.

From China, to Neon, then Europe, and the United States!

Streamers on major livestream platforms started pre-loading early and purchased the game the moment it unlocked!

Laoju was one of them!

He had a lot of expectations for this game.

Whether it was the thrill of wingsuit flying soaring through the sky, the freedom of gliding on snowboards through the white snow, or riding a mountain bike for a downhill mountain race, the feeling of pushing limits was very attractive to him.

He even prepared a brand-new livestream format specifically to introduce this game—

“Alright, dear viewers, welcome to our Future Technology Company’s annual product launch conference.”

“Today, we’re presenting a series of extreme sports products newly developed by Future Technology.”

“As everyone knows, when our bodies experience impact or pressure, it’s because force acts upon us.”

“And our Future Technology sports products will, in such cases, automatically generate a corresponding gay force.”

“Helping you ‘gay hold’ to avoid some damage...”

Yes.

Laoju actually turned the game livestream into a product launch.

He acted as both CEO and tester, showcasing the “products” to the audience.

Hearing Wang Laoju’s nonsense, the chat barrage exploded with laughter—

“Hahaha, the divine gay force.”

“To reduce fall and impact damage for gameplay, the chairman turned it into a new gay force product, truly the king of stories.”

“But honestly, the product’s technical name really sounds pretty gay.”

“Chairman is awesome.”

“Which excellent employee came up with this masterpiece?”

“Shocked, the chairman personally tested it.”

“Probably the chairman himself designed the product (dog head).”

“Laughing to death...”

“...”

After the abstract face customization segment, Laoju officially began his extreme journey.

With the UI summoned, a huge world map appeared before him, densely marked with various global scenic spots and competition zones.

All kinds of events and locations dazzled the eye.

Among them—

“The event that best showcases our Future Technology’s product level is definitely this [Bicycle - Mountain Descent Race].”

Wang Laoju declared with conviction.

Actually, before the game’s release, he had already noticed this somewhat niche but extremely deadly event, arguably the extreme sport of extreme sports.

DH, downhill mountain biking, or called mountain descent sport.

An extreme mountain biking sport focused on downhill and large drops, different from everyday commuting mountain bikes, these bikes usually have exaggerated dual front forks, extremely strong frames, and overall lightweight bodies.

Due to venue constraints, it’s usually timed individually.

Laoju had seen videos of this sport before; if he weren’t afraid of death, he really wanted to try this life-or-death sport that contemplates the true meaning of life.

And now, Peak Kingdom was here.

No need to actually die, yet experience the thrill of mountain descent.

While speaking, Laoju selected a D-level downhill map located in Utah on the map.

Because in the game, various competitions and challenge maps are not fully unlocked.

Players need to gradually get familiar with the controls, adapt to the nearly fully realistic challenges in the motion-sensing pod, and accumulate trophies to unlock higher-level maps step by step.

So Laoju could only start from the beginner D-level map.

However, map selection had exceptions.

For example, the [Peak Eight Events] challenge.

That real-world-based Peak Eight Events challenge could be chosen by beginners or even real extreme sports athletes right from the start of the game.

Still, Laoju was not that reckless yet.

After all, dying once in Peak Eight meant you couldn’t participate again for a while.

Very soon.

Laoju quickly traveled to Utah, United States.

Whoosh—!!!

With the wind howling, gravel scraped past outside Laoju’s helmet, making rustling sounds. The dusty valley wind sneaked into his nose through the helmet.

A huge flag with the GW logo flapped fiercely.

Laoju opened his eyes and saw himself riding a bizarrely styled mountain bike, his ID — Future Technology Wang Laoju — printed on the bike’s side.

Looking around, the surroundings were desolate and rugged earth brown. The peak he was on should be the highest nearby elevation.

His footsteps and bike wheels crushed the ground, making a rustling sound.

The top-tier game graphics were almost indistinguishable from reality.

The immersive full-sensory technology made every blade of grass, every particle of dust, even the scent of wind and sand incredibly lifelike.

Around him, layers of spectators cheered, AI viewers shouting excitedly in various ways.

Laoju twisted the handlebars left and right, pinching the brake carefully.

Very detailed.

Whether it was the texture of stones and gravel rubbing under the tires transmitted through the handlebars or the friction and reaction force when braking, everything was so realistic that if he turned off the in-game HUD, he might really lose the boundary between game and reality.

Perhaps this was the fundamental reason Golden Wind didn’t allow players to turn off the HUD.

Thinking of this, Laoju took a deep breath and pedaled the mountain bike slowly toward the starting line:

“Alright, dear viewers, through Future Technology’s space-time teleportation technology, we have arrived at the Utah test site.”

“As you can see, the enthusiastic rabble... the audience attending the launch is still quite large, damn it!”

The moment he reached the starting point, Laoju’s voice suddenly cut off!

What he saw was—

The track was incredibly narrow, only wide enough for one person.

After less than twenty meters of starting track, there was a cliff.

A drop of several meters led to a winding, twisting cliffside track.

Looking further ahead!

To the right was a rugged cliff, to the left a sheer cliff with a drop of two hundred meters.

That wasn’t the scariest part.

The most terrifying was the following track, almost entirely slanted paths with an angle close to 40 degrees!

That meant he needed to hug the cliff tightly, shifting his center carefully, all while constantly praying the mountain bike’s grip wouldn’t betray him!

After this terrifying slant track came a canyon fissure!

About five meters long, he needed to jump from a curved ramp, fly through the air over the canyon fissure, and finally reach the foot of the mountain.

“Ah?”

In an instant, Laoju’s mind went blank, even forgetting he was hosting a “launch conference.”

Wait?

This thing... you call this a mountain descent race?

It didn’t quite match what he understood before.

From videos he’d seen, mountain descent riding usually followed a very narrow ridge down toward the mountain foot.

Even that was already full of dangers enough to make your heart race!

But this track...

Even had a cliff jump segment?

Laoju was stunned for a moment.

The chat barrage was also full of exclamations—

“Chairman’s hesitation.”

“Holy crap! This track is way too exaggerated!”

“Ah—?”

“No way, such a narrow path and even a jump in the middle?”

“Damn... just looking at it makes my palms sweat.”

“Wow, the UI shows a 238-meter drop; falling would leave you bruised and battered, for sure.”

“Here and there bruises...”

“You poke, I poke...”

“Hahaha damn, just fast-forward to the action, huh?”

“Even Future Technology can’t ‘gay hold’ this one...”

“...”

Frozen for a full three seconds!

The audience watched as the chairman’s heart rate rocketed to 110, but he still forced himself to speak calmly:

“Good! Very good! Now I see some people questioning whether our product can ‘gay hold’ this track.”

“Next, I, as the chairman of Future Technology, will fully demonstrate the extreme limit of our company’s product’s gay force!”

Saying that!

Laoju took a deep breath.

Then, gripping the handlebars tightly, he lightly pushed the pedal.

Shara—!!!

With the tires kicking up dust, though he only pedaled lightly, the huge steep slope instantly gave him a strong boost!

The vibrations of the road transmitted beneath his feet, the whooshing wind noise blasted in his ears!

The scattered gravel and rocks flew around, and the rapidly passing track made his heart race!

Moreover.

Even scarier.

The moment he dashed out of the track, a weightless feeling nearly indistinguishable from reality hit him!

“Holy crap—!!!”

Laoju was truly shocked!

As a streamer with considerable knowledge of game production, he knew how difficult it was to simulate such realistic weightlessness in a motion-sensing pod.

Not to exaggerate, even Golden Wind’s APEX and PUBG, among all games worldwide, had no title that could depict adrenaline-inducing weightlessness so vividly!

Swish!!!

With the whistling wind in his ears, he instantly passed the first twenty meters of the starting track!

Then!

Air—

Laoju’s body soared into the air, the cliffside scenery rapidly flashing by. The stronger weightless falling sensation made his adrenaline surge!

The temporary freedom from gravity even gave Laoju a brain-oxygen-deprived euphoria.

“Oh oh oh—holy crap—”

Thump!!!

The bike landed heavily on the next track section, kicking up thick dust!

The huge shock numbed Laoju’s legs.

With a screech, the wheel slightly skewed, scattering gravel and soil that tumbled down the cliff below!

But, with the precise motion assist system’s help, Laoju’s eyes and hands moved quickly, his whole body tensed, and just as the bike was about to lose balance, he stabilized himself and firmly gripped the handlebars!

“RUA—!!!”

“Gay hold!!!”

Whoosh whoosh!

Amidst the rolling dust clouds, Laoju sped away like a shooting star!

The next second, the livestream exploded, and the staff all screamed in unison—

“OHHHHHHHH—!!!”

“Chairman is awesome!”

“Damn! Truly Future Technology! Gay hold! Chairman gay held it!”

“Awesome! Future Technology is awesome!”

“Chairman of the year!”

“Damn, this game looks insanely fun!”

“Just watching gives me goosebumps.”

“To be honest, my legs are even a bit weak...”

“So that’s what a mountain descent race is—real mountain descent!”

“Hard to imagine anyone dares to play this in real life...”

“Trivia: those who dare are all rich guys because average people can’t afford the high-end gear.”

“Crazy risky.”

“Damn, I can’t stand it, I want to gay hold too.”

“Red chicken...”

In-game, AI spectators standing on the cliffside waved flags and cheered!

Outside the game, chat viewers screamed nonstop in the livestream room!

The adrenaline surge almost overwhelmed Laoju’s mind. The blurred line between life and death didn’t scare him; instead, it ignited a strange, passionate heat within!

Swish—!

With flying gravel, the bike rushed forward again!

Laoju struggled to control the angle, hugging the cliffside tightly while staring fiercely at the cliff edge ahead!

However!

Just as he was about to reach the cliff’s end!

The miraculous motion assist system activated again.

A technically demanding but not extreme 360-degree backflip, deadly dangerous here, flowed through him like second nature, instantly enlightening Laoju!

All movement essentials, precautions, power points, even subtle adjustments, felt innate!

This was Golden Wind’s advanced motion assist technology— the world’s most cutting-edge motion-sensing pod movement application.

And now!

A choice lay before Laoju—

No flip?

Safely pass, land smoothly, reach the finish line, but no trophy.

Flip?

Extremely dangerous, could crash fatally, highly probable, but at least earn a bronze trophy!

Huff—!!!

No time to think!

The mountain bike, kicking up swirling dust, suddenly leapt off the slope!

The next moment!

Laoju leaned back!

Both hands gripped the handlebars tightly, his body tilted backward, maintaining full body tension, raising the front wheel high, pressing the rear wheel down—

At this moment, time seemed to slow down.

“Chairman is about to...”

“Heavens...”

“Backflip with rotation...”

“This is insane...”

“Go for it!”

“Pedal-pushing big brother!”

“Maybe the chairman will really create something...”

Whoosh!

Bang!

Clap!

The mountain bike crashed onto the ground, bounced up, rolled along the cliffside, kicking up a cloud of dust!

Parts scattered everywhere, and Laoju’s head slammed hard against the other side of the cliff!

A crisp crack!

The sound of a broken neck bone pierced the ears!

The screen instantly turned black and white, and Laoju rolled out like a broken puppet, tumbling all the way down the cliff.

Silence.

A deathly silence.

All the viewers felt their scalps tingle, mouths involuntarily parted, pupils dilated, palms soaked with sweat!

After a long, long time!

One red chat message slowly floated across the screen—

[What are you all staring at? Pass the food!]

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by lotustale.com