This Is Not a Bug but a Game Feature-Chapter 180 - 136: An Unexpected Harvest

Guo Mo was very troubled. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

It wasn’t about money—he didn’t lack money. Although his streaming wasn’t particularly popular, it was still enough to make a living.

The root of his troubles was...

Tianba Studio’s new game, the one called "Love Advisor Department." He’s been playing for a while but still hasn’t met the right person.

Isn’t this wrong?

Wasn’t it said that playing this game would lead to finding a partner? How come he played for so long and has nothing to show for it?

At first, he thought it was just bad luck. But after discussing it in-depth with his stream followers, he realized it had nothing to do with luck; it was purely because the game’s match pool was too shallow.

Due to the gender imbalance among players, with a prominent excess of males, finding a partner in the game was only for the few.

Truly just a few!

Out of hundreds of thousands of players, it’s impossible for everyone to find a desired partner and then have a sweet romantic relationship, right?

That’s not possible and not realistic!

Even if "Love Advisor Department" was so magical and the matching mechanism was incredibly advanced, it couldn’t help hundreds of thousands of people find an online love partner simultaneously.

Most players joined the game with the idea of starting an online romance...

Guo Mo was the same.

But after playing, he realized he wasn’t that lucky person, and there wasn’t a highly compatible player in his match pool.

"Mo, why not just give it up?"

"Let’s just say, if you really can’t meet the right person, following the game’s essence and having a romance with a virtual character isn’t bad either!"

"Right! You’ve played for several months; it’s time to give up, right?"

"Star Emperor, activate!"

Old viewers in the stream felt that, after sticking to the game for so long and still getting nothing, a normal person would’ve given up long ago.

Even though "Love Advisor Department" sold over a million copies across all platforms, there are only so many active players. With male players making up 77% of the base, how many compatible opposite-sex players are there?

If you can’t find one, then just don’t look for one!

Although the game is magical, it’s not the only way to escape singlehood. If you want to find a partner, there are other avenues. Why stick to this one game?

"Makes sense..."

After spending several months in the game without meeting the right person, Guo Mo indeed felt disheartened and agreed with the audience’s analysis.

It really was time to let go!

Actually, it’s a matter of fate. His fate hadn’t arrived, but Zhang Pengfei’s had, hence their completely different situations.

"I’ll listen to you. Starting tomorrow, I’ll uninstall this game and focus on streaming ’Star Emperor,’ and not think about those illusory things."

Guo Mo sighed.

Zhang Pengfei’s post gave him too many unrealistic fantasies and reignited a longing for love in many people, including him.

But facts proved that a game is just a game; he wasn’t meant to have love.

Stopping the loss in time is also good.

At least he could understand this point, unlike some people who played the game obsessively, spending at least 18 hours a day on "Love Advisor Department," just to meet that "uncertain" person.

Honestly...

This is really Zhang Pengfei’s fault!

His post was truly too inspiring and led too many to yearn and envy.

Yet reality is harsh. The number of "Love Advisor Department" players is limited, and the match pool can’t support so many players finding their moonlit love or prince charming.

"Let’s have one last play!"

Having decided to withdraw, Guo Mo let go of his obsession and no longer held any illusions about love, just purely enjoyed the game.

And wouldn’t you know!

After letting go of his obsession, Guo Mo suddenly found that the game actually had many areas worth exploring.

Pseudo-open world!

Although it has the word "pseudo," it’s not an open world in the true sense, but it still shows the game’s freedom is indeed high.

"Let’s be honest."

"Even though I didn’t find a partner, the friends I met through previous matches all seem to get along well..."

Guo Mo flipped through his friends list and realized that these past few months, he hadn’t truly gotten nothing out of it.

He didn’t make many opposite-sex friends, but he added a lot of like-minded good buddies. These buddies, even though just in-game friends, really matched his taste; he had a sense of regret for meeting them so late.

If he’d met them in real life, they’d definitely become sworn brothers, becoming more than just friends!

Suddenly losing these friends, honestly, Guo Mo was quite reluctant.

Coincidentally, most of them were online, so Guo Mo invited them one by one to his world, intending to talk things through and exchange phone numbers or contact info.

This way, even if he stops playing the game, they could still keep in touch, not losing these "compatible" online buddies.

"My real name is Guo Mo, a signed game streamer with Thunderbolt. Just call me Mo, and I’ll add you on WeChat later; I’ll send it in the public chat..."

Before Guo Mo could finish, a voice exclaimed in the voice channel: "Guo Mo? Is your dad named Guo Zhenghui?"

"Huh? How do you know?"

A game friend could accurately name his dad, which surprised Guo Mo a little.

Could it be someone he knew?

"What a coincidence! I’m Guo Qingwen, don’t you remember? I used to play at your house a lot when we were kids."

"Qingwen?"

At first, Guo Mo couldn’t remember who this was, but then he quickly realized, it was his cousin from his hometown!