Pei Qian clicked on the video.

Qiao Laoshi’s distinctive voice—slightly accented with dialect, hoarse yet drawn out—left a deep impression on Pei Qian.

“Hello to all my dear viewer daddies, I’m still your familiar ‘Game Father’ Qiao Laoshi.”

“People have been pushing me for updates, saying they want to see me roast silly games. Why the delay? It’s not because I’m lazy, mainly because the silly games I found weren’t silly with enough taste…”

“Finally, persistence pays off! After a long process of panning for gold in excrement, I finally found this piece of crap—no, this gold nugget. That’s right, it’s what you’re seeing now: ‘Lonely Desert Highway’!”

“This is a very interesting game. In this game, you can enjoy a full 8-hour (real-time, in parentheses) philosophical journey!”

“This is an extremely realistic driving simulation game. You can not only drive, but even honk the horn, listen to music, and enjoy the ever-changing scenery of the desert!”

“Yes, although there’s nothing but swirling sand all around with no beautiful scenery to appreciate, believe me, the changing sandstorms make the view outside the car window different every second. And if you watch long enough, you’ll even see mirages…”

“What? You didn’t see it? Don’t worry, during the eight-hour journey, as long as you persist, you’ll see it!”

“Besides that, the game also has a very advanced leaderboard system that tracks every player’s completion count and accumulated time!”

“Oh my goodness, what a great feature—it constantly reminds me how much of my life I’ve wasted in this game…”

“Ahem, well, everyone should have heard it by now—I was being sarcastic. This game can be rated as ‘the most boring game in history,’ bar none!”

“Yes, you heard correctly. Whether past or future, domestic or foreign, there should never be a more boring driving simulation game than this!”

“The entire 8-hour journey requires you to stare ahead the whole time, because every few minutes there’s a turn, and if you don’t make the turn in time… sorry, you fail, and your game starts over from the beginning!”

“Don’t ask me why I didn’t pause or save, because this game! Does! Not! have! A! pause! function!”

“The only fun in this game is honking the horn and listening to songs, but the problem is, you can’t listen to songs you want to hear, you can’t even change radio stations. All you hear are obscure, niche, or outdated songs, and you can’t even skip the awful ones!”

“And the most shocking masterstroke is at the end of the game—it mocks me with one line of text! ‘Congratulations, you’ve successfully wasted 8 precious hours of your life!'”

“That’s right, this is a game that makes you contemplate life, and it successfully made me contemplate life!”

“It made me realize how precious my time is, and how much of a waste of time gaming can be!”

“If the boringness of this game could be rated, on a scale of 10, I would give this game 100!”

“Of course, even a game like this isn’t perfect.”

“As the first hardcore player to complete this game (the leaderboard proves it), I strongly suggest adding the following features!”

“First, why does the game end when you reach the destination? I strongly suggest that after reaching the end, you should be able to turn around and drive back, naturally developing an ‘endless mode’!”

“If you don’t make at least ten round trips, how can you say you’ve conquered this game?!”

“In addition, I strongly recommend adding multiplayer functionality so other players can join the room, sit in the car to enjoy the scenery, or interact with the driver!”

“I hope the game’s creator can take my suggestions and arrange for version updates. This would make it a bestseller!”

“…”

“That concludes this episode of the rant show. The next 8 hours are the complete game recording. Viewers with nothing better to do might try watching it all without fast-forwarding.”

“Trust me, afterward, you’ll also gain some insights about life!”

Pei Qian dragged the video forward and found that the remaining 8 hours were indeed Qiao Laoshi’s complete gameplay recording.

The comment section below was exploding with enthusiasm from viewers.

“I watched the full 8 hours without fast-forwarding, and now I think I’m also starting to contemplate the meaning of life…”

“Qiao Laoshi’s sacrifice is too great—he’s risking his life to grind this!”

“Qiao Laoshi, stop! Your hairline can’t take it anymore!”

“Do we now have to risk our lives to make videos?!”

“I’ve already downloaded it. I believe I can find the meaning of life in the desert!”

“Count me in, too!”

“The game’s full name is ‘Lonely Desert Highway.’ You can find it on the official game store. Don’t thank me, I’m just helpful like that!”

“Count me in +1”

“Sightseeing group, let’s go!”

…

Looking at the comments below the video, Pei Qian fell into a completely dazed state.

Something must have gone wrong with this world!

I made such a garbage game, yet video creators are using it as material, and the response is so enthusiastic?!

Though still bewildered, Pei Qian had understood the cause and effect of this incident.

His game had the misfortune of being discovered by this video creator, Qiao Laoshi, who specialized in game-roasting videos, and then Qiao Laoshi had a burst of inspiration and made a roast video.

Under Qiao Laoshi’s excellent script, wide attention, and detailed editing techniques, the video went viral!

Soon, the video attracted a group of sightseers—many people wanted to see just how bad this game was.

The vast majority played for a bit and then stopped, since the game was indeed very dull, but most people didn’t care about the one yuan and never even considered asking for a refund…

A minority of players even developed a competitive mindset because of the leaderboard system, and some mischievous players started spreading rumors to trick others???

Some said that if you look at the desert during the fourth hour, there’s a fun Easter egg!

Others claimed that if you complete the game three times in a row, you unlock a hidden level!

There were even many people in the comments asking if they could repost the video…

Pei Qian realized the situation seemed troublesome.

This game… it seemed like it might become popular?

Could it be… that this game wouldn’t lose money???

“This absolutely won’t do. I need to do something…”

Pei Qian wasn’t going to sit idly by—he needed to save himself!

If this game became popular, Pei Qian would lose everything!

Pei Qian felt that perhaps his game description was problematic.

It was too vague and caused misunderstandings among players!

He needed to be honest with the players now and dissuade new players—absolutely couldn’t let them waste their money!