Chapter 121: This video is based on in-game play

The intro music volume decreased, and the camera screen slowly brightened.

Soon, Woogi’s figure appeared, sitting at a spacious desk, leisurely waving his hand.

“Welcome~ Come on in. Today, as announced in the notice, we have invited a guest.”

“Hello, Woogi hyung’s viewers~ It’s me, Rett.”

As Woogi subtly glanced sideways, Rett poked his face into the screen from off-camera as if he had been waiting.

[-Wook-ha~]

[-Rett, welcome too~]

[-Woogi-bro’s favorite doll slash 5-minute standby Park Rett is here]

[-So how long are you staying this time?]

Rett glanced at the chat window and grinned slyly.

“So this is the Jinro World open waiting room, right?”

Woogi let out a short breath as if finding it absurd.

“What nonsense is this? This is the trailer waiting room, you b*stard. Jiye noona said it’ll be at least another week before the server opens.”

Rett, as if he had been waiting, pouted his lips and said in a playful voice.

“Yeah~ I’m gonna eat, poop, game, and stream at Woogi-bro’s house until the Jinro World server opens and closes again~”

“Aww! Just live here then, live!”

“I’ll carry you in Jinro World instead. Huh? The bus is departing~ Vroom vroom!”

This far was Woogi and Rett’s usual WWE.

But today, there was one more herbivore.

“Alright, alright. This time, instead of a bus driver, I got a plane captain. You just hop on too.”

“Captain? Who? Ah, don’t tell me it’s that person who monopolized all the rewards in the beta test?”

“Yep. Han Ari-nim, she’s really good at games.”

The members of the National Recognition Association, who are always present in the chat, also typed praises for Han Ari, as if agreeing with Woogi’s opinion.

Understandably so. Han Ari’s performance was quite something.

[-???? Who’s good at what?]

[-LOLOLOL The day Han Ari is called good at games has come LOL]

[-Oof LOLOLOL]

However, people bursting into laughter were also sparsely seen amidst the chat.

[[Chairman of the National Han Ari Association has donated 5,000 won]]

[[I’m sorry, but our Han Ari is absolutely not world-class…]]

Most were viewers who frequently watch Han Ari’s broadcasts, and they know better than anyone that she’s not good at games.

She rarely does game broadcasts.

Even if she does one occasionally, it’s a casual game.

And on the very rare occasion she plays a competitive game, she often shows gameplay that makes viewers grind their teeth.

Of course, many viewers in Woogi’s room weren’t interested in VTubers, so many didn’t know the truth.

“No, why?”

Even Woogi himself only knew Han Ari as the hottest rookie last year.

Therefore, as if unable to understand the message of the donation that just popped up, he tilted his head with a serious face.

“If it wasn’t for Han Ari, our raid party wouldn’t have even been able to open the boss room entrance. Um, Chairman. Han Ari seems to be world-class.”

At Woogi’s words, the atmosphere in the chat window wavered for a moment.

[-Certainly, Han Ari carried this time]

[-Maybe she has a talent for RPGs?]

[-A fragrant bus driver… This is quite precious]

It was understandable.

Recalling Han Ari’s actual performance in the beta test, it was difficult to disagree.

“Right. Everyone talks a lot about Han Ari-nim. But how were the others?”

Rett’s eyes gleamed as he asked Woogi.

“While we’re at it, tell us more details about the beta test. Twenty people played, but Woogi hyung is the only one who uploaded the full VOD.”

“That’s how serious everyone is about this game.”

‘Monopolizing the information.’

‘To get a head start by open-running when the RP World content officially begins.’

At those words, Rett let out a short sigh, “Hah-“.

“Wow, that’s too much! This, how can people who aren’t beta testers live with this unfairness! If I knew this would happen, I would have asked Jiye noona for a tester pass!”

“Honestly, this game was f*cking fun. I also enjoyed it as a gamer, not a streamer, for the first time in a while.”

‘Hah, if I were just 5 years younger, I would have aimed for MVP!’

Woogi just finds the passage of time regrettable.

“But now that you’re all washed up, you should focus on streaming. So spill the beans. Isn’t this all content?”

The viewers also seem curious.

Understandably so, as one cannot watch multiple streamers’ broadcasts at once. Even if operating a self-run situation room, four or five is the maximum.

Woogi closed his eyes for a moment as if organizing his thoughts, then slowly opened his mouth.

“Broadly speaking, it seems like they were divided into about two groups.”

The strategy group that progressed through the main quest by clearing the World Tree dungeon.

And the adventure group that roamed the map collecting resources or focused on relationships with NPCs.

Naturally, more than half belonged to the strategy group.

“The ace of the strategy group, well, needless to say. It’s Han Ari-nim.”

“I rewatched the video you uploaded several times, hyung, but the gimmicks seemed unusually difficult? The difficulty was insane with randomness and time attack mixed in.”

“That’s what I’m saying. Everyone was struggling for a long time, but Han Ari rolled onto a footplate without a word, and suddenly the door opened, you know?”

[Anonymous donor has donated 5,000 won.]

[There’s a rumor that Han Ari is close with the developer and heard all the strategies?]

At the sudden donation message, Woogi waved his hand as if finding it absurd.

“Hey~ No. I watched Han Ari’s play right next to her, you know? That, it’s not a level you can just follow by hearing the strategy. That person, her sense is really different.”

Rett nodded as if agreeing and changed the subject.

“Well, setting aside the strategy group… what on earth did the exploration group do? Don’t tell me they spent the whole week fishing, mining, and farming, right?”

“…Literally, they just enjoyed the game comfortably.”

“…Huh?”

“There was a gathering system, but it wasn’t as detailed as the sandbox games we used to play.”

“Then what did they do?”

“Just, you know, roamed the map and hung out with NPCs all day?”

At those words, Rett let out a short breath, “Huh-“, as if finding it ridiculous.

“Does content even get produced by doing that for a whole week?”

“Uh, surprisingly, it did. In fact, someone named Summer or something had even higher viewership than most strategy group streamers.”

‘Even at the end, her real-time viewership surpassed even mine,’ Woogi said, clicking his tongue.

“Summer? Who’s that?”

At that one phrase, the chat window was instantly flooded with Hell.

[-A VTuber from Cosmo Live’s 3rd generation, Seasons, with the concept of Summer’s spirit… [Read More]]

[-Rett-sh*t, get some culture LOL]

[-This guy just doesn’t know anything but games LOL]

[-Rett’s specialty) Absolutely never watches VTuber broadcasts LOL]

“Let’s just watch it once before talking.”

Woogi, with a stern expression, played a shorts video of Summer and Dahee saying their farewells.

At the scene where Dahee tearfully reached out her hand towards the gradually fading Summer, the chat window was instantly covered in tears.

“Certainly, the way the NPC reacts like a real user and converses has its charm. Honestly, I also shed a few tears watching this.”

“That’s because Woogi hyung is going through menopause these days…”

“Ahem! Hyung isn’t that old yet.”

“Well, anyway, I admit it’s a god-tier game.”

Rett nodded his head in admiration.

“That’s what I’m saying. The map is also f*cking huge, so exploring it would be fun.”

“Then, well, will there be hidden pieces like in other servers?”

“Yep. There are, apparently. According to the developer, they hid quite a lot of Easter eggs? And Kero actually found a legendary equipment blueprint too.”

“What? Really? Wow~ Kero, you b*stard, that’s amazing. When the server opens, many people will follow Kero around.”

Hidden items, hidden jobs, hidden quests.

If the word ‘hidden’ is attached to the front, it’s a gamer’s characteristic for their eyes to go wide.

Just then, a donation notification rang out unexpectedly.

[Anonymous donor has donated 5,000 won]

[Some streamer found 3 hidden pieces, is that true??]

Woogi unknowingly let out a smirk, “Pik-“.

“Hey, no way. That can’t be true. Kero, the Blockcraft master, barely found one after roaming the map for a whole week.”

“Is it that much?”

“First of all, the map is f*cking huge. We cleared the entire World Tree dungeon and explored some surrounding hunting grounds, and our exploration rate barely exceeded 10%.”

‘Searching every nook and cranny of that vast map is ridiculous,’ Woogi asserted.

“Wow~ It certainly is wide. Still, if you fly hard for a day, you should be able to roughly survey the entire map?”

“No, this, you have to go in and see for yourself…”

Just then, letters began to flood the chat window so quickly that it momentarily lagged.

[-Trailer premiere is up!]

[-Alright, let’s go~~]

[-Trailer ㄱ]

[-Is it up??]

Woogi hastily cut off his words and switched the broadcast screen.

“Let’s watch this first.”

The trailer played exactly at the announced time.

After a short blackout, a single phrase slowly appeared.

[This video was made 100% with in-game play only.]

After that, not only the two but even the chat window fell into perfect silence.

As if frozen, they stared intently at the screen without a word for about ten minutes.

As soon as the trailer finished playing, the two let out the breath they had been holding along with gasps of admiration.

“Hooooooo… Crazy, seriously.”

“No… The beta test was really nothing, was it?”

“If this was officially released, this would have been GOTY this year. For real.”