"The Demon Race..." Lin Wan slowly read out the race indication in the upper left corner of the character.
"This is just too much of a coincidence. There's no way this isn't rigged!" she said with a helpless look on her face. How could two people both happen to draw the hidden races? It must be rigged!
Lu Zhihang, however, laughed and softly responded with an "Mhm".
"Let's go. Let's play and see first," Lu Zhihang said in a low voice as he was the first to snap out of the character selection.
Lin Wan nodded and started the game.
She soon discovered that this hidden class had a restriction: one couldn't choose dark - themed classes like assassins.
Since the Angel lineage of the Divine Race was a symbol of holiness, the available classes were all holy, such as healers, paladins, and holy swordsmen. Every class name started with "holy". Lin Wan, who originally wanted to play an assassin as she did in Divine Martial Chronicles, was clearly being too optimistic. In the end, she could only choose a long - range mage class with healer capabilities.
Then she turned to look at Lu Zhihang...
Damn it!
The crimson blades in the character on his computer were swirling around like red threads, looking incredibly cool. Lin Wan was so captivated that she could hardly take her eyes off.
Lu Zhihang quickly noticed Lin Wan's gaze. With a quirk of his lips, he said half - amused, "Like it?"
"I do," Lin Wan nodded straightforwardly, her eyes shining as she looked at Lu Zhihang.
Lu Zhihang: "..."
"Move aside. I want to play yours," Lin Wan couldn't hold back her excitement any longer and quickly reached out to push Lu Zhihang away.
Lu Zhihang: "..."
This was simply a classic case of "the game is more important than the husband"! QAQ!
Helplessly, Lu Zhihang had to sit in Lin Wan's seat. Looking at the beautifully dressed and holy angel gently floating in the air, he suddenly felt a bit speechless, especially seeing how much Lin Wan loved his character. This feeling became even clearer.
"Wanwan, you've been playing my character for two hours..."
"Wanwan, it's already been a day. Why are you still hogging my computer? Is this character really that good? Better than me?"
"Wanwan... forget it. It's already been a week anyway. You can keep playing. I won't say anything anymore."
...
As mentioned above, during the entire one - month internal testing, Lin Wan and Lu Zhihang kept swapping characters to play. By the end, Lu Zhihang hadn't touched his own character except when he first created it.
When the internal testing ended, Lin Wan still seemed reluctant to stop. She looked at her Demon Race character with a hint of longing.
Lu Zhihang: "..."
Not long after they returned their character accounts, they received another invitation from the game company. This time, it was for the game's press conference, and they were invited as special guests.
"Can I still play that character?" This was Lin Wan's first question when she saw the invitation.
Lu Zhihang had a look of annoyance on his face: "Baby, that character is mine."
"Oh, okay. Can I still play your character?" Lin Wan nodded repeatedly.
Lu Zhihang: "..."
What could he do? Of course, he had to spoil her!
Three days later, they appeared in the central office of the game company in the capital. The game's chief planner personally received them.
"We're planning to show a game video of the two of you playing together later. Is that okay?" the planner said very amiably and kindly to them.
Lu Zhihang nodded in agreement.
"Also, we might invite the two of you to come on stage and play the game for a while. Is that all right too?" the chief planner continued.
Lin Wan's eyes lit up. Lu Zhihang nodded helplessly: "Sure."
Then, the game's press conference soon started. They were led by the staff to sit in the first row.
The press conference kicked off with their game video. When the black shadow appeared on the screen like a ghost, Lin Wan's eyes instantly brightened. Lu Zhihang wished he could reach out and cover his wife's eyes. He was so jealous of the character on the screen.
The black shadow, surrounded by countless red - lined blades, was flying in the air. Wherever it passed, nothing survived. Then, a white shadow quickly followed behind the black one. Golden glitter was scattered all the way, and the land instantly regained its vitality.
The people at the press conference all let out exclamations.
Although there had been such concepts before, not many companies had fully realized them because it was too troublesome, and many people were reluctant to do it.
The black and white figures soon stopped in a dry volcanic area, and people could finally see the two characters clearly. Another round of exclamations erupted.
The black figure was undoubtedly Lu Zhihang's Demon Race character, Lin Shen Jian Lu, and the white figure was Lin Wan's Divine Race character, Long Yan Ji Xu. They stopped on the dry and cracked ground. The Divine Race character gently flapped her wings and floated in the low air. The glitter restored a small area of the ground to life, but the harsh environment soon burned it all again, repeating this cycle.
After a huge roar, a stone giant made of molten rock appeared in front of them.
Without any communication, the Demon Race character turned into a black light and instantly appeared behind the stone giant. The red threads flew and penetrated through. The Demon Race character was so agile that it hardly got touched by the stone giant. Not far away, the Divine Race character didn't hesitate at all. Holy light was summoned from the horizon and turned into a white - hot ball of light that landed within a fifty - yard radius centered on the stone giant. While the white light brought vitality, it also reduced the stone giant's HP.
Everything was so smooth. In less than five minutes, they knocked the stone giant to the ground.
The video ended, and the logo of the Holy Alliance appeared on the screen. Thunderous applause erupted from the audience.
The chief planner took the stage to give a speech. Then he looked at Lin Wan and Lu Zhihang with a smile: "I believe everyone has seen the character IDs in the game video just now. If you've played Divine Martial Chronicles, you should be very familiar with these two. We're very lucky to have invited them as special guests to demonstrate the game's operations and gameplay for everyone."
As soon as he said this, Lin Wan instantly got excited. A faint smile appeared on Lu Zhihang's lips.
"Let's welcome Mr. Lin Shen Jian Lu and Miss Long Yan Ji Xu to come on stage and share their views on this game."
Applause rang out. Lu Zhihang and Lin Wan stood up from their seats. Lin Wan was a bit nervous as it was her first time on stage. Lu Zhihang tightly held her hand and whispered words of comfort in her ear. When they stood on the stage, there was an uproar in the player invitation area. The same was true for the live - stream room.
Everyone seemed to go crazy when they saw these two. They looked completely stunned.