You said you were going to make games, how did you become the richest man without doing anything?

"drop--!"

The screen suddenly froze, and the entire picture froze instantly, like an old overloaded computer that finally couldn't hold on and was completely stuck.

Immediately afterwards, a blood-red system prompt popped up in the center of the screen:
[Memory is full, please wait]

Wang Laoju's mouse suddenly became useless, and the entire game interface fell into silence, as if everything had come to a standstill.

The audience in the live broadcast room instantly exploded——

[Holy crap, it's really stuck?!]

[Laoju, you ruined the game! ]

[Server: Please, stop torturing me! ]

Wang Laoju was not panicked at all. Instead, he touched his chin with interest, narrowed his eyes slightly, and showed a meaningful smile.

"Heh, it seems this game's program isn't very resilient to pressure."

He didn't move the mouse, but waited quietly for the game's response.

About five seconds later, the screen suddenly flickered, and then a familiar line of narration slowly appeared -

"Phew. I'm not broken. We're back in the game."

"Oh? You recovered so quickly?"

Wang Laoju raised his eyebrows and the smile on his lips deepened.

However, the next second, the narrator seemed to realize something, and his tone immediately became panicked.

"Oh no! Non-game! I mean we're back to 'non-game'! You don't play this game!"

The live broadcast room exploded instantly——

[Hahahaha, this AI is really scared! ]

[The narrator's psychological defenses have completely collapsed! ]

[How on earth did the planners of Taoyuan Township write this dialogue? It made me laugh to death!]

Wang Laoju ignored the narrator's "plea" and just raised his hand slowly, gently moved his fingers, with a hint of teasing in his eyes.

"The more you don't let me play, the more I want to play."

He controlled the mouse and dragged the screen again without hesitation, sliding left and right, and began to switch frantically in the game interface.

[Memory overload, AI's despair]

As the screen flipped, the entire game interface fell into an unstable state again. The picture flickered slightly, and even some afterimages of disordered data began to appear.

The narration immediately jumped out, with a hint of anxiety and helplessness——

"Don't do that again, okay?"

Wang Laoju: "No, I think this is fun."

The corners of his mouth rose slightly, and he continued to slide the interface frantically.

"Swish-swish-swish-"

With frequent switching, the screen freezes more and more seriously, and even begins to go black temporarily, as if it will completely collapse at any time.

Finally, a blood-red prompt popped up on the screen again—

[Memory is full, please wait]

Then, the narrator's voice emerged faintly with a hint of trembling and helplessness -

"Good job, the memory is full again."

Wang Laoju couldn't help but chuckle, and the audience in the live broadcast room laughed like crazy.

[Hahahaha, the game program is completely numb! ]

【Server: Please let me go! 】

[The narrator's psychological defenses have completely collapsed! ]

However, the narrator's complaints are not over yet.

"Are you still stealing from my memory?"

"Ah, that's annoying."

Wang Laoju licked her lips lightly, a sly glint in her eyes: "Oh? So what did you secretly give me just now?"

He quickly opened the inventory, and sure enough—

——A big gear suddenly appeared in the props bar!

【Ultimate crack, the secret of the safe】

"Hahahaha, as expected, I knew it!"

Wang Laoju couldn't help but burst out laughing, and the comments in the live broadcast room were rolling crazily -

[Fuck, this method works?!]

[Lao Ju, how did you come up with this?!]

[Narrator: Are you hacking me?!]

However, Wang Laoju's attention was completely focused on the safe in front of him.

The heavy metal door was still closed, but at its base, there was an obvious metal box, like some kind of detachable device.

"Is this metal box on the base... the key?"

He manipulated the mouse, observed carefully, and then suddenly slapped his thigh, suddenly realizing -

"Oh, I see! This box needs to be stuffed back in!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he inserted the metal box back into place and pushed it gently.

"Click——"

The entire safe shook slightly, and then—

"Clang-!"

The heavy metal door slammed back, hitting the ground with a dull roar.

A flash of light.

Behind that door, that familiar button finally appeared again—

【Start game】

The audience in the live broadcast room was instantly excited——

【Fuck, it finally appeared! 】

[There won't be any new doors this time, right?!]

[Lao Ju, press it quickly! ! ]

However, before Wang Laoju could reach out and click, the narration suddenly jumped out, with a hint of utter despair and anger——

"Damn it! I don't have anything to help me!"

"It doesn't matter! I don't have a choice anyway."

Wang Laoju narrowed her eyes, and the corners of her mouth curled up slightly: "Haha... You can't stop me this time, right?"

He slowly extended his fingers and gently—

The button was clicked.

"Go! Go! Go!"

The sudden narration, as if with an almost hysterical panic, kept flashing in the center of the screen.

This time, it was no longer sarcastic, nor was it trying to block with pretended calmness. Instead, it was like a program that was about to collapse, making its final plea for mercy and wailing.

Wang Laoju raised his hand, rubbed his chin gently, and raised the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a malicious smile.

"Heh...you're actually starting to let me go?"

He moved his wrist slightly, his eyes gleaming with excitement.

"That means I'm not far from the 'truth'."

The barrage in the live broadcast room exploded instantly——

【Hahahaha, the narrator finally couldn't stand it anymore! 】

[Program: Please, go! ]

What secrets does this game hold? Why is the program so afraid of Lao Ju continuing to play?!

However, Wang Laoju will not stop there.

He narrowed his eyes, licked his lips gently, and the smile on the corners of his mouth deepened.

"You want to run? No way, watch me!"

[Swiping crazily, causing the program to crash again]

He swiped the screen frantically without hesitation, his hand speed was almost dizzying. The entire interface seemed to be swept by a tornado, and the data stream rolled wildly on the screen.

"Swish, swish, swish -!"

——The memory was blown up again.

"Ding!" The screen suddenly froze, and the entire game interface froze again, as if even the program was forced into a dead end by Wang Laoju's operation.

At the same time, a familiar interface slowly emerged in the center of the screen—

【LOADING……】

A loading progress bar slowly appeared on the screen. The blue progress bar crawled forward at an extremely slow speed, like an old computer that was about to be scrapped, struggling to restart.

The audience in the live broadcast room was instantly excited——

[Holy crap, it's really stuck again?!]

[Game Program: I really can’t stand it anymore! ]

[Planner: Did we really consider that someone would play to this point?!]

However, the narrator on the screen was still making his final struggle, with a hint of unwillingness.

"I'm so upset. The program is loading and I can't stop it."

"You're amazing! I have to admit, you really defeated me."

Wang Laoju raised his eyebrows slightly, and the smile on his lips deepened a little.

"Admitting defeat? That's not like you."

However, the narrator's voice still had a hint of cunning, as if trying to hide his panic.

"Oh, look, this is going to take a while to load."

"Hey, the progress bar is stuck."

Wang Laoju narrowed her eyes and found that the blue part of the progress bar had indeed stagnated, and even...

"It even looks like it's going backwards."

"There must be something wrong with the program."

The audience in the live broadcast room exploded instantly——

[Holy crap, we're actually going backwards?!]

[Program: No, no! I can't let you go any further!]

【Lao Ju: Then I want to play even more! 】

Wang Laoju licked her lips lightly, her eyes showing a hint of eagerness: "Then I want to play even more."

The Secret of the Progress Bar

The narrator on the screen still tried to stop him, with a hint of impatience and panic in his tone——

"I'm telling you, it won't work!"

"What a shame..."

However, Wang Laoju's eyes were fixed on the stagnant progress bar, and his eyes lit up slightly.

"Wait, this progress bar..."

He slowly moved the mouse, the pointer hovering over the right side of the progress bar, and tentatively pressed and dragged it.

——The angle of the progress bar can actually be tilted!

The live broadcast room exploded instantly——

[Holy crap, this progress bar can actually move?!]

What the hell is going on with this game's programming?!

[Planners, have you really conducted serious testing?!]

Wang Laoju gently pulled the progress bar, causing it to tilt downward.

"Om-!"

In an instant, the entire progress bar began to skyrocket at a crazy speed. The blue loading bar seemed to be injected with powerful power. It broke through the originally slow progress in an instant and soared forward crazily!
The narration on the screen exploded instantly——

"Hey, don't touch my progress bar!"

Hearing this, Wang Laoju raised the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a playful smile: "The more you don't let me touch you, the more I want to touch you."

He continued to frantically drag the progress bar, causing it to surge forward until it was almost 100% complete.

However, at this moment——

The other end of the progress bar suddenly slid to the left!
——The game program is pulling the progress bar in reverse!
【Crazy tug-of-war】

Wang Laoju narrowed her eyes, and the smile on her lips deepened: "Oh? You still want to compete with me?"

He immediately controlled the mouse and pulled it hard to the right, trying to make the progress bar continue to move forward.

However, the narrator on the screen seemed to be getting anxious, and pulled it to the left desperately, trying to rewind the progress bar!

“Buzz—buzz—buzz—!”

The entire progress bar seemed to have entered a fierce tug-of-war, oscillating back and forth between Wang Laoju and the game program, sometimes forward, sometimes backward, like a prey being fought over by two beasts, shaking constantly!

The audience in the live broadcast room completely exploded——

[Fuck, they're actually grabbing the progress bar?!]

[Is this a game, or a man vs. machine battle?!]

【Lao Ju, you must win! 】

Wang Laoju's eyes darkened slightly, and his hands moved more and more precisely. The mouse slid across the desktop so fast that it was almost difficult to capture with the naked eye.

He pulled hard—

The progress bar instantly exceeded 90%!

However, at the last moment, the game program desperately pulled back to the left.

The progress bar actually went back to 80% again!

Wang Laoju licked her lips lightly, her eyes gleaming with excitement: "Haha... Do you think you can beat me?"

He took a deep breath, gripped the mouse tightly, and prepared to launch the final fatal blow!
The progress bar on the screen was shaking violently, like a rubber band stretched to its limit, ready to break at any moment.

And just when Wang Laoju was about to fill up the progress bar, the narrator's voice suddenly jumped out, with an unprecedented seriousness and... fear?
"That's enough. Put your hands up and don't touch anything."

"Except the Escape button, of course."

The audience in the live broadcast room exploded instantly——

[Holy crap, this AI is actually starting to intimidate the player?!]

[Program: If you take one more step forward, I will really collapse! ]

[Why does this tone sound like some kind of urgent warning?!]

However, Wang Laoju just raised his eyebrows slightly, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, revealing a meaningful smile.

"The more you say that, the more I want to see what's hidden up ahead."

As soon as he finished speaking, he pulled it hard without hesitation, pushing the progress bar to the maximum!

- 100%!

In an instant, the entire screen froze, and then—

【ERROR】

In the center of the screen, a bright red error message suddenly popped up. The font was distorted and chaotic, like some kind of system-level crash warning.

"You still won't give up, huh?"

The narrator's voice carried a hint of helplessness, even... a bit of despair?
However, before Wang Laoju could respond, a new system prompt quickly appeared -

[Due to unexpected use, the program will be closed...Error.]

[The program is closing...]

The image on the screen began to flicker wildly, like a server about to collapse completely. The data flow was wildly distorted, like a dying beast making its last struggle.

"Zi-"

The picture flickered and shook, then suddenly went black. Then, a familiar image of snowflakes appeared on the screen, like the static picture after an old TV lost its signal.

Finally, a brief prompt popped up in the center of the screen:

[The program has exited unexpectedly, please restart the machine. ]

——The game completely collapsed.

"Fake" desktop

However, just when the audience in the live broadcast room thought the game was really over——

The screen suddenly flashed, and a brand new interface slowly emerged.

——It was a desktop similar to a computer operating system.

Familiar folders, neatly arranged icons, and even the taskbar and time display are perfectly simulated, as if the entire game has been completely exited and returned to the real operating system interface.

However, Wang Laoju just narrowed his eyes, made a soft "tsk" sound, and the smile on the corner of his mouth became deeper.

"Oh, you want to trick me?"

He gently moved his wrist, glanced around the screen, and then calmly manipulated the mouse, slowly moving it downwards. (End of this chapter)