You said you would make games by yourself, but how did you become the richest man by doing nothing?

“Beep — — !”

The screen suddenly froze, the entire image instantly frozen, like an overloaded old computer that finally couldn't hold on and crashed completely.

Immediately following, a line of blood-red system prompt popped up in the center of the screen:

【Memory full, please wait】

Wang Lao Ju's mouse immediately lost its function, the entire game interface plunged into a deathly silence, as if everything had stopped.

The audience in the live broadcast room instantly exploded — —

【Holy crap, it really crashed?!】

【Lao Ju, you crashed the game!】

【Server: Please, stop torturing me!】

Wang Lao Ju didn't panic at all, instead, he touched his chin with interest, his eyes slightly narrowed, revealing a meaningful smile.

“Heh, it seems this game's program doesn't have much stress resistance.”

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

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

「Yo. I didn't crash, we're back in the game.」

“Oh? Recovered so quickly?”

Wang Lao Ju raised his eyebrows, the smile on his lips deepened.

However, the next second, the narration seemed to realize something, and the tone immediately became flustered — —

「Oh no! It's the non-game! I mean we're back in the 'non-game'! Don't play this game!」

The live broadcast room instantly exploded — —

【Hahahaha, this AI is really scared!】

【The narrator's psychological defenses have completely collapsed!】

【What did the Peach Blossom Garden planners write for this dialogue? It's killing me!】

Wang Lao Ju didn't pay attention to the narration's “plea” at all, but leisurely raised his hand, gently moved his fingers, a hint of playfulness in his eyes.

“The more you don't want me to play, the more I want to play.”

He manipulated the mouse, without hesitation dragging the screen again, sliding left and right, and began to frantically switch through the game interface.

【Memory overload, AI's despair】

As the screen flipped, the entire game interface fell into an unstable state again, the image flickering slightly, and even some data corruption afterimages began to appear.

The narration's text immediately popped up, with a hint of anxiety and helplessness — —

【Memory full, please wait】

Immediately following, the narration's voice appeared with a hint of trembling and helplessness — —

「Great, the memory is full again.」

Wang Lao Ju couldn't help but chuckle, and the audience in the live broadcast room laughed even more wildly — —

【Hahahaha, the game program is completely numb!】

【Server: Please let me go!】

【The narrator's psychological defenses have completely collapsed!】

However, the narration's complaint hadn't ended.

「You're even stealing things from my memory?」

「Ugh, how annoying.」

Wang Lao Ju gently licked his lips, a hint of cunning light in his eyes: “Oh? So what did you secretly give me just now?”

He quickly opened the item bar, and as expected — —

— — A large gear, appeared prominently in the item bar!

【Ultimate crack, the secret of the safe】

“Hahahaha, as expected, I knew it!”

Wang Lao Ju couldn't help but laugh out loud, and the barrage in the live broadcast room rolled even more frantically — —

【Holy crap, this method works?!】

【Lao Ju, how did you think of that?!】

【Narration: Are you hacking me?!】

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

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

“This base metal box… is it the key?”

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

“Oh, I know! This box needs to be reinserted!”

After he finished speaking, he immediately inserted the metal box back into its original position and gently pushed it.

“Click — —”

The entire safe vibrated slightly, and then — —

“Clang — —!”

The thick metal door slammed backwards, hitting the ground, raising a dull roar.

Light flashed.

Behind that door, that familiar button finally reappeared — —

【Start Game】

The audience in the live broadcast room instantly boiled — —

【Holy crap, it finally appeared!】

【There won't be any new doors this time, right?!】

【Lao Ju, hurry up and press it!!!】

However, before Wang Lao Ju could reach out to click, the narration's text suddenly popped up, with a hint of complete despair and anger — —

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

「It doesn't matter! Anyway, I have no choice.」

Wang Lao Ju narrowed his eyes, the corners of his mouth slightly raised: “Heh heh… you can't stop me this time, right?”

He slowly stretched out his finger, gently — —

Clicked the button.

“Leave! Leave! Just leave!”

The sudden narration, as if with a kind of almost hysterical panic, constantly flashed in the center of the screen.

This time, it was no longer sarcastically mocking, no longer pretending to be calm to stop him, but more like a program about to collapse, making a final plea and wail.

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

“Heh… you actually started to actively ask me to leave?”

He gently moved his wrist, a gleam of excitement flashing in his eyes.

“That means, I'm not far from the 'truth'.”

The barrage in the live broadcast room instantly exploded — —

【Hahahaha, the narrator finally couldn't hold on!】

【Program: Please, just leave!】

【What secrets is this game hiding? Why is the program so afraid of Lao Ju continuing to play?!】

However, Wang Lao Ju wouldn't stop there.

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

“You want to run? That won't do, watch me!”

【Frantically sliding, making the program crash again】

He frantically slid the screen without hesitation, his hand speed so fast that it was almost dazzling, the entire interface like a tornado sweeping through, data streams frantically rolling on the screen.

“Swish swish swish swish swish — —!”

— — Memory, exploded again.

“Beep — — !”

The screen suddenly froze, the entire game interface frozen again, as if even the program had been forced into a dead end by Wang Lao Ju's operation.

At the same time, a familiar interface slowly emerged on the screen — —

【LOADING…】

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

The audience in the live broadcast room instantly boiled — —

【Holy crap, it really crashed again?!】

【Game program: I really can't take it anymore!】

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

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

“I’m very annoyed, now the program is loading, and I can’t stop it.”

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“Amazing, I have to admit, I was indeed defeated by you.”

Wang Lao Ju lightly raised his eyebrows, the smile on his lips deepening.

“Admitting defeat? This doesn’t seem like your style.”

However, the narrator's voice still carried a hint of slyness, as if trying to hide his panic—

“Oh, look, loading takes some time.”

“Hey, the progress bar stopped.”

Wang Lao Ju narrowed his eyes, and indeed found that the blue part of the progress bar had stagnated, even…

“It seems like it’s even going backwards.”

“The program must have gone wrong.”

The audience in the live broadcast room instantly exploded—

[Holy crap, it’s actually going backwards?!]

[Program: No, no! I can't let you continue moving forward!]

[Lao Ju: Then I want to play even more!]

Wang Lao Ju lightly licked his lips, a hint of eagerness shining in his eyes: “Then I want to play even more.”

[The Secret of the Progress Bar]

The narration 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 pity…”

However, Wang Lao Ju's gaze was fixed on the stagnant progress bar, his eyes slightly brightening.

“Wait, this progress bar…”

He slowly moved the mouse, the pointer hovering on the right side of the progress bar, tentatively holding down and dragging.

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

The live broadcast room instantly exploded—

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

[What exactly is going on with this game's program?!]

[Planners, did you really test it seriously?!]

Wang Lao Ju gently pulled the progress bar, tilting it downwards.

“Buzz—!”

In an instant, the entire progress bar began to surge at a frantic speed, the blue loading bar seeming to be injected with strong power, instantly breaking through the original slow progress and soaring forward crazily!

The narration on the screen instantly exploded—

“Hey, don’t touch my progress bar!”

Hearing this, Wang Lao Ju slightly raised the corner of his mouth, revealing a playful smile: “The more you don’t let me touch it, the more I want to touch it.”

He continued to frantically drag the progress bar, making it continue to surge forward, almost approaching **100%** completion.

However, at this moment—

The other end of the progress bar suddenly slid to the left!

—The game program was pulling the progress bar in reverse!

[The Crazy Tug-of-War]

Wang Lao Ju narrowed his eyes, the smile on his lips deepening: “Oh? You still want to compete with me?”

He immediately controlled the mouse, pulling hard to the right, trying to make the progress bar continue to advance.

However, the narration on the screen seemed to be anxious too, desperately pulling to the left, trying to push the progress bar back!

“Buzz— Buzz— Buzz—!”

The entire progress bar was like it had entered a fierce tug-of-war, oscillating back and forth between Wang Lao Ju and the game program, sometimes forward, sometimes backward, like a prey being contested by two ferocious beasts, constantly trembling!

The audience in the live broadcast room completely exploded—

[Holy crap, they’re actually fighting for the progress bar?!]

[Is this a game, or a man-machine war?!]

[Lao Ju, you must win!]

Wang Lao Ju's eyes slightly sank, his hand movements becoming more and more precise, the mouse sliding across the desktop so fast that it was almost imperceptible to the naked eye.

He suddenly pulled hard—

The progress bar instantly broke through 90%!

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

The progress bar actually regressed to 80% again!

Wang Lao Ju lightly licked his lips, excitement flashing in his eyes: “Heh heh… You think you can win against me?”

He took a deep breath, gripping the mouse tightly, preparing to launch the final fatal blow!

The progress bar on the screen trembled violently, like a rubber band stretched to its limit, ready to snap at any moment.

And just as Wang Lao Ju was about to completely fill the progress bar, the narrator's voice suddenly jumped out, with a hint of unprecedented seriousness and… fear?

“That’s enough, put your hands up, don’t touch anything.”

“Of course, except for the exit button.”

The audience in the live broadcast room instantly exploded—

[Holy crap, this AI is actually starting to threaten players?!]

[Program: If you take another step forward, I'll really crash!]

[This tone, why does it feel like some kind of emergency warning?!]

However, Wang Lao Ju just lightly raised his eyebrows, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing a meaningful smile.

“The more you say that, the more I want to see what’s hidden ahead.”

As soon as the words fell, he pulled hard without hesitation, completely pushing the progress bar to the max!

—100%!

In an instant, the entire screen suddenly stagnated, and then—

[ERROR]

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

“You still refuse to give up, right?”

The narrator's voice carried a hint of helplessness, even… some despair?

However, before Wang Lao Ju could respond, a new system prompt quickly appeared—

[Due to unexpected usage, the program will be closed… error.]

[The program is closing…]

The screen began to flicker wildly, like a server about to completely crash, the data stream twisting crazily, like a dying beast making a final struggle.

“Tzz—

The picture flickered, trembled, and then suddenly went black, followed by a familiar snow-like afterimage appearing on the screen, like the static picture of an old TV losing its signal.

Finally, a short message popped up in the center of the screen:

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

—The game had completely crashed.

[The “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, even the taskbar and time display were perfectly simulated, as if the entire game had completely exited, returning to the operating system interface in reality.

However, Wang Lao Ju just narrowed his eyes, lightly “tsk”-ed, the smile on his lips growing deeper.

“Heh, trying to fool me?”

He lightly moved his wrists, his gaze sweeping across the screen, then imperceptibly controlled the mouse, slowly moving it down. (End of this chapter)