Chapter 173: Chapter 173 – Floor Is Lava [1]

All preparations were finished beforehand. The base game they talked about had already been installed in their VR capsules.

One game named Floor Is Lava (temporary) was in the library. There was no other game besides that, as the VR capsule was only used for entering this Lobby and specialized for the Biozone Monthly Segment.

The three of them entered the game. Max appeared first, as he was the first to press play. He appeared on top of a volcanic mountain, on a platform that was safe from the lava on the ground. The platforms extended to the mountain's base, with stairs and moving obstacles on the way.

While it was night, the fire that spewed out from left and right of the platform lit the area.

The path reminded him of a mountain bike trail. At the same time, it also excited him because it was similar to the world's largest parkour course in Tianmen Mountain, China, in his past life.

'It's really similar, save the moving obstacles. But... Are the players supposed to run together on one platform?'

As he thought that, Flexy and Evelyn appeared beside him. They wore similar clothing as he wore when he entered this game: a black bodysuit with glowing lines around their bodies, gloves, and shoes. The colors of the lines were different. It was blue for him, orange for Flexy, and white for Evelyn.

"Oooh!"

When they were fully immersed and regained their sight, Evelyn exclaimed in surprise.

"We're on a volcanic mountain! Woah, the lava is spewing out from the ground. It's scary but beautiful!"

— This is still a test game?

— Holy shi, the scenery is pretty cool!

— For an alpha stage game, this is beautiful

— The developer isn't playing around in this game!

— I will put this game on a wishlist! But the name sucks!

— Floor Is Lava lol, it's not creative at all

The chat expressed their amazement over the game's quality and their disappointment for the game's name.

Max had to agree with them. The name was just not creative!

Still, the game itself had potential. He looked at Evelyn and asked.

"Miss Evelyn, can you please explain the rules of this game to us? Right now, I am pretty clueless."

"Of course! That's my job here." She answered energetically, looking at the camera. "This game is based on a movement game. First of all is the winning condition, which is pretty simple. Whoever reaches the base first wins the game. Also, there is a special rule that this game has on top of how to win."

Evelyn paused slightly to get the viewers' attention. Then, she continued.

"The participants... Or rather, the players could do anything as long as they reach the finish. Meaning, you can push your competitors!"

That got Max's full attention. He looked at Evelyn, who smiled widely, with wide eyes.

'Can we push our competitors down?' He thought as he looked at Flexy. His friend also looked back at him with a grin.

— Your arrogance will bite you back, Flexy!

Reading the chat from the corner of his eyes, Max knew that he couldn't refuse this. Everyone looked excited to see this bet.

Besides, it was on the line of what they planned to do at the start—having fun in the podcast. However... He wouldn't want to go down by himself.

"Fine. We will do the race and the bet." He answered with a confident smile. Then, he turned to Evelyn. "Also...I believe Miss Evelyn will also join this challenge. As you said before, you're also joining this game, right?"

"Eh?"

"That's a matter of course." Flexy nodded, turning to the beautiful host. "And, of course, the loser will act like a cat. That will include you too, Miss Evelyn."

"Huh? W-Wait, I can't do that. I am the host–"

"What do you think, everyone?" Max interrupted her and asked the chat and the viewers in the stadium. "Do you want to watch Miss Evelyn join our little bet?"

— Mommy Evelyn in cat ears?!!

— BREEZE, YOU DA MAN!

— HE'S THE MAN!

— My respect for you grows, Breeze... I will donate 50,000 diamonds if you are able to make Mommy Evelyn lose.

— CAT Evelyn... I can't. I want to see it!

— JOIN JOIN JOIN!

— JOIN!

— You must join, Evelyn!

— Yes, she can join!

The chat began to chant 'join' at the same time. They apparently wouldn't take no.

Max looked at the beautiful host and smirked. "Heh."

Evelyn grounded her teeth. To think that someone like her would fall into such a trap. She wanted to make this interesting, but she got roped into it.

Right now, the two streamers in front of her looked like laughing monsters. Their figures literally screamed that they were her nemesis. She felt like she could see devil horns on their heads.

She looked at the screen that showed the production crew asking for help. But Johnson only raised his thumb, allowing her to join the bet. He conjured a hologram screen with words, 'Good going. The viewers love it,' in front of him.

'Both of them must've had planned this!' She screamed in her mind after realizing no one could help her. 'I will ask for extra pay. Ugh... To think that I would be trapped... It's not like me at all.'

Of course, she didn't know that Max only wanted to pull her in because he didn't want to take a risk against the crafty Flexy. Besides, he didn't want to let her go after she proceeded with the bet without waiting for his answer first.

'This is going good.' He chuckled evilly. 'I can 100% guarantee my win now.'