Chapter 30: Chen Xiao's Plan

The opponent launched a wave of air strikes first, using the Black Hawk fighter of the stick to destroy Knife's electric equipment.

Then the Grizzly, Phantom, and Guangling tanks, along with the infantry, pressed in. The most annoying thing was using a helicopter to transport Tanya to attack and bomb buildings.

Chen Xiao observed the opponent's tactics and deduced that the opponent was a veteran of Red Police, making it likely that Knife would fall prey to this wave.

Since the opponent's four members were focused on attacking Knife, he couldn't handle it alone.

As expected, Knife anxiously exclaimed, "Where are you guys? Why didn't you come to save me!"

One of Daozi's brothers responded, "Brother Dao, how can we save him? There are too many tanks, and we'll be killed if we go."

Remaining composed, Chen Xiao already had more than 20 Apocalypse tanks and countless Magnetic Storm soldiers and Kirovs under his control.

Chen Xiao mobilized the tanks and launched an attack on Curly's base.

Curly was caught off guard and exclaimed, "What's going on?"

He was shocked to see his base being bombarded by Chen Xiao's tanks and Kirovs, with even the walls being blown up.

The Curly hair group couldn't react in time, and their remaining bases were also wiped out.

Daozi laughed heartily and patted the table, "Alright! I won, I won! Brother, you are amazing!"

Victory felt cooler to Knife than making money!

"No need to play anymore, the other party is defeated, let's go and check out."

After everyone left, Knife approached Chen Xiao and asked, "What tactic did you use? How did you get so many tanks?"

Chen Xiao laughed but didn't explain.

"No, I want to treat you to dinner today. Comrades-in-arms for a day, lifelong friends." Daozi was straightforward and invited Chen Xiao and a few friends for noodles and soda.

That's how it was in internet cafes. The more skilled you were, the more respect you earned. It had nothing to do with grades or family background.

When leaving, the two sides agreed to have a rematch in the future.

When Chen Xiao returned home, he immediately immersed himself in his room, turned on the computer, and created a few more plugins.

In addition to Red Alert, he also made plugins for other popular games such as Three Kingdoms Heroes, Age of Empires, and Half-Life.

Mostly written in C language, Half-Life used C++ for script writing.

Making money by selling cheats?

No, no, no!

That was out of the question.

Though cheating was not illegal in this era, it was unrealistic to make money from selling cheats.

Chen Xiao also changed his mind about making money by selling plugins.

Who were the people frequenting the dark internet cafes in this era?

They were either unemployed social youths or financially-struggling students.

It was fine to let them use the plugins, but having them pay for it? That was ridiculous.

Chen Xiao was a student, and he couldn't afford to buy plugins either.

But plugins had an irresistible allure to these people. In real life, they might have failed, but who wouldn't want to be a hero in the virtual world?

They would willingly use the plugins.

During the next weekend, Chen Xiao spent a day building a website.

Chen Xiao uploaded the finished plugins to the website, along with instructions on how to use them.

Around 2000, the internet society started booming. Next month, Baidu would be established, and after OICQ changed its name to QQ, it would experience a surge in popularity. Blockbuster online games like Legend, Miracle, Legend of Jin Yong Heroes, Stone Age, and Magic Baby would explode in popularity in the next year or two, and web traffic would become monetizable.

Chen Xiao didn't need to make money at the moment, but he wanted to sow the seeds.

A website needed a server.

Nowadays, servers cost tens of thousands of yuan each, which Chen Xiao couldn't afford.

Since he couldn't buy one, he could rent it.

Chen Xiao asked the head teacher for leave, claiming that he wasn't feeling well and would study at home for a week. In reality, he went to Jiangzhou, the provincial capital, to find an internet company in Computercheng and rented a server for 200 yuan per month.

He had made some money helping Deng Chao and others with their lessons, and after deducting his living expenses, he had 200 yuan left.

On Thursday, Chen Xiao's Xunxia website went live with the domain name 11181.

Numbers were easy to remember.

The website's content consisted of two parts. The first part included download packages of regular popular games.

Game piracy was rampant in this era, and it wasn't considered a crime.

The second part offered modifiers for various games.

On Friday afternoon, when Chen Xiao excelled in killing the enemy more than ten times in a row in Half-Life's warehouse, everyone in the black internet cafe was astonished, praising Chen Xiao as a sniper.

As Chen Xiao left, he deliberately didn't turn off the computer and left the 11181 website open.

"Brother Dao, I'm leaving first. You guys can continue playing."

Brother Dao tossed a bottle of Coke to Chen Xiao and said, "Come back tomorrow. We'll team up for Red Police."

High school student Huang Tao saw Chen Xiao dominate the game, getting headshot after headshot, and couldn't help being curious.

He noticed the website and paused for a few seconds.

Half-Life Modifier?

Huang Tao carefully read the modifier's description.

"Partition perspective, sight tracking... Damn!"

Huang Tao's heart raced as he clicked to download the modifier and ran it.

It worked!

He could see the enemy figures through partition walls, and the sight automatically tracked.

The B51 (M249) that Huang Tao bought could shoot through walls, and he pulled the trigger, headshotting the enemy.

Bang!

Headshot!

"Amazing! Who exploded that?"

Huang Tao was filled with a sense of accomplishment.

After two hours, Huang Tao became the top killer and turned into a sniper.

As he left the internet cafe, Huang Tao took note of the website's name—11181. UU reading www.uukanshu.com

On Saturdays and Sundays, Chen Xiao didn't go to internet cafes. He kept a close eye on the data in the backend of 11181.

The speed at which information spread among students in internet cafes was unimaginable, and the allure of games to students was undeniable.

Chen Xiao watched as the page views rose from single digits to over 3,000.

The total number of downloads for various modifiers exceeded 1,000.

"Damn!" Chen Xiao couldn't help exclaiming at these staggering numbers.

In just a few days, the data was remarkable.

This proved that the knowledge of cheats wasn't limited to the few black internet cafes Chen Xiao frequented. The information had begun to spread throughout Jiangcheng.

Chen Xiao had underestimated the power of the internet in this era.

[Influence +10, cumulative influence 46]

However, the increase in influence wasn't significant. Was it because the internet would weaken the influence?

He didn't care.

Chen Xiao was satisfied with the website. When the traffic increased, and the daily page views exceeded 10,000, it would start generating profits.

To achieve this goal, Chen Xiao set a small limit on all the plugins.

All plugins could only be used for one day. If users wanted to continue using them the next day, they had to log in to the website to obtain the verification code on the designated webpage.

After completing all of this, it was already two in the morning.

Chen Xiao, who was already going through puberty and had a stable sex life in his previous life, couldn't suppress his desires.

He searched the internet but couldn't find anything familiar.

"What a troublesome time!"

Chen Xiao had no choice but to settle for a poster of a certain actress and make do with it.