Chapter 159: Great Success!
Chapter 159: Great Success!
Episode 8.
Rebecca approached David and said, "Um… David."
"Hmm?"
David looked at her.
"Don't use cyberware for now."
Rebecca smiled and demonstrated a powerful pose with her exaggerated blue and red cybernetic arms in front of David.
"I've got your back!"
...
The final episode.
David stood atop the highest point of the Arasaka Tower, looking down at the opulent skyscraper. A vision of his mother, Gloria, appeared before him.
"Mom... look, I'm standing at the top of the Arasaka Tower."
...
"David! David!"
David was hit by a grenade fired by Adam Smasher, crashing through the air and losing consciousness.
Lucy repeatedly shouted David's name, trying to wake him up.
"David! Come back!"
Lucy cradled David's head, merging the distorted, overlapping images of David's face together.
Finally, David was brought back to consciousness.
"This is the only way I can protect you in this city. I couldn't protect Mom and Mann, but I want to protect you in the end."
"But I don't want you to protect me. I don't want you to die. Just stay alive."
"I'm fine with it."
"I have very little time left. I want to help you achieve your dream!"
"That's my dream too. As long as I can help you achieve it, losing everything is worth it."
The two shared their deep feelings high above the ground.
...
Next, Rebecca was turned into minced meat by Adam Smasher. David entrusted Lucy to Faraday and plunged into a fierce battle with Adam Smasher.
To the backdrop of "I Really Want To Stay At Your House," the protagonist David met his final tragic end...
Liao Zijun was left speechless, as if his throat were filled with countless shards of glass. Gloria, Pila, Doriu, Mann, Qiwei, Rebecca, and even the protagonist David...
All had perished.
Yet, the most painful part wasn't the deaths of these familiar characters.
In the end, Liao Zijun watched as Lucy embarked on a journey to the moon alone.
On the desolate moon, David's apparition appeared before Lucy once more, smiling brightly.
Lucy also smiled with joy, but at that moment...
The background music "I Really Want To Stay At Your House" played again, and David vanished.
Liao Zijun could no longer hold back. Tears streamed down his face uncontrollably.
He felt terrible, and after watching "Edge Walkers," he had no appetite for food.
His takeout, barely touched, had long gone cold after more than three hours of "Edge Walkers."
His mind was completely occupied by the memorable plot of "Edge Walkers," with no regret for the cold food.
Suddenly, Liao Zijun gritted his teeth and shouted, "Adam Smasher—!"
...
There was no doubt that "Edge Walkers" was a tremendous success following its broadcast.
Given that cyberpunk themes were already quite common in the previous world, "Edge Walkers" achieving great success there was a testament to its high quality.
In this world, where cyberpunk was entirely new, it was even more explosive.
The impact of the anime was profound. Even though the "Edge Walkers" manga had already achieved success, most people were still unaware of it.
A manga could only truly become a hit and gain widespread recognition through successful anime adaptation.
Now, with "Edge Walkers" airing, it had achieved a 4.5% viewership rating, and the "Cilicili Bullet Screen Network" reported a staggering 3 million views.
While not all of these were unique paying users due to some repeat views, it still indicated that "Edge Walkers" was a massive success!
Additionally, the rapid release of all ten episodes on the Cilicili site attracted many ACG culture enthusiasts.
Besides "Edge Walkers," they also explored other content on the site.
Initially, many viewers disliked the video bullet comments feature, finding it distracting and obstructive.
However, some soon discovered that the interaction through bullet comments was unexpectedly... interesting?
For example, during the famous scene where Mann says, "David, run!" the screen was filled with repeated comments of this line, providing a surprisingly satisfying experience.
What they didn't know was that the bullet comments for "Edge Walkers" were "faked" by Lin Qingshan.
[Translator: sauron]
Given that bullet comments were new, most people didn't know how to use them or how to send them.
So, Lin Qingshan used his memories from the previous world to have Gu Qianli and the team simulate these "lively" comments on the backend.
It turned out that this helped people learn how to use bullet comments.
Of course, any comments that violated bullet comment etiquette were removed by Gu Qianli's team on the backend.
Nevertheless, bullet comment culture became popular.
After all, this was a well-established model from the previous world!
In simple terms, bullet comments gave viewers a sense of "real-time interaction."
Although the timing of different comments varied, they appeared at specific points in the video, creating an illusion of simultaneous commenting on the same theme.
Compared to traditional video comment sections, which were separate from the video and focused more on the overall content, bullet comments offered a sense of interactive discussion with others while watching.
People are social animals, and most enjoy lively interactions.
Though a few may prefer less interaction, the majority found it appealing.
Thus, the bullet comment interaction became very popular.
Otherwise, Liao Zijun's uncle wouldn't have made so much money from it in the previous world!
Gradually, the Cilicili Bullet Screen Network model was accepted by first-time visitors to the site.
C Station also began to gain popularity!
(The End of This Chapter)