Good grief, these two sneaky bastards can't stop cheating, each one more shameless than the other. Feng Yi couldn't stand it any longer. He decided to say something and suggested, "If you keep playing like this, it'll never end. Why don't we change the game to a Friendly Fire System?"

"What's the Friendly Fire System?"

"It's quite easy to understand."

Feng Yi explained to Allen that the so-called Friendly Fire means that bullets fired by teammates can also hit each other. If someone gets hit, it's considered a character death. This not only effectively increases the game difficulty but also adds a lot of fun. Since the condition of not killing anyone with a shot applies throughout, it's really challenging to meet the Friendly Fire condition, because while your bullets are not too hard to dodge, they might hit an enemy that appears out of nowhere. So any mistake could lead to a game failure.

This...

Allen lowered his head and thought briefly. He hadn't encountered the Friendly Fire System before, and presumably, neither had the other side, making it still fair. Plus, with his skills, he couldn't possibly lose to this newbie, so he added one more condition.

"The Friendly Fire System is good, but I have a better suggestion."

"What suggestion?"

"Characters can't overlap."

"What do you mean?"

Allen explained that this was also straightforward; similar to a rear-end collision, characters moving around would be restricted from touching each other, and whoever touched someone else is considered out.

Feng Yi nodded, "Eggy, do you have any objections?"

"This is fun, I have no objections."

So, the group reached a consensus and added two more rules to the original no-kill shooting condition, creating a super-duper hell difficulty version of Contra. To make the Friendly Fire System more realistic, Eggy even tweaked some basic parameters in the original cartridge.

With thrilling music kicking off, the two warriors jumped into the battleground one after another.

As 2P, the character's initial position in the game was slightly behind the 1P character, so the moment the game started, Eggy could open fire on 1P.

It turned out that this little rascal really did just that; moreover, it was shooting while jumping, considering the enemy soldiers that might appear ahead at any time and Allen's technique. In fact, this sort of bullet barrage was more effective.

Unexpectedly, Allen chose to backtrack immediately. He figured that Eggy might start with a sucker punch from behind, hence 1P Allen chose to backtrack, perfectly dodging the 2P bullets.

As the saying goes, if someone gives you a punch, you must return it; the moment Eggy landed, Allen performed an instant jump in place and counterattacked with a tit-for-tat move, trying to block Eggy's path forward.

However, at this time, Eggy didn't move forward but stood still. It wasn't until Allen's leaping form was about to overlap with 2P at the last moment that he realized their positions were about to overlap.

Oh no! Bad move! This is gonna be a disaster!

In a hurry, Allen quickly jiggled the controller, making 1P showcase perfect muscular flexibility, doing something unbelievable in mid-air—a detour ignoring physical inertia, narrowly avoiding character overlap.

Even Feng Yi on the side broke into a cold sweat. Even if Allen hadn't hit Eggy just then, touching 2P would have meant game over. Who'd have thought this little punk was actually trying to scam!

Feng Yi had a mind to urge these grandmasters, hurry up and move forward instead of endlessly circling around doing nothing worth a damn. But he opened his mouth, yet didn't utter a word, after all, these two cheats were beyond ordinary people; any move mistake, getting thoughts distracted due to his talking, and causing operation misjudgment blamed on him would be terrible. They were definitely capable of pulling that.

So Feng Yi decided to keep quiet and continue watching; alas these two just played the same set repeatedly, making each other sick, taunting and one-upping. After half an hour, Feng Yi gave up and finally decided to go out for a breath of fresh air...

Have to admit the air of Mardis is still good, with PH levels comparable almost to Earth's 1990s, a casual stroll and checking out babes would quickly kill a day. Of course, Feng Yi didn't forget to observe Feng Luo and Feng Wu in the dark. Since they were still in training, Feng Yi chose not to interrupt them out of convenience.

Returning to the cabin at night, Feng Yi was surprised to find these two knuckles still at it, but the scene had frozen.

The first level of Contra has a water area; somehow by nightfall, Eggy had already entered the water, and of course, Allen was soaking too...

The only difference was Eggy decided to stay underwater without surfacing, while Allen was "waiting by the tree," staying in place. The character was right in Eggy's diving zone; if it dared to surface, it'd be flagged instantly by the system as a loss, leading to game failure.

At this moment, Feng Yi was stunned. Even with his endurance, waiting around all day was impossible. In fact, he didn't have that much patience. Who would've thought these two jerks were not only sneaky and shameless but also unrivaled in their ability to squat like this?

As a result, these two hustlers busied themselves for half a day and then sat in squatting positions, while in reality, they were enthusiastically spitting rhetoric with each other.

Eggy declared Allen was bound to lose, proposing the ten wins ten losses theory, audaciously saying how Allen was foolish, Allen lacked wisdom, and Allen only knew to guard and wait.

In the face of Eggy's continuous verbal assault, Allen remained unmoved like a mountain, with a demeanor more serene than Buddha, responding that even without moving an inch, one could remain unbeaten.

The scene left Feng Yi absolutely dumbfounded, lamenting how both calculated to no avail, ultimately wasting precious time, knowing once said inarticulately, "Your time is valuable."

At this very moment, Feng Yi's mind was blank; did they really not care about time? Seems like they genuinely didn't—one had lived who knows how many billions of years, and the other was mechanically constructed with no concept of time. But for him, it was unbearable.

As the ultimate squatter, Feng Yi prided himself on his expertise in squatting, but compared to these two...

Given their mutual squatting, perhaps they'd develop feelings if you squatted a few more days.

Alright, I'll be the bad guy; unlocking them is better than dragging it out like this, Feng Yi thought decisively as he walked forward to unplug the power source.

Pa...

As the screen went black, suddenly nothing was visible on screen.

"Aren't you two done playing? Continuing like this is just a waste of time."

Feng Yi decided to force an explanation but found himself completely ignored; Eggy and Allen weren't listening to him at all.

Yes, even with the game console off and the screen blacked out, they kept chatting as if nothing happened, not affecting the scene one bit; from the initial waiting psychology to implied actions by words, eventually even talking about controller quality.

"Why don't you just fly away."

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