Chapter 1159: Live Song Requests
As red and blue blocks continued to appear one after another, Chen Mo’s movements grew faster and faster. The audience could even see the two lightsabers in his hands leaving afterimages. Combined with the flashy moves and sound effects, the live performance was spectacular.
However, this game clearly wasn’t just about hand movements. Soon, rows of red walls appeared in the distance. Some required sidestepping, others required ducking, and while dodging the walls, he still had to keep slicing the blocks.
Chen Mo moved as if strolling through a leisurely garden, dodging left and right while his two lightsabers never stopped, his movements as graceful as a painting.
The audience below thought, *We don’t really get it, but we’ll just sway along…*
Of course, if all the live effects and sounds were stripped away, the movements would probably look pretty awkward.
Although Chen Mo’s moves were very skilled and cool, this wasn’t dancing—it was a rhythm game.
The player’s actions were mainly slicing and cutting. In fast-paced sections, hand movements had to be extremely quick, making it nearly impossible to keep the moves flashy at the same time.
But then again, this game was all about the special effects…
After all, it was a game aimed at the broadest player base. If they deliberately designed complex, professional dance moves, it would be too difficult for most players and completely unplayable.
Just like many mobile rhythm games, they usually used four fingers, sometimes six, but no one had ever heard of making it as complex as a piano keyboard just for show.
Chen Mo was already playing on the highest difficulty, so the visual effects were incredibly cool, and most of the game’s high-difficulty elements were on full display.
Although the audience couldn’t fully understand, they could guess the gist.
“These blocks are color-coded, right? The red lightsaber can only cut red blocks, and the blue one only blue blocks?”
“And the direction of the cut matters too. See that arrow on the block? If you cut the wrong way, you don’t get points.”
“You can’t touch these walls? You have to dodge them? If you hit them, is it game over or just a penalty?”
“There seem to be different cutting methods too. Look at that dot—it looks like you have to tap it.”
“And that bomb hanging under the block—you can’t touch that either, right? Damn, why does this game feel so hard…”
“It is hard! Chen Mo is definitely playing on the highest difficulty. I feel like if we played, just clearing it on easy mode would be a good result…”
“But this rhythm really reawakens my leg-tapping syndrome and my swaying syndrome…”
Soon, a song ended.
The lights didn’t come on immediately. Chen Mo was a bit out of breath, since the game required full-body movement and was on high difficulty.
“Alright, does anyone have any other songs they’d like to hear? Just call them out,” Chen Mo said with a smile.
“Huh? We can just request songs?”
The audience was stunned. What kind of operation was this?
Even if they requested a song, it depended on whether the game’s library had it!
Just then, someone shouted, “Gokuraku Jodo!”
The front-row audience burst into laughter and joined in the chant: “Gokuraku Jodo! Gokuraku Jodo!”
Chen Mo chuckled. “You guys are really trying to get your money’s worth, huh. Fine, then Gokuraku Jodo it is.”
The venue instantly erupted in cheers. Although they couldn’t see Serent dancing to Gokuraku Jodo, wasn’t this a roundabout way of seeing it?
Although this song had originally been released alongside Onmyoji and had long since faded from its peak days of dominating video sites, almost everyone in the audience had heard it.
Sure enough, when the intro of Gokuraku Jodo started playing, the live audience immediately burst into tsunami-like cheers and applause. The melody was just too familiar!
Accompanied by the rapid slicing sounds of the lightsabers, the song actually became even more rhythmic…
The infectious beat swept through the entire venue. This time, the audience was surprised to find that the pattern of the blocks and Chen Mo’s movements perfectly matched the rhythm, creating a completely different style from the previous song.
Soon, that song ended too, and the crowd started shouting again: “Sword Dream Like a Dream! Sword Dream Like a Dream!”
Chen Mo smiled helplessly. “You guys are getting addicted to requesting songs, huh? Trying to wear me out? Alright, let’s stop here for today. The press conference has a time limit, and I still need to introduce this game to you.”
The lights in the venue came back on. It was clear that the audience was still craving more. This kind of flashy and addictive performance was hard to stop.
Chen Mo continued introducing the new game.
“As you’ve seen, this is a rhythm game. But it’s different from traditional rhythm games.”
“First, we’ve purchased the copyrights to a large number of songs and specially developed a custom feature. After any track is uploaded, the system can automatically generate the corresponding level.”
“Yes, this is all thanks to artificial intelligence. With AI’s help, the system can determine the general style of the track, decide when blocks should appear based on its beat, and control the rhythm through specific rules to keep the entire track balanced between tension and relaxation.”
“Second, these special controllers in my hands maximize precision and achieve zero-latency connection with the Matrix glasses. We’ve also added weight to these controllers, making them feel very close to real lightsabers.”
“I know you’re all very concerned about the price. The price for this pair of controllers is 2h. They can connect directly to your phone and are compatible with most traditional VR and MR games on the Matrix gaming platform.”
“Of course, you can also use the H controllers to play.”
“You might be wondering, what’s the difference from the H controllers? Is it just a better appearance?”
“Of course not. These two controllers have many derivative uses. For example, you can combine them into a long staff, or even nunchucks…”
Chen Mo picked up a special connecting cord from the side and linked the two controllers together.
The lights dimmed again. This time, a simpler track was played, but the focus wasn’t on the track—it was on the controllers.
Chen Mo swung them like actual nunchucks, spinning them flashily while using the red and blue blades to slice the blocks!
The audience immediately erupted in enthusiastic applause. So cool!
The visual effect was incomparable to before. The cool factor had jumped up several notches.
After demonstrating for a bit, Chen Mo stopped and continued, “There’s one more important feature. Using the latest MR technology, you can combine your movements and background with the in-game visuals, record the entire process, and let everyone see your heroic posture through video.”
“And, it comes with special effects and sound effects.”