Echoes of the Reverse Planet

Chapter 114: Recommended Build Roulette

“The reaction to the last broadcast was really no joke!”

“Feels like you say the same thing every time.”

“This time is different!”

“That too.”

“No! It’s real! Believe me!”

“…Alright. I got it.”

Before the ‘Nuclear Tourism’ content began.

Baek Woohyun and Jeong Nayeon, who had gathered somewhat earlier than the broadcast time—it was Jeong Nayeon’s request—were having a conversation about the repercussions of the last broadcast.

To be precise, as always, Jeong Nayeon was excitedly reciting community reactions while Baek Woohyun listened impassively.

“The Fully Responsive Story System is becoming a huge issue! Practically everyone playing ‘Reverse Planet’ is talking about it, right?”

“Mm.”

“It’s like that in Korea, and overseas too. Actually, the reaction there is even more intense. I even looked at compilations of overseas developers’ SNS reactions—”

Surprisingly, Jeong Nayeon’s words weren’t just empty hype but facts without a shred of exaggeration.

The ‘Nuclear Tourism’ content was being watched even on Reddit, the West’s largest community, and accordingly, information about the Fully Responsive Story System spread in an instant.

A system where all your words and actions were immediately reflected in the game story—in a good way, an insane system—was more than enough to become a hot topic, regardless of East or West.

“Right now in the community, there’s a huge fuss because an iTuber with ten million subscribers mentioned you in their video. I watched it too, and you know what they call you in that video?”

“What do they call me?”

“Mr. Cheater. I guess that’s how Western folks translated Hackphysical in their own way.”

“Doesn’t it sound kind of cool in English?” Jeong Nayeon added with a grin. Her expression showed subtle pride.

For her, who didn’t know about Anonymous Viewer 62 or ‘that side,’ this was an achievement she’d created by persuading Baek Woohyun, who had said he wouldn’t broadcast.

Anyway, they were translating his nickname and even coming to watch his broadcast from overseas. Among personal broadcasters, that was a level you could count on one hand.

‘Though Woohyun isn’t a personal broadcaster!’

“There are even signs of you gradually becoming a meme on Reddit.”

“…A meme?”

“Even to overseas people, your physical skills are too outstanding. If they have eyes, they can’t fail to recognize something amazing.”

“Well, I guess. It’s the Hypernet where even an ordinary cat photo can become a meme, so that could happen.”

“I’ll tell you more when it becomes clearer. Oh, right! And there’s an even more amazing story!”

“What’s that now?”

“Ta-da!”

What Jeong Nayeon revealed with her own sound effect was an email sent by someone named Chloe Martinez.

Already cleanly translated into Korean, the email contained praise for Baek Woohyun and the wonderful aspects of the ‘Nuclear Tourism’ content.

Additionally, if possible, she wanted to join the ‘Nuclear Tourism’ content as a special panelist.

“……?”

However, after reading the email, Baek Woohyun tilted his head. He didn’t understand why she was showing this to him saying it was more surprising.

It was natural since he didn’t know who Chloe Martinez was. The prior explanation was insufficient, so he couldn’t share the surprise she felt.

Quickly noticing this fact, Jeong Nayeon hurriedly continued her explanation.

“This person is the iTuber with ten million subscribers I mentioned earlier!”

“Ah, the one who talked about me in their video?”

“Yes, yes! Not satisfied with just that, she even sent an email like this saying she wants to participate in the ‘Nuclear Tourism’ content as a special panelist!”

Jeong Nayeon smiled brightly, saying there were many others besides Chloe Martinez who had sent requests expressing their desire to participate as panelists.

She said everyone who claimed to be serious about ‘Reverse Planet’ was taking a shot at it.

Currently, the ‘Nuclear Tourism’ content was the hottest topic in the personal broadcasting world and, furthermore, in the ‘Reverse Planet’ community, so it wasn’t particularly strange.

Even more so because they had chosen the observational variety format, which included panelists as a method of participation.

“Since the Fully Responsive AI and what we thought was a hidden story turned out to be a Fully Responsive Story System, they couldn’t just sit still. There were even jokes about whether Planet Earth was backing you.”

“Of course that’s not the case!” she laughed it off, but Baek Woohyun looked at her with sunken eyes.

He had previously speculated that Anonymous Viewer 62 might be a developer affiliated with Planet Earth.

If that was correct, her expression was somewhat accurate. It meant a developer was watching and giving Special Mission rewards.

Though it was just his speculation and not yet certain, so he’d have to keep watching.

‘Come to think of it, there’s been no reaction regarding the new story system yet. Why?’

This was Anonymous Viewer 62, who had responded almost immediately during the Pet System update.

But unlike then, this time regarding the Fully Responsive Story System, they were maintaining silence without any reaction.

As if they were paying attention to something else and hadn’t seen it.

‘I should remember this.’

“…But if it’s become that much of a hot topic, wouldn’t it be better to proceed with PVE today rather than PVP as planned?”

Even Baek Woohyun, who lacked broadcasting knowledge, knew the saying about rowing when the water comes in.

For him, it didn’t matter whether they proceeded with PVP or PVE.

“I actually consulted and thought about that in various ways, and concluded it’s better to do PVP today.”

“Really?”

“Yes. Originally, rice needs to steam to cook properly. Right now, we’re trying to build up more curiosity about the new story system.”

Beyond simply ‘A new system was discovered!’, it meant waiting for speculations like ‘So what does it do?’ and ‘Then what happens?’ to pile up.

Surely some of those who became curious wouldn’t be able to resist coming to the broadcast. Jeong Nayeon said they planned to draw in such inflow.

Since they had said they’d increase the PVP ratio to prepare for the SSR Cup anyway, it wasn’t a bad plan.

“Anyway, just proceed as planned today!”

“You mean challenging to break the win streak record?”

“Yes, yes!”

Jeong Nayeon, who had nodded vigorously, glanced at Baek Woohyun.

“And, you know. If you don’t mind, could I ask you one favor?”

“A favor? What is it? Tell me first.”

“From what I’ve seen, I don’t think breaking the win streak record this time will occupy the entire ‘Reverse Planet’ community like before, even if it becomes a hot topic.”

It was a result of the threshold for stimulation rising due to so many amazing things happening in succession, plus the reputation built up in the name Hackphysical.

Breaking a win streak record that hadn’t been broken for several years was certainly an amazing achievement, but if Baek Woohyun did it, people would accept it as natural.

This way, there was a high probability it would just end with a few hot topic posts going up for a moment. Therefore, they needed additional material, something that could be a plus alpha.

“So I thought of one method—”

***

“—Challenging to break the win streak record using recommended builds! How about it, everyone?”

-Oh

-Suddenly recommended builds?

-We’re the ones recommending?

-If so, I acknowledge the gamble lol

“Of course it’s builds you viewers recommend!”

Jeong Nayeon grinned while looking at the chat.

Having already finished discussing with Baek Woohyun, she continued speaking without hesitation.

“I’m not disrespecting Master tier users! But honestly, I don’t think they can stop Woohyun’s win streak there. You could say breaking the win streak record is practically confirmed.”

-Right, right

-Totally agree

-Pro trainees can’t do it

-How can bottom Masters stop Hackphysical lol

“But that makes it a bit less fun to watch, right? To make up for that, what I thought of was doing a different build each match. Like a kind of handicap.”

This was an idea she came up with after seeing Baek Woohyun perfectly handle the ‘Thunder Dragon’ build, which he was using for the first time, in the last ‘Hack Disciple’ content.

The story of breaking the win streak record with twenty-one victories using a different build each time was more interesting than breaking it with builds he usually used, right?

Especially since most PVP users only had two or three main builds.

“Then I suddenly thought this. If we’re going to use a different build each time anyway, how about deciding those builds based on viewer recommendations? It’d be good to gather recommended builds and spin a roulette to decide.”

-Wow, what a gamble

-Good, good

-For today only, I acknowledge Goddess Nayeon b

-Let’s go just like this!

“A self-imposed handicap, more fun to watch, and you viewers get to make Woohyun try builds you wanted him to try. Ta-da. The completion of a world where no one gets hurt.”

‘Bigiugi’ donated 1,000 won![A world where no one gets hurt, I acknowledge lololol]

Apart from the joke Jeong Nayeon added at the end, it couldn’t be denied that it was a very good idea.

As she said, by having a handicap, the challenge became more thrilling, it became more fun to watch, and viewers got a chance to see how the ultimate physical king Hackphysical would use their recommended builds.

Truly killing two birds with one stone, good for both sides, catching crayfish while digging a ditch!

“But if a weird build gets selected, won’t the win streak record also be in danger?”

Cha Seongcheol, who had been quietly listening on the side, interjected with a question.

Of course, it was less that he was really asking because he didn’t know, and more an intention to reveal to viewers what they were thinking about that case.

They had already consulted sufficiently with him before the broadcast started anyway.

“Good question! When I talked to Woohyun about using recommended builds, I also asked what would happen if we ended up using some weird build. Do you know what he answered?”

“What did he say?”

“Mm.”

Jeong Nayeon lowered and cleared her voice.

As if trying to imitate Baek Woohyun.

“‘How is that a problem?'”

-What’s with the voice imitation lololol

-It’s annoyingly similar lol

-Hackphysical would probably say it like that, yeah

-They say you become similar when you love each other <-You get out

“Truly confidence worthy of Hackphysical.”

“Strong builds, weak builds. Isn’t that something users arbitrarily decide?”

‘BuildmonMaster’ donated 1,000 won![In PVP, there are no weak builds. There are only weak users]

-I’ve heard that famous quote somewhere

-So Hackphysical was a Buildmon Master? (not really)

-Any build doesn’t matter for real

-He’ll just smash everything with physical skills anyway~

Not a single viewer objected to the confidence Baek Woohyun had shown.

Having watched the past broadcasts, they had firm faith that the monster called Baek Woohyun wouldn’t be shaken by something like a weird build.

Bluntly speaking, even if he did PVP with an incomplete build as a handicap, they couldn’t picture him losing, so what’s the big deal about a weird build?

“Good. Then from now on, for exactly three minutes, please send build codes via donations and we’ll register them in the recommended build roulette.”

When Jeong Nayeon quickly manipulated the system, the pre-set roulette appeared prominently in the middle of the studio.

Now, when donations with build codes came, they would naturally be registered there.

‘ThatDeliciousIceCream’ donated 10,000 won![If you’re spinning a roulette, give different weights based on amount gg]

“Ah. ThatDeliciousIceCream, thank you for the ten thousand won donation! Different weights based on amount… Shall we do that?”

-ㅇㅇ You gotta give different weights

-A thousand won recommendation and a ten thousand won recommendation can’t be the same

-But if you put in money and don’t get selected ㄷㄷ

-Anyone want to do build exchange for brain god~~

“There— Done! Alright, then let’s start now!”

Jeong Nayeon, who slightly adjusted the recommended build roulette settings, grinned and declared they’d start collecting builds.

And at that moment.

‘LifeAchievementGeuma’ donated 1,000 won![Recommending Ifrit summoning build, build code is AASWNA······]

‘PuriPuriYa’ donated 10,000 won![Recommending werewolf build ACJDHASQ······]

‘BuilderAspirant’ donated 50,000 won![This is a build I made, please give usage review ASIEHAAJS······]

‘LightningIsThrilling’ donated 50,000 won![Thunder God build AJISAAKA······]

Viewers simultaneously sent recommended build donations. It was a storm of donations that shattered Jeong Nayeon’s perception that there would be at most a few dozen.

Even though barely over a minute had passed, the recommended build roulette wheel was already filled with over a hundred builds!

Yet it didn’t stop, and the sight of the roulette wheel being divided and filled with recommended builds in real-time was rather awe-inspiring.

‘AnatanoHatoni’ donated 100,000 won!

‘D-US’ donated 1,000,000 won!

‘PleaseDoThis’ donated 250,000 won!

‘CantLose’ donated 100,000 won!

-Whoa, crazy

-Did I just see a million won??

-What’s with the roulette wheel share upheaval lololol

-Burning a million won on a build recommendation lmao

Among them, there were even numerous donations that weren’t the minimum of a thousand won, but ten thousand, twenty thousand won.

There was even a donation of a massive amount—a whole million won!

It meant their desire to make Baek Woohyun, the ultimate physical king, use the supernatural ability builds they wanted was that great.

“Alright, that’s it!”