Chapter 133 - 112: The Ad Was Real_2

Is there such a game?

He had played mobile games before, but cleaning up phone junk while playing games? How come he hadn’t heard of that?

Although his daughter repeatedly emphasized not to click on random ads, Zhang Jianhua was tempted after watching the ad and completely forgot about his daughter’s warnings.

His thinking was very simple.

Having accidentally clicked on so many ads before, clicking one more wouldn’t hurt. What if the ad was real?

With a "give it a try" mindset, Zhang Jianhua clicked on the link below the video and downloaded a game with a broom icon called "Garbage Disposal Fun".

The game’s installation package was small, and since Zhang Jianhua was using the office network, it installed quickly.

Enter the game.

The first thing that caught his eye was the "Start Game" button, with a colorful pattern in the background.

Zhang Jianhua clicked start, and a stack of square software icons appeared on the screen. There was the familiar WeChat, the short video apps he often used, and a few unrecognizable icons.

"It’s just a matching game!"

Zhang Jianhua chuckled at once. He had played this kind of game before; back in the feature phone era, he had played similar games.

However, compared to the button operation of the feature phone era, it’s much more convenient now. You just need to lightly tap the screen with your fingers to eliminate the blocks.

"Ding, ding, ding!"

Zhang Jianhua tapped the WeChat icon, swapped places, and three green WeChat icons lined up and disappeared with a pleasing chime.

[1.14M of WeChat cache junk has been cleaned for you]

It really can clean junk?

Even though Zhang Jianhua had a hunch that the ad might not be lying when he saw the junk cleaning option in the game pop-up before playing, he still found it incredible after actually cleaning up the phone junk.

This is amazing!

Young people might not think much of it, but for a middle-aged person like him who wasn’t very familiar with smartphone operations, being able to clean phone junk by playing a game was simply awesome.

Having tasted the benefits, Zhang Jianhua became more interested, and in addition, the match-three game was indeed very stress-relieving. Soon, he became fully immersed in the game and broke through five levels in one go.

Each level completion rewarded a full-scale major cleanup.

Zhang Jianhua didn’t quite understand what exactly was being cleaned, but it cleared 17.33G of junk, which sounded like a lot.

"Oh no!"

Involuntarily soaked in the game for half an hour, Zhang Jianhua realized only then that it was already three in the afternoon.

He couldn’t play anymore.

He had to go to a meeting later, and today’s meeting was quite important. He had to prepare the meeting materials.

With this in mind, Zhang Jianhua quickly exited the game.

But just as he exited the game and subconsciously swiped the phone’s main menu, Zhang Jianhua suddenly realized that the phone seemed smoother?

"Hey! It’s really smoother..."

After swiping a few more times and confirming it wasn’t an illusion, Zhang Jianhua immediately smiled and said, "Wow, this feels like a new phone."

"A new phone?"

"Old Zhang, did you get a new phone?"

The colleague sitting next to him couldn’t help but grumble, "You really should change your phone. It was lagging so badly that it takes a few seconds just to take a picture."

"I didn’t get a new phone!"

Zhang Jianhua explained, "I spent so much money on it and it’s not broken, so why get a new phone? I’m saying my phone feels like new now, if you don’t believe me, try it..."

The colleague took the phone Zhang Jianhua handed over and fiddled with it, immediately showing a surprised expression.

"Hey! It really is!"

"It’s so smooth and fluid. Did you accidentally restore it to factory settings?"

"What’s restore to factory settings?"

"You wouldn’t understand even if I explained it. Anyway, wait a minute, you didn’t restore to factory settings!"

The colleague was more and more astonished as he fiddled with it. If it had been simply restored to factory, Old Zhang’s phone becoming so smooth could be understandable, but he didn’t restore it to factory.

That’s really weird!

Old Zhang’s phone was legendary in their department; everyone knew it lagged so badly it was a pain for him to even take a photo.

This was also related to Old Zhang’s usual habits. He’s such a simple guy. While others quickly swipe past advertisements, Old Zhang never misses an ad he’s interested in and clicks on each one.

Over time, the phone must have been stuffed with junk software, it’s no wonder it lagged.

The only fortunate thing is, Old Zhang might be simple-minded but at least he never had ideas about visiting "risky sites". Otherwise, with his situation, the phone would have been invaded by all sorts of viruses long ago.

"I didn’t do anything!"

Hearing his colleague’s exclamations, Zhang Jianhua laughed and said, "I just clicked an ad and downloaded a game called ’Garbage Disposal Fun’ and played it for just a few minutes."

"Huh?!"

The moment the colleague heard this, his expression was shocked solid.

He also loved scrolling through short videos, and his viewing preferences were very similar to Old Zhang’s. Earlier today, he had seen the video ad for "Garbage Disposal Fun".

However, he differed from Old Zhang.

When he saw that tacky ad, he thought nothing of it and quickly swiped past, skipping the ad recommendation.

Yet now, what Old Zhang said matched the script from that tacky video ad exactly, and knowing Old Zhang well, he was sure he wouldn’t lie or deliberately deceive.

So, was the ad real?

Could that tacky little game actually have such a great effect?

"Of course it’s real!"

Zhang Jianhua said, beaming with excitement, "I didn’t believe it at first either, just wanted to give it a try, but turns out the effect is really good. And the game doesn’t even have ads; you get cash rewards for passing levels."

"Then I should give it a try too..."

Hearing Zhang Jianhua say this, the colleague became interested immediately. He really didn’t expect the tacky ad wouldn’t be lying. He had thought it was false advertising, but it turned out real?

No, he had to try it.

The people in this office were about the same age as Zhang Jianhua, the colleague was slightly younger, but 48 this year.

So his phone wasn’t much better; at best, he had better usage habits so it worked normally, without any junk rogue software installed.

If ’Garbage Disposal Fun’ was as miraculous as the ad claimed, then indeed it was worth trying out, anyway, playing games for killing time isn’t bad when idle.

Word spread fast!

With Zhang Jianhua setting an example, soon everyone in the office downloaded the game "Garbage Disposal Fun".

Once everyone started playing, they realized this game was truly amazing!

As for the matching part, the sound effects and tactile feedback during block elimination were great, not inferior to "Happy Elimination".

And it had no built-in ads!

The game interface was clean, and the gameplay was interesting. Treating the mobile cleaning as a gifting function, it could entirely be played as "Happy Elimination".

As for mobile cleaning, it gave everyone quite a few surprises.

Zhang Jianhua, being a middle-aged uncle, didn’t perceive much, but the younger ones in the office soon realized the extraordinary parts of "Garbage Disposal Fun".

How could the cleaning speed be so fast?

While other junk cleaning apps took two or three minutes just to scan files, "Garbage Disposal Fun" did it in less than a second.

Not only was it fast, but it also cleaned very thoroughly, to such an extent it was almost obsessive.

Most absurdly...

"Garbage Disposal Fun’s" cleaning function could even apply to the "Garbage Disposal Fun" program itself.

Even fiercely taking on itself?

It must be said, this was beyond excessive!

I have never seen a junk cleaning program that considered itself junk to be cleaned.

For this reason alone, everyone found "Garbage Disposal Fun" to be quite trustworthy. After all, a junk cleaning app that doesn’t even spare itself—how could anyone say it doesn’t clean thoroughly or properly?

Besides cleaning itself, "Garbage Disposal Fun" even revealed a new functionality.

Even harsher than cleaning itself, incredibly extreme, a function truly baffling to comprehend...