Code: Kite Holds Fan Convention in Chengdu's Wuhou District — Named After Zhuge Liang. The Same Zhuge Liang the Game Allegedly Dismembered. Players Are Losing It.

How badly can a mobile game's offline fan event go wrong? Code: Kite (代号鸢) just provided a masterclass answer — by hosting a fan convention in Chengdu's Wuhou District, a neighborhood named after Zhuge Liang's (诸葛亮) posthumous title '武侯'. The kicker? The game was previously called out online for allegedly featuring content about Zhuge Liang's skull and even dismemberment/cannibalism in its storyline. Now they're setting up shop on Zhuge Liang's home turf. Players are calling it the ultimate hell-mode provocation.

The backstory isn't complicated. Players had previously dug into Code: Kite's lore and found references to Zhuge Liang's skull, with allegations of a 'dismemberment and cannibalism' plot point (not officially confirmed). One top-voted comment in the thread cuts straight to it: 'That post on the gossip board — Zhuge Liang's skull.' Another player sarcastically asks: 'Can you perform that thing for us? You know, the dismemberment part?'

A helpful community member compiled context screenshots showing the earlier discussions and evidence surrounding the game's controversial plot elements.

One commenter dropped additional context: 'I heard last year that this game planned to make Zhuge Liang the protagonist's apprentice — this was around launch time. Their fans were aggressively inserting themselves everywhere (KY behavior), which made me physically nauseous, so I looked into the controversy and discussed it with others.' If this claim is accurate, then a game that allegedly reduced Zhuge Liang to a sidekick for its original character — on top of the dismemberment storyline — choosing Wuhou District for their event is hard to chalk up to coincidence.

The comment section is overwhelmingly one-sided. 'Haven't forgotten the Zhuge Liang fiasco yet, and they're pulling THIS?' wrote one user. Another quipped: 'Going to Wuhou District to eat Zhuge Liang's skull — truly hilarious. Guess it's fine to disrespect him since he can't talk back, right?' Perhaps the most devastating one-liner: 'Face-slapping provocation? No — this is face-slapping while taking a dump.'

Some commenters escalated the discourse to more sensitive territory. One noted: 'Doesn't this game have a mainland-China-excluded release? If this blows up into a public opinion incident, it could trigger serious government action.' Another drew a parallel to a notorious real-world controversy: 'Not surprising — Nanjing has a Japanese cultural street too.' A third simply asked: 'They're being this provocative, and locals have nothing to say about it?'

As of this writing, Code: Kite's developers have made no public statement. But given Wuhou District's deep cultural significance in Chengdu and beyond, and Zhuge Liang's iconic status in Chinese Three Kingdoms lore, whether this convention actually goes off without a hitch — or becomes a full-blown PR catastrophe — remains very much an open question.