What the Hell is Gaming in the Ninja World?
Chapter 2

Uchiha Qi: From Now On, I'll Make a Hellish Game!

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Uchiha Qi wasn't unfamiliar with making games. Before his "lucky" transmigration, he'd been a game designer, the kind countless players called a "dog planner." He'd helped develop several reskinned, pay-to-win mobile games, so he deserved all the criticism players hurled his way.

After all, you gotta eat, right? No shame in that.

Of course, he still had dreams—the dream of creating a world-class game.

If he'd gotten this artificial intelligence system before he transmigrated, Uchiha Qi would have laughed in his sleep. He'd have immediately gone into "inspirational mode," ready to take on Mihoyo, kick NetEase, crash into Tencent, and lead China's gaming industry to sweep the world with his cheat-like life.

Unfortunately, the world never changes according to one's will. So, all Uchiha Qi could do now was reminisce about his lost youth.

And then, Uchiha Qi began making games.

Although he suspected the rewards from this game-making system, after completing tasks, would likely be useless in the Ninja World, what if?

What if the rewards could actually be used in the Ninja World?

So, Uchiha Qi decided to try completing the beginner task to see if he could get anything useful.

Completely immersed in the mental world he constructed using the Sharingan as a platform, Uchiha Qi first programmed game development software according to the skills the system provided him.

This wasn't difficult. With the operation of a psychic network and a biological computer, many functions could be completed simply through imagination and thought.

Game development software is also very common on Earth. Some simple game development software is easy to create, requiring only a few key lines of code.

Of course, excellent game development tools are another story. For example, the famous Unreal Engine is a comprehensive game development tool, far beyond what ordinary game development software can achieve.

However, Uchiha Qi didn't need such things. Or rather, the psychic network-based game development method, which uses the Sharingan as a platform and is supported by the unique abilities of the Ninja World, doesn't require extreme hardware support to create incredibly cool and realistic scenes.

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After about half an hour, the game design software, which Uchiha Qi named "My World 1.0," was completed.

Its functions were crude and simple: it could simply arrange scenes, set up NPCs and monsters, or create traps.

If such game development software were on Earth, it would most likely be simple pixel-art programming software.

However, combining the Sharingan, Genjutsu, and the game development ability given by the system, what Uchiha Qi saw was an incredibly real world.

As far as the eye could see, there was a perfectly flat grassland stretching to meet the sky in the distance, and every blade of grass beneath his feet felt incredibly real. The gentle breeze made Uchiha Qi feel as if he were truly on a vast plain.

To use a classic quote from netizens of his previous life, this was: "I can't even tell if this is illusion or reality anymore."

"It actually worked!"

Uchiha Qi was pleasantly surprised. He had only tried it as an experiment, and it actually succeeded.

The black technology from the system had truly created a chemical reaction with the Ninja World's "specialties" that surpassed imagination. This kind of "graphics" on Earth would only be possible by burning insane amounts of money and using the fragrant fumes of countless graphics cards to create corresponding movie special effects.

And even then, those were just movie special effects; they couldn't compare to the full five-sense experience Uchiha Qi had created.

After all, everything he saw before him could be directly packaged and converted into a game for "players" to experience.

There was no doubt that such a game creation platform was absolutely the ultimate program countless game developers dreamed of.

The only problem was probably the drain on Uchiha Clan members – after all, since this mental domain required the Sharingan to be activated, and once the Sharingan was activated, it continuously consumed spiritual power and Chakra.

Even if Uchiha Clan members using the Sharingan didn't suffer from "kidney deficiency" as easily as a certain Hatake Kakashi, they couldn't keep it activated indefinitely.

For example, Uchiha Qi was already feeling a bit fatigued.

As a standard Chunin, a completely viable combat unit, Uchiha Qi's Chakra was also at a standard Chunin level. No matter how much he trained, he couldn't get even a little more Chakra.

In the Ninja World, talent and bloodline were truly ruthless and unreasonable things. Having lived for eighteen years and worked hard for fourteen, Uchiha Qi had completely come to terms with reality.

Therefore, his Chunin-level Chakra was only enough for Uchiha Qi to keep his Sharingan active for about seventy minutes, and even then, this was because using the Sharingan solely for game creation resulted in the minimal possible consumption.

If he were to activate his Sharingan for combat, Uchiha Qi would run out of Chakra after throwing just a few slightly more demanding B-rank Ninjutsu.

Now, he had already spent half an hour creating the game development tool, so Uchiha Qi had to hurry up and start making the game.

Fortunately, as a former game designer, he didn't have to worry about his game development skills and proficiency. Even after eighteen years, it wasn't an issue, perhaps because of his transmigration, all his memories from before his death in his previous life were perfectly preserved.

Whatever he remembered before he died, he remembered firmly after transmigrating. Even after eighteen years, his memories hadn't faded at all—of course, this was limited to his pre-death memories, the knowledge level of an IT corporate slave, completely incomparable to his intellectual peak during his college entrance exam period.

Thankfully, even though his knowledge and experience as a "dog planner" for many years were useless in the Ninja World, they kept Uchiha Qi from ever losing his way. Even when the terrible bloodline talent made him explode with frustration, he never let himself break down, always maintaining a good mindset.

And now, with the opportunity to make games again, the "dog planner" wisdom he retained from his previous life had a purpose.

As a "dog planner" in his previous life, Uchiha Qi had played many games, even obscure ones. With his memories preserved, he remembered all the relevant content clearly.

While he wouldn't directly plagiarize, in the game industry, "borrowing" from each other is very common. Almost all so-called creative classic games on the market actually had their "innovative" content used by other games long ago. However, due to their lack of popularity, these "creations" were often integrated and optimized by other gaming companies, then becoming their own classic creations.

As a "dog planner," he was very familiar with the ins and outs of this.

Moreover, Uchiha Qi wasn't trying to create some amazing game. He just planned to make a simple small game to complete the system's task and see what kind of rewards he could get.

In this situation, Uchiha Qi, who had already decided what game to create, immediately summoned the tool panel. In his vision, a transparent panel floated beside him, displaying modules for various plants, trees, rocks, and even buildings and NPCs—all things Uchiha Qi had set up beforehand.

All Uchiha Qi needed to do was follow his initial plan: use these items to set up scenes, then add some NPCs and monsters to achieve an "interactive" effect with players, and the mini-game would be complete.

However, after creating a small portion, Uchiha Qi couldn't help but wonder again: if the rewards given by the system were also useless in the Ninja World, then what was the point of him actively completing the task now?

Instantly, he felt a mix of gain and loss.

This was only human nature; after all, Uchiha Qi had been disappointed too many times.

His rotten transmigration had placed him in the Uchiha Clan, which would be wiped out by the weasel in the future.

And as if being born into the Uchiha Clan wasn't enough, he was merely from a branch family, with thin blood and terrible talent.

But none of that mattered. Diligence could compensate for lack of talent, and hard work was supposed to pay off, right? Surely, there would be some reward in the end.

Instead, the cruel truth was that no matter how desperately he tried, Uchiha Qi was stuck at the level of a regular Chunin. This made him realize that the passionate narrative of constantly breaking through one's limits through intense training was reserved only for a select few with "main character" destinies. As a mere background character, a supporting role, he was only meant to watch as those geniuses created their own legends.

Damn it, this crappy world was truly messed up. He was a transmigrator, yet he was given the script of a background character!

The more he thought, the angrier he got, and the more he got angry, the more he thought. A deep resentment surged within him, making him feel that creating a simple, happy little game was far too kind.

This terrible world was so unkind to ordinary people; he might as well take his revenge on society!

Although Uchiha Qi wouldn't become a deranged killer, creating some infuriating games to get back at society, and then letting others experience them, would be quite satisfying—at least, the thought of people getting utterly frustrated playing his games suddenly filled him with an intense and inexplicable sense of pleasure.

With this thought, Uchiha Qi suddenly understood.

Sure enough, this crappy Ninja World had twisted him into a psychopath!

What? There weren't many mentally normal or healthy people in the entire Ninja World anyway?

Then, never mind.

Immediately, with his psychological hurdles cleared, Uchiha Qi directly altered his initial plan. The style shifted, and the small game he was working on began to transform into a Hellish Game.

And throughout this creation process, Uchiha Qi's grin was harder to suppress than an AK's recoil; his mood grew increasingly joyful.

Indeed, bottling up depression would eventually break a person. As long as there was an outlet for release, everything would get better—Uchiha Qi decided that no matter how good the rewards from the system were, he would make sure others played the games he created. Then, he would watch them get frustrated, and that would bring him joy.

Just thinking about it made him a little excited.

And so, driven by an exhilarated state of mind while creating this small game, Uchiha Qi unknowingly overexerted his mental energy and Chakra.

After strenuously pushing through the verge of losing consciousness to complete the small game and holding onto his last shred of will to compress, package, and store the game in the mental network, Uchiha Qi finally couldn't hold on any longer and fainted.

This was the final stubborn act of a tragic, dog-tired planner who had once been forced into painful overtime to redo a project because he forgot to save his work!

Because of this, Uchiha Qi didn't hear the reward the system gave him when the game was completed.

During the new book period, there will be two chapters a day. Thank you all for your support!

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