Searching for Hidden Easter Eggs

"What are you doing, Big Brother?"

One-Ear looked at Cheng, who was sticking his butt up in the air and searching the grass by the riverbank like a dog, with great confusion.

After dealing with the Specter Armor and crossing the river, Cheng Tian didn't rush forward. Instead, he stayed where he was and did the aforementioned thing.

"Looking for Easter eggs."

Without hesitation, Cheng Tian directly stated the reason for his actions without even looking up.

Beside Cheng Tian, the Demon Cicada, who seemed expressionless but was actually clueless, was also wriggling in the grass because Cheng Tian was doing it.

Although he was only a temporary trainer, a certain bond had clearly been forged between the two.

Under the influence of Cheng Tian's Hundred Demons' Night Parade, the Demon Cicada had completely said goodbye to the previous Specter Armor template. At this moment, it was a pure Pokémon that had borrowed a template from a regular worldview... and there was no going back~

One-Ear and Scab were puzzled, but adhering to the principle of "whatever Big Brother says goes," they joined the search after a brief moment of thought.

After about five minutes, Cheng felt his squatting knee hit something hidden and hard. Immediately afterward, he heard something crash into the grass directly in front of his head.

"Holy crap! There really is one!"

Cheng Tian jogged over and found a red and white windmill lying quietly in the grass.

During the Famicom era, many games had built-in Easter eggs from other games released by the same company, and finding these Easter eggs usually required some effort.

Some of these Easter eggs were purely for giving players extra points, while others were functional.

And the red-based, white-bladed "Mobi-chan Windmill" in front of Cheng Tian was a functional Easter egg... and a negative one!

Speaking of mascots of old game companies, many people might immediately think of Nintendo's Super Mario Brothers' big-nosed Italian plumber Mario, Kirby's pink devil Kirby, or Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic. Even SNK had a weird guy named "G-Mantle" wearing a "Tuxedo Mask mask" that most people were completely unfamiliar with.

But Capcom's mascot had even lower recognition than SNK's.

It wasn't Mega Man from Mega Man, nor Ryu and Ken from Street Fighter, but the dangerous and negative "Mobi-chan Windmill" in front of Cheng Tian. Its origin was the robot protagonist "Mobi-chan" from the 1986 horizontal scrolling shooting game Side Arms: Hype Dyne.

Although obscure, the Mobi-chan Windmill appeared as an Easter egg in many other works of the same company.

The vertical scrolling shooter Gun.Smoke, 1943, the horizontal action game Warriors of Fate, the 2D fighting game Street Fighter Alpha 2, and the current Demon Village where Cheng Tian was, all had the appearance of Mobi-chan Windmills or Mobi-chan.

Moreover, Capcom was already showing its bitchiness at this time, that is, it still mixed negative effect individuals that pitted players in the Easter eggs...

"Don't touch it, I'm just confirming it, and this thing is likely to be problematic. Just treat it as another form of Mimic."

Cheng Tian raised his hand and directly stopped One-Ear and others who were also approaching.

After hearing Cheng Tian's last description, One-Ear almost, and Scab immediately took a few steps back, looking at the windmill that didn't emit any dangerous aura with vigilance.

The poor child had suffered a great loss at the Vampire Magician's place, and probably wouldn't dare to touch treasure chests casually for a while.

The in-game trigger condition for this Mobi-chan Windmill was to squat down and control Arthur at the junction of the grass after crossing the third river, which would trigger it immediately. Its effect was fatal to players who knew nothing about it. Picking it up would not only not have any positive benefits, but the player's remaining level completion time would be immediately reduced by 30 seconds!

Just like the main quest set a time limit, many Famicom and arcade games had their own timers. If you couldn't clear the game within the time limit, the controlled character would die immediately.

In fact, Cheng Tian was just passing by, and since he had just cleared three waves of Specter Armor and there were no enemies for the time being, he curiously stayed in place to try it out.

The main reason was actually a dungeon entry.

[Authenticity——While conforming to certain real-world laws, it highly restores the scene structure and related settings corresponding to the blueprint.]

Since it was a high degree of restoration, would some Easter eggs in the game that required special techniques to trigger also be restored in the dungeon?

Now Cheng Tian confirmed that yes, Easter eggs would also be restored.

Although it was likely only a one-time thing, the fact that Easter eggs could be restored was already very telling.

At this time, Cheng Tian and the others had probably arrived at about the middle of the first level scene of the entire Demon Village, and a total of 5 Easter eggs in this level, 3 of which were concentrated in the first half of the scene that had already been passed.

However, although he had confirmed the existence of Easter eggs, Cheng Tian didn't plan to return the way he came.

On the one hand, Cheng Tian was now full, had received the Demon Cicada's help, and had digested a bit with the Specter Armor, so he was full of energy. He wanted to save all this energy for the level boss. Going back and forth would not only waste extra time, but might also encounter new enemies.

On the other hand, those Easter eggs had good and bad ones, but none of them could immediately form combat power.

If there was remaining exploration time after killing the boss, he could go back and trigger them, or simply wait until next time when he was fully prepared to bring a map into the exclusive dungeon.

As for the Mobi-chan Windmill in front of him, Cheng Tian also planned to pick it up if there was still time after the boss.

If it took effect immediately and deducted several hours of his main quest time, then there would be no point in arguing.

Moreover, Cheng Tian had an idea that was more or less courting death... He wanted to try to use the Easter egg to exploit a game bug.

The negative Mobi-chan Windmill in the game would deduct 30 seconds. If the number of seconds reached zero, the Arthur controlled by the player would die on the spot.

But if the player picked up this negative windmill when there were already less than 30 seconds left, the time would immediately return to zero, but the player could still continue the game, and there would be no time limit for the current level.

However, at the same time, the Knight Armor on the player's body would become useless. Once touched by an enemy, even in the armored state, they would immediately die and turn into a pile of bones, instead of exploding the armor and leaving only underwear.

However, courting death must also refer to the basic law.

Finish the main business first, then come back to court death.

Leading the two and the bug around the Mobi-chan Windmill, Cheng Tian's pace visibly became lighter.