On Postpartum Care for Chives

Time had passed faster than he had imagined!

It had only been a little over a month in reality, yet he had already managed to produce such a civilization outcome—this delighted him greatly.

After all, Zhu Zhengwei's main body's abilities were quite crude—merely the hypnosis attached to his "Dream Entry" power. To truly grasp a system of power that cultivated the supernatural was enough to make him ecstatic!

This would give him the means to protect himself!

And he had no doubt that this power could be used in reality, because the essence of the "Qi Consumption" power system was the cultivation of the brain's soul energy.

"The weapon system of the Bronze Country would be hard for me to replicate in reality!"

"But the Seaside Ghost Country's path is the Qi Drawing Method—that, I can try."

Seeing his two roommates gaming, Zhu Zhengwei sneaked into the empty bathroom, eagerly planning to secretly learn.

Following the method in his mind, he used the Qi Drawing Method to activate the "Grasp of Returning Gloom."

He stretched out a hand, aiming at the toothpaste.

"Grasp!"

Nothing happened.

Soon, Zhu Zhengwei realized a problem: this world had no Heaven-Earth Qi.

Thinking about it, that made sense—where the hell would Heaven-Earth Qi come from here?

This was the lower-layer world of the mining rigs.

After a moment's thought, he quickly found a solution: "Since I can't sense the Qi of Heaven and Earth, I'll just draw on the Qi stored in my own mind."

"Grasp!"

"Grasp of Returning Gloom!"

Still no reaction.

He kept practicing for over half an hour.

"Grasp!"

Pfft!

With a sound, the toothpaste finally began to dent.

Zhu Zhengwei suddenly wanted to laugh, a joy welling up from deep within him. "It seems about as strong as squeezing the toothpaste by hand—nothing like the Young Ghost Empress's earth-shaking power in that world."

After all, one was channeling the power of Heaven and Earth, the other was channeling his own strength—they weren't the same type.

But this still made Zhu Zhengwei ecstatic.

This was telekinesis!

This was equivalent to psychokinesis—a true spiritual magic!

In a sense, he was already the first cultivator in the real world.

Carrying this excited mood, Zhu Zhengwei returned to his bed.

"Ah, it really works! Using a bunch of servers to mine, blockchain technology, continuously excavating a massive map world, and within it, deducing and exploring paths to a supernatural civilization!"

"On Earth, there has never been any other possibility for a civilization system, but in this brain mining zone, I can use mining to gradually dig it out!"

"The excavated map, the advancing civilizations—they're all lab rats, exploring the path to longevity for me."

Even though right now he could only dent a toothpaste tube, weaker than the lamest psychokinesis in the movies, it didn't stop him from looking forward to the future of civilization!

Just then, one of his roommates spoke up: "Hey, Zhu Zhengwei! The game we helped test is causing quite a stir! The forum is super lively right now!"

Lively?

The masses were riled up?

Zhu Zhengwei was still excited, but hearing this, he felt a twinge of unease.

He pressed his temples, recalling what he had done earlier. Yeah, it really was too much!

On the surface, it was a desktop scenery wallpaper, but secretly it was loaded with a trojan virus, quietly mining.

Besides, in the last few rounds, he had over-harvested the chives to feed the Giant Octopus, over-grinding the herbs, making their sleep scenes dull?

Had those chive players finally gotten bored of "Minesweeper," tired of staring at the beautiful scenery wallpaper every day?

If that were the case, it would be bad. Now that he had a large pool of server resources, he didn't want to go back to that state of scarcity, cautiously searching outside, and accidentally causing a big mess.

Silly players were always the best chives—working hard at the game, enduring without complaint. He still needed to nurture them well and harvest them slowly.

After all, everyone knew that peanuts had an oil yield of 40-50%, while chives had an oil yield of 120%.

"What happened?" Zhu Zhengwei asked.

"Just go into the game's built-in forum and you'll see," they said.

Inside the game, you could look at the "wallpaper" while browsing the built-in forum to chat. After all, staring at scenery all day was boring, so Zhu Zhengwei had set up a forum where players could chat while watching the view—it was basically a chat simulator.

Zhu Zhengwei put on his VR helmet, logged into the interface, and found the forum was incredibly lively.

The top-pinned post was titled: I Met Brother Octopus in My Wallpaper Scene

[Video 3:01]

The screen shows a view from the perspective of a marine plant.

Above the plant, a giant octopus creature, like a shadow from myth, swims past. Each of its tentacles clings to a human head, and every pair of pupils is wide open, vacant and indifferent.

"Don't come near me! I'm Patrick Star, Brother Octopus, have you forgotten our friendship?!" With a scream, the scene ends.

Many comments below.

"Wow, so cool, a deep-sea demon beast like an epic myth!"

"Another crunch, it looks terrifying, but when you actually experience it, it feels so soothing, a kind of happiness at being eaten by a plant, that chewing sound is a wonderful lullaby!"

"I'm also watching the wallpaper underwater, the scenery is so beautiful, pretty fish swim back and forth, and in the distance there's a mysterious and gorgeous Undersea Kingdom, so fantastical!"

Everyone is chatting, all praising the wonder of this wallpaper game.

Though you can't move anything, only watch the scenes, every frame is exquisitely unmatched and quite amusing, with a sense of randomness—it's clearly an extremely heartfelt work.

Being able to join the closed beta of this game makes them feel it's worth the trip; when it goes public, it's bound to be a huge hit!

"Not bad." Seeing this, Zhu Zhengwei breathed a sigh of relief, his tense heart calming down.

He thought for a moment and looked at the second hottest post, where most of the closed beta players had left replies.

The title was [Development Team's Heart: Stories of Pursuing Longevity in History]

Handsome Man: "Hello everyone, as a passionate gamer and reviewer, I'm back. On the surface, this game is a desktop scenic sleep game with a fresh style, letting you watch mountains, rivers, cities, canyons, grasslands, sunrises and sunsets. But if you look closely, you'll find it's not just scenery. Behind each beautiful scene, the Development Team is actually telling a 'story of longevity.' It's like a 'Lord of the Rings'—a long historical tale with the pursuit of immortality as the main thread, chronicling the joys and sorrows of people through history."

Everyone was stunned.

This mere scenic wallpaper game, fixed on beautiful views, also has a plot??

That's ridiculous, right?

Handsome Man: "Don't disbelieve me—I'm not some overthinker. As a veteran researcher, based on the scattered images everyone has posted on the forum, a vast Puzzle Piece is coming together."

Screenshot 1 (The Elder Imperial Emperor under Encirclement and Suppression)

Screenshot 2 (The Man with the Tear Mole)

Screenshot 3 (The old man appearing in different guises around the world)

"First is the scene of the Elder Imperial Emperor being besieged and killed in the desert Royal City of stone (link attached). Everyone's seen it—it's hugely popular, an epic, mythic scene, grand and tragic, telling the fall of a desert god-emperor with supernatural power! From this, we can see the game's wallpaper Worldview resembles a feudal mythic ancient era."

"His final gaze at the wild grass on the Tea Shed roof—that look of aging, despair, and longing is incredible! It inexplicably reminded me of my grandfather's eyes in his hospital bed before he passed—exactly the same. I was stunned on the spot, frozen for a long time, as if in that moment I too felt humanity's deep fear of death, its helplessness."

"Many players say this scene is brilliantly done, far better than today's idol dramas, and I agree."

These words resonated with many players. Honestly, watching the video, that gaze was truly shocking! Even a real person, a veteran actor, would struggle to pull off such an expression, let alone a top-tier movie AI?

Handsome Man:

"Screenshot 2 and Screenshot 3 show a man with a tear mole and an old man who often changes his appearance. I'm sure you've all seen them. They often appear while you're enjoying the scenery, come up to you, observe you, even pluck you and take you away to make medicine."

"So, based on my bold speculation and all the clues—the Elder Imperial Emperor's shocked, longing gaze at the wild grass before his death, the mysterious travelers using it for medicine—the Development Team is hinting at something: we plants, in this game's Worldview, might be a special kind of herb, the grass of immortality! We are the key to obtaining the Longevity Medicine and unlocking the door to the supernatural."

Hearing this, everyone felt awestruck.

This setting is way too epic, isn't it?

A desktop aesthetic game can have this much depth?

As a divine herb, we grow on cliffs, precipices, deep mountains, and grasslands around the world, witnessing the beauty, witnessing the people and passersby of this Mortal World, their pursuits and desires!

"Holy crap!! This setting is amazing!! So I'm the seductive little vixen everyone's chasing!"

"Thinking about it, it really fits—there are already too many clues, and I never dug deeper. The big shot is incredible! A modern-day Sherlock Holmes, internet detective king!"

"Wow! What kind of godly Development Team is this! (Like)"

"Compared to those flashy games out there, every detail here is pure quality! First time seeing such a dedicated Development Team—they must be a game company full of passion and a Game Dream, committed to bringing the most perfect and enjoyable work to people!!"

Zhu Zhengwei was a bit surprised reading the comments.

He just dropped them in to watch the scenery, treating them as Chives serving as the "Spring Eye" of this world, yet they managed to piece together all these scattered clues. This guy is pretty sharp—there are indeed many talented people on the internet.

"And have you all noticed? In the latest scene, the second generation mortal emperor, at his final moment, rediscovers the wild grass on the Tea Shed roof that the previous emperor stared at with regret, plucks it, and consumes it. In that instant, I felt a sense of historical weight and continuity!! Civilization is passing on, history is repeating itself—he too becomes the next mythic emperor!"

"The two men in Figures 2 and 3 might be mysterious figures running through the game's main historical storyline."

"Without a doubt, this is a game about history, telling us a story spanning decades, centuries—a tale of people in a feudal era pursuing immortality, seeking development, a hymn to human history."

"That's so cool!"

"Of course, this Hidden Plot is the Development Team's Easter egg."

"If you don't dig deep, it's just a beautiful, soothing sleep game—listen to the wind, the rain, various lovely scenes to drift off. But if you go deeper, it's for plot lovers. This game is so heartfelt!"

"As for a Strategy Guide? There isn't one. No game Options can be found, you can't move at all—current AR tech can't achieve this level of graphics; the computing power is too high. It's just a standalone wallpaper scene game for viewing scenery. But if you don't care for scenery and prefer story, you can study the plot and piece together the fragmented scenes seen by different players."

"In summary, I personally think this is a game far surpassing Elderly Sleep Aid 3D Desktop, breaking the boundaries of traditional wallpaper games, giving it a new epic beauty and a sense of awe at human history. I'd even want to recommend it to friends and share the videos and screenshots here, but no matter how I try, I can't post them outside. Looks like the closed beta's confidentiality is very strict."

"A forum in a dream, able to post outside? Don't be silly." Seeing this, Zhu Zhengwei was completely relieved.

Below, countless players were liking and praising, even begging the officials to release more closed beta accounts so their friends could experience it—it was just too fun.

"Not bad." Zhu Zhengwei felt much calmer seeing this. He decided to visit the forum often from now on, keeping an eye on these Chives players' moods.