Game Testing: Different Factions Take Part

At the same time.

In the same starting village.

Several seemingly ordinary people with sharp eyes had quietly gathered together.

"Liehuo, is this the real world?" one person asked.

"I can't tell the Jifeng, but it shouldn't be, right?" said Liehuo, squatting down and pressing the ground. Then he went to find some wood to start a fire.

A few people huddled together, unlike the other players who were searching for quests.

They began conducting scientific experiments.

Gao Linzhi's gaze quickly focused on these special players.

This is a reminder from the mysterious skill "Expert Level Inspiration".

They will sense even the slightest threat.

He immediately smiled.

This world is certainly not real.

He doesn't have the "World Source" energy right now, so he can't really send them to another world to play a semi-realistic, semi-virtual online game.

The core is the incomplete code of the Skyfall Game, which serves as a medium for digitizing and realizing player characters.

The real scene they saw was actually an illusion created by Gao Linzhi using the game's core code.

The expenditure of this Mysterious Energy is naturally accomplished through the "Demon Bone".

The casting of illusions is also accomplished through the game's core code.

This is exactly what the previous Skyfall Game, did.

The reception of merchants in the Safe Zone was accomplished through illusion magic.

Gao Linzhi acquired a great many of these materials online.

It had never been of any use, so I decided to use it for testing and to obtain the Source Energy of the God's Domain realm.

Of course, this illusion is still much more realistic compared to other virtual reality games.

However, it still cannot pass the scientific physics test.

After all, the underlying physical rules are too complex to be fully simulated.

"It caught fire from friction, but something's strange, the flames started up way too fast," Jifeng said.

They looked at the flames; they seemed very real, and they felt incredibly hot to the touch.

But something is clearly not right.

Because they know that real friction ignition is extremely difficult; it requires lint, flammable material, dry wood, and several hours of hard work to produce even a single spark.

And now, they obtained the flame after only a few minutes of hard work.

This is naturally because illusionists can't waste too many resources on this; just having a semblance of illusion is enough.

This is also part of the game: a fun game doesn't have to be completely realistic. If it's too realistic, then what's the point of playing a game?

For example, in the real world, you cannot be resurrected after death, and it takes several hours to do something.

This obviously can't be done in a game.

Liehuo said, "It seems this is indeed a game, rather than someone who has traveled to a new world and is working for him under the guise of a game player."

"Hehe, you've been reading too many novels about the Fourth Catastrophe. Let's organize this and report it later."

"Hmm, let's see what the other groups are observing."

"We need to hide ourselves and do quests like the other players."

Soon, these people blended into the large group of quest-doers in the newbie village.

At this very moment.

Zhang Mingzhen was no exception, and also embarked on the mission process.

Despite his extraordinary talent, he's now considered to have been cheated.

However, without adequate equipment and level support, and without fully understanding the game mechanics, it is unwise to rashly attempt to grind monsters to level up.

Understanding the basic settings first is the safest approach.

Following the instructions of the other players, he silently chanted in his mind, "Summon the quest panel."

"Main Quest: As an adventurer newly arrived in Mingyue Village, you should first familiarize yourself with the basic situation of the village."

"You can visit Manager Wang → Boss White → Mr. Zhang → Taoist Chen → Mingyue Village Head in that order."

This is clearly a coherent chain of tasks, with the ultimate goal of targeting the "village chief".

Then a Minimap appeared in his field of vision, guiding him to find his way.

When Zhang Mingzhen followed the instructions and found Manager Wang first.

There were already many players standing at the entrance and inside the shop.

It took him a lot of effort to squeeze in.

Behind the counter in the shop sat a middle-aged man with an obese build, looking at the ledger in his hands with a worried expression, as if he didn't know where to start.

He had just approached the counter when the game notification appeared:

"Task prompt: As the only innkeeper in the village, Manager Wang needs to personally handle the accounts."

Please help him organize the account books.

"Quest Reward: 10 Copper Coins"

"Hello, Manager Wang," Zhang Mingzhen said. "I'm a new adventurer. How can I help you?"

He subconsciously used a normal tone of voice.

This NPC can clearly recognize keywords.

"New adventurers? Oh, there are indeed quite a few unfamiliar faces in the village, and the shop's business has become much busier," Manager Wang said blankly.

"Look, the ledgers have gotten much thicker."

"Since you're willing to help, please organize these accounts for me."

Zhang Mingzhen felt somewhat disappointed upon hearing this.

The reason is simple: these so-called realistic online games are actually just wearing the skin of the real world.

The quest processes issued by these NPCs are no different from those in those Korean online games.

However, when Zhang Mingzhen opened the thick stack of account books, he was immediately stunned.

He originally thought it was just a formality, a casual look around, and that the task would be completed once the time was up.

Unexpectedly, it contained a densely packed record of income and expenditure.

The game's level of hardcore gameplay is truly beyond imagination.

If you were to actually calculate each item one by one, it would be even more time-consuming than ordinary work.

The reward, however, was only 10 Copper Coins.

No wonder so many players are crowding here, yet so few have finished.

This task will not be easy to complete.

Please note that the currency exchange system in the God's Domain is as follows: 1 Gold Coin = 3100 Silver Coins = Copper Coins.

It is not a classic decimal or hundred-base system.

The reward for this task clearly shows that relying solely on errand-running tasks is absolutely not enough to accumulate wealth in this world.

This was actually a deliberate design choice by Gao Linzhi.

His purpose in setting up the private server was to select exceptional talents from this world, seize control of it, and then attempt to steal the Source Energy of the God's Domain.

In short, he is following the path of the Skyfall Game.

The Skyfall Game relies on cultivating a large number of Powerful players, allowing them to stir up trouble in the Skyfall World, and in turn, seize the Skyfall World's Source Energy.

Zhang Mingzhen, however, lived two lives.

Although he didn't go to university in this life, he worked in the accounting industry in his previous life.

He has considerable experience in managing accounts.

Therefore, he was quite adept at handling such basic accounting tasks.

After quickly organizing the ledgers and handing over the task, a group of players looked at him in surprise.

"Holy crap, we're all dizzy from looking at this, how can anyone handle this?"

"Damn it, isn't this beginner's task supposed to be completed with just a few clicks? Do we really have to organize the accounts properly?"

"I have absolutely no idea how to organize it?"

"Let's log off first and look for a guide."

"Damn it, I'm already stuck on the first level."

"What kind of game breaks down walls? I'm not playing it anymore, no matter how fun it is."

"That's right, even dogs don't play. I play games to dominate, not to check numbers."

"Yeah, if you have to work when you're not playing games, and you still have to work when you're playing games, then what's the point of playing games?"

For a while, quite a few players angrily logged off and then went to the forums to vent their frustrations.

However, their criticisms were meaningless to Gao Linzhi.

His goal was to use these challenges to filter out people who lacked patience, learning ability, and adaptability.

These guys should be content.

Gao Linzhi failed to create the Main God Space.

The main problem is that the core code of the Skyfall Game does not support it. Although it is possible to achieve something similar through illusion magic, it is impossible to eliminate the player.

If it loses its "annihilation" function, can it still be called the God's Space?

Zhang Mingzhen, naturally, felt a sense of superiority about this.

Since becoming crippled, although he has amassed a fortune of hundreds of millions thanks to his abilities from his previous life, he remains deeply ashamed.

After all, he lost both legs—actually, all three. What else could he possibly want to do?

Women can't touch him.

I can only stay at home.

What can you do when you go out?

It's inconvenient to even walk or step off the curb.

Now, he fully enjoys the freedom to walk.

He ignored the other players' envy and followed the directions back to the Equipment Forging shop in the village.

The shop owner, "Boss White," was the target of this trip.

This was a burly man, hammering away at a piece of equipment in front of a blazing furnace.

There are also many players here.

However, this does not affect his ability to accept missions.

Because you can communicate with your boss simply by using your thoughts or words.

Zhang Mingzhen first looked around the shop. In the front of the shop were rows of sales shelves, and in the back was the blacksmith's furnace.

The shelves were empty, and even when a few items appeared, most of them were just ordinary white equipment.

It was very similar to the "supply and marketing cooperative" he had experienced in his previous life.

Suddenly, the equipment tier settings on the forum <God's Domain> flashed into his mind: Common White Equipment < Mystic Mysterious Iron Grade <Bronze Grade <Silver Tier <Golden Tier <Platinum Grade <Shining Grade.

These are all clichéd online game mechanics.

Although "white equipment" is the most basic item in the entire equipment system, it is not something that novice players can easily obtain.

When they first entered the God's Domain, everyone was covered in Coarse Cloth.

The only equipment you get after choosing a profession is a Wooden Staff —which barely qualifies as a basic item.

After careful observation, he found that there were only about a dozen pieces of equipment hanging in the store.

"Why does it feel like your shop has too few items?" The shop owner, Boss White, stopped hammering.

"That's a bit too little."

"Hehe, this is the largest equipment store in the village."

Zhang Mingzhen was speechless. It was as if they were talking about a lot of equipment shops in the village.

Your family alone, aren't you second to none?

From this, he could glean that the drop rate of equipment in this world was probably chillingly low.

The equipment was obviously very valuable.

Of these few dozen items, armor pieces make up the majority, and their attributes are largely the same.

His gaze focused on a Fur Vest, and he silently ordered the data panel to be opened. A string of information appeared before his eyes:

[Fox Fur Vest]

[Grade: Blank]

[Effect: Physical Defense +2, Magic Defense +1]

[Equipment Requirement: Level 2.]

Looking at other basic armor pieces, their defense stats are mostly between three and four points, and they tend to focus on physical protection.

What good is this level of protection?

To his dismay, even such crude equipment required a level two qualification to wear.

Many players still don't know how to level up quickly.

This demonstrates just how demanding the equipment system in the God's Domain is.

He naturally didn't know that this wasn't Gao Linzhi's deliberate setup, because equipment was relatively rare in the Skyfall Game .

The game's core code doesn't support too many equipment options.

Zhang Mingzhen then had a sudden thought, and his character panel appeared before his eyes:

[Character: Chongxing (Priest)]

[Level: 1]

[Talent: Yin Yang Messenger]

[Constitution: 10, Strength: 4, Agility: 8, Intelligence: 8, Spirit: 12]

[Physical Defense: 100, Magic Defense: 120]

[Healing Ability: 160]

Thanks to the first effect of the "Yin Yang Messenger" talent, he possesses the dual attributes and characteristics of both Radiant Priest and Shadow Priest.

Therefore, all his basic attributes are, on average, more than twice that of an ordinary Priest.

The second effect of his talent is even more astonishing: with each level increase, he will gain attribute growth three times his base value.

In other words, if a regular Priest's initial constitution is five points, and they level up, their base value increases by five points, for a total of ten points.

Zhang Mingzhen, however, starts with ten points of physique. With each level up, the base value triples, resulting in a surge of thirty points.

In the trailer, it is revealed that in the rules of the God's Domain, Priest are characterized by high health and high mental strength.

Constitution is related to health and physical defense, strength determines physical attack, and agility affects attack speed and critical hit rate.

Intelligence determines spell damage and spell defense, while spirit relates to maximum mana, Spell Resistance, and healing effectiveness.

The specific conversion is as follows:

[Each point of Constitution provides 10 points of Health and 10 points of Physical Defense.]

[Each point of strength is converted into ten points of physical attack power.]

Each point of Intelligence is equivalent to ten points of spell damage.

[Each point of Spirit increases Magic Defense by ten points.]

[The formula for calculating Healing Ability is "spirit multiplied by ten", plus "intelligence multiplied by five".]

[For magic-based classes, Mana is determined by spirit; for physical classes, Mana Bar is determined by strength.]

From this perspective, Zhang Mingzhen was already far ahead from the very beginning.

This advantage will only increase as your level rises...

Of course, this requires him to level up quickly and maintain his lead in rank.

After reading it, Zhang Mingzhen lost patience with the equipment shop owner and asked directly, "How do I go find the village chief?"

"To see the village chief, you have to help me forge some iron first, then I'll tell you how to see him..." Boss White said impatiently.

Then, Zhang Mingzhen began forging iron.

Through a series of interactions with the villagers, Zhang Mingzhen finally stood before Xuan Yunfeng, the Mingyue Village Head.

He was a middle-aged man whose face was weathered by the years, his back slightly hunched, as if he had been weighed down by the burdens of life for many years.

"Village Chief, I am a new adventurer. Is there anything I can do to help you in the village?"

"Alright, brave adventurer, there are a lot of wild rats in the village lately, please..."

At this moment, the game displays a notification: "Ding! Congratulations, player, you have successfully obtained the mission: Eliminate the rat infestation."

"Ten Spotted Wild Rat were eradicated."

"Task Reward: 500 experience points. If you exceed the target, there may be an additional surprise depending on your luck."