Probing the Game Supernatural Tale
"You really can't underestimate the power of notes."
Through the player's built-in game forum, Feng Xue saw the deceased named Lincoln. His lips twitched involuntarily. He thought that the equipment origin meme "Beware of the Acupuncture Master" was already dangerous enough, but he didn't expect that the pun was even more dangerous.
For example, with this Game Helmet, everyone else can enter the game without any problems, but when Lincoln wears it, he dies instantly from a head injury...
Although there was no evidence, Feng Xue simply did not believe that the guy had really died from a sudden case of acute hydrocephalus.
Shaking her head and ignoring the message, Feng Xue quietly waited for the players to return. Contrary to her expectations that they would rush in as soon as the server opened, none of her six apprentices logged in directly.
But thinking about it carefully, it makes sense. This game doesn't really have any experience points or levels. Exploring the world is the core gameplay, rather than leveling up.
While it's inevitable that there will be players who feel like "ants are crawling all over them" after not playing for a month, most people, except for a few streamers and professional players, won't log into the game so early in the morning like I do, before the game has the ability to be fully monetized.
Or rather, most players are quite pragmatic. No matter how fun a game is, they still have to do their jobs. As for quitting their jobs to play a Virtual Reality Online Game as soon as it comes out...
Unless one is reborn, it doesn't exist!
Having wandered around Big Locust Tree Village for quite some time as a player, many nearby player groups have already come looking for her. Seeing the increasing number of veteran players, Feng Xue quietly activated the privilege of queuing up at the factory to receive Gundams.
Feng Xue is a person of her word. Since she promised those veteran players who had worked on the game that she would give them mechs, she would naturally do so. As for those newcomers and Outsider who had never worked on the game before, sorry, please just watch from the sidelines.
What's the most important thing when playing online games?
Is it strength?
No!
If you enjoy character development, you can try playing mobile games!
If you enjoy honing your skills, try playing Souls-like games!
Playing online games is all about feeling superior!
I have it, and no one else does. Even if it's just a piece of trashy fashion with no attributes, it's still a top-tier treasure.
Not to mention mechs, which are overwhelmingly powerful, at least among current players!
It's a bit of a shame, though. Perhaps because the Gundam Band only made its debut on the last day of Closed Beta closed beta, the news about mass-produced Gundams and the Gundam Factory didn't generate much buzz. As for those players who claimed to exchange screws for Gundams, they were mostly seen as bragging or being fooled by NPCs. After all, based on the simple understanding that effort equals reward, the idea of getting a Gundam by screwing screws in Blacksmith Shop for a month is just too fantastical.
However, it doesn't matter if it hasn't become Weird Tale yet. Once these hundreds of players pilot Gundams and cause trouble in the game, it won't be long before a corresponding Weird Tale forms. As for whether it will be "200 Gundam Protectors" or "Get a Gundam by screwing in screws," that depends on historical opportunities.
Feng Xue was actually quite curious: if a player obtained Supernatural Tale Entry like "screwing screws to get a Gundam" and successfully brought it back to reality, would they get a Gundam by screwing screws in the real world?
Gundams rolled off the assembly line one after another, Feng Xue deliberately shut down their powers to check if they were able to operate on their own.
As it turns out, the [Search According to Map] ability does indeed have the function of "adding rules" in a certain sense. At least after he turned off the ability, the mechs produced on the assembly line were still True Thing. In terms of performance, they were no different from the mechs of the same level that he created with the ability. Only the yield rate dropped slightly. However, considering the inherent error of the machinery, this was closer to the normal situation.
Of course, if this factory becomes Phantom Object in the players' legends in the future, then that would be a different story.
However, he didn't intend to interfere too much in this matter. He even planned to hand over the factory and its supporting industrial system directly to the Village Chief. The [world] with the setting of "the strongest in the contemporary era" was the ceiling for mecha, and he could directly make ordinary mecha by hand. He didn't need such a monkey-like grunt production workshop at all. In comparison, he wanted to use this opportunity to test the characteristics of that Game Supernatural Tale.
For example, will the original inhabitants of this world become the Supernaturalized after their deaths because of this factory?
For example, is it possible that the Big Locust Tree Village could become a separate, Weird Tale, similar to the Infinite City, in the legends of players in the "Real World"?
For example, could this factory add some kind of feature to the Game Supernatural Tale, leading it to choose a mecha-themed sci-fi world for its next game?
He certainly knew this world was the Real World, but considering the Infinite City's ability to filter worlds, he felt that these Super Large Supernatural Tale might possess the ability to subjectively filter worlds.
If that's really the case, then the selection mechanism in this Game World becomes understandable.
Firstly, due to factors such as the increasingly poor performance of online games in novels, games, animations, movies, and in real life, players developed a shared desire to "play Virtual Reality Online Game," which shaped the prototype of the "Mysterious Game Company" Weird Tale.
Subsequently, possibly due to the influence of Webnovel and other factors, this Weird Tale deepened the setting of virtual reality games and gained related powers.
Thus, the first fully Immersive Virtual Reality Online Game was born.
As for why it's martial arts?
It's easy to understand.
After all, considering that the previous closed Closed Beta of this world were all concentrated in Yan Country, it can be seen that the people of Yan Country were the main creators of this Weird Tale. As for the reasons, it may be that there are many people, that the country is peaceful enough, or that Webnovel game novels have an influence.
If people from Yan want to play games, they will face several problems.
First of all, since it's a fantasy game, it has to be a masterpiece.
Considering the current state of poor gaming in Yan country, it would be best to have its own style rather than simply copying others.
What kind of game has its own unique style?
This answer has already been demonstrated in many indie games.
A game incorporating elements of Yan culture.
That is: martial arts, fantasy, and mythology.
Then, the Weird Tale began to capture worlds from the ghost stories, but considering the Supernatural Tale Itself, the mythological and fantasy worlds were obviously more difficult to capture. Even if they were captured, players probably wouldn't have much of a gaming experience. Thus, the Wuxia World naturally became the new Game World.
Although all of this was just Feng Xue's speculation, he felt it was worth trying. After all, compared to the Infinite City, which was almost entirely a matter of luck in a random world, the way things were drawn in this world was obviously more subjective.
If this experiment succeeds, he can then manipulate players repeatedly to make the Game Supernatural Tale adopt the world he desires as its background, eliminating the need to gamble on the random numbers of the Infinite City anymore.
The only problem might be that the process will take a bit long.
Feng Xue mentally refined his plan for testing and experimentation, completely unconcerned about the arrival of a GM. In fact, if this Game Supernatural Tale truly had a GM, he would be more than happy for it to appear.
After all, who would want to solve riddles if they could just talk to each other directly?
Just as Feng Xue was pondering, a trickle of information suddenly came into his view. Following the flow of information, one end was undoubtedly connected to the six custom machines he had created, while the other end...
Who else could it be but his own cheap apprentice?