Infinite Game Platform

As the Five-Colored Law Ribbon wound around it, the crumbling Minor World pieced itself back together like a puzzle, rapidly repairing itself.

The information stored within the crumbling Minor World surfaced in Tang Yu's mind.

At that moment, he saw the history of the Minor World's evolution.

From the birth of its first life to the world's flourishing development, and then its fusion with the Boundless Realm, countless living beings were devoured by evil spirits and demons until, in the end, the Minor World completely collapsed...

As the repairs neared completion, the fusion of the God and Demon Graveyard Space with the Minor World was also gradually completed. Soon, the Minor World disappeared into the Boundless Realm, turning into a blue vortex that appeared within the God-Demon Space.

Now, besides the newly formed blue vortex, two vortexes of different colors were also present in the God-Demon Space.

They were also crumbling Minor Worlds Tang Yu had collected from the Boundless Realm.

After he repaired and fused them, both Minor Worlds had become subsidiary worlds of the God-Demon Space.

Next, after returning to the God and Demon Graveyard Space, Tang Yu integrated the information from the three Minor Worlds and began creating a basic Divine Realm template.

This was the crucial step.

Tang Yu's plan was to use a game to fight against the Boundless Realm.

The creatures in the Boundless Realm were far too powerful. If players fought them directly, they would only get slaughtered. Their combat strengths were on completely different levels.

So how could he help players grow stronger and give them the power to put up an initial fight against the creatures of the Boundless Realm? This was the urgent problem Tang Yu needed to solve.

As he explored and searched, he unexpectedly discovered countless collapsed Minor Worlds within the Boundless Realm.

After looking into it, Tang Yu learned that although the Minor Worlds compressed and devoured by the Boundless Realm had all collapsed, plenty of information remained inside them. Some even contained special information, such as cultivation techniques.

This was exactly what Tang Yu urgently needed.

So he set his sights on those Minor Worlds.

With the help of the God-Demon Space's laws, three Divine Realms based on the cultivation systems found within the Minor Worlds gradually took shape.

Seeing this, Tang Yu smiled in satisfaction.

These three Divine Realm templates were his preparations for the players' early development.

Each template had a different direction for growth and its own cultivation system, all built from information obtained by repairing the Minor Worlds.

With these three Divine Realm templates, players would have different options when experiencing the game, much like choosing a class in the early game.

Several hours later, Tang Yu's consciousness returned to reality.

He stood up, walked to the study, and turned on the virtual console. A translucent screen appeared.

After logging into the Infinite Game Platform, Tang Yu opened the developer dashboard and got to work.

A moment later, the transfer was complete.

The game connected to the God-Demon Space was ready. Tang Yu named it All Gods, since its ostensible core gameplay was to develop a faction and gather resources until the player became a god.

After uploading the game to the Infinite Game Platform, he set the first step of his plan in motion.

Now, all he had to do was wait for the players to arrive.

That night.

Inside a mansion in the Shallow Bay City Garden Residential Area.

In a room decorated in black, Zhao Lin sat at the head of his bed in gray pajamas, staring gravely at the tablet in his hands.

"Update already! You've been on hiatus for days. Give back my tips! (Chokes and shakes you.jpg)"

"Three days without an update. Author, did you win the lottery or inherit a fortune? Are you abandoning us? (Sniper rifle aiming.jpg)"

"Everyone, calm down. The author contacted me and said he's been building up a stockpile of chapters to surprise us. He'll release a hundred chapters in a few days. If he doesn't, he'll livestream his surgery in Thailand."

As he read through the comments, Zhao Lin gave a helpless sigh.

He was an online novelist, but lately he'd hit a creative block and run dry on inspiration. He'd spent the past few days repeatedly writing and deleting drafts, dissatisfied with everything he'd come up with.

But he didn't want to give his readers shoddy work or pad the word count just to get by. So, after asking his readers for a break, he'd stopped updating.

Yet after three days of rest, he still hadn't found the inspiration he wanted.

As he continued reading the comments, one reader's post caught his attention.

"Author, if you really can't find inspiration, don't force it. Why not go play a game for a while? Maybe that'll give you some ideas."

Zhao Lin was a gaming enthusiast himself, and he often looked to games for material and inspiration.

But he'd already played all the recent releases and still hadn't found a good game that suited him.

After thinking it over, Zhao Lin decided to browse the Infinite Game Platform. Maybe he'd find an unexpected gem.

He stood up and went straight to the game pod in the study, still wearing his pajamas.

He pressed the button on the pod, and its door slowly opened. Zhao Lin stepped inside and lay down.

When he pressed the button again, the black cover came down, and nutrient fluid began flowing through the openings inside, enveloping him.

As the game pod powered up, its indicator lights flashed in alternating patterns. Zhao Lin's vision blurred, and a medieval fantasy-style desktop appeared all around him, making it seem as if he were inside the scene.

He clicked the Starry Sky icon for the Infinite Game Platform, and his account logged in automatically.

The Infinite Game Platform was the largest gaming platform in the country, with near-total control of the domestic market. As a result, every player in the country had an Infinite Game account.

Domestic game studios also chose to work with the Infinite Game Platform, which had a huge player base. They uploaded their games to the platform and paid 15% of their earnings in exchange for the player traffic generated by its promotion.

After verification, Zhao Lin began choosing a game.

He'd already played the games near the top of the rankings many times and knew their stories inside out. So he opened the filters and selected "Newest Releases (Within 24 Hours)."

The list immediately narrowed to three games.

They were Land of Death, Ghost Lantern, and All Gods.

Zhao Lin clicked on Land of Death first and began browsing its details.

Land of Death (Price: 1,300)

Type: Horror Survival

Release Time: November 17, 2320 (18 hours ago)

Game Size: 30T

Game Realism: 13% (Animated Virtual Game)

Developer: Crispy Killer Game Studio

Game Background:

A sudden virus sweeps across the globe. Within 24 hours of infection, victims lose their minds and turn into bloodthirsty monsters. You shoulder the task of finding a cure and venture into the virus-ravaged Land of Death...

After reading the description, Zhao Lin scrolled down to check the player reviews.

"Trash game. Refunded. What a waste of my time. (Rating: 1 star)"

"Refunded without hesitation. The game details are awful, and there's barely any freedom. You clip through everything walking around town. Even playing landlord is a hundred times more fun. (Rating: 1 star)"

"Great game. It cured my insomnia. I got sleepy after ten minutes. (Rating: 5 stars)"

Seeing such terrible reviews, Zhao Lin closed the page and clicked on the second game, Ghost Lantern.

The player reviews below this one were fairly average. Its realism rating was 19%, not high, but not low either.

Zhao Lin then chose to download it and try it out.

As a veteran player, Zhao Lin was undeniably picky.

He played for less than an hour before quitting and requesting a refund. (Players could request an unconditional refund within eight hours of buying a game.)

Feeling helpless, Zhao Lin clicked on the third game, All Gods.

He didn't have high hopes for it. After all, it wasn't a AAA game from a major studio.

All Gods (Price: Free)

Release Time: 3 hours ago

Game Type: Unknown

Game Size: Unknown

Game Realism: Unknown

Developer: Wonder Studio

Game Description: Enter the game and begin your own Mythic Age!

When he opened the game's details page, Zhao Lin was astonished to discover that it didn't even have an icon.

How shoddy could it get?

Even worse, the game description was absurdly perfunctory, as if it were a joke. He couldn't tell what the game was even about.

And its realism rating was listed as "Unknown." It clearly hadn't applied for platform review or unlocked the payment feature yet.

He scrolled down to the reviews, but there weren't any yet.

After thinking it over, Zhao Lin decided to download it anyway.

A blue progress bar appeared, and the download finished in less than five minutes.

With no particular expectations, Zhao Lin clicked the white All Gods icon.

His vision shifted.

For some reason, Zhao Lin had the strange sensation that a force was pulling his soul out of his body.

As he waited, a line of text appeared before his eyes.

[Game Prompt: First-time players must wait ten minutes for verification. Please wait!]

Though he wondered why he had to wait to enter the game, Zhao Lin patiently settled in to wait.

At the same time, the God and Demon Graveyard Space began operating automatically according to Tang Yu's settings. It drew Zhao Lin's consciousness inside and began the assembly-line process of transforming it into data. A Second Soul began to form from Zhao Lin's consciousness.

Once the transformation was complete, Zhao Lin's Second Soul used the God-Demon Space as a transit point and was sent to a remote area in the Northern Territory of the Boundless Realm.

This was precisely the starting point Tang Yu had chosen for the players' development.

Though it was remote and relatively poor in resources, it was an ideal place for the initially weak players to grow quickly and avoid contact with the Boundless Realm's top fighters.