newbobooks Chapter 139
Chapter 139
It has already topped several charts. If it were a space combat game, who would dare to do that?
The other players were also stunned. This player looked familiar but not familiar at all.
Many wealthy players simply couldn't stand it; they spent so many resources, only to find themselves worse off than free-to-play players.
"Qingfengyi, give me my money back! You took so much money from me, don't you have any conscience?"
"I thought the mythical beasts hurt me the most, but I never expected that the number one on the leaderboard was the cruelest knife. Waaaaah."
"In the end, I realized that what I lost was not hundreds of high-level battle pets, but that I didn't have a single battle pet that fought with me to the very end."
"Waaaaah, upstairs, you poked me!"
As the players wailed, the leaderboard awards ceremony officially began.
With the addition of the Beast Battle Ranking, players are most looking forward to the Beast Battle Ranking and the Costume Ranking; they're no longer excited about the others.
The rewards are all the same.
After the update, Yaochi became larger and the details were more perfect.
Previously, a light mist would gently cover the pavilions and covered bridges, obscuring the buildings from view.
This time, a faint glow of rosy light was added to the thin mist, turning the clouds into colorful rosy clouds that would swirl and tumble with the air currents.
Cranes, phoenixes, golden dragons, celestial horses, kunpeng, koi carp, and other creatures occasionally dart out from the clouds, draped in rosy hues, soaring through the clouds and creating surging waves of air—a breathtaking sight.
The various mythical beasts that players had previously encountered would occasionally leap out from the clouds, raise their necks and let out a long, melodious cry.
The number of fairies also increased, and many mirages could be seen in the distance, hidden in the rosy clouds.
Players were shocked. Could this really be a world they could imagine?
So beautiful!
Many players ride on red embroidered balls, tracking various mythical beasts and birds, holding cash withdrawal charms and nets in their hands, hoping to capture them. However, no matter how they fly, they can't get close. Even when something is right in front of them, it gracefully flips over and disappears a thousand miles away.
Once all 100 points of mana are gone, the character will fall, as the clouds cannot lift them up.
It will die if it falls to the ground...
"Ahhh, designer, you're the kind of person who plays me for fools. My heart is shattered into pieces, waaaaah."
"My phoenix, my dragon!"
"Why can't I have it, even though I can only look at it?"
"If you're so capable, then don't let me see this, waaaaah."
......
Many players were wailing, but even more were relentlessly chasing after the mythical beast from the sky.
It was like hail was falling from below, with countless players falling one after another.
Some clever birds used giant eagles and white eagles to chase after them, but birds also have stamina; when they get tired, they can't fly anymore and still can't catch up with the mythical beast.
These mythical beasts are incredibly magical. They can teleport thousands of miles away with just a simple movement like flipping over, straightening up, or exhaling mist.
Players are already imagining the wonderful feeling of riding a mythical beast mount and traveling a thousand miles in a second.
Some players of the game tracked the cluster of buildings that appeared faintly on the horizon. Those buildings were gilded and colorful, with pointed corners, towering pavilions, and beautiful scenery that made them fall in love at first sight.
Absolutely unstoppable!
After everyone had been excited for half an hour, the awards ceremony officially began.
This time there are three areas because there are so many leaderboards; it would take at least a day or two to look through them all. To save time, Lin Shuying designed a partitioned system, putting everything in one area and opening it all at once, like checking the results of an ancient imperial examination. The rewards will remain there for three days, and players can view them freely. The rewards will be displayed on the screen above the leaderboards; players can click to view them if they wish.
The other area is the Innovation Ranking Area, where all kinds of popular, innovative, and creative gameplay can be showcased.
Because the area has been divided into zones, the number of places on the list has increased from 20,000 to 100,000. However, only the top 2,000 will receive rewards; those who follow will receive an honorary title.
After a player equips the title, they can click to display it, and other players will see the large honorary title above their head when they leave the game. The title also has different colors and levels.
The bottom 100,000 are in white. The color of the name changes every 20,000 places. The level corresponds to the color of the battle pet.
Only this section and the dress-up area have honorary titles; the other lists don't, which blatantly demonstrates the bias.
Lin Shuying is still trying to steer the game back onto the right track of dress-up games, but at present, it doesn't seem to be very necessary.
Honorary titles have modification entries, with five levels. The first level can change five blocks, while the lowest level can only change one block.
Previously, Lin Shuying added a lot of special effects, such as pet effects, system panel effects, furniture effects, and so on. These effects are called blocks. You can buy face-changing charms in the store to cut out these effects and install them on other items that have effect-changing blocks.
However, be aware that the confiscated item will permanently lose this effect and its location, so choose your limited-edition effects carefully.
No players have discovered the Face Changer yet; they're still engrossed in the leaderboards.
With a large number of users, it takes a long time to scroll through the pages, so I'm reluctant to use the search function.
I always wanted to see who was better than me, and I actually made the list!
The innovation zone, in particular, is practically a hub of fun.
Many bizarre gameplay ideas and creations have emerged one after another. Some of these gameplay ideas really make people wonder if the player or the team's brains have been parasitized by the insect queen.
Lin Shuying looks forward to this section the most; she always checks the leaderboard to see the jokes...
Just watching the fun, hahaha.
She specifically enhanced it in this update.
The most outrageous innovative gameplay in this episode is setting fire to the mountain, an unexpected fire.
A player named 'Starry Fantasy' was so fond of the Yaochi architectural complex that he decided to create a building that floats in the air. Unable to recreate the ethereal feeling of a sky filled with colorful clouds and wispy mists, he decided to use crystals and mirrors to refract the clouds in the sky.
They purchased thousands of crystals, mirrors, and other props from the mall, painstakingly crafted and pieced them together, and then used thin suspension cables to hang them on the high mountain in the bamboo forest area, making them suspend in mid-air.
It really cost a fortune; the suspension cables alone cost hundreds of millions of gold ingots.
Ordinary ropes won't work for suspension cables because they don't have enough load-bearing capacity. Only expensive whip-like weapons and chain hooks from the martial arts world of China can meet the requirements.
Fortunately, most weapons in the Chinese martial arts world are not limited edition; as long as you have gold ingots, you can buy them freely.
More than 10,000 workers were hired, and more than 30,000 black tigers, giant eagles, red embroidered balls, and flying birds were used to pull the huge crystal and mirror base into the sky. The suspension cable was tied to the giant black iron pillar that had been smashed down on the mountain in advance.
These Xuan Iron pillars are as thick as five people can hug. They were all forged from Xuan Iron collected from the martial arts world of China, and they are enormous.
The process of chiseling through the mountain was fraught with difficulties because it involved destroying official buildings.
The bamboo forest area is a resource gathering area, where many players come to dig for bamboo shoots and the like, so there's no invincibility mechanic. He gets caught every time he damages something, spends three hours in jail, and then continues digging and refining.
In this way, a floating crystal castle was created, hanging between two high mountains in the bamboo forest area.
This achievement filled 'Star Fantasy' with immense pride, as if it were the completion of a lifelong masterpiece.
Happiness is that simple.
However, reality quickly defeated them.
In mid-summer and early autumn, the intense sunlight shines directly on the castle. After various rays converge, they focus on the bamboo forest area, igniting the entire bamboo grove.
At that time, many players who were relaxing on the platform were suddenly feeling refreshed one second and then scorched by flames the next.
The fire broke out instantly, without any warning.
The bamboo crackled and popped as it burned, and the sound of firecrackers filled the valleys and plains.
Many players' homes were affected, with a large portion of the potted plants and other plants in the planting area destroyed.
"Ahhh, fire! Fire!"
"I'm being burned to death! Help!"
"What is this thing? Has the server crashed?"
Why burn down bamboo forests when the server crashes?
Previously, due to the high temperature near the focal point, few players went there, so no one noticed that the bamboo there had been scorched.
Now, as the actors look over there, a beam of light shines brightly...
"It's that castle in the sky causing trouble; I hadn't noticed before."
When the sunlight is weak, the light beams are not obvious, and with the movement of light and shadow, most areas of the bamboo forest are bathed in light. However, today the sunlight is exceptionally intense, finally reaching its breaking point.
The interstellar people had never seen such a massive fire before. Everything was fine just a moment ago, how did the entire mountain suddenly burn down?
If they had seen wildfires spread across Earth, they would probably understand what it means for a single spark to start a prairie fire.
This is still a bamboo forest, and bamboo is very flammable.
The player who built the castle was dumbfounded; a heat wave swept over the castle, and countless plumes of dust obscured their vision.
He slapped his forehead, filled with regret.
"I should make a sunshade device."
His friend said with a worried look, "You should think of a way to compensate them first."
Below are countless players' houses and bamboo gardens, as well as the official bamboo forest.
Even though Qingfengyi has separate zones due to the large number of players, their zone still has 50,000 players!
Chat Channel:
"A wildfire has broken out in the area! Come quickly and help put it out!"
"A wildfire has broken out in the area! Come quickly and help put it out!"
"A wildfire has broken out in the area! Come quickly and help put it out!"
.....
"What wildfire?"
"No, no, I'll be right there!"
Amused tourists rushed to the scene, each riding a red embroidered ball and flying into the sky to take pictures. The wildfire was truly spectacular!
A vast bamboo forest was engulfed in flames that surged and raged like ocean waves, sending countless plumes of black dust billowing into the sky.
Amidst the sea of fire, the sound of exploding bamboo joints was louder than any of the fireworks from previous events.
"You guys need to put out the fire right now!"
"We asked you to come and help, not to watch the show!"
Players who have a home here are getting anxious. There are many treasures inside, especially potted plants. It takes a lot of effort to grow each one.
"Don't worry, just burn it all and then update it again."
Once it's burned out, it won't be updated again.
It will only regrow.
Lin Shuying's designed dungeons are not the mechanical refreshes found in other games, but rather dungeons that evolve according to natural rules.
Mechanical updates only apply to certain special resources, such as treasure chests in the Huaxia Jianghu (a martial arts world) or resources that are consumed rapidly over a period of time. Otherwise, they are allowed to evolve naturally and are not completely refreshed.
Currently, players have not discovered this.
After all their efforts were in vain, they stood in the sky and watched as the fire burned the area to the ground.
At that moment, they seemed to feel a sense of the ruthlessness and irresistibility of nature.
I feel a little helpless.
"I thought only stellar collisions would make humans feel a sense of catastrophe, but I never thought that a small wildfire could defeat me."
Given the current capabilities of interstellar beings, an asteroid collision is equivalent to a magnitude 5 earthquake on Earth, and a star being downgraded to a white dwarf is like a magnitude 7 earthquake. A stellar collision and explosion would be like a magnitude 10 earthquake.
Furthermore, these disasters are all predictable; once predicted, we can simply relocate to the next planet.
Intelligent robots can build houses and transfer resources in just over a month.
They rarely experience the helplessness of natural disasters.
Some players couldn't help but wipe away tears as they watched their homes being mercilessly burned down by the fire. "I tried my best, I really tried my best, sob sob sob."
Using her newly acquired firefighting skills, she cleared a firebreak around the house, extinguished the sparks that flew into her yard, and poured water on the roof and surrounding area.
But it was no use. The surrounding bamboo forest caught fire, and the flames rose more than ten meters high, completely engulfing her house.
She could only try to save the potted plants and precious flowers in the yard, but the fire spread so quickly that the entire house was engulfed in flames in just a few seconds...
She was burned to death but returned to her homeland and was resurrected.
Many players seem to have had some novel thoughts and feelings in the face of the fire, but these have little to do with Lin Shuying and Qingfengyi.
'Star Fantasy' compensated them, but also demolished the castle they had painstakingly built.
My heart is broken.
Surprisingly, he ranked first on both the Favorite List and the Creativity List.
At that moment, he was truly moved to tears!
"Qingfengyi, I will love you forever!"
Truly, only those who are seen know how moving it is to be seen, valued, and recognized.
Although his castle has disappeared, his achievements are recorded on the leaderboard, so his efforts were not in vain.
However, because he caused huge damage to the game environment, he spent three days in jail and also had to pay a lot of money.
Qingfengyi did not seek compensation, after all, this is an open world, and since it dared to open it up, it should bear the consequences of players' misbehavior.
Zhang Zhongxia knew about this and was worried that players would come to the studio to claim compensation and demand the restoration of previous data. Knowing Lin Shuying's stubbornness, he was prepared to mediate between the two sides.
However, the player did not contact the studio, nor did they ask for the data to be restored; they simply accepted the compensation from the other player quietly.
That's quite unexpected.
When the topic came up during dinner, Lin Shuying thought for a moment and said, "They probably felt Qingfengyi's sincerity."
The employees pondered for a moment and seemed to think it made sense.
The benefits offered by Qingfengyi are numerous: inexpensive items, interesting gameplay, a sufficiently free world, and a strong focus on player well-being...
It shows enough sincerity.
Lin Shuying smiled slightly as she looked at everyone's expressions.
The sincerity she spoke of wasn't about how much benefit she received, but rather the love she felt for life, her country, the planet Earth, and the world, which was embodied in her gentle and sincere words.
What moves people most is not deep affection, sacrifice, or the giving up of benefits, but life itself.
Despite being smaller than a speck of dust, it still strives to float, strives to rise, and strives to attract all the protons and energy around it that it can absorb, so as to strengthen itself.
This resilience, so sharp, is heartbreaking.
Because of heartache, I am moved.
Because I am moved, I love it and I am fearless!
There are many more unique ways to play in the innovation zone, and the leaderboard here silently records the players' passion and pursuit.
Next up is the dressing area, which is always a highlight.