To ascend, I had no choice but to create games-Chapter 516 - 303: Flipping Over (Part 1) _2
Chapter 516: Chapter 303: Flipping Over (Part 1) _2
Various monsters in the game are also an element that must be paid attention to, as these creatures harbor animosity towards all other living beings. Once they see or sense another creature, they will use all sorts of methods to attack relentlessly until their target is dead.
Having understood the core gameplay, Wang realized his previous prediction about “The Third Grandchild of the Forest” was wrong.
This was not a simple survival game, but a fast-paced building and survival game, with a playing time of about forty minutes, which was perfect for players to enjoy a round in their spare time from work or study.
However, Wang’s gaming knowledge told him that this approach might not please everyone.
Farmers liked a slow pace, but this game was fast-paced. And with monsters lurking around every corner, ready to attack the player, the overall atmosphere of the game became extremely quick.
One careless move could disrupt the rhythm, causing panic and confusion, or lead to boredom in the later stages if the player became too strong and lost motivation.
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But a few hours later, Wang had forgotten all his concerns.
He was too busy to crack jokes; he wanted to chop trees with his axe, dig into the ground whenever he saw stones, and he’d take any new items he found to Gong Gong for appraisal to see what they were and what could be made from them.
“The Third Grandchild of the Forest” completely broke Wang’s belief that farming had to be slow-paced. He had to concentrate fully, focusing his attention on gathering resources, then continuously upgrade his technology to rapidly transition to the next tech era.
Every game started anew, with everything from the past wiped out due to the world’s end. A fresh map would appear, providing a novel experience every time.
The game heavily relied on a resource called “Spiritual Energy,” which could replace traditional energy sources and was extensively present in all kinds of materials.
With Spiritual Energy, Wang could smelt items quickly, awaken his weapons and enhance their effects, build various automata to defend his home, and even slay invading beasts to extract Spiritual Energy from their bodies.
Besides, Spiritual Energy had another vital use, which was catalysis.
In the game, almost all fauna and flora could be catalyzed with Spiritual Energy. Once the threshold was exceeded, the corresponding organism could evolve into another form, resulting in more intriguing changes.
Because of this feature, Wang was eager to catalyze every new organism he encountered to see what forms they would evolve into and then utilize them in the subsequent gameplay.
Learning how to acquire Spiritual Energy was also essential; abundant Spiritual Energy would act as currency, stored on the player, and could be consumed to boost various functions.
Due to the presence of Spiritual Energy, hunting the large monsters here became a high-risk, high-reward activity, and Wang’s shift from fleeing at the sight of monsters to an ecstatic frenzy made him unable to stop playing and extremely entertained.
The game’s difficulty increased the further one progressed; evolved monsters could grow hundreds of meters tall, rendering regular weapons nearly ineffective. To survive their attacks, one needed a comprehensive understanding of the game or incredibly good luck.
Moreover, the game’s feedback was overwhelmingly intense, not based on the accumulation of materials but on the player themselves.
With every round, the player’s understanding of the game improved slightly. This understanding allowed players to quickly comprehend the nature of items or resources they encountered and rapidly figure out their use, then start exploiting them.
The game world was immensely free and vast. There was hardly any dull moment in a round of play, and the perfect arrangement of the game exhilarated Wang immensely, making him wish he could play endlessly.
Although he had yet to reach the stage of beating the game, Wang could feel his understanding of it deepening. He was now able to break past the thirty-minute threshold and march toward a forty-minute game session.
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But the happier Wang was, the less pleased the viewers became.
[Hey Wang, what time is it? Shouldn’t you be crashing your car to give us a laugh?]
[Seriously, I know you’re having fun, but don’t shout out every fifteen minutes! My roommate thought I was watching dirty movies and came looking for the video source.]
“Seeds, what seeds, are they gourd seeds?” Seeing the comments in the live stream, Wang asked excitedly, with eyes wide open, “I have enough Spiritual Energy, I can evolve right now!”
[…It’s the first time I’ve seen Wang so pumped. No, seeing Wang enjoy himself so much, I’m tempted to cut his power off. Moderator Zhao, I’ll tip you, can you cut his electricity for me?]
Moderator Zhao: [Don’t, it’s rare for him to be so happy playing a game, let’s just let him have his fun.]
[Darn it, why are other people’s girlfriends so considerate, and mine has nothing but money.]
[Be content, my girlfriend has no money, neither do I.]
[Be content, I don’t have a girlfriend.]
[Be content, I only have a boyfriend.]
Since Wang hadn’t messed up yet, the viewers in his live-streaming room could only organize spontaneously, making their own fun.
At this very moment, Wang also reached a critical juncture.
A dozen or so iron puppets, each tens of meters tall, completely surrounded the rampaging tyrannosaur, and Wang, brandishing a Peach Wood Sword reinforced with Spiritual Energy three hundred times, kept dealing damage.
His nerves had snapped to their limit, and his reactions had reached their peak, constantly identifying the enemy’s weak points and striking them down.
The Peach Wood Sword’s attack power was formidable, but since it couldn’t emit Spiritual Energy, he had to get in close to inflict any real damage, which substantially increased the risk of being attacked by his opponent.
After all, the game’s monsters didn’t have very sophisticated AI; they could use their five senses to track enemies, but by the later stages, they mainly relied on Spiritual Energy.
As long as the player’s possession of Spiritual Energy was excessive, they would definitely be targeted by powerful monsters, and how one could kite by manipulating their own Spiritual Energy became a high-level gameplay strategy.
Wang continually adjusted his own and the puppets’ Spiritual Energy, weaving around the monster in front of him, and as he swung his Peach Wood Sword, more and more wounds appeared on the monster’s body, and the Spiritual Energy released from within it grew more and more evident.
Feeling this, Wang got even more excited.
He had lasted thirty-six minutes now; only four more minutes, and he would complete the game, unlocking 21% of its realism.
After killing this big guy, he would obtain enough Spiritual Energy to enhance his entire hut at once and activate its core, gaining the power to withstand the destruction of the world.
Adrenaline was secreting in large amounts, a new achievement beckoned to him, and even the viewers in the live-streaming room began to hold their breath, chanting: [Nameless big monster, you can do it!]
“You damn guys!”
Wang cursed, feeling annoyed, his movements slowed for a beat, and the monster directly hit him.
Just when everyone thought Wang was actually going to crash, his Peach Wood Sword flew from his hand, piercing straight through the massive creature before him.
Countless Spiritual Energy particles fell like raindrops, then were absorbed by Wang into his body.
Watching his Spiritual Energy values surge, skyrocket, and power up, Wang couldn’t help but roar to the skies: “I am invincible under heaven! I’m going to clear the stage!”
[Wang, behind you!]
“What?”
Confused, Wang turned his head and saw that the monster he had just killed had stood up again.
It still bore the wounds he had inflicted, and its vitality had completely vanished, yet its brutal instincts had somehow allowed it to stand up again and launch a deathblow at Wang.
Just as Wang’s mind went blank, preparing to fail and start over, he heard a young man’s voice:
“Fellow Daoist, fear not, I am here to aid you.”
A figure as swift as a shooting star made a brilliant entrance, only to be slapped away by the already dead monster, and watching the guy being flung into the distance, Wang let out a puzzled sound once more.
“What?”
