31: Game update, the story of the Wind-Eating Mountains!

In Modu, Illusion Dream Game Studio.

Jiang Feng had his legs propped directly on his desk.

His hands were clasped.

He leisurely watched the screen.

The “Player Cultivation Realm Ranking” was a minor update, with not much short-term impact.

At this stage, all players were at the Qi Refining First Level, so there was no difference on the ranking list.

But Jiang Feng could imagine that to be at the top of the ranking list, players would definitely compete fiercely!

Just then, Liu Meiqin skipped over.

She curiously asked, “Boss, is that Mage really that smart? Did he find the clear method you designed right away?”

Liu Meiqin would secretly play games during work.

She was also tormented by the chase plot, dying over and over again.

The key was that she was too embarrassed to ask Jiang Feng how to pass the level.

“I didn’t design a clear method,”

Jiang Feng chuckled, “Our Xuanhuan World, in its complete form, will be a multiplayer online open-world game.

Although there are no multiple players, no open world, and no large world right now, there is one thing: complete freedom.

“Players can use any means to get through the early pre-set plot, and it’s even possible not to trigger the plot at all. The method those streamers chose cannot be said to be the only way to clear it.

“And… they didn’t clear it in one go either.”

Jiang Feng looked at the screen, his lips curving up, as if he was enjoying something.

He could view players’ game records in the backend.

Yesterday, after the Mage joined the team, he kept trying.

Initially, they just wanted to escape directly into the mountain range, but they were easily found by the pursuers and brutally killed.

Later, the Mage decided to memorize the map, frantically adjusting his route, but he was still found and brutally killed.

At this point, the Mage finally understood that memorizing the map only works if you can react.

The gap between Qi Refining First Level and Qi Refining Ninth Level was still too great. Whether it was speed, strength, or sensitivity during searches, they couldn't compare. Even memorizing the map wouldn't allow them to react in time.

The Mage then emulated Watermelon Prince, reinforcing defenses in Qinghe Town.

He was also smart, not limiting himself to the martial arts hall, but utilizing the existing town walls of Qinghe Town, constantly reinforcing them, attempting to fight a protracted battle.

However, he was still easily suppressed.

The four players, including the Mage, were quite invested, determined not to sleep until they cleared the plot, so they stayed up all night.

It wasn’t until the very end that they found a viable solution: using the townspeople as cover to escape into the mountain range.

Midnight Gao Sou was initially resistant, but the Mage told him to turn up the pain setting.

After dying a few more times, Midnight Gao Sou compromised.

Facing life and death, his moral bottom line wasn't as high as he imagined.

After confirming the plan, they tried many more times before finally releasing the video.

As soon as the video was released, the four of them immediately lay down to sleep, utterly exhausted.

They still didn't know how much public opinion their clear method had stirred up.

“Boss, what’s the next plot?”

Little Secretary Liu Meiqin asked curiously again.

Now with the strategy video, players would soon be able to hide in the mountain range.

Here, there were medicinal herbs, Yao Beasts, Cultivators, and Secret Realms, allowing for many plot developments. It would be the starting point for players to explore the Xuanhuan World.

The problem was that players in this world had no understanding of Xuanhuan.

So they didn't know that the mountain range corresponded to medicinal herbs, didn't know that there would be Yao Beasts in the mountain range, and of course, didn't know what Cultivators and Secret Realms in the mountain range meant.

For this, Jiang Feng had to create small guiding plots, using Efeng Mountain Range as the Newbie Village, to quickly familiarize players with the underlying logic of the Xuanhuan World:

How to cultivate? What is needed for cultivation? How to deal with threats? How to deal with opportunities? What else can be done besides cultivation?

Such questions all needed to be resolved in Efeng Mountain Range.

Coincidentally, as more and more players poured into the game, Jiang Feng also gained more and more emotional value.

He sorted through the ideas in his mind.

The Efeng Mountain Range had actually been built during the last update, but it lacked necessary NPCs and plot, so players wouldn't actively use the Xuanhuan elements in the mountain range.

Now, Jiang Feng consumed emotional value to fill Efeng Mountain Range with necessary NPCs, plot, and so on.

At this moment, Liu Meiqin asked curiously:

“Boss, is this Duan Kong Cave also in Efeng Mountain Range?”

Jiang Feng thought for a moment: “It’s not, but it is.”

Seeing Liu Meiqin a bit confused, Jiang Feng continued to explain: “Sects in the Xuanhuan World will set up branch Sects and sub-branches in various regions. There is an area rich in Spiritual Qi in Efeng Mountain Range, and that’s where the Duan Kong Cave branch Sect is located. The pursuers will leave after a period of time because a Secret Realm plot was triggered at the branch Sect, and they need to recall their personnel for exploration.”

Liu Meiqin was startled and found the key point: “Wait, Boss, do you mean the chase actually hasn’t stopped?”

Jiang Feng looked at her strangely: “Why would it stop? Did the players counter-kill the opponent? Did they find a backer to put pressure? Did they change their names and identities? None of that, right? So why would it stop?”

The pursuit in the Xuanhuan World was more severe than in the ancient style world.

Sometimes you kill a person, and suddenly trigger their soul lamp or life tablet, immediately attracting the pursuit of their Old Ancestor.

Sometimes you are walking and suddenly struck by lightning, it turns out a powerful being has cast a curse on you.

Easy trigger of pursuit (even possibly due to so-called Face), complexity of pursuit methods (even if the pursuer doesn't appear, there might be pursuit methods), and the long-term duration of pursuit (starting from a hundred years, a thousand years is not uncommon, and ten thousand years is not unheard of) constitute the violent undertone of the Xuanhuan World.

Under these circumstances, players actually thought they could make NPCs forget them by hiding for a while?

Pfft.

Forgive Jiang Feng for his impolite laughter.

Liu Meiqin frowned: “Then how are players supposed to get through the chase plot?”

Jiang Feng didn't hesitate and directly gave the true answer to clearing it:

“It’s simple, raise your Realm, strengthen your power, until Duan Kong Cave no longer dares to pursue you.”

Liu Meiqin was speechless.

After a period, the update patch provided by the System was completed, and the new update was uploaded.

“Major Update!”

“Efeng Mountain Range Fully Opened!”

“Various medicinal herbs of the Xuanhuan World, various Yao Beasts possessing power, and Secret Realms full of opportunities and risks!”

“At the same time, you will be able to meet Herbalists who come to gather herbs, miners who come to mine, mercenaries who hunt Yao Beasts, and Cultivators who explore Secret Realms in Efeng Mountain Range.”

“There is also a Duan Kong Cave branch Sect in Efeng Mountain Range. They are gathering personnel, seemingly preparing to explore a Secret Realm that suddenly appeared…”

“Boss, I have a question.”

Liu Meiqin looked at the update content, especially checking the size of Efeng Mountain Range, and asked curiously: “According to the lifespan of each Realm you designed, and the vastness of the map, cultivation should be very time-consuming, but we are a game, how will this work?”