8: This game is bound to be a hit, so let’s double down!

Liu Meiqin had a terrible game experience.

It could be said she had no experience at all.

First, she was put in solitary confinement, then instantly killed by a Cultivator.

When she learned her lesson and patiently waited after the test,

she was told she had no Spiritual Root and couldn't Cultivate, so she had to go back to solitary confinement.

Is this a game?

It's a Life Qi simulator, alright?

Do you, Jiang Feng, have a partnership with the VR pod company?

Waiting for players to get angry and smash their equipment, then making them buy new ones to collect money?

What kind of joke is this?

So, as soon as she came out, she angrily complained to Jiang Feng.

She originally thought she could make her boss reflect.

Instead, she was asked, "Why didn't you seize the Opportunity?"

What Opportunity?

Where was the Opportunity?

Liu Meiqin was utterly bewildered.

Jiang Feng explained to her, "That ring, that's the Opportunity I designed for you."

Ring?

What ring?

Liu Meiqin was even more confused: "The ring is an Opportunity? What does that mean?"

"In the cupboard of the confinement room, there's an ancient ring, and hidden inside it is a Cultivation Technique that allows Mortals without Spiritual Roots to Cultivate. That's the first Opportunity I designed for players. Liu Meiqin, why didn't you seize it?"

Liu Meiqin was dumbfounded.

A Cultivation Technique hidden inside a ring?

Are you kidding me?

Could it be some kind of micro-carving? Making players screenshot and zoom in to play? Isn't that ridiculous?

Seeing Liu Meiqin's bewildered expression, Jiang Feng was even more amused.

People in this world have no common sense about Xuanhuan.

They are still stuck in the Realm of Wuxia.

In his previous life, players only needed to glance at a ring to immediately know it was a great Opportunity.

Ring = Storage item, this was a fixed equation.

Inside a ring was equivalent to a Treasure Trove, anything was possible, a great Treasure Trove.

Sometimes there was another equation: Ring = Guiding Old Ancestor.

This was common sense in his previous life.

But in this world, people don't have this common sense.

This was a dimensionality reduction attack on their way of thinking, and the shock it brought could not be explained in a few words.

The effect Jiang Feng wanted to achieve was to constantly shock players with these novel worldview settings, time and time again.

Making them endure hardship but willingly stay in the Xuanhuan World.

Then, seizing one Opportunity after another, constantly advancing, becoming more and more addicted...

Jiang Feng looked at the still bewildered Liu Meiqin and explained his game design philosophy to her:

"Do you feel powerless?

"Do you feel like you're constantly being led by the nose?

"It seems like the entire game is full of malice?"

Liu Meiqin nodded vigorously.

In a normal ancient style game, she could at least resist.

A common man's rage, blood splatters five paces!

If an NPC provoked me, I'd save the game first, then go on a rampage!

But in "mystical world: the rise of the weak", she was directly slapped to death.

Even if she reloaded, she would probably still be slapped to death.

How could she resist?

There was no way to resist, she could only obediently queue up for the test, and then obediently be sent to solitary confinement.

She couldn't do anything.

The game experience was absolutely terrible.

She had originally thought this was a failure of game design.

But from Jiang Feng's tone, this was actually an intended design?

Is his mind alright?

Liu Meiqin looked at Jiang Feng with an expression that said he was a lunatic.

Jiang Feng continued:

"The Xuanhuan World is just like this~"

"In this world, martial might is revered, the strong prey on the weak, and the entire society is oppressive, dark, and utterly impenetrable.

"The Mortals at the very bottom, let alone rising up in resistance, sometimes don't even see the face of a Cultivator before dying along with thousands upon thousands of other Mortals."

"When players enter, they are also such Mortals. Do you think it's reasonable for players to have everything go their way from the start?"

Liu Meiqin shook her head: "Unreasonable."

Indeed, if this world was truly one where the strong prey on the weak and martial might was revered,

then players with humble strength would definitely suffer greatly, facing the risk of sudden death no matter what they did, and would have to speak and act cautiously.

They might even have to act like sons and grandsons to others!

"But boss, if you make a game like this, will anyone really like it?"

Liu Meiqin felt that playing for so long, she only felt stifled, not exhilarated.

People play games to seek excitement and relax.

Who would willingly suffer the harsh realities of ancient society?

Jiang Feng said to Liu Meiqin:

"What were you thinking when that Cultivator bullied you?"

Liu Meiqin was stunned: "At first, I didn't understand, then I felt very angry. If I had another chance, I would try to kill him. But, it seems impossible to kill him."

Jiang Feng nodded: "That's right, it's that kind of emotion. In the Xuanhuan World, the strong prey on the weak. When you are weak, you have to act like a grandson, fleeing in embarrassment, as if anyone can beat you up. But once you find an Opportunity and Breakthrough your Realm, those people will become the weak in your eyes."

Liu Meiqin suddenly understood: "I get it, delayed gratification!"

Jiang Feng nodded: "The darker the Xuanhuan World, the heavier the oppression players experience, the more they crave power, the more they cherish hard-won Opportunities, and the more they value Cultivation. However, as their power continuously grows and their Realm continuously rises, the number of strong individuals they can encounter will also increase, and the oppression they face will also increase."

Liu Meiqin was stunned: "Since I'll still be bullied after Cultivating, what's the point of this 'Cultivation'?"

Jiang Feng smiled mysteriously: "If you Cultivate to become the strongest one, wouldn't that solve it?"

Indeed, this is the charm of the Xuanhuan World.

In his previous life, almost all Xuanhuan novels had protagonists striving to be the strongest.

As you constantly grow stronger, experiencing Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Golden Core, Nascent Soul... these various Realms,

the things you can access will also continuously increase.

Alchemy, Artifact Refining, Talisman Drawing, and other hundreds of Cultivation arts.

Various Heaven And Earth Treasures that were once sought but unobtainable.

Various Secret Realms and blessed lands only heard of in ancient texts and legends.

And those increasingly outstanding Outstanding Talents.

The Sect Old Ancestor who once looked down on you is now just a trembling wretch before you.

The Prodigy who once disdained you can only shed silent tears as he watches your retreating figure.

These are all positive feedbacks that make one unable to stop.

To access these, one must constantly strive to Cultivate from a Mortal, desperately pushing upwards, only then can one truly see this brilliant Xuanhuan World.

"Boss."

Liu Meiqin listened to Jiang Feng's vision and was silent for a moment.

She suddenly spoke: "I think you have grand ambitions."

Previous games did not have such a vast worldview, nor such ambitious game design.

Although Liu Meiqin only experienced abuse in the game, she also felt a completely different quality from other games.

It was as if she wasn't playing a game, but rather immersed in a new world.

And she had only seen the tip of the iceberg of this world.

"Boss, I think we need to raise the stakes!"

Liu Meiqin shook her magnificent chest.

Jiang Feng's eyelids twitched: "Raise the stakes?"

"Yes! Raise the stakes! I think this game will definitely be a huge hit! So boss, let's not waste the next seven days. Buy more publicity, and invite some streamers to broadcast live to hype up the popularity!"

"We're out of money!"

"Boss!"

Liu Meiqin said with a serious expression: "I still have 100,000 yuan saved for my husband, I'll invest it all in you!"