94: It’s so fancy, I’ll just cheat!

What kind of game is Xuanhuan World?

Whether it's developers and designers in the industry, players, or media outlets that love to review and Rank games, no one has a definitive answer.

The reason is simple—

Xuanhuan World is too massive! There are too many ways to play!

Xuanhuan World is an open-world game; there's no debate about that.

But the core gameplay mechanics leave everyone perplexed.

It has no gacha, no quests, and not even dungeons.

It's like a real world, simply allowing players to step into it, and how to play is entirely up to the players.

Some high-level players can vaguely sense that the most fundamental gameplay of Xuanhuan World is similar to a strategy game, but it's not about managing a faction; it's about cultivating one's own Realm.

They explore the game, attempting to advance their Realm, and soon encounter the Golden Core Expert blocking their path... Imagine if you were playing a city-building game, and just as you're enthusiastically developing, you're suddenly told that your current mayor Rank isn't high enough; you must become a governor to continue expanding, but the governor is a native who firmly occupies the position... Could it be that Xuanhuan World is a trash game designed specifically to torment players?

Many players shared this thought, giving Xuanhuan World poor reviews and venting their frustrations in every corner of the internet.

And it was at this moment that people began discussing ways to break the deadlock in Xuanhuan World, growing more and more excited as they talked, eventually compiling three Laws for players to overcome the situation:

【One, Body-transmigrated players who wish to Breakthrough stably must gain the trust of Golden Core Experts, making them believe you are someone worth recruiting. If trust cannot be gained, you should still demonstrate your value, allowing Golden Core Experts to temporarily permit your advancement, thereby buying time to Breakthrough to Golden Core before they act.】

【Two, players who Soul-transmigrate into key figures inherently possess an advantage. They might be directly permitted by Golden Core Experts to Breakthrough, or even take over a Sect force. At the same time, these Soul-transmigrated players can also protect other players as they Breakthrough.】

【Three, rely on reincarnation points, use resources outside the natives' plans, and Breakthrough against the odds!!!】

reincarnation points!

Indeed, among the three major deadlock-breaking Laws, the third one was what truly enlightened and shocked players.

Countless players realized, their faces showing expressions of bewilderment, followed by wild joy:

"That's right! We have reincarnation points!"

"This Time Bu Ge's analysis is indeed excellent. Xuanhuan World is oppressive, but that's what the natives feel. What does it have to do with us players?"

"I can restart if I die, and I get a Golden Finger when I restart. What am I afraid of?"

"Exactly! As long as we have reincarnation points, we come with a Golden Finger. These are resources that Golden Core Experts cannot block!"

Players suddenly understood why some people said Xuanhuan World was a 'fun' game.

Imagine this.

Normal Xuanhuan World natives, from birth, have their Cultivation Technique and resources blocked by the powerful individuals above them. They cannot cultivate smoothly at all, and even if they do, they are strictly managed, their Dao almost entirely controlled by Golden Core Experts.

Let alone Breaking through to Golden Core, even achieving an Immortal Foundation requires pleasing those above.

But they, the players, are different!

They have reincarnation points and can choose Golden Fingers. In simple terms... they can cheat!

I start directly with a Heavenly Spiritual Root, my cultivation speed advances a thousand miles a day, everyone is a Prodigy!

I start with a Cultivation Technique, spells, and skills, even a Qi Gathering Method. What does it matter to me if native Golden Core Experts block Cultivation Techniques?

Even cultivation resources, various Medicinal Pills, various artifacts, and even Immortal Qi, can be exchanged at the start through reincarnation points.

These Cultivation Techniques and resources that the natives cannot control become the players' greatest confidence!

"Moreover, we can cooperate!"

"Let some people choose Cultivation Techniques at the start, and others choose resources at the start. If we get one person to rush to Golden Core, won't that ensure others can continue to rush to Golden Core?"

When a player excitedly said this.

The group of players, who had been discussing excitedly, fell into an eerie silence for a moment.

Then someone coughed and said:

"Ahem, I don't like teaming up. I'll just play Xuanhuan World as a single-player game."

"Indeed, reincarnation points should be about continuously pursuing higher values through successive Reincarnations. How can we compensate for each other's weaknesses and exploit game loopholes?"

"Right, right, right. Everyone cultivates individually. There's no need to stack resources; exploiting loopholes makes it boring."

Actually, this isn't a game loophole, but a type of gameplay.

However, Jiang Feng was certain when designing it that while some 'money power' players might use this method, most players would not cooperate.

The reason is simple: if I give you the resources brought by my starting Golden Finger, won't this life of mine be wasted? My next start might even be with 0 reincarnation points. What if you don't acknowledge it after you Breakthrough?

And why should you Breakthrough instead of me? I ask you, why?

In 5V5 MOBA games that last less than an hour, players will even flash to steal kills, let alone an online game that requires long-term play. Very few people are truly willing to sacrifice themselves for others.

Naturally, players gradually began discussing a new problem:

【reincarnation points are indeed our players' advantage, and starting Golden Fingers are indeed our Magic Treasure for breaking the deadlock.】

【But how do we get the first batch of reincarnation points?】

The higher the Realm, the more reincarnation points one can obtain, and thus the stronger Golden Finger one can choose.

Some speculated that these Golden Fingers were not randomly designed. The reincarnation points obtained after a Foundation Establishment's death, if Golden Fingers are chosen reasonably, would allow one to easily return to the Foundation Establishment Realm in the next life, and then have a higher chance of impacting the Core Formation stage. Other Realms follow the same principle.

Therefore, as long as the first batch of reincarnation points is accumulated, and then it's ensured that every subsequent life doesn't end prematurely, then impacting Golden Core is absolutely not a dream.

【The simplest method is Soul-transmigration! Soul-transmigrating into a Foundation Establishment instantly gives 2 reincarnation points.】

【Speaking of that makes me angry. That stupid Huan Meng must have controlled the probability. Foundation Establishment Soul-transmigration is too rare.】

【Moreover, Outstanding Talents cannot Soul-transmigrate. All Immortal Foundations are Outstanding Talents, and all of them cannot Soul-transmigrate.】

【It is said that after an Immortal Foundation dies, additional Golden Finger options are unlocked, so we'd best start with Body-transmigration.】

【So, after all that, how do we get the starting points?】

Everyone discussed animatedly, growing more and more disheartened.

They all realized that without the help of a Golden Finger, breaking through from a Mortal to Qi Refining and even Foundation Establishment was not that simple.

The first batch of reincarnation points, the 'startup capital,' was truly not that easy to earn.

Just as everyone was feeling down, someone spoke up:

【The first batch of reincarnation points, corresponding to the first batch of Foundation Establishments and even Immortal Foundations, I think we need to start with the Golden Core Tomb event.】

【This event is absolutely not just sitting there.】

【Our Great Love Alliance has decided to selflessly offer the core Legacy of the Kongming Dao Lineage, the Heaven Void Profoundless Art, allowing everyone to become a Void Gazer Inheritor, enter the tomb, step into the heavenly grotto, and contend for resources!】

It turned out to be Midnight Gao Sou, the leader of the Great Love Alliance, who had spoken!