Interstellar Travel: Becoming a Dress-Up Game Designer

Chapter 328

The more she thought about it, the better it seemed. She wouldn't need to design the crossover content; Wei Linwei's game could handle that. At the same time, Qingfengyi would definitely have to face this issue later, so she designed the Twin Towers as a consumable item. Because the consumption was so high, and there were special conditions—tempering—the design team assumed no player would discover it beforehand. Therefore, they decided not to set an opening time limit and release it all at once. This would also save some game programming time and reduce the computational load on the AI.

The game platform has complained several times about the excessive number of players in Qingfengyi. They hope that Qingfengyi will have more rules to restrict group activities of players, such as not organizing team battles with more than 100,000 players!

Even if there are, could you please not have hundreds of servers fighting at the same time? The servers are going to burn out, they're going to burn out!

Forehead.......

Lin Shuying, unaware of the complaints from the game platform, took a look and decided they couldn't restrict players from playing like this. It was practically a Three Kingdoms or Ten Kingdoms war, perfectly reflecting the history of the former Shennong Kingdom! Not only should they not organize it, but they should also hold events with rewards, and then elect a leader of the alliance. Or even a war for emperors, seeing who could ascend to the throne and become the unified emperor of China, giving them a majestic and powerful title—how cool would that be?

The more he thought about it, the better it seemed, so he turned to the person in charge of the game platform who was on the phone and asked, "How large-scale large-map battles can your servers support?"

The spectacle of billions of people clashing in a chaotic battle is exhilarating to even think about. Players don't have the worries of the common people and rulers of ancient Shennong's land, concerned with civilian casualties and the costs of maintaining an army. They also lack any concept of loyalty to the ruler, so all sorts of chaos are bound to erupt.

For example, a trusted ally might betray you, leading their own army to establish their own kingdom. Or, a general from another faction might suddenly collaborate with a ruler from another country to unify the land, betraying their own ally. It's even possible for one person to control a single kingdom and unify the land. At that point, the combat players in the Chinese martial arts world will probably go crazy, developing all sorts of strategies: assassin builds, warrior builds, warlord builds, empire builds, resource builds, alliance builds...

This is so much fun!

The person in charge was sweating profusely. He said awkwardly, "Designer Lin, how about we take a look at the server and upgrade your server first before we start this event?"

Lin Shuying's eyes lit up: "Sure? Sure! I'll be waiting for your good news, hahaha."

I initially thought that with the servers struggling these days, it would be difficult to achieve a full-map battle, but the person in charge is really awesome; they actually said it's possible.

The person in charge hung up the call, and a few strands of his newly grown hair quietly fell out. The assistant next to him asked, "Team leader, how's it going? Have you limited the amount of Qingfengyi running to reduce the pressure on our server?"

The person in charge looked up sadly, trying to hold back the tears welling up in his eyes: "Go tell the HR department to increase the compensation for hiring masters in server research. Qingfengyi is urging us to update the server quickly; they're planning something big."

"what?"

The assistant looked completely bewildered. "Are you kidding me?"

The team leader wasn't there to reduce everyone's workload, so why are they adding more people because the workload has become more important?

. . . .

Lin Shuying didn't ask Wei Linwei and the others to disable the player-triggered gameplay, nor did she update the gameplay announcement; she let the players trigger it as they pleased. It's a surprise in itself, like a treasure hunt game—who knows which corner holds a hidden delight? Imagine a treasure chest suddenly appearing in the bushes while you're passing by—wouldn't you be happy?

The players who triggered the gameplay were extremely happy!

The system's reward was incredible; it was a set of equipment.

What is equipment?

Only equipment that players can equip and that provides a boost to their combat power can be considered true equipment. This set of equipment is the Wind Monk's Robe, a complete set, and comes with an ivory fan carved with a Buddha and chrysanthemum motif—a truly luxurious configuration.

The Confucian robe has two forms: a clothing form and an armored form. The clothing form exists in non-fantasy maps, such as the Jianghu (martial arts world), main cities, and homesteads—maps without cultivation, immortality, or fantasy combat events and settings. It is a long, crescent-white robe set with bat and laurel branch patterns and gold trim, paired with a white jade crown and a fan, exuding elegance and refinement. In fantasy maps, it serves as a defensive robe, capable of blocking damage. The fan is a magical artifact that increases maximum spiritual power and is imbued with merit and the power of Buddhist relics.

This set of rewards is considered a lower-tier reward item in the Twin Towers event, given the extremely high difficulty and the sheer number of prize pool items involved. As a channel for consuming other items, it's essential to provide some good stuff; otherwise, players won't be willing to invest, and designing this gameplay would be pointless.

There's no such thing as an excess of items in Qingfengyi. If all else fails, you can sell them to the official team; they buy all officially designed items. However, many player-designed items are subpar, but if you design too many, you can't blame others.

However, it still provides players with a way to consume items, which is really awesome in terms of game experience.

This player quickly changed into his battle robes, looking incredibly cool. Players in the tower who saw the announcement rushed out to see what was going on, because this stubborn guy was hard to miss; he was the only one in the entire plaza still persistently burning gold.

Players from other areas also flocked to this area, and in less than five minutes, the area below the tower was filled with nothing but heads. That player was very experienced, having seen this kind of scene countless times, so he teleported home immediately when people rushed out of the tower. He didn't want to get stuck.

He then posted a video of the entire process of burning the golden beast on the world channel, and some viewers couldn't replicate it. With that kind of investment, who would be willing to go to such lengths?

He dumped a considerable amount of ores and spiritual herbs from the secret realm into it. These resources were extremely rare and highly sought-after after the opening of the Immortal Realm and Underworld dungeons; others couldn't even buy them, yet he poured so much into it. Then there were all sorts of accelerants and solvents mentioned in the world chat, all gems and basic materials obtained from treasure chests, which he also crammed in.

While others used firewood to power blast furnaces, he used coal.

Coal in Qingfengyi is not an easy resource to obtain; it's extremely rare. So rare that giving the sword-making NPCs in the Huaxia Jianghu enough coal will allow them to forge weapons to your specifications for free. Giving them a large amount of coal will also get them martial arts manuals, treasure maps, and all sorts of strange and wonderful items.

Therefore, coal is so scarce that it is almost never traded between players. Only combat players collect it, as it is not cost-effective for other players to collect.

This guy actually uses coal to power a blast furnace, what a tycoon!

But in the end, instead of burning the golden beast, it triggered a new gameplay mode, which is really something else.

Many players regretted it; they had burned so much firewood, why didn't they persevere a little longer? Maybe they would have gotten a reward too.

After the Burning Gold Beast, the Twin Towers gameplay begins.