Players Must Be Diverse

Watching Zhou Yue's actions, Zhong Yi was momentarily in a daze.

If it weren't for the nickname No Destruction No Construction floating above Zhou Yue's head, Zhong Yi would have almost thought that Mu Yawen had logged into the account.

Zhou Yue's face darkened as he glared at Zhong Yi. What the hell are you laughing at! Isn't it a problem with this broken artifact?

I'm laughing because you look like you've been possessed by Junior Brother Mu...

Zhong Yi shook his head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and picked up the Mingju-15 in his hand to smoothly demonstrate the operation.

He grabbed the Type 556 Spirit Bullets (Tier 1) from the table, and with a thought, the spirit bullets instantly sank into the small formation array beneath the protruding magazine.

Whoa!?

Zhou Yue's eyes lit up, feeling a sense of sudden enlightenment.

If you treat the spirit bullets as talismans, then this artifact is a talisman launcher... just like this!

Seeing the look in Zhou Yue's eyes, Zhong Yi felt a burst of satisfaction, and his hand movements became even faster.

Bullets loaded!

Holding the gun with both hands!

Pulling the trigger!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The muzzle flashed with pale white flames.

Three finger-sized craters instantly appeared on the wall behind the Ahsara Rogue Cultivator.

The Ahsara Rogue Cultivator in front of them froze as if his brain had crashed, and then turned his muzzle toward Zhong Yi.

Are you trying to scratch my itch!?

Zhong Yi's old face flushed red. Ahem, it seems... there was a problem with the steps? Ha ha ha...

Zhou Yue covered his forehead, trying hard to hold back his laughter. What the hell was I even expecting...

But still, thanks for enlightening me!

With that said, Zhou Yue picked up the third gun on the table, loading and firing it cleanly and neatly.

Two spirit bullets accurately hit the center of the Ahsara Rogue Cultivator's forehead, while the third bullet vanished into the air because the Ahsara Rogue Cultivator had already fallen.

Tsk tsk, I knew this artifact was made by a little genius... This is an unprecedented experience!

Zhou Yue looked at the gun in his hand in disbelief, growing increasingly fond of it.

For cultivators, whether it was guns or shooting, it was a very novel novelty.

Actually, in the early stages of developing the illusion realm, Lu Ze had considered making Operation Xianyuanzhou entirely a product of the cultivator worldview.

Replacing firearms with various traditional weapons, adding sect styles to skills, and incorporating fists, kicks, and cultivation techniques into the combat interactions...

But the actual operational feel turned out to be very mediocre.

Just as Zhou Qiaoling had imagined, it became an all-too-ordinary dungeon-clearing mode.

Although the experience of looting supplies still added a lot of points, the overall combat experience and fun were not as high as Naraka: Bladepoint.

In fact, the audience for Naraka: Bladepoint's battle royale gameplay was not as broad as FPS battle royales like PUBG.

A very important point was that for melee gameplay, the TTK (Time to Kill) was too long.

This led to a situation where, aside from extreme conditions like landing empty-handed against a gold-tier weapon, highly skilled players were almost invincible!

Getting ambushed?

Just wait for the hitstun to end and counter-kill with a sliver of health.

Bad equipment?

Outplaying a gold weapon with a white weapon.

This meant that as the game progressed, the remaining players were the elite of the elite.

Every single one of them was a mechanical god.

On the contrary, PUBG still maintained a large number of casual players.

Because the TTK was extremely short, even professional players could be camped and killed by ordinary players hiding in the grass, and fully equipped airdrop weapons with level three helmets and armor could still be used to kill higher-level opponents.

This situation was even more pronounced in Operation Delta!

What Level 5 Helmet and Level 5 Armor fully modded M14 overlord?

Go talk to my toe-shooting gun!

What do you mean you don't know how to shoot?

Rat-a-tat, rat-a-tat-tat, surely you can do that!

In Lu Ze's past life, Operation Delta had a much larger and more diverse player base than PUBG.

Aggressive rushers, rat-like knife runners, campers, blood-sucking CS players...

Playing the game for a day was like seeing all walks of life.

This was also the most important reason why Operation Delta became so popular!

Looting, fighting, or extracting weren't actually that important; a diverse player culture was the core!

After figuring this out, Lu Ze abandoned the pure cultivation-style loot-shoot-extract mode.

He needed to integrate FPS gameplay into it!

Create a short TTK to diversify the player base!

Therefore, he came up with this design plan.

To promote the firearm elements, he combined modern-style guns with cultivation artifacts, fiercely striking a chord in the cultivators' hearts;

He even specially designed the world background of Operation Xianyuanzhou, putting the setting of thin spiritual energy and the dominance of artifact cultivators right in the players' faces...

With such a combination of moves, coupled with a comprehensive beginner tutorial, Lu Ze was very confident that cultivators would quickly immerse themselves.

Obviously, the situation was exactly as he expected.

Zhong Yi and Zhou Yue not only didn't find it jarring, but they even felt that this combat method was both novel and interesting.

This Double-barreled Elephant is only good for making a loud noise, right? The speed is way too slow!

Tsk tsk, the Mingju-15 is still the best... By the way, are there Model 14 or Model 13 versions? How did Junior Brother Lu come up with so many new gadgets!

Whoa!? Red Wolf even has an exclusive personal artifact?

Three-burst fireballs... Hahahaha!! Why do I find such a low-tier spell actually quite thrilling?

There's an ultimate skill too? Hmm, relying on a spiritual artifact to stimulate the leg spirit meridians, significantly enhancing the physical realm... Seems pretty good?

...

Zhong Yi and Zhou Yue were like children who had never seen the world, chattering endlessly.

They had to try out every beginner weapon in the military camp, completely forgetting the guidance prompts to move forward.

I'm speechless... A bunch of Foundation Establishment stage junk, I don't get what's so exciting about it?

Zhou Qiaoling rolled her eyes.

She simply couldn't understand why Zhong Yi and Zhou Yue, who were geniuses among geniuses, would be interested in these things.

At the Qi Condensation and Foundation Establishment stages, ordinary people were still learning how to circulate their cultivation techniques, while these two could probably break through just by breathing or sleeping...

Why were they as excited as children over some artifacts and spells simulating Foundation Establishment cultivators in an illusion realm?

She couldn't figure it out, she just couldn't...

Zhou Qiaoling helplessly walked out of the military camp, following the direction indicated by the quest guide.

The only thing she wanted to do right now was to finish this damn beginner tutorial.

To her, Operation Xianyuanzhou was boring to death!

Just like being reluctantly arranged by her master to train in a secret realm on a normal day!

If Zhou Yue hadn't promised to gift her a newly released outfit in Naraka: Bladepoint, she wouldn't have come to this broken secret realm even if she were beaten to death...

Just as she was thinking this, the quest guide at the top of her vision suddenly updated:

Please open the Immortal Master's Secret Box ahead.

Following the direction of the guide, a small green box suddenly appeared in Zhou Qiaoling's line of sight.

Hiss...

For no reason at all.

Zhou Qiaoling's breathing grew slightly heavier.

Her eyes instantly lit up.