"Sage Lu, it seems there's movement from the Illusion Alliance again!"
Zhong Yi arrived at the Spirit Jade Pavilion with a serious expression.
"Senior Brother Zhong, you'd better stop calling me that... I'm really not used to hearing it."
Somehow, being called a Sage by a peerlessly good person like Zhong Yi made Lu Ze feel a bit awkward, his toes curling involuntarily.
"Then... Early Saint Lu?"
"...Senior Brother Zhong, ever since the Black Yellow Qi entered my body, I've had another epiphany. Perhaps I'll be able to break through very soon."
"Haha, just kidding!"
Zhong Yi let out a dry laugh.
Last time, Zhou Qiaoling mentioned that Lu Ze could already withstand Li Moran's sword techniques;
once he broke through to the Soul Formation stage, he himself would no longer be his match...
"Let's get down to business. 'Eight Directions Venerable' has released a new map and a new mode... It's obviously targeting 'Operation Immortal Abyss Continent'!"
Zhong Yi said sternly.
"Oh? They haven't given up yet."
Lu Ze blinked.
He hadn't expected the people from the Illusion Alliance to be so persistent.
Even though his 'Operation Immortal Abyss Continent' was already incredibly popular, and he had even triggered a saintly phenomenon yesterday, they still hadn't given up.
Sure enough, people have a lot of patience when doing bad deeds.
"Junior Brother Lu, I'm just worried that they might affect your path to sainthood!"
Zhong Yi emphasized with a worried look.
"Are you really not going to go in and take a look?"
Lu Ze nodded helplessly. "Alright, then I'll go in and take a look with you..."
Hearing this, Zhong Yi secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Lu Ze's path in the Dao of Illusions had been too smooth, and he was somewhat worried that Lu Ze might stumble due to arrogance.
'Looking at it this way, Junior Brother Lu isn't as arrogant as everyone thinks...'
Zhong Yi thought to himself.
"...to see just how ordinary other people's illusions really are."
Lu Ze stretched and continued.
Zhong Yi: "..."
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...
Half an hour later.
Lu Ze and Zhong Yi exited the illusion together.
The former had a dull expression, while the latter was deep in thought.
"Senior Brother Zhong, what do you think of the loot-extraction mode in 'Eight Directions Venerable'?"
Lu Ze yawned and asked.
"Although it's not as good as 'Operation Immortal Abyss Continent'... it's an opponent that cannot be underestimated! Junior Brother Lu, you need to be careful!"
Zhong Yi answered with a serious expression.
Lu Ze became interested. "Oh? Why do you think so?"
Zhong Yi briefly organized his thoughts and replied:
"Although Junior Brother Lu's gunfight design is good, the battle of cultivation techniques and moves in 'Eight Directions Venerable' is more easily accepted by cultivators... Regardless of which is superior, the clash of techniques and moves is bound to attract a considerable audience."
"Furthermore, their loot-extraction mode is an imitation of 'Operation Immortal Abyss Continent'. The foundation is there... no matter how bad it is, it won't be that bad."
"Moreover... the quality of their map is quite high!"
After listening to Zhong Yi's analysis, Lu Ze nodded with some approval.
"Yes, the last point makes some sense... Their map somewhat exceeded my expectations."
Lu Ze said.
Map design is a profound field of study.
An excellent map design can often popularize a game mode.
For example, DUST2 in CS from his previous life could be considered a timeless classic in competitive FPS.
Lu Ze originally thought that with the cultivators' shallow understanding of games, their map production would be very superficial.
However, the map in 'Eight Directions Venerable' actually had some commendable points.
One could see many traces of the core designs from Dam Zero and Ascension Base within it.
The gap between this and the illusion maps previously released by the Illusion Alliance was so large that Lu Ze even felt these guys had used some sort of secret technique to deduce it.
However, while the map design was good, there was still some distance between it and the level of Dam Zero and Ascension Base.
"Junior Brother Lu only thinks the map is good? Everything else is...?"
Zhong Yi was suddenly a bit puzzled.
In his view, the map was actually the weakest of the three advantages of 'Eight Directions Venerable'.
Yet in Lu Ze's eyes, he didn't seem to care about the clash of techniques or the essence of loot-extraction at all.
"Then let me give you a little pointer..."
Lu Ze pinched his chin, suddenly feeling that Zhong Yi had great potential to be a game designer, so he patiently began to explain.
When creating 'Operation Immortal Abyss Continent', Lu Ze deliberately chose not to use cultivation techniques and moves as the combat gameplay, unlike 'Naraka: Bladepoint'.
The reason was simple.
The explosive popularity of the loot-extraction genre was centered on diverse player culture.
If the clash of techniques relied on cultivation base to one-shot opponents, it would lose the fun of the game;
if it was made like 'Naraka: Bladepoint', with blow-by-blow mind games, then sneaky players, campers, and even CS players would lose a considerable amount of survival space.
With such a design, the addition of 'loot-extraction' would make the illusion feel more like exploring a secret realm, thereby losing the fun of a game.
As for the plagiarism of the loot-extraction elements...
Lu Ze wanted to laugh even more.
The cultivators who made 'Eight Directions Venerable' always looked at problems through the values of cultivators.
What is most valuable in the eyes of cultivators?
High-tier techniques, supreme holy relics, heavenly materials and earthly treasures...
Therefore, the red-tier items in 'Eight Directions Venerable' were all these things.
Even the 3D models were made according to the real objects.
The problem was, setting aside their effects and uses, what difference was there between these things and ordinary books or plants?
Finding a Heaven-tier technique in an illusion with an extravagant description but that cannot be cultivated, versus finding a dazzling, radiant Star of Africa, which one gives players a greater sense of achievement?
The top-tier red items Lu Ze made all had flashy designs, even incorporating some sci-fi elements.
Cultivators didn't need to understand them at all, or even know what they were used for.
Even if it was just a doll, just looking at its appearance, a cultivator would know it was a red item. Looting it just felt great!
Not to mention the loot-extraction mechanics that used grid squares to represent item size, and where rarer items took longer to search.
When players saw a 3x3 or 3x4 item, they would subconsciously tremble with excitement, and the thrill naturally followed.
So although 'Eight Directions Venerable' copied it, they didn't copy the essence.
Lu Ze wasn't afraid at all.
After Lu Ze's pointers, Zhong Yi gradually understood the gap between them.
"So that's how it is... To think there are so many details hidden behind an illusion. No wonder you could prove your Dao through illusions! As expected of Junior Brother Lu!"
Zhong Yi sighed with heartfelt emotion.
"However... they did one thing absolutely right."
Lu Ze said frankly.
"Oh? There's actually something that Junior Brother Lu thinks is good?"
Zhong Yi was surprised.
Lu Ze looked at the announcement in the illusion, which had a plain interface but offered generous rewards.
"The spirit stone rewards they're giving away... are so damn high!"
"These guys are way too rich!!!"
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Luofeng Continent, Illusion Alliance Base.
As elders, Blood Crow and Rakshasa kept their eyes constantly fixed on the status of 'Eight Directions Venerable'.
The two of them were the main force behind the creation of 'Eight Directions Venerable', so they naturally paid extra attention to it.
At this point, 'Eight Directions Venerable' had been online for three days.
The transition from the pleasant surprise on the first day to the desolation on the third day left the two of them completely baffled.
There were many players on the first day, a full five times more than the previous player count of 'Eight Directions Venerable'!
This was enough to show the sheer appeal of the Treasure Hunting mode!
However, by the second day, the numbers experienced a severe drop.
By the third day, most players were simply idling to get their playtime rewards, claiming their Spirit Stones and immediately leaving.
Right now, there were only four days left until the rankings for the Illusion Realm rewards were announced.
The two of them racked their brains, yet they still couldn't figure out exactly where the Treasure Hunting mode of "Venerables of the Eight Directions" had gone wrong.
ng to die together with you." Lin Xuan is dead, his body thrown into the river by his scumbag lover and her accomplice. She, the president of the Su Group, is decisive, ruthless, and ice-cold. For three days and three nights, she had his body fished out of the river, and without hesitation, she kissed the bloated corpse of Lin Xuan. She laid down beside him in a cold coffin, their fingers intertwined, a smile lingering on her lips as she closed her eyes. The noble and cold-hearted woman, only bending for one man—Lin Xuan. Lin Xuan, with his golden finger, is reborn and returns to the day of his wedding to the treacherous woman. Su Qiang comes to steal the bride. Lin Xuan's eyes light up, eager to pledge his loyalty on the spot, but instead, her kiss transfers a glass of drugged wine into his mouth, causing him to pass out... 【Male Protagonist with Single Female Lead】【Yandere Tycoon】【Action-Packed】【True vs. Fake Heir】
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
ap a wealthy young lady? Or else I'll be eliminated by the system? Ye Feng, who awakened the Kidnapper System, originally wanted to live a peaceful life but never imagined he would become a kidnapper of young women. However, after some time, he discovered that all the girls the system ordered him to kidnap were far from ordinary. "Big brother Ye Feng~ You've kidnapped my heart, and now you're not allowed to leave me ever again~" "Ye Feng~ You kidnapped me back then, now it's my turn to capture you♡" "Little Feng, you're mine! You can only be mine!" "Ye Feng, none of them deserve you. Only I love you the most♡" ... This is madness, they've all gone mad! Wait, what? Why are all the girls I kidnapped yanderes?!
e, Immortal Body, Transmigration, System, Progression Fantasy, Academy Setting, Third-Person Perspective. Alternate Title: Transmigrating into a High Martial World and Reading Live Comments. Bad news: I transmigrated. This is a terrifying high-martial world, and my original, pathetically weak body fell into a coma and never woke up. Good news: I got a Popularity Points system upon arrival. I can see live comments and even create an unkillable alternate identity. Starting out, the alternate identity has all stats at 1. The system tells me that to grow stronger, I must participate in the plot, gain popularity points to allocate stats and grow stronger, and ultimately awaken my original body. And so, carrying my original body on my back, I officially entered Huaqing Academy, where the story's protagonist resides. From that moment on, Chen Guan kicked the original plot to pieces. Live Comments: [Doesn't anyone find this mysterious coffin guy creepy? He can summon indescribable grey misty hands.] [Is this guy a hero or a villain? What kind of onion became a spirit?] [By the way, does anyone know who's in the coffin? Shouldn't the debt for saving his life be repaid by now?] [According to unofficial histories, the person in the coffin was Chen Guan's first love. Their love was once passionate and earth-shattering, but they were separated by life and death due to worldly circumstances. What a star-crossed pair.] ... Years later, the world knew of a demon god born from a coffin, shrouded in grey mist, impossible to gaze upon directly. His foremost divine emissary often wielded a scythe, reaping lives like the god of death. As war approached, facing former friends and a boundless sea of enemies, Chen Guan merely raised his scythe. "Would you like to dance as well?"
