Chapter 16: The leeks started moving themselves!

Forum of "Disaster OL".

It had only been a short hour since the game officially opened, but there were already dozens of pages of posts about the closed beta experience!

Grandpa at the village entrance: "Brothers! I've tried it for you! The production team of this "Disaster OL" really didn't brag! This game is simply awesome!!!"

Pig-headed Knight: "Awesome my hammer! Where is the succubus from the promotional PV!? (Anger)"

Bull-headed Warrior: "Exactly! Why is it just a skeleton frame after going in! (Anger)"

Grandpa at the village entrance: "Damn! Your requirements are too high!"

Against-Heaven Dragon Emperor: "Exactly! Isn't it fine if it can move! Completely immersive virtual reality game, something that only appeared in sci-fi blockbusters decades ago, now you're playing it, what else do you want!"

Knowledge Explodes: "Exactly exactly!"

A Leaf Knows Autumn: "To be honest, this production team really has something, whether it's the light and shadow effects or the sense of impact, it's just like the real thing! If it weren't for playing a skeleton, which reduced the sense of immersion, I would even suspect that this is not a game at all, but a real other world..."

Gou Shi: "Is it A-X-da? (Sliding funny)"

A Leaf Knows Autumn: "Almost... what kind of bird ID is this? (Sweat)"

Against-Heaven Dragon Emperor: "Tsk! A bunch of guys with no pursuit!"

Arrogant Life: "Laugh to death, if you brag so awesome, I'll eat shit upside down!"

Knowledge Explodes: "%￥#@!"

"..."

Below the hottest post, the comments were almost refreshing at a rate of five per second!

Zhao Jinyan, who was peeping at the screen in front of the computer, was dumbfounded, both surprised by the hand speed of this group of guys, and regretting that he was too slow to act, missing the opportunity.

"Holy crap... is this game really this awesome?"

Although he hadn't entered the game yet, just looking at the discussions of this group of guys, he already felt itchy in his heart, wishing he could put on VR glasses and fly in immediately.

This is the most outrageous part.

He hadn't even played it, and already had withdrawal symptoms?

Past Like Smoke: "Who knows when the next code release will be. T. T"

Gou Shi: "Don't know, ask the dog planner. (Sliding funny)"

Past Like Smoke: "Damn... speaking of which, is the test file-deleting? If it's not file-deleting, wouldn't you guys who went in first take too much advantage?"

A Leaf Knows Autumn: "Hard to say, I feel that the hardware completion of this game is already very high, it's just that there are some details that need to be adjusted, maybe public beta won't take too long?"

Past Like Smoke: "Then how do you feel? Is it fun?"

A Leaf Knows Autumn: "Speaking with a conscience, based on the current completion, it's not fun, many systems are done quite roughly. For example, you can receive tasks from NPCs, but you don't know what rewards you get for completing tasks! For example, the lagging novice guidance, if you aren't smart enough, you don't know what to do at all after entering the game, etc..."

A Leaf Knows Autumn: "But then again, Chang'an wasn't built in a day, these problems, although they exist, are actually just small problems in my opinion. Just like I said before, the hardware completion of this game is quite high, even high to the point of being unbelievable, you can even treat it as a completely real other world!"

A Leaf Knows Autumn: "Perfect physics system, realistic scene destruction function, and high-intelligence NPCs provide players with unparalleled freedom, so much so that the shortcomings I mentioned can even be part of the game's selling points... of course, if the development team can see my comments and improve them, it would be great, adding a currency system and a shop function shouldn't be very difficult."

Pig-headed Knight: "Damn... is this guy a shill for the official?"

Bull-headed Warrior: "+10086."

A Leaf Knows Autumn: "... I won't write guides next time."

Against-Heaven Dragon Emperor: "Don't! Brother! I specially followed you."

Knowledge Explodes: "Me too! Just love watching you brag!"

A Leaf Knows Autumn: "..."

Little Late Can't Eat Full: "Rat! That rat monster is too ugly... can the official change it if they see it, it's so big I really can't stand it. T. T"

Can't Play: "What?! Too big to stand it?! I'm small!"

Little Late Can't Eat Full: "Roll! (╯‵□′)╯︵┴─┴"

"..."

Just when everyone was chattering and exchanging experiences, a certain "black hand behind the scenes" of "Disaster OL" was also quietly peeping at the screen.

Awesome brother!

Luo Yan was worried about how to give players task rewards, but this sentence from "A Leaf Knows Autumn" woke him up.

He can print money out of thin air!

Can't buy things? For a game still in development, isn't this too normal!

The mall system is still under development, it will be available for purchase once it's developed! "Hearing You You."

"What's wrong? Demon King!" You You said in a crisp voice from inside the mirror.

Luo Yan touched his chin and said his thoughts.

"I want to set up a currency system, like gold coins and silver coins, used to give players task rewards... is it possible for you?"

Hearing You You was stunned, and opened her mouth hesitantly.

"Change

Luo Yan shook his head and said.

"I didn't ask you to conjure gold. I mean a virtual currency similar to gold and silver coins, you understand? The kind used to coax people for fun."

You You's eyes lit up.

"As expected of the Demon King! I understand what you mean! Simply put, it's adding an adjustable parameter to the player's character interface, right?"

Luo Yan said casually.

"Something like that. Just do whatever is convenient."

You You said enthusiastically: "Mm-hmm! That's not a problem! By the way, Demon King, what should we name our new currency? Gold coins? Silver coins? Or both?"

"Having too many messy types is too much trouble."

Luo Yan thought for a moment and said.

"My territory is called the Great Graveyard... let's just call it Nether Coin."

"..."

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing..." You You smiled reluctantly and praised hypocritically, "As expected of the Demon King, it's very much your style."

Luo Yan glanced at the creature in the mirror.

You've only known me for a few days and you already understand my style? While the two were discussing the details of the Nether Coin, the forum chat continued, quickly shifting from complaining about game mechanics to discussing game content.

This part was also what Luo Yan cared about most.

Although You You could be used as a camera, the area currently covered by the Demon King's territory was very small, only the area around the statue; he couldn't see the mine tunnels further away.

Not to mention the ruins of the labyrinth left by the old Demon King, which were pitch black; he could barely see a little bit near the entrance.

For those blind spots shrouded in the "fog of war," Luo Yan could only understand the specific situation through the players' discussions.

Ye Zhiqiu: "... Earlier, I received a labyrinth exploration quest from the Demon King, so I went down into the labyrinth and took a look. It turned out the situation there was quite astonishing! Unlike the narrow mine tunnels, it's a huge underground space with sturdy stone pillars for support—it's unimaginably spacious! The only flaw is that a group of half-human-sized spiders are wandering there, and there are many spider eggs!"

Ye Zhiqiu: "Although they don't seem interested in me being a skeleton, I can feel their gazes as if they are warning me... that if I continue to approach, they will attack."

Xiao Wan Chi Bu Bao: "Why is it either rats or spiders? T. T"

Zhu Tou Ren Qi: "Waiting for giant cockroaches. (Smirk)"

Cun Kou Lao Da Ye: "So did you attack?"

Ye Zhiqiu: "Are you crazy or am I? Those are clearly not creatures that a level 0 player can challenge. My feeling is that they are at least level 10 or even 20!" Zhi Shi Xue Bao: "A wide space, huh... feels more suitable for a newbie village than the mine tunnels."

Ye Zhiqiu: "Indeed, I had that thought at the time too. The development team could actually move the newbie village location down; that labyrinth clearly has much more 'style' than the mine tunnels. But later I thought about it, this might also be part of the game experience."

Cun Kou Lao Da Ye: "What does that mean? (Confused)"

Ye Zhiqiu: "Ultra-high freedom, virtually non-existent newbie guidance, and an ecosystem so realistic it's indistinguishable from the real thing... all these clues indicate that the game's development team wants us to create our own game experience and build a Demon King territory that belongs to us!"

Niu Tou Ren Zhan Shi: "Holy crap? Paid testers?!"

Ye Zhiqiu: "You didn't pay either. (Side-eye)"

Niu Tou Ren Zhan Shi: "But I came for the succubus! T. T"

Gou Shi: "Think about it from another angle: there are level 10-20 giant spiders on the very first floor. Who's to say the succubus isn't in the labyrinth? (Smirk)"

Niu Tou Ren Zhan Shi: "Brothers! Log in!!!"

Pig-Headed Man: "Awoooo!!!"

Luo Yan, peeking through the mirror, looked surprised.

Good heavens.

The leeks are moving on their own?

The next day.

Luo Yan, who couldn't resist staying up late, slept until noon the next day.

Never having been so lazy, he hurriedly sat up from the bed frame and meditated.

After last night, his Disaster System seemed to have completely digested the Demon King's territory, integrating those functions that originally required complex rituals to unlock into the Disaster System with one click.

It seems that although this Machine God isn't great at fighting, it really has some skills in technology.

A virus from a thousand years ago actually successfully invaded an operating system from a thousand years later.

At this moment, a thought suddenly popped into Luo Yan's mind.

Is there a possibility... that the Demon King's territory core is actually a type of divinity? I heard that the third-generation Demon God Lord Bayeli was once a Demon King...

Which means Hell has found a way to mass-produce gods?!

And coincidentally, the Disaster System left to him by the Machine God is also a divinity, so the two merged...

The more Luo Yan thought about it, the more terrified he became; he felt he had accidentally discovered something incredible.

Of course, this was all just his imagination.

He had too little information...

Sinking his consciousness into his sea of consciousness, Luo Yan carefully checked the changes in the Disaster System and found that the biggest change was in the Faith Value column.

In his impression, there was only a simple counter there, but now there were two income and expenditure items.

【

Faith Value: 277 Daily Increase: 101~120 Daily Consumption: 100】

"Faith Value went from 377 to 277... does that mean summoning a skeleton costs one point of faith?"

At the same time, there was a maintenance cost setting for skeleton soldiers summoned through the Demon King's territory.

Although this maintenance cost wasn't high, it still added up to a significant number.

Originally, the Faith Value balance of the Demon King's territory core wasn't quantified; the Demon King could only estimate how much Faith Value was left based on the brightness of the crystal and his own experience. However, after the Disaster System swallowed part of the former's functions, it quantified this number directly.

"That's a convenient function... but this daily increase in Faith Value is too low, isn't it?"

Lei Ming City is a big city with a population of a million, are these citizens really that loyal all day long? More than half of this 100-point income might be provided by his players.

Luo Yan didn't believe that not a single person would curse the hand that feeds them; after all, he heard quite a few people secretly greeting the old man Sheng Xisi in the tavern yesterday.

Logically speaking, those behaviors should count as selling their souls to the Demon God...

"It's really strange."

Just as Luo Yan was puzzled, a dark green pop-up window appeared in front of him.

【Quest: Ensure the current daily average online time of players is greater than 5 hours for three consecutive days. (Current daily average online time: 2 hours 33 minutes)】

【Reward: 400 closed beta qualifications.】

"You You."

"What's wrong?"

"Don't issue quests to your Demon King."

Seeming to guess that Luo Yan would misunderstand sooner or later, You You explained hurriedly.

"No, no, no, Demon King, I didn't issue that quest."

Luo Yan frowned slightly.

"What do you mean? Is there another divinity in my head?!"

"No, that's a program written into my underlying code. You can understand it as... it comes with the Disaster System."

You You explained with a wry smile, but Luo Yan felt that this creature was running out of excuses.

Sighing, he continued.

"Fine, I'll take it as that... so what exactly are the trigger conditions for these quests?"

"I don't know either..." You You said in a troubled, low voice, "But I feel... it might pop up to give you some motivation to move forward when your progress is slow."

Luo Yan: "..."

This is called slow?! 24 hours ago, he was still eating in the cafeteria of the West Tower of the Demon King Academy.

"Increase the players' online time... in short, just give the players something to do, right?"

Although he could cheat by "AFK for Nether Coins," considering long-term development, he couldn't mess around like that.

"That's right... You You feels that everyone actually likes you very much. Maybe you can try to respond to their expectations? Find them something to do?"

"Got it."

Want to work?

That's easy.

If there's nothing to do, everyone go dig coal for me; in any case, get the daily activity up first.

Luo Yan got up from the bed, tidied his appearance in front of the mirror, and then went to the mine tunnel.

The entire mine tunnel was filled with a thick smell of blood, presumably the blood of rat-men...

He walked all the way to the deepest part of the mine tunnel, arriving near the Demon King's territory core he had placed yesterday—the place where he held prisoners and where players were born.

However, when he walked into that gloomy and dark mine tunnel, the sight that greeted him left him stunned in place.

He saw that the statue housing the Demon King's territory core had, for some reason, not turned into the shape of the Demon God Lord Bayeli; instead, a tall and heroic human stood there.

Luo Yan couldn't believe his eyes. He walked forward hurriedly and was shocked to find his own face on the statue.

Oh no—

How did I grow up on it myself?! - (Seeking monthly tickets~~~)

(End of Chapter)