Chapter 185: One Thought God Demon, Desire Self-Released

Meng Yuan Chu Altar.

Qi Sheng stood on the altar, flipping through a newly refreshed discussion thread on the forum with interest.

The viewpoints in the post sparked heated debate among players, with various novel ideas constantly emerging in the comments section.

【Custom Small World Concept, Launching a Poll to See Everyone's Thoughts】:

OP: Super God Little Chicken

Content:

Recently, the Doomsday Small World has been extremely popular; I play a support build, and thanks to my brothers' care, I obtained the Prayer Painful Painful Minghun and bought a ticket to enter the Doomsday Small World.

I was very lucky; not long after entering the Small World to explore, I encountered a group of survivors.

But unlike the survivors mentioned by brothers in the Small World chat channel, the ones I met were a group of vicious bandits who acquired resources by plundering everywhere, and they even possessed a piece of farmland under protection; compared to others, their life was relatively wealthy.

Although they are an evil force, they also have needs, and can produce Wish Power for me.

So I still provided them with various services to satisfy their needs, earned a lot of Wish Power income, and unlocked the first skill of Prayer.

But in the process of contacting and understanding the bandits, I suddenly thought of a problem.

As a detail-oriented player, before entering the Doomsday Small World, I asked about relevant information regarding the Guide Ghost Li Clan; the guide's narration mentioned one thing.

It stated that the original Wish Power acquisition method set by the Ghost Li Clan was a faction war mode where one side played the savior and the other played the evil.

They wanted to keep the Small World in a state of internal friction at all times through the ever-present invasion crisis to increase Wish Power output; in short, they could not let the Small World enter peaceful years, as this would severely affect Wish Power income.

Finally, it was because the Ghost Li Clan discovered special ores in the underground space that they chose to create the virus and take the path of doomsday.

Placing this problem before us players, the problem still exists.

During the process of satisfying the needs of the Small World's living beings, the threshold constantly rises, and the appetite gets bigger and bigger.

By the time the world is at peace and a new civilization is established, we players will have reached the time to exit.

So can we learn from the plan set by the Ghost Li Clan, or even improve upon this plan, and establish a counter-faction within the Doomsday Small World?

We don't even need to disguise; one side just needs to appear in a Monster World form, and the other in a normal player form.

Establish two factions: the Plunderers and the Survivors.

The contrast between the monster and player forms leaves no possibility of being seen through.

In this process, we need to propagate historical hatred, or even weave some historical lies to intensify the hostility between the two factions, letting the two factions constantly exhaust each other and pass the hatred down through generations.

This will continuously produce needs to satisfy our acquisition of Wish Power.

What we players need to do is not participate in the confrontation between the two factions, but become the equilibrium regulators of the Small World.

Do not let either side grow strong enough to destroy the other, keep the Small World in a state of chaos and war at all times, and ensure that neither the plunderers nor the survivors can destroy each other.

Doing this will inevitably continuously produce Wish Power.

But using the Small World as a chessboard, taking the lives of living beings as chess pieces, and manipulating the world's direction is an idea too evil.

So I am launching a poll here to see what everyone's thoughts are.

(Attachment: Poll Options)

Comments Section:

Never Surrender: I choose 1; our players' main battlefield is the Monster World, we should not waste too much time in the Small World; Wish Power output is also to serve the upgrade of the Prayer Painful Painful Minghun; the behavior of investing a large number of players to manipulate the world's direction does not conform to our players' core needs; we should drain the pond to catch all the fish, squeeze out the limit of Wish Power the Small World can produce, then return to the Monster World to continue expanding territory.

One Side's Journey: I choose 1; just drain the pond to catch all the fish; give the Small World a peaceful and prosperous age; we don't need to care about future development; our goal is the stars and the sea; only if the forces of the Small World descend into the Monster World can we players not regress to develop in the Small World; option "1" in the poll is the direction that best fits the development of our player legion.

Landscape Like a Painting: I choose 1; the OP's idea is actually quite good; opposing faction wars can indeed keep the Small World in a state of internal friction at all times, generating various needs under war environments, but the Small World is essentially a resource-scarce world; hunting and gathering cannot produce any spiritual resources; Wish Power produced by Prayer is meaningless for combat-type players; it is better to strip it bare and leave, sending the Small World an opportunity for free development.

The Sun Rises as Usual: I choose 2; currently, the acquisition of Wish Power has only one channel, the Doomsday Small World; before finding a second acquisition channel, the importance of the Doomsday Small World is self-evident; why not turn it into a scene that can continuously produce Wish Power? Remember, the Wish Power consumed for subsequent level upgrades of the Prayer skill is terrifying; to unlock more powerful skills, we must make good use of the Doomsday Small World.

Blood Shadow Soul Devourer: I choose 2; I do not have the Prayer Painful Painful Minghun, but I think long-term Wish Power production is very necessary; the strength of the Prayer Painful Painful Minghun is obvious to all; such an important Wish Power production site, it would be a pity to just take a wave and leave; perhaps the faction confrontation mode can be tried.

Various viewpoints collided in the post.

Every player has their own thoughts and puts forward suggestions.

While Qi Sheng was flipping through the post, he found that many players' thoughts were very interesting.

These clashing thoughts allowed him to see the transformation in players' thinking after their strength increased.

Some players want to control the world's direction and create faction opposition, while others want to leave freely after acquiring resources and no longer care about the Small World's development.

Some players even excitedly expressed that they wanted to become the God of the World and build a great civilization.

When this player elaborated on his thoughts, he stated that the idea of creating a civilization was an impulse that emerged when he discovered in the Small World that he could easily change the world; he felt he could become the guide and promoter of a new civilization, completing the sublimation from the display of power to the creation of value.

In Qi Sheng's eyes, this player already had a trace of "divinity," but only a trace.

In the Guide's past lessons, it was narrated that many powerful gods had similar behaviors: observing the diverse development paths of life, satisfying their own desire for exploration of the unknown and novel, gaining inspiration from the rich process of civilization development, and achieving self-identity and value.

The two sides of players, their respective viewpoints represent the Observer and the Controller.

The Observer chooses to push forward in the early stage, observe later, or no longer pay attention to the Small World's development later.

The Controller regards the internal friction of the Small World's living beings as a grand drama, wanting to become the maker and arbiter of the world's laws, establishing the order and equilibrium they want for the Small World.

These viewpoints all have reference value in Qi Sheng's eyes.

As players' strength increases, their thoughts will also undergo changes in this process.

Especially when the Black Tide formally invades Earth in the future, and strength returns to reality.

These viewpoints are content worth deep thought, representing the purest thoughts and desires in the players' hearts.

Just then, a new reply's like count skyrocketed like a rocket.

Qi Sheng's gaze jumped to this player's comment.

Night is Coming:

I'm late; I repeatedly modified the reply several times before sending it, only then was I satisfied.

Before stating my viewpoint, I first give my choice: I choose 1.

Next, I must refute Little Chicken's viewpoint.

The little chicken said that option "1" in the voting choices represents draining the pond to catch the fish; this remark steered the discussion toward a debate between two opposing viewpoints, with everyone arguing whether to control the world or simply drain the willpower and leave.

But the viewpoint of draining the pond to catch the fish is actually wrong.

First, everyone must understand one thing: the Doomsday Zhu Xiao Shi Jie is a world with a very small number of survivors.

The production of willpower is influenced not only by the strength of desires, but also, in cases where the Zhu Xiao Shi Jie's beings cannot be helped to increase their life strength, by population size as a key factor.

Forming two opposing camps and having them engage in high-intensity confrontation under the control of our players' wills will indeed drive the world toward chaos and disorder.

But doing so will also cause a vast number of lives to perish continuously in the process.

Every time a being dies, a flame producing willpower is extinguished.

Therefore, endless slaughter will only lead this Zhu Xiao Shi Jie toward another kind of collapse.

Although we players can intervene to balance the comprehensive strength of the two camps, such balance is more like suppression.

For example, if the Raiders camp's population surges and their war strength grows, what players can do is weaken the Raiders' power, secretly interfere to guide the war's direction, and bring the population back to balance.

In that case, the Zhu Xiao Shi Jie's development will always remain in a state of repeated suppression.

At this point, surely some players will ask a question: Then why not just support the other side's development? Why must it be suppression?

This question is easy to answer. Just as the little chicken stated in the post, satisfying needs is inevitably an upward curve.

If one side grows stronger, you strengthen the other; then players must expend constantly increasing resources and energy during this period until it finally becomes unbearable.

Therefore, suppressing one side is the ultimate choice for the balance mode.

Next, let me explain why I chose option "1" in the voting choices.

Because Plan 1 is not draining the pond to catch the fish; it is the process of making the cake bigger.

Giving hope to the Zhu Xiao Shi Jie's beings, helping them build a new civilization, solving the Immortal Virus problem... every single one of these things can bring players massive willpower output.

As for how players will obtain willpower after establishing a new civilization, this question is actually very simple.

During peaceful years of development, why can't the Zhu Xiao Shi Jie's beings have needs?

Does no one worship gods in the real world?

Whenever traditional festivals arrive, which religious site isn't packed with people? Too many people worship gods devoutly, praying (here is the key point): for safety, health, wealth, academic success, and so on.

There are also some people who, when facing major life difficulties such as a relative suffering from Bing Zhong, career setbacks, or marriage crises, will also choose to worship gods, hoping to use the gods' power to change their current situation.

Therefore, as long as the population grows and the cake gets bigger, there is absolutely no need to worry about the Zhu Xiao Shi Jie's beings having no needs.

Once the population base increases, the willpower produced will only be greater.

Even while I was thinking about this problem, a concept of "Self-Resolving Desires" formed in my mind.

The so-called Self-Resolving Desires means allowing the Zhu Xiao Shi Jie's beings, who possess various desires, to achieve self-satisfaction of their desires through certain methods, producing willpower for players without any need for player interference.

The specific plan is as follows.

Step one: continue unfolding according to the established direction, which is what you see as "draining the pond to catch the fish," by building a new civilization in the Zhu Xiao Shi Jie.

Step two: guide the civilization's growth and leave behind memories of your existence as saviors.

This is the most critical step.

You can understand it this way: pass down the process of your salvation through books, in the form of history.

Just like the mythological stories in the real world, such as Nuwa mending the sky, Houyi shooting down the suns, Yu the Great controlling the floods, Noah's Ark, Prometheus stealing fire, and so on.

Imprinting a historical trace of a god having once existed.

With the foundation laid by this step, a god system can be built upon it.

And this system already has a reference template in reality.

Consulting real-world data reveals that many believers in reality often seek spiritual sustenance in their faith; for example, monks practice Buddhist teachings, believing in karma and reincarnation, and when facing life's sufferings, they believe that through current practice they can eliminate karmic obstacles and obtain future liberation and happiness.

This is the comfort brought by trust in gods, which gives them strength to face difficulties, provides them with spiritual reliance, and thus grants them spiritual solace and satisfaction.

This kind of self-comfort is essentially self-satisfaction, only with the concept of "god" added.

This is a method of transferring desires to faith and imagining satisfaction.

Moreover, many ascetics have their own unique values and life pursuits; they stay away from worldly material pleasures and pursue spiritual purity and communication with spirits.

This one-way communication at the spiritual level is enough to give them intense spiritual satisfaction.

In this process, players need do nothing to obtain the willpower created by the Zhu Xiao Shi Jie's beings for them.

Whether worshipping gods is useful does not need us to prove; as long as the Zhu Xiao Shi Jie's beings do it and gain spiritual satisfaction, or even just alleviate some anxiety, this is also a form of satisfaction.

Therefore, I call this concept the "Self-Resolving Desires System."

What players must do is, in the second step of the plan, imprint the mark of the gods' (your) existence.

If you wish to deepen this step, players who have embedded the Painful Painful Minghun can even join hands to build a complete "Divine Court" system.

Assign different god identities to each player who has embedded the Painful Painful Minghun.

Similar to Taoist mythology, Buddhist mythology, Greek mythology, Norse mythology, and a series of complex god systems.

Then, through the history of the Zhu Xiao Shi Jie's beings, pass down memories so that the god system influences generation after generation of Zhu Xiao Shi Jie's beings alongside the civilization's development.

Thus, the Self-Resolving Desires System is formed.

From then on, you can lie back and earn willpower; the better the Zhu Xiao Shi Jie develops, the larger the population base, and the more willpower is produced.

Compared to god systems in reality, players have one advantage.

When idle, they can Jiang Xiao Shi Jie to satisfy the desires of individual beings, strengthening the concept of the gods' existence.

Therefore, I chose option "1" in the voting plan because it is a development model of making the cake bigger.

Choosing voting plan 2 essentially suppresses and stifles the Zhu Xiao Shi Jie's development, thereby affecting willpower production.

Writing the guide up to this point, an idea floated into my mind.

The real world we inhabit probably once had players embedded with Painful Painful Minghun come to save the world and leave behind stories of the "Self-Resolving Desires" god system.

Haha, the sentence above is a joke; everyone, do not take it seriously.

Now returning to the original voting option question, so I will say that the concept of draining the pond to catch the fish is wrong, as it has affected everyone's judgment on the Zhu Xiao Shi Jie's future development direction.

Finally, let us speak from a moral standpoint.

I will not preach on this matter; every player has their own preferred game mode.

I only wish to tell everyone that, when facing weak intelligent beings, we as players must uphold at least a basic moral bottom line.

Rather than bullying the weak, I look forward to player legions overcoming one strong enemy after another through growth, step by step ascending the Shijiewutai, contending with the heroes, and composing a glorious epic belonging to us.

Even if you are just an ordinary player, try to leave a vivid mark for future generations within the legendary chapters of the chronicles of glory.

You wouldn't want your descendants, when reviewing your game history, to discover you were a great demon lord who committed every evil, would you? Hahaha.

The above are all personal opinions; if you have thoughts, discussions are welcome, but do not attack.

Clap! Clap! Clap!

After reading the post content of "Night Approaches," Qi Sheng could not help but applaud.

"Guide, what do you think?"

Facing the inquiry, the floating Guide water sphere before him displayed a thoughtful expression, then nodded:

【Boss, after my simulated observation, this scheme of self-resolving desires is indeed feasible, and can achieve the viewpoint described by "Night Approaches" in the forum; it can continuously generate Wish Power for players in the subsequent development process, and as the population base grows, the output of Wish Power will increase.】

【Although the lives in the small world during peaceful times do not possess desires as intense as those in desperate situations regarding food, survival, and other instinctual needs, the population base can compensate for the lack of desire.】

【However, what must be noted in this scheme is that players occasionally still need to interfere with the small world; if the civilization within the small world is allowed to develop without intervention, the consequence will be that after long division comes unity, and after long unity comes division.】

【Resource competition, ideological contradictions, wealth gaps... these are all factors influencing the splitting of civilizations, and even leading to war; for the self-resolving desire system to make the cake bigger, it must guide the development process of the world, and even invest resources when necessary to aid development.】

【But compared to the high-intensity intervention under the opposing camp model, a healthily developing civilization does not require excessive intervention; only occasional guidance is needed.】

Speaking thus, the Guide presented the simulated information within Qi Sheng's mind.

Facts prove that the conception of "Night Approaches" is entirely feasible.

From the server opening until now, the growth of "Night Approaches" is visible to the naked eye.

Although his performance in the Monster World is merely at the level of an ordinary player.

Including the daily output of Shou Shou Jili, which is also very limited, it cannot be compared to top players at all.

But his contribution to the construction of the player legion has been immensely helpful.

This is also the reason he has always firmly held the number one ranking in the forum's strategy faction, and his follower count has also always ranked first on the forum.

Therefore, he is called by many players: The Big Brother of the Forum.

From initially providing strategies on Star Pulse combinations, to now proposing constructive conceptions for the future development of the small world, Qi Sheng has discovered that the ideas of "Night Approaches" have become increasingly mature.

"It was not in vain that I spent 3 points of Shou Shou Jili to personally intervene and heal."

【Boss, it was 3.4.】

Qi Sheng:...

"Was it deducted?"

【After that, every time "Night Approaches" hunted, 0.1 Shou Shou Jili was deducted; it has long been recovered, after all, this is the principle you, Boss, established, and it cannot be broken.】

"You are truly stingy; I was just making a joke."

【Then shall I return it?】

"That is unnecessary."

(End of Chapter)