Chapter 153 - 137: Experience

Chapter 153: Chapter 137: Experience

Su Tan pondered for a moment. "I need to experience it myself." He had to personally test the performance of the Marching Battlefield’s new version!

"Sure!" The Fat Monk nodded and teleported Su Tan directly to the Marching Battlefield.

"Welcome to the Divine War Game Version 2.0. We have redesigned the game’s mechanics and gameplay. We hope you enjoy it!" The moment he logged in, this voice rang in his ears.

"What are the new updates this time? Qing will explain them to you right away!" Qing’s playful and cute voice softly echoed in his ears.

"Through the testing of the previous trial server version, the Divine War Game has earned the love of the cultivation inheritors. Qing and the behind-the-scenes creators of the Divine War Game are deeply honored. Thank you all for your support. This update... officially introduces brand new gameplay!"

Su Tan was not interested in this official jargon. It was all designed by the Fat Monk, just a bunch of nonsense to fool people. What he wanted to experience and understand were the brand-new features in the game.

"First, the store is officially open...

"In the past, the store was almost just for show, without any other substantial purpose. However, after this update, the store feature will be officially launched to serve the cultivation inheritors!

"You can use yin coins, or treasures captured from Yin Demons, to redeem items from the store!

"In the game store, cultivation inheritors can buy various items, including the red Blood Bottle Life Liquid that restores health. In the past, if inheritors were unfortunately injured by Yin Demons during combat, they could only rely on their own power to heal. While this enhanced the realistic effect of the player experience, it increased the burden on players, preventing them from completing quests efficiently and killing Yin Demons quickly. Adhering to the principle of serving players, the developers have introduced this medicinal liquid to replenish bodily health, hoping to help you, the great inheritor! Save the world!"

Su Tan’s expression shifted. "Open the game store!

"Buy Life Liquid!"

"DING. Congratulations to the inheritor for successfully purchasing Life Liquid +1... Consuming 1,000 yin coins..."

"Use it!"

"DING. Detected that the inheritor’s health level is at 100%... Do you wish to continue using it?"

He noted that the tone of this thing was actually somewhat similar to the system in his own mind.

"Continue using it!"

"DING. Consuming Life Liquid +1..."

"Life Value +100... +100..."

Green "+100" numbers continuously flashed above Su Tan’s head. He carefully sensed the effect. This vitality was somewhat identical to the energy within his own body that could restore the lifeforce of various living beings. It really could restore Life Value!

"Restoring a player’s Spirit Body is much faster than restoring your actual life. However, each bottle of Life Liquid can only restore 1,000 points of Life Value. If consumed too much, they will develop a resistance, and the restorative effect will gradually weaken!" The Fat Monk, watching Su Tan’s every move from the Divine Mansion, directly explained to him.

"Not bad, it feels a bit like a real game!" Su Tan nodded. It was quite similar to the games he used to play. The Divine War Game was truly becoming more and more mature.

As a tester, Su Tan would not be careless. He continued evaluating the next product.

"Mana Spirit Liquid, can help players restore Mana Value."

Red bottles restored Life Value, while blue ones restored Mana Value. Su Tan had previously suggested this mechanic to the Fat Monk, but at the time, their capabilities were limited, and they couldn’t implement it.

"How did you make all of these things?" Su Tan asked.

"Hehe, they are all treasures from the Treasure Burial Realm," the Fat Monk explained. "This weapon that restores life and repairs the Spirit Body is incredible; it took me a lot of effort to find it. I used the power of the Divine Artifact to extract its energy and seal it, selling it to players in the form of Blood Bottles. It’s equivalent to Miracle Medicine in the real world, repairing the players’ Spirit Bodies. With the help of the Divine Artifact in the future, I can continuously sell Blood Bottles.

"Oh, right, the blue bottles work on the same principle. Thanks to you opening the Treasure Burial Realm, otherwise, I really wouldn’t have been able to complete this feature!"

So that was how it worked. Su Tan continued browsing the store.

"Detonator Talisman? Divided into low, medium, and high grades. A low-grade Talisman deals damage to all living creatures within a three-meter radius upon detonation, priced at 5,000 yin coins. A medium-grade one damages within a 10-meter radius, priced at 100,000 yin coins. A high-grade Detonator Talisman damages within a 100-meter radius, priced at 10,000,000 yin coins... Special Level, Divine Level, and others will be released in the future, so please stay tuned?

"This is the production effect of another Divine Artifact. Actually... it can be called the Sunflower Water Celestial Thunder Umbrella," the Fat Monk said. "Originally, when the Sunflower Water Celestial Thunder Umbrella spun, its canopy would shoot out countless Thunder Pearls, which would subsequently explode. I modified it a bit and am providing it to the players in a new form!"

It turned out that behind every item was a corresponding Divine Artifact. The fatty had combined these Divine Artifacts and set them up as in-game items. What an idea!

"BOOM!"

Su Tan found a few minor Yin Demon mobs to test it out. The effect wasn’t bad; it was just like throwing a hand grenade. The power was moderate.

It might not be of much use to veteran players, but for beginners with low strength, it was a pretty good lethal weapon. It was just a bit expensive. If the price weren’t so high, gathering hundreds or tens of thousands of them and throwing them out to detonate together would definitely create a spectacular scene. Of course... there was nothing that could be done about the high price. Su Tan couldn’t lower it. Driving a Divine Artifact required energy. It was expensive for a reason; if they sold them too cheaply and the Divine Artifact couldn’t produce any more Detonator Talismans, that would truly be a helpless situation.

There were other items in the store. Not many, just over a dozen in total. Some were even just titles... limited-time titles, permanent titles... Finger-heart gifts that could be given to sweethearts, close buddies, or best friends... The prices were steep, and the special effects were quite good. However... they were actually completely useless in combat. They were just for showing off. Nothing more.

Su Tan looked at the Fat Monk with newfound respect.

"Hehe... these are just to earn some extra income from the players..." the fatty said sheepishly.

Su Tan’s jaw dropped. When he and the Fat Monk were researching the game before, he had only mentioned it in passing. He never expected this guy to actually create these things, and in such a dazzling, flashy variety... He was indeed a game development genius! With such business acumen... if he were placed on Earth, oh my goodness... Boss Ma would probably gain another talent he couldn’t bear to part with!

Regarding this... Su Tan was incredibly furious! How could he do this? People were just playing a game; why did they have to be exploited? Doing this was immoral!

Then, Su Tan said, "For this kind of stuff, I think... we should double the price. After all, the special effects are so flashy, there will definitely be many wealthy whales buying them. We need to take into account the superiority complex of our whale players!"

Yes... although it was immoral, for the sake of saving the world’s common people and maintaining the operation of the Void God Realm, selling them for a bit more should... be fine, right?

The Fat Monk was speechless. He thought Su Tan wouldn’t agree to him making these messy things that had nothing to do with combat, but he never expected... Sigh!

The two came to a tacit understanding, simultaneously flashing a wicked smile. Ultimately, they discussed and decided to raise the prices... a full ten times their original amount! They could be exchanged using yin coins or other resources.

Yin coins were, in fact, Yin Demon energy that players couldn’t absorb all at once. The Fat Monk stored it for the players in the form of coins.

"Sometimes, a title alone is enough to drive people crazy!" A certain someone named Su still remembered how, back in middle school, he had pulled countless all-nighters grinding for a weapon in DNF...

"The rarer it is, the more of a stir it causes. To obtain a title, players will sometimes work even harder to kill monsters. This is nothing but beneficial for wiping out the vital forces of the Yin Demons!" Su Tan said.

"Yes, yes, yes, Big Brother is absolutely right!" The Fat Monk completely agreed.

If the players in the future found out that the titles weren’t originally that expensive, but these two guys had colluded to hike up the prices—causing them to grind quests and Yin Demons day and night just for a useless title, exhausting their blood, sweat, and tears just to show off in front of their best buds or female companions... would they beat these two guys to death?

"Actually, the most crucial part is the overhaul of the leveling system!" the Fat Monk said.

"In the original game, the players’ cultivation bases were determined by their own real-life cultivation. Whatever your cultivation base was in the real world, it was the same here. It was synchronized; however much you progressed out there, you progressed the same amount in here.

"But generally... the real cultivation progress of cultivators is quite slow. This is entirely out of proportion with the number of Yin Demons appearing and their daily increasing quality.

"So, I found this Divine Artifact to help the players’ Spirit Bodies rapidly increase their strength. To be precise, it’s a weapon that can bestow power upon people. It’s equivalent to creating an avatar for the player in the Marching Battlefield. This avatar is actually the power granted by the Divine Artifact. This is a Divine Artifact of war that can simultaneously boost the combat power of living beings and bestow strength upon them. By continuously completing quests, players can unlock power and rapidly increase their avatar’s cultivation base...

"Of course, it’s only an increase in the avatar’s cultivation. In reality, the player’s cultivation cannot synchronize with the avatar...

"Um... in short, to put it simply, players can do what you mentioned before—level up just like in a real game, and do so very quickly..." Realizing he had made it sound too complicated, the Fat Monk quickly summarized.

This, Su Tan could understand!