To ascend, I had no choice but to create games

Chapter 299: Chapter 192 Transnational Team (One More) _2

Looking at the myriad of information, and the group of people exchanging their experiences in learning Chinese, Qiu Yu couldn’t help but sigh, “This is really the right way to cultural invasion.”

“You’re not wrong, this invasion is quite effective,” Alan said, munching on spicy grilled rabbit. “A few of my former colleagues have been asking me if Huaxia people are like those in the game ‘Heavenly Demon’, meditating every day, becoming Immortals on the spot, and then beating up all the Heavenly Gods and Buddhas.”

At this point, Alan paused and then, looking at Qiu Yu with excitement, asked, “Aren’t you an Immortal yourself? Could you show me a trick or two?”

“Have you been playing the game too much?” Qiu Yu retorted.

“Come on, don’t be like that. Are you going to keep secrets from your good brother?” Alan protested.

Pushing the dissatisfied Alan away, Qiu Yu continued browsing the forum.

Due to a lack of relevant cultural knowledge, many foreign players missed small details and also failed to find ways to quickly enhance their strength.

But thanks to their large numbers, they still discovered many strategies and devised a variety of tactics, which Qiu Yu found very beneficial.

Moreover, they were more willing to share their insights and experiences gained in the game, and some of the stories they told were quite touching.

Apart from that, a large number of users tirelessly created fan fiction secondary settings, and the writing of many looked quite good.

They strived to write different endings for every NBC they met in the game, but sadly, most of these endings ended in tragedy.

Someone had once asked why the author insisted on arranging such tragic endings. An author then explained that under those circumstances, he really couldn’t think of a normal way to give these characters a less tragic ending.

Some conclusions that seemed refreshing often involved interventions like time travel or mechanical deities, but these would compromise the atmosphere of ‘Heavenly Demon’ and render the fan fiction unwriteable.

Reading this, Qiu Yu felt that the script was really good—it even managed to “kill” the fan fiction.

Qiu Yu’s English was proficient. He had no trouble reading what others wrote on the forums.

And with Alan’s help, he quickly grasped how to use the forum and then started searching for what he wanted.

After going through various strategies and texts, he found no one had mentioned the issue with the crack under the water tank, which meant this Easter egg had yet to be discovered.

Having no other options, he left a post on the forum, detailing his findings in the game unchanged.

Not long after he posted it, the post sank without a trace.

There were too many posters in the ‘Heavenly Demon’ forum every day, and an abundance of players were there to discuss their insights—if a post didn’t stand out, it hardly gained traction.

There were also too many rumors about perfect endings in the game, with people claiming every day they’d discovered a new Easter egg, but most turned out to be false.

Seeing his post sink, Qiu Yu could only return to playing ‘Heavenly Demon’, continuing the game and occasionally checking the forum to see if anyone made a significant discovery.

Sometime later, a player logged into the forum to start searching for information.

Eric was one of the few players on the forum who had made it to the ninth trial.

The story of ‘Heavenly Demon’ had deeply shocked him, making him lose interest in eating and drinking as he was wholly focused on finding the perfect ending.

Although many players pointed out that this game simply had no such thing as a perfect ending, that there was only the deepest despair within the game.

But a few players who had played other games from Fang Cheng Studio declared that the studio’s games definitely contained Easter eggs, and these Easter eggs could turn everything around.

Even though he hadn’t played any other games, he believed in the existence of a perfect ending to the game.

This belief had turned into a sort of faith for him, and even after being tortured to death and back on the ninth round, he still held onto this initial conviction and continued playing the game.

Like usual, he searched the forum for information tonight, flipping through the pages in chronological order.

He also saw the post by Qiu Yu but merely paused briefly before moving on to the next one.

At its peak, there were over three hundred such rumors a day.

Even though it has calmed down now, there are still a dozen or so every day. Most of them make logical sense and are well-structured, making them seem credible, but in the end, they all turned out to be rumors.

Having gone through the new posts, Eric didn’t find what he was looking for, so he restarted the game again.

In between gameplay, he took out his notebook and re-established his plan.

By the ninth run, the game’s difficulty had risen to an inconceivable level, truly making it a masochistic game.

Monsters became harder, one-hit-kill moves were more common, and sudden events became more frequent, most of which led to negative outcomes.

A single slip, and all was lost.

In the ninth run, time management had to be perfect. The game itself featured a time drainage mechanic, so what to do next had to be planned in advance to avoid missing out on dealing with many events.

At this point, personal skill wasn’t very important, as without sufficient skill, one wouldn’t have made it past the first few runs.

He wasn’t live streaming today but was preparing to challenge the ninth run’s content from the beginning.

Just as he entered the game and was about to make the most of his time to get out of there, he was drawn to a water tank nearby.

Initially, he didn’t want to bother with it, but recalling the posts he had read before, Eric felt somewhat uneasy.

As if possessed, he walked over, drained the water from the tank, and then began to examine the patterns at the bottom.

At first, he didn’t notice anything amiss.

But just as he was about to leave, a change in angle made him realize the patterns at the bottom seemed to be some kind of symbol.

Looking from this angle, he discovered the pattern didn’t appear naturally formed but was a mark purposefully left by someone.

Capturing the pattern and searching by image, he found that this symbol resembled a Daoist talisman, but it seemed incomplete.

Like Qiu Yu, he also started a new game and compared it with the image from the weekend, realizing this image was indeed extraordinary.

As a live streamer quite familiar with the game, he was very aware that this meant the game developers had planted an Easter egg here, which likely hinted at the true perfect ending.

At that moment, Eric’s heart started to race.

He couldn’t wait to log back into the forum, found Qiu Yu’s post, and replied, “I’ve verified it, and I can confirm that the content of this post is true. There are indeed cracks under the water tank in the initial room, and the crack pattern looks like this.”

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“Immortal Qiu Yu, how did you find this Easter egg? And what do these cracks have to do with anything?”

Before seeing Eric’s reply, Qiu Yu was idly browsing the forum.

When he saw the new post, he immediately perked up and quickly replied:

“Immortal Eric, we learned of this Easter egg through inquiries. The person who revealed the Easter egg was the original author of ‘Heavenly Demon,’ so I believe in the authenticity of this information. I have only undergone seven trials so far. But I am certain that the more trials you experience, the more patterns there will be, and the closer we get to the truth.”

Eric: “I see, then Immortal Qiu, how many trials do you think we need in order to finally activate this symbol?”

“Probably nine.”

Reading this reply, Eric breathed a sigh of relief.

He was already on the ninth run; if he pushed a little more, he might get through the final challenges and see the ultimate ending.

However, to discover the Easter egg quickly, he needed more people to help.

Thus, he asked in the post: “Immortal Qiu Yu, you’re a Huaxia person, right? I want to find people to tackle this challenge together. Would you like to join me?”

“Of course.”

An impromptu ‘Heavenly Demon’ international collaboration team was thus formed.

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