To ascend, I had no choice but to create games-Chapter 696 - 395 Another Round (Part 2)
Chapter 696 -395 Another Round (Part 2)
Chapter 696 -395 Another Round (Part 2)
Before they knew it, other reporters in the office had gathered around and commented on the screen: “Not bad at all, the graphics are realistic with a touch of delicacy—true to Fang Cheng Studio’s games, the visuals are always astonishing.”
“And there’s no shortage of details; all the items can interact. Plus, this time they used the Miraculous Object System—hurry up and open your backpack to check what the miraculous object is, so I can study it.”
“No can do, the Miraculous Object System only unlocks after dying once. So, Chen Rang, hurry up and die.”
Chen Rang gave his colleague a disgruntled look and decided that next time he wrote a game report, he’d use that colleague’s name as a buffoon.
If it accidentally became a hit, that would be awkward.
Chen Rang laughed thrice in a “heh heh heh” manner, then opened his backpack to inspect his current cards.
A player’s starting card limit is only twenty, and when a player equips a weapon without any other miraculous objects, those twenty cards would all be filled with weapon cards.
However, when there are miraculous objects, they will appear as a card here, replacing a weapon card and being randomly drawn in subsequent battles.
Some Divine Artifacts can increase the card deck’s cap, and some can decrease it; some miraculous objects allow players the ability to “overdraw,” while others reduce it, so figuring out how to combine them becomes a very interesting strategy.
The variety of effects from the miraculous objects in the game are both diverse and numerous, creating an exceptionally vast array of possible combinations for players to discover.
The starting weapon of this beggar is only a dagger, without any miraculous objects. It’s only after dying once that the first miraculous object can be unlocked, allowing the player’s character to survive a bit longer in this place.
Besides their own cards, their backpack also contains some food and water, which can help the character recover some stamina and rehydrate.
After reviewing the relevant instructions, Chen Rang realized that while moving forward here, stamina and water would be consumed at an extremely fast rate—so how to secure a sufficient source of food was another issue that needed attention.
Having read through the descriptions, Chen Rang couldn’t help but think this game was hardcore.
As a media reporter, Chen Rang needed to have a thorough understanding of the situation here, so just grasping the basic settings had taken him half an hour.
Once he’d figured out the specifics of various settings, he discovered that there was another person here.
The person was leaning against a pillar, dozing off, with drool continuously dripping like a faucet, seemingly in a deep sleep.
After some hesitation, Chen Rang walked over and started to interact with them.
If it were a gaming pod, then players could interact with NPCs through some gestures.
But on a PC, players could only choose a suitable option from the various ones that appear to interact.
Considering the options that appeared, Chen Rang thought for a moment, then asked, “What do you guys think about stealing all of this NPC’s items?”
“Not so good, I have a feeling this NPC is quite important. If we lower their favorability, we’ll be in trouble, right?”
“And I checked the settings, if we don’t delete our files, then the respawn point after player death would still be here, so I feel that building a good relationship with them is better than stealing everything.”
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After synthesizing everyone’s opinions, Chen Rang made his decision.
He firmly woke the other party up and then said to the Priestess who had just awakened and was still confused, “Come on, I challenge you to a duel!”
“Eh, another one?”
The Priestess yawned and then said, “Alright, but just to let you know, I’m going first.”
After saying that, the Priestess swung her warhammer, striking Chen Rang’s character to the ground.
Swiftly looting his possessions, she gave thanks to nature’s bounty and then tossed Chen Rang’s corpse outside, soon followed by the chilling sound of something being chewed outside.
Sitting in her chair, she ate the food and drank the water taken from Chen Rang, feeling that the white bread tasted a bit bland this time.
What the Priestess didn’t know was that her place, as a frontier station against the Demon King, had been chosen as a base by the players.
All she knew was that the ritual array behind her would often light up, and envoys from the Different World would revive here, and new envoys would be born here.
Some were polite and courteous, others were brash and rude, but the majority she could knock down with a single strike, then take their food and water.
Some could also defeat her, but it seemed that there was some kind of invisible force protecting her, allowing her to be unharmed by the opponent’s attacks. Afterwards, she could simply give them some white bread and water to send them away.
Some would give her various oddities and food as gifts, and she would return something as a gift in kind. Unfortunately, since she wasn’t a Miraculous Object Master, she didn’t know the purpose of those oddities, so whether it was good or bad luck depended on them.
However, what was interesting was that the new Angel Envoys did not appear until the previous one had died.
In the Priest’s view, this was probably some special arrangement by the God of the Different Realm, and there definitely was some intention behind it.
All she could do was silently thank their contributions and pray for those heroes, hoping they could go further in this tragic world.
The Priest had just eaten her white bread when she felt a bright light appear behind her.
This was a sign that the ritual array had been activated, meaning that the previous Angel Envoy had died and a new one had arrived.
Turning around, she saw Chen Rang reappear here and greet her in a friendly manner.
Interestingly enough, there seemed to be a similarity in the greetings of these Angel Envoys, as if they were cast from the same mold.
Of course, there were a few who looked different, but they were in the minority; most were quite alike.
After exchanging greetings, the other said, “Nice to meet you, I am Chen Rang.”
“Your corpse is still out there being gnawed on,” the Priest muttered.
“As expected, my memories have been retained; this game is really quite interesting. Sorry for attacking you before.”
“It’s okay, if you wish, you can die a few more times here, but there are no achievements.”
Hearing the lines spoken by the other party, Chen Rang couldn’t help saying, “The word ‘achievement’ feels a bit meta.”
“You Otherworldly Heroes have said it hundreds of times already. Although I don’t know exactly what the word refers to, I can guess that it means getting some benefits after being killed by me hundreds of times. Sorry, but no, there’s really nothing like that.”
“That’s a pity.”
With a sigh, Chen Rang sorted out his belongings and left.
Behind him, the Priest said perfunctorily, “I hope you die far away, goodbye.”
Watching the door close, Chen Rang was sure that the game’s planners must have been fans of “Anomaly.”
Looking at the ominous path before him, Chen Rang felt the game’s atmosphere kicking in.
Though it took some effort to formally start the game, it was necessary to better understand the game’s features.
This time, he had randomly received the Flame Cloak as a Miraculous Object. This object could convert all incoming attacks into a shield and turn any shield losses due to enemy attacks into flame damage reflected back at the attacker.
This card could become the core of a defensive style. As long as he built around this card, he should be able to achieve good results.
At the moment, “Card Heroes” was already very popular.
However, since the game’s release hadn’t been long, no one had yet managed to get out of the Black Forest, let alone the content beyond it.
But it was precisely the unknown that made exploration valuable.
Looking at the forest in front of him, Chen Rang decided to thoroughly explore this place and then quickly write a proper report.
Regrettably, he did not keep his word.
Because he ditched it.
Once immersed, he found his time being devoured by the vast forest continually. After every death, his thought was just to play another round, which made his report indefinitely delayed.
It wasn’t just him; others in the office were similarly engrossed in the world of “Card Heroes,” completely forgetting about their work.
This game, it was just too easy to take another turn.
