novelraw Chapter 515 515: So Jealous! This Effect Is Amazing!
Chapter 515 515: So Jealous! This Effect Is Amazing!
The news about Phase 2 of the ultra-high-speed rail transit system hadn't spread across the Magic Net yet. Heck, even the official launch of the first main line hadn't gotten much discussion online.
Why? Simple—everyone was already glued to the Magic Net's massive overhaul.
Nobody expected that after the developer features rolled out, the very first feature would come from a god.
The "Garden Generator" sounded pretty abstract at first. For most Magic Net users, it was something they'd never even thought about.
Regular folks don't really think about landscaping.
But the nobles and magicians—the minority—were instantly hooked.
After all, this was a feature made by a god. It immediately drew in tons of nobles who started praying to generate garden designs for their estates.
At first, a lot of people just wanted to try it out for fun. I mean, all you had to do was pray to the God of Gardens. No big deal.
They were already used to it anyway. Ever since the Magic Net showed up, they were praying like 10, 20 times a day anyway. What's one or two more?
But once they tried it? Mind. Blown.
This was way better than hiring any landscaper!
All you had to do was input your estate's basic info, add your requirements or aesthetic preferences, and boom—you'd get a gorgeous preview image.
See something you want to change? Just type in what you want adjusted, pray once more, and you'd get a revised version.
Not satisfied? Totally fine—just pray and generate a new one.
Try it a few times, and you'd get exactly what you wanted.
For many nobles, this was revolutionary.
They'd hired who knows how many people, tried who knows how many times before, and never been this satisfied.
After seeing designs that actually made them happy, tons of them started showing off online.
Before long, everyone was captivated by these stunning images.
Loads of people downloaded them to try for themselves.
And then, even people who'd just gotten new houses started experimenting.
Especially those early adopters in the mining districts who'd moved into new-style houses.
When people realized you could generate designs for even a tiny little place, the whole thing exploded.
It turned into this huge trend—like everyone was trying it out.
Online discussions were everywhere.
"Oh my god! Praise the God of Gardens! Praise the God of Technology! I never imagined my crappy little house could look this beautiful."
"Turns out all it takes is a bit of money for adjustments to make a place this gorgeous."
"Garden design isn't just for nobles anymore."
"I believe if I work hard, I'll be able to afford a place with a yard someday. And when I do, I'm gonna make it look just like this."
"Here in Roster territory, everyone's got that kind of hope. My neighbor used to be just a regular craftsman. Now he makes 120 dragon gold coins a month. I believe someday I can do that too."
"Never thought the first ones to develop new features would be the gods. Then again, makes sense—their reading and learning abilities are way beyond us mortals."
"Actually, I've got a few brilliant ideas myself. Sadly, I haven't finished reading the whole guide yet."
"..."
The impact of the Garden Generator on Magic Net users was absolutely massive.
Tons of people were shocked by this brand-new feature.
On one hand, they were amazed by how convenient the God of Gardens' feature was. On the other, they were blown away by the whole concept of open development.
Just opening up this one function led to an even more incredible feature popping up right away. And this felt like just the beginning. It wouldn't be long before all kinds of features started appearing.
Just thinking about it was exciting.
At the same time, plenty of gods noticed what was happening. Those who'd been at the party in the Music Goddess's divine realm all had weird expressions on their faces.
At the party, this guy had sworn up and down that he couldn't do this or that. And then what? The moment he got back, he went and made the thing anyway. And tons of people loved it.
Just looking at how things were going, this guy had probably already raked in a massive amount of faith.
A lot of gods were turning green with envy.
In the God of Wisdom's divine realm, the God of Wisdom stared at everything happening online with a pretty sour expression. "You guys need to figure something out. What kind of feature should we develop?"
The God of Wisdom possessed endless knowledge. His first thought was a classroom. He believed that if he could put knowledge in one area and let people pray once to access it, that would make perfect sense.
But here's the thing—that was already being done.
Magic Net Videos and Magic Net Books already had all of that, in two completely different formats.
Besides that, Q&A, encyclopedias, and so on—the Magic Net already had everything.
For a moment, he actually didn't know where to start.
As a god who controlled wisdom and held countless pieces of knowledge, being stumped by this was deeply uncomfortable.
The holy spirits standing nearby all had grim faces too. They had no idea where to begin!
It felt like everything they were good at was already on there.
"God, I have an idea—it's not fully formed yet, but maybe..."
"Don't hesitate. Just say it. I'll judge whether it'll work or not." The God of Wisdom's eyes lit up.
"We could sell comprehensive solutions."
Seeing the god say that, the holy spirit didn't dare hesitate and spoke quickly. "Since knowledge has already been shared—and even if some hasn't been shared, there are proper platforms for sharing it..."
"People can even ask questions and have us answer them."
"But no matter which method, none of them can solve complex problems. They can only handle simple stuff."
"For example, managing a city-state is extremely complex. Trying to solve that through a single question or through the knowledge we've shared—that's obviously unrealistic."
"But what if we develop a feature specifically to help them solve those big problems? Wouldn't that address a lot of people's pain points? Wouldn't that attract a lot of users?"
"I just haven't figured out yet how we'd harvest faith from such big issues."
Hearing the holy spirit's words, the God of Wisdom's eyes lit up. It was like he'd thought of something.
Compared to the God of Wisdom, the God of Hunting right now seemed more like a wise man. The instant he saw this feature, he'd already thought of a whole series of ways to earn faith.
Just like every past innovation—with every change, he always seemed to find an opportunity.