novelraw Chapter 58: The Project Team is on the Verge of Collapse
Chapter 58: The Project Team is on the Verge of Collapse
No wonder this work required Lord Chang the Eighth and himself to do it. It really wasn't as simple as just reciting lines.
You also had to adapt to the character you were playing. The minimum requirement was at least not breaking character.
You also had to learn to operate the backend... Li Qiuchen's side also had several operational permissions, like kicking people, muting, transmitting information to other characters.
If you put an ordinary person in this, who could figure it out?
Over there, Lord Chang the Eighth finally understood his boss panel. He raised his hand and pointed. Three townspeople sitting around him merged together with a pop like in a match-three game, transforming into a monster with three heads and six arms, charging toward Wang Su with fangs and claws bared.
The entire illusory realm was constructed from the dreams and memories of Blue Stone Platform townspeople. In other words, this was a scene recreation of what happened at the time.
At this moment, Li Qiuchen noticed Wang Su's Mental State deducted 1 point.
From 100 it became 99.
This was the ultimate purpose of the illusory realm trial—through scene recreation, testing the challenger's mental state.
"Status" was equivalent to network latency. Turning red would kick you out of the game."Mental State" was equivalent to the challenger's life value. Being frightened would deduct blood. When depleted, you failed and exited.
After clearing it, based on the challenger's remaining life value and specific performance, a rating would be given. This score would be recorded by the county academy. If the score was too low, you could only repeat the grade.
Alright, I've basically understood the game rules.
But regarding this illusory realm itself, Li Qiuchen only wanted to give four words of opinion.
A complete disaster.
Wang Su and Du Qian were also very embarrassed.
"A real illusory realm would definitely be much more complex than this."
"This is our first time doing it. We don't have any experience."
"It's much more complicated than we imagined."
Complicated, your second uncle's maternal grandfather! You can't even squeeze out a fourth line!
Li Qiuchen just wanted to curse.
Lord Chang the Eighth was also very depressed. He felt like he'd been deceived.
Would anyone really be willing to pay entrance fees to experience such an illusory realm?
Why don't you just give me the spirit stones directly, and I'll show my true form and carry you crawling around Blue Stone Platform once?
"Don't be anxious. Now the framework is all set up. We just need to supplement a few more details."
Du Qian held the novel in his hands speaking confidently, "This book has been really popular on the market recently. If we perform according to the opening story in this book, I think there won't be any problems."
Li Qiuchen asked curiously, "Then why not perform according to the story in the book?"
Wang Su hesitated to speak. Du Qian's gaze flickered.
"Can I take a look at that book?"
"Sure."
Li Qiuchen took it and looked. Good heavens.
A Golden Core realm great cultivator who had campaigned in the primordial wilds for a hundred years returned to his hometown, only to discover his direct relatives living in a doghouse.
Just entering the village, he saw a group of thugs bullying and harassing a child with disabled limbs who couldn't move.
"Long Xiaotian! Quickly open your mouth and drink grandpa's urine!"
"I won't!"
"Hahahaha, your Long family is already destroyed. You still think you're a young master?"
"When my family's ancestor returns..."
"Your family's ancestor is already dead!"
...
Li Qiuchen: "..."
Li Qiuchen: "???"
"Can I ask, this... Long Xiaotian, who's going to play him?"
Wang Su coughed, embarrassed, "You."
Go play with eggs!
Li Qiuchen forcefully suppressed the veins about to burst on his forehead, gritting his teeth to ask, "Then who will play this Golden Core realm great cultivator?"
"The challenger."
"The thugs?"
"Still you... Don't leave! Playing two people, we'll count it as double wages!"
"Whoever wants to play it can play it!"
Li Qiuchen was furious. Did they really think he had no temper?
...
This day, Li Qiuchen bought two fat geese on the street. He casually absorbed their life energy, twisted their necks, and carried them home.
Sister-in-law Xiulan came forward. Seeing the two geese, her eyes lit up. Seeing they were dead, she couldn't help complaining, "You child, spending money recklessly again."
Actually, she wanted to raise them.
Li Qiuchen understood her thoughts but wasn't willing to go along with her, mainly because he found them noisy.
Honking all day long was annoying.
He casually handed the geese to his sister-in-law, saying, "Take them and stew them. I want to eat them tonight."
"Yesterday's fish isn't finished yet..."
"Then you and auntie eat more. If you really can't finish it, send some to Second Brother."
The famous northern delicacy of iron pot stewed goose, honestly speaking, the taste was barely adequate.
The prototype of this dish should be iron pot stewed wild goose.
The correct way for geese to die in the north should be first sauced then smoked, but ordinary people couldn't master this skill. In all of Blue Stone Platform town, only that tavern with two banners hanging had this dish.
Li Qiuchen had tried it twice. Extremely delicious, leaving a lasting impression that was hard to forget.
As they say, economic foundation determines family status.
Sister-in-law Xiulan originally had some reservations in her heart about Li Qiuchen not paying rent. It was just that because it was her mother-in-law's decision, she couldn't speak against it.
Who would have thought Li Qiuchen was so generous, bringing various food and drink into the house every few days. Not to mention rice, flour, grains, and oil. When encountering game, he'd buy it on the spot, or go to the butcher shop to get several catties of fat pork. In any case, he rarely returned home empty-handed.
Back and forth like this, sister-in-law had no objections whatsoever, even actively offering to help Li Qiuchen wash his clothes.
Having solved the food and clothing problem in Blue Stone Platform, Li Qiuchen wasn't happy at all.
The illusory realm's construction progress was outrageously slow.
Although Wang Su and Du Qian sophistically said this was their first time coming out to do coursework and they had no practical experience.
But Li Qiuchen had already seen it. The two had absolutely no talent in this area.
Perhaps their talent in cultivation was relatively excellent, but that didn't mean they were excellent at everything.
When they studied at the county academy, they had also experienced many illusory realm trials. But when Li Qiuchen asked them what content they had experienced, both were evasive.
Summarizing thousands of words into three characters—"quite difficult."
Moreover, illusory realm trials had regulations that challengers couldn't reveal the content to others.
Although experiencing it themselves was very difficult, the two had an inexplicable confidence, completely not considering the difficulty of personally constructing an illusory realm.
Wasn't this thing just scene recreation from memory?
But still that saying, thinking was one thing, creating it was another thing.
Everyone had seen chicken eggs, but not many people could casually draw a perfectly round egg.
Over these days, the two had completely immersed themselves in their creative artistry, already not knowing what heaven and earth were.
Three days ago, Lord Chang the Eighth ran off with his bucket, saying the weather was too cold and he needed to find a place to nap. As for the illusory realm matter... they'd talk about it next spring. With their work progress, whether they could finish writing the entire script by next spring was questionable.
Li Qiuchen deeply agreed with this.
He also couldn't wait any longer. Finding an appropriate opportunity, he invited the two to dinner and imperceptibly drew information from their mouths.
I have a friend.
Who wants to go study in the county.
Wang Su didn't have any suspicion about this, telling Li Qiuchen this matter was easy to handle.
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