Divine Beast Creator
Chapter 401 Game Test_1

Chapter 401: Chapter 401 Game Test_1

After pondering for a moment, Shudie glanced at Xiao Hui and said,

"So what you mean is, the ability to control energy directly affects the difficulty of learning to change shape?"

"Exactly, Xiao Hui’s energy control ability is not up to par, it’ll probably take a few days just to get the hang of changing shape. My friend’s Giant Tree Demon already has quite good energy control, and it still needs more than two weeks to fully master shape-changing, though it can occasionally shrink from the start."

As he listened to Shudie and Feng Yuan discuss the training issues of Spirit Beasts, Yang Hongzhi found it embarrassingly difficult to follow along after the beginning, growing increasingly confused as the conversation progressed, and ultimately, he could only cheer on Xiao Hui, who was diligently practicing shape-shifting, while chatting with Najia.

After a long while, Shudie, still engrossed in the topic, said,

"I didn’t expect you to know so much. Why don’t you transfer to our academy? I could look out for you~"

Feng Yuan glanced at Shudie and said,

"I’ll get in through the regular entrance exam. I don’t need any backdoor admission."

"Eh? You haven’t taken the entrance exam yet?"

"This year’s entrance exam, what about it?"

Shudie, with a mischievous grin, reached out to pat Feng Yuan’s head, but Feng Yuan swiftly dodged. Looking at the displeased Feng Yuan, Shudie said with a smile,

"Then why don’t you consider coming to our academy? I could look out for you~"

Feng Yuan glanced at Shudie and said disdainfully,

"It’s not yet decided who will be looking out for whom."

Shudie chuckled and said,

"I’m off then ~ Hongzhi, remember the mission in a few days~"

Feng Yuan sensed something amiss and, looking at the calendar, said puzzledly,

"You guys don’t celebrate the New Year?"

"Nope."

"Then how can there be a mission in a few days? Isn’t it almost New Year’s?"

"Oh, that? It’s just a patrol mission. Everyone’s families are here—the patrol missions are from the 21st to the 23rd, and right after we finish, we can rest and get ready for New Year’s."

Saying this, Yang Hongzhi added somewhat helplessly,

"This year, I reckon a lot of people won’t have time to celebrate New Year’s since there aren’t enough people to cover patrols."

Sighing, Feng Yuan understood too well that after such incidents, even ordinary people wouldn’t be in much of a mood to celebrate, given that the streets would surely be patrolled by numerous guards, Guard Squads, and even academy students. The festive atmosphere might not be completely absent, but it would definitely be subdued.

"Citizens of Calien City have once again initiated a referendum to express their discontent with leaving the Oria Federation. Below is..."

Watching the news report on TV, Feng Yuan yawned and said,

"The Omeilia Region sure has a lot of issues. Calien has held several votes already; each time more than half pass but then choose to give up. It’s utterly boring."

"Isn’t it said that Calien City does this only to show dissatisfaction with the legislative seats? Why hasn’t the Oria Federation responded?"

Yang Hongzhi said, puzzled, both of them unaware that Najia, upon seeing a fleeting image of a castle on TV, shuddered as if reminded of some despairing matter.

"Calien City is just that small, about the same size as an ordinary city. Everyone gets one seat. Why should they get extra legislative seats? They don’t even meet the criteria for additional seats; it’s all just unnecessary trouble."

Feng Yuan, snacking on a snow cake, said disdainfully, holding Xiao Ji in his lap, who felt something strange fall on its head. Looking up puzzledly to find crumbs of snow cake, Xiao Ji scurried out of Feng Yuan’s embrace, yelling in dissatisfaction. Glancing at Xiao Ji, Feng Yuan got up, grabbed a hairdryer, and blew Xiao Ji’s head vigorously before inspecting and saying,

"There, much better, though washing it with water would be even cleaner."

Xiao Ji, looking quite frazzled, continued to yell at Feng Yuan, seemingly convinced that Feng Yuan had purposely dirtied its head. Feng Yuan said with a mischievous smile,

"You guessed right~ You haven’t had a bath in days. Come on, let’s go take a bath~"

Watching Feng Yuan and Xiao Ji chase each other, Yang Hongzhi rubbed his forehead with a sense of helplessness, while Najia looked on enviously at the playful duo.

"It’s been recorded, Big Cat, you can prepare to log into your game now."

"That soon? Didn’t you just mention it yesterday?"

Yang Hongzhi looked at the virtual screen in front of Feng Yuan with slight confusion. Although the mainstream devices did not have the capability to produce virtual screens, such technology was trivial for Divine Beasts like Ernis, so Yang Hongzhi was not surprised that Feng Yuan had such a device.

"After all, it was Yimu Qingling who handled it, they always speed things up for the sake of Yimu Qingling’s face."

"But should we promote it, or just quietly go live... it seems a bit too discreet..."

"Go live as a test, it’s better not to promote it. Big Cat might not be able to handle all the potential issues that could arise."

Agunas’s ethereal form suggested from the side. After giving it some thought, Feng Yuan said to Big Cat,

"What do you think? Go live now or promote it for a while before we do?"

"If we go live directly, there probably won’t be many players, but the advantage is we can change whatever is unreasonable or inappropriate under the guise of testing."

Feng Yuan didn’t speak out of turn; after all, if you say you’re going live and then madly modify data and gameplay, even if you are the only virtual game available, it could spell trouble. Most people would understand if it’s a test, as games that announce a testing phase often differ significantly from the official launch, and everyone is used to that.

"If we promote it for a while, we can’t use the test as an excuse. If there are too many players, you won’t be able to keep up with the changes."

Big Cat thought for a moment and meowed a few times at Agunas’s apparition.

"It says to go live directly; it’s not confident about the game, either."

"Alright, let’s see how the entrance to the Data Domain is set up, and I’ve got some other things to sort out. Big Cat, come here, I’ll do it once and after that, you’ll handle it yourself."

Seeing Big Cat intently watching Feng Yuan setting up the connection of Big Cat’s game to the existing network, Yang Hongzhi suggested,

"How about we take a look inside when we do the test later?"

"No need, there’s no point; the Data Domain is in some ways more formidable than you think."

"What’s this? Such a strange type of game; the graphics are nice though. I wonder how it actually plays; I’ve never seen any promotions... wait! Just passed the review and now it’s going into test launch?! Aren’t you going to prepare more?"

"What a weird introduction. Everything relies on self-exploration? What about the gameplay? Surely this so-called freedom in gameplay isn’t a lack of content..."

"A public test launch late at night? Which company is so confident..."

As the official website went live, Big Cat’s game came into many people’s sights. Even if it was just an open test, at the very least, as a game reported by Yimu Qingling, Great Xia’s official game website had to give it some promotional space. Although it wouldn’t be prime, it was at least visible to an audience.

"Alright, the integration is complete. Shall we go in and take a look?"

"You go ahead; I’m too tired, I need to rest."

Yawning with a sense of resignation, Yang Hongzhi remembered he had patrol duty the next day, so Feng Yuan did not press further and simply pulled up the login screen to choose and enter the game.

"Delumious World? You came up with this name, didn’t you..."

Seeing the name of the game, Agunas’s specter said to Feng Yuan with a touch of disbelief as he nodded, and without turning back while registering an account, Feng Yuan replied,

"Yes, how did you know?"

"Only you would come up with such a provocative name..."

Agunas’s form sounded somewhat resigned. After all, those reviewers did not realize Drudgeon used to be known as the Cat God, otherwise they would never have allowed the use of that name.

At this point, Feng Yuan had completed the account registration and chose to enter the game, a Gate of Light appeared, pulling him directly into the Data Domain.

Looking at the male character in front of him and the surrounding interface for adjusting appearance parameters, Feng Yuan reviewed them with slight resignation, then took out the Dark Ancient Book and began writing something on it.

A moment later, a cute little fairy girl with a pair of butterfly wings materialized out of nowhere and said to Feng Yuan,

"Hello~ I am your game guide~ I will show you how to create your character~"