Divine Beast Creator
Chapter 402: The Ever-Evolving Game_1

Chapter 402: Chapter 402: The Ever-Evolving Game_1

"Once all these adjustments are finished, just enter a character name here and click ’Complete’ to create your character. As for choosing your profession, you’ll need to explore and obtain that within the game yourself~"

After trying it once and confirming there was no issue with the guidance elf, Feng Yuan was about to say something when he realized that Big Cat and the others were not by his side. Thinking it over, he didn’t continue adjusting his character’s appearance but instead continued to write something on the Dark Ancient Book. A little while later, the figures of Big Cat and its companions appeared beside Feng Yuan, their forms seeming somewhat ethereal and not solid.

"Big Cat, not only did you forget to set up the newbie guidance, but what about the spawn points for Spirit Beasts? What if someone wants the companionship of a Spirit Beast?"

Feng Yuan said with a hint of amusement to Big Cat when Agunas’s ghostly figure fell silent for a moment before asking,

"You’ve already modified it?"

"Yeah, what you guys made was too much of a half-finished product... There were no hints when one enters the game, it’s unplayable..."

"As for the Spirit Beast integration, I’ve set it to a kind of ornamental pet mode, where they can freely follow the player and move within fifty units of the player, sharing the same collision level as the player."

"What does that mean?"

"It means the Spirit Beasts can only go where the player can go. I’m sure you’ve definitely got some puzzle content, right? If the collision levels aren’t set correctly, the Spirit Beasts will just go right through walls, and then I want to see what you’ll do."

Agunas’s ghostly figure seemed contemplative. Big Cat tried to give Feng Yuan a hug but ended up passing right through him. Feng Yuan smiled and said,

"To prevent the Spirit Beasts from interfering with the player’s actions, they are default set to be unable to collide with one another."

Xiao Ji curiously looked around and, after another test to confirm there wasn’t anything more to optimize in the character creation, Feng Yuan chose to complete the creation.

"This is..."

Looking at the broken sword in his hand, Feng Yuan pulled up the quest panel only to find it empty. Asking the guidance elf only got him the reply to explore on his own. Out of options, Feng Yuan once more took out the Dark Ancient Book, writing something while saying,

"You guys, at least give a newbie guidance quest line, let players experience various functions and then let them play freely..."

"Aren’t those good sandbox games all about letting players play freely?"

Agunas’s ghostly figure asked with some confusion. Rubbing his forehead, Feng Yuan helplessly said,

"How can you play if you’re thrown into a strange environment with no explanation at all..."

It was quite some time before Feng Yuan finished writing. A newbie main quest line then appeared on the quest list, and a conspicuous reminder appeared in Feng Yuan’s unobstructed field of vision, alerting him to an important main quest.

After following the main quest around the newbie village for a while, Feng Yuan took out the Dark Ancient Book again to modify the game’s content. By that time, Big Cat had already started to learn some of the details to be mindful of from Feng Yuan and pulled up a special panel to begin editing the game content.

"This game is pretty good; the freedom is very high."

"Not only that, but how exactly is this virtual game made? I can log in directly using a regular computer; there’s no danger, right?"

"It shouldn’t be, after all, Great Xia has approved it. If you’re worried, you can try logging out of the game and then wait a while."

"I just feel a bit uneasy..."

"Relax, this game seems to be made by a newbie for practice."

"How do you know?"

"I logged in early, and at first, there wasn’t even a newbie instructor. I was about to finish creating my character when it suddenly popped up. The main quest line, too, wasn’t there at the beginning; it also just appeared by itself, as if it wasn’t considered during the design, until it went live."

"Including this Militia profession and those mysterious silver coin merchants."

"I understand you don’t want to see severe in-game financial inflation, but you can’t just use the same currency model as in real life, after all. As more and more players join, doing so will directly cause those Gold Coins to infinitely appreciate in value..."

"But if not like this..."

"A currency whose total amount remains basically unchanged over a period can be considered as a valuable item for trade, and for everyday consumables, things like learning skills and medicines, it’s best to use another kind of currency, one that can be earned through daily activities and quests. This way, we can prevent the trade currency from being endlessly inflated, because its total will be constant for a while, but the number of players won’t be, especially since this currency can’t maintain a fixed output. Those who enter the game early will find it easier to obtain..."

With Feng Yuan’s adjustments, the irrational elements within the game were gradually becoming perfected. Dreaming Dragon Baby saw Feng Yuan fighting monsters and kept drifting in front of them as if it wanted to help, but regrettably, Spirit Beasts couldn’t fight in the game yet.

After watching Dreaming Dragon Baby for a while, Feng Yuan thought and said,

"Do you want to fight monsters?"

Dreaming Dragon Baby nodded its head, and Feng Yuan took out the Dark Ancient Book and wrote something in it. Suddenly, Dreaming Dragon Baby’s figure vanished. Xiao Ji seemed to see some prompt and disappeared from the game the next moment. The shadowy form of Agunas asked with some confusion,

"What did you do?"

"I temporarily enabled Spirit Beasts to log in and create characters."

"But... we didn’t set up that feature..."

"It’s okay, this thing still needs to be modified. The skill system can directly call on their own data."

Agunas’s shadowy form said with some concern,

"Isn’t that a bit much? After all, everyone’s Spirit Beasts have different strengths."

"Just limit them by attributes, then. Maybe this can attract more Beastmasters. After all, showing off one’s own Spirit Beast as stronger than others under the same attributes is a nice kind of boast, isn’t it?"

"Are all Spirit Beasts going to have the same attributes?"

"No, we’ll call upon each Spirit Beast’s species attributes. In special cases, we’ll use its own attributes for automatic corrections."

In the midst of their conversation, Dreaming Dragon Baby and Xiao Ji reappeared beside Feng Yuan, this time with their names and health bars displayed above their heads. Xiao Ji automatically appeared in Feng Yuan’s team list under the Beast Tamer partner section, while Dreaming Dragon Baby appeared in the team member list after Feng Yuan sent an invite to join the team.

"What is this?"

"Beast Tamers and Spirit Beasts separate. After all, the best relationships in real life are with Spirit Beast partners who have signed Beast Tamer contracts."

"Beast Tamers even get additional enhancements?"

Agunas’s shadowy form noticed that Feng Yuan’s status bar showed a 20% ability enhancement from Xiao Ji. Xiao Ji also noticed this development and was thrilled to rush off and fight monsters. After a while, they came back huffing and puffing from the respawn point. Feng Yuan said with an amused look,

"At least take a look at your current attributes, eh? These are level five monsters, how could you possibly solo a group of them? I’ll lead you in some fights first, then you’ll be able to assist me~"

"Are you allowing Beast Tamers to play together now?!"

A player was fighting monsters when his Beast Tamer appeared beside him, enhancing his status. Upon seeing this, he immediately stopped fighting and retreated to a safe spot to inquire with the guidance Elf about the sudden change. Once he confirmed that all of his Spirit Beasts could join the game, though there was a difference in status enhancements, his interest in the game grew even more.

"Be more careful, Xiao Ji, and watch over it a bit more,"

Using telekinesis to pull back a badly damaged Pomiti, Feng Yuan said with a chuckle to Xiao Ji, who was fighting valiantly in front. Because Feng Yuan had directly implemented the Ultimate Move System, Xiao Ji, after leveling up, started to master some Ultimate Moves that it hadn’t known before. Reveling in the variety of new techniques, Xiao Ji, although a Magic Damage Output, always charged to the forefront of battle. Unlike Xiao Ji, Dreaming Dragon Baby’s battle talents seemed to be weaker, or perhaps there was another reason; it couldn’t withdraw from battle in time when critically injured, and so, it would occasionally die and return to the respawn point.

"It seems quite obvious here whether they have battle talents or not."

Looking at Agunas’s shadowy form with a touch of pathos, Feng Yuan smiled and said,

"It’s not that simple. Despite how it looks like Xiao Ji knows all sorts of skills, it is actually making use of the game’s Correction System."

Seeing Feng Yuan watching him with amusement, Agunas’s shadowy form blushed a little. After all, Feng Yuan had already reminded them, but they had forgotten to add the Correction System until just now when Feng Yuan had incorporated it into the game.