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Chapter 652 - 204: Cut down the Great Tree by Hand, Strike Down the Omen!_1

Chapter 652: Chapter 204: Cut down the Great Tree by Hand, Strike Down the Omen!_1

At first, Wang Laoju truly believed this well temple was just the kind of underground cavern commonly seen in Nimgreifu.

Such underground caverns were designed to enrich the playability of the game.

They were small in area and not very complicated in design, allowing players to explore them in about fifteen minutes or so.

After coming out, they could not only harvest some unique treasures from the cave,

but also gain a sense of satisfaction from ’exploration complete’.

It was an interlude in the open-world for players who needed a break from horse-riding and slashing.

So, the elevator that one could reach in just a few steps,

must correspond to a cavern as well.

However...

When the elevator slowly descended for about ten seconds,

Wang Laoju suddenly realized something was not right.

"Why haven’t we touched the ground yet?"

The elevator showed no signs of slowing down; instead, it was dropping faster and faster.

And the space around it,

which initially fit perfectly with the circular elevator, began to open up more and more.

Wang Laoju stood at the edge of the platform and looked down.

He saw only an abyss.

He immediately felt a sense of unease.

"No way... where is this taking me?"

"The bottom isn’t going to be hell, right...?"

"The kind where as soon as you get down, you’re greeted with some particularly disgusting Sanity-draining monster rushing towards you..." Wang Laoju hadn’t finished speaking when his eyes, upon seeing the scene in front of him, suddenly widened in shock.

"Wow..." he exclaimed involuntarily.

Similarly, the live chat, following Wang Laoju’s perspective, was flooded with "Holy shit!" as the appearance of the underground world gradually emerged on the screen, layer upon layer.

Presented before everyone,

was a scene akin to a spectacular view.

A deep blue-purple dome interwoven like a canvas,

upon which a night sky as vast as the stars was fully adorned.

The ’stars’ shedding their bright and soft light faintly outlined the contours of the mountain rocks at the top of the cave.

Unlike the grand and epic sense the surface world gave to players,

this mysterious underground world gave players a first impression of tranquility and serenity, as well as a beautiful feeling too delicate to disturb.

When the elevator finally descended slowly,

the area name of the Eternal City also appeared.

"Holy shit..." Wang Laoju, almost silent in shock for a full half-minute, finally spoke, his tone filled with barely concealed excitement.

"You know, I thought I had a basic understanding of Elden after playing for five or six hours."

"I even went to King City Rodel and caught a glimpse of its appearance, and I thought there wouldn’t be anything else to strike my heart."

"Not until I saw the Eternal City did I realize... our journey as players seems to have only just begun."

"It’s not just the visual impact of its beauty, but the moment the underground world appeared, it undoubtedly represented a dimensional upgrade in the volume of the game!"

Soon, after Wang Laoju stepped off the elevator and casually rode around in the Eternal City,

he became even more convinced of this idea, his expression growing increasingly excited, he couldn’t wait to speak.

"I really love this feeling that open-world games give me! It represents surprises, surprises that exceed expectations!"

"This type of weak or even no guidance, leaving players free to soar through the game world, is simply a synonym for surprise!"

"You might, like me, run into a well temple during exploration and see a mechanism going downwards, thinking it’s just an ordinary underground cavern, but then you find a starry sea."

"You should know, before this, there were no system prompts; you might have just wanted to take a look and find yourself guided to a new area so vast you couldn’t explore it thoroughly in days and nights, that unforeseen thrill and joy fill you entirely."

"It makes you look forward to the rest of the game’s content!"

"Amazing, top player! Elden Ring really is incredible!!"

Wang Laoju wasn’t the only one whose face lit up with excitement.

After seeing the Eternal City, the live chat in the streaming room went wild for several minutes without stopping.

"Why is Baby Ke a legend!!"

"I can’t believe this game only charged me 299 yuan for such a magnificent gaming experience..."

"Yeah, watching the chairman’s experience all this way, I’ve been so excited. I can’t even imagine how much fun it would be to play myself..."

"Suggestion for domestic game manufacturers that only know how to scam players: Learn well! Can’t design open-world games without loot box gimmicks now, can you?"

"I’m not talking anymore, I’m buying it, buying it fiercely!"

"I’m even thinking of buying a copy for my child to play, write homework for ten minutes every time they die."

"Wait a few decades and your child will be like: ’Come play Elden Ring, plug the oxygen tube for 10 minutes every time you die.’"

After Wang Laoju calmed his emotions for a while, he did a simple exploration of the Eternal City.

As expected,

this area was not yet meant for players.

The average level of the monsters here was high.

Not to mention compared to King City Rodel, at least about ten or more levels higher than the average monster level in all of Nimgreifu.

Wang Laoju, who had nearly combed through Nimgreifu, still struggled against the bull-headed minions in the Eternal City that emitted a faint glow.