Master of Kaidan
Chapter 433: Probing into the Game Kaidan

Chapter 433: Chapter 433: Probing into the Game Kaidan

"I really shouldn’t underestimate the notes," Feng Xue commented. As she browsed through the player’s own game forum, she spotted that player surnamed Lincoln who had died, which made her lips twitch. She thought the note for the "Acupoint Master" equipment was already dangerously misleading, but the puns were even more hazardous.

For instance, this gaming helmet—everyone else just used it to enter the game, but the guy named Lincoln put it on and instantly died from a swelling head...

Although there was no evidence, Feng Xue simply didn’t believe that this was a genuine case of sudden hydrocephalus causing death.

She shook her head, skipped over that piece of information, and quietly waited for the players to return. Contrary to her expectation that players would rush in as soon as the server opened, her six young apprentices hadn’t logged in directly.

But, thinking about it, it made sense. The game itself had no settings like experience points or levels, the core gameplay was about exploring the world rather than leveling up.

While there were inevitably players who felt "antsy" if they hadn’t played for a month, before the game had the capability for full monetization, most people besides a few streamers and professional players weren’t going to log in early in the morning like her.

Or rather, players tended to be more pragmatic. Even if the game was entertaining, work and other commitments were still priorities. As for quitting their job to play a new VR game just because it was launched...

Unless they were Reborn, that simply wasn’t happening!

...

As a player’s character loitered around the big pagoda tree village for quite a while, numerous nearby player groups had already sought her out. Seeing the old players increasingly gathering, Feng Xue quietly enabled the feature for queuing up at the factory to claim a Gundam.

Feng Xue was a person who kept her promises. Since she had promised those who worked as "screwdrivers" old players that they’d receive Mechas, they certainly would. As for those newbies and newcomers who hadn’t turned any screws, sorry, but please just watch from the sidelines.

What’s the most important thing about playing online games?

Is it the intensity?

No!

If you like character development, go play mobile games!

If you like to challenge yourself, go play Souls-like games!

Playing online games is all about feeling superior!

I have something others don’t, even if it’s just a non-attributed trashy costume, it’s still a top-tier treasure.

Not to mention a Mecha, which was overwhelmingly powerful among the current player classes!

But it was a pity, maybe because the Gundam squadron only appeared on the last day of the beta test, the news about mass-produced Gundams and the Gundam factory didn’t spark much discussion. Those who claimed that turning screws could earn a Gundam were mostly considered bragging or tricked by NPCs. After all, from a simple cognition that effort equals reward, the idea that turning screws in a smithy for a month would earn a Gundam seemed too fantastical.

However, it didn’t matter that no legend had formed yet. Once these few hundred players started riding their Gundams around, wreaking havoc in the game, it wouldn’t take long for corresponding legends to form, whether it would be "Two Hundred Gundam Protectors" or "Turn Screws to Get a Gundam" depended on historical opportunities.

Feng Xue was actually quite curious; if a player could bring back the "Turn Screws for Gundam" legend into reality, would turning screws in reality yield a Gundam?

One by one, Gundams came off the assembly line. Feng Xue intentionally turned off her powers to check whether the machines were able to operate autonomously.

As it turned out, the "Follow the Map" power did have a function to "add rules" in some sense. Even after she shut off her powers, the mechas produced on the assembly line were still True Objects, with performance no different from the ones she produced with her powers, although the rate of perfect products dropped slightly due to mechanical variance, which was more in line with normal conditions.

Of course, if this factory were to become mythical in the players’ legends in the future, that might be a different scenario altogether.

He did not plan to interfere too much with this matter; he even intended to hand over the factory and its supporting industrial system directly to the village chief. Infinite City, with its setting as the pinnacle of Mecha, made an ordinary assembly line redundant for him, as he could craft ordinary mechanical bodies by hand. Instead, he preferred to use this opportunity to experiment with the unique traits of Kaidan in the game.

For instance, would the native inhabitants of this world turn into Kaidan after death because of the factory?

Could Daikachi Village possibly become an independent Kaidan-like Infinite City in the folklore of "Real World" players?

And wouldn’t the factory add certain traits to the game’s Kaidan, potentially influencing its next game choice to select a sci-fi world involving Mecha?

Of course, he knew this world was the Real World, but considering Infinite City’s own capability to select worlds, he believed these massive Kaidan might also possess the ability to subjectively choose worlds.

If this was indeed true, the game world’s selection mechanism was then understandable—

Initially, players, influenced by novels, games, animations, and movies, as well as the deteriorating state of online games in reality, developed a collective desire to play immersive virtual reality games, forming the early basis of the "Mystery Game Company" Kaidan.

Subsequently, possibly due to influences from online novels, this Kaidan further ingrained the setup of immersive virtual reality games and acquired related powers.

Thus, the first fully immersive virtual reality game was born.

And why was it set in Martial World?

That was easy to understand.

After all, the initial inner tests all concentrated in Yan Country indicated that the Yan people were primarily building this Kaidan, possibly because of abundant population, national peace, or the influence of online gaming novels.

When the Yan people wanted to play games, they faced several issues.

Firstly, since it was a game of fantasy, it needed to be a masterwork.

Considering the poor gaming environment in Yan Country, it had to have its own unique style, rather than just imitating others.

What kind of game has its own style?

Many independent games had already demonstrated the answer—

Games that incorporate cultural elements of Yan Country.

That is: Martial Arts, Immortal Arts, Myth.

Then, Kaidan began to capture worlds, but considering the strength issue of Kaidan itself, worlds related to Myth and Immortal Arts were obviously tougher to capture. Even if captured, players might not enjoy much of a gaming experience, hence Martial World naturally became the new gaming world.

Although all this was just Feng Xue’s speculation, he felt it was really worth trying out, especially compared to the almost randomized world selections of Infinite City, this world’s capturing method clearly appeared more subjective.

If this experiment succeeded, he could next fully manipulate players into leading this game’s Kaidan to capture worlds he desired as game settings, and he would no longer need to rely on Infinite City’s randomness.

The only problem might be that the cycle could be somewhat lengthy.

As Feng Xue perfected his plans for probing and experimenting in his mind, he wasn’t worried at all about a GM’s Descent; indeed, if there really were a GM in this game’s Kaidan, he would actually look forward to their Descent.

After all, who would want to solve riddles when they could have a direct conversation?

Just as Feng Xue reflected, a subtle flow of information suddenly entered his vision. Following this stream of information, one end undoubtedly connected to the six exclusive machines he had produced, and the other end—

Who could it be if not his bargain apprentice?