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Chapter 177 - 163 I Became the Protagonist of the Series

Chapter 177: Chapter 163 I Became the Protagonist of the Series

Star Dragon City, Inner City.

After unsuccessful research attempts, Lind gave up trying to discover why the walls here were so sturdy, sturdy enough to withstand a group of people’s magic assaults.

Perhaps it had to do with the Great Rift; the Catastrophe Executioners certainly had their own secrets, and not all secrets can be investigated for an answer.

The Undead were guarding the outside of the gate, which now, with a layer of alternating gold and red paint, bore the high-quality hand-painted mark of the Undead, who, after receiving 10 points, happily gave the castle a full-scale wall painting.

In the real world, such a large project wouldn’t come cheap, and the Undead wouldn’t even bother to blink without extra money, but here in the game, earning 10 pain-free points was considered lucky, and they even had to thank the kindly Lord.

The lion on the door with its mouth wide open had eyes that emanated fire, and its fierce, uneven fangs clenched together as if a bunch of mismatched short blades made one’s behind tense involuntarily, always wanting to clamp onto something.

At this moment, there were Undead by the door, ready to take photos and record videos.

The game "Doomsday Magic Ring" became inexplicably popular; whether it was VR, AR, or MR, after failing to crack the market in the so-called Metaverse, ordinary people were not very interested in an entertainment method that required wearing over a pound of wearable devices on their head.

But a previous video, in which the player @My Ring Will Not Lose fought a tattooed man, went viral.

This era is never short of people who are adept at riding on the waves of popularity, and a group of combat enthusiasts came forward to analyze after the video became popular.

Then they came to a conclusion: My Ring Will Not Lose’s combat style was very similar to medieval sword fighting, only it seemed a bit too agile compared to those duels.

Like a heavy armored knight with the speed key pressed.

Many were curious where he had learned it, and after being asked repeatedly, My Ring Will Not Lose had to come forward and explain that he was playing a very fun game, and all those combat skills were learned in the game.

Learning while sleeping was simply too tempting.

#Doomsday Magic Ring# also became a trending search term.

Most people treated that short video as a marketing tool, believing it was a fake designed to promote the game.

But unexpectedly, upon searching, they discovered the game was still in closed beta, with only 3000 slots available, and the public release date was indefinitely far off.

If it was to create buzz, it seemed a bit too early, and it looked like the game wouldn’t be going public anytime soon.

Subsequently, the relevant departments also took the initiative to clarify that the video was real, and they couldn’t let a citizen who had shown courage and righteousness be labeled as a swindler.

A portion of the gaming community started to pay attention to this game, being able to enter it and experience a completely real journey in another world, to start a second life, is something the vast majority couldn’t refuse, and when it was confirmed that you could play by wearing a helmet while sleeping at night and still be fresh for work during the day, then everyone was unable to resist.

Their life had been extended, after all!

Although from a realistic perspective, they were office drones by day in the real world, cyber servants by night in the game, but still, they were gaining happiness, right?

Because the game’s graphics were too realistic, and NPCs looked exactly like normal people, not many believed it was a real game.

The key issue was they couldn’t play it.

So some people started to follow "Doomsday Magic Ring" as if it were a drama series because the special effects were ample, and the combat was exhilarating.

And in this "drama," a character naturally became the protagonist.

Lind Armand.

He had been through too much, and there was so much drama, so some people chose to proactively follow Lind for video views.

The world is always so abstract.

Following an NPC has its benefits, I guess. An NPC won’t collapse your home; he can walk his own path in life as he pleases, while ordinary people can watch him like watching a drama.

However, Lind was also following the drama; he sat in the City Lord’s hall every day without stepping out, spending his free time chasing after his own drama series.

There were multiple versions of the series, some of which were especially well-produced in post-production.

The earnings were high, there were no copyright disputes, and many people had already obtained closed beta qualifications to come into the game to shoot films. After all, whatever characters they wanted, they could just sculpt their faces; there really was no issue of cost.

Furthermore, special effects costs, lighting, set design, and so on were all not an issue.

Unfortunately, those who wanted to come in to shoot the drama couldn’t get the qualifications.

But it must be said that this group of video bloggers was quite good at editing.

If he hadn’t experienced it himself, Lind might have truly believed he was some sort of tragic character.

Meanwhile, some Undead were interspersed throughout, serving to connect the narrative and prevent the plot from appearing too fragmented.

After binge-watching to the latest episode, Lind really wanted to critique. For example, during his great battle with Two-Headed Bueno, there was an angle from which he actually looked better, but the Undead insistently chose a clip where he looked like he was naked.

You guys understand how to push the envelope.

When it came to Miss Mico, the style changed again, cutting her directly into a character like Kiki from "Kiki’s Delivery Service" would have been one thing; to Lind, they didn’t look alike at all, neither in appearance nor essence.

But someone specifically edited a romance subplot between him and Miss Mico, and that was a bit too much for him to endure.

Why was it edited to look like a romance between a domineering CEO and a ditzy sweet girl?

Didn’t anyone see how much he doted on Mico in his day-to-day life, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say he was at her beck and call, and Miss Mico was nothing like the ditzy and sweet stereotype.

As for Brittany and Mico, there was no sense of chemistry between the two. The only possibilities for them not to fight when they met were either Mico stumbled upon a bag full of various Magic Potion ingredients that day, or Brittany had eaten herself to the point of wanting to hibernate and sleep like a snake.

Yet, despite all this, the drama’s viewership remained high, causing Lind to often look at Brittany and Mico with an odd expression. His mind had been invaded by the dirty thoughts of the Undead, a thing even more terrible than the whispers of a god.

The game was war-themed, with elements of war being the most abundant, everything else merely seasoning.

The fundamental reason why the NPCs of Star Dragon City could become the protagonists of the drama series lay in their style.

While other NPCs were busy scraping and conspiring, the NPCs of Star Dragon City would always pressure the enemy like a BOSS, and the exhilarating combat scenes gave viewers the feeling of watching a grand effects-laden film.

The great iron gate slowly opened, and as the first figure walked out, an Undead quietly commented, "That’s Lance, the Frost Archer, never missing a shot, with antlers growing on his head. He’s one of the Lord’s powerful subordinates."

The Undead muttered to himself for a good while. Many NPCs walked out from behind the iron gate, and he filmed a lot of footage, but unfortunately, he did not catch sight of Lind.

The NPCs were gradually becoming accustomed to the bizarre behavior of the Undead, even to the point of treating them as if they were invisible, which led many Undead to complain that after the update, the NPCs’ AI seemed to have gotten weaker.

When a group of NPCs walked towards the Undead, their scattered positions, the long shadows cast by the sunlight, and their fierce aura gave the Undead the sensation of watching a group of BOSSes striding towards them with the formation of a superstar group.

The sense of oppression was almost palpable.

It really was different, and only the NPCs of Star Dragon City had this style.

It was as if they would dare to transform into red-named BOSSes and start a massacre the next second if they were provoked.

Besides the oppressive aura exuded by all the Main City Lords, the NPCs from other towns truly felt very ordinary, with mundane Armor and attire, cynicism unique to the Doomsday, and unremarkable combat abilities, lacking any sense of the intimidation brought by a BOSS that rules the world, just a bunch of small figures struggling for survival in the apocalypse.

Perhaps they appeared weaker and more real; even in comparison with them, all NPCs of Star Dragon City seemed too powerful, hardly like struggling survivors in a post-apocalyptic world.

But as long as they looked cool and handsome, that was enough.