Chapter 16: The Sixteenth Day of Expanding the Leyline Network into a Game...

The Qingqiu Gathering came to a successful conclusion, and demons flocked to Qingqiu to register. Yuan Yi smiled extremely happily.

She opened the game creator panel directly in front of her brother. On the screen was a dense network centered on Wuzhuang Temple. When a formation was activated, the corresponding ley lines in that area would light up. When two formations were activated, even if the ley lines between them were far apart, they could be connected as long as the Yuan Yi actively replenished and strengthened them.

"This is the empire I conquered!" Yuan Yi proudly boasted to Zhen Yuanzi, his pale face, which had just been activating the ley lines in the middle of the game thousands of miles away, now flushed with a smile.

Seeing his sister happy, Zhen Yuanzi couldn't help but smile as well.

"But with my current abilities, I can only activate it up to ten thousand miles away. I can't go any further unless I pluck some more leaves." Yuan Yi thought about how he only had eight leaves left and clutched his head in anguish.

Zhen Yuanzi's smile froze: "No way." His younger sister's original form was already congenitally weak, and if she were to be further mutilated by having her leaves pulled out, how could that little ginseng fruit tree survive?

“Use mine if you need to in the future.” Zhen Yuanzi pointed to his massive, all-encompassing body, covered with tens of thousands of leaves. “You and I are siblings, so using my leaves will have the same effect.” As he spoke, he even forced another branch to grow in front of Yuan Yi, which was covered with new leaves.

Yuan Yi was so touched that she hugged her brother tightly. There's no one better than my brother in the world. She thought she was going to get a scolding, but her brother just told her not to hurt herself when she picked his leaves.

"With these leaves, we can expand into a larger market and gain even more Heavenly Merit." As soon as Yuan Yi sat down, he started calculating, constantly thinking about Heavenly Merit.

Zhen Yuanzi glanced at the densely packed game map that Yuan Yi had shown, which was almost boundless, and asked, "Isn't it enough to collect merit from so many regions? Why do you keep thinking about expanding the area as soon as you get some leaves? What if you get exhausted?"

“Of course not!” Yuan Yi’s gaze was firm. “My goal is to set up farms throughout the entire prehistoric world and ensure that the signal is unobstructed. Besides, the more good things like clearing away a patch of calamity energy to collect Heavenly Dao merits, the better.”

"Moreover, the special effects of the Heavenly Merit are simply too amazing." Yuan Yi couldn't help but pull out the screen recording and repeatedly watch the scene of Qing Jiu bathing in the Heavenly Merit on the white jade platform, his eyes full of appreciation for the beauty.

"The technical skill of this special effect is too high. It looks like a sunset and a sunrise at the same time. It's so beautiful. I might not be able to replicate it even with an array." Yuan Yi said as he tried, but no matter what he did, he couldn't get the effect he wanted. He could only use screenshots from the screen recording to make the transition image he wanted.

Zhen Yuanzi was already used to it. His sister would occasionally utter words he couldn't understand, so he simply replied, "Aren't there still many clans that need to run the game? Once they sort out the ley lines, you will naturally gain merit."

Yuan Yi: "That's different. The earth vein's calamity energy is limited. Even if you sort it all out, you'll only accumulate this much merit."

She had a premonition that she needed to accumulate a lot of merit. As the embodiment of the ley lines, every premonition was a warning, even though she didn't know what the future held. But the merit from clearing the ley lines would definitely not be enough in a short time, so she had to quickly find a way to accumulate more.

How about we make another game?

However, she cannot relax her efforts to clear the earth's veins of calamity; this is the foundation of Yuan Yi's power. After all, she has only temporarily calmed the calamity down, and if it starts causing trouble again, she will suffer greatly.

Yuan Yi shared the promotional video with his elder brother via the chat interface and instructed Zhen Yuanzi on the follow-up promotional matters.

Zhen Yuanzi looked at the article his sister had sent him, titled "Shocking! The Fox Clan Leader Rejuvenated and His Cultivation Increased by a Thousand Points—The Secret Was This!" Even though he knew what was going on inside, he couldn't help but click to read it again.

"This thing is indeed convenient, much more convenient than bird messengers. Even without the game, this thing alone would surely be loved by cultivators in the prehistoric world." Zhen Yuanzi looked at the chat interface. Wouldn't it be even more convenient if Hongyun also had a chat interface?

This is indeed a good direction for promotion, and it is not impossible to promote the use of ley lines chat networks in the prehistoric world.

"But the prerequisite is that there must be an array connecting to the earth's veins, and various gameplay features such as chat mutation will not be loaded into the game until the next update. I'll apply the patch first." Yuan Yi said as he began updating the game, displaying one array after another in his hands, which was dazzling.

Upon hearing the keyword "mutation," Zhen Yuanzi couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement.

As a lucky player favored by the earth's veins, Zhen Yuanzi could easily collect all the illustrations and open blind boxes. However, ever since Yuan Yi unlocked the mutation gameplay for him ahead of time, he has been spending his days gathering resources and then failing miserably in mutation attempts.

There are now thirty-eight plants that have failed to mutate, and all the resources planted in the past few days have been used up.

Even for his beloved younger sister, whom he had cherished for a hundred years, Zhen Yuanzi couldn't help but wonder if Yuan Yi hadn't actually set up the option for successful mutation, and was simply trying to drain the player's inventory.

"No, I didn't, I definitely set a hundred-fold safety net." Yuan Yi, who had escaped a calamity before because of the Qingqiu Grand Gathering, still had to face his brother's merciless attack.

To avoid being beaten into a pulp by Zhen Yuanzi due to his fragility, Yuan Yi could only try his best to explain and analyze the gameplay.

Fortunately, Yuan Yi ultimately upheld the bottom line of the game design, resolutely refusing to change the drop rate or give Zhen Yuanzi a separate black box. He simply posted a "Guide to Plant Hybridization and Mutation" in the public chat interface, promising that the mutation gameplay would be rolled out to all players after this update, allowing everyone to enjoy the joy of plant mutation.

Satisfied with the gameplay guide, Zhen Yuanzi returned to the game to continue his thirty-ninth mutation attempt.

According to Yuan Yi's guide, two more similar flowers are easier to hybridize and synthesize mutations, so let's try using Jade Flower Grass and Jade Leaf Flower. Although the level is a bit low, they are easy to find and require fewer resources.

At this moment, Yuan Yi looked at the game that had already been updated and felt that he must never reveal his real name when making the next game.

What if players actually come knocking on her door for a real fight offline? The people of the Primordial World have always been known for their fierce nature, and the others aren't her older brothers. If she gets beaten into a pulp, she'll feel the pain too.

The concept of time in the prehistoric world is different from that in modern times, so to extend the game's lifespan, it's essential to keep players engaged and entertained.

Furthermore, if the drop rate is high, who will provide her with spiritual energy? Who will store spiritual energy in the ley lines? How will she achieve spiritual freedom through the game?

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Meanwhile, after the Qingqiu Gathering concluded, Hu San naturally signed up immediately, obtained a portable array provided by Qingqiu, and returned to his tribe.

"This is what I saw and heard in Qingqiu."

In the dark cave, the tiger clan leader lay on a rock, his huge tiger head staring at Tiger Three, with bits of flesh and blood still stuck between his teeth.

Tiger Three didn't dare utter a sound, silently playing the video of the Qingqiu Grand Gathering through the formation. Fortunately, the little fox from Qingqiu had shown him how to use the newly updated chat interface when he distributed the formations.

This amazing feature, along with the built-in video, made Hu San's words even more convincing.

On the third time the video played, the tiger clan leader finally spoke: "Qingjiu Fox said that if we want to set up the game, we have to do farming as that girl from Wuzhuang Temple suggested, implement the array farm base model, and cooperate with her to conduct experiments."

“That’s right, Qingqiu has been implementing this model for several months now, and it has been quite effective. It’s practically a paradise.” Hu San recounted his miraculous experiences in Qingqiu, emphasizing how Qingqiu transformed from a barren land into a place teeming with spiritual plants and where people lived in abundance.

The tiger clan leader descended the stone steps one by one: "This can be arranged, after all, our clan also needs to recuperate. But why should the spiritual power we have gathered be divided 20/80 in the other game?"

According to Hu San, all the spiritual power in Qingqiu, including the spiritual power used by outsiders, has been put into another game.

However, the spiritual energy of the tribe that joined in the second batch had to be divided into two parts: 80% and 20%; only 80% could be transferred to another game to accelerate the cleanup of the calamity energy.

Tiger Three was sweating profusely, trying to steady his trembling voice: "Because Qingqiu has a past relationship with Fairy Yuanyi, it is said that she is treated as an 'official' official, while we are treated as 'channel' officials, so the benefits of the formation will be reduced."

The tiger clan leader didn't understand the terms "official uniform" and "channel uniform," but through Tiger Three's explanation, he understood that it was a matter of first come, first served, and that Qingqiu was highly trusted by Yuan Yi, hence the preferential treatment.

The obvious benefits are right in front of us; the changes that happened in Qingqiu and the merits accumulated by Hu San are undeniable.

Although the tiger clan leader was dissatisfied that the tiger clan was treated worse than the weak fox clan, he would not push away such a good thing just to save face.

The tiger clan leader decided: "Then let's promote the game to the whole clan. Tiger Three, take the treasures from the warehouse to thank Fairy Yuanyi."

If Qingqiu can please Yuanyi, why can't their tiger clan? To have such abilities at over a hundred years old, one's future achievements are uncertain. Even a vicious tiger can assess the situation.

Now that Qingqiu has risen so quickly and created an eight-tailed fox demon that is destined to become nine-tailed in just a few months, the tiger clan cannot be left behind.

The tiger clan leader glanced at Tiger Three. Although Tiger Three was a well-known tall and mighty tiger, compared to the foxes of Qingqiu, whether in terms of appearance or fur... even if they were his own clansmen, he couldn't honestly say that they were comparable.

"Go to the spring and wash yourself thoroughly. I'll find a few tigers to groom you and make sure your fur is smooth before you go to pay your respects at Wuzhuang Temple."

"At the very least, make that distinguished guest feel compliant before going," the tiger clan leader thought of the Taoist priest who was temporarily staying in the clan.

The Taoist priest was enamored with the furry cub. If Tiger Three's fur could win over the distinguished guest, it would be presentable at Wuzhuang Temple.

"Doesn't the game require a lot of spiritual energy? Let our distinguished guest finish the first two rounds while he's still here and save some spiritual energy. As for the arrangements for the clan's farm, the Second Elder and Qingqiu's 'customer service' will build a standardized farm and a ley line base station."

Professional tasks should be left to professionals. Since the decision has been made to use games to transform the tribe's territory, then everyone should work together. If it is appropriate to let the Qingqiu foxes provide guidance, then let them do it.

Their tiger clan will definitely do a better job than the soft-legged foxes of Qingqiu.

On the other hand, Tongtian, who had received an invitation from the Tiger Clan Games, was also quite interested in this novel formation.

"It contains the Illusion Array, the Yin-Yang Array, and the Purple Cloud Array... Why have I never seen these arrays before?" Tongtian raised an eyebrow. Why had he never seen such arrays before?

However, this formation is complex yet fragile, suggesting that the person who created it was not highly skilled. Tong Tianxia thought to himself, "Then I'll go in and give it a try; I'm confident I can come out safely."

Using formations to solve the problem is also an option; if you are truly trapped in a formation, then break it with a single sword strike.

His Azure Lotus Sword was still sharp.

If his elder brothers knew he had willingly entered the illusionary formation and become trapped, they would surely force him back to Kunlun. The white-robed youth thought of his two elder brothers, but having finally managed to slip away from the mountain to travel the world, he was determined to enjoy it to the fullest.

Tongtian didn't believe that any formation could trap him, so he decided to try this unheard-of formation called "Game".

At this moment, Tongtian was full of confidence.

The next second, Tongtian was puzzled: what about his cultivation level and the Azure Lotus Sword?

A note from the author:

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Yuan Yi: Planners must protect personal privacy to prevent being attacked offline.

Tongtian: The person who created this formation is truly a master. I'll go taste the game's flavor first, then I'll go find her. [heart emoji]