Chapter 29: A Beginner's Guide to Creating a Half-Finished Game...

As a game planner, you need to be able to handle both formal and informal tasks, create engaging games, and captivate players.

With someone like Hongjun, whose future is so promising—who might even need to apply for game licenses from him in the future—how could Yuanyi not show off his skills? Tell the big shots which game in the Primordial Era is the best: look to Yuanyi for the entire region's ley lines.

Indeed, only the Dao Ancestor could contend with the Demon Ancestor. Their combined strength was beyond the norm in the primordial world—peak Quasi-Saint, half a step towards Sainthood. They overwhelmingly crushed the Great Luo Golden Immortals below.

To get the Dao Ancestor to take his game seriously, Yuan Yi pulled in the Demon Ancestor as a raft.

"This is the contingency plan that the Demon Ancestor left in the West."

The first step was to reveal Luo Hou's trump card in front of Hongjun.

Yuan Yi pretended to wipe away tears: "Senior, you know that I am now the incarnation of the earth veins. If the demonic energy blows up the earth veins, I will definitely not have a good life in the future. I might even die and my life will be extinguished."

The second step is to play the victim, proving that you and Hongjun share the same enemy, and to solidify your stance in Hongjun's camp.

Finally, in front of Hongjun and Tongtian, Yuanyi snapped his fingers, and the entire earth vein space, within sight, was filled with dense arrays.

"This is my modified version of 'Farm Match Western Edition' designed to protect the ley lines, a special attack series against demonic energy. As long as you can fully master this game, the opponent's trump card will become your trump card."

Yuan Yi smiled with exceptional confidence: "You've disturbed my earth's energy, so I'll reveal your trump card and give it to your nemesis."

This was the final step in her plan: to prove her abilities through the game, allowing the Dao Ancestor to master the game and put it into practice against Rahu.

By betting on the winner, crushing the opponent, protecting oneself, and leveraging the influence of a powerful figure for widespread publicity, one can undoubtedly gain a significant long-tail effect in the future.

Hongjun remained silent, only silently following behind Yuanyi, examining the surrounding formations. Wherever he went, the originally troublesome demonic energy completely dissolved.

Instead, Tongtian Xiangqian put his arm around Yuanyi's shoulder and said, "I want to play the special edition game too. I see that your formation is completely different from the previous ones. It's sure to be fun."

Yuan Yi pushed away Tongtian's protruding head: "This is a game specially designed to counter demonic energy. The game cannot run if the demonic energy cannot be eliminated."

"Isn't it just demonic energy?" Tongtian drew his sword and slashed again, cutting the entire block of demonic energy at the edge of the formation into hundreds of pieces. Indeed, some pieces of demonic energy as thick as a hair were taken away by the sword light.

"Look, I have the ability to eliminate things, so I can play around with it," Tongtian said smugly.

Yuan Yi simply restored the split earth veins to their original state, then mercilessly smeared the newly tainted demonic energy on Tongtian's white robes, although the demonic energy quickly dissipated.

Yuan Yi stopped and pulled Tongtian back to look: "At the very least, one must have the abilities of Senior Hongjun."

The barefoot Taoist priest in purple robes walked in the darkness, flanked by mysterious arrays emitting a faint glow. Demonic energy surged before him, and wherever he passed, the world would vanish.

Tongtian was instantly deflated; he no longer possessed the ability to diminish demonic energy without doing anything.

Yuan Yi was completely captivated by Hongjun, muttering to herself, "So beautiful, I'll record this for future use as card art or cutscene CG in the new game."

The two had different thoughts. Yuan Yi continued to lead the way, while Tong Tian listlessly manipulated the demonic energy, shaping the light and heavy demonic energy in his hands into various forms.

He was itching to try it out. How could he quickly remove the demonic energy? He really wanted to try this brand new game. Just by looking at it, he spotted four or five formations he didn't recognize; it looked like it would be incredibly exciting.

Even though Yuan Yi stopped, he was still absent-minded. He had only stopped walking, but his desire to play the game and his dissatisfaction with the demonic energy were clearly written on his face.

It's rather cute. Yuan Yi thought about it and realized that there was a way to satisfy Tongtian.

She gently tugged at Tongtian's robe to bring him back to his senses, and, supporting Tongtian's shoulder, stood on tiptoe and whispered, "The game is still missing an NPC to play with, but we need Senior Hongjun's approval first."

“Okay.” Hongjun, who had overheard them whispering, nodded before Tongtian could finish speaking. Then he saw Yuanyi next to Tongtian wink at him and mouth “thank you.”

Standing at the core of the western ley lines, Yuan Yi extended his hand in invitation: "Come join me in this game of revelry over there."

As the words fell, the scenery before Tongtian and Hongjun changed.

A black sun hangs overhead, an abyss lies beneath one's feet, and the surrounding area is a network of interconnected ley lines entangled with arrays. The entire world is silent, devoid of any color other than black and white.

"This is a farm?" Tongtian looked shocked. The farms he had played with before didn't look like this. "Besides, what can you grow in the abyss?"

Hongjun remained unfazed by honor or disgrace, his expression unchanged. He turned to look at Yuan Yi and said, "This place seems somewhat familiar."

Of course you are familiar with this, after all, this is another form of earth veins existing when heaven and earth were not yet formed and there was only chaos. You are one of the chaotic demon gods who came from chaos.

Yuan Yi chuckled. After all, in such a short time, she only had time to connect the ley lines in various parts of the West. She hadn't done any art materials, text, or beginner tutorials. This scene was the original form of the ley lines.

This is almost a half-finished game.

Yuan Yi reactivated the formation: "Dear players, welcome to this game. Due to the special nature of the Western ley lines, the gameplay is quite different from other games."

As she spoke, she made a pulling motion upwards, and suddenly, Tongtian found himself thousands of miles above the ground, with no abyss or ley lines beneath his feet but a vast expanse of earth and boundless mountains.

"Players can turn on the game screen to automatically adjust the visual mode, and can choose between the Leyline version and the Earth version."

Loading art assets on the spot when none are available—that's what you call a perfect fusion of game and reality.

Yuan Yi continued, "Players can eliminate demonic energy by activating formations. Level 1 farms can be established in the places where demonic energy is eliminated. Spiritual power can be spent to change the size, location, soil, and climate of the farms."

Tongtian used all his spiritual power but only managed to activate the array three feet above his head. Looking back, he seemed to see Yuanyi secretly smiling, but upon closer inspection, it seemed as if Yuanyi had never appeared.

Hongjun remained unhurried, doing whatever Yuanyi said, but his surging spiritual power burst forth, directly dispelling all the demonic energy in sight and accidentally shattering many formations.

Yuan Yi could only nod with a smile, then shook the earth veins to complete the formation, and deliberately mixed in Hongjun's spiritual power to ensure that his spiritual power flowed smoothly and without any obstruction.

Tongtian used the currency he had obtained to choose the largest farm, placed it at the ley line, and planted the Breath Soil, the Three Lights Divine Water, as well as the Yellow Plum and Ginseng Fruit trees. In the blink of an eye, he had spent all the currency that Hongjun had obtained by eliminating demonic energy, and Tongtian also replenished his spiritual energy.

Yuan Yi could only say it was a grand gesture. Hongjun followed Tongtian and chose a farm, but he opted for the most common black soil and rainwater, then planted Jade Flower Grass and waited for the harvest.

They are truly completely different play styles.

As Tongtian hastily accelerated the ripening process, the jade grass in Hongjun's fields also matured completely. The two farms then shimmered with deep and light green hues in the darkness.

"Alright, let's begin the beginner's tutorial."

Yuan Yi extinguished a small array closest to the east, and a calamity aura carrying demonic energy quickly rushed towards the center.

The two farms quickly retaliated. First, they emitted a radiant, life-giving energy to try to weaken it. Then, as the calamity energy approached the farm that had reached the sky, small sword-shaped attacks appeared, blocking the calamity energy from advancing.

Tongtian watched helplessly as his farm's depletion level decreased by 1-1-1. Suddenly, the Jade Flower Grass Farm behind him emitted light, and the depletion level became an infinite loop of +1-1+1-1.

His game screen also showed the "Thunderous Might" pattern of Huang Zhongli and the "Earthquake" pattern of Renshenguo, both of which are currently only halfway through.

He turned his head and saw that the "Nourishing All Things" pattern of the Jade Flower Grass in front of Hongjun was already full.

"Try clicking it?"

"Can."

The next second, all the Jade Flower Grass was harvested and disappeared, and the Tongtian Farm was completely repaired, displaying a huge +100. The Calamity Qi, on the other hand, had its health bar significantly reduced.

"I get it, this is the ultimate move! It's triggered by planting the corresponding spiritual plants." Having played the game for a few more months than Hongjun, Tongtian quickly figured out how to play.

He immediately accelerated the growth of the spiritual plant again, and as expected, the thunderous roar and the earth's tremors were all activated.

With a single click of the thunderous roar, all the plums of Huangzhong were harvested. A dark cloud shrouded the sun, lightning flashing within it. Streaks of white lightning struck down the calamity energy, accompanied by deafening thunder. The relentless lightning swept across the calamity energy like a thorough cleaning.

A single skill dispelled more than half of the calamity energy.

Seeing this, Hongjun, who originally planted Yuhua grass, changed course and also started planting Huangzhong plum.

Seeing this, Tongtian suggested, "Check out the different skills by looking at various skill illustrations."

“Okay.” So they planted the Bodhi tree, which was also one of the ten innate spiritual roots.

At this moment, the thunderous force was coming to an end, with the last bolt of Purple Heaven Divine Lightning shattering the calamity energy into countless fragments. Only a few tiny remnants remained, swimming around, and all that was needed was for these traces of calamity energy to be dissipated and eliminated by the natural vitality emanating from the farm.

But Tongtian, seeing the pulsating earth veins still shimmering in the farm, felt an urge to act. After exchanging a glance with Hongjun and receiving his approval, he decisively chose to activate the pulsating earth veins, accelerating the game's progress.

The next second, the earth veins beneath him began to shake, swaying like waving vines. Not only did they completely annihilate the calamity energy, but Tongtian also seemed to see several complete formations being flung away by the earth veins.

Haha, how could a skill possibly throw out a properly engraved formation? You must have misread it.

But the next second, Yuan Yi appeared in an emergency and stopped all processes in the game.

She smiled, but her hands pressed down hard on the ley lines: "Congratulations, players, on completing the tutorial. You have now mastered how to dissolve the mixture of calamity energy and demonic energy. You can now officially begin the game."

"Now, the game begins."

As soon as the words were spoken, the arrays at the end of the earth's veins collapsed, and surging tribulation energy rushed in from all directions. Looking around, Tongtian and Hongjun were already surrounded by this ocean of tribulation energy.

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Author's Note: Yuan Yi: Having beaten up the minor calamity energy and mastered the gameplay, now it's time to beat up this entire sea of ​​calamity energy! [Three-colored cat emoji]

Tongtian: ? No, I just left the starting village and I'm already fighting a big boss.

Hongjun: Hmm (interesting) (fun) (nods)