Chapter 9: The Ninth Day of My Brother Being a Big Spender in Making Games
Not to mention that the little ginseng is becoming increasingly resilient after being tested by the cubs and the imaginary elder, Yuan Yi, who is monitoring the game data in real time, is also frantically patching the game.
This is, after all, our first time making a holographic game, and while the immersion is excellent, individual differences can lead to different choices in the game's direction.
For example, Zhen Yuanzi. Brother, don't unleash your Earth Book just because you see the aura of calamity. The formation has already been shattered; the game can't withstand the power of an attack from a Great Luo Golden Immortal.
Yuan Yi quickly added the underlying game code to limit the player's power.
And that little fox with red fur on its tail, don't go and nibble on the seedlings that have just sprouted in the field. That's euphorbia milii, not catnip.
Damaging the plant will result in mission failure and lower the ginseng's favorability. Report this to the Qingqiu clan chief for further education.
And you bunch of warriors who could clearly draw formations, yet you kept ignoring the game's guidance and charging straight into the calamity energy for a final battle. I remember Qingqiu was known for its clever and beautiful foxes, not its fierce tigers and leopards.
That's terrible. The calamity's aura killed you, forcing you to quit the game and start over. Also, the game video has been sent to your clan leader. May you have good fortune, and may the heavens grant you peace.
Qing Jiu's face darkened when she recalled seeing the foxes rushing headlong into the calamity energy through the formation.
Yuan Yi knew that Qing Jiu would definitely strengthen the clan's education in the future, and these players would definitely be of paramount importance.
Aside from some of the players' unconventional actions, the overall experience of playing the game was quite good.
Almost all players are proficient in farming formations, except for some cubs who lack spiritual power and can only painstakingly dig holes with their hands or hoes.
The thought that the little foxes, due to insufficient spiritual energy, could not supply the plants with spiritual energy even after painstakingly digging holes, and could only be ejected from the game.
They shouted that they would cultivate diligently and return soon. Yuan Yi then felt that the anti-addiction mode for minors requested by Little Ginseng was unnecessary.
Look how well it's working now! Underage kids can't play for long before they're forced to quit the game because their cultivation level is too low. Then, in order to play the game, they have to work hard to cultivate and keep trying.
Seeing how diligent and hardworking the young members of the clan were, Qing Jiu might as well award herself a banner.
While Yuan Yi was tweaking the game interface, he also checked on the players' progress for amusement. He was considering whether to organize a game livestream to promote the game.
Forget about that for now. Let's see if the spiritual energy accumulated by the Qingqiu clan chief is enough to complete the first purification.
The game requires spiritual energy to function, as do planting crops and activating array patterns.
Most of the spiritual energy used will be gathered into the array diagram in Qing Jiu's hand, which contains another game called "Elimination of Calamity".
The Qingqiu people play "Farm Battle" to master formations and planting techniques and accumulate spiritual energy. Then, in "Eliminate Calamity," they use the characteristics of the earth's veins to stimulate spiritual plants and collect vitality. Finally, they use formations to specifically eliminate calamity and purify the environment in reality.
By taking a two-pronged approach, the residents of Qingqiu will have a pleasant living environment filled with birdsong and fragrant flowers, while the earth's veins will be cleared to purify the calamity and alleviate Yuan Yi's occasional seizures.
Now that most players have finished the tutorial, Yuan Yi decisively turned his attention to another game.
"It's gone up! It's gone up! We can move twice now!" Qing Jiu's excited voice rang in my ears.
The once stunning and elegant woman was now staring intently at the array diagram in front of her, her eyes fixed on the ever-increasing numbers.
98%, 99%, 100%, giving us one more chance to suppress the calamity.
How could it be so fast? Can the Qingqiu Clan provide so much spiritual energy? This is different from the predictions before the Yuanyi test started. How could a process that would take half a month be completed in just one day?
There are no crops planted in Qingqiu now, so the prerequisites for the match-3 game haven't been met, and there's no way to use all those attempts.
“Because the Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi has also gotten involved.” Qing Jiu, who had been paying close attention to the spiritual energy collection, replied, “The spiritual energy supplied by the Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi alone accounts for more than half of the collected spiritual energy.”
After all, he was a Great Luo Golden Immortal; a little bit of spiritual energy from him was enough to deliver a devastating blow.
Alright, case solved. It turns out it was a whale from Wuzhuang Temple who suddenly appeared and spent so much money; his single-handed spending (spiritual power) was enough to support the entire server.
While the supply of spiritual energy greatly aids the operation of the next chain of games, not every tribe has whales (high-level players who spend a lot of money), which is a serious variable for the future development of the game.
Yuan Yi wanted to experiment with how efficient the collection of spiritual energy would be under normal circumstances, but her brother's stroke of genius directly maximized the efficiency.
No, she needs to talk to her brother properly. He needs to restrain himself and not squander money on his sister's career.
Yuan Yi immediately selected Zhen Yuanzi's game area based on the formation and chose to enter the game as the planner.
Upon opening my eyes, I saw a large, ancient stone with the words "Master of Wuzhuang Temple" clearly written on it.
Isn't this a leaderboard we created ourselves? It was supposed to appear late in the game, after at least half the land had been cleared. How come it appeared on the very first day of server launch?
Yuan Yi looked back and saw that the spiritual fields were neatly planted with crops.
Red baby fruit hangs from the treetops in the east, morning glory flowers bloom like trumpets in the west corner, moon grass grows densely in the south, and soul-devouring vines climb the trellis in the north.
The most eye-catching feature is the centerpiece of all the plants: a tall and imposing ginseng fruit tree, once again occupying the prime spot on the entire farm. Its green ginseng fruits sway in the wind, lifelike and vivid like little dolls. Not to mention the yellow plums and bodhi trees nearby.
The birds of ill omen flew by in flocks, but they only brought precious seeds, without destroying a single flower.
Yuan Yi stiffly twisted his neck. No, didn't everyone just go through the beginner tutorial?
How did my brother finish the entire game so quickly? And the layout of this farm is exactly the same as the layout of my Wuzhuang Temple, even the Five Elements Formation is a 1:1 replica.
If Yuan Yi hadn't noticed that the array patterns on the ginseng fruit were indeed located in the very center of the farm, he would have suspected that Zhen Yuanzi himself had transformed into his original form to oversee the farm.
Oh, and there's something even more amazing. Yuan Yi followed the trail and found a small ginseng fruit tree under the large ginseng fruit tree.
His elder brother was personally infusing the small ginseng fruit tree with spiritual energy to accelerate its ripening. Meanwhile, the little ginseng was taking out fertilizer and pouring it down on the tree as if it were free.
Even though the players and the guiding NPCs treated this ginseng fruit tree so well, the leaves on the tree were still sparse.
One, two, three... a total of nine leaves, exactly the same as the original Wuzhuang Temple in Yuanyi. So much spiritual power, so much expensive fertilizer, and all it produced was a small ginseng fruit tree with nine leaves.
It wasn't that Yuan Yi disliked himself, but according to the game's numerical settings, the plants in the spirit field were all naturally normal, and even if left unattended, they wouldn't grow into the sickly appearance of his original form.
So what exactly did the older brother and the little ginseng do? How did they turn a perfectly good farming game into a game of replicating Wuzhuang Temple in the Qingqiu terrain?
I just finished the tutorial when I patched it not long ago, how come my progress has become so incomprehensible?
"Well, it's because Master's older brother is just too rich!!!" When talking about this, the little ginseng's eyes turned into the shape of money.
He stroked his beard: "First, Lord Zhen Yuanzi purchased the acceleration service, which sped up the planting and harvesting, and the farm was opened up immediately after the conditions were met. Later, the lord unlocked different rare crops by purchasing seed blind boxes."
Yuan Yi understood immediately. It turned out that the whales were cheating all the way by constantly buying stamina and resources to upgrade, leaving everyone else in the server far behind.
In general game development, game designers should control the player's progress to avoid harming the player's gaming experience.
However, the elder brother gave too much spiritual power, and I believe the foxes of Qingqiu should not have any objections to this, since the spiritual power they received will also be used for the transformation of their clan's territory.
Moreover, it's rare for her brother to have so much fun, so if she really had a problem with it, she, as the chief planner, would create a separate server for him.
After clarifying the ins and outs, Yuan Yi decided to take this into account in the subsequent game arrangements.
She then asked, "So what about those harbinger birds in the sky?"
The harbinger bird is a new Easter egg added before the game's launch. Each farm has a 1% chance of attracting a harbinger bird each day. There's a 50% chance it will bring rare items and seeds, and a 50% chance it will snatch away plants growing on the ground.
But Yuan Yi saw that the ginseng fruit tree was covered with a dense mass of harbinger birds, each with rare plant seeds tied to its feet. A flock of small black dots on the horizon were also approaching the farm, continuously landing on the treetops.
How could such rare Easter eggs appear in clusters on a farm, so many that players can't keep up with the rate at which they arrive?
Is this a bug? Yuan Yi urgently checked the relevant formations, only to find that the formations were perfectly clear and without any problems. So he could only ask the ginseng doll.
The little ginseng was sweating profusely. Because Zhen Yuanzi was generous and was also his master's elder brother, his goodwill towards the immortal was immediately maximized.
While busy with the affairs of Lord Zhen Yuanzi and focused on developing the farm, they did not promptly report this issue to Master Yuanyi.
The reason for this flock of birds is actually quite simple. Since both Lord Zhen Yuanzi and Lord Yuan Yi are ginseng fruit trees, and they are creations of Lord Yuan Yi, they naturally have a good impression of Lord Zhen Yuanzi.
Especially these harbinger birds; after the first one brought a seed and benefited from the adult's spiritual power, the other birds called to their friends, and all of them came with seeds. Thus, the strange spectacle that Yuan Yi saw occurred.
"It's because the Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi has your aura, which makes him especially favored by the game. In addition, the spiritual energy here is abundant, so there are a lot of harbinger birds here."
Got it, the prestige of a whale who farms the server and a top-tier lucky player. However, there was also something she didn't consider: Yuan Yi timely added a patch that allowed only one harbinger bird per farm.
As for the group that had already arrived, Yuan Yi watched as one of the birds gave a seed to its brother and then obediently rubbed against Zhen Yuanzi's fingers.
Flattery? How could a mere little bird be so cunning? She never even did such a thing to her brother.
However, seeing that his elder brother was quite pleased, smiling and in a good mood, Yuan Yi still abused his power for personal gain and did not include the flock of harbinger birds already at the farm in the patch.
Finally, Yuan Yi narrowed his eyes and asked Zhen Yuanzi and the little ginseng directly, "What's the deal with these two ginseng fruit trees?"
A note from the author:
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Zhen Yuanzi: Let's plant another little sister in the game [doge emoji]
Yuan Yi (pointing to his own prototype): We, the game developers, don't release seeds with inherent defects [helplessly].
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