Chapter 93 Playing games? Catch up!
[Shocked! Thanks to my NPC teammates, I actually got a gigolo from a rich woman...]
The post published in the Tianba community quickly caused a sensation, and countless "Shennong Continent" players came to watch.
This also includes Chen Ba.
As the initiator, he himself did not expect that after increasing the freedom of NPCs, players would be able to come up with so many tricks, which left him stunned.
The player who posted the message was Qian Xin.
He said in the post that there is an NPC named Clark in his team. Although his training value is not high, he has an extremely rare "pretty boy" talent.
After the new version of "Divine Grace Continent" was updated and the NPC "free movement" mode was opened, he let Clark move freely with the idea of giving it a try.
I originally thought that letting the NPCs run wild wouldn't have very good results, after all, their levels wouldn't be able to keep up, and their equipment attributes wouldn't be able to keep up, so they could only be used for the sake of novelty for a while.
His only hope was to not die in the wild and waste the resources he invested in the early stage! Who knew...
Clark in free action mode brought him a huge surprise.
First he hooked up with the Countess and got a "binding" legendary ring. Then he dumped the Countess and hooked up with another rich girl, who gave him a full 20,000 gold coins.
This is not the end...
Qian Xin said in the post that after squeezing out all the value from the rich girl, Clark seemed to have set his sights on a new target, this time a swordsmanship master from the Elf Kingdom.
Pictures speak louder than words! Seeing an ordinary NPC, who was supported by various wealthy women, eventually grew to level 64, with luxurious equipment and explosive attributes, the onlookers were all stunned.
Chen Ba was also speechless.
Be good!
He guessed that after the NPCs were released into the wild, there would probably be a lot of jokes, but he never expected that there would be such a weird NPC?
Potential as a gigolo? Clark is a gigolo, kept by various wealthy women. What about the hero that Clark follows, Qian Xin? The man behind the gigolo?
In addition to Qian Xin, other players have also shared what happened to their NPC teammates after they turned on the free action mode.
Some NPCs, after turning on the free action mode, will go and kill monsters to level up, and their efficiency is faster than that of a brave man leading them...
That makes sense!
After all, a hero is just a player. It is impossible for him to spend 24 hours in the game. He also needs to eat, work and sleep.
However, these NPC teammates still work diligently to kill monsters and level up even when the player is offline, which directly leads to the free-moving NPCs having a higher level than the NPCs following the heroes.
besides.
Some NPCs even fall in love during the free movement period, spending the heroes' money, which makes the players who made this decision very angry.
Of course, these are nothing.
What really made everyone realize that the nature of the game had quietly changed was that a player turned on the free action mode for an NPC teammate and never cared about him again.
As a result, after a period of time, when the player felt that he was strong enough and planned to attack a demon army base, he unexpectedly discovered that the copy had been opened.
Who did it? Of course, it was the NPC teammate who was left alone. He brought his recruited NPC followers and swept the surrounding Demon King's army base without the hero's knowledge.
This process was also made into a video by the player and posted on the Pili Pili website.
Not surprisingly, the video went viral.
After watching this video, all players have a question in their minds.
Who is the hero? You are an NPC teammate, you just need to help the hero. If you rush to do all the hero's work, what should the hero do?
“A true idle game!”
After looking at the recent forum community, Xiao Lu said in silence: "NPCs are all so capable, doesn't this make the players look stupid?"
Wasn't it said that the hero would fight the devil, and the hero would be the savior, saving the land of God's Grace? How come in the middle of the game, it became an NPC to save the world, and the hero could only "take a paid shit"?
"Forehead!"
When Chen Ba heard this, his expression became very stiff.
He had never expected that NPCs would be so capable! He had originally created this free-action mode just to turn "NPCs can capture NPCs" into a game mechanic.
Who would have thought that these free-range NPCs were so capable.
Some even formed a team that was no less powerful than a brave team to defeat monsters and completed all the work that a brave team should do.
Where is the hero? What is the hero doing?
The hero was taking a paid shit, and when he came back, he saw that the materials and gold coins he needed were all ready for him by his NPC teammates.
It really proves what Xiao Lu said, when NPC teammates are too capable, the hero seems stupid and useless.
Otherwise, kick the brave man out?
…
The changes in "Divine Grace Continent" made many players uncomfortable at first.
After all, at the beginning, everyone was a brave man, facing the heavy responsibility entrusted by the king and shouldering the safety of the entire continent.
But ever since the strange phenomenon of NPCs being able to conquer other NPCs was discovered, the game seemed to have nothing to do with heroes anymore.
Each NPC has unique skills!
An NPC like Rudy who is adept at cheating and deceiving, once recruited as a teammate and given free action mode, the hero doesn't have to do anything and just wait for the "divide of the spoils" every day.
"No, I'm a hero!"
Many people chose to cheer up, thinking that they were brave warriors, how could they be worse than a group of NPCs? I must be too lazy!
"Hey, why are you trying so hard?"
Some people choose to lie down and do nothing. Since the NPC teammates are so reliable and each of them has special skills, wouldn’t it be nice to just wait for them to live off them?
You know what! When the heroes started to lie down and enabled the free action mode for every NPC teammate, life obviously got better.
In the past, I worked hard to kill monsters and clear dungeons, and I had to calculate how to use the materials I saved, carefully analyzing who would be the most suitable people to give them to, and I would even want to break a gold coin into two halves to spend.
It's ok now!
NPCs all have their own ways out, no matter whether it is cheating or hanging out with rich women, the heroes don't have to worry about it.
The brave warriors will also be given a "pension fund" on a regular basis, which is simply too great.
The only downside might be.
In this game, the heroes seem to have become too redundant. It seems that without the heroes, these NPCs can defeat the devil and live their lives well?
Oh no, I’ve become a substitute!
When players discovered that NPC teammates were more reliable than their own heroes, and that they could switch to the perspective of NPC teammates, a new way of playing the game came into being...
Follow-up mode!
Locking your view on an NPC teammate who has turned on the "free action" mode, and then holding a bucket of instant noodles, admiring his colorful experiences in another world, isn't this much more interesting than simply playing games? The NPC who moves freely will strive for the goal of "becoming stronger".
Because NPCs have love, hate and vengeance towards each other, when the player focuses his perspective on them, it can be viewed as an anime in another world.
The plot is full of ups and downs and the story is gripping. Except for the lack of necessary dialogue dubbing, the viewing experience is exactly the same as Chaplin's pantomime.
Qian Xin was the first to realize this.
When he discovered that the movements and experiences of NPCs who activated the free-action mode were very interesting and he would become addicted to watching them, he came up with an idea.
Since the NPCs in "Shennong Continent" are so intelligent, and they have love and hatred for each other...
If he chose a target NPC with a suitable identity and started the free mode, would he be able to watch a "unique" silent animation from another world? As soon as this idea came to him, he immediately became interested.
So, after careful screening, he chose a 16-year-old NPC named "Jayne" and recorded a video with him as the main perspective.
["Jayne's Adventures" Issue 1: Young Brave Man! ]
"The Divine Grace Continent, the Human Kingdom."
"In the remote Qingshan Town, there lived the Jayne family. Because both his parents were lower-class civilians and lived in poverty, the 16-year-old Jayne decided to leave home and venture into the outside world..."
The opening narration is voiced by Qian Xin himself, mainly introducing Jayne's origin and the background of the story.
Then we get to the point.
In the picture, a young man with the word "Jaen" on his head came to the prosperous royal capital, accidentally met a brave man, and received encouragement and help from the brave man.
The hero is so popular!
Jayne admired the brave man very much, and he also wanted to be a man like him, so he came to Uncle Johnny's blacksmith shop and begged Uncle Johnny to take him in as an apprentice.
Clang clang clang! The hammer hit the red-hot iron ingot, splashing a series of sparks. Although it was a bit difficult for the thin Jayne to swing the hammer, he still tried his best to hit it...
"sharp!"
Zhong Shengwei and Xiao Lu, who were enjoying the show while holding a bucket of instant noodles, did not notice Brother Ba behind them and sighed softly: "If you didn't tell me that this was a game screen, I would have thought it was some new anime about another world!"
"Don't be so mean, this picture is obviously a game, the anime characters are not that rough and stiff..."
During their conversation, little Jayne had already mastered the basic blacksmith skills, winning Uncle Johnny's recognition, and he gave him a hammer as a weapon for self-defense.
After getting the hammer, Jayne went to the wild excitedly and defeated the ferocious demonized wild boar.
This was his first battle.
At this time, Jayne was fighting in the blacksmith shop and defeating various monsters, and his strength was slowly increasing.
It's finally time to say goodbye.
Jayne, who longed for a wider world, bid farewell to Uncle Johnny and came to the Adventurer's Guild.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Here he met Vivian, a girl with red hair and freckles on her face.
Jayne is in love.
But Vivian doesn't seem to like Jayne and is indifferent to his pursuit. She prefers the majestic and brave...
Time changes everything.
With constant life-and-death adventures, two years later, Jayne became a shining star in the Adventurer's Guild and won Vivian's recognition.
The two hugged each other tightly.
Although they are not married yet, Vivian has already regarded Jayne as the most important person in her life and will follow him wherever he goes.
Jayne gets his first partner.
As his strength grew, the monsters he encountered became more and more powerful, and he was caught in tough battles many times.
But he got through it all!
Not only that, he and Vivian got married. Just when everything seemed to be going well, an elite monster suddenly appeared and he lost Vivian...
Wow, it's so painful! Xiao Lu and Zhong Shengwei watched intently, especially when Vivian died at the hands of the monster, they could hardly hold back their tears.
"Why is it gone?"
"Isn't it already written in the title? It's the first episode. There will definitely be a second and third episode later..."
Xiao Lu thought it was Zhong Shengwei who was asking the question, so he answered it casually. After he finished speaking, he realized that Brother Ba had come to his side without him noticing.
"First episode?"
After hearing this, Chen Ba was too lazy to care about Xiao Lu's slacking off at work. He pointed at the screen and asked, "You mean, this thing is a long-running TV series?"
"Uh! It's most likely like this." Xiao Lu, who was caught slacking off, said with sweat all over his forehead.
Chen Ba: “…”
Who among my family members understands?
The game developed by the company has become an animation! The key is that it is quite addictive. After watching the first episode, I want to watch the next episode and want to know what happened to Jayne.
“This is a talent!”
I have to admit that this "Divine Grace Continent" game live-action animation short film made by Qian Xin is really very creative.
Even Chen Ba didn't expect that the game could be played this way...
The key is that it looks pretty decent!
Apart from the fact that the graphics are a bit rough, the movements and expressions are not rich and natural enough, and there is a lack of necessary lines and dialogues, this is a standard isekai animation.
"The NPC's perspective?"
"right!"
Seeing that Brother Ba was not angry, Xiao Lu then boldly explained: "Now there are many players who regard our "Shenneng Continent" as a new anime in another world."
“The key is to have no repetition!”
Zhong Shengwei added: "There are tens of thousands of NPCs in the game, and each NPC has a different identity and age. In the free mode, they will experience different events, which is definitely exciting to watch."
What game are you playing?
To quote one player, this hero of his is only in name only, so he might as well treat "Shennong Continent" as the "Shennong Video" APP and open it to watch an anime from another world when he is bored.
68 yuan is enough to get a video membership! It’s no wonder that when players came up with this idea and Qian Xin promoted it, "Shennong Continent" was indeed quite interesting, and the game sales took off immediately.
68 yuan for permanent video VIP!
No ads, no buffering, thousands of new episodes of the other world can be watched with just one click. What are you still hesitating about? For only 68 yuan, you can watch so many animations of the other world in "Shenneng Continent", and even get a copy of the RPG adventure game for free. It's really a great deal!
Especially "The Adventures of Jayne"...
When Qian Xin planned this video, he was just doing it simply and didn't think too much about it.
After the first episode was updated, he found that many people watched it, so he paid out of his own pocket and hired several anime voice actors to dub the characters and wrote scripts for each episode.
All of a sudden, "The Adventures of Jayne" became really popular! With dubbing and script lines, the average number of views per episode of "The Adventures of Jayne" is over one million.
Many passers-by who did not know the truth actually regarded "The Adventures of Jayne" as an animation set in another world.
Wow! The video became more and more popular, and even the official Pili Pili heard about the work "The Adventures of Jayne" and came to inquire about the copyright.
How dare Qian Xin talk about copyright?
He is a fellow author. Is this an animation? This is clearly the actual game screen of "Shenneng Land"! At most, he did some post-editing based on the actual game screen, added some lines and dubbing...
The more popular the video, the more he worried that Brother Ba would cause trouble for him! Although he had no intention of making a profit from it, after "The Adventures of Jayne" became popular, he did receive a lot of recharges from the audience, and the income from the video was also quite high.
If Brother Ba really wanted to investigate, he would probably be sued and even have to pay Tianba Studio a lot of money...
fortunately!
Just when he was about to give up the "Adventures of Jayne" series and was about to apologize to Brother Ba, Tianba Studio contacted him.
"Continue with the video!"
Chen Ba was very angry: "If you don't do it anymore, what should I watch? I'm still waiting to watch the latest episode!"
"You can keep the revenue generated by video playback and coin injection. But if the animation is to be sold exclusively to Pili Pili, the copyright will belong to Tianba Studio, and we will split the revenue 50-50!"
"Okay, okay, Brother Ba is generous."
After receiving Brother Ba’s personal assurance, Qian Xin finally felt relieved and immediately announced that "The Adventures of Jayne" would resume broadcasting.
Not only will it be rebroadcasting, but this time they have also signed an exclusive licensing agreement with Pili Pili. You must first become a Pili Pili member before you can watch this animation!
"Everyone, rest assured, The Adventures of Jayne will continue. As for when it will end, that depends on when Jayne dies!"
"But it doesn't matter if Jayne dies. When the time comes, we can announce the completion of the show and change the main character to start a new show..."
Qian Xin made a lot of money.
He decided to set up a video team to produce fan short animations specifically around the game "Shennonglu".
Seeing the success of "The Adventures of Jayne", other UP hosts were also excited, so they rushed to Tianba Studio to obtain "official authorization".
"The Adventures of Jayne", "Clark Doesn't Want to Be Kept", "What Does the Elf Princess Eat Today", "The King's Daily Life", "Thief Rudy"...
One after another, animations that are labeled as "new series in another world" are actually clips of game scenes from "Divine Land" with some dubbing lines, and are being released and broadcast.
This made Chen Bale very happy.
As a game, although "Shennong Continent" is pretty good, it has been turned into a Shennong video APP by some people...
But who would have thought that in another field that has nothing to do with games, "Shennong Continent" would actually be a huge success? A blessing in disguise! You are right, but "Shennong Continent" is a video software that includes tens of thousands of popular new episodes of another world, and you can watch it for free for 68 yuan permanent VIP...
Here, you can meet companions with different personalities and unique abilities during your free travel through different NPC perspectives, defeat powerful enemies with them, and experience the colorful life in a different world.
Finally defeat the devil and gradually uncover the truth about [God's grace]!
If "Star Emperor" made Chen Ba realize that the game store can do more than just sell game props, then "Shennong Continent" made him realize that maybe games can also be "charged monthly"? Which video APP has permanent membership? This game is a big loss if it is sold for 68 yuan! If I had known earlier, I would have priced it at 30 yuan, and charged monthly. Players who do not renew their membership are not allowed to play Shennong Continent! There will be more later .
(End of this chapter)