Losing Money to Be a Tycoon

Chapter 1089: The Cheat Mode Weapon “Under The Darkness Of The Lamp”

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

How should he escape the official game?

He had to think about it carefully.

Previously, Pei Qian had created an official cheat weapon, Pudu, for the first try for the ending of the six realms of rebirth and existence. What’s more, he had spent a lot of effort trying to hide it.

However, he did not expect the players to still manage to find it even though they had to die seven times at the hands of a weak little monster to trigger it.

He could only say that he had underestimated how bored the players were!

There were many players in Repent and be Saved, and these players loved to delve into the game’s content. Thus, it was not safe to hide it. As long as this prop existed in the game, there was a possibility that players would find it.

The situation was even worse for Eternal Reincarnation.

After two years of accumulation, the number of gamers in Repent and be Saved had far surpassed the number when the game was first released. What’s more, most of them were old gamers who had turned the game upside down.

Once the downloadable content was released, these old players would definitely continue to search for this new official cheat like they were looking for ‘Pudu’.

It was just like ‘Darkness’. Players would spend a lot of effort looking for the hidden object in every sequel. They would not believe them even if they told players that there were no hidden objects. Instead, they would continue searching happily.

Thus, the method of hiding the Pudu would definitely not work. He had to change it.

What’s more, Pei Qian felt that even if he hid a powerful weapon, it would not be able to save a handicapped person like him with the changes to the game’s combat mechanism.

That was because the previous combat system was relatively simple. He could just dodging the monsters’ attacks after contact. As long as he was not greedy for kills and understood the enemy’s attack mode, he would basically be able to pass.

On the other hand, Pudu’s weapon had a long attacking distance and was very fast. It could easily kill most enemies in this combat mode.

However, the situation was different now. He had to pay attention to his aura value. What’s more, it was useless to dodge alone. He could not hit the Boss’ health at all. He had to think of ways to disrupt the Boss’ aura and execute the execution.

God knows when he could defeat the Boss if he were to grind the Boss’ health bit by bit, given the current Boss’ health.

Yet, he wanted to parry so many times?

Pei Qian knew himself very well. He felt that he would definitely not be able to do it.

So what if he was handed a Pudu?

After all, there was a limit to how much the official weapon could cheat. It could be a supermodel but not too much. It was impossible to kill the boss in one strike. It would not be able to pass the system.

In other words, the new cheat had to meet two conditions.

First, the method of hiding was different from Pudu. He had to hide something new so that gamers would not be able to find it.

The second was to start with the game mechanism. The damage might not be ideal, but it had to be able to help Pei Qian, this lousy player, successfully defeat the boss created by the new combat mechanism.

It was much easier with a concrete direction. Pei Qian quickly thought of a good solution.

“The game’s difficulty has to be adjusted.”

“Since I’ve introduced the aura value setting, I can’t use the original method to fight the Boss. It would be too unreasonable if the Boss’ aura value were full and its stamina was full but was slowly ground to death by players.”

“Therefore, we should set it as: When the Boss’ aura value and stamina are in a good state, the Boss would not lose much health even if it was hit by the Boss.”

“When the Boss is at its peak state, players’ attacks would be more likely to be parried by the Boss. We will use the artificial intelligence system to make a randomization so that the players’ combat experience would be slightly different every time for the amount of health and aura value would be lost if it was a perfect parry, ordinary parry, or mistake.”

Hu Xianbin: “Er...”

He was speechless.

He was actually asking if the difficulty should be lowered when he asked if the difficulty should be adjusted.

That was because the current combat system was obviously more complicated and more challenging than the previous combat system. If it was still the same difficulty as before, it would probably be even harder to clear.

Yet, Boss Pei had increased the difficulty!

According to Boss Pei’s design, players had completely lost the option of slowly grinding the Boss to death. They could only fight it out with their hits. If they won, they could quickly kill the Boss. If they lost, they would be killed by the Boss.

That would save him a lot of trouble. He would not drag every battle into a bladder game, but most players would probably be killed by the Boss...

What would the outcome be if he changed this way?

Once the downloadable content was released, it would probably cause a huge commotion. Old players would probably be tortured to tears.

That was because these old gamers were already very used to Repent and be Saved’s main combat mode. Whenever they encountered a boss, they would observe its movements and fight steadily. As long as they were not greedy and tried a few more times, they would be able to pass it steadily.

They would find that the more they observed the Boss, the more they would need to fight when they entered Eternal Reincarnation. Their own aura value would become more and more chaotic, and the Boss’ aura value would become smoother...

They would be killed by the boss as they fought.

He knew that the gamers of Repent and be Saved loved to suffer but it was too miserable. He did not know if they could take it.

Li Yada, who had been silent the entire time, suddenly spoke. “Then... Boss Pei, should we arrange for a weapon similar to ‘Pudu’ in the game?”

“The tradition of pity cannot be lost.”

Repent and be Saved was developed by Li Yada when she was the chief planner. Thus, she had a deeper understanding of the game than Hu Xianbin.

‘Pudu’ had given gamers a way to cheat. It was also an important part of the game’s design. It could be said that it had become a tradition for Repent and be Saved.

The downloadable content had changed so much. It was time to create a new cheat weapon, right?

Hu Xianbin’s eyes lit up.

Yes, there was still “Pudu”!

Boss Pei was very sympathetic to the players. Previously, he had arranged for ‘Pudu’ because he was afraid that the players with terrible skills would be tortured too much and would not be able to complete the game. Thus, he had deliberately hidden it in the game to wait for players to discover it.

Now that the difficulty level had increased, Pei Qian had to take pity on him, right?

Pei Qian sniggered inwardly.

Pity the players?

Why should I pity the players?

The one I f*cking pity is myself, alright!

Would I be able to clear this lousy game without any secret weapon?

However, on further thought, everyone felt that it was not bad to pity the players. “Boss Pei made a weapon to cheat for himself” was really not very cool to talk about. It would damage their own glorious image.

Pei Qian cleared his throat and said, “We won’t make Pudu this time.”

“Repent and be Saved’s original protagonist is an ordinary person. It’s reasonable for him to cheat. However, the protagonist of Eternal Reincarnation is the Martial God. Is it reasonable for him to play cheat with such a weapon?”

“Of course, the Martial God should be able to destroy everything with any weapon.”

Everyone exchanged confused looks.

Hu Xianbin said, “Boss Pei, you’re right. That’s true if we follow the plot settings, but not all players are Martial Gods...”

Pei Qian smiled. “I know, don’t worry.”

“There are other ways without making a weapon like Pudu.”

“I think the plot settings said that in his later years, the protagonist of the Martial God spent all the wealth and rare treasures that he had gathered in his lifetime to make a magic sword that could kill souls and stain it with the blood of eminent monks.”

“After that, the protagonist used witchcraft to create a pill that could allow him to enter the boundary of death and float between the two worlds. He used the demon sword to kill the Black and White Impermanence and entered hell.”

“According to the original design, the power of the demon sword is limited. The more souls it kills, the weaker it will become.”

“At the same time, in order to highlight the protagonist’s identity as the Martial God, we also encourage players to use various weapons to match. Different main and secondary weapons can have different combat effects and attacking movements.”

“Thus, the final design became a demon sword is equivalent to a special tool for killing. Players would use various other weapons to fight normally. When they trigger the killing move, they would use the demon sword to kill.”

“As the plot progresses, the power of the demon sword will continue to weaken.”

Everyone nodded. This was the consensus of the Development Team designers.

If he only used the demon sword, the gameplay and process of the entire game would be too singular. Thus, he set it as ‘ordinary weapons to fight monsters and demon swords to kill’. Not only would it encourage players to use various weapons, but it would also maximize the restoration of the plot.

At that moment, the original author of Eternal Reincarnation, Yu Fei, said, “Boss Pei, I actually thought of the setting of the demon sword becoming weaker the more they use it. I just felt that this setting would help to highlight the tragic effect of the entire story.”

“What’s more, the protagonist became clear-headed because the demon sword became weaker. He realized that he had made a huge mistake and ultimately became the first Prison Keeper. That makes more sense.”

“However, the plot must serve the gameplay.”

“If necessary, I can change it to a demon sword that is stronger...”

Pei Qian raised his hand. “No! This setting is perfect. It cannot be changed!”

“I just think that we can use this foundation to derive some more.”

“The demon sword has become a plot prop according to the current design and cannot be held in hand.”

“However, I think we can make it into a weapon to fight.”

“However, its initial damage, attack distance, and other attributes are weaker than other equipment.”

“Not only that, as the plot progresses, the protagonist will kill more and more bosses. The stats of the demon sword will also decrease and become weaker.”

“In the later stages, it might not even be able to cause damage.”

“However, add a special effect to the demon sword.”

“When players only use demon swords without any other weapons, they would become more bewitched every time they died.”

“After accumulating to a certain extent, the protagonist would automatically parry under the control of the artificial intelligence system.”

“The more bewitched he becomes, the more frequent the automatic parries.”

“Of course, the damage of the demon sword will still be very low. However, through frequent automatic parries and dismantling moves, even if the damage is very low, it can still disrupt the opponent’s aura value and achieve the killing conditions.”

“There is a limit to being bewitched at different stages of the game.”

“In the beginning, the power of the demon sword will be very strong. Even if he died many times, the effect of becoming bewitched would not be very obvious. It would only turn some ordinary parries of players into perfect parries. It was almost undetectable.”

“As the story progresses, the power of the demon sword will weaken; he would only be able to continue to improve the effects of being bewitched if he continued to die more often.”

“In the later stages of the game, he will only be able to achieve the effect of automatic parrying if he dies enough times.”

“However, this way, players would not be able to achieve the original ending. Instead, they would be able to achieve an ‘eternal rebirth’ ending. The protagonist would ultimately become a hellish demon and lose himself completely. The entire world would become hell on earth.”

“Players would only be able to enter the ordinary Prison Keeper ending if they are not too bewitched and use their own strength to clear the game.”