Interstellar Travel: Becoming a Dress-Up Game Designer

Chapter 325

There are several acres of land inside, all planted with various plants. It is divided into three areas: one area for herbaceous flowers, one area for low shrubs and trees, and one area for tall trees. Vines are also interspersed among them, twining around the trees.

This plant exhibition hall quickly became one of the top five most popular photo spots on the Qingfengyi Star Network, attracting many tourists and players who came specifically for it. Upon arrival, they immediately started snapping photos, and the beautiful pictures were quickly uploaded to the holographic world network. Qingfengyi's actions also propelled interstellar economic activity to a new peak. Many people who were previously reluctant to spend, or had little desire to, found that simply having a holographic pod satisfied their need for happiness. Most people remain ordinary, unsure of their future, what they like, what they want to do, or what they expect. They only know the need for fleeting pleasure, dragging their bodies forward step by step, driven by time and society.

As a result, many people, after earning enough money for shelter, holographic pods, and nutrient solutions, seem to have little motivation to spend. With the official welfare dividends and meager wages, they think about how to save it up, so that if they haven't spent it when they get old, they can return it to the Interstellar Alliance as a reserve for the next newborn baby.

Even after Qingfengyi appeared, and everyone tried to reach the spending limit, only a small minority actually entered the game. Barbie Fashion was also good, very good at raking in money, but the variety of features was just so-so, giving many people the illusion that their purchases weren't worthwhile. Barbie Fashion was among the top games, but how many top games are created every year?

Now that Qingfengyi has started its exhibition and activities, it's truly a lucky accident that has captured the hearts of tourists. They can't stay at Qingfengyi for long, they can't participate in the activities, they can only be spectators. Even if the map is huge, there's a time when you'll finish exploring it, or you might spend a lot of time enjoying content you don't like, which is a waste of your ticket price.

Nowadays, the exhibition hall model has emerged.

Players who would have loved to hide their treasures away in the depths of space have finally moved on for the rewards, releasing their prized possessions. With so many exhibition halls, it'll form a street—a street specifically for tourists.

This street is different from the commercialized, trendy streets full of shops that Lin Shuying lived in her previous life. This street is made up of exhibition halls. You can enter these exhibition halls at will; at most, the hall owners will ask for money, but tourists don't have gold ingots, so asking for money is useless.

It's all free to enter and visit, which brings popularity to the exhibition hall, and players can then obtain title rewards, etc.

Win-win.

The exhibition hall showcases the essence of the game, such as the plant enthusiast. The unique scenery of the Qingfengyi dungeon is condensed into this small courtyard, attracting countless visitors to admire and take photos.

Each scene is meticulously recreated to match the original environment in which it was acquired, resulting in stunning photographs. So beautiful that countless people are willing to purchase a full-view image display stand in the holographic world just for these photos. It's somewhat like an exhibition hall, with walls covered in framed displays reminiscent of art gallery paintings. Simply place your photo on it, and it will be displayed. It truly feels like holding a photo exhibition in a holographic world.

But who doesn't love to show off their beautiful photos?

Every photograph is a work of art, especially those featuring oneself. People should bravely showcase themselves, because no one is more perfect than themselves. Unique, from every angle.

The exhibition strategy was very successful, and it also revived the popularity of previously featured props. These included the original Flower Fairy, the Bluebird Messenger, the Pig Jade Pendant, the Phoenix Box, the Phoenix...

The phoenix, in particular, would occasionally appear but never actually come out, leaving countless players eagerly anticipating its arrival, as if the autumn waters had dried up and the mountains and rivers had changed. But the phoenix they longed for still didn't appear. And to make matters worse, the newly released mythical beasts and deities were all incredibly cool and powerful, but they were all hidden away, requiring exceptional luck to catch a glimpse of them during a serendipitous encounter.

The designer is really tactless, encouraging players to create their own exhibition halls. Why not build a few exhibition halls themselves first? Although there are currently a few exhibition halls, they only display the themed works of that particular event. Why not create a themed exhibition hall that covers the entire year?

Someone posted this idea on Qingfengyi's game account, and then many people started to clamor for Qingfengyi to create the most comprehensive exhibition hall.

Zhang Zhongxia and his friends were quite amused because Qingfengyi truly did have an exhibition hall covering everything. This hall was called the Hundred Treasures Tower, showcasing all the props and model designs that had appeared so far, and even a landscape photo gallery. There were many ways to play inside; while you wouldn't get rare items, there were many small surprises. The Tower of Heaven showcased the current player and NPC system of Qingfengyi, and you could even reach the Heavenly Court by climbing upwards—it truly connected to the heavens. However, this connection to the heavens was static; at most, you could check off some small treasures.

The Twin Towers of the Hundred Treasures have not yet been discovered by players, as they are part of the current event's gameplay and are considered a hidden feature. They weren't mentioned in the announcement; players are encouraged to discover them themselves.

Lin Shuying's mindset has changed significantly; she's increasingly drawn to hidden things. It's like her ancestors buried treasure in their ancestral home—the thought of how much her descendants will discover and how much they'll unravel is intriguing.

Of course, the hidden gameplay isn't unavailable; it just requires players to discover certain things. A player named "I Love My Wife More Than the Marshal" who really enjoys the life management game triggered this hidden gameplay, resulting in a rather magical storyline that even made him switch his beloved life management script.

This time, the soul she guided became a chivalrous knight-errant. It shouldn't have been like this, but in his previous life, this soul was bullied by thugs, leading to the destruction of his family and death, and ultimately being captured and humiliated. On his deathbed, he wished that if he had a knife, he would have the ability to commit suicide.

The player who "loved the wife more than the marshal" was heartbroken, watching from the sidelines was excruciating. She decided to give him a knife when she guided the soul later; even if his wish couldn't be fulfilled in life, it wouldn't be bad to do so in death. She was the kind of player who only guided souls, without giving them any otherworldly flowers. She simply wanted to observe each NPC's natural life path, not to see them become tycoons under player interference, only to have most, or even all, of their wealth taken away by the players.

But sometimes when I see someone living a very difficult life, I feel a pang of sympathy and want to offer something in return.

But when the soul was being led to its final resting place, it asked, "Will you send me to be reincarnated?"

The man who said he loved his wife more than the marshal replied, "No, because my only responsibility is to take you to the underworld."

After a long silence, the person said, "Can I leave this knife to my reborn self?"

This left players completely bewildered. Would an NPC really take the initiative to guide players through gameplay and storylines?

Could it be that he couldn't wait to ask for gifts himself after seeing that she hadn't given him any gifts during the many extraditions?

Thinking of this, she asked, "What if I take back my decision and don't give it to you?"

The NPC smiled and said, "It's alright, I'm just a little bit looking forward to it. If I don't, it's fine too."

The players are heartbroken, how can you say such things with such a pitiful expression?

Her heart, which was as cold as a thousand feet of ice, melted.

"If fate allows, I'll give you a knife."

It was this promise that miraculously unlocked the hidden dungeon of the Twin Towers.

Five years after that person was reincarnated, she gave him a very nice knife. This knife was purchased from a combat player; it was said to be a highly ranked and popular weapon in the martial arts world of China.

Then the NPC's path became increasingly bizarre. At the age of twelve, he met a Taoist priest and was taken on a journey to various places. The old Taoist priest was injured and died in a fight, leaving the NPC alone. The old Taoist priest told him to find a cemetery containing the secret method of cultivating immortality, and urged him to become an immortal.

Only then did this NPC realize that his master had been traveling all these years to find that ancient tomb and to achieve immortality. So, inheriting his master's wishes, he continued onward, encountering a group of wandering swordsmen who seemed to be searching for a treasure map. At this point, the NPC was still a child, and the swordsmen demanded that he gather information, simultaneously taking him along as a captive.

Unwittingly learning that the treasure map they were searching for originated from the tomb the old Taoist priest was looking for, he pressed him for details, asking where the tomb was...

This player has guided so many souls and observed countless NPCs' lives, and has never seen anything so bizarre. There's a strangely satisfying yet melodramatic twist to it all; it's truly amazing.