Interstellar Travel: Becoming a Dress-Up Game Designer

Chapter 200

The mother-of-pearl inlay depicts a vigorous pine tree, three strong bamboo shoots, plum blossoms in full bloom, and a peach tree bearing three peaches. Although there are many of these images, they do not completely cover the box, leaving large areas of blank space in the rosewood varnish. This makes the entire box look less crowded and more balanced.

Players were captivated by the box, picking it up to examine it closely; it was simply too beautiful and exquisite!

Some players were hesitant to pick it up, afraid of accidentally breaking it, so they placed it on the table and walked around observing it. They even carefully pushed it further in in case Dio came down.

At this moment, a video was sent to the chat channel:

"Family members, I almost ruined this priceless treasure, sob sob, here's the video."

The player saw the strange special effects and started filming. Since he was in the middle of Xiaoyi's room, the video is very clear.

In the video, the player picks up the box and looks at it from all angles. The box is a bit heavy, and he loses his grip and drops it, instantly breaking it into several pieces.

Then the person with the orange cat's head stood there for a full five seconds before screaming, "My baby!"

I quickly bent down and pieced the box back together, only then realizing that it wasn't the box that was broken, but rather the contents that had fallen out.

A beautiful and exquisite jade bottle, white and cottony white. A teardrop-shaped stopper, also made of jade, is wrapped in red cloth and plugged in. The stopper has a smooth, round handle that makes it easy to hold.

When you open the stopper, a faint scent of fresh grass fills the air, a truly refreshing aroma.

There's also a bamboo shoot sculpture made of blue-green jade. The bamboo shoot is plump and extremely cute. A bamboo beetle perches on top of it; the beetle is blue-red, a very striking color that completely distinguishes it from the bamboo shoot. It's clear that the person who designed this piece of jade was a master jade carver, making the most of the jade's color.

There are three more treasures, namely:

The jade ruyi scepter is decorated with gold filigree, auspicious clouds, and palindrome patterns. Thirty-six colorful gemstones adorn the top of the ruyi scepter.

A string of golden nanmu wood beads, shimmering like water, with a flowing, radiant light.

A golden toad, its body adorned with plum blossoms embroidered in gold thread, its mouth holding a square-on-the-inside, round-on-the-outside copper coin. Its eyes are cat-eye green gemstones, exuding wealth. Most interestingly, its claws are made of jewels, gleaming brilliantly.

Players were very excited after seeing it; the compensation from Qingfengyi this time was quite generous, and each item was extremely beautiful.

The player placed the items one by one into their corresponding positions before realizing that the box was a treasure chest!

The box was ingeniously designed, perfectly concealing the five items within. From the outside, it was impossible to tell that it held a secret; the interior space was custom-made to fit the five treasures, demonstrating meticulous craftsmanship.

The design alone makes it a stunning treasure, not to mention its exquisite craftsmanship.

"My mecha grand marshal, I'll forgive Qingfengyi's feint for the sake of the treasure. Let's go open the treasure now."

"I didn't expect there to be five treasures inside! Qingfengyi is really generous with her compensation this time. I like it, hehe."

"I like it too, and I'll like it even more after coming a few more times. I don't mind delaying each event by a few days for that reason, hahaha."

.........

Zhang Zhongxia and his team had been paying close attention to the players' attitudes, and were relieved to see that the response was positive.

Although the owners don't care about players' opinions of Qingfengyi, they do care and want everything about Qingfengyi to be the best, including its rating. Speaking of ratings, Qingfengyi hasn't had many frustrating incidents in the past year, and players have been very kind, raising the rating to five stars.

At least it's not a zero score anymore; this good result should be maintained. The biggest reason for the low scores from players is that limited-time event items don't return, there are too many rare items, and there are too many event directions, making it difficult to collect all the items. Especially in the recently concluded "Tea Fragrance Welcomes Guests, Smoke Envelops the Home" event, many players only got two or three items, and simply didn't have time for the others.

However, this kind of gameplay is a double-edged sword. If you take less, it means that others will also take less, making your own items more valuable, more special, and more unique.

For a moment, players were at a loss for words when it came to evaluating the game.

They'd be thrilled if someone else's rare, discontinued items came back, but if their own rare, discontinued items came back...

This conflicted feeling calmed things down considerably under Qingfengyi's account, with no players offering any noisy suggestions. It was genuinely a difficult choice; what if Qingfengyi took their complaints to heart?

With some free time, Lin Shuying decided to make the clothes she had previously rewarded the blogger. The blogger wanted two unique wedding outfits. The condition was that she had to conquer two second-tier stars and let at least ten million people know about Qingfengyi.

Her efficiency was phenomenal; she had barely finished speaking when Qingfengyi grabbed her video and headed off on a business trip. Cleverly, she had subtly incorporated Qingfengyi's content into the video explanations of the two planets' keywords, then asked local residents in the comments to help share the videos once they were viewed.

By diligently attaching keywords and tags, it became a hit in just a few days. There are simply too many beautiful and fun things to see at Qingfengyi.

For example, in the previous event, the Tea Road Showdown, many people were stunned by the players' skills.

As a casual gamer, the blogger has a large collection of snippets, including many valuable livestream clips that others have missed. With the streamer's permission, these highlights are pieced together in a barrage of brilliant moments, leaving viewers overwhelmed.

Let me tell you about a robbery battle on an ancient tea trail in the mountains:

The road is narrow, sandwiched between two precipitous peaks, just wide enough for a fully loaded carriage to pass. Players could fly across on the red embroidered ball, but the peaks are extremely high, and it would take two to three hours to climb from the foot of the mountain to the top, which the red embroidered ball simply couldn't handle. The best option is to take the narrow path in the middle.

Strangely enough, this alleyway is designed in a fantastical way, resembling a boomerang with a bend.

In the video, the anchor complained, "What idiot would drive a road in a place like this, and in such a bad way?"

A viewer quickly commented in the live chat: "I study planetary topography, and my teacher mentioned that when a desolate planet was first discovered, the location chosen for establishing a port would be very suitable. There must be a reason why this ancient road passes through here."

Many people are asking, "What's the reason?"

The streamer asked the same question, which was overheard by an elderly man in the group who was helping with the map. He was busy taking notes. The man then explained to the streamer, "In ancient times on our home planet, without advanced technology, the creation of roads relied entirely on manpower. You see the cliff face over there? It's very solid granite. The area we're walking on is sedimentary rock and soil, which is easier to quarry. Even if there is granite, it's in smaller pieces, not a single piece. Judging from the direction of the mountains, this path is right on the saddle between two mountains, where the excavation depth is shallowest. There was even a water line where we just went around..."

The old man explained in a lot of very technical terms, leaving the listeners confused. The host couldn't help but ask, "Would the designers at Qingfengyi consider such in-depth issues?"

The question has left not only those who watched the live stream at the time silent, but also those watching the video now.

The old man chuckled and said, "I wonder if the ancients would have considered such profound questions. Designers certainly have to. Game design isn't that simple. Don't be fooled by the fact that mecha games can directly copy many mecha models; the data must be drafted by the designer and the team themselves. People who aren't familiar with mechas can't do it. Since Qingfengyi's designer has designed such a path, she must have a certain understanding of it."

The team members who were transporting the tea together gathered around and listened with great interest.

The audience too.

Just then, countless large rocks rained down, killing many horses and some players instantly. The team leader shouted, "Defense! Defense! Quickly take the cargo into the air! Shield bearers, raise your shields!"

On the mountainside, many pieces of cloth painted to resemble the mountain's color were lifted, revealing several people standing behind them, each holding a crossbow. Others pushed stones down the mountain, which landed right in the middle of a passing caravan.

The bandit captain laughed loudly and arrogantly shouted, "Hand over the money and you won't be killed!"

The caravan captain below roared angrily, "You're dreaming! I'll kill you!"

Soon, some players summoned red embroidered balls and bird pets, carrying tea leaves into the air and moving forward as quickly as possible to traverse this canyon section. Some teammates pulled up sturdy steel plates to protect their teammates and tea leaves inside, while outside, bandit players fired crossbows at the steel plates with a series of rapid, resounding shots.

The bandit leader shouted, "Flying Bird Group, go up and drop the bombs!"

"Yes! Boss!"

On the cliff, a group of people sat on red embroidered balls and flew up, throwing grenades one after another.

To their surprise, the group hauling steel billets on the other side were in pairs, one responsible for hauling the billets and the other for defense. Seeing the grenades coming, they swung their spiked clubs and deflected them, sending the grenades exploding in the air. Some of the grenades landed in caves on the cliff face, exploding in the bandits' own hideout, resulting in even more casualties than the caravan below.

The caravan captain laughed arrogantly, "Rob me? Don't you know the reputation of the Star River Caravan? Brothers, let's go, rob him and we'll get double the money for this mission!"

"Yes, boss!"

The two sides quickly broke into a fight, throwing all sorts of weapons, martial arts techniques, pets, and retainers around. The scene was incredibly chaotic.

Such scenes are simply not satisfying to watch; they only evoke feelings of madness and chaos.

But it's really exciting to imagine yourself as one of the participants!

The bandit leader laughed loudly, "What a joke! I've been lying in wait here for seven days! And I haven't suffered a single defeat!"

Caravan leader: "Tch, only seven days. After today, I'll be the one keeping watch here!"

The two sides shouted as they fought. At first, the two captains shouted at each other, and later the teammates shouted at each other. At one point, the shouting was louder than the fighting itself.

After all the stones on the cliff were thrown away, there was nothing left to throw, so the bandit leader shouted, "Throw whatever you have!"

A teammate asked cautiously, "Boss, are you sure?"

"Of course we're sure. Quickly, suppress them and don't let them get up there. We need to maintain absolute air superiority."

The teammates below started throwing down anything they could grab, including bizarre culinary experiments they had done out of boredom, buckets of excrement, cabinets, pots and pans, and so on.