Interstellar Travel: Becoming a Dress-Up Game Designer

Chapter 122

The two anchors glared at each other fiercely and continued their argumentative shouting.

The shouts grew increasingly fierce, and the audience fanned the flames more and more enthusiastically, but a fight just wouldn't break out.

He shoved his face in his own several times, spitting on the other person's face, and repeatedly stepped on the stall with his feet.

"If you step on it again, I'll get my hands on it!"

"If you're so capable, then try it on me. I'm not afraid of you!"

"Fine, you step on me, I'll step on you too, hmph!"

Fighting is out of the question. The people locked up in the dungeon have flooded the chat channel with messages. Only a fool would go and go to jail with them.

The streamer next door is pulling out all the stops: "I'm doing a proxy shopping service! Just vote for me, and I'll do my best to collect items for everyone. Once you join, it's guaranteed to be yours. Get in early to invest; every minute earlier means a minute more profit!"

The person next to me asked, "What are you planning to buy for others?"

The items in this event are limited edition; once the event ends, there will be no more blueprints available, making them impossible to craft unless a skilled player manages to recreate them.

However, the items obtained by players through the rerun are different from those obtained through the event.

With so many drawings, it would be great if everyone could make one of them.

This question stumped the streamer, who laughed it off and said, "I'll help with anything that can be purchased on my behalf, hahaha."

Is this a rare, out-of-print item available through a proxy buyer?

Dream on, he can't even buy it himself.

If you absolutely have to acquire it, you can only hope to find players who only love one thing and don't care about anything else.

I can collect so many of my favorite items that I can't even fit them all in the room.

At this moment, a wealthy viewer posted a message that dominated the screen: "As long as the streamer brings out ten of the rare items he obtained this time for a lottery, I guarantee I will vote for you, and also send you gifts and smash a starship!"

The host said, "You should hurry up and go to sleep. You'll have everything when you're asleep."

After saying that, he angrily shut down the live stream.

Ten rare, discontinued items?

Why don't you just rob it?

He was a casual player and didn't own many items. The bamboo root carvings he displayed in front of him to impress others were things he had unintentionally found and dug up.

Anyway, he won't make the list, so I don't care.

I have enough points now to buy all the point-based items, so I might as well just leave it as is.

Rolling up your sleeve only makes others feel good.

Soon, the visual feast came to an end, and the back-end AI had already compiled the results of the vote.

The data processing was handled by the game platform and StarNet, which have professional computing AI, making it convenient.

There are three activity rankings, one of which is the activity ranking:

Items obtained will be converted into points, accounting for 40%.

Daily activity points, calculated based on playtime, account for 5%, but this only counts for 4 hours, making it easy for players to reach the maximum. It's considered a bonus to prevent casual players from having a poor score and ending up with zero points, which would be discouraging.

Task completion rate, i.e. the degree of unlocking of event illustrations, accounts for 55%.

This event features a large catalog, with over two hundred different potted plants alone, not to mention other small props.

However, it's achievable if you're not focused on quantity, because the method is simple: just find the materials. With proper planning, the materials aren't difficult to obtain; many materials can be acquired simultaneously.

For example, bamboo rice can be obtained by cutting bamboo, and it's very easy to make just one potted plant for a quest.

Especially when it comes to making it yourself, although it's said to be done personally, it's just going through the motions, letting players experience the process of making bamboo crafts.

On the surface, making it yourself seems like a huge waste of time and a lot of boredom. But actually, this method is the fastest, using 70% fewer materials than making it directly through the system.

This can save nearly 20% of the time.

In addition, Lin Shuying's illustrated guide is very skillful in finding materials, such as catching insects, bamboo rice, bamboo materials, and bamboo shoots, which can be done at the same time.

When you're exploring the bamboo forest, don't overlook any materials you see; put them all in your bag. You'll usually be able to get all the materials you need. Finally, you can focus on your crafting inside the bamboo hut.

During this time, increase your favorability with the Bamboo Fairy, tend to your potted plants, and visit the pandas and red pandas at specific times.

When the pandas and red pandas are exploring the bamboo forest, we can locate them in groups of three to five. Then we ride our black horses or black tigers over to feed them, and it only takes about ten minutes.

Following this process, you can collect quite a lot of items in a day.

However, following the procedure might be a bit boring.

The second ranking is the Creation Ranking: During the event, many works created by players will be displayed in the Huaxia Jianghu exhibition area, and what we just did was the player and audience voting session.

This is very simple. We calculate it based on the following: audience and player votes account for 70%, and artist and expert votes account for 30%.

The team of artists and experts was arranged by Lin Qiaoqiao long ago; they were all hired at great expense and were of a certain standard.

She originally thought that Lin Shuying's spending money to hire these people would give them 70% of the rating, but it only accounted for 30%.

When asked at the time, Lin Shuying said, "Qingfengyi's world is ultimately the world of countless players, not the world of experts and artists. They just add some prestige to the award ceremony; what other use do they have?"

Lin Qiaoqiao: "They are professionals."

Lin Shuying: "I'm not a professional, and most players aren't either."

Lin Shuying's prejudice against the word 'expert' stemmed from her past life. She didn't understand interstellar experts, but she genuinely only needed the gimmick of being an expert, not their actual abilities.

They can just be mascots, and they shouldn't say anything out of line.

The way to prevent experts from speaking recklessly is to stop them from speaking!

Lin Qiaoqiao was helpless; it was infuriating that the experts didn't have decision-making power. But that's what the boss wanted, so she had to find a solution.

Finally, the sheer scale, fame, and number of participants of this event impressed the experts, who agreed to come and serve as judges.

Don't be fooled by their expert titles; they're all talk and no action. They make a living through gimmicks, fame, and influence. Attending grand events elevates their status and can help them gain access to higher positions in the future.

Lin Shuying was dumbfounded when she saw the various sharp comments from the experts. In the thousands of years of interstellar development, the species of 'experts' had never evolved?

She couldn't help but pat her chest, thankful that she hadn't been given a voice or a chance to score, otherwise the awards ceremony wouldn't have featured a mascot, but a clown.

Strangely enough, the profession of expert is truly a mixed bag. Many people in power adore them and would love to support hundreds or even thousands of them.

For example, there are advisors in ancient times and experts in modern times. Among them are many true experts who have risen to high positions and are truly skilled. There are also those who are all talk and no action, merely empty words.

A ruler's talent is needed in both types of people: those who are merely pretending have their uses, and those who are truly skilled have theirs...

"That's probably why it has continued uninterrupted."

The third leaderboard is the Colorful Flower World Leaderboard: This leaderboard doesn't focus on points or items, but rather on a novel and unique gameplay style.

In addition to the content of this event, there is also content from other instances.

There is no first place here, only one hundred first place titles.

It gives you a title and title effects, making it the most interesting of all the leaderboards.

Deng Yijun was awarded the title of 'Wolong Platoon King'.

He was the first to appear, and the inscription on the monument showed that a white dragon rushed out and coiled around Deng Yijun, who was in disguise, which was very domineering.

Then the dragon transformed into a phantom and disappeared into his body, turning into a feather fan in his hand.

The fan is an item used to activate the Crouching Dragon effect; players can choose whether or not to activate it.

This reward is fantastic for players who like to show off; it makes them incredibly stylish when they make their entrance.

Deng Yijun smiled bitterly; the disguised face was unusable again...

Sure enough, many players were furious when they saw it was him, and the people around him reached out to hold him down.

They came up empty-handed.

Deng Yijun saw the title on the monument and knew something was wrong. She immediately clicked to teleport home, almost getting blocked.

The second title is 'Breaking Through All Rules', awarded to players who follow the official design path step by step to complete the task and ultimately obtain the greatest benefit.

This player really followed Lin Shuying's gameplay as closely as possible, only sometimes taking a few detours, but still managed to complete all the tasks.

The third category, "Pet Lover," is awarded to players who own the most pets, and Deng Yijun is on the list again...

Fourth, the one-sided special effects are all the same, and a whopping 30,000 people have obtained them!

These players are special; they only like one aspect and are tireless in pursuing it to the extreme.

Some players enjoy building and dedicate themselves to constructing houses, even building houses for other players after finishing their own.

Some players enjoy collecting certain treasures. One player, in particular, is very fond of bracelets and bangles, collecting as many as possible to keep. He buys 100 of everything he can directly to collect, and for those he can't, he asks for them through quests.

They even made them themselves.

Her house was incredibly simple, a square coffin box surrounded by glass cabinets that looked like a library. Inside the cabinets were many prayer beads, some of which she had made herself.

It truly embodies the spirit of love through bracelets.

Those who love giant pandas spent the entire event looking for them.

This player only keeps one black tiger for transportation; they don't keep any other companions or pets. They don't grow flowers or vegetables at home, and they don't engage in dress-up or combat.

I bought a princess room, but I didn't buy a room in Xiaoyiju.

I log on every day and go to sleep, just to enjoy the softness and comfort of the princess bed.

But he saw a panda!

With this addition, a new activity has been launched: Find the panda and guide the panda.

He learned about the panda relatively late, since players initially discovered it secretly without leaking the news.

Even so, he was able to acquire 600 pandas!

At its peak, I could hunt up to 50 animals at the same time, constantly feeding them, and I had to buy all the bamboo shoots.

He was responsible for 90% of the soaring price of bamboo shoots at the time.

The probability of pandas appearing is very low; after all, they are rare species.

The fact that he can feed fifty birds a day shows that he is searching for and feeding them around the clock.

Keeping pandas isn't bizarre enough; there's something even more bizarre: hoarding bamboo shoots.

This player is amazing! She has over a thousand inventory slots, five hundred of which are filled with bamboo shoots, and she still has piles of bamboo shoots at home. All she does when she logs in is dig for bamboo shoots.

Lin Shuying gave her the nickname 'Bamboo Shoot Fairy'.

When this special effect appears, she can transform into a tender bamboo shoot, or surround herself with adorable bamboo shoots. Occasionally, hearts will float from the bamboo shoots, making it incredibly cute.

This player was a bit speechless. She didn't like bamboo shoots, nor did she like hoarding them; she just liked digging them up!

Digging bamboo shoots is a great way to relieve stress, especially when you dig up a perfect one; it can make you happy for days.

People don't understand her happiness.

The panda enthusiast quickly approached the bamboo shoot digger and asked, "I'd like to sign a long-term purchase contract with you. Do you sell your bamboo shoots?"

A bamboo shoot digger said, "It's too much trouble, I won't sell."

Selling requires negotiating prices, calculating quantities, profits, and costs. Working in real life is tiring enough; why would you want to work in a game?

Something is wrong.

One panda owner said, "Let's play matchmaker. I'll handle it for you and make sure you don't lose money."

A strange connection developed from there; the pot and the lid were a perfect match.

There are also casual players, really casual players!

All day long, I just lie around in various places online, doing nothing.

So far, the only thing I've done is make a nice recliner for this event.

In the past, people would just lie on the ground, not building homes, not planting crops, and not buying clothes.

I started with an "Office Beauty's Favorite" outfit and have been wearing it ever since.

He didn't originally want to buy this outfit, but the spray-on clothes were too itchy on the ground, so it was more comfortable to have some clothes underneath.

Lin Shuying was really shocked when she found this; this player was a veteran player.

Before Zhilan Mountain opened, he would lie in the 10-square-meter hut given at the start of the game, or lie in the shop.

After the opening of Zhilan Mountain and later event dungeons, he just stayed in various dungeons for almost three years!

You have to admire that.

She was very curious about the player's mindset when playing Qingfengyi.

Just as she was wondering, the audience and players shared the same curiosity and asked the question.

I really can't understand it. I can understand lying down for a few days. When you're in a bad mood or feeling down, you just want to lie down and take a few days to recover.

The atmosphere and scenery at Qingfengyi are wonderful and can be very therapeutic.

But he'll be bedridden for three years!

The player said apologetically, "I just wanted to log on and take a nap. The houses in the holographic world are too expensive, and the furniture costs money. The design is also bad, the offline environment is bad, the air is bad, and the experience is not good. I was just worrying about this when Qingfengyi's free rooms appeared, and I quickly came in and grabbed a spot without hesitation. I didn't expect that sleeping here would be so comfortable, and I can change the environment at any time. It's wonderful!"

Forehead.........

A true sleeping player, huh?

"Why don't you buy a princess room? The bed there is super comfortable."

The player said, "I already said it's free, why should I spend money?"

Forehead......

"You can earn money by farming, right? The profits in the game don't count as money you spent, right?"

The player said, "I came here just to sleep, why would I need to make money?"

........

The logic is impeccable.

He added, "Look, I even got a cushion! The designer, Qingfengyi, is so kind!"

His special effect is a salted fish pillow, with a salted fish occasionally jumping out from it. The salted fish will disappear after an hour. The saltier the pillow, the more salted fish will fall, and everyone can imagine what it would be like for him to be buried by salted fish while he's sleeping.

The awards ceremony for the rankings concluded quickly.

The players were teleported to their guild by Yaochi. They were still discussing the various events of the day, as there was simply too much to cover in a short time.

Lin Shuying and the others are also going to redeem their earnings!

This time, the revenue reached a staggering 200 billion, making the "Qingfengyi" themed reward item the most expensive item in the history of the StarNet. It dominated the rankings according to price, pushing aside all other previously available items.