Dark Sand: My Players Are All Actors
Chapter 344 - 228: Other Possibilities (9000 words request for monthly ticket)

Chapter 344: Chapter 228: Other Possibilities (9000 words request for monthly ticket)

Players woke up from reality and immediately started discussing the "Yusay Unfinished" instance.

"Entering the Qi Dynasty instance, it felt like the game had changed quite a bit."

"Yeah, basically, you can’t just copy the answers like in the Great Sheng Dynasty instance. You either have to figure it out yourself like solving the historical puzzles of Yu Jiaxuan’s fifty cavalry raiding the camp or Wang Wenchuan’s reforms, or you have to break through in a completely stitched and confused environment."

"I can’t believe Zhao Binfu, such a badass character, just didn’t appear. I’m speechless."

"Right, according to the game’s setting, it must be because the power of the demons is growing stronger, so these historical slices are getting more and more distorted."

"But I think it’s quite good this way, the playability and fun have both increased. If players could only replicate the actions of ancient people within the historical framework all the time, that would be pretty boring too."

"But it’s a bit weak in terms of presenting real history, isn’t it?"

"Not really, after all, history is corrected after each successful clearance, and then you can see the true course of history."

"I think this historical slice experience belongs to a pattern of initial suppression followed by promotion? Initially, we were led into the roles of Yu Jiaxuan and Wang Wenchuan, finding no matter what, we couldn’t solve the dilemma of reforms. Later, through a group effort, not only did we fulfill Wang Wenchuan’s ambitions for reform, but we also accidentally invented the flintlock gun."

"I’m really eager to watch the recording now."

"I wonder who the next two instances will be? The last one should be General Han Fuyue, right?"

"No, according to the setting of ’Dark Sand,’ a core figure of a dynasty is definitely an emperor. General Han is fierce, but at most he would occupy a super-large historical slice."

For the players, although this phase of the game content wasn’t perfect, it was already quite interesting.

The imperfection was because, in the early stage, players playing as Wang Wenchuan faced many setbacks and couldn’t find a breakthrough point while being continuously sabotaged by the officials below—everyone was infuriated.

But later, a hundred players entered the ultimate trial and cooperated to solve this historical slice’s puzzle, and the whole challenge sprinted towards a strange art style direction.

It’s just that at the end, when Xingtian was beaten, there was hope to finish him off, but another demon’s arrival in the transition CG scene rescued him, which also annoyed the players.

It felt a bit like the trope in online novels where the villain is forcibly left alive to be reused in the follow-up plot.

However, this instance was considered to be perfectly cleared.

Players were already eager to see the new version update announcement of "Dark Sand" and the new film and television works brought by the "Yusay Unfinished" instance.

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"New version update announcement of ’Dark Sand’:

"After the players join forces to complete Wang Wenchuan’s reforms and thoroughly defeat Xingtian’s avatar at Niu Zhu Pier, the ’Yusay Unfinished’ historical slice has been successfully conquered. The range of Return Order Fortress has been further expanded, available city-building schemes and player’s military equipment purchase lists are updated, and the capabilities of Return Order have also been upgraded.

"’Dark Sand’ will enter a seven-day new version preparation state:

"First, the cleared clips of ’Yusay Unfinished’ will be released in the form of a short TV series with 10 episodes on various TV stations and online video platforms, with the proceeds still going back to the players.

"This series will focus on ’exploring the unknown possibilities of history’ and add the most suitable player clearance videos as supplementary material, so stay tuned!

"Second, in the land-grant gameplay, the range of Return Order Fortress and player’s fiefdoms will be further expanded, and the surrounding water areas will also be increased.

"New craftsmen and shops will appear in Return Order Fortress and fiefdoms, unlocking more resource points.

"Players can use construction points in Return Order Fortress to purchase large military hardware such as cuttlefish boats, trebuchets, and cannons, as well as purchase all military equipment including flintlock guns, Divine Arm Bows, infantry armor, and crossbows.

"Third, upgrading of the Hero Summoning feature.

"Currently available heroes to summon: General Deng Yuanjing, Chancellor Wang Wenchuan (can be summoned in non-war states of Return Order Fortress).

"Fourth, beta eligibility release.

"An additional fifty thousand beta qualifications will be released this stage, with the total number of beta testers reaching one hundred fifty thousand.

"New beta slots will be selected according to the original mechanism.

"Special note: According to the different historical slices, the number of players that Return Order Expedition gameplay can support varies. In some special cases, entering Return Order Expedition may require screening, please excel in your own advantageous projects.

"Seven days later, the game will launch a new version ’Rearranging the Old Mountains and Rivers,’ and the specific update content is as follows.

"First, a batch of new talent skills is unlocked in Return Order Talent Skill Library.

"Second, unlocking a new instance ’Eight Thousand Miles of Clouds and Moon.’

"Due to the help of the demon Fei Lian, the avatar of the great demon Xingtian escaped, and two historical slices were fused, hence the difficulty of the current instance will be significantly increased.

"After clearing the current historical slice, it will directly connect the entire historical slice of the Qi Dynasty.

"To balance the difficulty, the ’Hero Summoning’ feature will also be opened during the instance strategy process, with the following rules:

"Players can summon any hero they have cooperated with from past historical slices, but each attempt can only summon one hero.

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