Who Designed This Underworld Dungeon?
Chapter 226 - 187 Sain’s Stuff is Too Pure

Chapter 226: Chapter 187 Sain’s Stuff is Too Pure

"Plagiarizing my creativity?"

Gong Qiying burst into laughter when he saw this message.

He knew this day would come sooner or later, but he didn’t expect it to arrive so quickly.

It seems that other Underground City Lords are well-informed about the outside world as well, each with their own means of acquiring information.

He looked at the world map, his territory increasingly marked with an abundance of his color since he unlocked this privilege; he had not only fully secured control over nearby regions but also left speckles of green across most of the map – clusters becoming a blaze, scattered they are stars in the sky.

Although he didn’t know where this expansion speed ranked, Gong Qiying guessed that it should be fairly decent among Dungeons.

In contrast to the Sain Dungeon, other Dungeons’ color spread showed little to no change, as if everyone had settled into a fixed state.

This made the swiftly expanding Sain Dungeon stand out even more.

Since it could expand quickly, it must mean he had some unique secret technique, right? Naturally, other Underground City Lords would start "plagiarizing."

From this aspect, running a Dungeon seems to be not too different from running a store; when the business next door booms, it naturally draws the coveting gaze of other owners.

If everyone could compete harmoniously, that would be fine, but the fear is someone will break the rules and mess things up, ultimately causing losses for everyone.

"However, even if other Dungeons want to copy me, they won’t be able to copy much."

Gong Qiying, lounging comfortably against the altar, mused to himself:

"The leveling mechanism, a hallmark of the Sain, isn’t something that other Dungeons can imitate; how could they possibly come up with a bonfire?"

"Without a bonfire, the allure drops by a notch for adventurers. And what else could they copy after that? The Meat Pigeon? That’s a product of Val’s authority and other City Lords can’t imitate it."

"Resetting attributes? Even less likely, since they neither have the Tear-Drop Embryo nor could they pull out a Rosalia."

"As for plots, there’s some possibility there, but copying just the plot is too abstract."

He kept backtracking and finally said:

"They couldn’t possibly be copying my map design, could they?"

From a designer’s point of view, Gong Qiying felt his area designs were strokes of genius, something even God would cede his position for.

But switching to the perspective of an adventurer, he had to admit that the design of many places was just like a dog’s favorite food, and if someone actually liked such designs, they would have to be divine.

Who would be kind enough to put an Animated Corpse capable of backstabbing with Combat Skills, a few mad stray dogs, and Flame Pot pitchers around a corner!

These designs were purely meant to deter – unless there were good rewards.

Unfortunately for those who wished for Sain’s downfall, Sain’s rewards happened to be very enticing.

See that swamp ahead? It’s filled with a bunch of adorable big-eyed Curse Frogs and pitfall traps – covered in mud all over, you definitely wouldn’t want to go in, right? But what if I told you that, once you get through, you might find a marvelous little tool that could even teach a mute idiot to speak by learning Magic?

Don’t want to learn Magic? No worries, I’ve also got a Lion Slash that could make the disabled high jump, and a Hound Step that would have Stephen Hawking hopping back and forth.

Not interested in Combat Skills? Then how about the Pokemon beside you – exert some effort to find an Elf Ball, and you could take home a sweet and soft cute Pokemon.

There’s also the Love Spirit Medicine that could make someone fall head over heels in love with you, an essential item for any Minotaur.

Thinking about this, Gong Qiying suddenly wondered, if those Dungeons truly copied only his map design, wouldn’t that backfire spectacularly?

No, no, surely no City Lord would be that foolish. They couldn’t be, right?

He replied to the Giant Stone Dungeon, initially wanting to write, "Commissar, where’s the clearance list?" Sadly, considering that people from the otherworld wouldn’t understand the joke, he had to change it to, "Bro, is there a list? I want to see who’s so bold."

The Giant Stone Dungeon replied promptly, marking out five Dungeons, stating these were the ones he knew by name, but there were others whose names he didn’t know.

"Interesting," Gong Qiying transferred five hundred units of spiritual power to him, then received a long reply where he stated that the information was worth more than that and scolded him for wasting spiritual power. Alongside, he also sent a bunch of Giant Stone Dungeon’s local specialties.

"What a straightforward person," he commented. Looking at the local specialties from the Giant Stone Dungeon – stones resembling ribs which were said to excite the spirit and enhance one’s physique much like a Blood Healing Potion upon eating.

He tried a bit. His body shuddered and he remarked, "The produce from the Giant Stone Dungeon is too pure."

On a whim, he sent over a piece of deliciously palatable rock from the "Kingdom’s Tears" to the Giant Stone Dungeon City Lord, and soon got a reply.

"Bro, yours is even purer!"

Gong Qiying stood with his hands on his hips, as if he had won the competition.

He looked at the map for the positions of those Dungeons, and aside from a Dungeon called Cangyin, all other Dungeons were hundreds of thousands of miles away from him. Moreover, they all had one thing in common, their territories all had more green spots than other places - they had been invaded by Gong Qiying!

It’s hard to imagine how those City Lords felt when they heard their adventurers discussing other Dungeons, but it probably wasn’t too pleasant.

Thus, their purpose in coming to "learn" from Sain Dungeon’s advanced experiences, updating and iterating on old models to create new-era Dungeons, is probably to win back the hearts of the adventurers.

"If it weren’t so far away, I’d really like to see how other City Lords are copying me."

Unfortunately, after estimating the distance, even the closest Cangyin Dungeon would take him over a week to travel to and fro, which would be too much of a hassle.

Better to give it up, but since the Cangyin Dungeon is nearby, maybe in a few days, I’ll hear some news about it in the tavern.

Regarding the Dungeons that imitated his, Gong Qiying was very indifferent, totally unconcerned.

Rather, he was quite looking forward to what kind of tricks these world’s City Lords could come up with.

Let it be, not to interfere, not to collect royalties, not to challenge others, let’s let bullets fly for a while.

Not knowing if it’s because he’s becoming more of a shut-in, Gong Qiying has been increasingly reluctant to go out lately, his activities limited within Bed City and at most, strolling in the suburbs.

Not sure if this transformation is good or bad, but it should be a good thing for building the Dungeon.

He was doodling on the City Lord’s panel, preparing to update Sain Dungeon with a new wave, and after this update, his focus would shift to Val Underworld.

Currently, Sain Dungeon already has a mature system capable of autonomous operation and circulation, these areas no longer need significant changes, just design a few sets of traps, Monsters, and item locations to randomly rotate every few days, and by the time the adventurers are familiar with these maps, Val should be just about ready.

Out of the four major areas in Sain Dungeon, only the Forest Area has a slight issue, lacking distinctiveness.

To address this, Gong Qiying plans to add a "Blacksmith" during tonight’s maintenance.

Not a living blacksmith like Boxing King Andre, but something similar to a forging station.

Adventurers can randomly obtain two to three forging materials exclusive for forging after successfully hunting Monsters in the Forest Area. Accumulating a certain amount and putting them in the forge, they can choose which type of weapons and equipment they want to forge according to their needs.

It’s like bringing the Monster Hunter’s Equipment Forging System in, but in fact, the nature of the forging station is to directly exchange weapons with the Dungeon, not actually forging.

By the way, Gong Qiying’s favorite weapon is the Tachi, especially the Fox Blade "Moonlight Heart Self-Enlightenment".

People in this world also use Monster materials to forge weapons, but weapons produced by Sain Dungeon will surely have features adventurous have never seen before, guaranteed to get them hooked, calling Sain’s goods too pure.

Additionally, the Forest Area will also add some hunting features, like falling boulders and dragon-lance spears.

During the hunt, there’s also a chance to encounter a silly cat-like creature that calls you boss. Whether you can become friends with it or even bring it out of the Dungeon depends entirely on the adventurer.

That’s all for the changes in the Forest Area for now, and a new map is to be added to the Fire Transmission Ceremony site.

Remember the inaccessible elevator at the Fire Transmission Ceremony site? The original plan was to reach Little Londo through there, but considering the difficulty of Little Londo and the current needs, it’s better to postpone it and leave it for the Graveyard Area in the future.

Gong Qiying decided to create a small new map below the elevator, with a scale only as big as the Death Knight’s route in the Graveyard Area, focused on—Magic.

The new map will consist of several Magic Classrooms.

After adventurers conquer the Elite Monsters in the new map, they’ll see a video playback. After the video ends, a Teleportation Treasure Box will appear before them.

And this Teleportation Treasure Box leads to...

Val Underworld!

Thinking about it got him excited too, probably the first lucky adventurer to find the Teleportation Treasure Box and reach Val Underworld will become a famous adventurer known for "discovering a new Dungeon," gaining people’s adoration.

Should he pick a few designated individuals, or after opening the area, wait for any random person to discover it?

I’ll decide in a couple of days, always picking designated individuals doesn’t seem too interesting.

Gong Qiying looked up at the Crystal Ball, on the screen, Dal had easily won against the training Gollums, received praise from the instructor, and started the second round of training.

Once three rounds of training are completed, the clearance conditions will be met, he could choose to stay for further guidance, or leave.

The instructor only teaches swordsmanship of the Fran Undead Team, and it’s the simpler parts, enough for people to get started quickly.

Dal couldn’t wait to tell everyone at the Fran Guard about this place, so he decided to leave.

But before leaving, there was one last video clip for him to watch.

That was the experience of the escapee Hawkwood.

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