Why the bug I wrote became a core gameplay mechanic?!
Chapter 162: How Did It Split Open! (Three more - s for monthly tickets!)

Chapter 162: Chapter 162: How Did It Split Open! (Three more Chapters for monthly tickets!)

Although both players centered their perspectives on their own characters, it still could be quite confusing to have completely identical models.

However, Instructor Ding didn’t think too much about it and casually asked, "Where were you just now?"

Li Wenhao jumped a couple of times, "I just came out from that valley behind us. As soon as I came out, I saw you here enjoying the view already."

"Oh, is that so?"

Instructor Ding guessed that the valley must have utilized some mirror technology, as although both were awakened in the valley and completed the beginner’s guide separately, they were in different instances.

It was after leaving the valley that they came to the same world.

This aspect was somewhat careless. If it was a cooperative game for two players, at the very least, they should have been given different identities and introductions, right?

If possible, there should also be a CG to briefly narrate each person’s identity and what role they would play.

From the current situation, it seemed as if the "Ascension" development team had initially developed all game content for single-player mode, and then very abruptly made a copy of the protagonist model and forced this multiplayer gameplay.

"Honestly guys, this dual-player online mode seems a bit forced, like they just threw it together.

"You could even say it’s a bit rough.

"This does not align with Nitiandang’s usual game design level!"

The barrage of comments criticized.

"Eh, wasn’t it said that the golden sponsor is never wrong?"

"So, love can disappear, right?"

"Hilarious, after not being able to mooch off Nitiandang and failing to get the golden trophy, Little Ding’s attitude toward Nitiandang has become more rebellious, already starting to nitpick as soon as he enters the game?"

"Don’t hate for the sake of hating, I think Little Ding makes a lot of sense. This two-player mode does seem a bit too forced, right? When it comes to fighting later, will we really be able to tell who’s who?"

Instructor Ding didn’t dwell on it for long since the game’s initial impression was still quite positive.

Whether it was the artistic style of the scenery or the models and movements of the characters, everything looked natural. For an action game, achieving this was not easy.

Even if there were any issues, they were just problems with the dual-player mode, which were not a big deal.

Instructor Ding and Li Wenhao walked along the mountain path.

"This style looks a bit strange, isn’t it a fantasy game? Why are there parts by the roadside?" Li Wenhao exclaimed with surprise.

Strange style? Parts?

Instructor Ding looked around. Wasn’t this very much the normal style for a fantasy game?

"What does ’parts by the roadside’ even mean?"

Instructor Ding glanced down and saw several clumps of flesh by the side of the road, semi-hidden among the wild grass, seemingly expanding rhythmically as if they were alive.

Oh, when you put it like that, it’s pretty strange indeed.

But Cthulhu fantasy, having seen the trailer before, wasn’t a reason to make a big fuss about it.

As for parts...perhaps ’fragments’ would be a more suitable term?

However, just then, Li Wenhao did something that startled Instructor Ding: he actually crouched down toward those clumps of flesh by the roadside, picked them up, and tucked them into his clothing!

Instructor Ding was shocked. He too approached the flesh, and indeed, an "Interact" prompt appeared on his screen.

"Hey, we’re really picking this stuff up? It’s kinda gross."

Instructor Ding felt conflicted.

Li Wenhao placed the picked-up flesh in his belt pouch, and it was clearly visible how the blood seeped out, staining the pouch red and dripping down along the ragged Taoist robe, adding several dark red stains to the formerly gray, worn-out robe.

Instructor Ding instinctively felt a bit of repulsion.

Mainly, after observing closely, he found that these pieces of flesh seemed to be scattered everywhere and were likely not very rare; not picking them up shouldn’t pose a significant problem.

Li Wenhao seemed puzzled, "Huh? What’s so gross about it?"

Instructor Ding faintly sensed that Li Wenhao’s tone was a bit strange. Although everyone has different tolerances in games, with some players enjoying those intense and visceral games, Li Wenhao’s tone seemed too nonchalant.

Before he could ponder further, they had already reached a platform on the mountain road ahead.

Up front, two people resembling bandits had already noticed them, drawing their long swords and charging toward them!

"Brother Ding, let’s take one each!"

Li Wenhao hastily called out, each of them confronting a bandit.

"Parry" related system prompts reappeared on the screen, including the parry button, timing, and the mechanisms for "Imperfect Parry" and "Perfect Parry."

"Ah, the controller’s left shoulder button for parrying, right?"

Seeing the bandit rushing toward him, Instructor Ding quickly pressed the controller’s LB button, and Li Huanzhen performed several foolish parrying motions.

The bandit, however, did not attack but instead circled carefully around Instructor Ding with his long sword, rendering all his parrying motions useless in the air.

"What kind of nonsense prompt is this? He’s not even swinging at me, what am I parrying for?"

Instructor Ding was speechless and directly hit the controller’s right shoulder button to strike!

The first strike, the bandit spurted blood, and his health bar dropped by one-third!

Instructor Ding saw that as he made his move, the bandit also attacked, but Li Huanzhen’s speed was clearly faster, so he hit first, naturally interrupting the bandit’s attack.

"As expected, just a roadblock monster, easy to defeat, even a brainless attack can succeed."

Instructor Ding relaxed and struck again.

The second strike, the bandit barely managed to raise his chopper to block it, but it seemed to be ineffective, as he still lost health, with the health bar dropping to about half.

The third strike, the bandit raised his chopper in a Perfect Parry, instantly sparking, without taking any damage!

Immediately after, the bandit and Instructor Ding swung their weapons at the same time, but this time, the bandit’s chopper hit Instructor Ding first!

"Huh?"

Instructor Ding watched as his own health bar, already at one-third, was instantly depleted, and then with a "snap," he burst into pieces!

The screen also showed a large character: Collapse!

"What the heck?!"

Instructor Ding and Li Wenhao exclaimed in unison.

Because at the moment of Instructor Ding’s death, Li Wenhao’s body also exploded and collapsed, the two dying almost simultaneously.

Casually pressing a button, they respawned at the valley’s exit.

"What just happened, how did I suddenly burst apart?" Li Wenhao was still completely confused about the situation.

Instructor Ding coughed awkwardly: "That... it seems our health bars are linked, one person dies, and the other dies directly."

Li Wenhao was rather helpless: "Brother Ding, you mean to say you were taken out by a minor minion in a split second?"

Instructor Ding laughed dryly: "This minion is disgraceful in combat, was fighting fine, then out of nowhere came a crazed strike that finished me off.

"I’m also puzzled, how could I be so fragile, a third of my health gone in one strike."

At this point, Instructor Ding still hadn’t figured out the game’s "Perfect Parry" mechanic and didn’t know that the enemy’s counter strike after a Perfect Parry was bound to be faster than his own; he just felt the minion’s moves were quite unorthodox and incomprehensible.

Why is it that normally it attacks slower than me, allowing me to beat it with brute force, but suddenly it strikes faster than me?

Unfair!

However, at this time, Instructor Ding didn’t give it much thought and continued forward with Li Wenhao to confront the two bandits.

This time Instructor Ding was much more cautious, swinging once and then waiting to parry.

"Clang!"

With a crisp clang of metal, Instructor Ding deflected the bandit’s long sword and immediately rendered him into a collapsed state, then finished him with a thrust to the throat!

Li Huanzhen stylishly pulled out his long sword with a flick, shedding the flesh and blood from the blade onto the ground.

The bandit, however, lay on the ground, turning into a vaguely squirming corpse.

The screen displayed a prompt for an interactive key once again.

"Hmm? Dropped something, eh."

Instructor Ding instinctively pressed the interactive key, only to see Li Huanzhen pick up a piece of flesh from the bandit’s corpse, stowing it in his belt pouch.

The fresh blood seeped out, staining the pouch red, then dripping along the tattered Taoist robe, adding several dark red streaks to the originally grey worn-out robe.

"Yikes, what the heck! Why am I picking this stuff up?" Instructor Ding felt a bit sick.

Li Wenhao, on the other hand, saw it as quite normal: "Isn’t this pretty standard? What else did you expect to drop?"

Instructor Ding thought about it and agreed; after all, this was an abnormal world, where mostly bandits were probably possessed by flesh monsters, so it was normal for them to drop pieces of flesh. It would be abnormal to expect clothing or weapons to drop.

The pair continued along the winding mountain path, coming to a small platform halfway up the mountain.

The scene before Instructor Ding made him gasp in shock.

It was a bit too brutal!

Scattered across the platform were carcasses of animals, most split into two, some sliced at the waist, others cut lengthwise, countless severed heads, and limbs.

Moreover, at the cuts of these carcasses, you could clearly see the organs and intestines, and with blood and flesh strewn amongst the weeds, it made one’s head buzz.

Among these corpses stood three men.

The leader, looking like a bandit leader, was noticeably taller than the others, with a giant chopper slung over his shoulder, his whole body splattered with fresh blood, clearly the ringleader in slaughtering these animals.

Next to the leader were two other regular bandits, similar to the two that had been killed before, only now wielding axes instead of long swords.

Even more terrifying was the flesh monster behind these people.

It looked like an oversized octopus, with the main body being a clump of flesh congregated together, below which were seven or eight fleshy tentacles.

These fleshy tentacles moved about on the ground, occasionally rolling up animal carcasses and stuffing them into the gaping maw at the top of the body.

Afterward, the mass of flesh would start to wriggle as if chewing and digesting.

What made Instructor Ding even more uncomfortable was that he noticed an animal carcass not far from him still twitching—clearly cut in half—but its forelimbs were still desperately scraping the ground, and the head struggling to lift itself, as if it couldn’t die!

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