Why the bug I wrote became a core gameplay mechanic?!
Chapter 177: Scene Switching BUG

Chapter 177: Chapter 177: Scene Switching BUG

Wang Dawei paused briefly and continued, "While I was Sky Swimming, I saw Jiangdu City, Monastery of True Words, and Crane Valley. All these places were connected together, their edges fitting seamlessly without any sign of fragmentation.

"At that time, I complained about the numerous model and texture errors in the scene, yet surprisingly, the areas that no one sees outside the scene were meticulously crafted. It seemed rather incomprehensible.

"But now, it looks like the designers did it on purpose!

"The model and texture errors within the scene are manifestations of Li Huanzhen’s illusions; while the flawless seams at the borders of the external scene suggest that the designers anticipated someone would discover Li Huanzhen’s Sky Swimming state and view this world from the projection boundary, so they made it thoroughly complete!"

Heilong was completely convinced, "Now that you mention it, indeed!

"It does seem like an official setup.

"But then... what’s with this BUG Sharira Sword?"

Wang Dawei explained, "If it were any other game company, I would think it’s probably because the developer once used this special weapon as a testing tool and failed to remove it completely from the game code. Moreover, they likely never expected that a player would enter the ’Monastery of True Words Illusion’ scene a second time, so some miraculous BUG occurred during item distribution, which erroneously awarded this test weapon to a player."

Heilong naturally followed up the latter part, "But in ’Ascension,’ this game, it clearly has a different implication."

Wang Dawei nodded, "Exactly! In ’Ascension,’ that explanation seems a bit forced. Considering the game’s narrative, there is actually a more reasonable explanation.

"This stronger ’Huan’ is clearly also something that Li Huanzhen created by ’Turning the Fictitious into Reality’!"

He paused for a moment before continuing, "Li Huanzhen used his ability to Sky Swim to re-enter the Monastery of True Words Illusion. He mistakenly believed that he would still encounter that old monk, and so, the old monk did indeed reappear in the monastery.

"From the game graphics, we can see that the monk appears to be in a state of overlap between life and death, neither truly alive nor completely dead.

"And because this old monk is actually a creation of Li Huanzhen’s ’Turning the Fictitious into Reality,’ his dialogue consists only of fragments and mostly unintelligible garble.

"However, Li Huanzhen still firmly believed that he could obtain a Sharira Sword from the old monk, so he indeed got one!

"Therefore, the ’Huan’ you, Brother Long, have received from the old monk comes with a clear item description; whereas the one I have is the product of Li Huanzhen’s ’Turning the Fictitious into Reality’ and has no item description!"

Heilong became more confused, "But why is your imitation stronger than my genuine article?"

Wang Dawei explained, "That’s the power of the ’Turning the Fictitious into Reality’ ability! Life Navel is a defiance of the heavens in the Immortal Cultivation World; as long as his belief is strong enough, his creations can rival or even surpass the original."

Heilong asked, "Then why does he firmly believe that the Sharira Sword he creates would be three times as powerful as the original?"

Wang Dawei shook his head, "Brother Long, you are mistaken. Li Huanzhen cannot clearly recognize his own ’Turning the Fictitious into Reality’ ability because once he realizes this and tries to use it purposefully, his motives become impure, and his power would fail.

"So, it’s not that Li Huanzhen ’firmly believes the Sharira Sword he created is three times as powerful as the original one,’ but rather that he ’believed he should meet the old monk and receive the Sharira Sword again after leaving the illusion.’ At the same time, his subconscious imbued this new Sharira Sword with special significance, which is why the sword’s power became triple the original’s."

Heilong looked bewildered, "What kind of ’special significance’ is that?"

Wang Dawei fell silent for a moment, "That, I’m afraid, is open to many interpretations.

"I personally see it this way.

"Although he chose ’Zhen’ the first time, indicating a preference for ’the world of the present,’ it’s clear that Li Huanzhen still clung to a great obsession with the other world. Deep down, he didn’t want to give up on the other world; he kept suppressing that subconscious desire, which kept resisting, growing, and becoming stronger.

"When this powerful subconscious was projected into the ’Turning the Fictitious into Reality’ ability, it exploded with great power, creating a much more powerful ’Huan’!"

Heilong had an epiphany, "Oh? It can be interpreted that way?

"It does seem quite reasonable!

"If all these are some special manifestations of ’Life Navel’ or a ’debug program,’ then that implies what we are encountering are not bugs, but parts of the game mechanism or even the game narrative?

"So now that we have such a powerful artifact, can we continue our hunt for revenge against the Crane-Riding Immortal?"

Wang Dawei nodded, "Let’s go!"

The two of them set off to Crane Valley once more to settle the score with the Crane-Riding Immortal who had previously thrashed them.

And this time, things were indeed different!

Wang Dawei’s combat power was epically enhanced; he only needed Heilong to go first to draw the Crane-Riding Immortal’s attention, then he would circle to the back and relentlessly unleash the ’Huan’ skill!

The damage was immediately evident; a set of ornate and cool martial arts moves tore through space repeatedly, and the BOSS’s health plummeted!

The effect of ’Huan’ was to cleave open fissures to another world, sending feeble enemies away. Against a BOSS, it dealt high damage and slightly reduced tenacity.

It was straightforward and brutal!

Even though the BOSS had a random aggro shift mechanism, Wang Dawei did not linger; he waited for the BOSS to attack Heilong before launching a set of martial arts moves and then quickly retreated.

Even if the Crane-Riding Immortal turned around suddenly, Wang Dawei had already vanished.

With this, the difficulty of this BOSS suddenly dropped, and the two of them succeeded after just a couple of tries!

The process thereafter became much more relaxing and enjoyable.

Wang Dawei had both the Relic Swords, "Zhen" and "Huan," equipped; when encountering minor monsters, he’d use Zhen to make their AI go haywire and attack each other, and when facing elite monsters he’d just brute force his way through with Huan.

Although there was still the possibility of screwing up if they weren’t careful, this level of difficulty already provided plenty of fun for players with less impressive skills!

...

The news of "Sky Swimming" and the "BUG Sword" almost instantly spread across the internet.

The moment Wang Dawei discovered the BUG, the audience in his live-stream began to share the news everywhere, and then, even more people started to look for and verify these two BUGs.

Gan Di was naturally among them.

First, he followed Wang Dawei’s live-stream video and successfully triggered "Sky Swimming," then he went to the Monastery of True Words and obtained the BUG version of "Huan."

Now, Gan Di was truly jumping out of his skin with excitement!

In fact, Gan Di was already quite powerful, and ever since he came up with the "Chop Three Frameworks in One" strategy, he wasn’t held back by the BOSSes in the game for long.

Even facing a BOSS like the Crane-Riding Immortal, which had noticeably stepped up the difficulty, Gan Di managed to get through after dying a dozen times.

After all, he was playing in solo mode, with no one to hold him back.

After obtaining the BUG version of "Huan," Gan Di tried out its damage and immediately exclaimed that it was overpowered.

He even felt that this sword was so godly that the game would lose its appeal if he continued to play with it.

Therefore, Gan Di didn’t even want to use it to fight BOSSes and only tried it out on a few minor monsters.

What interested him more was the "Sky Swimming" BUG.

For most players, this BUG might not seem important, but for speedrunners or those who like to skip game content, this BUG was of utmost importance—it could completely overturn the game’s established progression!

After all, from what could be seen at the moment, the trigger point for "Sky Swimming" was at Jiangdu City, meaning players could completely bypass all the obligatory content in Jiangdu City and the battle with the Great General, heading directly to the illusionary landscape in the mountainous area of the Monastery of True Words to obtain the Sharira Sword.

This, because the big Buddha in the illusionary landscape was just a mechanical BOSS, didn’t have any requirements for the player’s attributes.

If players could obtain the Sharira Sword early in the game, that would just be too heavenly!

It was nothing less than a blessing for those who wanted to skip content and speedrunners.

Furthermore, Gan Di felt that there had to be more than one place in the game where "Sky Swimming" could be triggered. Any scene with water was worth trying out—you never know, there might be a spot where you can swim through and reach the boundary of the map.

Now that he had the BUG Sword, he could easily clear out the endlessly respawning mobs on the map, making testing even more convenient.

Gan Di arrived at Jiangdu City and began to experiment with grappling points near bodies of water one by one.

He kept unleashing "Huan’s" skill, cleaving open rifts in space in front of him, sending those minor monsters all off.

This process was somewhat tedious and boring, and Gan Di was starting to feel sleepy.

However, it was then that Gan Di’s hand shook, and he executed the wrong skill!

In "Ascension," skills could be released through combination keys or the skill wheel. Gan Di preferred using the skill wheel, a habit he retained from other action games.

But this time, as he was using the skill, he nudged the right joystick slightly off, landing on the skill for "Zhen."

Gan Di also had both "Zhen" and "Huan" equipped, and their positions were next to each other on the skill wheel.

"Ah, my talismans!"

Gan Di felt a pang because at that moment his Zhen wasn’t upgraded much, and its power was nowhere near the BUG Huan, yet it consumed the same amount of talismans.

But in the next second, something unbelievable happened!

The spatial rift cut open by "Huan" had not disappeared yet, and you could still see the other world’s minor monsters through the rift.

But then Gan Di followed up in the same direction and angle with a slash of "Zhen," and its skill happened to pass through the rift opened by "Huan," striking the minor monsters within!

Before Gan Di could even grasp what had happened, the surrounding scenery shifted from the Immortal Cultivation World to a mechanical one.

The scene had changed!

Yet, Gan Di distinctly remembered that it had been less than ten minutes since the last switch.

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