Why the bug I wrote became a core gameplay mechanic?!
Chapter 298 - 307: Shengjing Group Doesn’t Have a Background in Hell, Right?

Chapter 298: Chapter 307: Shengjing Group Doesn’t Have a Background in Hell, Right?

This question stumped Lilith.

Indeed, ever since the game went live, not a line of its code had been changed, so the emotional fluctuations of the players should have stabilized long ago, right?

So why would the collection of negative emotions still see such a significant decrease? That’s simply unscientific!

Lilith grabbed the remote and turned on the live streaming website on the TV, beginning her transformation into a detective, hoping to find some clues.

Instructor Ding hadn’t started her stream, Chen Tingquan hadn’t been playing "Shadow World" recently, so after some trouble, Lilith finally locked onto Gan Di’s live broadcast room.

He was in the midst of a team raid, playing his self-invented Electrotherapy Storm Healer.

After Gan Di had acquired the full set of Tier 2 gear, it meant that his team could reliably conquer the normal difficulty of Snowy Mountain Summit. Their next goals were the hero, epic, and legendary difficulties of Snowy Mountain Summit, as well as the normal difficulty of Burial Grounds.

At this moment, Gan Di’s team had entered the Burial Grounds instance, advancing toward the first boss, Old Lu.

The Burial Grounds was a Tier 3 instance, its normal difficulty falling between the hero and epic difficulties of Snowy Mountain Summit, which Gan Di’s team currently had no chance of beating. But with some effort, there was still hope for passing the gatekeeper boss.

For Gan Di, the reason for wanting to try the new team raid of Burial Grounds was mainly due to its characteristics.

The place was filled with hordes of skeletal monsters, the perfect stage for his Electrotherapy Storm Healer!

As the main tank pulled the aggro, the Burial Hall where everyone was located had countless skeletal arms bursting from the ground, and a great number of undead were revived and summoned by the Necromancer, rapidly forming an army that surged toward the players!

Four tanks used their area of effect skills to attract four different armies of skeletons from various directions, then fought while retreating, consolidating them together.

After that, everyone in the team started showing off their powers, with AoE at full throttle!

And Gan Di seized this opportunity to unleash Natural Storm!

The hurricane spread rapidly, not only healing the entire team but also inflicting continuous AoE damage to the skeletons within its range.

After the Natural Storm ended, Gan Di unleashed a barrage of skills like Lightning Storm, Healing Rain, Magma Earthquake, and more. The screen was filled with a pleasing spectacle of damage and healing numbers flying around.

On the damage panel, though Gan Di’s DPS wasn’t higher than any of the damage dealers, it had reached half of the lowest DPS player’s.

Soon, the small skeletons staggered and fell, and Gan Di couldn’t help but exclaim, "Awesome! When you need AoE, Electrotherapy Storm is even more exhilarating than Infinite Starlight Healing! After all, it adds a bit of damage effect!

"Though it doesn’t heal as much, the feel of playing it is just so different.

"Just goes to show that comparisons really can kill. I never thought Nitiandang was all that great, but compared to Shengjing Group, it’s suddenly clear who is superior!"

Lilith crushed the cola can in her hand with a "snap," the corners of her mouth twitching slightly, obviously a bit hurt by Gan Di’s praise.

"Gu Fan! What’s happening with Shengjing Group now? I thought everything was fine before!"

Clearly, Lilith had been basking in the joy of a steady influx of negative emotions over the past few days, and she wasn’t very aware of what had happened at Shengjing Group.

Gu Fan silently took over the laptop, did a quick search, and found a video that explained the whole process, which he handed to Lilith to watch.

As a major recent event in the gaming circle, "World of Star Spirits" cutting out the Infinite Starlight Healing had almost become common knowledge, and naturally, many gaming zone YouTubers had expressed their opinions on it.

Lilith silently watched the entire operation of Shengjing Group, yet the expression that appeared on her face was not anger or craziness, but rather a bit of bewilderment.

After a moment of silence, she left a baffling remark, "Wait a moment, I need to check something."

Having said that, Lilith suddenly disappeared on the spot.

Gu Fan was also a bit confused and had no idea what she was up to.

About half an hour later, Lilith returned. This time, however, she was clearly furious, "Bastards! I’ve checked it out, and this Shengjing Group has no backing from Hell at all!

"I thought Old Lu had sneaked in a newcomer to steal my business again!

"Then I don’t understand.

"If these people don’t need to collect negative emotional energy, why are they competing with me for business! Huh??"

Clearly, Lilith was a bit beside herself with rage.

When she found out about Shengjing Group’s entire operation in the video, she was already wondering if it was too much like it was deliberately collecting negative emotions.

First, release an enjoyable BD, then slash it down, isn’t this the tactic I’ve always dreamed of?

She even suspected that just like he had arranged for Azazel, Lucifer might have assigned a demon to compete with her for negative emotions, all the while keeping it a secret from her.

But after conducting an investigation, she discovered that there was nothing of the sort.

There was no Hellish background whatsoever to Shengjing Group, and the slashing of Starlight Healer and Dark Chain wasn’t at all for harvesting negative emotions.

It seemed like they did it on purpose just to fix things.

Yet, this fix not only affected "World of Star Spirits," but "Shadow World" as well!

Originally, players felt that "World of Star Spirits" was more thrilling than "Shadow World," especially with the Infinite Starlight Healing and Dark Chain being extremely newbie-friendly, and the leveling up and dungeon runs being easier, resulting in more joy gained from "World of Star Spirits." In comparison, "Shadow World" would contribute more negative emotional values.

But now, "World of Star Spirits" suddenly became less enjoyable, while "Shadow World" actually got Electrotherapy Storm Healing!

Although the healing effect of Electrotherapy Storm Healing wasn’t as outrageous as Starlight Healing, it had its unique advantages:

First, it could deal group Area of Effect damage, not only healing but also making up for damage. For healing players, seeing a screen full of green and yellow numbers exploding together was a delightful sight;

Second, it had great visual effects. Other healing methods used Light Series spells or natural recovery spells, featuring either a white glow or a green light. But Electrotherapy Storm used lightning for healing, which made for quite a unique visual effect!

A lightning strike, and the allied players in front would be electrified, showing a skeletal effect amidst sparkling flashes, but oddly enough, it also healed them, creating a unique kind of adorable contrast.

As one declined and the other improved, players felt that "World of Star Spirits" was no longer thrilling, and naturally, "Shadow World" became exciting.

Therefore, "Shadow World" collected more positive emotions, and a large portion of the negative emotions was deducted!

Even many players who originally only played "World of Star Spirits" were lured to "Shadow World" by their friends...

Lilith was shocked to find that originally, she had directed traffic to "World of Star Spirits" with the intention of playing a cunning move. But now, the tiger and the wolf had somehow reached a consensus to turn around and devour her together!