Why the bug I wrote became a core gameplay mechanic?!
Chapter 322 - 331 Outrageous Way to Die

Chapter 322: Chapter 331 Outrageous Way to Die

August 8th, Saturday night at eight.

"Legend of Infinity Fantasy" is officially on sale!

Chen Tingquan had finished appraising treasures early today and had already pre-downloaded the game, waiting to experience it as soon as possible.

"Fellow treasure buddies, Nitiandang has finally released a game that matches my expertise!"

"What? You don’t understand why this game matches my expertise?"

"Look, isn’t this a hero’s adventure theme? Isn’t it set on a fictional continent? Didn’t the official promotion say that there would be many ancient ruins? And that players would need to use their wisdom and special abilities to solve various puzzles?"

"And didn’t it also say that the game would undergo changes in the early, middle, and late stages, to provide players with completely different experiences filled with surprises?"

"See, isn’t this game tailor-made for me?"

"Just saying, does Little Ding have the brains to play it properly? This kind of matter still needs me to step in!"

Barrages of comments like "he~tui" appeared on the screen, but Chen Tingquan was unmoved.

The previous release of "Shadow World" by Nitiandang didn’t attract him much, after all MMORPGs are inherently social games; those who like them really like them, and those who don’t feel nothing at all.

But this time, "Legend of Infinity Fantasy" heavily promoted the concept of "Ruins," which made Chen Tingquan very excited.

According to the official statement, the game is set on a Fantasy Continent with a very long history.

The main character is a nameless hero who one day experiences a cataclysmic change in his world. The Demon Lord’s palace fell from the sky like a huge black sword, plunging deeply into the center of the continent, not only tearing the land apart but also spreading chaos with the scattered demonic miasma, completely disturbing the original Power of the Elements in this world.

The player-controlled nameless hero starts from a small village, going through various adventures, gaining different abilities, defeating all sorts of monsters, and finally sealing the Demon Lord, allowing the land to regain its vitality.

From this story summary, it seems like a fairly standard and even cliché story.

However, Chen Tingquan didn’t mind that, after all, it’s a game, and the story of a game generally serves gameplay; it doesn’t need to be too profound or have dramatic ups and downs, it just has to be sufficient.

What Chen Tingquan was most looking forward to was the numerous ancient ruins mentioned in the game’s promotions, where players needed to utilize special abilities to clear each ruin, which would truly test the players’ intellect.

"Alright, let us begin the adventure!"

When the time came, the "Play" button lit up, and Chen Tingquan decisively entered the game.

...

"Nameless hero, awaken, the Wind calls for you!"

Upon entering the game, after a brief black screen, a distant female voice echoed faintly.

The screen gradually brightened, and the nameless hero awoke from a simple wooden bed and stood up.

What followed was a basic tutorial, including walking, moving the camera, picking up objects, switching weapons, attacking, and so on.

These were some particularly standard operations, and Chen Tingquan quickly got the hang of it.

This seemed to be a small wooden house, which had apparently just experienced an earthquake, as one side of the cabin had collapsed. The entrance of the wooden house was blocked by the fallen wooden beams and tiles.

The hero picked up an axe for chopping firewood next to the woodpile in the house, chopped open the entrance, and struggled to crawl out of the small wooden house.

Then, as the camera turned, following the hero’s perspective, Chen Tingquan saw the towering black structure in the distance.

The dread-filled palace, enveloped in demonic miasma, stood like a sword thrust deeply into the most central region of the continent, looking fraught with danger.

At this time, the ground outside the cabin seemed to have become uneven due to the earthquake, creating an approximately three to four meter difference in elevation from the original path.

Following the prompt, Chen Tingquan controlled the Hero to the edge of this small cliff, gently pushed the joystick forward while pressing the Y button to jump, and the Hero grabbed onto the wall and began to climb.

After consuming a small amount of stamina, the Hero successfully climbed up.

At this moment, a breeze appeared ahead, drifting along the path into the distance, subtly becoming a guide.

From the direction of the path, it seemed to point towards the small hill ahead.

"Please follow the call of the wind to gain the affinity with the Power of Wind!"

The vague voice came to his ears once again, and Chen Tingquan knew this should also be part of the game’s beginner guidance, so he followed the wind’s direction and climbed all the way.

Along the way, there were gaps that needed jumping, rock walls that needed climbing, and he could even pick up fruits and branches that had fallen on the ground, or catch butterflies in the bushes.

Soon, Chen Tingquan reached the top of the mountain.

At this time, the camera angle shifted, seemingly entering a cutscene controlled by the system. After a brief wait, two hands grabbed the cliff on the other side and climbed up.

The camera slowly rotated around the Hero, showcasing the scenery around the mountain. Beyond the previously seen meadows, rivers, terraced fields, cracks, and forests, there was also an endless sea, along with the sandy beaches and islands in the sea.

"This scenery, awesome!

"So stunning!

"But come to think of it, isn’t this the scene from the official promotional video?

"Got it, next is to jump down from the mountain and then catch that white wolf as a mount!"

Without a second thought, Chen Tingquan directly controlled the Hero to jump down the mountain.

However, unlike what he had envisioned, the Hero plummeted straight down to the ground like a head-diving leek.

"Hey! Where’s the glider? Isn’t there a glider to drift with?"

Soon enough, the Hero’s head made intimate contact with the ground at the bottom of the mountain with a thud, then lay on the ground like a ragdoll.

The small animals nearby were all startled and scattered in every direction, then cautiously came back and sniffed the Hero’s body.

They seemed to be wondering which foolish person had jumped down from such a great height.

A bright red warning appeared on the screen: GAME OVER!

"Pff!"

Chen Tingquan almost spat out a mouthful of blood: "Scam! Promotional video scam! There’s no such thing as Glider Wings, no such thing as Power of Wind, it’s all a lie!"

The bullet comments were speechless.

"I seriously heard that Wind Element telling you to go to that ruin on the side!"

"Dying of laughter, the Glider Wings and Power of Wind definitely need to be unlocked, and you actually just went and jumped straight down like that."

"You startled the small animals, what kind of dumbass does that!"

"Dying of laughter, to come up with such a way to die, you’re really something."

Chen Tingquan was somewhat helpless and could only choose to restart the game, going back to the last checkpoint.