Why the bug I wrote became a core gameplay mechanic?!
Chapter 362 - 371: What a Bunch of Freaks These Approved Mods Are!

Chapter 362: Chapter 371: What a Bunch of Freaks These Approved Mods Are!

Gan Di was speechless, watching as the "Master Mod" was almost finished being produced, yet the previous mods still hadn’t been successfully uploaded.

What on earth was Nitiandang trying to do?

He carefully examined the background records and saw that the game platform had completed the audit almost immediately, which was normal. After all, the platform currently had dedicated auditing tools and rules, with most mods being automatically audited. So even though it was now past three in the morning, the audit of these mods should only take a few minutes.

The audit time on Nitiandang’s part was slightly longer, with new mods taking about ten or so minutes. And previously rejected mods, if not significantly modified, would almost 100% be rejected again instantly.

"The auditors at Nitiandang aren’t still working overtime at this hour, are they?"

An absurd thought inexplicably popped into Gan Di’s mind.

If it were other companies, it might be possible, but wasn’t Nitiandang known for its laid-back approach? No matter how severe the bugs in the game were, they definitely wouldn’t be fixed over the weekend.

It wouldn’t make sense to specifically hire an auditor to review mods all night long without sleeping, right?

"Perhaps there’s a bug in Nitiandang’s backend? Are all mods being automatically rejected?"

But then he thought again, that seemed unlikely because if it were a bug, it wouldn’t require the ten or so minutes for audit time.

"Never mind, I’ll upload one last time, whether they pass or not!"

Gan Di was already very tired, he had just finished finalizing the "Master Mod" and then re-uploaded the three mods together.

After completing the upload, he shut down the computer and went to wash up and sleep.

...

The next day at noon, Gan Di woke up.

After washing up, he yawned, ordered some takeout, then sat in front of the computer to check the audit status of the three mods from yesterday.

"If things haven’t gone as expected, they’re probably rejected again...

"Huh? One passed!"

Opening the three notifications in the backend, Gan Di was surprised to find that two of the mods were rejected again, but one mod had passed the audit.

Not only had it passed the audit, but it was also prominently featured on the homepage of the Creative Workshop for the game "Legend of Infinity Fantasy," complete with a special heart-shaped symbol!

This heart-shaped symbol meant that it was an "officially recommended mod." If players ticked the "automatically download recommended mods" option, they would download this mod automatically before logging into the game, without having to do it manually.

"Only this mod has passed the audit so far?

"Hey, wait, aren’t there other mods too?"

At first, Gan Di thought the "Master Mod" was the only one that slipped through the net, as only it was shown on the homepage of the game’s Creative Workshop.

But by clicking on the "All Mods" option in the upper right corner, you can see more mods, currently about a dozen in total.

"There are so many experts?"

Gan Di was shocked.

You should know that of the mods he had made so far, only the "Master Mod" had passed the audit.

And the "Master Mod" was the one he had put the most skill and effort into.

If that’s the standard, then did the remaining ten or so mods all match the strength of the Master Mod?

Gan Di took almost half a month to create the Master Mod, how long did these people take? One night?

When did the modding community in the country get so many experts?

Gan Di even began to doubt his own skills profoundly.

He randomly opened a few mods to check them out.

"One-Life Challenge Mod: Sets the Hero’s HP to a fixed point of 1."

"Fragile Foes Mod: Multiplies all monsters’ attack power by tenfold."

"Earth Escape Ban Mod: Doubles the number of monsters that appear from the earth."

"Material Reduction Mod: Halves the materials dropped in the game."

After a cursory glance at several mods, Gan Di couldn’t help but widen his eyes, dumbfounded.

What kind of stuff is this!

What kind of stuff are these!

Although Gan Di hadn’t tried these mods in the game, he could tell just from the descriptions what they were for.

Clearly, most of these mods were quite simple, only changing some parameters in the game. Mods like these, if Gan Di was willing, he could make a dozen in one night without a problem.

Moreover, there was another important point: these mods seemed to all be nerfing the Hero?

The mid-game experience in "Endless Fantasy Legend" was already quite bad, purely rescued by the game’s various hidden mechanics.

Currently, the game experience was in a delicate balance, and once these mods were applied, further restricting the Hero’s attributes would break this balance, causing even heavier damage to the player’s game experience.

"Wait, what about the functional mods? The character and texture beautification mods? There’s not even one?"

Gan Di flipped further and indeed found none!

At this point, he vaguely realized the reason behind the previous mods’ rejections.

Although the evidence was close to ironclad, Gan Di still couldn’t quite believe it. Could it be that Nitiandang opened this Creative Workshop just to... add some high-difficulty mods to annoy players a bit more??

...

In the evening, Chen Tingquan started his live stream.

He opened "Legend of Infinity Fantasy" with delight, ready to continue his journey.

Actually, the game had been out for a while, and Chen Tingquan had already cleared it twice. He could recite the plot backward at this point. However, "Legend of Infinity Fantasy" was not really a story-driven game. As an open-world game, it also offered a variety of endgame play styles.

Exploring randomly on the map or completing various fun minigames and challenges, or even developing different abilities, was in itself quite enjoyable.

Chen Tingquan now still spent two hours a day to play and practice the latest techniques like Fire Bullet.

Although he wasn’t yet very proficient, he was already considerably more confident compared to when he first started fumbling.

"Hmm? Wait a minute, what’s going on!

"The game is getting updated???

"I’m suddenly downloading a roughly 200MB install package, blimey!

"The sun must be rising in the west, Nitiandang is updating the game!"

Chen Tingquan’s joy was short-lived, as he quickly realized that this wasn’t an official content update from Nitiandang, but rather just an automatic download of a mod called "Master."

Chen Tingquan had previously checked the option to "automatically download recommended mods" when playing other games, so when "Endless Fantasy Legend" launched its Creative Workshop, it was also downloaded automatically.

Although not an official update, which was a bit disappointing, on second thought he figured that since it was an officially certified mod, it should also be fun, right?

Especially this mod, it’s even called "Master"!

"This mod was clearly tailor-made for me; I am the undisputed master, no doubt about it!"

With an inexplicably self-assured confidence, Chen Tingquan gleefully entered the game to see the changes after applying the mod.

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