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Chapter 366 - 375 Gan Di Has an Epiphany

Chapter 366: Chapter 375 Gan Di Has an Epiphany

At 1 a.m., Gan Di was ready to end the stream.

Actually, for his usual schedule, ending the stream now was a bit early, but he had no choice, the viewers coming to blast him in the chat were increasing!

Gan Di did have something to say about it, injustice has a source, and debts have a debtor, go blast Nitiandang!

He also explained many times in the stream that it really wasn’t his intention to make the mod like this, the main problem was Nitiandang putting him on the spot, it was Nitiandang’s malicious intent!

But no help for it, just after explaining, a new wave of viewers would arrive, necessitating another explanation.

And while many viewers were rationally accepting this explanation, upon further thought, since they were already here, they may as well follow through with their confrontation!

After all, they couldn’t really blast Nitiandang, so they needed some place to vent their anger.

If the two bosses of Nitiandang were also streaming, maybe everyone could vent their frustrations, but no help for it, not to mention Nitiandang’s bosses, even the employees were very mysterious, always very careful never to stream, nor to open Weibo or other social media accounts.

Nobody seemed to want to capitalize on this fervor, all choosing to keep themselves out of trouble.

Therefore, they had no other choice but to make do with making things a bit tougher for Gan Di.

However, once he turned off the streaming software, Gan Di felt increasingly angry.

Damn it! It’s all Nitiandang’s doing, why should I take the blame!

Though it’s true that he had gained some fame, tonight’s stream had at least seven or eight times more heat compared to yesterday, but Gan Di felt his reputation was being harmed, which really annoyed him.

Is there no way to retain this heat but not take on these curses...

Actually, the best way would be to modify the mod so that it became more normal. But no help for it, a normal mod simply wouldn’t pass. And who knows which corrupt moderator at Nitiandang was overseeing the creative workshop, it seemed like only those disgusting mods would get approved.

"Hmm? Wait, only disgusting mods get approved?

"Alright, alright, alright, since it’s like that, don’t blame me for being ruthless..."

Gan Di glanced at several mods he previously made that never got approved; these mods varied in functionality but had one thing in common—they would enhance the players’ gaming experience. Unfortunately, none of these mods had been approved.

Up to now, Gan Di had roughly confirmed that the moderation from Nitiandang’s side must be manual.

Whether looking at the timing of the moderation or the results, he could deduce this conclusion.

Furthermore, the moderator seemed to work the night shift; a robust piece of evidence was that if one submitted a mod at night, usually it took only a few minutes or tens of minutes to get a result. In contrast, if submitted during the day, it often dragged on until after 6 p.m. or even 8 p.m. before a result came through.

Given this...

Gan Di suddenly had a bold idea, decided to fight on until dawn, aiming to complete it before 6 a.m., and then to go and check it out!

...

At 5:53 in the evening.

Lilith, feeling somewhat reluctant, was preparing to shut down Gu Fan’s laptop and leave.

She had to admit, her night’s work was very fruitful, rejecting at least 20 mods and approving 3 that could cause significant emotional distress to players.

At the moment, Legend of Infinity Fantasy’s popularity was still high, so the enthusiasm of mod creators was quite high as well, especially those who made aesthetic mods and functional mods, which were relatively easy to create. Many authors could make several in a day, so the frequency of submissions was also high.

However, this state obviously couldn’t be maintained forever.

Because these mod authors would become vaguely aware of something when they find their mods are continually not approved. Their enthusiasm would be affected, and it might lead to a decrease in the number of submitted mods eventually.

Lilith thought that in another day or two, she should relax the standards a bit and pass those mods that could only cause players a slight inconvenience.

Or, she hoped the players would understand the real standards for mod approval.

However, just as she was preparing to finish work for the day, she suddenly came across a new mod.

"Hmm? Another Master Mod?"

"This Gan Di is really persistent."

Lilith subconsciously wanted to reject it outright.

Because Gan Di had been constantly revising the Master Mod and submitting it for approval, but every revision without exception made this mod simpler or provided difficulty options right from the start. This was extremely detrimental to the players’ emotions, and Lilith would not agree to it.

Yet upon closer inspection, Lilith suddenly noticed a line of prominent text in the mod’s description.

"Master Mod significantly enhanced in difficulty!"

Lilith couldn’t help but feel a little pleasantly surprised, "Has Gan Di finally got a clue? Has he understood my hint? Very good, a wise man submits to circumstances! Negative attention is still attention, after all, with traffic, what’s there to fear!"

Initially, Lilith was worried that Gan Di might not be able to catch on and realize what the real standards for mod approval were, as he kept uploading mods that lowered the difficulty for players. But now it seemed he was quite perceptive!

She hurriedly downloaded and installed the mod to check it out.

First, she ran it through the AI testing tool, and the mod was just like the previous Master Mods—there weren’t any malicious bugs that could prevent the game from running properly. And judging by the mod’s program, the code that replaced the original Master Mod was not that extensive.

After confirming these two points, Lilith logged into her developer account to test the strength of the new mod’s monsters.

The results made her happy.

The Beast God seemed to have received an epic enhancement!

The original Beast God was already punishing enough for players with poor skills; if a player’s technique wasn’t up to par, beating it through stats alone was virtually impossible.

And these new Beast Gods? Their stats had been increased by perhaps over 30% compared to the previous ones!

The reason she said "a batch" was because in the Master Mod there were many types of Beast Gods, each with different levels. The Beast God that players encountered in the Newbie Village was merely the lowest level of Beast God.

And those higher-level Beast Gods, even top-ranked players who could easily slaughter the lower-level Beast Gods, still had a chance of wiping when they faced them.

Of course, Lilith didn’t take it lightly, so she quickly tested the various abilities that the Hero had.

Such as the different elemental Skills and the Time Stop ability, among others.

She didn’t find any major differences from the original abilities; the bugs that should be there were still present, and she didn’t discover any new ones.

"Ah, too bad, it would have been nice if this mod could have fixed some of those previous bugs!"

Lilith thought so, but soon realized this wasn’t very realistic; after all, Gan Di wasn’t a mind-reader, and it was already challenging enough for him to increase the difficulty of the mod, let alone fix the bugs that the players raved about.

But then she thought, well, if they’re not fixed, they’re not fixed.

In truth, if Lilith really wanted to create a similar mod, she could have the staff at Nitiandang do it privately, the issue being that whether to play a mod or not is entirely up to the players; even if such mods were created, they would be useless if the players didn’t download and install them.

The fact that Gan Di’s high-difficulty Master Mod could generate some negative attention was quite good already.

Lilith glanced at the time and saw it was almost 6 a.m., so she clicked the "Approve" button and updated the new Master Mod onto the workshop.