Why the bug I wrote became a core gameplay mechanic?!
Chapter 367 - 376: A Small Change in the Time Stop Ability

Chapter 367: Chapter 376: A Small Change in the Time Stop Ability

At 9 am, Chen Tingquan got up as usual.

Compared to other streamers, his schedule was much healthier, generally ensuring that he went to bed before 1 am and got up at 9 am.

This was quite different from the almost nocturnal Gan Di.

As soon as he picked up his phone and scrolled through it, he saw an unread message.

"Brother Quan, I’ve fixed the mod, give it another try. It should be more fun now, I’m not fooling you!"

It was from Gan Di.

Although the two had a certain gap in the number of fans and had not met offline, they knew each other; they just didn’t have many opportunities to chat.

The message had been sent at 5 am, when Chen Tingquan was still asleep, so of course, he hadn’t heard it.

"I believed in your nonsense!"

Gan Di’s message made it hard for Chen Tingquan to keep his composure, considering he had been repeatedly killed by the Beast God in Master Mode yesterday. Chen Tingquan knew all too well just how difficult that mod truly was.

The mod made by Gan Di was now almost universally known on the internet.

And just yesterday, Chen Tingquan heard that Gan Di had tried several times to simplify the mod, but all attempts had been rejected during review.

If Chen Tingquan weren’t streaming, he would definitely uninstall the mod on the spot and continue to play the standard version of the game, to avoid torturing himself.

But as a streamer, he often didn’t have much choice, prone to being held hostage by the audience’s demands.

Clearly, the high difficulty of the Master Mod had his viewers excited, with many shoutings, "Uninstall the mod and we unfollow", leaving Chen Tingquan feeling quite helpless.

"Nitiandang’s creative workshop must be specially designed to torment streamers!"

Chen Tingquan was still hesitating about what to do, to give up or persist? The former was simpler, a sincere plea on camera would do, and while it would mean giving up some viewership, it would spare him the torment; the latter, though proudly persevering, only he knew how painful it felt as if being imprisoned.

Now, however, Gan Di had given him another option.

"Why not take another look?"

With the last bit of trust in Gan Di, Chen Tingquan nibbled on a couple of bites of bread and logged back into the game.

Indeed, there was an update notice in the game, and although it was quickly completed, it was clear that the mod had changed. After all, there was no way the game itself would get updated.

Chen Tingquan entered the game.

Chen Tingquan left the game.

Chen Tingquan entered the game again.

Chen Tingquan left the game again.

In the end, he pounded the desk in anger, "There’s no change at all! Hasn’t the monster’s damage gotten even higher?!"

The first time, Chen Tingquan thought there had been a bug, wondering if the mod hadn’t updated properly, but after exiting the game to check, there was no issue—it was the latest version.

"Is Gan Di pulling my leg? That can’t be right, can it? He wouldn’t assure me so confidently if there hadn’t been some modifications, I just haven’t discovered them yet..."

Chen Tingquan calmed himself down once more, trying to find some sort of clue.

He tested all kinds of abilities one by one.

It seemed like there were no significant changes!

Of course, can I say there was no difference at all? That wouldn’t be quite right; there seemed to be some subtle changes in the feeling, but when it came to fighting bosses, it was as useless as before.

Take the Time Stop ability, for instance. Originally, the effect it had on bosses was poor, no different from a skill that merely interrupts, and now, after updating the mod, it’s still just as poor. Although it felt like it might have lasted a wee bit longer, it still didn’t have any significant impact on the entire battle.

But Chen Tingquan didn’t want to give up, and he continued to test it on other objects.

"Hmm? Wait a second.

"The duration of this Time Stop ability on ordinary objects... seems to have extended, and by quite a lot??"

After some testing, Chen Tingquan sharply noticed this point.

The Time Stop ability wasn’t just for freezing monsters in time; it could also stop all other interactive objects.

Like stones on the ground, cut trees, apples that had fallen to the Earth, and even the weapons of monsters—all could be interacted with.

Moreover, as the Time Stop ability was upgraded, the duration for which these objects were frozen could be significantly increased.

This was different from stopping monsters in time; the duration would decrease based on the monsters’ levels, but these interactive objects were clearly considered level-less inanimate objects, so they fully benefited from the extended effects of the updated Time Stop ability.

And after this mod was installed, the duration of Time Stop seemed to further increase? It even became double the original duration.

But here comes the problem, what’s the use of changing this?

Chen Tingquan was a bit puzzled because originally, using Time Stop on objects wasn’t very common; it was mainly used for travel.

You could find a large rock or cut down a tree to leave a log, then lock it in place with Time Stop, hammer away at it, shoot an arrow at it the final time, adjust the direction of force, and have the Hero climb on top.

During the effective period of Time Stop, all the force from attacks on the object would accumulate and decrease the Time Stop duration.

And when Time Stop ended, all that force would be released in an instant, the rock would fly in the direction the player wanted, and the player would get flung along with it.

It was a good method for travel.

Some players did try to use rocks after Time Stop to ram into monsters, but the results were not good.

Because according to the game’s mechanics, every attack that accumulated force after Time Stop would shorten the duration of Time Stop, so the force that could be accumulated was limited. If you attacked frequently, Time Stop would end quickly, and it would be hard to control which direction the rock flew in.

Take the commonly used "Justice from the Sky" for example, using Water Element to bond a rock and the impact of a Fire Elemental Bomb, along with the rock’s own gravity, could already cause considerable damage. If you stopped time beforehand, and attacked with a bow and arrow or other means to accumulate force, although it could increase the damage slightly, the improvement wasn’t very noticeable and would make the operation much more complicated.

So, not many players actually used Time Stop to fight monsters, it was nowhere near as useful as for traveling.

But clearly, Gan Di had adjusted the characteristic of the Time Stop ability applied to ordinary objects, drastically extending its duration, which naturally also increased the accumulated force.

Then, after some simple tests, Chen Tingquan found out that Gan Di’s modifications weren’t just numerical changes but also a very important one: once an object was stopped in time, being attacked wouldn’t reduce the Time Stop’s duration!

"Strange, why is that?

"Couldn’t Gan Di just directly change the effect of Time Stop on monsters?"

Chen Tingquan was somewhat baffled, because Gan Di’s adjustment felt like an unnecessary complication. The ineffectiveness of Time Stop was well known among all players. Everyone had been calling for Nitiandang to extend the duration of Time Stop on monsters, but Nitiandang never paid any heed.

Just extending the duration of Time Stop on other objects, what’s the point?

Chen Tingquan couldn’t help but fall into deep thought.

Suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration.

"Eh? If objects could be stopped in time for a long duration... then as long as I use an existing object to trap the Beast God and then apply Time Stop, wouldn’t that be the equivalent of indirectly stopping the Beast God in time?"

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