Why the bug I wrote became a core gameplay mechanic?!
Chapter 91: Found the Hidden Mechanism! (Extra for Midnight Moore, the Alliance Leader)

Liang Chun looked confusedly at everything happening before him, still grappling with the Lost One, yet the Lost One had been absorbed and fused by Heaven’s Guardian.

The others below were also cluelessly looking up, obviously unable to lend a hand at such a time, left to fate.

Liang Chun watched as the Lost One and Heaven’s Guardian successfully merged, the Lost One now clad in splendid golden armor!

However... still in the "Capture" status!

The situation at hand was somewhat embarrassing. Here was the pinnacle of the Divine Realm’s food chain, the Heaven’s Guardian who would annihilate anyone on sight, yet it was being held by the neck and suspended mid-air by Liang Chun, flailing the Divine Staff around, unable to turn and attack Liang Chun who was gripping it.

Furthermore, Liang Chun, utilizing the fusion of the two, successfully crossed the final stretch of the high wall and stood atop it!

At this moment, he had an unreal feeling.

I’m actually standing on the high walls of the Divine Realm? And I’m holding a Heaven’s Guardian?

Life’s pinnacle could not go beyond this!

But obviously, such a feeling would only last a moment, for the "Capture" would soon expire.

Once the "Capture" wore off, Heaven’s Guardian could simply turn its head and finish Liang Chun in an instant.

In a flash, Liang Chun’s brain worked at high speed, nearly burning out.

Then, without hesitation, he grabbed Heaven’s Guardian and leapt straight off the city wall!

Of course, he jumped outside the Divine Realm.

"Even if just for a moment, I must escape this prison!!"

With that belief, the scene before Liang Chun’s eyes rapidly fell, and he eventually "splat" hit the ground, instantly dying.

And his body bounced around like a rag doll several times before coming to a halt.

...

When Liang Chun resurrected again, he saw the familiar scenery of the Cemetery.

"I really made it out!!"

Logically, as the Flame Thief, Liang Chun should have revived within the Divine Realm, but he resurrected at an external revival point instead!

"Found it! So the hidden mechanism was here! They sure hid it deep this time!"

Liang Chun was excited, but he had no time to ponder as more things were waiting to be verified.

Based on his vague memories, he ran toward the base of the Divine Realm’s high wall to see where he had fallen.

He was particularly curious about the fate of the Lost One.

Liang Chun hurried past the Divine Fire High Platform, drawing sideways glances from onlookers.

"Hey? Isn’t that Liang Chun?"

"What’s going on, hasn’t the bell rung yet?"

"How the hell did you get out??"

But Liang Chun had no time to talk to them and dashed straight to the base of the Divine Realm’s wall, then searched along the wall for where he had crashed.

After running a distance, he suddenly realized something was amiss.

"Huh, the Supervisor isn’t coming after me?"

Clearly, Supervisors seemed to only target Manual Laborers and did not attack "prison-breaking" Flame Thieves like Liang Chun.

After some searching, Liang Chun found the spot where he had died.

His body had disappeared, but the Heaven’s Guardian that had merged with the Lost One was still there.

The AI program of this Heaven’s Guardian seemed to have some issues, standing motionless until it saw Liang Chun approach. It raised its hand and the Divine Staff immediately emitted a beam of Holy Light that killed him instantaneously.

"Damn!"

Resurrecting again from the Cemetery, Liang Chun hastily began to test his new hypothesis.

He casually picked up a piece of stone from the huge pile of materials and tried to build a wall with it on the ground.

The building system in "Prometheus" was quite accurate, making this task not so difficult to achieve.

Then, Liang Chun glanced at the distant Supervisor.

Indeed, the Supervisor had absolutely no intention of coming to beat him and was still watching over the Manual Laborer gamers!

Liang Chun even discovered that as a Warrior, his "Capture" skill was still intact!

Thinking this, Liang Chun confidently charged toward the Supervisor and shouted to all the Manual Laborers, "Brothers! FREEDOM!!!"

Everyone turned in astonishment, their faces filled with shock and bewilderment.

They saw Liang Chun come up behind the Supervisor and confidently press the "Capture" key!

Then... nothing happened.

"The target is a large unit, cannot be grappled!"

"Pfft!" Liang Chun instantly felt deflated.

The Supervisor was actually considered a large unit? Is there no justice in this game anymore?! It was barely taller than the players!

But then again, if a Heavenly Hunter is considered a large unit, it sort of made sense according to the game’s usual rules.

So that’s alright then.

The atmosphere turned somewhat awkward as the Supervisor turned to face Liang Chun.

Liang Chun struck a "farewell" pose and silently retreated.

...

"Ding!"

The bell rang, and the players gathered together once again.

But this time, no one cared about Divine Fire, materials, or construction progress, because they had discovered a new world: a way to break out of the Divine Realm!

Clearly, to successfully escape the Divine Realm as a Flame Thief, several conditions needed to be met: First, they had to create some Lost Ones of the "Jester" profession, then two Warriors took turns using the "Capture" Skill to bring them to the wall.

Then have the Lost Ones touch the wall, while the Warrior maintains a grapple, and they could start climbing!

Of course, to reach the top of the wall required some luck, such as the Lost Ones needing to climb upwards, not sideways; the Lost Ones must trigger the "Laughing" Skill at least once for a speed boost; and only by triggering a fusion with the Heaven’s Guardians above the wall could the players be pulled up.

Fortunately, although these conditions were somewhat strict, they were still replicable with some time investments, enough to turn all players into "Successful Wall-Climbing Flame Thieves"!

By then, whether it was shovels, pickaxes, and other tools from the Divine Realm, or the skills of a Flame Thief, or even the unfettered freedom from Supervisor restrictions, all could be taken out!

And around this mechanism, everyone started making new speculations.

"Since we can now build freely, and the building system is so well-developed in this game, couldn’t we just build an extremely long stairway from outside directly into the Divine Realm?"

"You probably can’t build inside the Divine Realm, right? It seems we’re only allowed to dig with pickaxes, but the building system is not accessible."

"No problem, we only need to get close to the wall, mainly to surpass that small distance where ’fusion’ is needed. If we set up a foothold near the wall, then even without any Heaven’s Guardians above, we could still successfully climb over!"

"Doesn’t that mean we could also lead normal Lost Ones out? And since a new Lost One appears every time one dies, couldn’t we mass produce them?"

"Mass produce them for what? Doesn’t seem useful though."

"It seems like the AI of the Lost Ones only works inside the Divine Realm. Once they come out, they just stand there, dazed. Doesn’t seem to be much point in bringing them out."

"What’s the use anyway? Don’t you think it would be thrilling to line up a bunch of Instructor Dings by the construction site to cheer us on?"

"Hey, hey, hey! What do you think I am?"

"Ah? Right, I want to know if the skills of these Lost Ones would still work? If so, catching a batch of Lost Ones with ’Jester’ skills, could that speed up our construction?"

"Probably not, the skills of the Lost Ones can only affect other Lost Ones."

"Okay then..."

The crowd debated over many possibilities, and soon, they devised a grand plan.

First, all the Flame Thieves who entered the Divine Realm had to try to create more "Jester" Lost Ones, then escape like Liang Chun as much as possible!

Next, Flame Thieves like Liang Chun, who had already escaped, didn’t need to bother building the existing structures anymore; they should just find a relatively high place and build a Stairway to Heaven that led to the Divine Realm’s walls!

As the number of escaping Flame Thieves grew, the construction pace of the Stairway would also quicken. And once the Stairway was completed, it would further accelerate the Flame Thieves’ escape.

By then, wouldn’t it be easy to come and go from the Divine Realm as one pleased?

Everyone burst with an unprecedented enthusiasm and threw themselves into this new venture!

...

Meanwhile, in a deserted corner,

"Tooth Decay" logged in again.

He was still somewhat worried about these people, so he wanted to log in to check on them.

As expected, everything was the same; he awoke at the construction site and could only be a Manual Laborer.

Looking around, it seemed fine here without him, Tooth Decay felt unsure where to begin, thought for a moment, and logged off the game again.

However, just then, he noticed that his inbox was flooded with private messages.

"Why did you run off again? Get online! We discovered a hidden mechanic! Flame Thieves can climb over the wall and build freely!"

Tooth Decay was somewhat speechless: "Damn, you could’ve mentioned this earlier!"

Feeling a bit exasperated, he logged into the game again.

But this time, things had changed a bit from before.

He found himself not waking up at the construction site, but beneath the high walls of the Divine Realm!

And his game character was no longer the rag-clad Manual Laborer, but instead a Heaven’s Guardian clad in gleaming Golden Armor, with a Divine Staff glowing with Holy Light in hand.

Tooth Decay was stunned: "What, what’s going on?!

"I just logged out for a bit, how did I end up decked out in Six-God Armor when I logged back in??"