This is a dilapidated Underground City, with earth walls about 500 meters in length and width, containing only a simple Lord's Mansion and a plain hall.
"My territory is finally opening for business!"
Qi Ji exclaimed from within the hall.
He was originally a recent graduate stuck in the rat race, who somehow transmigrated to the game world of "Dungeon Lord". After years of struggle, he finally became a Lord and acquired his own Underground City.
This world is very special.
There are two professions: "Adventurer" and "Lord".
"Adventurers" are a group of undead living on the surface, who are constantly and eagerly searching for various Underground Cities. They are eternally curious, thrill-seeking, and enjoy courting death by challenging the secret realms of Underground Cities in pursuit of treasure, prestige, or even simple pleasure!
"Lords" are the creators of Underground Cities. They can use spiritual power to create various secret realms to attract Adventurers. When the latter die in the secret realms, they produce soul crystals, which are the core resource for building Underground Cities.
The two have a close relationship yet are full of strategic interplay.
The main gameplay of "Dungeon Lord" is to play as a "Lord" and engage in a battle of wits with "Adventurers". It incorporates elements of strategy, management, sandbox, and Roguelike, making it highly addictive.
Qi Ji had long accepted the reality of his transmigration.
He was even determined to become the greatest Dungeon Lord!
He dared to make such a grand aspiration not only because he had a sufficient understanding of this world, but also because he discovered that his awakened Sea of Inspiration had actually fused various popular games, anime, and films from his previous life.
From this, he could draw unique and abundant materials.
This was undoubtedly the strongest Lord talent!
Adventurers are very similar to the player base in his previous life. While challenging secret realms might have utilitarian factors, they are also attracted by interesting secret realms. Even without sufficient material rewards, as long as it's fun, they will rush in one after another, never tiring of it!
If creating a secret realm is likened to creating a game.
The standard of this world is undoubtedly terrible!
99% of secret realms are essentially mazes, differing only in theme, elements, and structure.
Why is this the case?
Creating a secret realm is not easy!
First, one must awaken the Sea of Inspiration and condense Crystallization of Inspiration.
And "Crystallization of Inspiration" is the material pack for creating secret realms, containing materials such as monsters, scenes, and items.
The amount of materials Lords can obtain is generally scarce and monotonous. Only a very small number of exceptionally gifted Lords have the ability to awaken unique and special materials, but limited by quantity, it is difficult to create rich game content.
Qi Ji is different.
His Sea of Inspiration is unique.
The materials are tens of thousands of times richer than those of ordinary Lords!
He can not only perfectly replicate and materialize the most classic and fun games from his previous life, but also fuse and innovate with elements from different games to create more creative, crazier, and localized content!
He is confident that he can bring the most interesting and fun secret realms to this world!
This will be a dimensionality reduction strike against Adventurers and other Lords!
Qi Ji activated the Underground City core, and a control panel appeared before him with two options: [Information Management] and [Territory Management]. He first checked his personal information.
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[Name]: Qi Ji.
[Rank]: First Tier.
[Spiritual Power]: 5/1000.
[Soul Crystals]: 0.
[Crystallization of Inspiration]: left 4 dead.
[Current Secret Realm]: None.
[Territory Capacity]: 0/100.
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Qi Ji spent nearly twenty years accumulating spiritual power to awaken the first Crystallization of Inspiration from his Sea of Inspiration.
It was the Doomsday Zombie-themed game "left 4 dead", which was once popular across the country in his previous life!
Back then, it was the favorite of countless college students who played all night in dorms and internet cafes!
When the crystal was activated.
The materials appeared.
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[Monster Materials]: Common Zombie, Exploder Zombie, Hunter Zombie, Charger Zombie... Tank Zombie, Witch Zombie!
[Venue Materials]: Urban Street Material Pack, Forest River Valley Material Pack... Park, Station, Subway, Airport, Port!
[Item Materials]: Cold Weapon Material Pack, Hot Weapon Material Pack...
[Character Materials]:...
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This Crystallization of Inspiration included all the content from the "left 4 dead" series 1 and 2.
It could perfectly replicate the entire game 1:1.
The Zombie-themed shooting game, which was commonplace in his previous life, has a unique worldview and monster elements that are unprecedented here, which will definitely greatly attract Adventurers and stimulate their desire for exploration!
Every Adventurer who experiences it will absolutely believe that this is the work of a genius's inspiration and creation!
However, Qi Ji will not 100% replicate the original work.
When a Dungeon Lord creates a secret realm, placing monster materials, setting up scenes and venues, and creating special items all consume spiritual power.
The current monster material consumption is:
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[Common Zombie]: Consumption 0.
[Hunter], Consumption 3.
[Exploder], Consumption 3.
[Charger], Consumption 5.
[...]
[Tank], Consumption 20.
[Witch], Consumption 20.
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Secret realm materials.
Can only be used to create secret realms.
Qi Ji only has a mere 5 points of spiritual power left, so he cannot create too many special Zombies for the time being, but it's not a big problem since secret realms can be continuously improved, adjusted, and have content added.
First, build a basic framework.
The scene for this secret realm will be "Urban Street", with a total area of about one hundred square kilometers, equivalent to a small to medium-sized city, which happens to consume 5 points of spiritual power.
The placement of Common Zombies.
Requires no spiritual power and has no quantity limit.
He stuffed hundreds of thousands of them directly into the scene and every nook and cranny.
Some of these Zombies patrol fixed areas, while others randomly refresh based on time.
Qi Ji added an infection threat to the settings. Even if bitten or scratched slightly by a Zombie, it will cause continuous damage, increasing the difficulty and realism of the game.
To save resources.
Initially, a single-player survival mode is adopted.
Anyone who has played this game must know.
This game often requires teammates to rescue you, and the single-player difficulty is very high, especially in realistic mode.
When Adventurers enter the game, they have only ordinary human physique, so the difficulty of survival is imaginable. He doesn't have to worry about not harvesting players!
Furthermore, as a designer, one must have their own creativity. The material library provided by left 4 dead has huge development potential. In the future, he can create story mode, team mode, versus mode, battle royale mode, etc., centered around shooting and Biochemical gameplay.
Why would a Dungeon Lord painstakingly create a secret realm for Adventurers to play in?
Is it because they love Adventurers?
Of course not!
The sole purpose of any Dungeon Lord creating a secret realm is to harvest players, and how to sustainably drain the pond to catch all the fish is a great art.
The game cannot be too simple!
These cunning Adventurers will get bored and stop coming!
Unless enticing rewards for clearing the level are set, but generating rewards consumes the Lord, and many Underground Cities have gone bankrupt because of this.
The game cannot be too difficult or too boring!
Adventurers are not fools either. A secret realm game that is maliciously difficult with no hope of clearing, clearly designed for harvesting, can at most trick one wave of Adventurers. By then, the reputation of the Underground City will be ruined, which is not worth the loss.
The design of this secret realm is very sinister and extremely difficult.
But with a unique worldview, unique monsters, and fresh gameplay, why worry about not being able to attract Adventurers to become wave after wave of players, willing to rush forward one after another to be harvested?
After three days of hard work.
It is finally completed!
Although the secret realm is based on "left 4 dead".
It can already be considered a remade original game.
Also considering that team, story, CS, survival, battle royale, and other new gameplay modes will be developed in the future, it is naturally not suitable to use the original name, so this secret realm is named "Doomsday Frenzy"!
The first secret realm game has been successfully created!
"Hehehe, everything is ready!"
Qi Ji rubbed his hands together in anticipation, "Let me first bring a little shock of the Zombie Raging Tide to the naive Adventurers!"