How Level Zero Devil Destroys Player Experience

"An An, you are such a heartless man, why did you leave us for so long..."

It was obvious that the other party probably didn't expect that my parents were at home. After seeing the tall figure sitting next to the sofa, he was stunned.

So, facing the sound of my father's cough and the funny looks from my mother, aunt and cousin, I could only drag someone into the room awkwardly. Of course, Cecilia followed me after she greeted my father and the others.

I have always been somewhat puzzled by the fact that they are strangely polite even though their family is a mafia family.

But now is not the time to think about this, but the question of how many combo points have appeared in a certain guy's head.

"Who told An An to abandon us for so many days..." Yiwen held his head and pouted.

"Then can't you just talk normally?" I sighed, rubbed my aching little hand, secretly sighed that the other person's head was getting harder and harder, and at the same time, I was a little curious, "So what's the matter?"

After listening to Ivan and Cecilia's descriptions, I roughly understood it.

"Are there any new developments? The town of Nalton sent out NPC troops to assist the players in attacking the Undercity ruins?"

I frowned, wondering if it was Alice's doing again.

But anyway, I really had no choice but to play the game at this time. Just as I was about to climb onto the bed to connect the equipment, I suddenly glanced at a little guy who had squeezed in next to me.

Yiwen didn't seem to be aware of it at all. "What's wrong, An'an? Can you connect to the game?"

I was silent for a moment, "…Do you think this is appropriate?"

Yiwen thought about it, then suddenly realized what was going on. He squeezed closer to me and patted Cecilia for the extra seat. "Since An'an said so, come over here, Yaya. But first, let's make it clear that the seat next to An'an belongs to someone else."

"..."×2

"An... An'an, it's too late..."

Although I was not used to it, but actually after I connected into the game it was almost like sleeping. I had the experience of three people sharing one bed before, so I didn’t want to worry about it and just connected into the game.

Even though I have been spending these days with my parents and have not played the game much, I have been able to learn more or less about players' feedback on Undercity through forums and other social platforms.

For example, "When will the dog planner die?", "Can this be a copy that humans can pass?", "Please give me the anthropomorphic color picture of the explosive mother and child tree" and so on... Let's just leave out the last one.

From these, we can roughly see how many painful memories the middle area of ​​the Undercity ruins has brought to the players.

Even without these heartwarming reviews, I still had great confidence in the area I designed, which is why I was able to play around for a few days without much worry.

This can actually be seen from the points accumulated in these days, which are close to five digits, which is more than enough for me to strengthen seven or eight different types of monsters two or three times.

"Since we have so many points, we might as well strengthen it a little bit."

With this in mind, I used my points to expand the range of the Shadow Swamp by about half, and strengthened the Explosive Flame Tree once again.

The fifth enhancement was nothing special, I chose the ability of a subtree to move slowly, and the sixth enhancement was more fortunate. Among the three extra abilities, I chose the fire burial that had appeared before, which further improved the level of disgusting players.

Because the points spent will increase with the number of enhancements, the Explosive Tree is ultimately a monster of level ten to twenty that cannot be broken through, so it can only be placed on one layer. Once the first layer is broken through, it will seem a bit of a waste.

In addition, the points at the end must be reserved for the approximate direction and nature of the abilities that players will subsequently obtain. After all, I learned on the forum before that quite a number of people have already obtained the abilities of the first stage, and it is said that many front-line players have chosen the effect of increasing fire resistance specifically for the swamp terrain.

So I didn't continue to strengthen it, and instead strengthened one or two monsters in the swamp.

For example, the giant shield worm has been given split reproduction (after death, it splits into two larvae that inherit 25% of the attributes), thorn armor (rebounds a certain amount of damage), and death effect (after death, it adds a shield to the monsters around it).

Added Vegetation Domain (increases healing strength and healing range), Life Shelter (30% of damage taken is taken by the nearest monster), and Curl Up (when dying, if there are monsters around, absorb a certain amount of their health and convert it into itself and add a shield to it, which can be triggered up to three times) to the Corrupted Wood Spirit.

Other monsters have also been strengthened to three levels to varying degrees. As for why they can only be strengthened to this level at most, the reason is naturally the same as that of the Explosive Mother and Child Tree.

After I strengthened my area as a whole, Ivan and Cecilia also arrived online.

"Did An An see the effect of the incident?"

"I took a quick look." I nodded. During the strengthening process just now, I also took the time to look at the additional description of the event.

Basically, the Church and the Legion in the town of Nalton are cooperating to assist players in conquering the Undercity ruins. However, because it takes time to assemble the troops and the plan needs to be discussed, it is not a continuous confrontation, but a team is sent to advance at a certain point in time.

It may sound very formal, but in simple terms, it is equivalent to a weekly activity within the event, which only needs to be resisted once a week, and this time point is also arranged on the weekend to cater to the free time of most people.

Just by looking at the arrangement at that time, I had actually guessed something, and noticing a line of words left specifically for me below the event completely confirmed this guess. Yes, this extra content was exactly what Alice suddenly thought of and added.

But fortunately, she also knew the principle of blessing and giving in parallel, and she gave me a final reward. It seems that every time I successfully resist an army, I can also get special props from it to strengthen the mechanism of the attack and defense of the ruins.

To be honest, I was quite curious about what the so-called special prop was, so I put away the little notebook in my heart that was planning to hold a grudge, but considering the existence of interest, I still made a mark in advance.

I seemed to remember something and asked the two of them, "By the way, there shouldn't be any problems on your end, right?"

Chapter 58: Investigation News

Although I had said before that I could help solve any problems, Ivan and Cecilia had not contacted me for so many days, except for today's event when they updated the NPC assistance mechanism and urged me to go online.

Actually, I'm still a little worried.

After all, both of them are still novices in "persecuting players" and are far less experienced than myself. If I accidentally let the players take advantage of a loophole, I will be the one who suffers.

It’s just like the multi-dimensional cooperation mode of a certain game—the upper level leaks monsters and the lower level is sad.

However, Ivan and Cecilia seemed very confident.

"Just rest assured, An An! There will be absolutely no problem!"

"Such a simple task will not fail."

Seeing the two people's confident expressions, I couldn't help but feel curious about how the area over there was arranged, so that the two newbies looked so sure that "I will be the C this time".

After I couldn't help but take a look at the areas on both sides of the first floor of the Undercity ruins, I almost understood where the two people's confidence came from.

"As expected, most loli girls are black..."

I secretly complained to myself.

Yuwen seemed to be well aware of the principle that "if the newbies can't beat me, I'll use dirty tricks", so on the side she was responsible for, traps of all sizes alone occupied 70 to 80 percent of the area.

Most of the traps are placed very secretly. Some are hidden in the corners of the must-pass roads, some are buried inside the walls and integrated with them, and some are even specially designed with double layers, which will definitely cause great trouble to the players who have let down their vigilance after the traps have been triggered. Coupled with the dim environment in the ruins, it is simply impossible to guard against them.

In addition to traps, Ivan also prepared a lot of monsters. Although most of the points were spent on the setting of traps and only one or two types were strengthened, the ones he selected were all those with special properties.

For example, the Screaming Gargoyle, the evolution of the Despicable Gargoyle that I had previously placed in the Forest Ruins, can continuously control the stiffness effect, and also has the skill of taunting the player with a range and forcing him to attack. Ivan specifically placed it in the center of the trap, and once the forced taunt skill is activated, you have to step on the trap even if you don't want to.

As for Cecilia, it was even more outrageous. She directly transformed the terrain there into a complicated maze.

Even though the hidden door mechanism that I designed before has some shadow of a maze in it, at least there is at least one correct route left in each area, ensuring that as long as you find the right way, you can move forward.

In Cecilia's case, there is not just one correct path, but if you come across a dead end, you need to consider whether you have taken the wrong path several areas ago.

Fortunately, players have maps that they can compare slowly so they don't get completely lost in the end.

But the key point is that in addition to the maze, Cecilia also designed some monsters and traps. The traps are quite ordinary, while the monsters are selected from deformed, strangely shaped, and terrifying ones.

Just imagine that when you are choosing a direction in a long and boring maze, scary monsters appear from time to time. That kind of mental torture is definitely not something that ordinary people can endure.

Not only that, I also discovered that the other party was particularly cunning -

This clever little guy would occasionally divert some passable routes to the swamp on my side.

It can be said that Cecilia is worthy of her name, and she is very good at "killing with a borrowed knife".

But even so, I still have some admiration for him. “It must be very hard to design such a large maze.”

"Is it hard?" Cecilia tilted her head.

"Yaya drew it directly according to the AI." Yiwen added from the side.

...Just pretend I didn't say anything.

Although the layout design of the two people made me feel more at ease, considering the reinforcement after the players obtain points later, this form of level design is probably still a bit insufficient.

Especially for Cecilia, even though the haunted house maze is indeed torturous, she can't earn many points.

It's a bit like hurting the enemy by a thousand while hurting yourself by eight hundred, so you have to plan it carefully.

Therefore, I also gave some of the remaining points to the two of them, "Use these points to design some more content. It would be best if you can use the enhanced monsters' abilities to match or cooperate with each other."

"What about An An?"

"I'll go to Nalton and investigate."

The information obtained from the incident alone is not sufficient, for example, the specific time and the number of troops cannot be determined. This incident happens to be able to restore the player's identity, so it is better to use this to find out some information.

So after regaining my player identity, I used the scroll to return to Nalton, but I didn't look for clues immediately. Instead, I went to the exchange and met Satasia and the monastery team first.

Although I expected it, I was still a little surprised to hear that due to the effect of the event, the fluorite lanterns that were originally expected to sell for more than a week were sold out in just a few days and at a high price. I couldn't help but secretly admire the courage of this group of players.

After learning from several people that the prices of fire resistance potions on the market had increased to varying degrees, I started to make a little calculation in my mind. I took out a batch of redstone potions stored in the warehouse and gave them to them to help sell them.

At the same time, I also contacted Sister Chang'an and asked her and several newly recruited pharmacists to help process and prepare this type of medicine.

"But isn't your Highness indirectly helping those adventurers by doing this?"

Kai and the others, who had learned the general course of events from me, could not help but become confused.

After all, redstone potions have a strong resistance to elemental explosions, which is equivalent to reducing the difficulty of the Shadow Swamp I designed by one level.

"Don't worry, there's no way I would do anything that would not benefit myself."

I blinked.

In fact, to be honest, potions like redstone potions, which can significantly increase fire resistance and have special resistance, do not exist in the early stages of the game. After all, some higher-level potions may not be as effective as it is, even if it is rare.

Therefore, the key reason why redstone potions can exist is that they actually have certain hidden side effects, but these side effects are not easy to see -

That is, one's own fire resistance will actually gradually decrease as one receives damage. Whether it is the fire resistance increased after drinking the potion or the fire resistance that already exists, it will only slowly return to normal after the duration of the potion ends.

However, this situation is generally not easy to occur because its triggering mechanism is frequency rather than the amount of damage, so a special method is required, just like the effect of poisoning. Obviously, the primary poisoning in the Shadow Swamp is very suitable for this.

The reason why there were no accidents in the Shadow Swamp in the previous dungeon was simply because the players did not stay in it long enough. If the players wanted to go through the Shadow Swamp that they had set up in the Undercity ruins, it would take at least several hours, which is enough time for the redstone potion to fully exert its negative effects.

“So that’s it.”

"As expected of the Demon King, he has a dark heart."

"Pink is all black when cut open. This is the first law of loli studies."

"The black ones are more likely to hit XP in the teeth!"

"But I prefer white silk."

"Your Highness is a dark-hearted and venomous person who likes to wear blue and white stripes. This is the cute contrast, right?"

"Stop talking, I won't be able to sleep tonight."

...Hey, I heard it all. And where did this floor go crooked in the end?

Chapter 59 An unexpected visit

"Satasia, do you think this is boring?"

After handing the redstone potion to the monastery team to help sell, I couldn't help but speak out as I looked at Satasia who was yawning and not in high spirits.

A certain Flame Demon shuddered as if he remembered something terrible, and quickly sat up straight, "Of course not, I am very happy to work for the Demon King."

"Don't come on, I know what you are thinking."

I rolled my eyes. "It just so happens that I'm a little worried that the combat power over at the Undercity Ruins might not be enough, so you can come over and help."

As for the problem of Satasia's level, her ability when she transformed into the evil corpse princess Nedor can solve it. There is no need to worry about any unexpected events, such as the arrival of a lord-level boss and the emergence of new event effects.

Hearing this, Satasia immediately showed a look of surprise, "Huh, really?"

"I can't lie to you, but please wait a moment. I have something to deal with here."

"It's okay, I'll be waiting here for the Demon King!"

Seeing the other party suddenly become full of energy, I couldn't help but secretly sigh at the importance of learning to make big promises for a company boss, although what I did was not just big promises, but real plans.

After leaving the exchange, Kai's voice came from the side.

"Your Highness, where are we going?"

Although he gave the redstone potion to the monastery team to help sell it, he only gave it to Bemira and the others, and only brought out Kai, the captain.

The reason for doing this is mainly because the place where he is going next will require the other party's identity.

"Of course it's the temporary frontline base in the Undercity ruins."

I had already learned from the descriptions in the posts of players on the forum that the garrison point of the vanguard troops sent by the army and the church was actually located outside the city in the east of Nalton.

It was originally an outpost, established by the old Constantina Empire to guard against monsters in the Undercity ruins. It was only a few dozen yards away from the ruins.

At this moment, it just happened to meet the location requirements for attacking the Undercity ruins, so it was temporarily converted into a front-line position by the military, although this so-called front line was actually not far from the town of Nalton.

Players are allowed to move freely inside the front-line base, and the quartermasters contributed by the events have also moved to the front-line base. Compared to the entrance of the Undercity ruins, this place seems to be even more lively.