From Dungeon to Gaming Empire

In endless darkness.

Violent banging sounds.

It's like a strike on the soul.

A ray of light was smashed out from the deepest part of the endless darkness.

Although this light looks so weak and powerless, it stubbornly fights and tries to tear apart all the darkness.

A deep and old voice sounded:

Fallen leaves bring a message...

A picture with the texture of an ancient oil painting emerged from blurry to clear and appeared in front of Mengbai's eyes.

This was a slender, curvaceous woman with her upper body naked. She was swinging a sledgehammer with both hands and hitting something on the stone platform hard.

Even though it's just a still painting.

But it is full of tension and artistic conception.

Mengbai could clearly feel from the static and unclear image and the dull sound of impact coming from the background the destructive power contained in this blow, a power that was enough to shake the entire world.

Boom!

Without waiting to see carefully.

Suddenly the picture changed.

The characters in this picture full of oil painting texture suddenly changed.

The same scene, the same posture, the same hammering action, but the character in the painting suddenly changed from a slender woman to a strong man with well-defined muscles.

"what happened?"

"Who are these two people?"

"What are they hammering on?"

“Why do the same thing in the same place?”

"..."

The adventurer was confused.

Mengbai, however, had a different feeling: "No, they are doing different things, or even completely different things!"

She passed through the images and the alternating crashing sounds.

I actually felt two completely different flavors.

Every swing of the hammer by a woman is filled with relentless destructive intent; she's probably trying to break something. Every swing of the hammer by a man is an attempt to repair something, which is the exact opposite of a woman's motivation.

When the knocking sounds alternate.

It's like some kind of silent but intense game.

Mengbai couldn't believe it.

Just a few pictures that are not very realistic.

It actually allowed her to feel the artistic conception and charm so vividly.

I have never had this feeling before, and even though I don’t quite understand it yet, the amount of information contained in the painting must be quite large.

The two scenes together lasted only five seconds.

At this time, the angle of the picture changed, this time giving a close-up of the stone platform. The moment the ancient hammer hit the stone platform, it burst into dazzling light and complex runes full of energy.

The adventurers couldn't see clearly what was hit.

But something must have been broken.

Meng Bai wondered, had the woman finally won? She had shattered not only an object but also some conceptualized law of power.

At this time.

The picture changes again.

A giant tree that is a thousand feet tall or even taller is emitting a golden light that is so divine that it is difficult to look directly at. Under the light is a ruined city full of vicissitudes of life, tens of thousands of troops are attacking the city, and a huge gray dragon corpse lies in the city.

The deep voiceover sounded again:

[Beyond the fog, in our hometown, the 'Junction', the great Elden Ring has been shattered...]

Mengbai couldn't help but widen his eyes when he saw this. Although he had only been in this secret place for a few seconds, and although he had only seen a few static images and a few short monologues, it was shrouded in mist and full of mystery.

But don't know why.

She could sense the extraordinary nature of this story.

The mysterious object that was smashed, the giant golden tree full of divinity, everything gives people a mysterious and magnificent epic feeling, and I don’t know how the story will unfold next.

It seems.

The legend is true.

The secret place of Miracle City is not just a secret place.

Each secret realm seems to bring people into a whole new world!

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(PS: My personal favorites of Lao Zei's works are Elden Circle and Bloodborne. The author will try his best to express the charm of the original story of the Circle, while writing some different features and innovations. So it doesn't matter if you haven't played the game, it won't affect your reading. I'm begging for guaranteed monthly tickets in the new January!)

Chapter 238 Junction

Mengbai had never been exposed to the secrets of Miracle City before, nor did he know the style and characteristics of Miracle City.

But perhaps due to her own talent, she is better at sensing and capturing information, and she can easily distinguish what is pretentious and what is genuine.

Just a few seconds.

Only a few brief pictures are presented.

She had sensed the vast amount of information and profound stories contained in this secret realm from the sounds of hammering filled with conflicting wills, the fluctuations of breath when the magic ring was shattered, and the images of the giant golden tree and the city war.

"Miracle Lord incorporates a lot of hints and foreshadowing into these brief scenes!"

"Who are the man and woman swinging hammers and hitting each other?"

"Same pose, same scene, same half-naked body, same pants. Could it be the same person? Why does this person have two different behaviors? This is too strange. What is this hinting at..."

"There's also the magic ring that contains the power of the law and the giant golden tree..."

Many thoughts and ideas popped up in Mengbai's mind at the same time.

There are hundreds or even thousands of adventurers in the hall exploring this sick world story at the same time.

Fallen leaves bring a message...

[Beyond the fog, in our hometown, the "Junction", the great Elden Ring has been shattered...Eternal Queen Marika has vanished!]

On that night of black knife filled with conspiracy, the "Golden Prince" Godwin became the first to die.

[And Marika's children—the demigods—seized the Ring fragments, but were driven astray and mad by that power, sparking the Fragment War... At the end of this kingless war, the Supreme Will exiled them!]

The narrator tells the story slowly.

The picture is constantly changing.

Qi Ji did not completely copy the original opening.

Instead, it incorporates some promotional CG clips and self-made parts.

From the dead prince Godwin, the mysterious Dark Moon Princess Lani, to the blasphemous king Lakkad who was swallowed by the snake, and the blood king Mung who abducted the god-man Michaela... all of them were shown in short clips, but there was no additional explanation.

It contains some very large amounts of information and scenes.

It makes people feel awe-inspiring.

The final freeze-frame is the moment when the Valkyrie Marennia and the Star-Breaking General Latan duel.

The Valkyrie exudes an unstoppable, sharp sword intent that can cut through anything, as well as a corrupt aura that can rot everything. The giant figure of the Star-Breaking General is filled with a sense of oppression like a mountain, with two big swords and purple energy representing gravity surrounding his body.

"Wow, too strong! Judging from their aura, these two are probably at least level four!"

"Who are these two? They look so impressive!"

"Why are they dueling?"

"The combat power of this secret realm is indeed not low. There are many spirits worth hunting. It is a world worth exploring!"

"..."

At this point, the opening credits were only halfway through.

It only took two minutes and a dozen seconds.

The amount of information contained in it is enormous, and every picture and every detail has been carefully considered, which is worthy of adventurers to study with a magnifying glass.

Newcomer Meng Bai was completely immersed in this unique narrative style.

She had seen excellent story-telling secret realms in the past, but this creative way of playing opening credits had only been seen in Miracle City.

of course.

This is not the point.

The most important thing is the way of telling the story. Other dungeons usually explain the story through a guiding character, a text, or even by distributing setting text after entering the secret realm, so that adventurers can fully understand the theme.

simply speaking.

A general story-telling secret realm.

Lords are often afraid that the amount of information they convey is not enough, and that adventurers cannot fully understand their creations, so they will express themselves very actively.

But the first story of the nightmare world is "Elden Ring".

Mengbai felt unusually restrained!

The Lord of Miracle City was just demonstrating without giving any unnecessary explanations. He was not worried at all whether the adventurers were confused, and this seemed to be a more advanced and confident approach.

The second half of the opening credits continues to play.

A statue of a goddess stands tall with arms outstretched.

The large square in front of the statue is filled with tens of thousands of coffins and cold remains.

The background narration, which had been low and slow, suddenly became high-pitched and excited:

[Oh, so, oh faded ones, oh dead ones who still cannot sleep forever! ]

The blessing we lost long ago is calling out...

["King of the Wild Land" Holly Lu...Glorious Golden Mask..."Dead Sleeping Maiden" Fia...The Scorned "Dung Eater"..."Lord of the Hundred Wisdom" Gideon O'Fnir...]

Every time a name or title is read, a corresponding picture will be shown.

A golden light appeared around these people who seemed to be dead.

As the loud recitation gradually fell silent, the scene before the adventurer's eyes fell into darkness, and this silent darkness lasted for about three seconds.

Another golden light appeared.

I saw that this bright light illuminated a small area of ​​darkness.

It fell slowly like snowflakes on an unknown corpse.

[The lost blessing once again returns to the nameless faded one...]

[Please advance beyond the fog, reach the border, and meet the Elden Ring... Become the King of Elden!]

All explanations are over.

After the nameless corpse was blessed.

He was resurrected and slowly rose from the mist.

Mengbai was surprised and excited when he saw her figure and appearance.

Wasn't this the character she had personally created bit by bit? Before she could think about it, the perspective suddenly switched, and she gradually gained various perceptions.

Mengbai officially entered the body of the character he created, which means that the adventure has officially begun!

New secret realms are always a hot topic.