Interstellar Travel: Becoming a Dress-Up Game Designer

Chapter 206

The person asking the question was quick-witted and immediately asked, "What about tonight?"

The tech tycoon was stumped by the question; this science professor genuinely didn't know this. Despite his love for ancient Chinese culture, he hadn't paid attention to this particular area.

"Why don't you ask Qingfengyi's designer?"

"Uh, we're not familiar with each other yet."

The tech mogul chuckled and said, "I'll go ask for you."

He acted quickly and immediately contacted Lin Shuying.

Lin Shuying didn't expect the players to be interested in this, so she said, "I'll explain it in detail when I have time later. Actually, if you pay attention, you can find the answer in the world of Huaxia Jianghu."

The Huaxia Jianghu is a well-researched permanent instance, and Lin Shuying updates it with many small details whenever she thinks of them. The origin of the time system isn't explicitly explained, but it's hidden in the dialogues of many NPCs and the changes in the sun, moon, and stars.

Time was used by the ancient Chinese for observing stars and the sun.

The time system, which combines moon observation with the changes of a day and the four seasons, includes the hour portion of the time system. This system encompasses a year, four seasons, a day, the Chinese zodiac, the movement of stars, sundials, lunar phases, and more. It is extremely complex and interconnected, incorporating elements of so-called Bagua and metaphysics.

Few people are proficient in everything, and Lin Shuying's partial knowledge was indeed a matter of chance.

In her past life, she attended a blessing ceremony at a Taoist temple and was captivated by the elaborate robes worn by the Taoist priests. She had no interest in anything else but hair ornaments, clothing, and traditional items. After the ceremony, she sought out a Taoist priest to inquire about the temple's traditions. The temple was very orthodox and had its own costume maker. She repeatedly visited the master's monastery, pleading to become his apprentice before finally learning a small part of his skills. During this time, the master would tell Lin Shuying about these things.

Because Lin Shuying is her apprentice, she should know a little about these things.

It includes explanations of time and stars, which are very profound.

Lin Shuying studied for two months but couldn't learn anything in depth. She only learned how to make simple clothes and hair ornaments, and she didn't even understand the intricacies and nuances of clothing patterns.

It's too profound; I can't learn it, and there are some parts I don't quite understand.

So she hid everything she had learned in the Huaxia Jianghu (a martial arts world) for players to explore, but unexpectedly, no player compiled it. She then looked at what the players had compiled and began to understand. Their compilations were incredibly detailed: how long is a quarter of an hour, how much is an hour, how many quarters are in a shichen (another type of time period), and the corresponding times for each shichen, etc.

Good attention to detail; no wonder it's only now that we've gotten to the surface.

Thinking of this, Lin Shuying smiled and called Wei Linwei over.

"Go and increase the probability of encountering Zhang Tianshi in the Secret Realm by 3 points."

Wei Linwei asked, "Will this affect the data balance? Should we calculate it and then adjust it? Do we need to inform the players?"

Lin Shuying: "No need. This is just to answer some players' questions. The probability of encountering the Secret Realm Adventure in this event will not affect the normal progress of the event."

"Ok."

Lin Shuying plans to let players explore the mysteries themselves; what others tell you is not as interesting as discovering them yourself.

The "Inherited Traditions Through the Ages, Unending River" event, which introduced the concept of the time-based calendar in more detail, provided a more subtle explanation. From apes to humans, people began to contemplate natural phenomena, passing down their discoveries and principles orally. After the advent of writing, these were recorded on tortoise shells, stones, and other materials for future generations to learn from. This also documented the development of civilization, ensuring its continued transmission.

This includes the history of stargazing, the history of the creation of time, the invention of the four seasons, and so on.

Perhaps most players participated in that event from an observer's perspective and weren't sensitive to these things.

In the game, players followed the clues and found the first group of people who went to Centipede Ridge, who turned out to be employees of Qingfengyi!

The world chatter was filled with messages of regret.

"The announcement clearly stated that kites were one of the themes of this event, and the main storyline involved playing with kites, yet we ended up rolling around in the grass!"

"Ahhh, I missed Qingfengyi's team building event. I feel a sense of loss, like I missed out on a few rare items."

"I wonder what the Qingfengyi team building activities are. There are a lot of broken leaves and branches here, which is strange."

"Based on the traces, it can be inferred that these leaves slid down from the top of the mountain to the bottom, which caused a large number of leaves to rot."

The marks were very obvious; Lin Shuying and the others had played very wildly. Apart from the aunt, no one else had played at least four or five times. All six ditches around the area had been brushed, and there were traces of leaves being rubbed along the way.

The cleaning lady was pulled to sit on the mat twice, and her legs were shaking after getting off. Xia Chunqi and the others comforted her, saying that this was a game, and it didn't matter if she died, she could just respawn.

Many of them died instantly in the rollover accident, and it took them several minutes to recover before they dared to go back up.

The marks are so obvious that they're basically noticeable at a glance. However, players don't yet understand why these marks appeared, and the world chat is full of speculation and conjecture.

"Could they use this to transport some things up in the mountains?"

What are you transporting? Do you have any backpacks that need to be transported?

"Yeah, put it in your backpack. Even if it's just a small bag, the Red Hydrangea can hold a lot. I'm sure every employee at Qingfengyi has one, right?"

"Ugh, that makes me so jealous. I really want to work at Qingfengyi."

"Although I received Qingfengyi's invitation, I didn't go. Qingfengyi requires me to work eight hours a day, from nine in the morning to seven in the evening, with a two-hour break in between. I can't stand it."

"My mech commander-in-chief, he actually works eight hours a day! Qingfengyi is so famous and rich, shouldn't he be working only three hours a day now that he's grown to this size?"

"I thought so too at the time, assuming that if Qingfengyi invited me, they would at least let me work for three hours. I didn't expect that after I made my conditions, they would give up on me directly."

"Family members, let's not go off-topic about what Qingfengyi's employee team building activities were about."

. . . . . .

The players discussed for ten minutes, and then one player sent over a team-building video from the Qingfengyi Studio account.

"No need for further discussion, Qingfengyi has released a video. Link."

Many players clicked the link to watch the video, their curiosity piqued by the novel gameplay, and rushed to buy centipede kites. Meanwhile, players in Centipede Ridge quickly arrived at the mountain and began crafting mats following the instructions in the video.

"Get in, get in! BMW, let's go! Can carry three people."

The car and BMW are named after Lin Shuying, which sounds cool.

The first player to finish making the mat got into his BMW, called out to the two players behind him, and quickly put the branches he was carrying back into his backpack. He straddled the mat and grabbed tightly onto the clothes of the player in front of him.

When Qingfengyi, the designer, was creating the BMW, she carefully explained the production process and precautions. Following her standards, the branches here wouldn't be enough for players to wreak havoc. Most of the branches have already been destroyed by Qingfengyi's team; what's left is just trash.

If someone can guide you, hurry up and get started, so you don't have to find the materials yourself.

"Experienced driver, hold on tight, don't crash!"

The player driving the BMW in front was full of confidence, "Don't worry, I've watched the video many times, my skills are superb, hehe."

After saying that, he pushed off the ground beside him with one foot, slid into the ditch, and darted down in a flash.

This ravine is extremely steep, almost 60 degrees!

That was truly unstoppable, impossible to stop.

The three charged forward excitedly, letting the wind and leaves sting their faces.

Suddenly, a large rock appeared in the middle. The player controlling the BMW tried to brake, but his shoe ripped as he pushed forward. The cushion veered off course, tripped over the rock, and the three of them tumbled sideways.

As luck would have it, after falling two or three meters, there was another large rock on the side, and they piled on top of it one after another like a human pyramid.

Their hands flailing wildly, managing only to grab the hems of each other's clothes.

Below is another 1.5-meter-high ledge; if they fall, both of them will be dead.

The veteran driver, despite being somewhat unlucky to still be alive, had lost two-thirds of his health bar, felt dizzy, and was unable to think clearly, but thankfully was in pain.

He got up, and the corpse below disappeared. He knew something was wrong.

Those two will definitely come looking for trouble!

Take advantage of the three-hour buffer period after they die and go back to their deaths, and run away quickly.

Teleport back home, wash off your makeup, disguise yourself, and come back, staying away from that ditch.

Continue, hehe.

That was so exciting!

The two players who had been exhausted by him were furious, but since the players in Qingfengyi didn't deliberately display their nicknames so others couldn't see them, they didn't know who that narcissist was.

It's really brave of someone to carry passengers when they have no driving skills!

The world chat was flooded with comments from the two of them:

"Who was that BMW that gave us the ride?! Step forward! You shameless bastard, you clearly didn't know how to ride in it and still dared to let us get in!"

Three hours of death buffer period! Every minute during the event is extremely precious, and they actually wasted three hours!

Many players replied below: "He's already dead. Besides, you chose to sit there yourself, so who's to blame?"

"No need. In three hours, you'll be a lively player again. Don't rush. Here's something exciting to calm you down, hahaha. Video."

In the video, a player chopped down a tree as thick as two fists, leaving no branches at the top. He then added some thick twigs and laid down a lot of soft ferns and moss.

The BMW, a full three meters long, took up almost half of the platform space in the ditch.

"Let's go! Ten people, get on board!"

"Ten people won't fit, will they?"

The driver confidently said, "There's enough room. Wait a minute, I'll pull it into the ditch so you can all get on. Ten people, haha."

He lifted the BMW into the ditch, sat in front, held the handle with one hand and gripped the bushes tightly with the other to prevent himself from slipping down.

This ravine is extremely steep, and what's amazing is that it has a small bend in the middle, where a large rock protrudes. You could easily crash into it and get a fatal head injury!