Chapter 58
The "Homeland" Setting in the Nightmare World

(The game will be officially launched soon, I've been working on the manuscript these days, and I will have a huge update once it's launched~~)

The hottest discussion on the forum is naturally the upcoming big update. Many people think that maybe even the game developers can't stand it anymore—the players are being beaten up so badly! So they decided to have a big update, such as making the monsters weaker, giving players more skills, and so on.

However, some players oppose this change because they think it's normal for humans to be the weaker party when facing large monsters, and they don't want the game developers to turn the game into a "爽快 game" where everyone can go on a rampage.

Hardcore games must have tough bosses!

Some players are also discussing the update of the game system. After all, the current game system is too simple, it's even worse than those unscrupulous money-grabbing garbage web games—look at this broken game, it doesn't even have a friend system or a team system!

Audrey read the discussions with great interest, and sometimes even replied.

Through these posts, Zhang Xingyu also confirmed one thing, that is, the main purpose of forcing players to log off was achieved!

Because of this forced logoff, many Nightmare World players believe that the Nightmare World is actually a virtual game world. Although how they entered the game is still a huge mystery!

Besides, there are some other rumors, for example, some players left messages saying that they saw a female player chatting with an NPC at Starry Base, and she seemed to be carrying a cat that could talk, what's going on?

The essence posts that Fat Daddy News updates every day are the focus of Audrey's attention. However, today, Fatty did not update the original content. According to his explanation post, he has successfully passed the prologue and entered Starry Base. He is currently studying it in depth.

Once you pass the prologue, you can't go back, so Fatty hopes that if anyone discovers more information in the prologue, they can notify him, and he will do a supplementary update.

Many people are still paying attention to Fatty's news. After all, many players successfully passed the opening killing prologue thanks to Fatty's strategy posts, and Fatty's research is very deep, he has dug out a lot of things, so players are very much looking forward to Fatty's new research strategy.

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Audrey finished her homework early and went to bed before 9 o'clock. The reason doesn't need to be explained, naturally, it's to be able to play Nightmare World for longer.

As a homebody who often stays up late, Audrey rarely goes to bed so early, but maybe it's because of the Nightmare World, Audrey didn't spend much time before falling asleep.

It's not just Audrey, those players who got the Nightmare Mark, as long as they want to sleep, they can fall asleep quickly.

This is one of the effects of the Nightmare Mark—fast sleep.

This is not a function that Zhang Xingyu asked to add. It was a function designed by the Nightmare Lord when designing the Nightmare Mark. The original intention was to let the "fodder" enter the Nightmare World faster, allowing the Nightmare Lord to harvest energy.

The technological level of the world where the Nightmare Lord originally lived was in the "Middle Ages" (but because of the existence of magical civilization, there are also various "black technologies"), plus wars, many people couldn't sleep well or even suffered from insomnia, so fast sleep was very important.

What Zhang Xingyu didn't expect was that the effect of this fast sleep, in this world, also attracted the attention of certain groups because of a certain incident.

Soon, Audrey entered the Nightmare World, still the same place surrounded by endless fog.

“Spirit 【Star Shadow】 is attempting to enter the Nightmare World. Do you allow it to enter your Nightmare World?】

An option appeared on Audrey's system interface.

Audrey raised her eyebrows and clicked yes. Then, Zhang Xingyu appeared beside Audrey.

“Hmm—it's still the same eerie Nightmare World...” Zhang Xingyu looked around and said, just like the thoughts of a normal person entering for the second time.

However, this was Zhang Xingyu's self-deprecating remark. After all, he's now putting all his energy into modifying the Monster Hunter world.

Of course, this place will definitely change later, and the changes will be huge. It's mainly divided into two parts: one is to create an upgradeable "home" for each Nightmare World player in this Nightmare World—players who enter the Nightmare World will first enter their own "home". At the beginning, players can get a free home, but it's very simple, just a thatched hut with a wooden plank bed inside. In the later stages, players can upgrade their homes through various methods, upgrading their home into a castle, inviting other players to visit, or even hiring NPCs to work at home.

As the saying goes, a golden cage or a silver cage is not as good as your own dog's kennel. Humans have a special feeling for "home". Zhang Xingyu believes that through this method, players will like the Nightmare World more, even considering it as their second world!

The second aspect is social interaction, such as building a square for players to interact, and players can even set up stalls to sell things in the square.

The setting of "home" is related to the overall setting of the Nightmare World (background), so Zhang Xingyu is still thinking about how to build it.

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"How did you enter the Nightmare World?" Audrey asked curiously when she saw the system prompt saying "attempting to enter the Nightmare World".

"How to enter? Hmm... I saw you sleeping, and then I thought about how to get in... So I touched you, and I came in." Zhang Xingyu said seriously.

"Hmm... touched... me?" Audrey frowned.

"En? Ah... don't worry..." Seeing Audrey's expression, Zhang Xingyu "realized" and said, "Don't worry, your...flat chest is nothing to touch, I just..."

"Ten Thousand Swords—AH!!"

Before Zhang Xingyu could finish his sentence, Audrey's face flushed red, and she kicked him!

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