Interstellar Travel: Becoming a Dress-Up Game Designer

Chapter 168

The men's garment is a cross-collared, form-fitting top that tightly binds the waist. The hem is slit, overlapping by about an inch, requiring trousers to be worn underneath. It is off-white with matching trim.

Silver-yellow embroidery of flying clouds covers the hem, gradually wavy down to the waist, brightening the design of the garment. Resembling surging waves or rolling clouds, the embroidery itself shimmers with a unique luster, giving the cotton and linen fabric an understated yet luxurious feel.

The sleeves aren't wide; instead, there's an embroidered leather wristband in the same color, with plum blossom-shaped stitches. It's attached to the garment with buttons but can also be detached separately. The detached garment has narrow sleeves with a continuous dragon motif along the cuffs.

Without the wrist guards, she wore an outer garment, made of dark red with silver threads lining it, its shimmering light captivating. At her waist was a jade pendant and a narrow leather belt, secured with a white tiger-head clasp.

Wearing this outfit and standing there, the aura of a martial arts leader surges forth.

Lin Shuying's outfit wasn't paired with a sword, but rather with two fist-sized copper balls. In the cutscene shown, the NPC was seen holding one copper ball in one hand and the other behind her back.

A man in black appeared and shouted, "Where do you think you're going, you old thief! Take this!"

As he spoke, he drew his sword and attacked. The man holding the bronze balls remained calm and composed, circulating his inner energy to levitate the two bronze balls, which flew around him at an increasing speed until they formed a protective shield.

The sword struck the protective shield and shattered into several pieces, causing the man in black to lose his footing. Immediately afterward, the copper ball was flung out, imbued with a faint blue flame due to its acceleration, and struck the man in black, killing him instantly.

The white-clad swordsman leisurely walked over and picked up the bronze ball. The ball had shrunk slightly, but somehow, after a couple of squeezes, it became round again.

The players stared at the sky in disbelief. Was this even possible?

Many of Qingfengyi's skills are novel to interstellar players; they've never seen anything like them before, and they seem quite fantastical. The cool special effects are also a completely new design element, never before seen in the past. Interstellar combat games take a realistic approach because the scenes of exploding weapons are truly breathtaking.

They never imagined special effects existed. The appearance of the gentle breeze brings cool special effects during battles. Even their clothes have special effects—it's amazing!

Previously, I only thought this kind of design looked good and impressive. But after seeing this Ranger demonstrate how to crush a copper ball with his bare hands, players have a completely new understanding of the special effects of Qingfengyi.

This ranger's dribbling skills are amazing. He dribbles such a big and heavy ball as if it were his own fingers, without the slightest hesitation.

Many players wanted one and went to craft it. After crafting, they found it was impossible to handle; only some players who had previously used greatswords or heavy hammers could barely wield it.

Furthermore, they cannot arbitrarily roll or flatten the ball...

Players abandoned their plans to collect rocks and trees, spent ages trying to build something, and ended up with nothing to show for it.

Some players have abandoned copper balls and opted for materials like white jade and wood to make their own. After playing with them for a long time, they've noticed a patina forming, making the objects smoother and more spiritually resonant. Some players have even fallen in love with playing with these objects, creating quite a few unique pieces.

They were all laid out in a big cabinet, and they looked really nice.

However, some players don't understand or like this setting, and always feel it's strange.

"How did the designers at Qingfengyi come up with these anti-human designs?"

"That's right, an iron ball, without heating it up or adding any strength, how could you possibly roll it into a round or flat shape at will?"

"The main question is, why do some people like dribbling?"

"I don't really understand it either, but it's quite fun. Look at the jade ball I'm playing with."

The game "Qingfengyi" contains metal materials, but no jade materials; only jade items sold in the official store are available. Players then purchase jade items, break them, and polish them into balls.

A new profession, the Polisher, has quietly emerged, specializing in polishing balls—all kinds of balls. Unlike the outside world, where there are many machines, this place only has the most primitive tools. Players painstakingly devised various techniques, managing to polish balls made of all sorts of materials until they were glossy and smooth. Some skilled players are highly sought after, starting at 10,000 gold coins for polishing a single ball.

The exchange rate between Gold Ingots and Star Coins in the game is currently severely reversed. The official setting is that one Star Coin can be exchanged for 100 Gold Ingots. However, the unofficial exchange rate has reached one Star Coin to one Gold Ingot, making the official route the cheapest.

This situation is extremely rare. Usually, people sell game currency privately because it's cheaper to exchange it privately. This is the first time I've seen people resorting to private exchanges after the official recharge limit was reached, and driving up the price so much.

Lin Shuying was also a bit troubled; she hoped the players would exercise restraint!

This isn't like we're playing with Bitcoin in a past life; this is just a game. If this hype continues, the impact might get out of control.

She instructed Lin Qiaoqiao to report this matter to the planetary lord, so that he could be prepared.

Although not an interstellar dweller, Lin Shuying adapted to the local customs and diligently followed the excellent rules here. For example, she was careful not to allow large amounts of resources to enter the virtual world and to maintain physical production.

They place great emphasis on the real economy and control the development of other industries. In interstellar space, essential resources such as food, plants, and animals are extremely scarce, with 90% of production relying on technological and energy inputs. Therefore, real resources are extremely important, as they are a matter of life and death.

This is very different from Lin Shuying's previous life. In her previous life, the non-real economy, such as entertainment and games, was extremely developed in the later stages. Especially when technological progress led to a surplus of resources, a large number of other enjoyment-oriented industries were needed to consume the excess resources. This prevented unsold goods from causing a serious economic crisis.

Economy and production are always dynamically linked. Lin Shuying never cared about this before, but now that she is in a position to influence the situation, she needs to pay attention.

Speaking of this, I feel a bit sentimental about her past life. Many people stand atop mountains of gold, not caring how many snakes, insects, and rodents they crush while stepping on it. As long as they possess the gold, they don't care. Occasionally, when I discuss this with friends, they always say she's foolish.

"That's a matter for those above. As long as you manage your own finances, don't starve, and have enough money to enjoy life, that's good enough. Don't think about those other things. What do they have to do with you? You're always too idealistic. Idealistic people can't survive in reality."

Lin Shuying shook her head and never shared her insights about life with these friends again.

There's nothing wrong with having ideals; at least it keeps your mind clear and your character open-minded. There's a saying that's quite true: one cannot stop thinking about society, because being born into this world means you're always meant to think.

However, thinking should not be done blindly, otherwise one will become someone who rushes ahead and cuts off one's ideals.

Lin Shuying shook her head, gave a silly smile, and regardless of what others thought, she remained steadfast in her commitment to being an idealist. Perhaps once she began pursuing her ideals, she would gather more people or influence others to share those ideals, and slowly the world would become a world of ideals...

The planet's lord was momentarily at a loss for what to do, because Qingfengyi's actions were clearly the work of someone who had lost their mind. It had baffled the economists of Planet Aimore, but they couldn't quite pinpoint what was wrong with them, since they too were buying gold ingots at high prices...

Lin Shuying had to figure out a solution on her own, and after thinking for a long time, she came up with a few ideas.

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The first step is to limit the price range of the items, which takes a very long time and requires several assistants to check them one by one.

Qingfengyi has too many props now!

There were also player-created items, which at one point surpassed the number of official items in the game. That's what a free world is like; players create their own things.

Lin Shuying strongly supports this, which has led to players' creative desires becoming increasingly rampant.

She didn't set a price limit; after all, nobody's stupid, and everyone knows how much a gold ingot is worth. She also didn't want to control price fluctuations caused by supply and demand differences.

Players need to create rewards to encourage their creativity, and Lin Shu-ying highly values ​​creativity. Not just the creativity of the players, but the creativity of society as a whole.

People get arrogant when they have money, hahaha.

However, making a small change to one's ideals is not impossible.

When it comes to creativity, very few countries or regions provide large-scale support, making it difficult for many aspiring creators to persevere and ultimately leading to failure. Much technological development and change is driven by demand, and this hasn't changed in modern times; in fact, it has become more passive.

Interstellar space has dedicated research departments; those who aspire to create should apply to these departments. Many people choose to be ordinary, enjoying a leisurely life; why bother striving so hard for their dreams?

After arriving at Qingfengyi, I discovered that creation is truly an incredibly joyful thing.

Players in Qingfengyi are so powerful they've already built a generator!

At the mouth of a river below the snow-capped mountains, where the water flows turbulently, a massive power plant has been built. It was created by a player named 'Invincible Mech Warrior,' who also posted the entire process on the StarCraft website, shocking a huge audience.

For six months, without a moment's rest, he was online for fourteen hours every day.

They did nothing but study generators.

The video begins by showing his design plan, which utilizes the latest energy generation system. However, when he tries to build the machine according to the plan, he discovers he can only find gemstones, not the necessary components.

Gems are available in Qingfengyi, along with various items and materials. After all, it's a dress-up game; while it may lack other things, it certainly has plenty of gems.

Machines are inadequate; humans cannot create extremely fine circuits, wires, or precision parts.

They abandoned the plan and started working on a second version, this time using combustion and thermal differential power generation. Combustion was feasible, but the machine requirements were still too high.

After repeated revisions, a feasible simplified hydroelectric power generation plan was finally written. All the materials used in this plan can be found and even handcrafted.

Initially, they used wood and metal to make it, but they found that the wood was not strong enough, so they used metal. However, they found that metal was difficult to repair, the materials were hard to find, and the environment for generating electricity was not cost-effective.

Yes, this player is so professional that they consider factors such as environment, cost-effectiveness, and construction costs.

Finally, using wood and metal as materials, they built a multi-unit power station.

A light bulb burned out.