Interstellar Travel: Becoming a Dress-Up Game Designer

Chapter 334

If you look at these data without thinking, you might think they were designed by the game designers for gameplay purposes. But if you think about it critically, it's truly terrifying. Especially when you connect these phenomena to the background and environment of the Chinese martial arts world, it's really chilling.

Given the limited medical resources at that time, premature death was inevitable.

But why do many female NPCs still have to work after they get pregnant?

In Qingfengyi, there were even men who married several wives!

However, this situation is similar to some cases involving first-magnitude stars, so no one seems to say anything. Many wealthy families have men and women with more than one lover; everyone knows this, and they can even live in the same house. This is truly shocking to ordinary people, but they don't seem to care. Although bigamy is illegal, they weren't married, and their relationship was consensual. They've already paid the fines, so what more do they want?

However, if you delve into the homes of these people in the Chinese underworld and trace their backstories, you will discover countless victims with tears of blood in their eyes.

The video content compiled by this player is mostly like this, leaving many players confused and horrified. However, as they see society progressing and people's attitudes gradually changing, a sense of sad relief only arises when they reach StarCraft.

"The author is amazing. It's incredible that they compiled so much information. I feel like I'm just playing the game, but the author has gone on to think deeply about the game's background. That's incredible."

"My mech general, I recently came across an Easter egg that says a line that's perfect for describing the video the creator posted. Video."

The video posted by this player is from the previous event; it shows a woman who has gone mad, spending her days watching people come and go on the street from her doorway. From the croaking of frogs in summer to the falling snow, and then to the drifting yellow leaves.

Those were turbulent times. In just a few winters, people went from wearing long gowns to Western suits, then from Western suits to simple undershirts, and finally to all sorts of bright and beautiful clothes. The woman who had gone mad also went from being fifteen or sixteen years old to being seventy or eighty, and was still sitting at the door watching.

As she closed her eyes, a few tears rolled down her cheeks, and a line of text revealed the ending:

The times force a group of people to become victims, while the times also continuously rescue the victims of the previous era.

I was a bit confused when I first saw this, but now, after seeing the video posted by that player, I understand it instantly.

"I cried while watching it, sob sob sob. How could something so sad happen?"

"I thought 'Shi' was a good word, but I didn't expect it to be like this, sob sob sob."

"It's a good word, a good word from other perspectives, but it's terrible as a girl's name, sob sob."

"I'm so glad I was born in the interstellar era. If everything in 'Qingfengyi' is a true historical adaptation, I hope that happiness from that time can be reborn in the interstellar era. Be my daughter, and I'll spoil you rotten, waaaah."

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The player learns that a woman is named so-and-so, which means she is either the matriarch of a matriarchal family or married but does not have her own name.

In the game "Qingfengyi," there are many free-thinking players who believe that people don't need names because they are just labels, and others can call them whatever they want. They even change their names every now and then, very casually, and think that those who are obsessed with having a name are pretentious, lack freedom of thought, and are constrained.

But my opinion changed after watching the video!

For thousands of years, women in ancient times strived to protect their names, yet those who valued their names looked down upon them due to the relaxed and free-spirited nature of the era. One may not care about their own name, but one cannot look down on others who do. A name represents more than just a title; a person can be addressed in many ways—father, dad, mother, mom, uncle, general, soldier, director, little so-and-so, etc.—but only one's name truly represents oneself, the self one uses to address oneself.

The character "氏" (shi) sparked players' interest in the details of "Qingfengyi". Many people wouldn't pay attention to these details, but they'll still look at them when someone puts them in front of them. After reading them, they found they were really worth reading.

The appearance of the Little Green Snake Demon has sparked a frenzy among players to acquire her through the "Guest Retainer" gameplay, bringing another peak to the "Life Management" event. It seems everyone suddenly remembered the ten guest retainers mentioned in the announcement—and surprisingly, no one actually went to search for them?

"Ahhh, my great mecha marshal! I completely forgot about the ten guest advisors mentioned in the announcement! How could I!"

"Ten! I'll go see how to win them over right now. What's the deal with Qingfengyi? We should definitely have a special event for sending off the guest elders. How am I supposed to manage with all this?!"

"Here they come! Here are the ten guest spirits, but I can't find how to obtain any of them. Apricot Blossom Fairy, Ginseng Baby, Butterfly Fairy, Sandalwood Fairy, Ginkgo Baby, Thousand Lantern Little Demon, Treasure Guardian Boy, Door Lion, Old Man Weng, Flower Granny, there are so many!"

"My mech marshal, can we really get our hands on all these treasures in just two months?"

"Hehe, I have some good news to share. This event is not only a special event, but also a permanent event. If you don't get it during the event, you can get it later. However, given how quickly Qingfengyi updates events, if you don't get it this time, time will be even tighter later."

"Ahhhh, a permanent event!"

There are quite a few permanent events in Qingfengyi, such as the Great Battle event in Huaxia Jianghu. Most of the content updated previously is still playable. Many more are permanent dungeons, such as the Underworld, Huaxia Jianghu, and Lantern Festival Street. With these dungeons becoming permanent, their gameplay also remains.

The most typical example is the Temple of the Matchmaker. Some players who don't play the game but registered an account at the beginning of the game, or who feel they don't want to play anymore or have too many things to do in real life and don't have time to play, will log in to sweep through the Temple of the Matchmaker. The Temple of the Matchmaker and the God of Wealth are considered daily tasks by players and must be visited.

The God of Wealth will give out copper coins, gold ingots, and various treasures and props; just burn incense, it won't take too much time. The Temple of the Matchmaker will take some time, because the entire temple needs to be cleaned to collect all the hidden props.

There are many players visiting the Temple of the Matchmaker.

Everyone silently swept and cleaned, but there were also quite a few arguments. With so many people, it was difficult to allocate space; it was common to see four or five people sweeping one area.

It's strange that the player didn't suggest to Qingfengyi that he increase the size of the Yue Lao Temple.

When Zhang Zhongxia visited the Temple of the Matchmaker once, he felt the crowds and asked the players who were cleaning with him, "Why don't we all get together and ask Qingfengyi to make the Temple of the Matchmaker bigger? That way, we won't be fighting over items."

The player next to me said, "How much fun would that take away? Don't you think it's more lively and fun when there are lots of people? It's much more atmospheric than having only one or a few people in a huge space and on a planet in a spaceship game, right?"