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Chapter 110 Blocking out the sky and the sun
Just like that, in front of everyone, Niu Tieming and the mermaid boss fought back and forth, barely holding on thanks to the large number of blood bottles.

Feng Qi frowned slightly, approached Zhou Kuang and whispered, "Boss Niu's operation may not work the first time."

Zhou Kuang nodded, his eyes never leaving the screen.

The enemy's health was decreasing at a reasonable rate, but Niu Tieming was consuming his blood bottles too quickly. If this continued, by the time the boss's health bar reached the second half, he would have no room for error.

If you are an expert, then in this situation you can rely on your own reaction and operation to try to kill the mermaid boss without any damage.

But Niu Tieming obviously doesn't have this skill. As long as the blood bottle is used up, that will be his death.

"I'm afraid that if this continues, it will be even harder for Mr. Niu to complete the later levels. Should we optimize the difficulty curve?"

Hearing Feng Qi's voice, he turned around and shook his head, indicating that it was not necessary.

Zhou Kuang didn't know whether Feng Qi meant to make the game simpler specifically for Niu Tieming, or to lower the difficulty curve of the game.

In short, Zhou Kuang would not agree to any of them.

The reason why Niu Tieming was invited here this time was to experience the authentic "Netherworld Mountains and Seas". What would be the point if the difficulty was lowered specifically for him?
Make the other party think that this game is similar to other action games and not be able to experience its high difficulty?

Forget it. Maybe Niu Tieming will get used to it if he dies a few more times.

As for the difficulty curve of the game itself, it is even more impossible to make it easier!

Soul wandering has not yet occurred in this world, and this unprecedented situation has led some people to doubt whether such a high level of difficulty is reasonable.

But the goal of Netherworld Mountains and Seas is to maintain a high level of difficulty, and Zhou Kuang had already made this very clear to Feng Qi and others.

Since there is no precedent, they will be the pioneers!
There will be no more wandering souls in this world. The wandering souls in this world can be called the Netherworld or the Mountains and Seas, or anything else, but it will no longer be soul-like.

After all, the name of the Souls-like game was not called out by From Software itself, but was given by countless players and colleagues out of respect for the game, so the name of this game was recorded forever in the history of games.

Niu Tieming was controlling his character to dodge constantly, looking extremely embarrassed.

He couldn't describe how frustrated he felt at the moment. After all, he was the vice president of the game business of Antarctic Interactive Entertainment. He had been frustrated countless times in the novice tutorial just when trying out a domestic action game, and now he was being tormented by this first mermaid boss.

As the mermaid's health reached half, the situation on the field suddenly changed!
The mermaid suddenly raised her hand and shook it, then stabbed the bone spear hard into the ground at the bottom of the sea, causing a circular explosion that directly knocked Niu Tieming to the ground.

Niu Tieming stared nervously at his status bar which showed only a little bit of health left.

Fortunately, the mermaid did not chase after them, but this did not make the situation much better.

Because the mermaid has mutated!!

I saw it struggling with its hands and feet shaking constantly, and then its whole body was twitching.

Suddenly, without any hesitation, he tore open the throat with his palm, and large amounts of black blood as thick as oil gushed out of the throat.

The gushing black blood instantly soaked the entire sea area, so that Niu Tieming could only see the huge black blood clot in front of him, but could not see where the enemy was.

Before he could react, a dark shadow rushed out from his right side. Before he could see clearly what it was, he was hit by the enemy.

The last bit of blood was taken away by the enemy's attack, and the protagonist fell to the ground.

The picture also turned gray, and then black and white air currents appeared out of thin air on the screen, interweaving and rotating with each other, and finally formed a huge Tai Chi pattern.

A line of words immediately appeared on the screen: If one's virtue does not match his position, disaster will surely occur.

Niu Tieming was stunned.

Are you saying that I'm too bad and that's why I killed the protagonist?
He shook his head somewhat depressedly, then clicked to respawn.

The Tai Chi pattern on the screen once again transformed into two air currents, one black and one white, and flew away. What followed was a blurry, colorful yet chaotic light and shadow.

Along with this light and shadow, the protagonist's body gradually appeared on the screen, and the light and shadow disappeared. It turned out that he had returned to the resurrection point.

Niu Tieming controlled the protagonist to kill back to the mermaid boss again and fought with him.

Zhou Kuang touched his chin and watched Niu Tieming's operation, wanting to see if he would make any progress this time compared to last time.

Soul travel is a process of constantly challenging yourself, challenging stronger enemies over and over again, facing difficulties, and gradually improving your level.

This mentality of constantly trying in the face of difficulties still has some meaning even when applied to reality.

Feng Qi also looked expectant, hoping that Niu Tieming could defeat the mermaid boss this time.

After all, in addition to this boss, there are many different bosses and even two completely different maps!

However, without any surprise, Niu Tieming was killed again by the second stage of the mermaid boss.

The way he died this time was almost exactly the same as last time!
Niu Tieming saw the gray interface after death again, but this time the text on the screen was not "If virtue is unworthy of the position, there will be disaster", but it had changed.

[If you are unable to take on the responsibility, you will inevitably fall into trouble]

This time the text was more straightforward, almost causing Niu Tieming to swear.

Who is overwhelmed? Who is doomed to fail?
I only died twice!!
Niu Tieming challenged again and died again.

【If you don’t have good in your heart, you will suffer misfortune】

I fell!

Niu Tieming was so angry that he almost got his nose crooked.

Why are you exaggerating this time?! A bad player is a bad player, so I just need to practice more! Why are you saying I don't have good intentions?!
Niu Tieming clicked on rebirth again in dissatisfaction.

He challenged quickly, but the result was the same.

In the first level, you encounter a mermaid boss who mutates on the spot and becomes as strong as a monster. No matter how hard you try, you can't defeat him.

Mermaid scored 4 points, Niu Tieming scored 0 points.

If you don’t follow the right path, you will encounter difficulties.

Niu Tieming was so angry that he fainted.

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Finally, Niu Tieming discovered the pattern.

As long as the merman boss mutates into the second stage, after it slits its own throat and covers its tracks with black blood, it will rush out and attack the player every time.

When the player dodges its attacks several times in a row, the mermaid boss will jump out of the cover of black blood and attack the player with a crazy series of combos.

As long as the player can dodge his entire combo, especially the last three hits, the mermaid boss will be briefly stunned, as if accumulating strength for the next stronger attack.

In fact, this is when he is about to jump back under the cover of the black blood. If the player does not knock off a certain amount of blood, he will enter an unharmed state and return behind the cover.

But as long as Niu Tieming controls the character to rush behind it, attack the two cyst-like skeletons on its back, and deal enough damage to smash the two protruding skeletons, the mermaid boss will scream, not only lose a large part of its health bar, but also enter a vulnerable state.

On the other side of the sofa, Feng Qi and Zhou Kuang also saw this scene. They looked at each other, and a hint of surprise flashed in their eyes. "Boss Niu's understanding is quite good. He finally found the trick." Feng Qi said softly.

Zhou Kuang nodded. Finding the enemy's weakness is also part of soul wandering.

Niu Tieming was very excited after discovering the enemy's weakness, and immediately attacked the mermaid boss continuously.

Although his excitement made him a little too aggressive, the blood bottles he saved in the first half were just enough so that he didn't have to worry about the blood bar problem.

Finally, the mermaid boss let out a roar and fell to the ground stiffly.

"pass!"

Niu Tieming waved his arms excitedly and turned to look at everyone.

Everyone applauded and looked at him with smiles on their faces.

Maybe Niu Tieming suddenly felt that defeating such a small boss was nothing worth celebrating. In any case, he turned around a little embarrassedly and looked at the screen with the controller in hand.

On the screen, as the mermaid boss fell, the black blood that had been like oil and stubbornly refused to disappear gradually dissipated.

The sea water gradually became clear again, while the faint blue light and shadow were still swaying on the seabed, reflecting the determined figure of the protagonist.

Niu Tieming took a deep breath and controlled the protagonist to continue exploring forward.

He then defeated two more small bosses in succession, and the speed of killing the bosses became faster each time.

During the battle, Niu Tieming gradually gained confidence and his operations became smoother.

Even Feng Qi couldn't help but exclaim in admiration: "Beautiful!"

Zhou Kuang also nodded, his eyes full of approval.

Niu Tieming felt that he had gradually understood how to play this game. He subconsciously raised the corners of his mouth and was completely immersed in the unique challenge and fun of this game.

The temperament of "Youming Shanhai" is quite different from other action games.

If you get the handle and just keep pressing the attack button, you will probably be killed by the enemy soon.

But if you learn to be patient, wait for the enemy to attack, and then counterattack, you will find that this game becomes countless times easier.

This attack flow is completely counterintuitive in previous action games.

Niu Tieming initially played the game with the mentality of playing an ordinary action game. It was not until he realized this that the gaming experience began to gradually become smoother.

Such a unique temperament made Niu Tieming very surprised.

Although it is still impossible to determine how ordinary players will react to this innovation in the game, at least Niu Tieming himself likes this change very much.

Not every gaming team can come up with something innovative, but the fact that Zhou Kuang and Kuangshi Games were able to do it clearly proves their strength.

During the following journey, he encountered various hostile monsters on the seabed and also obtained a lot of props.

Through upgrades and rebirth points, Niu Tieming's character's attributes are constantly improving.

Every battle with the enemy helped him to continuously deepen his understanding of the game, and his operational skills also quietly improved.

Finally, Niu Tieming arrived at the end of this level, where a giant octopus monster was sitting.

Only by killing this behemoth can he reach the next level.

At this time, Niu Tieming no longer had any uneasiness or self-doubt caused by his unfamiliarity with the game.

His heart was filled with fighting spirit and determination, and he wanted to kill the final boss as soon as possible.

After the giant octopus monster discovered the protagonist, it immediately rushed over to attack.

Niu Tieming was not in a hurry at all. He just watched the opponent's attack routine from a distance and dodged from time to time.

He now fully understood how the game was played.

His own skills were not enough to allow him to pass the level in one go when facing unfamiliar monsters.

So Niu Tieming used the opportunity of his first battle with the boss to learn as much as possible about the enemy's attack patterns.

The octopus monster's attack routine is actually not complicated. It just uses its tentacles to whip the protagonist or spits out ink.

After entering the second stage, it will angrily insert its tentacles into the ground, and then stir up huge waves of sand, rushing towards the player like a tsunami.

Niu Tieming really didn't know how to avoid it. After all, the sand wave covered the sky and the sun, leaving no space at all.

Although you won't die immediately after being hit, and some of your health will remain, the game design is very malicious. A tentacle will chase the player's character while he is lying on the ground and slap him to death.

Only by controlling the protagonist and immediately running forward and rushing through the gap under the sand waves when seeing the giant octopus monster about to insert its tentacles into the ground can you barely avoid this almost unsolvable attack.

It took Niu Tieming several deaths just to realize this.

In addition to the sudden death that occurred before the second stage, he had actually died at least ten times before realizing that this sand wave could be avoided.

Finally, after countless attempts, he narrowly defeated the giant octopus boss!!!

Niu Tieming let out a long sigh, feeling an unusually fulfilling sense of satisfaction rising in his heart.

The road to the next level also appeared immediately, and the blue light in the distance seemed to be guiding his way forward.

He manipulated the character to step resolutely into the unknown.

In the new level, the scene suddenly changes. It is no longer the familiar underwater landscape, but a mysterious underwater cave.

Only when Niu Tieming put down the handle did he feel the passage of time.

He lowered his head and took out his cell phone, only to find that almost five hours had passed.

It was already afternoon.

He even forgot about being hungry and was fully immersed in playing "Netherworld Mountains and Seas".

During this time, several people came in and out of the room, but he didn't seem to notice at all.

This is enough to show how immersed he is in the game.

If we base it on this time frame, Zhou Kuang told him that the game is tentatively planned to have six maps, so directly multiplying it would mean at least thirty hours of game time.

For an action game, that's definitely not short.

Moreover, simple multiplication will definitely underestimate the number, after all, the first level is usually the least difficult and smallest in all maps.

Therefore, the actual playable time of the game will definitely be longer than thirty hours!
"Mr. Niu, how is it?"

Zhou Kuang kept staring at the screen, watching it for as long as Niu Tieming was playing.

Although he had watched the game process countless times during the production process and was almost sick of it, Zhou Kuang still persisted this time.

(End of this chapter)