The developers still haven't forgiven the players.

The flag pattern on the back of Jiang Chen's hand gradually faded until it disappeared completely.

He lowered his hand and let out a long sigh of relief: "That should be about right."

After paying the price of having his account banned by three live streaming platforms, he finally managed to fool seven curious guys.

As the saying goes, everything is difficult at the beginning.

Once it's wrapped in the guise of an "immersive virtual reality game," as long as someone falls for it first, there's no shortage of new players joining in.

Of course, the first batch of closed beta testers should still pay attention to the details to prevent them from noticing anything amiss.

So next, we should start creating playable bodies for these players.

We've allocated half an hour, which is plenty of time.

Incidentally, the speed at which the "Myriad Methods of Clay Dolls" can create clay dolls depends on the strength of the clay dolls.

To sculpt a clay figure with the same strength as the original body, it would definitely take a lot of time and effort, but if you're just sculpting a blank body, it won't take much time at all.

Jiang Chen quickly sculpted seven clay figures based on the appearances of the players.

As for the so-called appearance adjustment? Just kidding, you don't really think he'll customize your face, do you? It'll be about right.

With his current cultivation level, even making hundreds of such ordinary clay figurines wouldn't be too much of a challenge.

On the contrary, he spent a lot of time designing some clever ideas on these clay figurines.

Jiang Chen rubbed his chin and stood up: "Let's leave it at that for now."

If there are any oversights, there's still time to make adjustments later.

Anyway, it's the first round of testing for the game, so it's not surprising that any problems would arise... right?

……

[Player "What's the principle behind this?" enters the game.]

Player "Sweetheart Cow" enters the game.

[Player...]

Peng Zhi sat up from the ground in a daze and looked around.

The whole place looks like a small village that has just been burned. It is surrounded by walls built of mountain rocks, and the charred black half-stone walls gleam in the sunlight.

The next second his pupils dilated, and he completely lost control of his facial expressions.

Holy crap!!!

This is...

It's actually true?!

Immersive experience, completely immersive.

Whether it's sight, smell, or anything else, you can't find the slightest hint of falsehood.

He could even feel the gritty texture of the sand rubbing against his buttocks.

If it weren't for the semi-transparent UI in the lower left corner of his vision, he would have suspected that he had been transported to another world.

It's unbelievable.

Good heavens.

Is this some kind of exaggeration?!

Not only him, but the other six players who had awakened were also dumbfounded.

This dreamlike experience filled them with an indescribable and intense shock.

"Holy crap! Has the technological explosion left me behind?"

"Awesome, even the modeling of the coke is so perfect."

"It's actually true! I actually got to play it in my lifetime. It's worth dying for!"

"I haven't seen any news about this before. How come there are results all of a sudden?"

"Hey, hehe... hahaha..."

Having overcome the initial shock, these players are now bursting with the urge to share their experiences.

Despite not knowing each other, they chattered and joked like old friends.

Peng Zhi swallowed hard, lifted his animal-skin robe, and looked between his legs: "Even the size is exactly the same, isn't this an invasion of privacy?"

The first batch of players were all male, and he did not deliberately avoid people when he did this.

The young man, whose game name was "Want to Be Old Kuai for Three Days," slapped Peng Zhi on the shoulder: "Brother, this game is free for you to play, what more could you ask for? I'm going to be a die-hard fan of this game company from now on."

"That's so genuine, bro." Another player gave a thumbs up.

The game name displayed above this player's head is: But even her departure is like a cloud.

Old Kuai grinned: "Oh, a pro's ID."

"Your ID is pretty good too."

"Good taste."

Seeing the two of them start chatting inexplicably, Peng Zhi scratched his head, deciding that it was better for him to process this shock on his own.

The middle-aged man next to him, whose head was hovering above the "Sweetheart Cow" statue, stood up and stretched his limbs: "Speaking of which, how do you play this game?"

"That's exactly what I was going to ask. It seems like there's no automatic pathfinding."

"It's not available in the online store either."

The two people who answered were also middle-aged, whose game names were "Taoist Fifteen Dogs" and "Walking Sideways Across the Entire Server".

"Brothers, what era are we living in? Ever since Soulslike games became popular, many game developers have started using weak tutorials."

The last player was a kid who was about ten years old, and his game name was Shangjun.

He habitually made a gesture to adjust his glasses, but only touched empty air. Then, he was surprised and started touching around his eyes.

Seeing this, Peng Zhi felt he should step forward and remind everyone: "Hey everyone, didn't you notice that NPC over there? It's probably some kind of village chief from the starting village, right?"

These words immediately attracted the attention of all the players present.

Following the direction of his finger, a slightly thin figure was seen sitting against the wall beneath the charred stone house, head bowed, with long, black hair reaching his waist, and a brown fur vest exuding a wild and primitive aura.

Old Kuai rushed over immediately, then knelt down before Jiang Chen with a thud: "Your Excellency, please issue me a mission!"

Jiang Chen chuckled inwardly, but maintained his slumped posture, muttering to himself, "The beastmen are here, another tribe is about to fall..."

The other six players, afraid of missing any important plot developments, quickly moved closer as well.

However, after hearing what Jiang Chen said, they all fell silent.

The group looked at each other for a while.

Sweetheart Strike Cow pondered for two seconds and said, "Anyway, since this game has a level system, killing monsters to level up is definitely the right thing to do."

It's worth mentioning that, as expected of a game that claims to be an immersive virtual reality experience, although it does have a personal UI, the content of the panels currently provided is quite restrained.

There are only two items in total: the game name and the game level.

Of course, all players are currently at level zero.

"I have a different opinion."

When the topic turned to games, Peng Zhi appeared quite confident: "Although the game developer hasn't revealed what type of game it is, judging from the current situation, it's clearly going down the MMORPG route. Since it's a role-playing game..."

He paused, then added, "Look, the surrounding environment is ruins. Considering what this NPC said, we players are most likely survivors of this tribe after the war. So, logically, what should we do most immediately?"

"Rebuild the tribe?" Old Kuai played the role of the straight man at the right time.

"That's right."

Peng Zhi bent down and picked up a handful of yellow soil: "The freedom of this game is ridiculously high. If I were the planner, it would be a waste not to add a home building gameplay. I even suspect that you can farm in this game."

Old Kuai nodded thoughtfully: "I understand. You mean we should go cut down trees and build houses now."

Peng Zhi spread his hands: "Otherwise, there's no need to plant so many trees around the newbie village, right?"

But even her departure was as abrupt as a cloud slapping its thigh.

"Players building their own main city, the immersion is amazing, you're right."

...That makes no sense whatsoever.

Jiang Chen sat on the ground listening to their reasoning the whole time, and the more he listened, the more his head ached.

Considering the complexities of this world and the excessive risks of revealing himself prematurely, he abandoned his plan to disguise himself as a guide.

But it's not appropriate to let these players do whatever they want. He put in so much effort, not so that they could play the game for free.

Instead of wasting your time, go out and level up by fighting monsters!

Thinking of this, he immediately began to devise remedial measures.

Is it too late to add game settings to the official website?

Fortunately, not all of these first batch of test players liked to play games according to normal logic.

Sweetheart Strike Cow abruptly spoke up, pouring cold water on the enthusiastic atmosphere: "Actually, I'm not interested in building houses. Why don't you guys do it? I want to try out the game's combat system first."

"Brother Niu, is it okay if I call you that?"

Peng Zhi scratched his head again: "Actually, there's no need to rush. We don't even know what the death penalty is in this game. Even if we're going to fight monsters, let's wait until we're fully prepared before we act together."

"Brother Yuanli, I'm not targeting you, what you said makes a lot of sense. It's just that it's rare to have such a strong body again, and I'm itching to get my hands dirty." Brother Niu wanted to try out the main gameplay and was eager to fight.

Ultimately, in the eyes of players, this is just a game, so of course they can play it however they want.

"It's quite a coincidence that you're all fortunate enough to be among the first testers of this groundbreaking game. Hey, little brother, write down my phone number..."

All that can be said is that the Taoist priest Fifteen Dog was indeed a seasoned middle-aged man. Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, he opened his mouth with a long speech to smooth things over and eliminate a potential disagreement.

He then suggested, "...Everyone, please share your contact information. I'll create a group chat, and we can summarize the information we've gathered there. Is that alright?"

The others readily agreed and offered their contact information.

……

The Taoist priest, Fifteen Dogs, logged off briefly, then quickly logged back on.

He looked at the group of people present and said with a smile, "I've already added everyone as friends. Remember to accept when you log off. I'll be traveling with Brother Niu from now on. Since we're the first batch of test players, it's only right that we test the combat system."

He swaggered around the entire area: "Brother Niu, Brother Gou, let's go! I don't care about any testing or anything like that, all I want to do right now is have some fun fighting!"

"Alright, the rest of us will chop down trees and build houses first. You three brothers go and find out the distribution of monsters around the starting village, so it will be easier for us to level up later."

As Peng Zhi spoke, he observed the ruins and dilapidated walls of the tribe.

The kid shifted uncomfortably, probably wanting to fight monsters rather than chop down trees, but after noticing that the three combatants were all middle-aged, he hesitated for a moment and then gave up.

The players barely reached a consensus.

So the three of them left the tribe and headed into the mountains.