Lord Chen has never disappointed anyone when it comes to environmental design.
This could be seen from the Audition Online era; after all, Audition Online's environmental stages ranged from underground lava to the vast galaxy—there was nothing they couldn't imagine, and nothing Lord Chen couldn't create.
However, the scenes in Audition Online were limited to stage areas.
But black myth: wukong is an entire vast world, a world they can explore.
How much mental effort such a massive world requires, the Adventurers, who haven't built a Dungeon themselves, don't know, but just thinking about it reveals how difficult it is.
At this moment.
The old monkey dressed in white had finished telling his story.
The Great Sage's remaining body.
Six root capacities.
And the possibility of resurrecting the Monkey King...
"When all the spiritual items return to Huaguo Mountain, perhaps that will be the time of the Great Sage's rebirth..."
Perhaps harboring some beautiful vision.
The Fated One and the white-clothed monkey stood atop the mountain peak, gazing into the distance.
Bai Xiaobai, the Adventurer's soul within The Fated One, struck various poses as he said:
"Brothers, look, I'm so handsome!"
"Shameless!"
"It's finally getting to the main point. Streamer, good luck! Try to find the six root capacities soon and rescue my Great Sage from the stone crack."
After a few playful remarks.
The screen flickered, and everyone saw only a few words:
Chapter One: Fire Illuminates Black Clouds.
"Here it comes, here it comes! Fire Illuminates Black Clouds—is it the story of Black Wind Mountain?"
"It should be..."
"Walk, walk, walk, roam, roam, roam, willing to be an ox for copper coins, being human is not as good as being a demon, not fearing the King of Hell's unending decree..."
The opening was from the perspective of a peach.
From his ears came the lazy voices of two imps. Bai Xiaobai looked up, only to see a furry hand pick him up, and a fox's head appeared before him.
This fox was also amusing, muttering about "destiny" and "blessings."
And then he brought the peach to his mouth. To him, this was his destiny and blessing, regardless of whether the peach was willing or not.
Seeing the gaping maw about to bite down.
How could Bai Xiaobai endure it any longer? He jumped up and struck its chin, then transformed back into his true form as a monkey.
"You little imp, how dare you play tricks on your grandpa! Today, I'll make sure you know your place!" The two fox demons roared and pounced.
At this time.
Bai Xiaobai found that his state was still quite different from the novice tutorial mode; the biggest difference was that he could only save one bean.
"It looks like the previous one was a trial card; now the real Dungeon begins."
Facing the two small fox demons pouncing at him, Bai Xiaobai's expression was calm.
He had, after all, followed Lord Chen to the Dark World a few times and experienced several major events.
A mere two small fox demons were not enough to shake his Dao heart.
"Light staff combo, build up staff momentum."
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Although Bai Xiaobai's technique was a bit rusty, and his light staff combo wasn't that smooth, perhaps these two little monsters were ridiculously weak.
With a few crackling blows.
He actually killed them, without even needing to use a heavy staff attack.
"??"
"Spirit Essence x58"
Some things floated from the two little monsters and flew into Bai Xiaobai's hand.
"Ah, no, they just died?"
Bai Xiaobai was stunned for a long time, then suddenly burst into laughter.
So that's how it is.
He said, "Erlang Shen is Hell Mode, that's a level only the Great Sage can fight. What we face are just some small monsters, the kind you can kill with a few light taps of the staff. This is simply Easy Mode!"
Bai Xiaobai suddenly felt confident again.
Not just him, but all the other twelve thousand Adventurers felt the same way.
When they were being thrashed by Erlang Shen earlier, their Dao hearts almost shattered, and they even wondered if they were unsuitable for this Dungeon.
But the appearance of these two little imps gave them confidence again.
Believing that the Dungeon was nothing special...
"Brothers, watch me! I'll get a no-damage clear for you."
"Not bad, not bad."
"Look at my staff! Run, charge! There's a little monster ahead! Hmph! Monster, where do you think you're going? This is Old Li's one-staff strike!"
These little monsters were indeed very weak; one heavy staff attack was enough to finish them.
Even if they encountered slightly stronger ones, at most, they would just need to add a few more light staff attacks.
Making them unable to help but feel that this Dungeon was incredibly easy.
They fought and ran all the way.
Finally, they arrived in front of a Land God Temple, and a figure appeared before him.
"Land God Temple?"
"What is this, an NPC? He's wearing a collar, so he must be a summoned creature simulated by Lord Chen, here to tell us the story..."
"Tell us what? They're all riddle-speakers! But I think I understand, this Land God Temple is the save point, the death resurrection point!"
The bullet comments were filled with speculation.
Bai Xiaobai didn't stop for a moment. After a few words with the Land God, he continued to move forward.
"What save and resurrect?"
"A joke!"
"I'm so awesome, do I still need to save and resurrect?"
Bai Xiaobai went on a rampage.
He always had a heavy staff bean in hand, and since the monsters here were relatively scattered, appearing one by one, one strike was usually enough.
The map was large.
There were no signposts indicating where to go. The Adventurers just wandered through the forest, following their instincts.
They would gather spiritual herbs wherever they found them.
They would fight monsters wherever they appeared, collecting spiritual essence.
The main idea was to pluck every feather from every goose that flew by.
Finally, they arrived at a mountain gate.
At the mountain gate, they saw a tall, axe-wielding great monster named Gu Guardian.
The moment they saw him, the Adventurers saw a long health bar appear above Gu Guardian's head.
"Boss, Boss! It's the boss!"
"Brother Xiaobai, hurry up! Let us see how powerful you are. Don't get your ass kicked later, okay?"
Looking at the teasing comments, Bai Xiaobai also felt a little nervous.
But he still let out a cold laugh.
"What a joke! A small boss, easily handled!"
Having said that.
He formed a staff stance and charged forward, taking advantage of Gu Guardian's unresponsiveness to smash him with a staff.
What he didn't expect was that this blow actually broke Gu Guardian's defense.
And he took several more hits directly.
His health bar dropped by a third.
"This easy to beat?"
Bai Xiaobai was stunned.