"Master, I'm back~" "Xiao Jingliu." Jinyun squatted in front of her and asked, "Do you want to go to a big city for a stroll?" "A big city? Is it the place that Master-father mentioned where there are lots of delicious food, fun things to do, and where you can see all kinds of people?" "Yes, do you want to go?" "miss you!" After all, they are children, and they always have a strong curiosity about the vast world outside. They follow their dreams and yearn for the farther sky. "Then, Master will take you to have a look?" "Okay~!" Seeing Xiao Jingliu so excited, Jinyun also began to look forward to the city’s functions. In an open world, cities are the most difficult to create. Cities in most open world games are very empty, with many buildings and streets, but very few interactive elements. Most buildings are just textures and models.
Not sure what this game can do? With anticipation, Jinyun enabled 02 to start its urban functions. The huge Garden of Eden turned into flowing light at this moment, floating away like catkins. As it dissipated, the various buildings and magnificent palaces, along with the entire city, slowly unfolded like a scroll. [Heading to: Immortal Boat "Cangcheng"] Chapter 7: Little cutie X, little troublemaker√ Fairy boat, Cangcheng. According to the background story of the original work, this was one of the original nine fairy boats built by the emperor who unified the ancient planet in order to pray for the elixir of immortality. The prototype was estimated to come from Qin Shihuang. If I remember correctly, this fairy boat seemed to be swallowed by the activated planet "World-Devouring Rahu". In the original story, Jingliu joined the Cloud Cavalry that rescued her and has been associated with the sword ever since. After the scenes in front of us were all laid out, the whole city came alive. Xianzhou is a city created based on the ancient Chinese national style. What's more, the original work itself is a domestic game. Therefore, no matter it is architecture or cultural customs, it cannot escape the word national style. The fusion of mythology and science fiction gave birth to the unique cultural environment and customs of Xianzhou, which is full of romance. Jinyun held Xiao Jingliu's hand and walked out of the randomly teleported alley. As the view gradually widened, a bustling market was completely revealed. It was morning, and the streets were crowded with people and traffic. The cries of hawkers and the noise of hustle and bustle are intertwined. In the streets and alleys, stalls are adjacent to each other. There is a dazzling array of colorful fabrics, fragrant cakes, and sparkling jewelry. It is a feast for the eyes. There were a constant stream of pedestrians on the road, including fox merchants parading through the streets and local residents hurrying on their way. As soon as Xiao Jingliu entered the street market, her little mouth never closed. She looked at the quaint buildings and the shops selling a wide variety of rare treasures with stars in her eyes. “Master, Master, Master! Look! There are people. So many people!” Xiao Jingliu pointed at the endless stream of people coming and going, and kept exclaiming:
"There are also flying cars. Uh, no, they're boats. Flying boats!" Don’t ask why Xiao Jingliu knows about cars. It was Jinyun who taught him based on modern knowledge. When he taught it at the beginning, he overlooked the original life story of Xiao Jingliu. It seems that he will have to do more homework here later. Jinyun looked at the star raft flying across the sky and said to Xiao Jingliu, "That's called a star raft. It's a means of transportation used to transport people, just like a ship." "Star...tea?" Xiao Jingliu tilted his head. "In other words, can that big thing be brewed and drunk?" "No, no, not that tea." Although Xingcha was really made from bubbles... "Master, look at that! What a huge rock!" "Well, that's a palace." "Wow! There are so many delicious foods!" Although Xiao Jingliu is not a foodie, he is still a child, and how many children don’t like to eat snacks? The roadside stalls are filled with snacks, including meat buns, steamed buns, candied haws, pancakes, and fried tofu. Xiao Jingliu tugged at Jinyun's sleeve, pointed at the crystal-clear, jade-like, and beautiful candied haws, and said in a childish voice: "Master, I want to eat that!" "Good good." Jinyun agreed and exchanged some Xundi for game coins through the currency system. Of course, only a small portion of it is cash for pocket money, and most of it is digital. After all, who would carry a bag of heavy things when going shopping? He used a patrol arrow to buy a candied haws from a vendor, but when he turned around, Xiao Jingliu was gone. "Hmm? Where's the little guy?" Turn on character positioning, and Xiaojingliu's position will immediately appear on Jinyun's UI interface. The little girl was probably attracted by the fragrance and ran to a stall selling rice dumplings. The stall owner was a fox-man. When he saw Xiao Jingliu coming over, he immediately called out, "Freshly baked zongzi, little sister, do you want to try one?" "Zongzi?" Xiao Jingliu looked at the green rice dumplings wrapped in rice leaves with great curiosity, nodded, picked up one at random, put it in his mouth and started chewing. "Ugh! It's so disgusting. The inside is fine, but the leaves outside are so hard to chew!" "? Little sister, are you kidding me?" Xiao Jingliu pouted in disdain and threw the unfinished food into the trash can beside the stall. She turned around and tried to leave, but the stall owner immediately stopped her: "Wait a minute, you haven't paid yet!"
"What money? Didn't I eat it because you told me to?" "Watch out! One Zongzi and one Xundi. The sign clearly states what's going on. Don't even think about eating a free meal!" Jinyun hurried to the stall and protected Xiao Jingliu behind him: "Excuse me, little brother, this is the first time for the child to come to the city and he doesn't understand these things. Can I give you double the amount?" "You are, her father?" "no......" "Alright, alright, let's forget about it this time. But seeing that you are dressed like a foreigner, I would like to kindly remind you that when you come to the Immortal Boat, you must follow the rules of the Immortal Boat!" Jinyun shrugged and left the stall taking Xiao Jingliu with him. Although as a player, Jinyun was actually taught a lesson by a small game NPC, he was not angry at all, but felt happy instead. Because this game brings him so many surprises! These NPCs are obviously just a string of data, but their expressions, movements, demeanor, and even the dialogue interactions simulated by AI are all like real people, very real! This alone is enough to make this game a big seller. "Master." Xiao Jingliu raised his little head and asked in confusion, "Why was that uncle angry just now?" "Oh, because you didn't pay for the food." "Money? Is that the currency you mentioned that people use to exchange things with each other?" "Yes, you still remember it. How nice of you." Jinyun squatted down in front of Xiao Jingliu and said, "Little girl, the city is not like the 'countryside' we were in before. Food, clothing, housing and transportation all cost money here..." After roughly explaining the basic rules of living in the city to Xiao Jingliu, Jinyun took out the bag of scattered patrol arrows and handed it to Xiao Jingliu: "Come on, time for actual combat. Now use the money I gave you to buy something." Xiao Jingliu nodded thoughtfully, then pointed to a noodle shop on the side of the road and said, "Master, I'll treat you to some noodles!" "Haha, the word 'please' is very apt. Okay, let's go." Jinyun agreed with a smile. Xiao Jingliu's words really reminded him that he had never tried eating in this game, but he could smell the fragrance of this world through the VR device. The VR device in my rich second-generation roommate's home can already simply simulate the taste of candy, but the prerequisite is that electrodes need to be put on the tongue. If it is the same technology, this VR is not equipped with a tactile feedback device on the tongue, so it should not be able to simulate the taste. The two of them came to the noodle shop and sat down, and the owner immediately came over with a menu to entertain them. Xiao Jingliu ordered a bowl of cute-looking meatball ramen, while Jinyun ordered the signature rice noodles with chopped beef in red oil. However, the boss remembered the wrong dish and served Jinyun a bowl of noodles. He apologized and replaced it with a bowl of rice noodles. Although it was an accident, the little easter egg that this NPC actually ordered the wrong dish really surprised Jinyun, as if the other party had really become a living person and would make human mistakes. "It's delicious."
Jinyun picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of rice noodles and put it into his mouth. Immediately, the spicy and fresh taste of the red oil and the sauce-flavored taste of the beef soup filled his mouth! Great! Jinyun exclaimed, chewed a few more times, and then showed a look of amazement as if he was completely conquered. The rice noodles are smooth and chewy, the beef has a mellow texture, and the taste is delicious with all five flavors. It is even more delicious than in reality! Incredible... This taste...isn't it too realistic?! Jinyun finished a big bowl of rice noodles in one breath. Perhaps due to the false signals released by his neural feedback system, he actually felt full. It’s incredible! Star Network’s exclusive technology can simulate taste without installing electrodes on the tongue. It’s really powerful! I won’t watch this year’s National Science and Technology Pioneer Award if it’s not included! [Complete achievement: Cyber Eating] [Rewards: 3000 game coins, taste adaptation function enabled] Hey, that's awesome! This achievement can earn you gold coins! As for the taste adaptation function, to put it simply, it can change Jinyun's taste. As long as it is set up, even eating stones will taste like chocolate. Then, something more interesting happened. After Xiao Jingliu finished eating the meatball ramen, he excitedly went to the boss to pay the bill—— "Boss, here's the money, 10 Xundi." "You are such a good kid, but 10 tsubasa is just the money for the meatball ramen. I haven't paid for the rice noodles yet." "Rice noodles are exchanged for noodles." "You didn't pay for the noodles." “We didn’t eat the noodles either.” "?" The boss, who had lived for hundreds of years, couldn't help but fall into deep thought. Something seems to be wrong, but nothing seems to be wrong... Jinyun, who was sitting next to him, was both happy and annoyed. Wow, Xiaojingliu's AI is too powerful. It can even figure out the logic loophole questions by itself! I am getting more and more curious about how this little girl will grow up! Chapter 8 Our new home Unlocking city functions also means more gameplay options.
Jinyun can truly feel that this game is far from being simply summarized by the label of "cultivation". Putting aside its core development mechanism, the open world of the game itself is also very well done.