Chapter 966: Chapter 530: A New Game Chapter 966: Chapter 530: A New Game “Um, are you an NPC?” the boss asked cautiously.

“Sort of,” Zhiyi Heavenly Lord nodded and said, “It’s quite complicated to explain; I’m afraid you might not understand, so I’d rather not go into it.”

“Oh, okay.”

The boss thought about it for a long time but still couldn’t grasp what was so complicated, so he just had to push the question to the back of his mind.

Looking at Zhiyi Heavenly Lord and then at Fang Cheng EX on the other side, the boss asked quietly, “Um, am I disturbing you guys?”

“What do you think?” Zhiyi Heavenly Lord said with a smile, looking at the boss.

For some reason, looking at Zhiyi Heavenly Lord’s current expression, the boss felt like a little rabbit being targeted by a tiger, and he felt terrible all over.

On the side, he said apologetically with a smile, “I just made a wish, and the system identified you as the most suitable person, right? I’m innocent too.”

Zhiyi Heavenly Lord stroked his non-existent beard and thought about it, feeling the boss made some sense.

However, this didn’t prevent him from feeling bad; now he felt a slight urge to curse someone.

After staring at the boss for a while, Zhiyi Heavenly Lord “tsked” and then started counting on his fingers.

After counting for a while, he looked at Black Tech, who had begun talking to someone on the side, and at the fearful boss, then “tsked” again.

Pretty impressive, huh?

Black Tech truly deserved to be considered a worthy adversary by the Great Heavenly Lord; he even had guessed right.

Looking at Fang Cheng drinking Spiritual Tea on the side, he noticed that the Great Heavenly Lord seemed a bit proud.

Although he could understand this feeling, Zhiyi Heavenly Lord still thought the Great Heavenly Lord was acting too strangely.

Just as Black Tech had said, it was a unique attack; the opponent’s onslaught had already affected the players’ fleets and caused peculiar impacts.

Calculating again, Zhiyi Heavenly Lord discovered that he really was among the most capable ones present and the most suitable to handle this issue.

The enemy’s method of attack was through possibilities.

There were numerous moves on a Go board, and if that board were expanded to three or higher dimensions, there would be even more moves available.

And Zhiyi Heavenly Lord’s specialty was the multitude of moves, or the board’s nearly infinite possibilities.

In this field, Zhiyi Heavenly Lord dared to claim, he was First Under Heaven!

The Great Heavenly Lord didn’t count; he was like a humanoid cheat code!

And looking at the so-called bugs the players were talking about, it was because this weapon had brought out another possibility from the game and replaced the original reality.

In another possibility, the unlucky good-for-nothing’s game might indeed have a two-dimensional hero or a stuttering hero.

These possibilities were not high, but they definitely existed.

As long as there was a possibility, it would be entangled by this weapon of possibility and would thus appear in games created by players.

After explaining this situation as simply as possible to the boss and Black Tech, both quickly understood the idea and showed different expressions.

Black Tech reacted quite normally; after all, he’d played many games from Fang Cheng Studio and was used to their bizarre settings.

But the boss was still a bit less shocked than what Fang Cheng Studio usually delivered, and at this moment he looked as if he’d seen an alien.

“No way, are Fang Cheng Studio’s games always like this? They escalate things so much?” the boss said incredulously, “I thought it was already ridiculous that these battleships were stealing nuclear bombs across Star Regions like Mi Di does, but this bug weapon seems even more absurd.”

“Is it really that exaggerated? It seems pretty normal to me.” the unlucky one asked perplexedly.

“You deserve to never graduate,” the boss scoffed dismissively, “It’s not just about changing some settings; this involves measures affecting millions of players’ games. The volume of work involved is unimaginable; it’s only that Fang Cheng Studio has mastered a very special game production method.”

“Boss, how did you suddenly seem so smart?” the unlucky one asked even more puzzled.

The boss squinted at the unlucky one: “You’re getting more and more out of line; is that how you speak to a mentor?”

“I only respect those who ought to be respected.”

“What kind of attitude is that!”

Black Tech raised his hand to interrupt this odd pair of master and pupil and said to Zhiyi Heavenly Lord, “This problem doesn’t sound serious.”

“No, it is serious. This weapon prioritizes attacking the weaker parts, which is why they target player-created games, because games are virtual products and very vulnerable. Once the games are nearly destroyed, it will gradually spread from the player-created games and start affecting physical entities.”

“What will happen?”

“The warship will gradually be replaced by possibilities, like a part of the warship that didn’t get enough coating during production could lead to the disintegration of the entire warship. This kind of attack is almost indefensible and is a very dangerous means of attack.”

The boss felt indifferent at first, but when he learned that it could lead to the annihilation of the entire warship, he couldn’t sit still.

He was now the commander of the fleet, and if this failed, players would definitely chase him down and curse him until he died.

To be precise, even death wouldn’t bring peace; these people would definitely find ways to locate his grave and steal his offerings to eat every day.

And living would also be torture, especially since he had learned from his financially independent chief strategist friend that “Nebula” had become a decent financial product. Some game creators were using it as their game development tool, and accounts that could be used to create games on a warship were being sold at sky-high prices.

Once the warship was destroyed, he would be the main culprit behind the financial product’s crash and would be hung up and beaten.

Considering their quirkiness, they definitely wouldn’t trouble Fang Cheng Studio, so the problem was obviously his to deal with.

Thinking of this, the boss’s complexion worsened.

I should never have taken this job!

The boss’s face turned ashen as he suddenly thought of something and grabbed Zhiyi Heavenly Lord’s hand, saying sincerely and meekly, “Daddy~”
“Be serious!” Zhiyi Heavenly Lord snapped harshly, “What sort of person do you think you are to be my son!”

“I am a respectable graduate supervisor, how am I not worthy!”

“Pfft, supervisor.”

Seeing that the scene was about to descend into chaos again, Black Tech cheerfully calmed them down and then asked Zhiyi Heavenly Lord, “So, how can this problem be solved?”

Facing Black Tech, Zhiyi Heavenly Lord’s attitude improved significantly.

He thought for a while and then said, “I have three strategies.”

“That’s been done by someone else already.”

“Really, I quite liked it… Anyway, the best method is to offer a sacrifice for good deeds and ask someone to take action. It would be solved in one second.”

While saying this, Zhiyi Heavenly Lord glanced at Fang Cheng, who was drinking tea nearby. Fang Cheng responded with a gesture indicating it wouldn’t even take that long.

This suggestion was clearly tempting for the boss, but after learning about the required good deeds, he wisely chose to shut up.

Damn profiteers!

“The next best method is to give me some more good deeds, and I’ll help you fend it off by using possibility against possibility, but success isn’t guaranteed.”

The boss looked at his own good deeds and grimaced, “Is there a cheaper option?”

“Yes, I can give you some methods to make Magic Artifacts, and you can find them yourself. Create some simple games and then find the signs of the possibility weapon spreading. Use the Magic Artifacts to remove those possibilities. It’s quite simple, but the weapon’s spread is extensive, so whether you can get the players to cooperate is your own business.”

After listening to Zhiyi Heavenly Lord’s three strategies and considering his remaining good deeds, the boss realized he might only be able to go for the third option.

But the conditions given by Zhiyi Heavenly Lord were also problematic.

According to Zhiyi Heavenly Lord, the possibility weapon would prioritize attacking simpler things, so the game needed to be as simple as possible.

Then, the game also needed to integrate the effects of the Magic Artifact given by Zhiyi Heavenly Lord with the effects of the possibility weapon for players to handle.

Finally, the gameplay also needed to be sufficiently enjoyable to keep the players engaged continuously. If it could spark a trend of imitation, even better.

But was such a game possible?

Just as the boss was contemplating whether to spend money to have his chief strategist friend create it, Fang Cheng set down his teacup.

He felt a stirring in his emotions; despite the numerous restrictions, he was actually interested and felt challenged.

The limitations, far from being shackles to his creativity, actually brought a sense of challenge, making the experience quite entertaining.

Quietly savoring this feeling, he nodded satisfactorily, and with a casual flick, a game integrating the search for possibilities emerged.

In the Living Immortal’s new work, “Room No. 9” quietly appeared on the “Nebula” gaming platform.