Interstellar Travel: Becoming a Dress-Up Game Designer

Chapter 28

The surrounding players were stunned. "Ahhhhh, I want this! I want this!"

"Let's go find birdseed, it's so beautiful! I want this bird too."

"Ahhh, I love that round, white bird over there!"

The appearance of these birds carries their own explanation.

That white bird is a pearl bird; it looks fluffy, like a soft, fluffy glutinous rice ball.

As the sycamore leaves fall in dense clusters, many couples dressed in schoolgirl cheongsams and Zhongshan suits get ready to go through the opening animation.

That unique moment back then truly brought together countless couples. Today, in this dreamlike and similar setting, it would be a real shame not to come and capture it on video.

Some people follow the script exactly, without missing a single step.

There are even sweeter ones, where the script is designed by the user.

Embrace and kiss amidst the maple leaves, and spin around with your girlfriend in a shower of maple leaves.

It's not limited to boyfriends and girlfriends; there are all kinds of combinations available.

"Ahhh, my maple leaf dream is complete. [Image] [Image]"

"Mine is a swing dream, picture."

In the picture, the player found a perfect setting, surrounded by wisteria flowers. She sat on a drooping vine, wearing a beautiful white cheongsam and a rabbit fur shawl, her pair of fair and beautiful feet dazzling.

Just as everyone was showing off their pictures, the game developer, Jin You, arrived late to the party.

'Hey streamer, were you perhaps a Zerg King wreaking havoc on StarCraft in your past life? How come you always miss the boat?'

'Daily focus on finishing up the work resulted in missing out on 100 million – achieved today.'

He said sheepishly, "Something came up at home, something came up at home. Hahaha."

My wife gave birth yesterday, and I had to be with her.

I wasn't planning on playing games today, but my wife said she wanted to watch. She can't play, so I'm going to play for her to see after this!

There's no other way but to do a live stream.

Concluding remarks: "Has the gentle breeze been renewed again?"

'It might not be an update; it could be a new game coming out and they're asking you to finish up.'

"Speaking of new games, there are actually several dress-up games released, similar to Qingfengyi. It's just that the designs aren't as good as this one, and it uses a lot of designs from Qingfengyi."

"It's infuriating, really. I complained about their plagiarism in those games, but the game platforms wouldn't acknowledge it. Even the patent office wouldn't recognize it."

"They're all seasoned players in the game; how could you possibly catch them? What they copied is obviously something that can't be patented, and with their own modifications, they can only accept their bad luck."

'Just boycott it.'

'Not at all. It's thanks to them that Qingfengyi is motivated to improve and strive for continuous improvement.'

That makes sense...

I hadn't been paying attention to the comments during the finale, but I was captivated by this feeling.

Fantastic!

I felt like I had become a bird, soaring freely in the sky. The wind rustled the feathers of the birds in front of me.

"Ahhh, this feels so good! Is this what it feels like to fly freely?"

As they fly, they break free from the sycamore trees, and a cutscene shows them escaping the bird's perspective.

All that could be seen was yellow sand everywhere, withered tree stumps and a desolate landscape.

Countless birds, covered in dust, fell to the ground, struggling to get up, their eyes fixed on the sky.

Suddenly, a high-pitched cry resounded through the sky. A large bird, gleaming with golden light and trailing long, magnificent tail feathers, appeared. Its wings spread wide, covering the sky, and its beautiful head was adorned with feathers; the red feathers, set against the golden backdrop, resembled rubies, sparkling brilliantly.

"Chirp~"

Golden light scattered across the earth and entered the bodies of the birds, who then flew towards the large bird. The scene was magnificent, with countless birds of all colors densely packed together, flying towards the giant bird.

This scene of hundreds of birds paying homage to the phoenix is ​​breathtaking and leaves one speechless for a long time.

In the blink of an eye, the scene shifts to the sycamore trees, where green sycamores are covered with vines and purple flowers hang down.

Occasionally, the wind blows, causing leaves and petals to fall with a rustling sound.

The final moments left viewers stunned, as were some office workers who had come to the live stream to relax.

'What game is this? It's so beautiful!'

After the cutscene ends, the quest is issued.

Collect the grain that the phoenix had hidden to feed the bird, and match it with the description on the envelope.

'My great mecha commander, how many birds are there exactly? Does anyone know?'

"It's so beautiful! So beautiful! I want to play!"

"Playing now, hahaha. My goal is that big bird; just thinking about it perched on my little abode gets me excited."

Under the moonlight, a golden phoenix circles the beams of the house, adding a touch of elegance to even a thatched cottage.

The cleanup started late, and we entered the very last few sections, where there were fewer people.

It's just a little less!

The area was already small, and now nearly 10,000 people were crammed here, with the trees densely packed with people.

Lin Shuying's lack of sensitivity to area created the second loophole: people could be stacked on top of each other in this game instance. Since the interstellar holographic game simulates reality one-to-one, people stacked on top of each other would result in a stampede...

"Don't step on me, hurry up and get on!"

Why did you kick me in the face? Do you believe I'll hit you?

"Want to fight? Come on, I'm not afraid of anyone!"

"This is the vine I grabbed first, get down here!"

As he spoke, he kicked the player below in the face. The player missed and fell. He landed on a thick pile of leaves but was unharmed, got up, and continued.

At this moment, a player rushed over, grabbed the vine, and started pulling upwards. The player above was being made to sway precariously by the player below, feeling very insecure.

"Can you wait until I get up before you climb? Have some public spirit!"

"No way! If you're so capable, come down here and fight!"

"A duel, huh? I'll beat you to death."

As he spoke, he summoned the Flower Fairy from his backpack and threw her down.

The players below saw a beautiful woman fall and instinctively let go to catch her. They were then hit in the face by the flower fairy, leaving them covered in blood, while the flower fairy chuckled.

"Oh my god, I just got hit in the face by my goddess!"

The player above said to his flower fairy, "Red Plum Fairy, hold onto the vines and stop those shameless players while I go up."

"Okay, master."

Only a few people have the Flower Fairy skin; this player is quite extravagant.

This scene was broadcast live during the finale, and those wealthy players who had collected eighty Flower Fairies instantly became excited.

"You can play it like that?"

So the flower fairies who were farming and guarding the house were all put into the owner's backpack. "Let's go, let's rob some things!"

Thus, the "robbery wind" appeared out of nowhere. A player led eighty flower fairies to guard under the tree, waiting for the player above to collect the food and come down, then grab them and rob them.

The player, whose face was buried in the leaves, asked in a muffled voice, "Are you sure you want to rob me?"

"That goes without saying, I've already robbed them."

He reached out and snatched the lucky bag from the other person's hand, putting it into his backpack. "Take everything out of your backpack, or I'll kill you!"

"Go ahead and kill it, it won't drop anything. But you'll definitely regret it!"

More than ninety imposing and burly men descended from above and instantly surrounded the player and his flower fairy. The flower fairy was rather delicate and pretty, and the female fairy was also quite short. The male fairy had a scholarly appearance, and compared to these ninety-odd burly men, they were simply no match.

The player gave an awkward smile as he put his fairy into his backpack.

"They're so pretty and cute, you definitely wouldn't have the heart to hit them, right?"

More than ninety burly men glared at him, then reached out and grabbed a fairy. The player immediately went over and hugged his own fairy, saying, "You can only hit me, not my wife!"

The player got up, and the burly men around him shouted in unison, "Young boss, what do we do?"

The shopkeeper stood up angrily and said, "Sell me your flower fairy, and I'll let bygones be bygones."

That player's eyes were the kind you look at an idiot with, "Pah!"

Having said that, he inserted a golden hairpin into his heart, and then transformed into a speck of light and ascended to the heavens. The flower fairy also vanished.

The player returned to his home and kept saying how unlucky he was, "The Flower Fairy is mine anyway, she won't drop if she dies, what's there to be afraid of?"

Open the backpack, and the eighty flower fairies are still there.

He himself collected them with great difficulty, by any means necessary, and yet he sold them to him?

That's not how you do daydreams.

"Waaaaah, my dear wives and husbands, I'm never taking you on any more battles! Those people outside are so wicked; they only want your beauty, but I only want your true hearts~"

The shop owner was furious. "I'll beat that guy up every time I see him! He's just trying to freeload off my bird food!"

"Okay, little boss."

So far, the competition for bird food is still within the normal range. However, when the video of Lele catching a white peacock instead of wearing a colorful dress was released, the world was quiet for a moment before the battle mode began.

Lele doesn't like colorful outfits but is very skilled at playing. She added Xunmei as a friend beforehand and teamed up as soon as the game updated. As a result, she was among the first wave of players to dominate Xunmei's server. As one of the conditions for staying in the five-person friend team, she had to give Xunmei half of her bird food.

So she stopped taking pictures and playing around, focusing solely on finding bird food, with her sights set on the golden phoenix perched in the sycamore tree.

I kept trying to get the bird food, but it wouldn't even acknowledge the golden bird.

but!

She let the first 58 ordinary birds go, and then the white peacock appeared.

The bird's feathers shimmered with a holy light. Perched on a branch, its head held high, three magnificent white feathers on its forehead swayed slightly. Its eyes clearly yearned for birdseed, yet it maintained an arrogant and disdainful demeanor...

"I...I...I can't control myself!!!"

Unable to resist, I reached out my hand. The peacock watched for a moment before lowering its head to eat. After finishing, it tilted its head and plucked a magnificent, pure, and beautiful feather from its tail, handing it to Lele, who didn't like the colorful dress. Then, it spread its large wings and flew away, bathed in divine light.

"Ahhhh, I want it! I want it!"

"Bird, you're mine, don't go~"

Losing all restraint, she couldn't help but shout.

The surrounding players were stunned. Apart from being smaller and having a different color, this bird was comparable to a phoenix.

Many players have become engrossed in the activity of farming for white peacocks.

Two days have passed, and only Lele, who doesn't like the rainbow outfit, has seen it this time.

Their burning passion was frozen solid by a block of ice, and they all gave up.

Only Lele stubbornly persisted in not liking the colorful outfit, refusing to give up even when the viewers in the live stream were tired and abandoned her.

I stayed up late at night watching the live stream, but there were hardly any viewers; it was incredibly quiet.

But on that very night, she saw it eight times!

Shock.

On the second day at noon, after completing the tenth run, I obtained ten tail feathers.

This time, the white peacock didn't leave. It kept watching Lele. Lele, as if struck by a divine inspiration, carefully handed it ten tail feathers. The tail feathers transformed into a ray of light and disappeared into the peacock's tail. The peacock lowered its head and nuzzled Lele's hand.

Lele instantly went berserk, screaming, "Aaaaaah, I'm never washing my hands again in my life!"

Then something even more surprising happened: the white peacock flew down from the branch and landed on the ground.

Its tail feathers, like a fan, slowly unfurled, revealing a fan created by the gods. Dazzlingly white, its beauty seemed otherworldly.

The players watching from the surrounding area and the viewers in the live stream almost forgot to breathe, not wanting to disturb such a beautiful scene.

The white peacock twitched its tail for a moment in front of Lele, its tail feathers fluttering like dancing sprites of light.

"So beautiful~"

At this moment, the explanation appears:

The white peacock, a variant of the peacock, possesses a crown of feathers resembling a princess's crest and pristine, beautiful tail feathers. A peacock displaying its tail feathers signifies that it has seen a beautiful person it desires to mate with; it is a courtship behavior...

Lele didn't like the colorful decorations with little hearts all over her eyes, but said, "It, it likes me~"

"Ahhh, I shouldn't have given up! I must continue to capture this peacock!"

Sister Xunmei was very direct, "Lele, how about selling this white peacock to me? Name your price, there's no upper limit."

Lele quickly put the white peacock into her backpack. "I'm not selling it. This is today's bird food. Good luck, sister!"

Lele decides to capture all the birds. There are 180 kinds of birds. Does anyone know what the hidden ones are?

The white peacock is definitely a hidden gem; she was the first to discover it, as there had been no previous footage of the white peacock.

The appearance of the white peacock not only affected the players, but also the employees of Qingfengyi Studio, who all asked for leave.

Lin Shuying was puzzled. Why did everyone suddenly need to take leave?

"Have you been under too much work pressure lately?"

Xia Chunqi: "Sis, you actually put a white peacock in the game! I'm going to catch it, it's so beautiful, waaaaah~"

Lin Shuying asked, amused, "Is that your reason too?"

Lu Yunzhi: "Boss, that one is so beautiful, I can't resist. I've been working here for four months, and I haven't had a day off every month."

Although Lin Shuying gave them weekends and holidays off, everyone liked the work-life balance here and didn't need any vacations. Today, their time finally came in handy.

Lin Shuying: "But I paid you three times your salary..."

Lu Yunzhi: "I'll return mine immediately!"

"Mine too!" *5

Lin Shuying: "Okay, approved. Have fun, just make sure you manage your work properly."

She is an exceptionally good boss.

However, it's easy to ask the boss for leave, but the boss isn't responsible for arranging the work.

"Ok!"

The tactic of stalling, huh?

Xia Chunqi leaned closer and whispered, "Sister, how many beautiful birds are inside?"

Lin Shu-ying: "I think every bird is beautiful."

"Sis~"

Xia Chunqi shook Lin Shuying's shoulder, "I'm asking about the White Peacock level."

That's uncertain, since everyone's preferences are different. Lin Shuying's hidden selections are just her favorites; the others are simply ranked.

Are you sure you want to know?

Other employees quickly gathered around, nodding vigorously.

Lin Shuying said, "For me, every one of them is a hidden gem, but many of them are hard to get. The ones I like are all hard to get. The white peacock you see is one of them, and there's also the green peacock and the blue peacock. The green peacock is the one on the shop's screen, and the blue peacock has slightly blue feathers; the phoenix-tailed quetzal has bright red feathers on its belly, a long tail with a light purple and blue-green gradient at the base, a bright blue body, and a shimmering green chest. It's a bird with a green base and a blue crown; the long-tailed weaverbird, the one I designed here is the male, with a long tail, a jet-black body, and a metallic sheen."