A full-dive wuxia online game called Chronicles of the Jianghu suddenly undergoes a strange transformation. Once players enter the game, they can't log out, and dying in the game means dying in real life. The game world is based on an ancient martial-arts setting and combines sect rivalries, secret-realm exploration, and the inheritance of martial arts. Its NPCs have highly advanced AI, and some even become self-aware, forming complex conflicts of interest with the players.
- Martial arts are acquired through "insight" and "inheritance": Players can learn techniques by defeating bosses, deciphering secret manuals, or becoming disciples of a sect. However, each martial art can only be mastered in full by one person, preventing it from becoming commonplace. Incomplete moves can be combined to create new techniques.
- Factions and neutrality: Players can join a sect, such as Shaolin, Wudang, or the Demon Cult, or become lone wanderers. Their faction choice affects questlines and NPC attitudes, while betraying a faction triggers a "Jianghu Manhunt Warrant."
- Death penalties: When a player dies, all their martial arts and equipment are wiped, leaving only a small amount of "Jianghu Renown," which can be exchanged for basic survival supplies. But after dying three times, their consciousness vanishes completely in real life.
I really can't stand it after reading Chapter 11.