[Advance Notice: The Blacksmith Shop NPC Storyteller Who Was a Game Balancer, synopsis below]
Overnight, transmigrated into the role of a doomed extra, Kong Fan had planned to keep her head down and survive in peace.
But most of the doomed-extra plot had already played out. She had to save herself!
Step one: clear the name of junk materials by using them to make holographic devices and selling them online.
At first, netizens saw the holographic device's electric-scooter-helmet design and shouted that it was a scam.
Later, after watching streamers play a holographic version of Minesweeper, they begged the company to speed up production and release the new devices.
Step two: join a dating reality show to avoid paying an astronomical penalty.
At first, netizens mocked Kong Fan as a naive airhead and suspected she was trying to build a persona as a research genius.
Later, after seeing her turn so many impossibilities into possibilities, they fell silent.
Don't get the wrong idea. They weren't saying anything because they were following the videos and trying to make things themselves.
After all, they'd heard it was really easy :)
Step three: ...
Oh, wait.
After Kong Fan launched the first holographic online game development competition, she'd already saved herself. She didn't need a third step.
In fact, when the whole world saw all the equipment Kong Fan had contributed to charitable causes, it went wild.
[She is a legend, a symbol of a new era.]
That was the only character assessment on Kong Fan's official profile later on.
[Notes]
1. This story is entirely fictional, with a mountain of original worldbuilding. Everything serves the plot, so please don't scrutinize the details.
2. All the technology is made up. No need to look too closely orz
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The Blacksmith Shop NPC Storyteller Who Was a Game Balancer
Synopsis:
Liang Shi, who had stayed up all night checking data, died.
After death, she transmigrated into a game she had yet to release, becoming the blacksmith shop NPC in the starting village, complete with an NPC interface.
Having no desire to work herself to death again, Liang Shi only wanted to sleep, eat, drink, live in a house with no leaks or drafts, and avoid being bothered by monsters.
Ideally, she'd stick to a simple routine between the blacksmith shop and the tavern.
She was willing to put in some effort ahead of time to make that happen.
Clear out the monsters nearby, gather materials, build a house, and make bedding, tableware, and drinking vessels!
Once everything was finished, Liang Shi finally got to live the comfortable, peaceful life she'd wanted.
Then the game launched.
On its first day, the players blew up Liang Shi's house.
Liang Shi: ...
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The full-dive game From Ancient Times, whose slogan was "Anything is possible" and "Players change the world," took the internet by storm as soon as it was released.
Because players could improve their mental strength and martial skills in the game.
They could even extract items from the game if they met certain requirements.
When the open beta began, players poured into the game like mad.
The first thing they did was rush to the blacksmith shop to claim weapons.
Then, in a moment of "excitement," they blew up the entire shop.
The blacksmith shop NPC Liang Shi's favorability toward them dropped by 100.
At first, seeing how frail Liang Shi looked, players couldn't believe she could actually forge weapons. They treated her as nothing more than a functional NPC who sold weapons and didn't care about her favorability with her.
But there were plenty of oddballs among the players, and the shortage of weapons kept getting worse.
The issue eventually came to a head right outside the blacksmith shop.
Woken by the commotion, Liang Shi got out of bed in a foul mood, pulled out her giant hammer, and brought it down hard.
The iron post on the ground became a set of sharp blades.
The players were so shocked their jaws practically hit the floor.
From then on, players arrived one after another with fine wine, good food, and top-quality materials, all to raise Liang Shi's favorability and beg her to take one swing with her hammer. They couldn't get away from them even if they tried.
[Notes]
1. A food-loving, lie-flat heroine who wants an easy life x a quiet, wealthy hero who dotes on her (he isn't literally a keeper, the term just means he feeds the heroine)
2. This should be a slice-of-life story about players bringing disaster to another world.
3. The heroine's combat power is off the charts. She's the strongest from the start.
4. This story is entirely fictional, with a mountain of original worldbuilding. Everything serves the plot, so please don't scrutinize the details.
5. I won't be reading comments during serialization. If something doesn't add up, the author's logic must have been eaten by a dog orz
6. Synopsis revised on September 6, 2023
Theme: Chase your dreams and never give up
Because no one can see through it, why don't we apply for a patent?
? Why not apply for a patent?
No, no one would think it was wrong for that woman to secretly use someone else's sedan chair? The wood carving shop only provides a base, and the technology and power are not theirs, so they agree on their own?!
After secretly stealing people's things for research, he also kidnapped the heroine morally. The upper class in this world are quite rubbish.
I've lost something and it's very valuable. Why don't you call the police?
Does Song He, the original owner, have a grudge against killing his father and mother? Like a mad dog
No, a bracelet made of useless star sand sells for 10,000, and a holographic helmet made of good quality star sand sells for 5,000?
How can we live broadcast without following the filming master?
The author's political awareness is also very poor. I laughed to death when I saw the technology made public. The real situation must be to first study the benefits of this technology to the country's military, people's livelihood, and economy. Yes, then cooperate. And it must be mastered first, just to be afraid that the technology will be leaked. Why does it say "public" here? I'm really convinced.
If I don't apply for a patent, I will really die laughing. The future must be an era in which patent awareness is getting stronger and stronger. This is completely inconsistent with the thinking of future people.