Chapter 98: Chapter 92: Methods of Obtaining Merit (Five

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The wild boar was surrounded by black qi, and its large boils looked like twisted faces emitting continual groans, as if they were the wails from the Underworld.

Seeing such a creature, Chen Rang immediately shielded Mukuai behind him, but was quickly pushed aside by her.

“You don’t have a speck of merit on you, so what are you doing in front of me!

Stay still and don’t move, I’ll lure it away!”

After saying that, Mukuai took to her heels, with the wild boar in hot pursuit behind her. It wasn’t long before Mukuai looped back, and with a princess carry, scooped Chen Rang up into her arms and dashed towards the distance.

Behind them, more than a dozen wild boars covered in boils appeared, charging madly towards them.

Seeing this group, Chen Rang turned pale.

“An elite monster right from the start, is this place really that dangerous?”

“You haven’t been here for over a month, what’s wrong with having more monsters?”

“The monsters in this place can even reproduce!”

“What did you think! Don’t the animals at your house reproduce?”

This kind of setting left Chen Rang utterly speechless.

It was brutal of Fang Cheng Studio to make such a realistic setting in a place

like this!

The wild boars were closing in fast, the distance between them gradually

shrinking.

Eventually, Mukuai was trampled to pieces, and Chen Rang, who was held in her arms, vanished into smoke as well.

When he woke up again, he found himself restored to his original state.

During the beta test, he never encountered monsters strong enough, and was completely immersed in his interaction with Mukuai, forgetting that this world was fundamentally a very dangerous one.

Demons roamed freely, evildoers were everywhere, the entire world was actually bleak and grim with no paradise in sight.

With his mindset corrected, he suddenly heard Mukuai’s voice, “Yo, you’re

awake.”

“Yeah, Mukuai, you…”

Turning his head, Chen Rang was stunned.

He was a player, with his body anchored by the Spirit Gathering Array, allowing him to revive indefinitely.

But Mukuai was different.

She was fundamentally an NPC here and didn’t have the ability to resurrect endlessly.

Although she could repair herself with merit, it had been a long time since she accumulated any, and she had very little left.

After the attack by the boar demon, Mukuai’s body was full of gaping wounds.

Her clothes were covered in mud, her skin cracked all over, with nothing underneath.

Realizing Chen Rang was looking at her, she awkwardly covered the damaged places with her clothes and then sheepishly smiled, “Sorry, I ran too slow.” “You should have dropped me then! You definitely could have escaped by yourself!”

“Oh, I forgot. I’ll make sure to remember next time.”

Watching Mukuai sticking out her tongue in an effort to look cute, Chen Rang knew that she wouldn’t abandon him next time either.

She was Mukuai, a puppet of the Heavenly Tao, a tool person assisting him in purifying the world.

But she was also Mukuai, a foodie with a taste for delicacies, someone who occasionally retorted to him, but always put him first.

The burden of saving the world was too heavy; players were just here to play the game and couldn’t shoulder such a great responsibility.

But for Mukuai, Chen Rang felt he could be omnipotent.

Helping the battered Mukuai to her feet, Chen Rang felt, for the first time in the game, a strong conviction.

He wanted to accumulate merit; he wanted to save the world.

He didn’t want to be the savior of the world; he just wanted to be a hero to one person.

On the seventh day after the game’s official release, the game finally entered a stable period.

The number of downloads had already broken through to three million and was striving towards four million.

The character of Mukuai in the game was an excellent setting; the various personalities of Mukuai were extensions of the Heavenly Dao Laws, and the different Mukuais, each with their distinct personality, were great companions for players exploring this world.

The adorable appearance and variable personality made Mukuai the most popular NPC in the game. Although a portion of players developed more than a normal friendship towards NPCs, the majority still treated them as good companions and grew and improved together.

Gazing at the Dustfire represented by “Physician,” Fang Cheng noticed that, overall, the game was developing in the direction he wanted.

The blue flames burned, with players taking on the role of doctors, continuously saving this world and slowly healing its diseases. Satisfied with the players’ performance, Fang Cheng felt he had done well this time.

This time, he set strict limitations on the players-they could only choose to gain virtue and improve themselves.

And from the feedback of the players, they seemed to quite like this mode of gameplay.

The area spanned four massive planets, and as the players grew stronger, deeper regions would unlock, with more fearsome Disease Demons and deeper secrets, ensuring players would have a great time.

Taking a long breath, Fang Cheng felt assured of its stability.

The blue Dustfire showed no sign of discoloration, pure and flawless, signifying the players’ consistent pursuit of virtue.

If this quest for virtue were successful, he would bring Mukuai from the Mirror Universe to be by every player’s side as a good companion!

Due to the smooth progress, Fang Cheng could feel his Taoist Heart becoming more rounded. With a few more days of fostering, once the Dustfire was completely stable, he would be able to complete his Taoist Heart.

While Fang Cheng was repairing his Taoist Heart, an enthusiastic discussion about the game unfolded within the players’ unofficial groups.

Fang Cheng Studio’s games had many unofficial groups, each established with different goals.

Some were to find better female NPCs, others to study better gameplay tactics.

The function of each group varied depending on the type of game.

The group with the most discussion at the moment was the Virtue group.

The players had grasped the gist of how to play “Physician”; whether it was raising a wife, a sister, or a daughter, an ample amount of virtue was essential. Therefore, the most discussed topic among the players in the group was how to acquire virtue.

[I don’t have enough virtue…]

[Same here, I can’t even properly take care of my Mukuai at home.]

[I want the Flying Divine Ability so I can fly up and explore the skeletons in the sky. But collecting thirty thousand virtue for it is tough; where am I supposed to find so much virtue?]

[I’m the same. I did my best to help a group of disaster victims out of trouble and even expelled the illness from their bodies, only to get three hundred virtue. Had I known, I would have learned more attack spells to trouble those Disease Demons instead.]

[Don’t, hunting Disease Demons is also a hassle. It’s hard to locate a place, and when you do, they’re gone in a flash. Waiting for Disease Demons to respawn is slow, and moving between locations is quite annoying.]

[Still, can’t this game turn on some pay-to-win feature? I would absolutely spend a fortune!]

[Same here, it’s the first time I wish a game had pay-to-win options; I’d be satisfied even with just a monthly card.]

[Want virtue? Just do a release, right? Last time, I released a group of vipers in the neighborhood and now I feel like I’m full of virtue.]

[Admin, please call the cops and kick this guy out. How did he even get in here!] As everyone sighed and lamented, one player asked uncertainly, [So, is it really hard to get virtue?]

[Admin, call the cops, kick… wait! ]

They saw a player named Xiemen Waidao post a screenshot, prominently displaying his in-game virtue.

Seeing the amount of virtue he had, all the players gasped in shock.

Ai ma, this guy must be a paragon of virtue from ten past lives!

With over ten thousand virtue, he stood out among the players in the group, who eagerly inquired how he had accumulated so much virtue.

[I just couldn’t find my way back during an adventure and was preparing to jump off a cliff to respawn. But when I landed, I accidentally crushed an NPC to death.]

[Really? How did that give you virtue?]

[That’s howit happened. Afterwards, I found out that this guy was a notorious thief in the area with several lives on his hands, and I had accidentally finished him off.]

After reading Xiemen Waidao’s description, the players fell silent.

The game imposed restrictions on player behavior, preventing actions that would deduct virtue—usually criminal acts.

But Xiemen Waidao seemed to have found a clear path.

Who decreed that killing couldn’t result in virtue?