Chapter 236 - Pudu’ (1/2)

Pei Qian did a holistic analysis of all the weapon types.

Although he wanted to change a weapon’s stats, he wanted as much as possible to retain the weapon’s original stats. After altering the weapon, it still had to match with the weapon’s unique features and appearance.

If not, this game would be crude.

Pei Qian took a look at all the weapons.

He had wanted to choose a single-handed sword. However, after thinking for a moment, while single-handed swords were useful; he couldn’t change the attacking strength too much. Also, as the attacking distance was short, it was more dangerous.

Finally, Pei Qian’s glance was concentrated on longer weapons. He saw a less popular weapon; a staff.

Pei Qian searched the weapon’s ID and realized that it was actually an ordinary tool in a ruined temple.

After walking out of the newbie village and heading to a nearby town, this ruined temple was situated near the latter. A crazed old monk was inside the temple; he could be considered to be a miniboss.

After defeating the crazed old monk, this staff would be left behind. The ruined temple also had a treasure chest with damaged Buddha beads.

These Buddha beads were a special weapon in the early stage of the game. It could temporarily control monsters and could be used as a revival item after certain intervals. It was considered a rather important early-stage weapon.

Furthermore, the staff’s stats weren’t very strong. It would be seen as a mere ordinary weapon in the early-stage design of the game.

This was also very ordinary. The game had tens of weapons; some naturally were more useful while others weren’t. It was hard to create a perfect balance.

This staff was the more trashy type of weapon that was just there to fill a quota.

“I’ll choose you!”

By choosing a less popular weapon that had a weaker sense of presence, Pei Qian’s changes to the game could be done at the bare minimum without being easily found out.

Pei Qian did not change the existing staff’s stats but had created a separate new weapon that copied the state of the original staff. He then greatly elevated the basic attack and leveled-up attacking stats of the new staff.

He then examined the staff’s attacking moves.

They were more or less as expected. Normal attacks were horizontal sweeps that were rather cumbersome and slow. However, leap-attacks and dodge-attacks were smashing moves that attacked faster.

Subsequently, Pei Qian also arranged the procedure to obtain this staff.

Pei Qian did not intend to make it that complicated. If he created a new setting or made the mission overly complicated, he had to custom-made a whole new plot; and that would have to involve the entire project team.

Hence, Pei Qian thought for a while and decided to use the existing game design to hide this weapon.

According to the original settings, this ruined temple was just a filler scene near a town; players could choose to enter and battle or not. The crazed monk’s strength would be between that of elite monsters and minibosses.

If this monk could be defeated, the staff would be dropped; and damaged Buddha beads could be obtained from the treasure chest.

Pei Qian then stealthily changed the old monk’s settings.

He made the monk’s holistic battle strength much weaker; he became even weaker than an ordinary little monster.

This change was reasonable. After all, the monk was already so old; and it wasn’t that appropriate for it to have a miniboss’ strength. He should be weak and frail.

Whoever could find their way here would have already undergone bloodbaths in the newbie village and in the town nearby. They would naturally be extremely wary of such NPCs and would definitely be cautious in striking.