Chapter 280 - I Shall ‘Pudu’ You! (1/2)

Qiao Liang quickly restarted the game and headed to the ruined temple. After dying a few times, he managed to obtain the Pudu weapon successfully. Qiao Liang looked at the shining staff in his hand and felt extremely at ease.

“There really is a hidden weapon!

“You can only obtain it after dying six times. Who would think of this?

“After all, the monk was too weak. He was even weaker than the monsters at the mass grave. If not for the players in the group chat who liked to walk around without any defensive equipment, I would definitely not be able to test that out on my own.

“Is this weapon an upgraded version of the staff?

“What the f*ck! What kind of damage was that?!”

Qiao Liang tried using this shining stick to attack a monster soldier with a rather high health level. With just one blow, the monster was wounded; and it collapsed onto the ground!

After two blows, the monster’s health bar was instantly empty!

Qiao Liang remembered clearly that he needed at least four or five blows to kill that monster using other weapons. After all, he was already at the second setting in the game; and the stats of the monsters there were higher than before.

That meant that if he used this staff to fight weaker monsters, the effects would be even better. He might even be able to kill the monsters with just one blow!

The only pity was that the weapon did not possess any special attack skills. Its attack skill was similar to the original staff and could only deal heavy damage. Although the damage was high, it was not fanciful at all.

Qiao Liang originally thought that Pudu’s attack skill would be something similar to dealing AOE damage when the character raised the staff in the air and shone divine Buddha light on surrounding enemies. However, there was none of that.

From this perspective, Pudu’s extravagance could not even be compared to the mourning stick dropped after defeating the Black and White Impermanence.

After all, the mourning stick was the reward for defeating the Black and White Impermanence. New players did not even have a chance to obtain it easily.

However, even the mourning stick was not as effective as Pudu in fights. That was because Pudu’s basic attack damage was higher than that of the mourning stick.

After using Pudu to fight a few more monsters, Qiao Liang realized that the weapon was almost invincible!

Although Pudu’s basic attack move was not easy to use, it could be used with leap attacks and sprint attacks, just like other weapons. That greatly increased the attack speed of the weapon. In the hands of experienced players like Qiao Liang, the weapon was almost like a bug. It has a long attacking distance and high attack speed. Moreover, it had insane damage and possessed strong endurance-decreasing effects. That caused the monsters to freeze on the ground with just one blow.

Those monsters that used short knives and daggers could not even go near the player. They would fall onto the ground because of the staff’s attack from a distance away. It was a one-sided abuse.

As for the monsters that carried hay forksalthough their weapon attacking distance was similar to the player, their offenses could be dodged easily. After dodging the monsters’ attack, it was once again a one-sided abuse.

The player did not even need to possess any fancy skills. The fight could end even if the player simply used Pudu to attack repeatedly.

Looking at the powerful weapon in his hand, Qiao Liang was at a loss.

“If I knew that there was such a strong weapon, why would I f*cking need to suffer all the torture in the game?

Qiao Liang recalled his arduous journey at the start of the game. He inched forward in the game with such a terrible weapon and had to be careful every time he faced a small monster as he could be instantly killed by them.

What about now?

He could easily defeat all those monsters that used to dominate over him!

He looked at the fan chat group again. It was chaotic inside.

“F*ck! I got that weapon, too! As long as you sprinted forward without caring about anything else, you will receive the weapon once you die near the monk!”

“This weapon is invincible. Isn’t it so easy to torture those monsters?”

“This is way too impressive. Is this a kind of official hack?”

“Quick! The guy who discovered this should post it on the forum quickly! You are definitely the first person who discovered this hidden weapon!”

“F*ck. I have already killed the old monk. What can I do now? I have already used the Buddha beads.”

“Restart the game. It doesn’t take much time.”

“I announce that Pudu is officially the strongest weapon ever! Nothing can be compared to it!”

There were already people posting about the hidden weapon on the forum. This was definitely a huge discovery!

Many design teams would usually create hidden story plots, hidden weapons, Easter eggs, and other surprises in the game because of various reasons. A large part of it was to bring surprises to the players or to add on to the existing world view and story plots in the game.

Amongst the various types of surprise elements, hidden weapons were definitely the most discussed topic.

That was because most surprise elements would not affect the gameplay within the game. It was also not difficult to discover them. As long as there were sufficient players, those surprise elements would be quickly discovered.

However, Pudu was different. It was a hidden weapon that had insane stats. It changed the players’ gaming experience entirely!

Moreover, the weapon was very well-hidden. That attracted even more discussion about it.

Very soon, the post went viral on the forum. Players all reposted it and news spread in no time!

Meanwhile, Pei Qian was staring at the refund rate of the game. He was rooting for the fake reviewers that he had just paid for.

One of the posts gained his liking. He had almost wanted to give that fake reviewer extra money for the post.

The title of the post was: Do Not Fall for the Developer’s Trap. You Must Opt for a Refund!

“The design team had a deep understanding of what the players think. They lengthened the refund allowance period intentionally. On the surface, it seems as though they are righteous; but in reality, this is a complete scam!

“Extending the refund allowance period naturally results in the gaming duration for many players to extend as well. That was in a way forcing you to familiarize yourself with the torturous experience in the game!

“When the game reaches its refund allowance period, there will be a few sentences in the notice to disgust you… and the epitaph that always reappears… the purpose of all of that was to use reverse psychology on the players!

“Once you fall for the reverse psychology, you will fall for their trap! If you do not want to refund the game, you have fallen for the design team’s trap!

“Think about it. Because of the moment of impulse, you will waste a hundred yuan. Why would you want to do that? You can use that one hundred yuan for something else. Why do you want to pay for a torturous gaming experience?

“Therefore, I urge all of you to refund firmly. Do not be blinded by the design team!”