“What, a Dungeon preview PV?”
“I almost missed a major life event chatting.”
“Lord Chen hasn't made a preview PV in quite a while. I remember the last time he made one was… the last time!”
“I’m really looking forward to this!”
“Charge, charge, charge…”
The moment countless Adventurers received the news, they rushed to the homepage of Great Xia Nevernight City and meticulously watched the announcement Lord Chen had posted.
“A mythological Dungeon?”
“Wow, is Lord Chen going all out like this? A mythological Dungeon, could it be the Creator God of Light and the God of Darkness?”
“Or perhaps their descendants. It’s really… I’m looking forward to seeing what new twists Lord Chen will bring to the mythological story.”
“Indeed, mythological stories these days are all the same. If Lord Chen is handling it, I’m actually quite excited. I hope it’s not just more of that romance stuff.”
“The person upstairs is right.”
“Look at the mythological stories coming out now. They’re either about the love-hate entanglement of the original God of Light and the God of Darkness, or some god cuckolding another god, then giving birth to a cursed xxx. It’s as if they can’t show the uniqueness of these gods without making the relationships messy.”
In the chat interface of Great Xia Nevernight City, a group of Adventurers were already chattering away.
Chen Yu’s preview PV hadn’t even been released yet, but nearly 100,000 people had already gathered here.
The popularity was evident.
Aside from a few who were still in the Dungeon, almost everyone from Tidal Town and Deep Sea Town was here; they had never taken a major life event so seriously.
At this moment.
The homepage of Great Xia Nevernight City finally refreshed…
All Adventurers’ system terminals flashed, and then, an animated image appeared at the top of Great Xia Nevernight City’s homepage.
It was a…
Monkey?
Upon seeing the character’s pointed mouth and monkey-like cheeks, the Adventurers from Tidal Town and Deep Sea Town couldn’t help but be stunned.
“??”
“What is this, an ape-man? It looks a bit unlike, yet quite like one…”
“Could the core of this mythological story be fighting against ape-men?”
“Or perhaps a certain goddess went to the Dark World, then had a demigod with an ape-man, and this story is about the growth of that demigod ape-man?”
The comments were filled with confusion.
After all, in their mythological worldview, there were no such half-human, half-monkey deities; everything was derived from the God of Light and the God of Darkness.
“But seriously, this monkey looks quite handsome. The hair is incredibly three-dimensional; it really feels like it’s blowing in the wind. Full marks for detail, truly worthy of Lord Chen.”
“I wonder what the gameplay of this Dungeon will be. Could it be… this is the Battle Royale type Dungeon Lord Chen plans to use for the ‘Dungeon Duel’ against Baiye City?”
“Holy crap!”
“A mythological Battle Royale? That’s even more authentic than authentic. Whether it’s swords and magic or blades, guns, bows, and staffs, they all pale in comparison to mythology.”
“Enough talk, we’ll know by watching.”
When the page became clickable, tens of thousands of Adventurers simultaneously chose to enter the 【Dark Mythology: Wukong】 channel.
Then, at the very top.
They found the only button that could be lit up, which was the play button.
Click!
The Adventurers’ vision flashed, and the surrounding environment changed dramatically.
It was as if they had entered a Dungeon.
Everything around them became incredibly real; this was not a flat video.
“Th-this is…”
The Adventurers’ eyes widened in shock. They discovered that when Lord Chen produced this Dungeon preview PV, he didn’t use traditional 2D flat video production, but rather a 3D stereoscopic format.
The difficulty of production involved could be understood just by thinking about it.
For 2D flat video production, you only need to consider one plane. Make that plane detailed, and the rest is left to the Adventurers’ imagination.
However, 3D stereoscopic video production allows Adventurers to be immersed, to find their preferred perspective, and to watch the story unfold.
When Dungeon Lords produce this kind of video, they don’t just need to consider one plane, but an entire external design.
The difficulty…
It was by no means lower than producing an entirely new Dungeon.
“I didn’t expect it. After a Dark Tide, Lord Chen actually has such powerful spiritual energy.”
“This isn’t something that can be produced just by having time. Some Dungeon Lords, even if given decades or centuries, couldn’t produce such a detailed stereoscopic video.”
“And Lord Chen even created a comment system! 102,231 people are watching, hahahaha, are these comments real-time?”
“Is anyone there?”
“Here!”
“Stop arguing, it’s starting!”
As this sentence flashed across, the Adventurers felt their vision go black.
Then.
An aged voice appeared in their ears, “You must have all heard stories about him.”
【Whose story?】
【Never heard of him!】
【Tell us quickly, we’re listening!】
The scene flashed, and a pattern on a stone wall appeared before everyone.
The aged narration continued, still not stopping.
He continued, “Some say he helped Tang Sanzang obtain the Buddhist scriptures, was conferred the title of Victorious Fighting Buddha, and from then on, remained on Spirit Mountain.”
The camera panned across the stone wall.
A divine statue appeared before the Adventurers.
This statue was solemn and majestic. Standing before him, the Adventurers felt a power of faith pressing down on them, making it hard to breathe. Later, they realized it was a Buddha statue.
【Who is Tang Sanzang?】
【What is Victorious Fighting Buddha?】
【And where is Spirit Mountain?】
【Upstairs, stop blabbering, you ask too many questions. Who cares where it is, just watch carefully.】
【Laughing my ass off. At a time like this, are you still trying to fit in conventional mythological stories? From the murals on that stone wall, I already sensed something unusual. From now on… I suggest everyone treat this as a brand new story. Stop trying to fit in those stories where first-generation gods slept with second-generation gods, and second-generation gods cuckolded first-generation gods.】
【That makes sense.】
The narration continued, now in a desolate place filled with yellow sand. “Others say that the one who became Buddha was not him at all; the true him died long ago on the journey to the West.”
“Still others say that the Journey to the West never happened at all; he was merely a monkey concocted by a storyteller.”
The scene moved into a secret room.
A white-robed old man sat inside. His demeanor seemed calm, but hidden beneath his every movement was a hint of madness.
