Li Shuoxing pondered for a moment. First, he searched the internet for the name Su Mingqian. After unexpectedly finding almost no duplicate name. he then replaced it into the document and read it from the beginning.
It read very smoothly.
Li Shuoxing decided that this would be the main character of his new novel.
After finalising the name of the main character, Li Shuoxing first reviewed the outline and world setting.
The last one was about historical martial arts. For this one, the theme Li Shuoxing chose was modern spiritual energy recovery, and it was called Nine Crossings .
It was originally inspired by the white grids on a blue bedsheet.
One night, Li Shuoxing was lying in bed, idly picking the bedsheet, when an idea suddenly came to him.
It was said that there were Nine States <sup>1</sup> ä¹å· [jiĒ zhÅu] describes the division of China during earliest dynasties, and figuratively refers to ancient China. in the world, and the Nine States gave rise to the Nine Tripod Cauldrons <sup>2</sup> ä¹é¼ [jiĒ dĒnÉ”] were viewed as symbols of the authority given to the ruler by the mandate of heaven. . But no one had ever seen the Nine States in the world, so they became alternative names and fictitious references in piles of old books.
What if they werenāt general concepts, but rather people had misunderstood their meaning?
Assuming that civilisation itself was alive, every civilisation would encounter its own āEvolutionary Tribulationā when it developed to a certain level, just like a monk undergoing a heavenly tribulation, ascending with success or falling with failure.
The āEvolutionary Tribulationā would be divided into nine trials, corresponding to the āNine Tripod Cauldronsā and āNine Statesā.
The Nine Tripod Cauldrons were the keys and rules to open the nine civilisations.
The Nine States were nine dead civilisations of different latitudes, all of which hadnāt passed the āEvolutionary Tribulationā.
The Nine Tripod Cauldrons selected the Nine States and their unique rules were used to bring the dead civilisations with all sorts of development systems to Earth, which was about to evolve.
These dead civilisations might be cultivation civilisations, magic civilisations or ghost civilisations. The hosts of these civilisations werenāt necessarily all human beings; bacteria, vegetation, animals, silicon-based life, consciousness bodies and other incredible existences might become the hosts of the world.
However, these civilisations were all dead. They failed in their own āEvolutionary Tribulationā, leaving behind a place of ruins, reduced to a trial of another civilisation.
But, in the process of a trial, the dead civilisation would gradually āreviveā from 1% to 100% back to its pinnacle state under the intervention of the laws of the universe.
That meant that when they were 100% ārevivedā, the earth civilisation would be at an absolute disadvantage.
Therefore, in this trial, there were only two outcomesāthe earth civilisation successfully defeating the dead civilisation and devouring its knowledge and energy, and then participating in the next trial; or the earth civilisation failing, suffering heavy damage, perhaps even dying completely to become a trial of another civilisation.
At this moment, on Earth, another āEvolutionary Tribulationā was coming, spiritual energy was slowly recovering, and human life was quietly changing.
Some humans had awakened natural abilities, some rare treasures had reappeared in the world, some hidden sects had emerged out of nowhere, and some scientists had conquered the projects that were expected to be completed only after the next hundred years.
What was more, a continent that no one in the world had ever seen before appeared out of nowhere in the Pacific Ocean. Although this continent was as untouchable as a mirage, its bizarre state still triggered a global upsurge of onlookers.
In this upsurge, the main character Su Mingqian had just picked up a strange piece of rusty copperā¦
The idea from the nine white squares on the blue bedsheet was basically as above.
Li Shuoxing had spent nearly a month and a half refining this world setting.
He set the rules of the Nine Tripod Cauldrons in detail, determined the various civilisations that would descend to Earth in turn, as well as the division of forces on Earth and the combat power of each profession system, and then wrote a timeline of Earthās events after the arrival of the civilisations based on these settings.
After all the world settings were finished, the main text was easy to write.
The beautiful skeleton was built, and of course the rich flesh and blood would follow.
That was why Li Shuoxing never got writerās block. He just always came up with better ideas after finishing.
Butā¦
Before starting to write again, Li Shuoxing suddenly hesitated.
He found that once he thought of the main character called Su Mingqian, he couldnāt help thinking of the little person; once he thought of him, he thought about all his various personalities, and then the plots he could derive from these personalities.
It was okay to simply borrow a name, but if he wanted to borrow the characterās personality as well, would he be suspected of plagiarism?
Thinking of this, his hand couldnāt help but shift from the keyboard to his phone.
Fifteen minutes after closing the game, he opened the game againā¦
When he entered the game, he saw with a glance the little person squatting in front of the bookshelf, his head buried in effort.
Li Shuoxingās heart thudded and some bad thoughts came up.
Could it beā¦
But the game narration popped up in time.
[Su Mingqian is repairing the bookshelf.]
[Su Mingqian has finished repairing the bookshelf.]
[The player gains Iron Bookshelf Ć 1]
So the pipe was removed and repaired!
This was an unexpected delight. Li Shuoxing was very happy and sent a message to Su Mingqian. He found that if he touched Su Mingqian directly without making a sound, heād be startled. For the sake of favourability, he should carefully take care of this timid guy. āIām back.ā
Su Mingqian was surprised. āYou just left?ā
Li Shuoxing: āā¦ā How should I take this!
The next second, Su Mingqian spoke again, and his tone seemed a little embarrassed. āThereās one thing I may need your help for.ā
Li Shuoxing: āWhat is it?ā
Su Mingqian: āI just got really sweaty, but thereās no change of clothes here. Can you give me some replacement clothes?ā
Just as the text bubble popped up, the novice guide reappeared with a ding-dong.
āYour lover needs some new clothes. Please tap the mall system and select the clothing section.ā
The virtual finger reappeared, pointing to the in-app store interface, which had also changed slightly. The icon had turned into a pink store and had moved from the right to the top of the screen.
Li Shuoxing, following the guide, tapped on it and found that the store, which originally only had a bookshelf and books, had unlocked several new grids with clothes and fabrics inside.
The virtual finger pointed to the blue clothes in the store and the novice guide continued:
āThe store has a new item: Blue Overalls. You need to pay 18 contribution points. Top-up to get contribution points.ā
āPurchase: Yes/No.ā
Li Shuoxing carefully looked at the blue overalls.
[Blue Overalls: 18 contribution points]
[Overalls that arenāt tailored but are quite resistant to dirt, a perfect companion for work.]
He then looked at his contribution points.
In the gold medal in the upper left corner of the game, the 68 contribution points shone brightly.
Li Shuoxing pondered for a while, then opened the mall top-up page.
He found that there was a double bonus event for the first charge of contribution points.
[Super value surprise! Huge discount! First charge double contributions!]
6 yuan: 6 contributions Ć 2
12 yuan: 12 contributions Ć 2
ā¦
18888 yuan: 18888 contributions Ć 2
Li Shuoxing thought he had misread the number in the last column at first. He couldnāt help but raise his hand to count the digits one by oneā¦ Then he drew a cold breath.
āIām terrified, I dare not. Iām just a poor little writer who really canāt afford game money.ā
He quickly moved his eyes away from the blue overalls and chose to refuse.
What a joke, 18 contribution points is 18 yuan!
With these 18 yuan, I could buy myself a new T-shirt!
For now, I will have to aggrieve the little person to just wear the clothes on his body.
However, after he refused, the novice prompt didnāt disappear, but flashed to refresh with new content.
āContribution points can be used to purchase precious items in the game. If you do not have enough contribution points, please do not worry. Please tap on the raw materials section of the mall and select the ordinary fabric.ā
Li Shuoxing selected according to the prompt.
[Ordinary Fabric: 2 favourability points]
[A piece of very common fabric, without any characteristics, which can be made into clothes.]
Novice guide:
āThe game is full of manufacturing functions, which can use various raw materials to make finished products your lover needs. Although finished products made with raw materials are not as refined as those exchanged with contribution points, they are much more cost-effective. During the manufacturing process, you can also have loving interactions with your lover.ā
Hmm?
Li Shuoxing pinched his chin.
Looking at this description, it could be the grinding part of the game.
After all, in a game, between paying or grinding, I chooseā¦ grinding!
The novice guide continued:
āNow, please leave the room first.ā
Then, a translucent light path appeared inside the room. Li Shuoxing followed the light strip and saw that at the bottom of the screen, a flashing wooden door had appeared on the other side of the room.
There was no doubt that this was the way to the outside world.
Li Shuoxing was about to open the door when he suddenly changed his mind and spoke to Su Mingqian first.
āDonāt you want to go out? Iāll take you out now.ā
ā?!ā
A shaking text bubble appeared above the little personās head, and then his body also shook violently, as if to show how shocked he was at those words!
āNow you know what you should do, right? As long as youāre obedient and please me well, Iāll certainly satisfy your wish.ā
Li Shuoxing raised the corner of his mouth and tapped on the screen while typing, opening the door of the room.
The open door brought a whirlwind, the dust floating in the air pouring in from outside. The light slowly converged after its sudden explosion, and everything outside the door was reflected in Li Shuoxingās eyes.
Immediately outside the room was a courtyard. But this courtyard looked dilapidated, full of weeds and gravel.
Amidst the weeds and gravel, there was a path that wound its way to an old warehouse in the corner of the courtyard.
On the screen, the light path appeared again, indicating Li Shuoxing to move Su Mingqian to the old warehouse.
Li Shuoxing followed the instructions and saw the screen change, the little person appearing in a corner of the warehouse. There was a workbench and a full-length mirror facing him.
At this time, the pyjamas on the little personās body had been taken off, leaving only a blue pair of underpants.
The 2-D little person was always cute no matter what appearance he had. Li Shuoxing excitedly poked his belly button and then turned his shoulders left and right, enjoying it back and forth.
It all happened very quickly.
Su Mingqian hadnāt yet recovered from the shock of leaving the house when he was dragged into a new building, standing in front of a mirror, the clothes on his body suddenly gone.
But that aside.
What was of greater concern was the force being exerted on his body now. Without the barrier of clothing, these touchesā¦
Su Mingqian frowned unbearably.
Always liking to touch me like this, is it a woman hidden in the void?
He endured and endured, keeping in mind the need to please this person, and finally didnāt let the displeasure surface on his face.
But he didnāt know that, in the other personās eyes, slowly floating out of his head was aā¦
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1
ä¹å· [jiĒ zhÅu] describes the division of China during earliest dynasties, and figuratively refers to ancient China. 2
ä¹é¼ [jiĒ dĒnÉ”] were viewed as symbols of the authority given to the ruler by the mandate of heaven.