Interstellar Travel: Becoming a Dress-Up Game Designer

Chapter 74

"Boss, is it that the elastic cord we're using isn't suitable for beadwork?"

"Yes, the ones we made were soggy and didn't look good at all."

Lin Shuying cut off a six-centimeter piece of elastic cord and started stringing it. "No, it's because you stretched it too loosely, which caused the beads to lack support."

She quickly made a bamboo leaf, which stood upright, unlike the apprentice's, which was limp and couldn't support itself.

The pearls should be placed where they should stand upright and softened where they need to be soft, so that the overall effect will be lifelike and beautiful.

"As long as the thread is the right thickness, it won't be soft. You should practice more."

"Boss, the line will break if you pull it too tight."

Zhang Zhiqi looked somewhat helpless as he took out his two broken wires; he was a big spender on study materials.

Lin Shuying took his broken piece and looked at it. "You pulled too hard, exceeding the rope's maximum tension, so it naturally broke. During the beading process, the force between each bead is transferred to the rope, so it can't be too tight. Pieces that are too tight are also easy to damage."

Then he picked up another apprentice's loose leaves and said, "This one is too loose. When you pull it, you don't fix the beads properly, which causes the slack to spread forward and the whole thing falls apart. When stringing, you must fix the beads that have been strung in front, and adjust them in time after you finish stringing. Bamboo leaves are strung with beads in rows, which is the simplest of several methods."

After Lin Shuying's simple adjustments, the loose leaf quickly stood upright and became a beautiful leaf.

After finishing the bamboo leaves, Lin Shuying saw that she still had time, so she planned to make a white crane ornament with pearls and place it on the table. She figured that seeing such a beautiful piece would motivate the employees to work even harder.

The white crane uses white, orange, black, and gray beads, as well as beads for the ground grass, all of which are relatively large, size 0.5 beads.

First, prepare the grounds: a grassy area with some flowers, mushrooms, and clumps of grass. A frame is provided in the middle so the cranes can stand up.

After it's finished, put a fence around it, and then you can put small items on it, using it as a tray.

Next, the main body of the white crane was made, with orange beads used for the nose, beak, and forehead decorations. Gray beads were added for the legs and part of the wings, while black were used for the primary wing feathers.

This ornament wasn't finished until late at night; it was a bit complicated.

During this time, the apprentices practiced making bamboo leaf hairpins while watching her do it, and it was as if she was performing magic as the hairpins took shape step by step.

"Boss, that's amazing! How did you learn that? You're incredible!"

This white crane is so lifelike; because it is made of gemstones, it looks jewel-like and sparkles.

Lin Shuying also found some velvet flowers that apprentices practice making and placed them below, making it look as if a white crane was growing out of the flowers!

"I just made these random thoughts while looking at historical materials when I had nothing else to do."

Lin Shuying now knows that a huge amount of data was left behind during the Great Human Exodus. She has also looked through it and found that it was all stored using the most advanced memory technology available at the time, although some of it was damaged by cosmic radiation and could not be decoded.

Quite a few things have been preserved; the only things that haven't been preserved are the physical objects.

It is said that when the home planet exploded, the supply ships were burned, leaving only the data transport ships that had been used in the early stages. The only genuine antique in the museum is actually the spacesuits worn by a few humans at that time. There were originally many, but some were destroyed in civil wars after humanity grew stronger, and some were destroyed later by the emergence of the Zerg. Now there are very few left.

Later, humans learned from the Zerg's strategy of mass reproduction, quickly simplifying all energy and material consumption. Nutrients and spray clothing completely dominated life, and all remaining resources were used to fight the Zerg war, which gave humanity a chance to catch its breath.

I heard that back then, a couple could have more than a dozen children, and many scientists even considered using cloning technology to increase the population. Ultimately, this was suppressed; it was simply too terrifying!

The entire population entered a period of reproductive frenzy, with the birth rate once matching that of the Zerg. Only then did humanity gain a glimmer of hope in the struggle for survival, until the current balance was maintained.

Lin Shuying couldn't imagine how terrible that era would be!

In her time, the population was barely comparable to that of a second-class star here. Once a country experiences a population crisis, it will cause social unrest and tension.

In interstellar space, humanity's main focus remains on population growth. Only by maintaining a large enough population can they contend with the neighboring Zerg; this is a strategic issue.

She had only witnessed the era of China's great development, and it was through childbirth that people seized huge opportunities and dividends.

The sacrifice involved the suffering of two or three generations...

Sigh, I'm overthinking it...

Bai He finished preparing and glanced at the time; it was still early.

Let's make another hairpin, a small osmanthus one.

Because I'm homesick again.

Liang Ranran asked curiously, "What else does the boss plan to do?"

Lin Shuying smiled and said, "Let's make an osmanthus hairpin."

"Does the boss really like osmanthus flowers?"

Two designs have been created, and the name of the previous one is quite catchy.

Lin Shu-ying: "Some things are just things I like or find pleasing to the eye, but at some point, looking at them can deepen my feelings and turn them into joy or something I can rely on."

Xia Chunqi: "Sis, have you been listening to the popular song 'Twilight' lately? It sounds so melancholic."

"dusk?"

"Yes, it's a song restored by Zhou Zhouxia, a has-been singer. I heard it was a super popular song from his home planet days. Unfortunately, the audio and video data was distorted due to radiation, so I don't know if the song restored by this singer is authentic."

Lin Shuying suddenly became curious and decided to listen to it that night.

At this moment, the storyline in the game is also progressing smoothly.

Players have completed the storylines of the Black and White Impermanence dying together at the Bridge River and the Chang'e Flying to the Moon.

The storyline of the God of Wealth, who was originally a god but was disliked by his neighbors and considered an unlucky person, is now unlocked. He was later deified and came to be in charge of jewelry and wealth, bringing riches and good fortune to the people.

Of the five named NPCs, only the most handsome Erlang Shen's story remains ununlocked. Just now, a player unlocked Erlang Shen's storyline!

"Ahhh, the story of my male god has been delivered, but it's a bit bland. Video."

It was even more mundane than the deaths of the Black and White Impermanence at the Bridge River.

In the video, the celestial dog is captured by a group of people who intend to kill and eat it. Erlang Shen, who is still a child at the time, likes the dog very much and, seeing its pitiful state, rescues it.

He got a good beating, but the dog hugged him.

Subsequently, the master and pet accompanied each other on their cultivation journey, never separating.

"Um, that's kind of touching."

"So that divine dog was just an ordinary dog ​​before?"

"A dog can cultivate itself into a divine beast? That's amazing!"

"Ahhh, I wonder if I could ever get a dog like that!"

"Qingfeng Yihao doesn't know how to design games. He hides all the good stuff. How can he make money like that?"

"Designer, hire me, I'll give you professional guidance."

"Trashy designer! Reducing the frequency of the God of Wealth's appearance after the event ends is too much."

"The chances of encountering the God of Wealth are dropping rapidly. When will I be able to experience his story?"

"Family members, how big is Black Tiger's belly? It's been several days since the event ended, and my group of Black Tigers still haven't grown up, boohoo."

Then the first player to raise Black Tiger appeared!

"My pet has just grown up. Look at my little monster, here's a picture."

In the picture, there is a majestic black tiger with a white flame-like hair on its forehead, which looks quite adorable.

Wow, how many sheep did this rich family buy?

A black tiger raised to adulthood will need to eat at least 500 sheep, and 500 sheep will need to consume three rounds of grass grown in the entire garden every day. Countless players spend their days either planting or buying grass, and the sheep's bellies are like bottomless pits.

Moreover, the ranch can't raise 500 animals at once; it can only raise 17 or 18.

After raising it for so long, the black tiger swallowed it all in a few slurps...

A black tiger can only eat a maximum of twenty per day, with an hourly interval between feedings. Many players aren't very strict about the timing and often forget to feed it while out playing, plus they acquire it late in the day.

The God of Time was raised around this time.

The player replied, "I feed all my sheep to one black tiger and ignore the rest."

"Hahaha, here's a picture of my Black Tiger Army!"

The speaker was Deng Yijun, whose black tigers had just grown up, numbering a full five hundred, filling more than half of the garden.

They stood neatly in a row; this was the photo he took from a laurel tree, with a huge swarm of tigers below.

The scene was spectacular.

"Xunmei, Xingtian, let's fight! This time I promise I won't hide."

Xingtian is Wang Nianzong's game nickname, which is Wang Xing Tianxia.

The two were furious at his arrogant attitude, but unfortunately, they didn't have that many tigers on hand...

"How exactly did you manage to get your hands on it?"

Wow, that's incredibly rich!

"How did you do that?"

"Wow! The Black Tiger Army is invincible!"

Sister Xunmei and Wang Nianzong were puzzled. Could this person have hired a hacker to hack into Qingfengyi and create a backdoor for himself?

They never imagined that Deng Yijun had bought seven or eight hundred statues of the God of Wealth and burned incense every single day without fail.

He simultaneously acquires red envelopes, grass, and sheep; he starts acquiring sheep and grass as soon as they are unlocked.

Even though I don't have a Black Tiger yet, it won't stop him from buying one.

His previous acquisitions and buying sprees had brought him considerable success.

After experiencing the benefits, he decided to become a hamster hoarder, buying hundreds or thousands of items whenever he saw them and hoarding them.

Many people initially bought more than one image of the God of Wealth, but burning incense is troublesome. If you stop burning incense for more than ten minutes, the goodwill you have gained will be reset to zero and you'll have to start all over again.

Incense was also very expensive. At the time, in order to widen the gap between the rich and ordinary players and to let the players who spent money have the thrill of spending money, Lin Shuying set the incense price very high.

It's difficult to cultivate a divine physiognomy without some capital and time.

Sister Xunmei and Wang Nianzong sent private messages to Deng Yijun. How exactly did they manage to do that?

Deng Yijun replied: "Since the event is over, I'll share my method, hahaha. I burned 800 divine images, plus collecting red envelopes and completing challenges, and got a total of 500 black tigers."

Originally, I could burn over a thousand incense sticks out of seven or eight hundred, but I couldn't manage the time well. It's easy to not burn them all, and many incense sticks can't be replenished. Also, the God of Wealth doesn't always give Black Tiger; sometimes he gives other items.