Gamers of the Underworld (Web Novel)
chapter-93

Chapter 93: New Version Evaluation

“Lord Sherlock, when you left to settle your confidential matter, the gamers discovered a large Houndhead Men’s Lair. I think it’s Cramer’s tribe.”

When Sherlock walked into the Dungeon to make his daily rounds, Bru spoke to him in his mind. “After a day of bloody fighting, a day of raiding, the gamers smashed the Houndhead Men’s Lair. Besides the tens of eggs of the Houndhead Men, the gamers brought back other trash like candles, crude furniture, and stone tools.”

“But don’t worry. I appraised the crude furniture and candles and gave them attributes. Then I distributed them to the gamers as rewards. The other useless trash was given to Simba and Mufasa as fuel for their furnaces.”

Sherlock had arrived at the Blacksmith Shop.

The outside of the Blacksmith Shop was very quiet, and there were no gamers. Besides the usual signboard, “If you treasure your equipment, keep quiet,” there was another signboard, “Disposal of Trash in the surrounding areas is strictly prohibited.”

Simba was throwing the trash outside the Blacksmith Shop. At the side was a large pile of damaged equipment. He was scolding, “D*mn Goblins, fancy throwing the nest of the Houndhead Men into my shop. Are you treating my shop as a trash collection center? Everything reeks of the Houndhead Men, and it stinks!”

A large pile of trash was thrown in the Carpenter Workshop.

Mufasa stood in front of a cauldron, his nose stuffed with metal pieces. He held a large soup ladle and stirred the food in the cauldron. From time to time, he threw the trash behind him into the magical flames.

A group of gamers queued outside and shouted, “Make haste, make haste!”

In front of Brainiac’s house, there was a queue of twenty gamers. They were perfectly fit, without any injuries or deaths.

They gathered here because they received a special mission.

[Mission Title: Brainiac’s Research

Mission Description: Brainiac is starting a secret Creature Research. You look like a suitable lab rat.

Mission Objective: After receiving the mission, proceed to the Lich’s Burial Hall to participate in a series of Creature Research. You could perish and have to create a new character. If you have to create a new character, your Reputation Points will remain unchanged.

Mission Reward: Gamers will receive 300 Reputation Points, 100 bronze coins, and a chance to receive the Dark Modification improvement BUFF or a weakening DEBUFF. The effects continue until death.]

The missions were distributed by Bru under orders from Sherlock. This was the research Brainiac requested.

Requested research—the relationship between the death and revival of the Goblins.

Sherlock gave Brainiac two days to research in return for Brainiac providing free materials and skill support for modifying ten eggs of the Houndhead Men.

This mission was currently very popular. Sherlock saw a gamer who didn’t manage to get the mission. He was pounding the ground and shouting, “Why didn’t I get this mission? I would like to lie down, do nothing, let the Lich play for an hour, and receive my reward!”

Sherlock made his rounds to ensure the Dungeon was fine after leaving for a day.

He returned to the Dungeon Core Main Hall with peace of mind. Then he browsed the discussion forum.

Just as Sherlock expected, the forum was in a state of exhilaration because the Beta Gamers discovered the Houndhead Men’s Lair.

Sherlock wasn’t in the Dungeon yesterday, so he didn’t manage to observe how the gamers attacked the Houndhead Men. From the results, the gamers achieved total victory.

Since the gamers brought back the nest and tens of eggs, he assumed the tribe was exterminated.

The popular posts were about the new NPC, Brainiac, as well as yesterday’s discovery of the Houndhead Men’s Lair and the ensuing battle that lasted for a day.

Sherlock quickly discovered the most popular post.

[Let us discuss the game’s latest function and the battle of the Houndhead Men’s Lair]

“Hello everyone, I’m NotWearingPants ( ✧◡✧)

The game has been upgraded to the new version for two days. There are many newly added functions. This post was supposed to be published yesterday, but we discovered the Houndhead Men’s Lair.

Because of the battle of the Houndhead Men’s Lair, we stayed online for almost twenty hours. I just got offline to create this post.

Let us take a look at the contents of Version 0.04.

First point: New NPC—Brainiac.

This is a game created Lich who is a once-in-a-thousand-year genius from Specter College. He came to the Dungeon as he was being moved by Sherlie. There were no Plot Animations, and we were extremely perplexed. At least show us a Plot Animation to whet our appetite. Some experts speculated that the Plot Animation could be shown in the future versions as a memory.

This kind of anticipation hooks the players, and the future memory recall can be made into an Instance Dungeon. Many large game companies use this technique.

The most notable reference Instance Dungeon, Caverns of Time, had the appearance of Ashbringer and the prison break of Thrall. They were good examples.

As for the game producers of ‘Dungeon’ messing with the settings of the Specter College, we’ll pretend that it didn’t happen since they have added new content.

We can find out more about the background story of Brainiac. We are very sure that this NPC will have future plots and missions, just like Little Fairy, who lays on her bed all the time.

The plots and missions weren’t uploaded yet, as Brainiac would only communicate during missions.

Next is Brainiac’s screenshot:

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The new NPC can only revive and heal gamers and provide the Brainiac’s Research mission. We believe that he will provide more game content in the future. We shall see.

Second point: New mission—Brainiac’s Research.

The mission was online today, and half of the gamers received the mission. But, unfortunately, I didn’t get it.

I will say that it’s a benefit instead of a mission because it only requires the gamer to follow Brainiac’s instruction for certain death experiments. The experiments include being smashed to death, suffocation, incineration, and bleeding to death. You don’t even have to be online. After an hour, get revived and receive the rewards.

The rewards are 300 Reputation Points and 100 bronze coins.

I am so envious!

The mission proves that Brainiac isn’t mute, but that he just won’t answer our questions.

Third point: There is a reward called Dark Modification in the mission Brainiac’s Research. Nobody has attained this modification yet. We shall see.

Fourth point: The game added a Building Blueprint Audit function. Our plan to create a methane pool has gone up in smoke, but we are able to build a beautiful Dungeon together.

This proves that the lousy game producers are stalking the forum.

Fifth point: There is a new transportation tool, the Beetlemon, which we fondly named the ‘Train’.

The Beetlemon is a new creature after the update, and its route is between the Dungeon entrance and the Spiders’ Lair.

It looks huge and fierce but is actually meek and obedient. It will crush us to death if we aren’t careful.

That is correct. Just like what was described in the Update Log, if you stand under its feet, you will be crushed to death.

This creature has to be fed, cleaned, and its poo cleared regularly. We receive these Beetlemon related missions from time to time. The Beetlemon take the same kind of food that we eat but in greater quantity. This poses a great challenge to our supply of clay.

The train service stops at 12am, as the Beetlemon needs to sleep. This is a game setting.

Controlling the Beetlemon is like controlling the AE86 of Fujiwara Beancurd Shop. It’s harder to maneuver the bends. I’m using the laws of physics for negotiating the bends. Don’t ask, it’s disastrous.

Please take care of yourselves. Do not attack the train. Some gamers injured the Beetlemon, and it crushed seven to eight gamers in a tragic accident.

Here are some special shots of the train:

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I have completed the evaluation of Version 0.04 Update. I am now going to talk about the Houndhead Men’s Lair!

The Houndhead Men’s Lair was situated within the Spiders’ Lair. As we ventured deeper into the Spiders’ Lair yesterday, we discovered the Houndhead Men’s Lair.

We spent a day to slay all the Houndhead Warriors, and the remaining Houndhead Men fled. Frankly speaking, it wasn’t that difficult.

The leader of the Houndhead Men, Cramer, was the most difficult BOSS to defeat.

The Houndhead Men’s Lair was like a stockade with defensive structures. There were walls stacked using rocks. They weren’t very high, but they gave us a chance to experience a siege or wall climbing battle?

These are the screenshots of the battle scenes:

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There are lots of pictures, so take your time to look through them. Please call me Battlefield Reporter NotWearingPants.

The following are pictures of the loot, including furniture and equipment:

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The eggs of the Houndhead Men are our special loot!

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The eggs could be exchanged for Reputation Points and bronze coins. We kept a few eggs for research and incubation. What if the incubation is successful?

Someone witnessed Brainiac take ten eggs away. There might be new plots and gameplay. We will keep a lookout.

I shall end here as I am resting early for tomorrow’s expedition to the Instance Dungeon. Looking forward to more game content.

Goodnight everyone!”