Chapter 80

The content of the post made Zhou Xian's eyes light up.

Unlike the previous prank content, this person named Qi Peng had actually put together a serious design plan. This plan left Zhou Xian quite impressed.

"Actually considering using the city's own architectural structure as a formation barrier, thus completely abandoning the unnecessary city wall design..."

Yes, Qi Peng made a very special design in his plan: completely abandoning the city walls.

In the game "Dragon Tomb," city walls still play a very important role in national wars.

However, Qi Peng pointed out that the Hundred Flowers Valley is a neutral area with special circumstances, and the existence of city walls is actually not very necessary.

Firstly, this place is in a narrow gap between two countries, similar to Zhongzhou City, with the potential to become a hub. Without city walls and passes, it can further attract merchants.

Secondly, because this place is adjacent to two countries, a high and thick city wall would only make them wary. And considering the situation of the two countries, they would not be able to send heavy troops to besiege this place.

What about yesterday's incident?

If players were divided into factions, at least one-third of the players would belong to the chaotic evil faction. When interacting with NPCs, they can be polite and proper. But when it comes to pure player interactions, it would turn into a large-scale melee like yesterday.

Incidentally, although the melee ended around 2 a.m. yesterday, it seems that many people have scheduled another battle for tonight, and they plan to have another one.

It has truly turned into a carnival.

According to Qi Peng's idea, although the new city does not need city walls, it still needs sufficient strength and influence to ensure self-preservation amidst the surrounding threats. He believed that perhaps the roads and buildings could be designed as part of a formation, thus making the entire city a large-scale formation. With this formation, it would be both offensive and defensive, and even without city walls, it would have enough deterrent power.

This idea was excellent, and even Zhou Xian was moved.

Moreover, the style of the city designed by this person was also very outstanding.

Although it was just a preliminary draft, this person firmly grasped the theme of "dragon."

In these designs, there were also serious ones, probably from enthusiasts of city-building games. However, their designs were very standard game designs.

But Qi Peng was different.

In terms of style, this person pointed out that the population in the Hundred Flowers Valley is limited, and expanding outward would destroy the environment, causing the Hundred Flowers Valley to lose its original luster.

Therefore, Qi Peng boldly proposed developing the mountain walls of the Hundred Flowers Valley as residences to increase living space.

However, this made the city design become "fantastic."

Because of this structure, some roads actually appeared above the buildings, and in some places, stairs were used.

This design transformed the flat town into a three-dimensional one.

As for goods, he believed that a freight elevator could be established to directly transport them to higher places, which would be very convenient.

Although it was fantastical, when Zhou Xian looked at the entire map, he clearly saw a giant dragon coiled in the valley!

And because of this, Zhou Xian was even more inclined towards this method.

"Quite a pleasant surprise! Qi Peng? He's actually from our Zhongzhou City."

The game's official had not made any statements, so Zhou Xian's probing could be considered a failure.

But losing in one area and gaining in another, the plan for the new city now had a solution.

Although Qi Peng admitted that he was just an amateur in formation design, this did not pose a problem for Zhou Xian.

After sending the preliminary draft to the game's mailbox, Zhou Xian picked up his black iron helmet and entered the game.

Returning to the Hundred Flowers City, which was already half in ruins, Zhou Xian felt quite emotional.

"Qi Peng doesn't know that my enemy is not the Vermilion Bird Kingdom or the Black Tortoise Kingdom, but the Seven Cultivators of the Sea."

"Master, you're back!"

As soon as he returned to the Taoist temple, Zhou Xian saw the excited octopus monster dancing.

"Xiao Hei, what are you so happy about?"

Zhou Xian couldn't help but ask.

"Ha ha ha~ Naturally, it's the fine income! Yesterday, over ten thousand people paid fines, and our losses have been fully compensated! I heard they plan to have another battle today, which will bring in more income!"

A large-scale melee compensated for Zhou Xian's losses?

Upon hearing this, Zhou Xian's eyes widened.

"Are they that bizarre?"

Zhou Xian found this unbelievable.

The players were going crazy!

"Um—!!"

But at this moment, Zhou Xian suddenly had a bright idea.

"Right, where are they planning to fight?" Zhou Xian asked.

"About this... I'm not quite sure."

Involving interactions between players and NPCs, the NPCs would have information. But for player-to-player conflicts, unless there was a special event, the NPCs wouldn't bother to watch.

For them, this world is their living world. This is different from players who are relaxing or trying to develop their brain waves.

But this information was easy to find. After a brief inquiry, Zhou Xian learned that they were planning to fight in a "wasteland" next to the Hundred Flowers Valley.

In fact, some people were already fighting there.

Who knew they would think of such a large-scale melee to resolve their conflicts.

But Zhou Xian had a vague understanding.

In this game, death not only deducts experience but also causes equipment to drop.

—However, there is an exception. When players are in the city, they do not drop equipment when killed.

These people probably dared to engage in a melee for this reason.

Zhou Xian took out Qi Peng's design and circled a spot.

"This place will be designed as an arena, a dedicated place for players to resolve personal conflicts."

In "Dragon Tomb," apart from national wars, there are no large-scale battles. Other small battlefields do not have the space for such large-scale melees.

"—Hmm? Is this the design plan for the new city?"

Xiao Hei looked at the map Zhou Xian placed on the table, seemingly quite surprised.

"Sort of. But it's just a preliminary draft."

"Who drew this? To design the entire city as a formation barrier? This idea is truly genius!" Martin Luther King also came out: "Tsk tsk, this person's design is indeed interesting. This formation seems to correspond with the Big Dipper. Could it be inspired by this? However, the Big Dipper is difficult to control, and this formation design would be beyond the capabilities of ordinary people."

If this large formation could be successfully implemented, the True Wu Xuan Xiang Formation used to confine the entire city yesterday would no longer be effective. Formations interfere with each other, and making the entire city a large formation would prevent others from using such methods to harm people.

"Yes, when our demon race built cities in ancient times, we would also construct formations on the city walls. One reason was to strengthen defense against the Asura race, and the other was to prevent the enemy from using formations to ambush and confine us." Xiao Hei nodded.

"Do you know how to design such a formation?"

Zhou Xian asked.

Martin Luther King jumped onto the table and, after a long look, said, "Is this person a member of the dragon race?"

Zhou Xian was taken aback: "Why do you think so?"

"Master, please look. This person clearly referenced the Big Dipper in the sky. Since the dragon race created the Seven Dragon Swords, the Big Dipper has always been their symbol. They also used their power to subtly misalign the Big Dipper in the sky, but this designer was not influenced by this. His design is very clever, subtly corresponding to the Big Dipper in the sky... If not a member of the dragon race, how could he know this?"

"Not necessarily." Martin Luther King then negated his own idea: "A few years ago, there should have been a once-in-a-thousand-years interaction between the Big Dipper and the Seven Dragon Swords. If observed at that time, the correct positions of the stars could be seen. Even so, this person is remarkable, designing a formation based on the Big Dipper, which would have the power to destroy heaven and earth!"

"Um, the designer is indeed human, and... well, he actually doesn't know much about formations." Zhou Xian decided to tell the truth.

There were so many nuances in this, and Zhou Xian hadn't thought of them.

At the time, he just thought the city design was very good. As for the design itself corresponding to the Big Dipper, Zhou Xian hadn't considered it.

"Doesn't know formations?!"

Upon hearing Zhou Xian's answer, Martin Luther King was stunned.

"Yes, I took it out to think about how to incorporate formations."

Zhou Xian planned to find the Liu Yun lineage and consult them about this.

"Incorporate formations?! This design already has tremendous power on its own. What kind of formation do you need to add?!" Martin Luther King jumped on the table in frustration: "Wasting talent! You are wasting talent!!"

"Cough, calm down, calm down. The design hasn't started yet, right?"

"…Forget it, since that's the case, I'll take care of it." Martin Luther King glanced at the map.

"Do you know formations?" This was indeed a pleasant surprise.

"Somewhat. But these days, I've been studying how to consume the Seven Dragon Swords, so designing something based on the 'Big Dipper' concept is no problem for me now!"

So you really want to consume those Seven Dragon Swords??

Martin Luther King didn't know that at this moment, Zhou Xian had labeled him as a "gluttonous spirit."