Chapter 66: Our World, The Multiverse

Spores Evolution 0.3 Closed Beta Game, log as follows:

One: Thirty closed beta slots will be opened, and the maximum number of online players in the game can reach 180.

Two: For the third beta slots, players are welcome to apply to the official channels via email. The application content should still be in the form of a "Biology Thesis," explaining your understanding of evolution within the game, what species you would evolve upon entering the sandbox game, and elaborating on the feasibility and rationality of that species. This will serve as the basis for closed beta slot review.

Three: Due to technical limitations, the game cannot provide more slots for players in the short term. To allow other players to experience the game, this game continues to adhere to the principle of survival of the fittest. The bottom twenty players from the previous 150 closed beta participants will be eliminated. The specific names are:"Little Piggy Loves Life,""Eight Hundred Li Headshot,""Punching You All Over."For this third beta, twenty players will be eliminated, and thirty new slots will be added, effectively resulting in fifty new participants.

Four: The game's background setting and worldview are entirely for players to explore on their own to increase game enjoyment. The final right of interpretation belongs to the official team.

Which major game doesn't have extensive lore?

Xu Zhi, however, was different.

He was too lazy to write that much. His log was very brief, and every entry exuded a strong hardcore vibe, giving off an "I don't care if you play or not" attitude, completely disregarding player feelings.

Xu Zhi's goal was very clear:

It was the players' hair!

He wanted to be like Zhou Bapi, exploiting these "liver-hardened" players, making them sacrifice their hairlines and go bald. He wanted them to rack their brains, write various theses and evolution plans, work themselves to exhaustion, and brainstorm wildly to help him DIY evolutionary species.

Qiuming Mountain Race Speed, who was already losing hair and going bald, was a typical example!

Work hard! You're getting bald, and you're getting stronger!

"Now that the third beta issues are resolved and a game log has been casually posted, I should go out and buy some food."

Xu Zhi rode his bicycle out of the yard.

Although Chen Xi had said he could eat at Aunt Li's house after she left, how could Xu Zhi bring himself to do that?

He still intended to cook for himself.

In the sandbox world in his yard, he was the Zhou Bapi-like creator, relentlessly exploiting the surplus value of others, seeking to squeeze every drop of blood from his "workers." Yet, in reality, he was quite kind and valued his reputation.

"I feel like an internet tough guy, unleashing my power online, but remaining as kind as ever in real life."

Xu Zhi touched his thick hair, candidly making a self-deprecating joke, yet showing no remorse.

Life is about self-entertainment.

After all, although he had late-stage cancer, there was now hope for a cure.

He leisurely rode his bicycle through the country lanes, past the fresh-aired farmland, to the county town where he bought a large pile of vegetables and meat, including sausages, braised pork with preserved vegetables, and fruits. Then he rode back and put them in the refrigerator.

"These groceries should last for several days. After all, I still have delicious food like the 'Farewell Chicken'..."

Xu Zhi thought of someone again. "And as for the previous suggestion, the large number of plant players who just appeared in the orchard have also begun to evolve. It's just that, as plants, they still can't resist running rampant everywhere."

Now, in the miniature evolution sandbox, there are always some absurd players. Despite agreeing to become quiet trees, standing eternally as calm, handsome beings, they couldn't resist the loneliness and evolved into a bunch of green plants with roots, scurrying frantically all over the ground...

They even shamelessly claimed, "I've transformed!"

"This tree of mine can even run away. How cool is that?"

For example, as Xu Zhi walked back into his yard.

"Wow! Brothers, run! Get away from the Beast Path, the boss giant is back!"

"The Traffic Committee of Sandbox Zone 3 reminds you: There are countless roads, but the Beast Path is paramount. If you don't stay away from the Beast Path, your loved ones will shed tears."

"What are you muttering about? Run!"

A bunch of bizarre green plants, which had been quietly rooted in the soil, instantly pulled up their roots, dragging soil with them.

Thump, thump, thump!

They ran off frantically in extremely peculiar poses.

In an instant, the entire Beast Path was devoid of plants, becoming a barren sandy road.

Xu Zhi was stunned. Carrying his bags, he walked across the barren dozen-meter-long path and entered the house. "These brutes are becoming more and more shameless," he muttered.

As soon as Xu Zhi stepped inside the house, the miniature plants in the yard instantly peeked out, cautiously observing for a moment before quickly scuttling back along their roots, frantically returning to the Beast Path to re-root themselves and become plants again.

"Don't push, you're stepping on me!"

"Just root yourself, your roots are tangling with mine! Are you flirting with me?"

"Brother, that spot, I was just standing there! You stole my place!"

"Holy cow! Are you playing dead? Do you think you're really just a plant? This spot of mine has excellent sunlight! Look at my lush growth, my emerald green leaves all over, and you actually stole it? Come on, let's have a one-on-one fight!"

In an instant, after Xu Zhi left, a group of plants rushed back to re-root themselves. The entire path transformed back into a lush forest, with no visible trace of it ever being a road.

Of course, in a dense part of the forest, two trees were already grappling with each other, excitedly engaging in a wrestling match.

"Brother, pull his leaves!"

"Right, strip him bare!"

"He dared to steal your growing spot."

One of the trees burst its fruits, spraying the other tree's face with corrosive liquid, which covered its entire body.

"Holy crap! You actually poisoned me! That's not sportsmanship!"

"Esports doesn't need fairness!"

"This brother is sneaky. Evolving the ability to hide poison in fruits and use them as bombs to hit people, no wonder he dared to steal someone's spot. This is natural selection; you, as a plant, are too weak to get a good spot and are destined to be eliminated (picking nose emoji)."

Around them, a group of trees made sarcastic remarks, cheering wildly and shouting "666."

Of course, while watching, some were also chatting, whispering to each other, and discussing excitedly.

"Damn, this time, it's a complete uproar. Those medical students outside are complaining bitterly, saying that this time it's not a medical thesis! They had already prepared their papers."

"You can say that again! As soon as the game opened for beta, everyone outside went crazy, excitedly writing biology theses. I even suspect this game has awakened our 'M' attribute as netizens, turning us into masochists who get more hyped the more we're tormented."

"So the giant boss in the yard really is an invincible NPC, the legendary creator, a background character setting for the sandbox to liven up the atmosphere."

"And we previously wanted to defeat him!"

"That's like looking for shit with a lantern in a latrine pit."

"Hehehe, Qiuming Mountain Race Speed must be the most panicked. He even wanted to put feces in the Creator's food, hiding poison within the feces."

"Ignorance is fearless."

As soon as Xu Zhi returned to the house, he calmly and leisurely took items out of the white and black supermarket plastic bags on the table and put them into the refrigerator. After all, the absurd player-ants living in his yard were already used to such occurrences.

Naturally, they couldn't see him carrying the plastic bags.

In their eyes, he was just a hazy, luminous giant, and any modern objects would be screened out by the sub-brain of the insectoid hive.

He, however, slightly frowned. "They actually know that I am the Creator?"

Xu Zhi pondered for a moment, then went to his computer and quietly logged onto the forum.

Because whenever an unexpected event occurred that he didn't understand, checking the forum was the right move. Here, these little show-offs couldn't keep any secrets.

Xu Zhi browsed for a bit and then understood the truth.

It turned out that everything was due to a post filled with wild speculation.

"Terrifying! The 'Primordial Thunderhand' disclosed the background of the Wizard World, and by connecting that with our sandbox world's background, he deduced the truth about Spores Evolution's game setting: it's 'Myriad Worlds'!"