Chapter 1 The Combat System is Awesome!

At first, Yan Qi felt that the combat system had been changed beyond recognition, and he was very unhappy.

However, after adapting to this rhythm, he suddenly felt a unique sense of exhilaration.

At this moment, he was no longer an ordinary person, a weakling, cautiously facing monsters in a burial ground, but a true Martial God, an ultimate assassin who mastered powerful skills and danced on the edge of a blade!

The reason why *Eternal Reincarnation* had a higher numerical value than *Turn Back to Shore* was also found.

Because *Eternal Reincarnation* had this special execution mechanic, in order to prevent executions from being triggered too easily, the health, stamina, and other attributes of the monsters had been comprehensively adjusted to make the overall rhythm of the game more in line with expectations.

This was also to encourage players to focus on perfect parries, rather than slowly grinding down the Bosses, which was not the designer's original intention.

"Thinking about it this way, is it possible to resist the plot kill of the Black and White Impermanence at the beginning?"

"The main reason why I couldn't beat the Black and White Impermanence before was because the damage was too low. But with the current combat mechanism, the amount of damage doesn't matter at all. No matter how much health the opponent has, triggering a weakness leads to a direct execution."

"Okay, let's try!"

Yan Qi immediately saved his current game and created a new save file, returning to the initial courtyard to challenge the Black and White Impermanence again.

In less than two minutes, the Martial God was once again knocked to the ground by the Black and White Impermanence, chains pierced his collarbone, and he was taken away.

Yan Qi: "..."

As expected, the ideal was magnificent, but reality was cruel.

In his mind, the scenario was perfect: he would parry Bai Wuchang's (White Impermanence) mourning stick, perfectly deflecting it. Hei Wuchang (Black Impermanence) would only throw skills from the side at first, and as long as he dodged at the right time, he could easily deal with Hei Wuchang after defeating Bai Wuchang...

But when he actually fought, the first parry failed, and he was directly slammed to the ground by the mourning stick.

The mourning sticks used by the Black and White Impermanence were heavy weapons, so the pre-attack animation was longer than the longsword in the training mode, and the attack rhythm was different.

Although Yan Qi had practiced well in the training mode and felt good about himself, he had only adapted to the attack rhythm of swords and other bladed weapons, and was immediately at a loss when faced with the mourning stick.

"Okay, as expected, I'm not worthy..."

Yan Qi silently restored his save file and continued playing his original game.

...

Meanwhile, in the Advertising and Marketing Department.

Meng Chang was also paying attention to the feedback from players after the update of *Eternal Reincarnation*.

"What's with this new combat system! I can't even beat the small monsters anymore!"

"Yeah, these small monsters can also parry, and I can't even hit them. And while I'm fighting, it executes me with one hit! I'm so confused!"

"The Martial God is even more useless... I could at least stumble my way to Meng Po before, but now I can barely beat the monsters outside."

"Did you not go to the training level? The tutorial says that you have to attack according to the rhythm of your breathing, otherwise your breathing will become chaotic and you will be executed by the monsters."

"This new combat mechanism encourages parrying. If you play it right, it's very fast to kill both small monsters and Bosses. I'm already a little addicted to this feeling of twirling the joystick!"

"Yeah, this change makes it less like an action game and more like a rhythm game or a fighting game: find the right rhythm and timing, then push the direction to parry."

"Too complicated, can't play it..."

"I think it's very fun. It really gives you a sense of exhilaration that you can't experience in other action games, especially the moment when you disrupt the opponent's rhythm and execute them, it's just too exciting!"

As Meng Chang expected, the players online had very polarized opinions about this combat system.

Some players who particularly liked the combat system of *Turn Back to Shore* felt that it had been changed beyond recognition and was difficult to adapt to and accept. But other players felt that this combat system was very novel, faster-paced, and more exhilarating.

This was normal, after all, everyone's tastes were different, and there were many players who preferred the traditional combat mode of *Turn Back to Shore*.

But overall, after this combat system was updated, the overall evaluation of the players was gradually improving.

Because *Eternal Reincarnation* provided all players with a different kind of combat experience, even for those players who were not very adaptable, it would give them a very novel feeling.

Not only that, but the auto-parry mechanism of the Demon Sword had also been figured out.

Some players had already discovered that if you only held one Demon Sword, the more you died, the more frequently the parry action would be triggered.

Of course, the first part only released about one-third of the map, so the Demon Sword's Demonic value had a limit and could not achieve a fully automatic parry effect at all.

After this update, the completion of the entire game scene reached two-thirds, and players could already enter some mid-to-late game scenes.

In this case, the Demon Sword's auto-parry skill was triggered more frequently, and the type of parry gradually changed from imperfect parries to perfect parries, and the damage reduction effect became more and more obvious!

Many people speculated that when they reached the final one-third of the game content area, the later scenes such as the Yama Hall, the Six Paths of Reincarnation, and the Avici Hell, as long as they died enough times, the Demon Sword might be able to achieve a fully automatic perfect parry effect.

This meant that cheesing was even easier than in *Turn Back to Shore*!

Many people shouted that this was President Pei's mercy!

Previously, the weapon Pudu (Salvation) in *Turn Back to Shore* was hidden very deeply and was only found a few days after the game was released.

Obviously, this time the "mercy" was more obvious, and President Pei had opened a convenient door for handicapped players.

Of course, handicapped players would still continue to suffer in the early stages. Relying on the pitiful auto-parry in the front, it would be impossible to beat the Boss.

But as the difficulty of the game increased, the frequency of auto-parry would also increase, which was equivalent to giving handicapped players a bottom line.

As long as they were willing to suffer, they would be able to clear the game sooner or later.

Many handicapped players also lost their burden. At worst, they would slowly practice their skills and die all the way with the Demon Sword. Anyway, even if they died, they could accumulate Demonic value.

In short, after the combat system of *Eternal Reincarnation* was updated, the previous controversial topics quickly subsided, and players said one after another: It's so good!

But the more Meng Chang saw the comments improve, the more heartache he felt.

"My commission!"

Meng Chang felt as if his heart was being twisted, and he seemed to see a large sum of money drifting away from him.

He replayed his plan again and still felt that it was impeccable and completely without any problems.

First, update the game's scenes and monsters in three stages, allowing players to accumulate dissatisfaction in the process of suffering, and then update the combat system to instantly turn the rotten into the magical.

However, due to the occurrence of unexpected circumstances, the players' dissatisfaction was not accumulated at all, but dissipated into nothingness due to the update of the combat system.

This was equivalent to greatly advancing the timing of the Pei-style publicity method, and the explosion was no longer so sensational, but the heat was spread out into a very long period of time.

For Meng Chang, he would probably not get a commission;

And for President Pei, it seemed that the best publicity effect had not been achieved.

*Eternal Reincarnation* was considered a success, but originally it could have gained even more popularity!

Although the DLC would not earn much less money in the end, it was ultimately imperfect.

Losing a month's commission was not a big problem, but the key was that it made Meng Chang deeply doubt himself.

"My plan was clearly in full compliance with the requirements of the Pei-style publicity method, but President Pei took action mercilessly and disrupted my plan."

"But the last time I promoted the game platform, President Pei didn't say anything and even praised me?"

"Could it be that my understanding of the Pei-style publicity method is completely wrong?"

"Could it be that the Pei-style publicity method that I summarized was just a misunderstanding, and the agreement that President Pei signed with me was not what I thought it was?"

Meng Chang was completely puzzled.

"Hmm? Who's sending me a message?"

"Don't they know I'm annoyed?"

"Oh, it's Teacher Qiao."

Meng Chang didn't want to read the message at first, but after seeing that the sender was Teacher Qiao, he still opened it.

"Are you planning to make a video about this game? No other meaning, I'm just asking, so we don't clash."

Obviously, Qiao Liang was planning to make a video about *Eternal Reincarnation*.

After all, from the current situation, the combat system of *Eternal Reincarnation* had been updated, and the core content had been exposed by seventy-seven-eighty percent, so he could start preparing the video material in advance.

When the last one-third of the scenes were updated next week, he could add the corresponding content to the video, export it, and release it.

Qiao Liang didn't know if Meng Chang would still make analysis videos in the name of "Young Master Tian", so he gave him a heads-up in advance to avoid the video clashing.

Meng Chang replied weakly: "I don't plan to make a video, feel free to do so."

The publicity plan was ruined, the commission was gone, what was the point of making a video!

Previously, Meng Chang was still ambitious and wanted to listen to President Pei's advice and turn the "Young Master Tian" account into an internet celebrity account with a persona and fixed fans, just like "Teacher Qiao".

But now, he was like a deflated ball, completely unable to muster any energy.

Not long after, Qiao Liang sent another message.

"Understood, then I'll take on the task of interpreting this time."

"By the way, there's something else I want to ask you about."

"It seems that *Eternal Reincarnation* was not updated according to the previous plan. Was there any twist in the middle? Why was the content originally scheduled to be updated at the end of the month updated in the second week?"

"Was it a problem with internal communication, or was it for some special reason that the idea was changed?"

Obviously, Qiao Liang was also very curious about this.

He knew that Tengda's game department was a very mature department, and any ordinary employee in it was not an ordinary person.

After making so many games with President Pei, even a fool would become a game design master, right?

However, many of the previous big-budget 3A games did not go wrong, but instead a problem occurred with a small DLC, which was really a bit strange.

Meng Chang didn't want to say it at first, after all, saying it would be his own work mistake, which would be a bit embarrassing.

But then he thought, maybe Qiao Liang could help him solve his doubts?

Even now, Meng Chang couldn't understand why President Pei disrupted his publicity plan and prematurely detonated the accumulated heat.

Although Qiao Liang didn't understand marketing, he understood games and President Pei!

After all, this *Eternal Reincarnation* was a game project, so maybe Qiao Liang could see some clues.

Meng Chang also felt that his behavior was a bit like grasping at straws, but this matter was of great importance after all, and he was very eager to know what was going on.

So, he simply told Qiao Liang about how Yu Fei was forced to become the main planner and the details of his publicity plan and the accidental mistake that occurred.

After listening, Qiao Liang fell into a brief silence.

"I see, I understand."

"Regarding the deep meaning of President Pei's actions, I have two ideas, but it is currently difficult to verify them. I have to think about it again and verify it from multiple sources before I can have a very definite answer."

"Like this, wait for my new video!"