Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch

They suddenly realized─they had no more BOSS to fight.

In the past, because ordinary mode players were always ahead of expert mode players, these experts didn’t need to look for clues but followed the ready-made path to find the BOSS and just fought their way through.

But now, all of the ordinary mode discovered BOSSes are defeated, and everyone is stuck.

Now they could only carefully explore the dungeons and hell while starting to go back and talk to NPCs, seriously ponder the game’s background and story for the first time, hoping to find clues from it.

Anyway, they were unwilling to believe that the [King of Skeletons] was the ultimate BOSS of the game.

─ After all, this thing was just openly placed on the map. Even if you had just started the game, you could fight it directly.

Where is such a casual ultimate BOSS?

Moreover, the prestige of this BOSS is also a bit inadequate!

Fortunately, the depth of this mod seems to be sufficient, and there is still a lot to collect.

More advanced shoes, more advanced weapons, more sophisticated detection equipment, more Life Crystals, special events… and so on and so forth.

In any case, they wouldn’t be bored.

*

On Yi’s side, he put away the apparently ordinary but amazing [Metal Detector] and continued his journey to Hell.

At the same time, he withdrew his big sword and switched his primary weapon to the ranged weapon [Space Gun].

“I was always worried about loot falling into the lava and had to fight in close quarters, which was both troublesome and dangerous.”

“Now it seems there is no need at all! Drops of value won’t be burnt by the lava so just shoot the monsters from a distance.”

After changing his strategy, although Yi did get fewer loot, the gaming experience has improved significantly.

Seeing a monster, he shoots from afar, “biubiubiu”, and the monsters can’t get close, no longer needing to quickly switch between the big sword and pickaxe in his hand.

But by now, it’s already late, and the live stream content for today has been full of ups and downs, requiring quite a bit of focus.

Even Yi, the “Marathon” player, couldn’t help but feel mentally and physically tired.

In the end, he agreed with his viewers that he would end the broadcast after finding the Fire Flower and reverting to his original form.

His reason was compelling – he didn’t wear a diaper today.

Twenty minutes later, Yi saw three Fire Flowers on a small hill surrounded by lava and jumped over to gather them without hesitation.

Before he touched the ground, he had already taken out his gun proficiently and fired at the surrounding monsters.

Regardless of whether they were Hell Bats, Lava Slimes, Fire Imps, or Voodoo Demons, all were easily defeated by Yi!

Although the loot had fallen into the lava surrounding the hill, Yi was in a hurry to log off and rest and didn’t plan to fish it out.

As the last monster died, Yi bent down to gather the Fire Flower.

But at the moment when the Fire Flower was picked, a line of blood-red system prompts abruptly appeared in his sight──

[Guide Andrew has perished]

“?” Yi instinctively looked at the Fire Flower in his hand, then stood up and looked towards the direction of his home.

“What the hell? How did my Guide die? Picking a flower got him killed? Or was my home invaded?”

But in the next moment, the majestic and grand BGM sounded throughout the Hell, completely beyond his expectations!

Deep purple system prompts appeared directly in the center of his view──

[The ruler and core of the World has reappeared in the world after the great burning sacrifice!]

[The Wall of Flesh has awakened!]

Exhausted Yi suddenly became alert, and instantly woke up: “BOSS? The ruler of the world? The ultimate BOSS?!”

“Damn it!”

“How did it get sacrificed? I just picked a flower, do I really need to be sanctioned by the final BOSS?!”

He felt it utterly absurd.

But there was no more time for him to complain──the earth had begun to shake.

More accurately: the entire area of Hell, including where he stood, the surrounding lava pools, and the distant ruins… everything reachable by his sight, had begun to tremble!

The trembling quickly intensified, making it difficult for him to stand.

Yi connected a rope to hoist himself into the air and set up a few simple platforms to stand on, finally steadying himself, standing in the air.

But besides him, the whole Hell was shaking endlessly!

Falling rocks plunged into the lava, stirring up large swaths of deadly magma, and the ruins collapsed one after another, sinking into the magma and raising a thick smoke several meters high. The monsters that once thrived in Hell also suffered a catastrophic disaster, flying headlessly like flies, but still could not escape death.

“Is this… the end of the world?” Yi was shocked beyond words by this scene.

Then, the BOSS appeared in front of him —

Filling the entire field of vision, the wall of flesh that blocked the entire direction of Hell leaned towards him like a mountain collapsing!

The dark red and purplish flesh, the grotesque pulsating blood vessels, a large number of flesh twisted into whips in the air, snapping chaotically!

What’s even more terrifying is: on this bloody, horrific, and nauseating wall of flesh, one huge eye after another drills out of the flesh. But as they shoot a few lasers at Yi, the flesh beside them turns into a giant mouth, biting and swallowing these huge eyes!

It seems that this wall of flesh is not a single “entity”, but a chaotic and disorderly “battlefield” that is constantly in fierce competition. The “eyes” and “mouths” are fighting intensely on this wall, engaged in a life-and-death struggle.

Attacking the players is just a by-product.

But even so, as the wall of flesh approached Yi with an overwhelming force, facing the dense flesh whips, the poisonous corrosive blood, and lasers that could be fired from any angle…

Yi had no power to fight back. He fired a few ineffective shots, then turned and ran like crazy, trying to put some distance between himself and the terrifying wall of flesh.

However, the environment of Hell was already complex, not to mention that the entire Hell was now being shaken by the wall of flesh, with everything shaking and collapsing. Without any preparation, it was impossible to outrun the BOSS.

As the wall of flesh approached, several of the long flesh whips entangled him, dragging Yi towards a huge, blood-filled mouth.

“Fuck, fuck, fuck!” Yi swore in horror, watching himself being dragged into the terrifying mouth!

Then there was –

“Plop!”

[You have died]

*

After his resurrection, Yi stood there in a daze, unable to snap out of it for a long time.

That wall of flesh left a deep, terrifying impression on him! He was sure to have nightmares tonight!

“What on earth did I do that was so outrageous? Why am I being treated like this??”

“I can’t take it anymore, I need to heal my wounded soul!”

Not bothering to figure out what happened, and not in the mood to check whether Hell would be completely destroyed or return to its original state after the BOSS battle, Yi went offline immediately after ending his live streaming.

The audience expressed their understanding.

From the oppressive force of the wall of flesh just now, they felt crazy and terrifying even through the screen. Yi, who experienced it firsthand, must have had a much deeper impression!

Maybe he’s already in a hurry to go offline and change his pants.

However, although Yi went offline, the matter of him summoning the BOSS would not end so easily.

Countless expert players were anxiously searching for the BOSS to fight!

And the BOSS that appeared this time was the one publicly declared by the System as the [Master and Core of the World], the ultimate BOSS!

Who wouldn’t want the glory of being the first to kill the ultimate BOSS?

For a moment, the playback of Yi’s live stream was studied by countless people.

Especially the few seconds before the BOSS appeared, frames were analyzed meticulously with magnifying glasses.

The clues were actually quite obvious: Before the BOSS entered the stage, the System mentioned “Burning Sacrifice”.

What happened before the “Burning Sacrifice” was the “Death of the Guide”.

So —

Guide’s burning death = Summoning the BOSS.

As for how the Guide died?

The[Voodoo Demon]came flying with a “Guide Doll” in its grasp. When the demon was killed, the doll fell into the lava and was destroyed.

In the eyes of the players who were looking for evidence with the conclusion at hand, this was already enough evidence.

As a result —

Thousands of expert players rushed into Hell.

…

And then, they all paid a bloody price!