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Chapter 8 "Zen" and the Triple Realm of Life

Liu Liang was a little crazy: "Then my identity as a prophet is completely ruined! I never thought that my famous name, Lao Niu, would overturn on such a garbage game?

"No, I can't figure out why this kind of game has 'rave reviews'!"

Predicting the game's evaluation and sales has always been a repertoire of Liu Liang's videos. Since he became the UP master, the overall prediction accuracy rate is as high as 80%, and the previous six prediction videos have all been successful.

But this time it capsized in the gutter!
This made Liu Liang feel heartbroken, just like playing a chess game, enjoying the winning streak and enjoying the interest, but overturning the car when he was playing the last place and thought he was sure to win.

Uncomfortable wow!
Soon, Liu Liang discovered something more heart-wrenching than predicting failure.

In the comment section of the video, the most popular long comment had more likes than his video!
You know, anyone who can see this comment has to click into this video first.This also means that the audience's recognition of this comment is even higher than the content of Liu Liang's video!
"I have always agreed with Lao Niu very much before, but this time I am sorry to disagree. I saw Lao Niu playing "Zen" yesterday. At first I thought it was an ordinary garbage game, but gradually, I realized that Things didn't seem to be as simple as I thought, so I went to try it myself.

"After in-depth experience, I understand why Lao Niu's prediction failed! I also understand why this game can get "rave reviews". Because this game is actually not a garbage game, but very philosophical. Like its name, it is full of meditation!"

The corner of Liu Liang's mouth twitched slightly, what the hell!

Why is this game full of meditation and philosophy?Open your eyes and talk nonsense!
Liu Liang was very dissatisfied and continued to look down.

"When I first played this game, I had the same doubts as everyone else: What does this game want me to do?
"In the four chapters, we have different ways of action and different purposes, we have to play the prisoner, the tree, the mountain and the stone bridge respectively, and we are always in a state of restricted freedom.

"When playing prisoners, although our action area is limited to a cell, we can at least move around and see where we want to be completely free;

"When playing as a tree, we can't move, we can only shake a little bit and turn the perspective when we are blown by the wind;
"When it came time to play the mountain, we couldn't even move the perspective a little bit, but passively watched the mountain spin and play some notes that only we could hear.

"In the end, we became stone bridges, unable to move or play notes, but to remain motionless forever.

"From the perspective of freedom, our freedom is constantly restricted, and our ability to move is constantly deprived, which obviously runs counter to the general game's attempt to 'continuously improve the player's freedom'.

"Why does this game do this? If it's just a casually made garbage game, then the four chapters can be split into separate releases, which are divided into "Prison Bottom Sitting and Wearing Simulator", "Big Tree Simulator" ", "Mountain Simulator", "Stone Bridge Simulator", maybe that can deceive more people.

"But the producer just combined these four chapters, gave them names, and arranged special transition animations.

"Obviously, this is intentional by the producer. After in-depth experience, I think that these four chapters are actually full of philosophy. Here, I will analyze it with my shallow knowledge:
"What this game talks about is actually the triple realm of life: seeing yourself, seeing the world, and seeing all beings!

"At the very beginning, we were just ordinary prisoners in the prison. Our field of vision was limited to the narrow space in the cell. Free your mind from prison and enter the world of that tree.

"In other words, the big tree simulator in the second stage is actually the inner world of a prisoner. By staring at the painting, he constructs a real wilderness in his brain.

"When it came to the chapters 'Trees' and 'Mountains', it changed from 'seeing yourself' to 'seeing the world'. We not only saw trees and mountains, but also began to think about problems from the perspective of trees and mountains.

"We play the role of a big tree to withstand the wind, sun, and rain, and as we continue to turn our perspective and expand our thoughts to the entire wilderness, our thinking will be further opened, from trees to mountains, and our behavior will also change from turning this The concrete act becomes the abstract act of playing a note.

"Our freedom of action is being gradually restricted, but our freedom of thought is constantly improving!

"And from the 'mountain' to the 'bridge', it is 'seeing all living beings'. We saw the big rock on the top of the mountain rolled down, and after people carved it, it became a stone bridge.

"Although the stone bridge cannot move, it can see all kinds of living beings.

"When Lao Niu was broadcasting live before, there was a barrage that mentioned that Shiqiao is actually an allusion related to Zen: I would like to become a stone bridge, and be exposed to the wind for 500 years, the sun for 500 years, and the rain for 500 years, just to ask She walks across the bridge.

"It's a pity that at that time, no one could continue to interpret this line of thought. I don't think you can see the woman passing by by hanging up the phone here at Shiqiao. What the game expresses should not be little love, but big love, not A specific woman, but all living beings.

"One may ask, what happened to our physical bodies in the end? What happened to the original prisoners?

"You have already 'seen sentient beings', how about the physical body, is it still important?

"Prison, tree, mountain, and bridge, these four chapters seem to have nothing to do with each other, but if you take a closer look, you will find that they are actually closely related to the theme of 'Zen'.

"Of course, I don't blame Lao Niu for this, after all, the time to experience this game is short, and the perception of the game varies from person to person.

"But having said that, why did Lao Niu predict failure? Why did this game get a 'rave review' review, and the sales are still considerable? This shows that most players have also felt what I have learned from this game. This kind of artistic conception. They may not be able to sum up these philosophies, but they can get inner peace from the game.

"Everyone should not think that this game is rubbish after passing through the cloud, because after you really play it, you will find that the picture of this game is very good, the materials are very detailed, and some thoughts can only be experienced by playing it yourself.

"Is this game worth it? In my opinion, 5 yuan is really worth it. Its scenery is beautiful, and its volume is much larger than ordinary small games. The transition of four chapters is not like solving puzzles, but more like a game. It is really interesting to savor the changes in the way of thinking!
"This game only has a fixed playing time of two or three hours, and the longer you play it, the more you can think about it. In the minds of players who really like it, this is no longer a game, but It is a beautiful work of art!

"Don't talk about it, I will continue to play the big tree."

After reading this long review of more than a thousand words, Liu Liang was shocked.

Does this work too?
Judging from the number of likes, it is obvious that everyone really agrees with this statement, and even many players who have played this game have expressed that they have gained similar insights.

Liu Liang continued to read more reviews, as well as the comment section of "Zen" in the official store, and the more he read it, the more he felt sad.

There are really good reviews everywhere!
Of course, some of these praises are following the trend, and watching the excitement is not a big deal, thinking that "such a sand sculpture game must not be blind to me alone, and it must be shared with more people."

But it is also true that a large number of players do not follow suit, but really think this game is very fun!

If it weren't for this group of people who pushed up the praise rate from the beginning, it would be impossible to make the game's score become "rave reviews" just by relying on these followers in the future.

Facing the iron-like reality, Liu Liang also had to admit: his prediction was really wrong!

He originally thought that this game must have mostly bad reviews, at most mixed reviews, and the sales would definitely not be too high, but now, he realized that he was very wrong!

Liu Liang could only prepare for the lucky draw silently, and at the same time really started to think about life because of this game.

It's just that instead of thinking about life in the game, you think about life outside the game.

How could this game become popular?Is this "foreigner" really a game design genius?

"My 1 yuan..."

……

At this moment, in Xinglu Internet Cafe.

Lu Zhixing didn't know that the poor victim Liu Liang was in crisis because of "Zen", because after using the anchor to create an initial popularity for the game, Lu Zhixing stopped paying attention.

At this time, Lu Zhixing is more interested in the game data.

"Sales and word of mouth are good, it's worth it to take the risk of social death to collect materials!"

So far, the PC version of the game has sold more than 2000 copies, and the VR version has sold less, but it has also sold more than [-] copies.

Since he is a new creator, he has to share 4/[-] with the official platform, but even so, his estimated income is already close to [-] yuan!
What's more, this game has only been online for two days, and there will be a period of explosive popularity in the future.

In this way, it should be just around the corner to complete the goal of earning 10 yuan in the life-playing game.

However, Lu Zhixing's production cost was very low, and he didn't spend any money. He just risked his death to act as a big tree.

It's good to have golden fingers!

Lu Zhixing planned to save all the money in a few days and withdraw all the money, first to help his brother Lu Mingyuan tide over the difficulties.

Although it is still not enough to completely change the fate of Internet cafes, it is enough to allow Internet cafes to persist for a while.

"This game can almost come to an end. Next, take a good class and accumulate inspiration along the way. After earning 10 yuan, you can activate the official version of 'Life Playing Game'."

Although the popularity of the game "Zen" has just begun to take off, for Lu Zhixing, the producer, the game can basically be overturned after the game is finished, put on the shelves, and made money.

This weekend, Lu Zhixing has been busy. First, he was busy collecting materials, making games, and then he was busy fishing in Liu Liang's live broadcast room. Oh no, promoting the game, it passed in the blink of an eye.

Tomorrow is Monday and he has to go back to class.

"Having said that, what do game design majors in this world learn? I'm quite curious."

In Lu Zhixing's previous life, there was no game design major in universities at all, and even e-sports majors were only offered in a very small number of universities.

But the situation in this world is different. Games are valued as an important cultural industry, and game design is even a popular major in universities.

Although Lu Zhixing was a dog planner in his previous life, he was self-taught after all. The ability to write design drafts was learned in the game company, and he had no theoretical reserves.

When you come to this world, and you happen to be majoring in game design, of course you have to learn from scratch seriously.

After all, in the previous life, he was a social animal who had achieved nothing. After finally crossing over, he also brought his own golden fingers. Of course, he must go all out to make a career!

(End of this chapter)