Chapter 876: Stunning Effects
The protagonist walked up to a tree, swung the axe in his hand, and began chopping it down.
The tree fell, and the protagonist continued chopping, splitting the fallen tree into several branches and piles of firewood.
He carried an armful of firewood to the side and stacked it on the ground.
Then, the protagonist picked up a branch, extended it over the campfire, and the branch caught fire.
Holding the burning branch, he went to the pile of firewood and lit it as well, creating another campfire.
After that, he pulled some chunks of meat from his pack and tossed them onto the campfire.
A moment later, the meat was cooked, sizzling and smoking as if dripping with grease.
The protagonist quickly grabbed the meat, juggling it from hand to hand because it was hot, while happily eating it.
Just then, two monsters crept up sneakily.
The protagonist picked up a branch and lit the grass in front of him.
“Whoosh!”
With the wind, the fire spread rapidly toward the two monsters.
The monsters seemed to have low intelligence, foolishly running toward the protagonist until the fire was almost upon them. Only then did they realize something was wrong, but it was too late.
The two monsters were engulfed in flames, their bodies ablaze. They screamed and rolled on the ground, but it was useless—it only plunged them into a larger sea of fire.
The fire created an updraft, and the protagonist opened something like a glider, floating lightly into the air. Then he drew his bow and nocked an arrow.
“Swish!”
The arrow, passing through the flames, turned into a fire arrow and struck the two monsters.
The protagonist landed, returned to the campfire, and contentedly finished his roasted meat. Then he sat by the fire and dozed off.
...
Sun Hao was stunned.
Wasn’t this the fire-related system he had designed?
No, strictly speaking, the effects shown in this video were far more impressive than his own design plan!
In this video, fire wasn’t just for combat; it had other uses, like cooking, starting fires, resting, and so on...
Sun Hao couldn’t help but feel ashamed. He had been feeling pretty good about himself, proud of his design document, but then he saw Chen Mo’s work... it was already done, and it was dozens of times better than his plan!
But Sun Hao didn’t expect there was more to come.
...
The protagonist dozed by the campfire for a while when suddenly the weather changed.
The clear sky turned overcast, and moments later, raindrops began to fall.
One raindrop landed on the protagonist’s head, then a second, a third...
The protagonist looked up at the sky.
As the rain intensified, the campfire on the ground went out.
In the patter of the rain, the protagonist shivered and ran toward a distant cliff, where there was a cave to take shelter.
On the way, two more monsters wielding wooden clubs blocked his path.
“Crack!”
A thunderclap rang out, and the iron bow on the protagonist’s back crackled with electric sparks.
Instead of shooting an arrow, the protagonist threw the iron bow to the ground and turned to run.
The two monsters stubbornly chased after him, and one of them bent down to pick up the iron bow.
But their intelligence wasn’t enough to realize what the increasingly frequent sparks on the iron bow meant.
“Crack!”
Another thunderclap, and this time, lightning struck directly the monster holding the iron bow, killing both monsters instantly!
The protagonist had already run ahead, so he wasn’t hit by the lightning. He picked up the wooden club dropped by the monsters and ran toward the cliff.
The cave was halfway up the mountain. The protagonist reached the base and started climbing.
Under the heavy rain, the mountain became slippery. Every time he climbed a bit, he would slide back down. After much effort, he finally made it up.
Entering the cave, the protagonist shook off the rainwater and waited for the rain to clear.
...
What shocked Sun Hao wasn’t just this.
Almost every scene that followed left Sun Hao wide-eyed.
When the protagonist arrived in a hot volcanic region, wooden weapons would spontaneously catch fire and burn, eventually breaking after a while.
When the protagonist went to a cold region, he would shiver from the cold. Only by wearing cold-weather gear, eating cold-resistant food, or relying on campfires and torches could he avoid continuous health loss.
Attacking enemies with ice-element weapons could freeze them, requiring constant struggle to thaw out.
Attacking enemies with lightning-element weapons would briefly stun them, causing their weapons to drop to the ground.
The protagonist could use a special magnetic ability to lift metal objects, like iron chests, and smash them onto monsters’ heads to kill them.
He could use a special ice ability to freeze the surface of a river, allowing him to walk or climb on it.
He could use a special time-stop ability to lock an object in time. For example, using it on a stone and then hitting it hard with a hammer would build up force, sending the stone flying very far.
In addition, there were many other special attack methods, like pushing boulders off a mountain to crush monsters...
Even more astonishing was that these complex functions could be combined. The video demonstrated at least three or four ways to mix and use them. Clearly, as long as players were willing to explore, they could discover even more uses.
Sun Hao was dumbfounded.
He finally understood what Chen Mo’s topic meant.
Wasn’t this “environmental interaction mechanism” exactly the “chemistry engine” being shown here?
Almost every element in the environment had its own purpose.
Trees could be chopped for wood, wood could be used for campfires, campfires could cook meat, grass could burn, and burning created updrafts...
Of course! These were all natural phenomena that even children knew!
But no game had ever done this before.
In games, trees were just scene models that couldn’t be broken even by driving a car; grass only swayed as people walked by or hid someone, but it would never catch fire from a dropped torch; as for snowy plains and volcanoes, they were just for scenery—the protagonist could run through the snow in shorts without any issues...
But under this new chemistry engine, these seemingly obvious natural phenomena could now appear in games!
Trees could be cut down, grass could burn, people could get frostbitten...
Sun Hao could hardly express his excitement. It was hard to imagine how real and free a world would be if this amazing chemistry engine were actually applied to a game!
Sun Hao was completely convinced. It turned out that he... was still just a salted fish who could only shout “awesome.”
In fact, it wasn’t just Sun Hao. Everyone present felt stunned after seeing the actual effects of the chemistry engine.
Although many had worked on parts of the chemistry engine’s development, none of them had imagined the overall performance would be so brilliant.
Someone couldn’t help but ask, “Boss, will this system be in the new game? What’s the name of our new game?”
Chen Mo smiled and gently clicked the mouse.
“The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.”