episode_0000

For the production workers in small and medium-sized enterprises, gaming is considered a basic skill.

Of course, there were some who did not consider auto-hunting, microtransactions, and gacha mobile applications as games, due to the lack of traditional gameplay elements.

However, for the production workers, these games held a value beyond just entertainment.

Wasn’t it a commendable genre to upgrade their specs even while working?

Even if their salary didn’t increase, the fun of leveling up was enjoyable.

Above all, since conversations among team members accounted for more than 70% of their interactions, one could argue that games were more like a reflection of modern social life rather than just games.

However, when it came to PC or console games, gaming was a bit of a distant hobby for production workers. Their hobbies usually revolved around drinking (partying), drinking (company dinners), and drinking (women), or fishing at most.

In that sense, it was quite rare for his hobby to be gaming.

He was quite a diligent gamer.

For production workers, who typically worked in two shifts, with short cycles alternating between day and night shifts, they were given short vacations of 2 days and 2 nights or 1 day and 2 nights.

So, he would sleep deeply as if he were dead, then pour himself a cold beer into a thermos and spend his vacation in front of the monitor.

He didn’t discriminate against any particular game.

He enjoyed living the life of a lawless outlaw roaming the western wilderness in one game, and in another, he saved a few planets as a superhuman commander defending against alien invasions before eventually causing their destruction.

Even playing as the son of a rebellious god who killed gods was fun.

However, most of his experiences were usually reminiscent of medieval warriors or wizards from some Western cultural sphere.

While he was enjoying his games, someone left a comment on his post asking for game recommendations.

ㄴTry playing “Martial World Life Dictionary,” it’s really fun.

ㄴChinese games are the best.

ㄴReally? It’s so much fun. There’s even a Korean patch. Hey, give it a try!

Martial world.

The only martial world he knew was a few martial arts movies. Like “Shaolin Soccer.”

Wasn’t Jet Li in it as the Monkey King?

As he recalled, his curiosity was piqued.

Without hesitation, he purchased the game.

Since the wallet of a single production worker was quite thick, there was no reason to hesitate.

While the download was in progress, he searched for information about the game.

A Chinese-made open-world RPG with high freedom (unofficial Korean patch 99.6%).

The fact that a user-made Korean patch was available already guaranteed a certain level of enjoyment.

Who would bother translating a boring game?

You could freely farm and grow while exploring, and when you reached a certain level of fame, a major event like early crisis, mid-crisis, or late crisis would randomly occur.

If you overcame that, you could see the ending, and you could continue playing afterward, or you could finish and start a new playthrough with descendants.

It offers multiple endings depending on the content.

He didn’t know it was an unfamiliar martial arts game, but after searching, it seemed to have a considerable level of recognition.

He preferred a playstyle where he could easily defeat enemies rather than overcoming difficult challenges, a playstyle known as “strong character play.”

He enjoyed following the most powerful build rather than exploring new routes and preferred to enjoy the game easily.

As he searched for character creation and build recommendation posts, he pondered how to develop his character.

With expectations of it being fun already, he smiled satisfactorily.

Soon after the game finished installing, he applied the Korean patch file.

And finally, the highly anticipated game started.

Since he had just read that it would allow multiple playthroughs, he quickly proceeded with character creation.

The difficulty level was set to “Leisurely Passenger” (easy difficulty).

Since it was mentioned that there would be multiple playthroughs, he thought that if he found it enjoyable, he could increase the difficulty for the second playthrough.

His constitution was “Blood of the Sanguine,” which made gameplay more enjoyable.

Fate is the most powerful in the game called Cheonsalgo Castle.

And without any hesitation, the gender is female.

He had a strong belief that in games where female characters are playable, one must always choose a female character.

Unfortunately, customization was not supported.

He reluctantly chose an illustration with a large chest within the predetermined appearance presets.

Even in games, one must appreciate a well-endowed figure, right?

His pleasure was in admiring the figure of a female character with a large chest when smoking a cigarette and drinking beer, taking a break.

It was also a privilege of a single man.

And in the character name field, he pressed Ctrl+V.

阿靑 (Acheong)

Pre-cut Chinese characters were entered.

It was incomprehensible how a person’s name could be Acheong.

But it was in the recommended post.

It was said that by entering this, one would start the game with the advanced martial arts technique, the Moon Maiden Swordsmanship.

Now, character creation was complete.

Before pressing the Martial World Entry button, he brought up a walkthrough post on his smartphone that detailed the route for farming before progressing through the early story.

If it’s an open-world game, isn’t it a rule to farm vigorously right at the start before running in earnest?

However, ultimately, it was all useless preparation.

The moment he pressed the Martial World Entry button-

He found himself standing in a chilly cave.

Suddenly, a heavy weight pressed down on his upper body.