Interstellar Travel: Becoming a Dress-Up Game Designer

Chapter 166 Clothes Reflect the Past, the Long River Never Ends

Initially, people sprayed clothing according to the traditional clothing style. Later, they found that it was too complicated and cumbersome. Spraying directly from head to toe was extremely convenient, especially in combat, saving several minutes!

Just spray it directly on your body, and you don't need to worry about anything else.

Thus, the popular spray-painting style emerged, with everyone spraying the same color from head to toe. After the Zerg war ended, people had more time to enjoy art, only to find that most of the heritage had been lost. Only a bunch of storage tapes left by their predecessors remained in the original Ark, which was damaged, and much of the data was lost.

Scientists began to study these things, and after slowly restoring them, they created a game called "The Origin of Things".

Lin Shuying has recently learned a lot about interstellar history and discovered that history always repeats itself in surprising ways. No matter how backward or advanced a society is, the transmission and preservation of cultural heritage is always a unified and fundamental human choice. However, there will always be a point in time that leads to a cultural break, which later generations must continuously repair.

Archaeologists on Earth excavate tombs and ruins, while scientists from interstellar space excavate various memory disks brought over by archaeologists; essentially, nothing has changed.

This time, she plans to create an event centered around clothing changes, narrating the historical evolution from Earth's primitive inhabitants to interstellar beings. For the interstellar history portion, she instructed Lin Qiaoqiao to find renowned scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences as consultants, striving to clarify the intricacies and make the event truly meaningful.

The scientist was very happy to participate in the creation of Qingfengyi, especially in such a meaningful project. He kept telling Lin Shuying, "You are really amazing. There are so many summoners right now, and you are the first person to attempt to repair the cultural gap."

Lin Shuying smiled and said, "I didn't intend to repair the fault line; I just wanted my faith to shine here!"

She believed in and admired China, and remained loyal to it throughout her life, no matter where she went.

The scientist paused for a moment, then said, "Your faith must be extraordinary."

“That’s remarkable.”

The two began discussing how the interstellar spray-on clothing changes could be integrated into Qingfengyi's design, so as not to appear abrupt or overshadow the essence of Qingfengyi's ancient costume design. Lin Shuying had some ideas beforehand, intending to let players experience the changes in human clothing since the dawn of time by following the historical progression and changing scenery.

The development of clothing, to a certain extent, represents the development of civilization. From the moment humans shed their body hair, clothing became a part of life.

Soon, the design plan was completed.

This event was so magnificent that the staff and consultants involved in its design were moved to tears.

"Designer Lin, you are truly, truly an extraordinary person."

Lin Shuying laughed and said, "I am more like a wandering knight-errant, writing poems about the world as I see it and as my heart desires."

Soon, this event began.

Very special, the mail was received in the Jianghu (martial arts world) of China.

Many treasure chests have appeared in the martial arts world of China. They are small, silver-white, made of jade, with a white celestial beast perched on top and four azure dragons along the four edges. The blank spaces are carved with intricate auspicious clouds, making them very exquisite.

The treasure chest wasn't big, only about the size of a palm.

Upon opening it, one finds a sandalwood token with the words "Invitation to Time" in gold lettering.

Clicking on it leads to Qingfengyi's announcement:

Dear Qingfengyi players, the fourteenth Qingfengyi event, "Inheriting the Legacy Through the Ages, Enduring the River of Time," has officially begun and will last for two months.

The history of clothing dates back to the beginning of humankind, when people sought to express their shame and adorn their garments. This event will guide you through the myriad changes that clothing has undergone throughout human history, much of which are unverified speculations based on designers' ideas. Dear players, please feel free to explore at your own discretion.

This issue includes the following updates:

1. Expanded the map of the Chinese martial arts world and added the Nine-Turn Lotus Platform. Players can enter and reincarnate as some of the wandering heroes, experiencing their magnificent lives. Currently, the life insights adventures of Yue Fei, Han Xin, Guan Yu, Xiang Yu, and Li Si are available. In this experience, players can choose the wandering hero himself, or his partner or a close friend.

2. A brand new limited-time dungeon, "Nine Provinces Continent," is now open. Only those who have obtained the Entry Permit can enter. The Entry Permit can be found in treasure boxes that appear in the Jianghu world of China. Feel free to search for it.

3. All clothing items for this event are available for purchase in the in-game store. Additionally, during this event, you can collect fabric from specific periods; this fabric can be given to NPCs in the Huaxia Jianghu (江湖) to craft clothing and items.

4. This event received strong support from Sweetheart Planet, Planet Aimor, Planet Wenchang, etc., and a renowned interstellar scientist was invited to serve as an advisor.

5. Some of the guardian spirits' abilities have been sealed during this event. These abilities will be available again when the new gameplay is released. You don't need to worry about the current status changing at that time.

More detailed announcements can be found at the service center. Stay tuned for the next exciting update!

Players were surprised that this update announcement didn't include a nice envelope!

"Ugh, Qingfengyi is so good at driving me crazy! There were envelopes before, why not this one?!"

Who would understand? Someone with obsessive-compulsive collecting tendencies, looking at each issue of envelopes, suddenly realizes one is missing.

I'm going crazy, so incredibly crazy.

"My life is incomplete, what should I do?"

"Huh? The props they gave us this time are really nice. This little box is so exquisite."

"What's the use of being refined? It doesn't change the fact that I'm missing one letter."

"Isn't this token a sign of trust?"

These words were a wake-up call; players with a collecting obsession immediately took out their tokens to examine them. They then placed the tokens back in the envelope.

"Ah~ that feels so good."

Immediately afterwards, a player asked in the world chat: "Won't our tokens disappear after we enter the dungeon?"

"Family members, I'm in! What kind of game is this? I'm going to dominate the world!"

"They won't disappear. The announcement said that these two items are ours. In addition, the token can store all the video footage of our actions in this instance, which we can watch anytime after the event ends."

Wow~

"That player who dominates the world, tell me what's going on inside."

Many players haven't gone in yet and are studying the announcements outside. Seeing that some players have already gone in, I'm really curious about what activities will be available in this dungeon.

The players who went in lived up to expectations and quickly posted videos.

But why does this video look so strange?

"Family members, you can't summon guests or pets here, you can only come alone, and you can't bring backpacks or tools. This is so interesting, watch me, I can run hundreds of meters in an instant! (Video)"

Click on the video, and you'll see a large tiger running wildly through the jungle, with monkeys, birds, pythons, and other creatures flashing by nearby.

The audience was a little confused. What was going on?

"My mecha grand marshal, you wouldn't happen to be that tiger, would you?"

Later in the video, the tiger finds a cave and discovers people inside. Upon closer inspection, they see people processing their prey and sitting around a campfire. Some are even sewing animal hides, and the clothing they wear is remarkably ancient.

A fur coat with barely any sleeves, and a necklace made of animal teeth, stones, and seeds around the neck—it looked incredibly stylish to the interstellar people, exuding a wild aura.

She wore a skirt underneath, revealing her beautiful fur. Some of what was showing was the dry outer layer of skin, with the fur inside.

Just as everyone was watching with great interest, the burly man in the camera saw the tiger lying at the entrance of the cave, picked up a large rock at his feet and threw it at it.

The video abruptly ended.

Many viewers were confused and quickly asked from below, "Upstairs, what's wrong?"

"Wow, what a huge rock! I suspect the poster has already resurrected in the homepage."

"Are they NPCs? They look so fierce."

"Will everything turn out like this if we enter?"

At this moment, the player came back and said, "I died and came back, sob sob. They are so strong, they can throw such big rocks so far. I couldn't even outrun them."

"Upstairs, is it fun?"

"Hehe, it's pretty fun."

At this moment, another player posted a picture.

“Family, I just saw a tiger lying at the entrance of my house, and my father here hit it with a stone and killed it. Now he plans to make clothes for me from the tiger skin.”

"?????"

"?????"

"?????"

........

"So that's how we became human?"

"What kind of extraordinary encounter is this?"

The players were even more confused.

One player stepped forward and said, "Don't ask questions, just experience it and you'll know what's going on."

"Science popularizer passing by: Family members, try your best to survive in the dungeon, as the dungeon timer keeps progressing!"

"????"

This is yet another incomprehensible statement.

However, as more players entered the game, they quickly figured out the intricacies of it all.

This event is somewhat similar to a soul-transmigration concept, inspired by Lin Shuying's own experiences. Players will enter the body of any creature in the instance's society—humans, animals, plants, rocks, etc.—anything can be entered; who you enter depends on luck.

You can also adjust it yourself; just die and come back.

So many people sent messages in the chat channel:

"There's a large rock two kilometers to the north; I need a hammer."

Transmigrating into a living being is manageable; you can just find a place to die. But transmigrating into a tree or stone is downright deadly. You can only wait for your prime to pass or for your lifespan to end, and then have someone come and kill you.

The areas we traverse are mostly near tribes, so finding someone to come over via the chat channel is relatively easy. Some players will ask for a few taels of silver before coming to help; otherwise, they're unwilling to come.

"Southern fall, a tree struck by lightning, waah waah waah. The lightning strike hurts so much, the worst part is that it didn't kill me."

"I was struck by lightning, and I was also a big tree. But I died because a bolt of lightning struck my mountain and started a wildfire. The people of the tribe all migrated westward. How amazing."

"There are also people migrating here, but it's because of a major flood."

"Wow, so just how big is the map for this event's dungeon?"

"I don't know, can someone explain it to me?"

No one has explained this problem, but someone has tested it.

"Please wait a moment, the science popularizer will have the results soon."

Lin Shuying came online and happened to see this. She grinned mischievously and released all the data.

"The frustrating part of deciphering the plot is the spoilers and clues!"