Three days after the first prompt was announced.

By the shore of Leisure Cloud Lake, in an openwork tea pavilion.

"Checkmate!" 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

"No way, play again!"

"I'm done, I'm done... How boring. If I had known, I would have called over the other Elders; that way we could have played a round of "Legends of the Three Kingdoms"."

Nangong Yuan and Chao Wendao sat across from each other at the chessboard, playing Chinese chess with little interest.

"I wonder if that board game Illusion Realm the Rebellious Disciple is making will be enough to relieve our boredom..."

"Master, you're getting old. That Illusion Realm is a bit novel; I'm afraid you might not be able to keep up with the times..."

Lu Ze muttered °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° under his breath, immediately drawing a laughing scolding from Nangong Yuan:

"Pah! You Rebellious Disciple... Are you going to enter the competition or not? Don't tell me you really have no ideas?"

Nangong Yuan looked at Lu Ze, who was resting with his eyes closed to the side, feeling a faint sense of worry in his heart.

This prompt was a competition based on the number of players and playtime.

In other words, the earlier it was created, the higher the score.

Everyone else, fearing they would fall behind, had entered the illusion tower early to start creating their Illusion Realms.

Only Lu Ze remained, leisurely staying by their side and taking it easy.

"How could that be? Your disciple is just paving the way for Senior Brother Zhong..."

Lu Ze half-opened one eye and said with a smile.

After his guidance that day, Zhong Yi had clearly had an epiphany.

Lu Ze was very curious about what the style of Zhong Yi's first Illusion Realm work would be.

For a newcomer, competing on the same stage as him was not a pleasant story.

The result would most likely be fading into obscurity...

Because, apart from Lu Ze, one couldn't tell the difference between anyone else's Illusion Realms; after all, the gap was simply too large.

Considering that the strength of a cyber soul was tied to the person themselves, Lu Ze had always intended to cultivate Zhong Yi's strength in the field of Illusion Realms, so it would be convenient for him to be a beast of burden for him later.

Therefore, he chose to create his Illusion Realm at a later date.

This was to allow Zhong Yi to receive some real feedback by comparing himself with ordinary Realm Masters, thereby stimulating his interest in creating Illusion Realms.

As for the competition results?

If he, possessing both the crystallization of human wisdom from his past life and a System cheat, were only leading the locals by a score of three to five days...

That would really lower the average level of "Transmigration" individuals.

Just then, Chao Wendao, who had been paying attention to the movements in the arena, suddenly brightened.

"Someone has come out of the illusion tower!"

...

On the morning of the third day of the first round of prompts, the first Illusion Realm appeared.

It was a tower defense Illusion Realm modeled after "Spirit Plants vs. Zombies".

In the afternoon, a real-time strategy Illusion Realm modeled after "Immortal Realm Hegemony" emerged.

On the fourth day...

By the fifth day, Zhong Yi came out.

His Illusion Realm was named "Brave Entry into the Demon Locking Tower".

As always, he was terrible at naming things.

Lu Ze experienced it for the first time immediately.

The Illusion Realm told the story of a Junior Sister who accidentally entered the Demon Locking Tower, fell deep into the Demon Abyss, and the protagonist went to rescue her.

Due to the special Formation of the Demon Locking Tower, the player's cultivation power would greatly regress after entering, and they had to find special Magic Treasures scattered within the Demon Locking Tower to gradually restore their strength.

And in front of every special Magic Treasure, there were demons guarding it...

Zhong Yi had truly taken the guidance to heart; he had set attributes for every type of monster, such as HP, attack, and defense.

The battle between the player and the demons was a collision of numerical values, with health deducted according to the difference in attack and defense.

"Brave Entry into the Demon Locking Tower" had a total of 18 floors, and the level design of each floor was very unique, which even surprised Lu Ze.

Simply put, it was the gameplay of the classic mini-game "Magic Tower" from his past life.

Even in terms of levels, it had quite a few more than "Magic Tower", and the design was quite excellent.

"Good grief, Senior Brother Zhong actually managed to create 'Magic Tower'..."

After simply experiencing the first playthrough, Lu Ze chuckled to himself.

He hadn't given that many hints back then, only implying that he could use different forms to replace combat.

Lu Ze hadn't expected that Zhong Yi could create an Illusion Realm similar to "Magic Tower", and with such a high degree of completion.

"How was it, Junior Brother Lu?"

Seeing Lu Ze exit the Illusion Realm, Zhong Yi walked up impatiently and asked.

"From a newcomer's perspective, it's very strong... As expected of Senior Brother Zhong."

Lu Ze praised him without reservation.

"Those Illusion Realms before this are no match for yours."

Before Zhong Yi, more than ten Illusion Realms had been released.

Lu Ze took a quick look and knew it was the work of the Illusion Alliance's pre-arrangements.

They were all well-produced and had excellent art styles, but the core remained basically unchanged and lacked any innovation.

They were completely not on the same level as "Demon Locking Tower".

"Then, what about from the perspective of a high-level Realm Master?"

Zhong Yi was not proud; instead, he continued to ask.

After all, he had always been striving with Lu Ze as his role model.

"Then it would be a bit, uh... rudimentary."

Lu Ze thought for a moment and replied.

"Magic Tower" is a very classic game.

If Lu Ze hadn't appeared in this world, Zhong Yi would have been enough to rank among the Great Masters of Illusion Realms just with "Demon Locking Tower".

It's just a pity that the games Lu Ze brought were all new products from after the game industry had matured.

"If we compare 'Demon Locking Tower' to a first-generation product, then a second-generation Realm Master would make the combat attribute design richer, for example, adding skills, setting battle progress bars..."

"In this way, the number of solutions for the levels could increase tenfold."

Lu Ze did not hide anything from Zhong Yi, but in order to guide him step by step rather than force-feeding him, his words were somewhat general, highlighting the goal of letting Zhong Yi figure it out himself.

The numerical combat design of "Magic Tower" is certainly classic, but it is too rigid.

If you fight even one or two monsters incorrectly, you are destined to fail and cannot make up for it.

Although there is more than one way to clear the game, there aren't many.

In later games, this type of auto-battle gameplay would often incorporate some mechanics like skills and Moves.

By adjusting the order of skills, controlling the speed of the progress bar, and other gameplay mechanics, the participation and fun of auto-battles are increased.

At the same time, the corresponding solutions and styles also multiply.

Zhong Yi nodded, half-understanding: "Junior Brother Lu is a second-generation? Can you create an Illusion Realm with hundreds of solutions?"

"No..."

Lu Ze smiled and shook his head.

"I am third-generation. The solutions to the Illusion Realm are..."

"Infinite."

After saying this, amid Zhong Yi's surprised and excited gaze, Lu Ze stood up gracefully, his figure instantly appearing in front of the illusion tower engraved with 749.

His Divine Sense sank into it, and Lu Ze slowly wrote the name of the Illusion Realm—

"slay the immortal spire"