What appeared before his eyes was a dilapidated, incredibly crude castle.
Outside the castle's territory, there was a huge protective shield, which was the benefit of the beginner's protection period, lasting for seven days.
Once the seven days were over, the Dark World creatures from outside would rush in.
At this moment, outside the protective shield, a saber-toothed tiger was already crouched, baring its fangs and snarling at Chen Yu.
It was just waiting for the shield to disappear.
Then it would rush in for a hearty meal.
This saber-toothed tiger was at least three meters tall, bringing a much stronger sense of oppression than a Siberian tiger in a zoo, and its scarlet gaze made Chen Yu's scalp tingle.
Compared to a War Lord, a Dungeon Lord actually had an advantage: he could extend this protective shield, only needing to consume soul crystals.
Therefore, if resources were sufficient, a Dungeon Lord would never have to worry about the threat of being attacked by Dark World creatures.
He could even treat this place like a zoo.
But soul crystals could only be obtained by killing Adventurers.
Some new Dungeon Lords, when truly desperate, would directly create a Dungeon designed for instant death, trapping the first wave of Adventurers to get some soul crystals to prolong their lives.
The consequence of doing this was that Adventurers increasingly distrusted new Dungeon Lords.
Even if they had grown tired of veteran Dungeons and they no longer provided as much dopamine, they were unwilling to trust new Dungeon Lords, as at least the survival resources obtained from veteran Dungeons were somewhat guaranteed.
This 'killing the goose that lays the golden eggs' behavior indirectly made Chen Yu's start exceptionally difficult.
Chen Yu looked inside his territory.
It was particularly empty, with no extra buildings.
Only a Dungeon gate stood within it.
"This should be the first Dungeon a new Dungeon Lord possesses?"
Chen Yu's consciousness selected it, and information about this Dungeon immediately appeared in his mind.
【Building: Dungeon (Tier 1)】
【Content: None】
【Maximum capacity: 0 / 20】
There was nothing inside; it needed to be built up bit by bit.
Chen Yu immediately began to study the Dungeon's construction methods and operational content.
There was no other way; the original owner's memory in this area was simply too scarce.
Perhaps he was confident that he would definitely become a War Lord, so everything he learned was related to War Lord content.
The method of constructing a Dungeon was very complex, requiring him to draw and build it stroke by stroke based on imagination.
This first step had already stumped the vast majority of new Dungeon Lords, because people could only imagine things they had seen.
To create something fictional required a lot of effort.
And people valued what they had painstakingly conceived, unwilling to share it easily.
Therefore, among Dungeon Lords, all kinds of information were kept secret.
Even if proxy rights were given, they could only proxy the Dungeon itself, and the proxy Dungeon Lord wouldn't even be shown the internal layout.
This also led to everyone working in isolation.
Even if some Dungeon Lords were very powerful and could independently develop good Dungeon content, they lacked a team for research.
They lacked a large amount of foundational knowledge.
This meant that no matter how much a Dungeon developed, it would not have a very high ceiling.
And this gave Chen Yu an opportunity.
Upon seeing this information, Chen Yu almost burst into laughter.
What?
You can't imagine things you haven't seen?
Have you ever seen a steel torrent and a sky full of missile rain?
Have you ever seen spaceships soaring through space?
Have you ever seen the scene of a sea of undead skeletons sweeping across Lordaeron?
Have you ever seen the Great Sage Equal to Heaven stepping on clouds, single-handedly challenging a million heavenly soldiers and generals?
Coincidentally.
I have seen them all!
And I'm also a senior game designer; aren't all the data easily within my grasp?
After understanding the Dungeon's construction rules, Chen Yu's mood immediately soared.
Previously, Chen Yu was worried because Dungeon culture had existed in this world for hundreds of years.
No matter how inferior or foolish the people here were, under the pressure of life-and-death competition, some popular games similar to those on Earth would inevitably appear.
And Chen Yu, a new Dungeon Lord, had no money or resources. Even if he had an entire world of popular game content researched by countless people in his mind, he couldn't possibly compare to some veteran Dungeon Lords, could he?
But the result...
The people here actually didn't gather for research or share resources?
They were like those super sects in fantasy novels, who developed some invincible cultivation method but never passed it on, gradually declining.
Then, one day, a super genius would appear out of nowhere and overturn that sect.
As a result, that genius would establish another sect, develop another cultivation method, not pass it on, and gradually decline.
And another genius would appear...
A cycle repeated.
Dungeons were also like this; if a Dungeon failed to operate and collapsed, all its information would disappear and never be passed down.
After all, communication and exchange in the Dark World were inherently troublesome, coupled with the pressure of life-and-death crises, such a result was also human nature.
"In that case, the Dungeon's content is resolved. As long as I make a slight move, the content quality will definitely far surpass those veteran Dungeons."
Chen Yu was full of confidence.
"There's just one more question... how should I balance things with the Adventurers?"
"No matter how fun or interesting the Dungeon content is, Adventurers are here to make a living. If they don't get enough benefits, even the most enjoyable Dungeon won't hold much appeal."
In Chen Yu's opinion, this should involve a factor of clear rate.
Because he vaguely remembered some news stating that veteran Dungeons would gradually lower their difficulty and increase Adventurers' clear rates after a certain period, to attract a large number of Adventurers.
This news was criticizing those Dungeon Lords who lowered the difficulty, because the higher the Adventurers' clear rate, the less resources the Dungeon Lord received.
And the number of times Adventurers could participate each day was fixed, which also led to a reduction in the total amount of resources received by Dungeon Lords overall.
This was also one of the key reasons why it became increasingly difficult for new Dungeon Lords to thrive.
"The system has a beginner protection mechanism at the start, where after a Dungeon is built, it will forcibly match a few Adventurers to participate. This is my only chance."
"To make a name for myself and attract more Adventurers, I must seize these few Adventurers and have them go back to promote me and advertise."
Chen Yu pondered deeply.
He immediately started to review the content related to Adventurers.
He didn't know until he looked.
Once he did, he almost burst out laughing again.
"What? I thought Adventurers had to clear the Dungeon to get resources."
"It turns out the amount of resources they receive is determined by the amount of dopamine they secrete when participating in the Dungeon."
"In other words, even if it's a game where death is inevitable, as long as they feel happy, they can still receive rewards."
Now Chen Yu looked back at that news.
Suddenly, he had a new understanding.
"So that's it. Because clearing is also a kind of fun, the easiest way to secrete dopamine, those veteran Dungeon Lords would lower the Dungeon difficulty when their attractiveness declined, to attract new players."
"Low!"
"It's truly too low. The joy of victory doesn't always have to be reflected in clearing the Dungeon."
Chen Yu shook his head with a smile.
In his mind, an idea immediately surfaced.