Chapter 817: Diablo 2 Easter Egg, The Secret Cow Level and the True Body of the Demon God!

Perhaps he truly was a traveler between worlds; looking back on the past, when he first arrived here, many things felt discordant with this world due to differences in culture and thought.

A lonely stranger in a foreign land, doubly longing for loved ones during festive seasons—perhaps that ancient sentiment was born of this exact feeling...

Yet, just as they had said, he had walked all the way to this moment... and on the road ahead, why should he fear a lack of kindred spirits?

Gazing at the fiercely enthusiastic cheers and the massive cake wheeled out by Dong Qingli in the Jiuhua City branch, he stood dumbfounded, stammering, "Wait, you guys say... whose birthday is it today?"

Everyone looked at Boss Fang with strange expressions. "Isn't it yours!?"

"Mine...? No..." Boss Fang froze for a moment. "My birthday isn't..."

The words died on his lips as he suddenly went blank again. "It actually does seem to be my birthday..."

"What do you mean 'seems'!?"

"It originally was, all right!"

"Have you gone foolish from being too busy!"

The crowd showered him with collective disdain.

"I bet this trash boss has never eaten cake before and is just dazed by the sight of it." A petite figure was seen walking in from outside the door.

"Xiaoyue!?" Boss Fang exclaimed. "Why aren't you in school, you girl? Why did you run out?"

"Hmph!" Jiang Xiaoyue proclaimed with great majesty. "This princess is already a master of the Radiant Diamond tier, while everyone else is only at Glory Gold. Since this princess is so formidable, what is the big deal about asking for a day off!"

"Besides, it isn't like I came out just to play."

"Come, come, make a wish." Having spoken, the crowd even lit the candles for Boss Fang.

As he sat in his seat, the live stream broadcast this very scene, and everyone before the screen watched it unfold.

"My wish... is that our internet cafe grows larger, so more people can play our games, and everyone can be happy and joyful like this every single day." Boss Fang thought for a moment before saying, "In the future, anyone who walks out from this internet cafe will be like a dragon among men, each one a great master."

"Good!"

"May the same be true for you, Boss!"

Granted... the combined scale of all the internet cafe's branches could accommodate a capacity that was likely not even a percent or a thousandth of the entire world.

But in terms of renown, it was absolutely grand enough; at this moment, everyone watching the live stream erupted into cheers.

Perhaps... it truly gave off the feeling of a world-wide festival.

Having made the wish, he blew out all the candles in a single breath.

...

Jiang Xiaoyue caught sight of Boss Fang's magnificent, multi-layered cake beside him, her large eyes growing perfectly round. "Wow—!"

With the candles blown out, Boss Fang hurriedly held her back. "You're about to dive right into the cake."

"It's just a cake; this boss used to eat several of them every year back then until I grew tired of them."

"Where did you get several of them!?" Jiang Xiaoyue said in annoyance. "How come I've never eaten one?"

"Don't listen to his boasting!" Su Tianji interjected.

"Our cake this time was specially made! It is incredibly delicious!" Su Tianji murmured.

Boss Fang was instantly displeased. "It's just a cake, isn't it just cream and sponge cake!? What's so specially made about it!? It's not like this boss hasn't eaten it before."

What kind of cake hadn't this boss eaten before crossing over to this world?

"Hmph!" Right then, Dong Qingli crossed her arms, raising her delicate chin as she said triumphantly, "This cake is no ordinary cake!"

"Could it be that the cakes your shop makes have something unique about them?" Boss Fang questioned.

"Of course!" Dong Qingli pointed to the cake before Boss Fang. "This cream is based on original cream-making techniques, but utilizes stricter, more meticulous material selection and preparation processes. The fresh milk is entirely drawn from celestial cows that have been nourished by spiritual energy and spiritual herbs for years..."

"The eggs used to make the cake are taken from spiritual chickens that feed on Lanzhi celestial grass and have undergone strict screening and blending to ultimately yield the finest quality, and as for the water used in this mixture..."

Boss Fang listened to Dong Qingli's introduction before him with a completely blank face. "You... you guys...!!"

Boss Fang was practically stunned out of his mind.

Boss Fang stood with hands on his hips; you people really think you're something extraordinary!

"Hurry up and taste a bite."

Boss Fang hastily sliced a small piece, then used a spoon to lightly scoop a tiny bite and swallow it...

"Mmm—!" He nearly swallowed his own tongue.

Dong Qingli leaned in with a beaming smile. "How is it, Boss? The cake made by our shop is delicious, isn't it!"

"Delicious..." Boss Fang had genuinely never eaten such a delicious birthday cake in his entire life.

In the past, because cakes were too big, they were always wasted in cake fights, but now... Boss Fang looked at this massive cake before him... and felt he could finish it even if it were twice as large!

At this moment, he only heard Dong Qingli say, "Regrettably, though... no matter how it is made, that endlessly lingering, rich fragrance of the cream is still twenty to thirty percent short compared to the shop's... no matter what we do, we cannot take it a step further, and sometimes it even backfires..."

Boss Fang's face darkened: Though it was just a snack casually produced by the System... it was only twenty to thirty percent short compared to the System, so what more do you want...!

"Ah—! I want to eat it too!" Jiang Xiaoyue stared fixedly as Boss Fang ate, practically wishing she could snatch the cake out of the boss's hands.

While eating, Boss Fang said indistinctly, "Xiaoyue... you see others have brought birthday gifts, yet you, girl, bring nothing and just come to eat, hmph..."

"Ai—!" Jiang Xiaoyue looked left and right, her small face flushing red. "...This princess brought a gift too..."

With a look of great heartache on her small face, she took out a box of D-ove chocolates from her storage space. "This is an out-of-print snack from this princess's prized collection; once this box is finished, there won't be any more!"

"Then how could this boss be so impolite..." Boss Fang said with an air of utmost gravity even as he accepted it.

"Ah! Slow down!" Jiang Xiaoyue suddenly cried out in alarm. "It's almost all eaten by you!"

"What do you mean all eaten! This boss saved a piece for everyone! This piece is yours!"

"Why is it so small! I want to eat your piece!"

"Small people should eat small pieces!"

Each voice grew louder than the last.

Watching this scene, Dong Qingli and the rest of the crowd could not help but exchange smiles and soften.

For a moment, it was as if they saw that small shop from years ago once more, with its mere handful of machines, the boss playing games, and the little girl watching the shop...

The scenery was new, yet the people remained as they were.

"How wonderful."

...

After celebrating Boss Fang's birthday.

By this time, it was also time for the final segment of this event: the Easter egg hunt.

Similarly, the viewers were also scoring the second segment.

Although Resident Evil was one of the earliest games, hidden items such as the infinite rocket launcher obtained by clearing the game within three hours had long since been fully unearthed.

Therefore, the score was also on the lower side.

In truth, some players from the new shops would also search for the preceding titles because they had played the sequels or games produced by the "workshop."

Coupled with Boss Fang's buy-ten-get-one-free event from that time, even more players had joined the ranks.

For instance, among the World of Warcraft players in the new shop, many had also crossed paths with StarCraft and Diablo II, fellow creations of Blizzard.

Not to mention those who, drawn by Legend of Sword and Fairy 4, went on to explore its third and first installments.

Ning Bi spoke up, saying, "I see that many viewers have already begun sharing the easter eggs they discovered. Soon, our easter egg segment will close, and we will move on to verifying whether these findings are true."

Once the deadline passed, the host would announce these secrets and verify them one by one; naturally, those who had not yet participated would no longer be able to join the event.

"For easter eggs that have already undergone widespread verification and are known to most, no further proof is needed. Next, let us take a look at the secrets or hidden in-game elements that require verification."

"The Secret Cow Level in Diablo II."

Ning Bi remarked, "This easter egg is already well-known to a vast number of players and requires no verification."

"Diablo II, the true forms of the Prime Evils."

As everyone knew, Diablo II was divided into three difficulties—Normal, Nightmare, and Hell—but in truth, their real selves remained hidden away in much deeper domains.

"A total of over ten players, including thirteen from the old shops in Jiuhua City, Half-City, and Yuanyang City, along with two from the Canglan City shop, have submitted related guides for this easter egg."

"One of the submissions, posted by three players, is relatively complete, detailing a total of six Uber Bosses, which consist of three Lesser Evils: Lilith (Mother of Andariel), Uber Izual, and Uber Duriel."

"And the three final bosses: Uber Mephisto, Uber Diablo, and Uber Baal."

"After completing Diablo II on Hell difficulty, there is an extremely low chance for three types of keys to drop in the first, second, and fifth acts of Hell difficulty: the Key of Terror (from the Countess), the Key of Hate (from the Summoner), and the Key of Destruction (from Nihlathak)."

"By using the Horadric Cube to transmute them within the city of Act V on Hell difficulty, every three keys—one set—can open a portal to the lair of a true Lesser Evil."

As Ning Bi read up to this point, the entire audience erupted into an uproar: "Diablo II actually has Bosses like these?!"

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