The previous trigram was accurate to the point of predicting which ten-pull would yield a reward!

Can you calculate the precise draw probability? Can you predict which ten-pull will surely give you something? Probably not; at most, you might estimate that one out of four or five ten-pulls will grant a reward.

"Guaranteed reward within fifty pulls" and "guaranteed reward on the next ten-pull" are two different concepts.

The divination feature in "Mountain Village Memories" is powerful because it makes many probabilistic and data-driven elements more precise.

So, will you get lucky on one pull, or will you have to endure all fifty attempts to secure a guaranteed reward?

No one could answer this question before, because probability is a tricky thing.

The divination function in "Mountain Village Memories" can’t determine which between 1 and 49 draws will yield a reward. But it can calculate in which round—10, 20, 30, 40, or 50—you’ll get one.

Of course!

These trigram calculations aren’t 100% accurate, as validated by veterans in Tianba Community. Out of every ten trigrams, at least one will be wrong.

Still, this feature provides players with insights into their own luck in-game, which is already quite strong.

Previously, when people gambled with loot boxes or card draws, they might play "Good Luck" to boost morale, but deep down, everyone felt unsure.

Now at least they have some confidence.

Chen Zihan glanced at the community discussions among the veterans and gained some understanding of the concept of "fortune."

Simply put...

The so-called "fortune" refers to game luck. The stronger your fortune, the more you’ll turn into what’s colloquially called a "lucky emperor." The weaker it is, the more you’ll become what’s known as an "unlucky peasant."

"Is there really something like that?"

Another roommate, carrying a lunchbox, walked into the dorm and couldn’t help but ask curiously, "I get what you mean, but what’s the point of studying this? Both unlucky peasants and lucky emperors are destined by fate. Can an unlucky peasant really smuggle into being a lucky emperor?"

"Congratulations, you’re right!"

Chen Zihan snapped his fingers, saying, "If the update announcement is correct, then an unlucky peasant can indeed become a lucky emperor, as long as their merit is high enough!"

"Huh?"

The two roommates were stunned.

Dude, we’re talking about games here, and you’re bringing in mysticism? Luck is destined. If it could be changed, wouldn’t everyone be winning five million lotteries?

"Ahem..."

"What are you two thinking? The veterans have said it: we’re only discussing game luck, which is the luck you have while playing games."

Chen Zihan said helplessly, "What does that have to do with real-life luck? You’re talking about winning a five-million lottery; even a child of destiny couldn’t win that, right?"

Reality is reality, and games are games.

Real-life fortune is intangible and unseen, and it’s never really possible to defy fate and change it. That’s a true mystical concept!

But in-game fortune...

Who says it can’t be changed? Who says the unlucky peasant in the game can’t become a lucky emperor?

After all, a game is just a bunch of code. Since it’s a computer program and controlled by humans, that means there’s room for manipulation.

"To put it bluntly, those game cheats are protagonist templates in novels, with standard golden-fingered grandpas."

Chen Zihan couldn’t hold back his laughter, saying, "Understand now? Luck in games can be altered, and an unlucky peasant can indeed become a lucky emperor."

"How do you make that happen?"

Yu Zihan raised his eyebrows and asked, "Cheat? Directly hack the game, letting everyone become children of destiny and have a blast in the game?"

"I don’t know, but it probably isn’t through cheating..."

Chen Zihan shook his head.

If it involved cheating or directly hacking and modifying the game client or server data, wouldn’t Tianba Studio be gravely at fault?

Every game company would sue them and demand compensation, right?

Based on this premise, the "Merit and Fortune Transformation" mentioned by Ba in the update announcement surely isn’t about cheating or directly altering data.

However, Chen Zihan couldn’t figure out how it’s actually done, since he’s just a regular university student not knowledgeable about computers.

"Won’t you know if you try it?"

Yu Zihan eagerly suggested, "According to the update description, it means the more merit accumulated, the stronger the fortune, right?"

"Seems like it."

Chen Zihan nodded, saying, "But the announcement didn’t specify exactly how much merit is needed to change one’s fortune level, and additionally..."

What kind of fortune does this merit and fortune transformation affect?

Does it change the fortune for a particular game, allowing you to experience the "lucky emperor" treatment while playing that game?

Or does it change the game luck? So no matter what game you play, you enjoy the same treatment as a "lucky emperor"?

Most importantly, how does Ba achieve this "Merit and Fortune Transformation"? Won’t your account get banned for shady practices right after altering fortune?

...

"Did you forget our Merit White List?"

Seeing Lu also puzzled about what this merit and fortune transformation is, Chen Ba explained, "We keep in touch with the games on the Merit White List as well as those not on the list."

Brothers, they’re all brothers!

Through the game "Cultivation Fantasy," Tianba Studio has fostered "strong friendships" with many counterparts.

With this relationship in place, we could simply send a message, asking them to adjust their games a bit to give high-merit players some advantages. Wouldn’t that realize the "Merit and Fortune Transformation"?

"So that’s how fortune is changed..."

Lu quipped, "I was worried you might employ illegal methods, hacking into their servers, altering game data to change the fortune for players!"

"No way!"

Chen Ba firmly denied, "Am I that kind of person? I wouldn’t do such a thing, and besides, with the power of the divination program in ’Mountain Village Memories,’ is hacking enemy servers even necessary?"

It can be altered covertly!

After all, this is code written by the Iron Fool System, a dimensional reduction strike. It’s child’s play to mess with competitors.

Chen Ba is a civilized man.

He thinks it’s better to communicate in advance. After all, everyone’s buddies, so how can you pull off sneaky tricks?

If these game companies are willing to accept his proposal and engage in backroom manipulations for "immeasurable merit" players, everyone wins.

If they’re unwilling...

Sorry, but whether they like it or not, they have to be willing. If Tianba Studio really wants to pull off something sneaky, those counterparts not only can’t stop it, they won’t even detect it.

Remember!

In the game "Mountain Village Memories," the significance of the divination program is that the game process follows the trigrams.

"First conduct the divination to derive the trigram, and then deduce a suitable game process and storyline based on that trigram."

Chen Ba explained, "In other words, the divination program in ’Mountain Village Memories’ has the ability to modify game content and data from the start." 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

The modification scope is limited to just this one game, but this restriction isn’t unchangeable...

"All right, I have no issue with that. I just want to know, as a horror game, do you feel ’Mountain Village Memories’ is missing something?"

"Missing what?"

"The storyline! Why is no one discussing the story or the horror elements in the game?"

Lu was exasperated, saying, "Come on! We poured our hearts into creating so many puzzle levels and interlocking storylines for this game. Why is no one talking about it?"

This makes him feel so dumb!

Be aware, "Mountain Village Memories" was born from countless brain-burning sessions, a meticulously honed story script, and puzzle levels were carefully crafted.

Yet...

The game has been available for almost a week, and no one has completed it yet; everyone is focused on studying the divination system.

Lu felt so tired, he had an urge to wish for the world to end immediately.

Are these players out of their minds? In the storyline, Hu Xi’s foster father has been dead for nearly a year; why hasn’t he been laid to rest?

Why are they fixated on that pointless copper coin? Can’t they just go through the plot and quickly bury your father? Don’t leave him exposed to the wilderness!