Chapter 338: Clumsy Imitation
Facts have proven that this promotional strategy is still very effective.
In the following days, the popularity of the Underworld Domain began to skyrocket wildly, especially among the young generation, precisely when hormones are surging and love is taken most seriously.
Not just couples, even single dogs want to join in on the fun.
In the new promotional advertisement guiding to the Underworld Domain, besides the Bewitching Hall, there is also a place called 【Three Lives Stone】.
There, one can see their previous life, current life, and future life.
Couples can make decisions about their relationship here, while single dogs can also check out their previous and future lives here.
As online public opinion ferments, the Underworld Domain completely explodes in popularity, with its ranking soaring all the way, stepping on a bunch of small and medium-sized dojos underfoot, second only to the Nine Great Dojos and a few top-tier dojos.
Moreover, judging from the current development trend, it has already started showing signs of surpassing the major dojos.
“To be fair, the master who created the Underworld Domain is truly a genius, coming up with so many exquisite and brilliant concepts.”
“Indeed, it feels just like the real thing.”
“What do you mean ‘just like the real thing’?”
“How should I put it? It just feels like this is what people should experience after death, very immersive.”
“I see young people playing pretty wildly, is it really that fun?”
“Upstairs, the Underworld Domain is no longer just about being fun or not, but… forget it, you wouldn’t understand even if I explained, you have to experience it once to get that feeling.”
“Thanks to the Underworld Domain, I experienced the meaning of life and death for the first time.”
“Although other domain instances also have various terrifying and stimulating plots, they essentially can’t escape from fighting and killing.”
“I deeply agree with this, it feels like it’s terrifying just for the sake of terror, without any depth.”
“The key is that the Underworld Domain also has fighting and killing, with various battle stages set up very logically, progressing step by step, each station with a unique background and logic.”
“To be honest, I’ve been stuck at the Eighteen Levels of Hell for several days, seeking clearance strategy.”
“Ah? The Eighteen Levels of Hell is difficult, but not to the point of being impassable, right?”
“According to netizens’ summaries, the difficulty of the Eighteen Levels of Hell adjusts dynamically based on sins, the more heinous the sins, the higher the difficulty.”
“Damn, what kind of ruthless killer is the guy upstairs? Able to get stuck at the eighteenth floor for days?”
“Hey~ I suddenly have an idea, for interrogating criminals and such in the future, how about just taking a trip to the Underworld Domain.”
“Don’t, ordinary mortals can’t enter anyway, you need spiritual power cultivation.”
“Then forget mortals, just talking about our extraordinary enforcers.”
“This could work.”
“Don’t say ‘could work’, it should be implemented,” a certain netizen replied: “I happen to work in our local enforcement department, and the leader has already started implementing it.”
“Damn, so efficient.”
“Does anyone know if the previous and future lives seen on the Three Lives Stone are real or fake?”
“Probably fake, right? If real, that would be too outrageous.”
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And with the explosion of the Underworld Domain, the major dojos and forces felt unprecedented pressure.
Especially same-type and same-system domains, the pressure felt is particularly obvious.
As the saying goes, no comparison no harm, same-type domains are natural competitors, with fixed markets and audiences.
The Underworld Domain exploding means popularity decline for other undead-type domains.
The most important point is, after tasting the Underworld Domain, going to other undead-type scroll paintings really feels “inedible.”
Take the Undead Dojo for example, even the players from their major clubs under them have started to feel bored, treating it like clocking in at work every day, opening a first order instance, rushing through quickly and done.
In one sentence: Boring.
In comparison, the Underworld Domain is much more interesting, after experiencing the first order instance fully, often wanting to try a higher difficulty one.
New experiences every time, new discoveries every time.
Not to mention the player groups, even the broad scroll painter groups, after experiencing the Underworld Domain, feel their own domain scroll paintings are a pile of shit.
On the scroll painter exchange forum, many are sighing about this.
“Is this the gap between genius and mortal?”
“Anyone forming a group to go to the Underworld Club to apprentice?”
“Don’t joke, would they even look at you?”
“Compared to the Underworld Domain, what trash are the other domain scroll paintings.”
“In my view, the Abyss Demon Lord’s 【Ghostly Domain Soul Hall】 is nothing special, just riding on the current true god gimmick.”
“In terms of law concepts and various mechanisms, the Ghostly Domain Soul Hall is still very strong, but unfortunately still can’t compare to the Underworld Scroll Painting.”
“Sometimes I even have the illusion that the Underworld Domain should be the current true god’s dao field.”
“Yes yes yes, I have that feeling too.”
“By the way, any high imitation bros? Can we imitate some similar functions following the Underworld Domain’s pattern?”
“It’s possible, but may not achieve that interlocking, logically consistent flavor.”
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Undead Dojo.
The Zhao family father and son obviously also had thoughts of imitation, with their Zhao Family’s foundation and ability, “retouching and imitating” in their own domain naturally poses no difficulty.
“Hmph! What Yellow Springs Road, isn’t this blatantly copying our Yellow Springs Kingdom concept?” Zhao Qinghe said indignantly.
“Indeed.” Zhao Gao deeply agreed, “But understandable, after all, the ancestors back then were friends.”
As the saying goes, all under heaven’s articles are one big copy, in the scroll painting circle, styles and concepts inevitably have similarities.
Of course, for literati matters, it can’t be called copying, should be called mutual reference.
Since that Xue Family ancestor borrowed their family’s “Yellow Springs” concept back then, it’s reasonable for them now to borrow the Xue Family’s concept settings.
Thus, the father and son pair, along with the outer branch clan elders, all started writing.
Almost copying like tracing a cat’s painting a tiger, incorporating various hotspots from the Underworld Domain into their own undead-type domain scroll painting.
Then started using the Undead Dojo’s channels and reputation for promotion.
The promotional slogan is also very simple, directly copying the Underworld Club.
Little did they know, this clumsy imitation directly sparked a wave of scolding online.
Although the Undead Dojo tried hard to control comments and resist, mobilizing their fan groups to flood screens, turning public opinion into a mutual cursing war between both sides.
But the broad users are not fools, who is real and who is fake is clear at a glance.
“Is the Undead Dojo shameless now? So blatantly plagiarizing?”
“By the way, isn’t Xue Lingling also from the Undead Dojo? This is the rhythm of the older generation stealing the younger generation’s achievements!”
“It’s that shameless old thing, dare to come out for a press conference?”
“I just checked, it’s the Zhao Family of the Undead Dojo, the leaders of the Yellow Springs Kingdom.”
“Disgusting!”
“Just went through the Yellow Springs Kingdom instance, can only say want to laugh.”
“This imitation is too crappy, right?”
“Tch~ Who’s imitating who is not certain, without my Yellow Springs Kingdom, where would the Yellow Springs Road come from?”
“What bullshit, my Underworld’s Yellow Springs Road has half a dime relation to your crappy Yellow Springs Kingdom?”
“To be fair, both sides may indeed have some origin, but even breaking through the Yellow Springs Road, the Underworld Domain is still astonishing.”
“Yes yes yes, Yellow Springs Road is at most an icing on the cake element.”
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Underworld Club side.
Wu Xian and his disciple Xue Lingling naturally also paid attention to this cursing war.
When learning that the Zhao Family was imitating them, Wu Xian inexplicably wanted to laugh, after all, this operation was too much like that little day’s flavor.
This damn thing is inverting the heaven’s gang, dad like son, huh?
