After meeting the village chief, a simple cutscene is triggered.

The scholar explained his intention to the village chief, who briefly recounted what had happened in Yangmengcheng and warned the scholar that the power of the Nightmare Beast was already very strong and that he must be fully prepared. It is said that outside of the Central Plains, there are four holy beasts in the four directions of east, west, north and south, and if you can obtain the power of the four holy beasts, you can get a great chance of winning by defeating the nightmare beasts.

The scholar asked about the painting again, and the village chief said that there was a strange place above the village, where people often disappeared and reappeared after several days, but they fell into a coma and did not remember what happened at all.

So the scholar decided to go to the forbidden place near the village to see if he could find any clues.

Leaving from the village chief, the main quest has been updated, and now Tang Ying has two main quests here, one is to obtain the power of the four holy beasts, and the other is to find the painting realm.

According to the village chief's instructions, the scholar came to the back mountain of the small village and saw a magical halo here.

The scroll in his hand began to glow with the same light, and then he entered the painting realm.

The painting is a small separate space, and the structure here is very simple, as if it was made of a special material that is not metal or iron, but with a few mechanisms. These traps are made of wood, metal, and earth, and are made of cyan, white, and yellow, making them easy to distinguish.

[I don't know which junior has entered the old man's painting realm, since this is the case, you and I should be fateful, if you can unlock this painting realm, you can get the old man's painting insight. 】

After that, it was a simple teaching session.

In this context, the scholar gains the ability to "erase", which he can use to erase some of the key mechanisms in the realm, so as to reach the opposite painting.

Tang Ying took a closer look, and this first painting was still very simple.

There is only one narrow road in the whole painting, both sides are thousands of abysses, and the middle of the narrow road is broken, a suspension bridge is suspended in the center by two iron chains, as long as the "erase" skill erases these two iron chains, you can put down the suspension bridge to connect this narrow road, and then you can pass.

After all, the first few painting realms are only used for teaching, so that players are familiar with the basic operations, the difficulty is very low, as long as the player can use the skills in his hand correctly, he will definitely be able to pass the level.

When you come to the opposite light group, you can see that there is a painting, this painting is the scene in the painting, but it is an ink painting in the Chinese style, the artistic conception is much higher than the scene in the reality that Tang Ying is challenging now, and it can also be regarded as a painting that can be used to treasure.

This painting enters the scholar's scroll, which shows the scholar's pictorial perception +1.

Now the scholar can view a lot of things after opening the scroll, including the painting that has been challenged, the handwriting that has been copied, the map drawn, etc., and the illustrated book function will be unlocked in the future, and the scholar can draw animals, monsters, collected objects, etc., and save them as a beyoth, which are all collected elements in the game.

After coming out of the painting, this light group changes color, and the system prompts you to teleport back to this place at any time, and you can also challenge this painting again and again, but there will be no other gains.

[If you want to find more of the old man's paintings, you can use "Wangqi" at a higher level, and the place where the painting is gathered is the painting environment left by the old man. 】

After leaving the painting world, the painting saint's voice sounded again, and at the same time, the system prompted the player to find the painting through "Wangqi".

"Wangqi" is a newly acquired resident skill that can be used anywhere, but the higher the scholar's position and wider vision, the better the effect and scope of using Wangqi.

After using Wangqi, if there is a painting nearby, an arrow pointing to the painting will appear, the direction of this arrow is not particularly accurate, but the closer you go, the more obvious the line will be, and you can use it to find nearby paintings.

Then, Tang Ying began to explore the seaside area to the east.

In the following process, Tang Ying entered different painting realms and unlocked different abilities.

Tang Ying had played with the original work of "Ink and Smoke", and this time she found that it seemed that her brush skills were even richer than before.

In addition to the most basic [Erase] ability, which can directly erase some elements, the content that can be created by creating elements is also richer than before. In the original work, scholars can create stones, wooden golems, and thunderbolts, and now in addition to consuming ink for certain attributes, they can also create other elements on specific materials.

It's just that this kind of creation needs to depend on a certain environment, and it must be produced according to the mutual restraint of the five elements, and at the same time, there will be a certain consumption of raw materials.

Native gold, on the land can be made metal tables; In the same way, gold gives birth to water, water can be made on top of metal, water can be made of wood, wooden pillars can be made on the surface of water, wood can be made of fire, fire can be directly ignited on wooden materials, fire can be made of earth, and earth platforms can be made on flames.

Skillfully using mutual restraint can pass through some places that would otherwise be impassable.

For example, in the later painting scenes, there is a painting environment that requires the skillful use of these restraint attributes to pass the level. The scholar had to make wooden pillars on the waterfall to climb up, and then make an earthen platform on the flame to pass through.

Moreover, the things made by the scholar will continue to consume the original materials, such as creating a flow of water on a metal material, and the water flow will continue to be generated, and the metal material will gradually consume until it disappears; If a wooden pillar is made on the surface of the water, it will slowly disappear if the surface of the water is a stagnant pool with no other water source to replenish it.

In addition, the painting skill can also perform an operation called "into the painting", which is also aimed at the operable elements in the scene, but this time you can choose the monster. After entering the painting, this element will temporarily fall into a state of condensation, that is, time stops, and the hit can accumulate power, and after the end of the stasis state, all the accumulated power will be released instantly.

Tang Ying played and found that there were indeed a lot of sassy operations in this game, but she didn't feel clueless, because these operations were unlocked in the painting realm.

Each art realm unlocks one of these abilities, and the puzzle solving in the art realm can be used directly, and after successfully coming out of the art realm, these operations are basically learned.

On the way to the East, Tang Ying always found all kinds of things to do, maybe it was painting, maybe it was handwriting, maybe it was a monster, maybe it was some kind of gathering element......

In this land of China, there are fun things everywhere, and Tang Ying is completely immersed in it.

Even a beast demon camp on the side of the road has many ways to destroy, and the only thing that is needed is a little imagination.

"It's a lot of fun!" Tang Ying couldn't help but sigh.

Although "Ink and Smoke 2" may feel a little slow at first, once you immerse yourself in it, you will feel that this game is completely different from those other open world games.

Other open-world games are basically done through missions, and at the same time, limited by the investment in game production, it is often said that it is an open world, and it is often done more repetitively. The passers-by are the same, the tasks are roughly the same, and the open world is just a gimmick.

But "Ink and Smoke 2" is completely different, every corner of the world is different, randomly refreshed collected items, the plot of each village, different monster camps, and a rich interactive environment...... In this truly open world, players are free to use their imagination and have a lot of fun with it.

The next plot is to come to the range where the Four Sacred Beasts are, assist the local aborigines to complete the mission, and fight against the Four Sacred Beasts together with the heroes of the local aborigines, and obtain the blessings of the Four Holy Beasts.

On the coast of the East China Sea, the scholar will meet the merman clan, as well as the princess sister of the merman clan, and after completing a series of tasks of the merman clan, the merman princess will crusade against the blue dragon holy beast with the scholar.

In the Kunlun Mountains in the west, scholars will encounter demon clans who are good at smelting weapons, these demon clans are not invaded by the evil power of the monsters, and after gaining their trust, the protagonist can ride a large tiger demon to fight the white tiger holy beast......

Similarly, the Vermilion Bird Sacred Beast flies in the sky, and it requires the warrior and scholar of the Feather People clan to fly to the sky to arrive; The Xuanwu Holy Beast is in the North Sea, and it also needs the help of the Nuwa people.

The battle with the Sacred Beast is divided into multiple stages, and the fighting styles of different stages are also different.

For example, the Blue Dragon Holy Beast, its initial state was flying above the clouds, and it was surrounded by thunder, so it couldn't get close at all. Through the mission of the Shark Clan, the scholar obtains sacred sacrifices by hunting sea beasts in the sea, and the green dragon holy beasts will fly from the clouds to the sea to enjoy the sacrifices.

At this time, the scholar can approach the green dragon from the sea with the mermaid lady. At this time, this is the first stage, the green dragon will continue to release thunder and wood attribute attacks, and the scholar needs to use the attributes of Jin Kemu to constantly destroy the wood attribute gathering place on the green dragon's body with metallic long-range attacks, weakening its power.

After that, the mermaid will take the scholar to the surroundings of the Green Dragon Sacred Beast, and the scholar will successfully climb the back of the Green Dragon Sacred Beast.

At this time, entering the second stage, the Green Dragon Holy Beast took off from the sea and took off into the sky, and the scholar needed to use his climbing skills to grab the back of the Green Dragon Holy Beast and continue to attack the weak points on the Blue Dragon Holy Beast.

The so-called weakness is the gathering place of the shadows on the body of the Qinglong Holy Beast after being infected by the Nightmare Beast, each time a shadow is dispelled, the Green Dragon Holy Beast will roll violently because of the pain, and at the same time change the form of flight, and the scholar must hold on to it firmly and cannot be thrown off.

After breaking through all the shadow confluences, the Green Dragon Sacred Beast will float in the air and fall into a state of silence, at this time, it is necessary to force out the power of the Nightmare Beast in the body of the Blue Dragon Divine Beast through the power of the painting realm.

Next, in the third stage, the scholar will carry out a relatively complex puzzle solving, and the mechanism in it needs to be skillfully used to solve the puzzle, and the Blue Dragon Sacred Beast can also help the scholar in this puzzle-solving process, and it needs close cooperation to complete the puzzle.

After solving the puzzle, a small Nightmare Beast will appear. This nightmare beast is conceived in the body of the green dragon holy beast.,It's mainly a wood-type attack.,In the boss battle.,The protagonist can use more metal attacks to cause more damage to the boss.。

After successfully defeating the Green Dragon Beast, the Green Dragon Beast will regain its sanity and bestow the Scholar Green Dragon's power, which can summon thunder to attack enemies after charging. At the same time, the Blue Dragon Sacred Beast will also use its own power to suppress the Nightmare Beast entrenched in the sky above Yangmeng City.

The other sacred beasts basically follow the same process, but the way they fight and solve puzzles is different.

The first stage is to get close to the area where the sacred beast is located, such as the green dragon is on the sea, the white tiger is on the mountain, the vermilion bird is in the sky, and the Xuanwu is in the extremely cold North Sea. At this stage, scholars need to work closely with the local aboriginal heroes to resist the attribute attacks released by the holy beast, and finally climb onto the body of the holy beast.

The second stage is similar to "Zodiac Guardian", the scholar climbs on the holy beast, being careful not to be thrown off, and at the same time constantly attacking the weak points of the holy beast to get rid of the power of the nightmare beast.

In the third stage, the holy beast regains its calm, and after solving the puzzle, the scholar uses the power of the painting realm to force out the remaining nightmare beast power on the holy beast, and after a boss battle, the holy beast can be successfully liberated.

In addition to these main quests, there are many side quests in each village, and different areas require different preparations to enter.

For example, in the snowfields of the far north, the temperature is extremely cold, and scholars need to buy cold-proof clothing or use cold-proof food to avoid frostbite, while in volcanic areas, because of the hot temperature, special heat-insulating clothing is required. At the same time, the environment will also produce some special effects, such as lightning hitting metal products, wooden weapons in volcanic areas will spontaneously combust due to high temperatures, and so on.

Different villages have different tasks, for example, the mermaids ask the protagonist to help them deal with the rebellious sea monsters, and the orcs of Kunlun Mountain ask the protagonist to help them hunt the poor in the mountains. These quests are all related to the local background and aboriginal settings, and there are different rewards for completing them. For example, you can get pearls here in the Shark Clan, and you may get some precious metal weapons by completing quests in Kunlun Mountain.

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After the launch of "Ink and Smoke 2", many anchors broadcast the game live for the first time, and those "waiting parties" originally just wanted to watch it casually, but they found that the more they watched it, the more they wanted to buy it!

Unlike other games, Ink and Smoke 2 is an open-world game with a high degree of freedom, which means that everyone can play differently.

This kind of game is much more interesting to play by yourself than to watch others play.

Therefore, the popularity of the live broadcast further increased the sales of "Ink Cloud Smoke 2", and immediately formed a craze!

At the same time as "Ink and Smoke 2", major game media have also experienced this game and gave it a very high evaluation.

Even for most reviewers of the gaming media, Ink and Smoke 2 is a game that can surprise enough people, and it can be said that it completely redefines the way of playing in the open world!