Impact of the World: The Observing Genesis God
At the same moment, in the real world, a cluster of three circular and seven rectangular buildings stands like Stonehenge in a Tokyo district. This is Utopia Entertainment Software (UES), the colossal VR game developer behind the globally acclaimed Shangri-La Frontier.
Deep in UES's tenth basement, a lone woman, Tsukiyo Tsukuri, the founder and World Creative Administrator—the creator of Shangri-La Frontier, the game's genesis god—monitors countless screens displaying forums, battles, and player data.
"A year since launch, nearly 30 million players, and not one has defeated a Unique Monster," she muses, her tone laced with disappointment. "They live without thought. My Shangri-La Frontier isn't kind or forgiving enough for mere NPCs to conquer."
A notification chimes: "Automatic Email Received: 1". Double-clicking, Tsukiyo sees a quest result screen:
Unique Quest [Impact of the World]: First Phase [Rock-Breaking Strategy] A+ Clear Confirmed
Cleared by User: Pepper
Titles Acquired: [Stone Shatterer], [Mine's Peacemaker], [Garock Revenger]
Weapon Category [Small Hammer] Unlocked in All Weapon Shops Across Shangri-La Frontier
"…A clearer?" Tsukiyo blinks, stunned. Impact of the World is a staged Unique Quest, unlocking new weapons and items through NPC collaboration. Its obscure conditions—near impossible without hints—ensure only the first player to trigger it can proceed, locking others out.
"Pepper… cleared this in three days of playtime?" Her guard rises. To trigger the quest: visit Fasteia Mine at Level 5 or below, escape, commission a weapon at the shop, return to the mine's depths, fight the Rock-Eating Worm, and die to its swallow attack. Only then does the flag activate.
"Who is Pepper?" Her instincts as World Creative Administrator scream to review the quest's structure. "I'll monitor the second phase. Depending on their clear, I may tweak the third phase's rewards… just to be safe."
The god watches the world.
A god is an observer, gazing at life, shaping the winds into melodies.
But sometimes, a god bares its fangs—to sever inconveniences, to erase glitches.
The world remains unshaken—for now.
The Creator Watches the World