Published by Lingxi Games, the major DLC update "Beyond Gravity" for the domestic survival sandbox game "Soulmask: Floating Sands" will officially launch on August 31. Let's take a sneak peek.
New Area: Burning Highlands
The weather here is just as its name suggests, completely unsuitable for human habitation. Once, the rebel army of the lost dynasty of the "Golden Floating Sands" was driven into this scorched earth by the imperial forces after their failed rebellion—but these past events are no longer important. The dynasty has long fallen, the rebels are nowhere to be found, and now only deadly beasts roaming everywhere and long-entrenched sand bandits remain.
The most important landmark is the final pyramid: it was supposed to be eternally guarded by the [Death Sandstorm]. However, "The Traitor," Desert Overlord Seti, released the [Death Sandstorm] as a weapon of war during his final battle against the Eagle King. Since then, this pyramid has had no guardian.
Nowadays, the Sand Bandit Chief considers this place his stronghold. He and his massive warship are entrenched here, guarding the secrets deep within the pyramid. You can also don your mask and soar into the sky, weaving through crisscrossing cannon fire to land directly on enemy ships and dismantle these colossal structures from within....
New Level: Burning Highlands Holy Ruin
Deep within the Burning Highlands, beneath an inconspicuous canyon, lies the last holy ruin—a name you haven't even heard from any Barbarian's mouth.
This inverted pyramid-shaped ruin possesses an extremely vast and complex teleportation structure. To reach its deepest point, you must conquer four challenging dungeons located in the East, South, West, and North, solving their puzzles one by one to open the central portal.
At the bottom of the ruin, a mechanical creature you've never seen before sits on the throne, waiting quietly—you could even describe her as "beautiful." However, the various weapons manifested by her steel throne are each lethal enough to kill. To defeat her, you must not only deal with her dazzling array of killing moves but also remain vigilant throughout against the deadly poison gas permeating the ruin.
After defeating her, behind the gate she guarded, you will obtain the [Enforcer] Mask—a mask never before recorded in other ruins. Its style clashes with other masks, yet you can sense a power resonating within it,Akin (homologous) to the anti-gravity engine.
Three New Masks
As mentioned earlier, "Beyond Gravity" will bring three new masks: in addition to the [Enforcer] obtained above, you can gain the powers of two other gods from behind the Sand Bandit Chiefs of the two pyramids.
[Shadow Hunter] Bastet, the Goddess of Cats' mask, grants you the power of shadow and agility. Your dodges will be more graceful; in Mimicry mode, you can summon phantom spirit cats to assist in attacks—by hunting other lives, you can more easily replenish the number of spirit cat summons.
[Desert Overlord] Seti's Mask—As the earliest god to betray the Sun God, he controls the power of sandstorms: enemies near the mask wearer will continuously take damage. In Mimicry mode, the lower your health, the stronger your attack speed and wind-sand damage become, even allowing you to summon a sandstorm covering the entire area to weaken large groups of enemies.
[Enforcer] You don't know where this mysterious mask comes from. Its inherent gravity waves can weaken all surrounding enemies and grant you power homologous to airships: in Mimicry mode, it allows you to perform rapid short-distance spatial jumps alone, or even control an entire camp of Barbarians into the sky like the gods.
Three masks represent three new gameplay styles: you can use [Shadow Hunter] with dodge builds to quickly kill enemies, or pair heavy armor and health with [Desert Overlord] to grow stronger as you fight. As for [Enforcer], leave it to you to discover its eerie abilities.
After gaining new powers and preparing yourself, the [Consciousness X] that has accompanied you all along will guide you to uncover the final secret of the "Golden Floating Sands"—above, deep in the sky, within that floating island, the "Sun God" awaits resurrection.
The Origin of All Things
During your adventures across the world, you should have collected many [Divine Crystal Fragments]—according to ancient Barbarian scrolls, these are the remains separated after "The Traitor" Seti killed the "Sun God." When you collect all 14 fragments, you can obtain the complete remains of the former "Sun God"—the "Core Module"—before the mysterious stone altar.
At the lowest level of the floating island, in a vast space, after activating the Core Module, you will finally see the true face of what has always been called the "Sun God"—the source controlling all anti-gravity and peculiar climates of the "Golden Floating Sands," the "Central Core" of this world.
You don't know why it suddenly attacked you, but this battle with the Central Core is destined to be the most memorable experience in "Floating Sands": here, gravity and space will be completely disordered. You must find a way to counter the Central Core amidst tidal waves of attacks and powerful holographic enemies.
I don't want to spoil too much here—this is the ultimate battle that concludes all stories in "Floating Sands," and the finale of your adventure in this world. Everythinggj is left for you to experience personally.
