This is a forest, with towering branches and luxuriant leaves, trying to cover the sky, but there is still sunlight squeezed in not to be outdone, and sprinkled on the face of the young man lying on the ground.
Sunlight, tree shadows, breezes, insect sounds, and the smell of earth are so real that it's hard to believe that this is just a virtual world.
Except for the bird stagnating in mid-air.
Ling Xiaolu had been staring at the flying bird for half a minute, afraid that it would fall off and hit him in the face.
But the bird didn't move, and neither did he. It's not that you don't want to, it's that you can't.
On the surface, it looks like he is just lying quietly, but the earth knows that he is restless. His violent and fast heartbeat can still reach the soil through the thin back and the sweat-soaked single coat, not to mention the abnormal Elevated body temperature. Fortunately, the earth could not see his face, otherwise it would have been found that the color was the same as that of an apple that was ripe and dropped in autumn.
Although the narrator has described the scene as elegantly as possible, the listeners probably guessed that Ling Xiaolu, the unfortunate unfortunate person who just heard the name, fell into heat at an inappropriate time and in an inappropriate place.
A handsome face appeared in his sight, covering the flying bird, with a golden name on top of his head.
The initiator of Ling Xiaolu's estrus, this Jin named Ji Meng made an appointment, and cared about Ling Xiaolu ignorantly:
"You are not in a good state, your face is very red, is there any discomfort?"
If it wasn't that he couldn't move, Ling Xiaolu actually wanted to let the other party know that he was violent when he was "uncomfortable".
Just like now, he very, very, very desperately wants to use the family's ancestral deer fist to blow up Ji Meng's face that had undergone plastic surgery.
The cause of all this goes back to earlier today...
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The game franchise store is deserted, and the only clerk is bored playing a virtual space architecture game. This kind of casual game is very suitable for passing the time without missing the guests who may come to the door.
The induction door opened and closed gently, and a young man of seventeen or eighteen came in, his hair was dyed a striking golden yellow.
In this era of national online shopping, customers can enjoy home delivery, door-to-door service, and services with just a touch of a terminal. There are fewer and fewer buyers willing to visit brick-and-mortar stores, usually only students with ample time or those who need technical assistance. Customers will take the initiative to visit.
Based on the store clerk's experience in reading people, the person who came should belong to the former, especially now that it was a holiday, he was more certain of his guess.
He snapped his fingers, and the light balls that had been constructed in front of him scattered one after another, like a mini firework, dazzling and dazzling. Ling Xiaolu, who witnessed this scene as soon as he entered the door, whistled in amazement.
"cool."
"Welcome, how can I help you?"
Ling Xiaolu jumped to the counter step by step, giving the impression of a lively young man.
"I just saw this at a traffic stop."
He showed a photo of light and shadow, on which a silver-white dragon vaguely appeared, handsome and compelling.
"Do you know what game this is?"
It must not be an unpopular game that can advertise at a traffic station, the clerk can tell at a glance.
"This is the holographic online game "Elf Contract" produced by Xinshan Company. What you see should be the advertisement for the new expansion film "The Hidden Dragon Race"."
"That's it! Is there anything for sale here?"
The clerk stretched out his hand and swiped randomly in the air, and the ice-blue transparent ring-shaped counter in front of him rotated 60 degrees counterclockwise. This free-turning counter is made of actinic material, and when it rotates, the edge glows with a technical blue glare, and then comes to a slow stop.
The clerk tapped on the counter, and the top layer slowly opened, rose, and moved back, not only presenting the interior furnishings in front of the guests with zero isolation, but also the upright actinic glass was properly transformed into a 3D LCD screen, and the stereoscopic display began. promotional video for the game.
"That's right, it's it!" The dragon, exactly like the one in the photo, hovered and leaped on the screen. The silver-white scales reflected dazzling light, and even the lines on it were clearly displayed.
""Elf Contract" is a massively multiplayer online role-playing online game featuring pet battles. What you are seeing now is the upcoming top battle pet, Wind-breathing Pterosaur, which belongs to the dragon family."
Ling Xiaolu couldn't understand the terminology of what department and what department, he only knew the most direct.
"Is it great?"
"As far as the official data is concerned, regardless of strength or agility, Fenglong is the best among pets, not to mention that Feilongke itself has a good blood volume and magic power. It can be said that it is a rare collection of force. An offensive pet that is integrated with mana, the value of all-round balanced development is impeccable."
"Great, how much does this sell for?"
The clerk is embarrassed, it is quite difficult to get this rare pet. In order to preserve value, before the next expansion piece is released, the number of released will not exceed three, and only a very small number of elite players can obtain it. For new players, owning a dragon scale is delusional.
But of course he wouldn't say that.
"Buying the "Hidden Dragon Clan" Deluxe Edition client now, you can get a chance to draw a wind-breathing pterosaur, a chance to win a rare and rare pet, and a variety of rich prizes. The winning rate is as high as 100%. "
Ling Xiaolu has the expression that the wind and dragon are in my pocket: "Okay, I'll buy the deluxe version you mentioned!"
"The price of the Deluxe Edition is 888 Union Coins."
"It's not expensive."
"But before that, do you have any game peripherals produced by Xinshan Company?"
"what is that?"
"Is this your first contact with the holographic online game produced by Xinshan Company?"
"That's right," the boy nodded, "not to mention Xin Shan, it's even the first time to play the game."
"Every holographic online game produced by Xinshan requires dedicated peripheral support to start. You cannot experience the game by purchasing the client alone."
"So, how much does the peripheral sell for?"
"The styles are different and the prices are different. I suggest you choose this one, which is also a device with a high popularity among players."
He took out a bracelet from the counter. It was about two centimeters wide. It had a metal texture. The logo of the game company was engraved with a laser on it. The appearance was quite pleasing to young people.
"This is a bracelet-type peripheral, which is very popular among young male players. The price is 8,888 Union Coins. Now you can enjoy a 5% discount when you buy it packaged with the client."
"Ten times!" Ling Xiaolu exclaimed.
"Although it seems expensive, the peripheral is a one-time consumer product, and it is free to maintain and upgrade for life. It can be used for any game produced by Xinshan, just download the game data, or it can be directly inserted into the chip."
Ling Xiaolu was still a little hesitant: "Is there anything else?"
"There are also headbands, ear studs, necklaces, etc. at the same price. There is no difference in function, but the wearing position is different."
Ling Xiaolu shook his head again and again: "No, no, the headband is a little bit second, and the rest are too motherly."
The clerk smiled: "Female players buy more necklaces and ear studs. They can also be changed into watches or even implanted communication devices according to customer needs, but then they need to be ordered additionally, the price will be higher, and the production cycle will be required."
"It's fine to make extras." Ling Xiaolu leaned over to look at the equipment in the counter, and was attracted by one of them.
"Wow, and the ring! This one looks good!"
"That's not a real peripheral, it's just a model. The real ring is out of stock in our store and must be ordered from the official website."
"Why? Is it rare?"
"This is not an ordinary ring, this is a VIP peripheral specially developed at the request of a very small number of distinguished customers. Players who use this peripheral also enjoy the treatment of VIP accounts in the game. There is a special title called the covenant."
"The account is divided into ordinary and VIP? Isn't that very unbalanced?"
"The design of no game is absolutely balanced. The appearance of the bidders does affect the fairness in the game, but its price is also destined that only a very small number of players can enjoy this preferential treatment."
The clerk introduced incessantly: "When Xinshan Company first launched this peripheral, it also triggered a frenzy of opposition from players, and even held a demonstration of strike. The vast majority of players have gradually accepted its existence, and the bidders have gradually evolved from being rejected and opposed at the beginning to being admired and sought after, and attracting attention wherever they go in the game.”
"Huh?" Ling Xiaolu listened with gusto, "It's even possible to do this? How much does it sell for?"
"five million."
Ling Xiaolu slipped and almost fell.
"Obviously, the cost of this ring is not worth so much, and the privileges that the bidders enjoy in the game are not worth so much. The reason why the price is set so high is purely to control the number and raise the threshold for the bidders."
"I don't believe anyone would actually spend five million on a gaming peripheral."
"Compared with the huge player base of "Elf Contract", the number of contracted players only accounts for 1/10,000 of all players. Since its launch, the total number of rings sold has not exceeded 100."
Ling Xiaolu took a deep breath and said, "There are so many rich and idle local tyrants, you're right, if the price of this privilege is five million, I really don't mind the influence of these injustices at all. For the fairness of the game, it's like saying... I won't be jealous that Wang Si Suan is richer than me, and I won't be jealous that Wu Yansun is more handsome than me."
"That's the truth, and the territory of "Elf Contract" is quite large. If you don't go to watch important events specially, the probability of seeing the contracted person in the game is very low."
Ling Xiaolu nodded to show his understanding, and moved his eyes to the next device. The shape of the same metal ring was several times larger than that of the bracelet.
"Where is this worn?"
"neck."
"neck?"
"Yes, it's a collar."
"A what?"
"The collar," the clerk repeated, "it's made of the exact same material as the ring, and it's quite expensive. It can be said to be an enlarged version of the ring."
Ling Xiaolu opened his mouth wide: "A ring this big will sell for 5 million, so doesn't this cost 500 million?"
"No, this ring is free, to be precise, provided to the user himself."
Nothing can describe Ling Xiaolu's surprise at the moment.
"are you kidding me?"
"It's similar to the function of a ring. Players who wear a ring to enter the game will automatically get the identity of the bidder, and players who wear a collar to enter the game will also get another identity."
"What is it?"
"That's what you just learned about, battle pet."
"... Wind Breath Pterodactyl?"
"That's right, Pterosaur is a representative of AI-type battle pets. The so-called AI is a game body with artificial intelligence. To put it more bluntly, its essence is a data flow."
Ling Xiaolu listened attentively: "Then what?"
"However, no matter how intelligent AI is, it can only follow the human-designed combat mode and make a fixed response according to the changes in the battle situation. Although Xinshan has reached the state of perfection in the development of AI intelligence, the wisdom of AI, It can never surpass a human being, and it doesn't even possess the ability to think subjectively."
"It would be terrible if you had it!"
"So, after having the ring peripherals that represent privileges, in order to meet the needs of the bidders who want to have non-AI smart pets, the products corresponding to the rings were born. Players who wear collars to play games can be The player who wears the ring is accepted as a pet of war, and the actual cost of purchasing the collar is paid by the other party after the wearer signs the contract with the contracted person."
"My God! Rich people really know how to play!"
"Unexpectedly, the development of intelligent battle pets has encountered great difficulties."
"What's the problem?"
"Many people can't wear this necklace."
"what?"
"It's true. This question sounds absurd, but all the programmers of Xinshan Company can use the power of all the programmers, and even spread the hero posts to recruit folk masters. It is rumored that even the most mysterious hacker organization has intervened, but this technical problem still cannot be solved."
"What's so hard about it, I know."
The clerk asked in surprise: "You know?"
"The collar is too small, and the player's neck is thick, so naturally it can't be worn."
"… "
The clerk coughed awkwardly: "That's not the reason."
He simply took out the entity in the counter, allowing Ling Xiaolu to observe it more closely.
"This necklace is made of imported materials from extragalactic galaxies, and can automatically adjust the size according to the size of the wearer's neck. All the rings produced by Xinshan are one size, but they can be worn just right by anyone, and the same is true for the collar. "
"If that's the case, why can't you wear it?"
"I can demonstrate it to you." After the clerk finished speaking, he placed the collar flat on his left hand, lightly touched the collar with his right index finger, and drew an arc along the edge. Ling Xiaolu was surprised to see that the silver collar, which had no gaps, was opened with a gap along the trajectory of his fingertips, as if it had been forcibly erased.
"It's amazing!" Ling Xiaolu couldn't help but admire.
The gap was big enough to pass through the clerk's neck, and what he was holding now could barely be called an arc.
Under the gaze of Ling Xiaolu, the clerk put the arc on his neck, and in the same way as before, he stretched out his index finger from one end of the arc along his neck to the other end, and the part that was just erased was regenerated. , again into a flawless collar with seamless connections.
Ling Xiaolu was taken aback: "Isn't this wearing it?"
The clerk didn't answer him directly, but put his hands on the ends of the collar: "Three, two, one."
At the end of the countdown, the collar snapped and turned into two semicircles, which he held in his hands from left to right.
"how so?"
"This is also a problem that has plagued Xinshan Company for a year." The clerk docked the two collars together, and soon they were flawlessly integrated.
"This is unscientific. It stands to reason that a ring can be worn, but how can a collar with the same material and principle not be able to wear it?"
"Probably the main difference is that the wearer's game identity is different. According to relevant sources, the reason why it will be disconnected is mainly because of the conflict with the program settings of the battle pet."
"What's the meaning?"
"Because even if the concept of the contracted person is added later, it still belongs to the player user. As for the initial setting of the battle pet, it is an NPC without vital signs, which is forcibly replaced by a player with autonomous intelligence, which leads to internal problems in the game. The data is chaotic and the terminal cannot process it, so the system will automatically reject these players from logging in."
"So that's what it is." Ling Xiaolu roughly understood.
"But it's strange here. After long-term testing, the server terminal does not exclude every user who logs in as a battle pet, and there are still a small number of people who can overcome this barrier and successfully realize the original design of Xinshan Company. ."
"You mean, there are some players, even if they wear it, the collar will not split?"
"Yes, although the number is extremely rare. So far, only thirty players have passed the test, which is not enough to satisfy one-third of the applicants."
"In this case, why didn't the game company conduct further research on these 30 players, and maybe find the reason?"
"Xinshan has never stopped tracking and researching this group of special players. Not only that, they have also carried out a national survey. As long as they can successfully put on the collar and do not fall off, they will give away a general game peripheral for free."
"Including the bracelet that just sold four eights?"
"Yes." The clerk tapped a few times on the screen where the promotional video had just been played, and called out the hero post from Xinshan Company.
The reward is good, Ling Xiaolu is a little moved.
"Does that mean that as long as you wear it, you must wear it to play?"
"Of course not, regardless of the success rate of this survey is less than 0.0001/1000, even if it is successful, Xinshan only needs to extract your body data for research at one time. The way you play is your freedom, and you can use the bracelet to enter the game."
"In that case, I don't mind giving it a try."
"No problem," the clerk opened the collar in his hand again, "I'll put it on for you now."
The metal-like collar was close to Ling Xiaolu's neck skin, but it didn't have the cold and rigid touch he imagined.
"It really is an amazing material."
"Yes, you can wear it to eat, sleep, do anything, and it will not feel abnormal."
"Ha, even if you say that, I don't want to."
The clerk's fingers drew a half circle around Ling Xiaolu's neck, and the collar was closed.
"how do you feel?"
Ling Xiaolu didn't answer him, instead he imitated his appearance and put his hands on the left and right sides.
"Three, two, one."
"… one."
"one."
He counted three ones in a row, and the collar didn't move at all. He raised his head in surprise. The clerk in front of him was as surprised as he was.
"Am I successful?"
"Yes, this is the first time I've seen someone wear this successfully. Congratulations, you've got a gaming peripheral worth 8888 League Coins."
"Great!" Ling Xiaolu, a student party member, couldn't be happier after saving more than 8,000 yuan so easily.
"Once someone wears it successfully, the game terminal will automatically detect it, and the technical department will soon be able to read your body data. You only need to sign an authorization and consent form."
"no problem."
Ling Xiaolu signed his name on the screen, and the progress bar showed that the data was being uploaded.
"You really don't plan to experience the game content of battle pets? Since the number is even rarer than the contracted ones, the popularity of human-type battle pets in the game can be said to be quite high, and the unsigned human-type battle pets are even more popular. It is the object that the bidders are chasing after each other.”
"Don't be kidding, I'm playing games to catch pets, not to be pets."
A silver light flashes on the edge of the light screen, which is the signal of successful data upload.
"Thank you for your support and cooperation. Your personal data has been collected, and I will take it off for you now."
"Thank you." Ling Xiaolu raised his chin to facilitate his operation.
One second passed, two seconds, three seconds... Half a minute passed, and still no collar was taken off.
"What's wrong?" Ling Xiaolu asked. According to the speed at which it was put on, it wouldn't take so long to take it off.
The clerk looked up, confused.
"I don't know what happened, this... can't open..."
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