"Sorry, we are sincerely sorry for your unprovoked encounter with such an accident."
The man in suit and tie bowed politely to Ling Xiaolu, but this did not reduce his resentment.
"Dare to ask who are you?"
"I'm sorry, I forgot to introduce myself," the man operated the communicator a few times, and Ling Xiaolu received a business card exchange request from the other party, "I'm the manager of the customer service department of Xinshan Company, you can call me Ke Ming."
"Hello Manager Ke, I just want to know why this damn thing can't be taken off. Didn't I say it's just research?"
"That's right, I'll explain it to you briefly." Ke Ming stretched out his two hands to simulate a rectangular viewfinder frame, expanded outward, and an enlarged virtual projection screen appeared in front of Ling Xiaolu. are numbers and graphs.
"The ability values of battle pets in the game look random on the surface, but in essence they all follow the numerical laws designed by the original numerical planning, which is also to maintain the balance of confrontation in the game.
"And each of us also has our own hidden attribute ability value. The problem that has plagued us for a long time is the mismatch between the player's value and the pet's value system, which causes the host to judge it as a 'plug-in', thus rejecting this part of the player's login.
"After our multi-party testing, we found that only when the match rate is higher than 92.7%, players can successfully pass the review, so we call 92.7% the critical point of login.
"Although the critical point has been found, it is a pity that there are very few users who can reach this value. So far, only 37 people have passed the test, and the highest one has a match rate of 98.5%."
"You mean my match with the system exceeds 92.7%?" Ling Xiaolu asked.
"More than that." He was tapping on the virtual screen, a human-shaped outline appeared on the left side of the screen, and on the right were many values that Ling Xiaolu couldn't understand, as well as the percentage of rapid beating in the center of the screen, until it jumped to 100.08% before stopping.
"...This is me?" Ling Xiaolu said after a long time.
"Exactly."
"What is 100.08%?"
"It's the system compatibility that I just mentioned."
"Since it's a data match, how can the match exceed 100%? I'm very good at math, don't lie to me."
Ke Ming sighed: "This is exactly what troubles us."
"Then when will you be able to overcome this problem?"
"The technical department is working hard to troubleshoot the fault, and we will definitely do it as soon as possible."
"As soon as possible? An hour? Half a day? A day?"
"Because this is the first time we have encountered such a situation, there is no way to give you an accurate resolution time." Ke Ming looked embarrassed.
"You haven't figured out the problem of not being able to wear this thing for more than a year. How long will it take to study it if you can't take it off?" Ling Xiaolu scratched his hair in distress, "I don't want to live with this thing all the time."
"For the inconvenience brought to your life, we will compensate you accordingly. I have applied to the company's top management to temporarily hire you as an extra-staff tester. As long as you wear this device, you can calculate the effective working hours, and we will count the hours according to the number of hours. Pay your salary."
"If I can't take it down in one day, can I get 24 hours' salary?"
"Exactly, and given the particularity of your job, your hourly pay is double that of other testers, and your non-working hours are calculated as overtime and doubled on holidays."
"But with this on, I can't do anything, not even get out the door."
"May I venture to ask, what is your occupation?"
"student."
"High school student? Or college student?"
"I just finished the entrance exam, and I will be a first-year college student when I start school." Ling Xiaolu was a little frustrated, and finally got into the ideal school. What if the school was delayed because of this.
"No wonder you're buying game peripherals at this time. Can you take the liberty of asking which college you were admitted to?"
"Smoky Mountain University."
"Wow," Ke Ming said with heartfelt admiration, "that's an old and prestigious school with a long history, with a history of nearly five hundred years. The people who can get in are of extraordinary strength. I don't know which major you got into. ?"
"The direction of superionic materials for interstellar navigation and communication of Galaxy Engineering College."
"It's still a popular major, so it can be seen that your grades must be outstanding."
Not just anyone can become a customer service manager, and targeted compliments are at least very effective for a young man like Ling Xiaolu.
"It's okay." His tone and expression softened a lot.
"It is the beginning of June, and there are still three full months before the university starts in September. I believe that within these three months, our technical department will definitely be able to come up with a follow-up solution."
"Then what about my daily life? You won't let me take this out in the summer."
"There are two ways to solve this matter. One is that the company will send someone to deliver daily necessities to your door. As long as you need it, we can meet it. If you want to buy online by yourself, the company can also reimburse you in full, but if you are wronged, you have to keep stay at home."
"What about the second way?"
"With our company's current game technology, you can completely solve all physiological needs in the game. That is to say, as long as you maintain a normal diet in the game, you will also take in the same amount of nutrients in reality, and you don't have to be healthy. worry about the problem.”
"So advanced?"
"Actually, a small group of players have lived in the game for a long time. Our host will monitor various indicators of the player's body in real time, and there has been no problem so far."
"Then don't I have to be caught as a pet? Is there any way for me to enter the game through the bracelet?"
"Sorry, this is not possible for the time being. The host can only process the access request of one peripheral at a time, and the collar, as a special peripheral, has priority reading rights, which we cannot modify for individuals."
The clerk on the side helped lobby: "Actually, human pets will also receive a lot of privileges in the game."
"What kind of preferential treatment?"
"For example," introduced Manager Ke, "players don't need to pay any game fees. In the free state, the game is completely free. After signing the contract, the owner is responsible for paying the peripheral equipment fees, monthly card fees, and store item fees. ."
"Who?" Ling Xiaolu's mouth twitched.
"It will be paid by the person who signed the elf contract with you." Manager Ke wisely changed his words.
"Also, what did you just say, there are monthly cards and charging items?"
"If ordinary players play the game, the first eighteen levels are free, and after that, they need to purchase a monthly card of 50 alliance coins. The items in the in-game mall are voluntary consumption, and the game experience will not be affected if they are not purchased."
"What charging model is so pitiful?"
"This is based on the operating experience of a certain keyboard online game produced and developed by Kingsoft Technology, the predecessor of Xinshan Company, hundreds of years ago. It is a mature charging model that has been tested by the market."
"Keyboard online games," Ling Xiaolu said with emotion, "it's really an old term."
"Yes, it has disappeared for a long time. Among our generation, there are no old players of keyboard online games. Now this era is already the heyday of holographic online games."
"In the final analysis, there is only monetary compensation. I am now haggling with the big boss who wants to take care of me. Although I am poor, I am not poor enough to sell myself. I still have a monthly card of 50 Union Coins a month. Affordable."
"The owner and pet need to agree to sign an elf contract. Since human pets are currently scarce and in short supply, the decision is actually in your hands. If you don't agree, no one can force you."
"Yes, once the signing is completed, the decision-making power will be in the hands of others. The ratio is 3:1, and the local tyrants will definitely do everything possible to force me to submit." Ling Xiaolu was not stupid at all on the key issue.
"In addition, human pets can learn all the existing pet skills in the game, which is a game experience that other players cannot have."
"Oh?" Ling Xiaolu finally became a little interested.
"It's like an exclusive skill of the undead department, famous for corrupting all things and spreading the plague." The clerk added.
"What kind of skill is this! Just hearing the name makes me want to learn it!"
The clerk regretted: "Those are two very powerful skills. Once they are learned, they will become sore, pus, and rotting, so that all players will run away when they see you."
"What do I look like!!!"
Ke Ming warned him with his eyes, and the knowledgeable clerk silently shut up.
Seeing that Ling Xiaolu still rejects pet status, the experienced Ke Ming had an idea.
"It is your freedom whether to use the collar to play the game, but if you are willing to try it, our company's technical department will fully cooperate to meet your in-game requirements as much as possible."
"For example?"
"I know that your biggest concern is that you don't like the identity of the battle pet. Although this cannot be changed, the technicians will assist you as much as possible to disguise as an ordinary player, so that even the dated person can't tell the difference."
Ling Xiaolu rekindled hope: "That means I won't be caught as a pet?"
Ke Ming did not correct his statement, only said: "We will do our best to protect your game freedom."
"Then can I also have a pet that pulls the wind like a wind-breathing pterosaur?"
"I'm really sorry, this is beyond the reach of technology, because your identity is a battle pet, the system stipulates that a battle pet cannot keep another battle pet. But if you like this new battle pet in the expansion pack, I can make the decision. Give you a mini version."
"Mini version?"
"That's what we often call non-combat pets."
Ling Xiaolu didn't know the difference between combat pets and non-combat pets very well, but the various compensation conditions proposed by Xinshan Company showed sincerity.
"Well, that's it, even if I don't agree, it seems like I have no choice."
"Are you agreeing to experience the game? That's great. It's also very helpful for us to study and improve peripherals." Ke Ming said gratefully.
"What shall I do next?"
"You need to do an identity registration. Are you over the age of eighteen?"
"It's full, what's the problem?"
"The game "Elf Contract" enjoys two ratings in the online game rating system at the same time, R14 and R18. That is to say, only players over the age of fourteen are allowed to enter the game, but players over the age of eighteen are allowed to enter the game. You can experience the full content of the game.”
"What's the difference?"
"First of all, the picture will be very different. All the exposed bones of the skeleton will grow muscles, the corpse will become a grave, and there will be no blood light effects. Excessive clothing will be re-stitched; secondly, minors will be re-sewed. The account will be included in the anti-addiction system, the income will be halved for more than two hours online, and the income will be zero after five hours; finally, you must not have sex with other players."
Ling Xiaolu immediately caught the point: "Can you still have sex with other players?"
"If it is voluntary by two or more parties."
"Can it be more?" He was stunned.
"We are a free and open game." Ke Ming said with a smile.
The clerk held up a pupil-print scanner: "If you have reached the age requirement, please do an ID scan here so that we can verify your information."
In this era, there is no ID card, and personal information is stored through the pupil pattern. The clerk uses a device to quickly scan Ling Xiaolu's eyes, and his information is listed in detail on the display—
Name: Ling Xiaolu
Sex: Male
Age: 18
Hometown: Hushuo City
Occupation: Student
…
"Please verify that the information is correct."
"Correct." Ling Xiaolu confirmed.
"The identity confirmation is OK, the peripherals have been bound, and the last step is to implant the client."
He bent down and took out the "The Hidden Dragon Race" Deluxe Edition client gift box from the counter. It is indeed the Deluxe Edition. The packaging is so well done. The exquisite original game painting is similar to the material of colored glaze. Look carefully at the top of the box and there is a colorful streamer. surge. All the flowing light points to the same destination, and the end point of convergence happens to be the pearl inlaid in the eyes of Wind Breath.
"You can now open the gift box yourself."
Ling Xiaolu lightly touched the surface of the bead, and the cube box immediately rose slowly into the air and began to rotate clockwise. Slow at first, then faster and faster, until the naked eye can't capture its speed.
Just when Ling Xiaolu was dazzled, a few lifelike goldfish suddenly jumped out of the box and swam nimbly around Ling Xiaolu, making him reach out to catch them. The goldfish slipped away from his fingers, entangled with his companions, until it turned into a swimming dragon formed by ink and wash, and circled back and forth in the air with the melodious ancient song. Zuo smoke dissipated, leaving only three calligraphy characters in the air - Dongtianling.
"It's so beautiful," he exclaimed sincerely, "it would be nice if it didn't have this thing around my neck."
The luxury version of the gift box has quietly fallen back to its original place. The originally closed top cover is open, revealing the pure black inner box inside. In the center of the inner box, a golden metal chip is embedded.
The clerk carefully took out the chip, inserted it into the slot at the bottom of the collar, and wiped it with his hand, and the metal surface was free of traces.
"Everything is ready, you can now freely travel back and forth between the real and virtual worlds, I wish you a happy game."
"We will send an exclusive customer service to escort you to ensure that your game progresses smoothly. If you have any questions, you can ask the customer service or contact me." Ke Ming added.
"I have a problem right now."
"Please speak."
Ling Xiaolu pointed at his neck: "How do I go back with this on?"