Ding—Protected player number 4109874 has been launched, and the exclusive customer service is being dispatched…
Ling Xiaolu stared at the waiting signal in front of him speechless, how did he become a protected player, and what happened to the system number? Those who knew they were playing a game, those who didn't know they thought they were in prison.
The efficiency of the customer service was quite fast. In less than half a minute, an unknown creature appeared beside Ling Xiaolu.
"Hello! GM92735 is here to serve you wholeheartedly!"
Ling Xiaolu: …
"From today onwards, I will be your exclusive customer service. I hope you will come and let me down next, come and come and eat!"
Ling Xiaolu grabbed the customer service's tail—if that was the tail—and lifted it upside down. Due to the violent treatment, the silver-white little guy struggled desperately, his claws swiping in the air indiscriminately, and the top of his head The long whiskers also twisted left and right.
"Malicious attack on the GM, let's not talk about the game convention!" The strange creature denounced Ling Xiaolu's evil deeds.
"You look so strange, but you can still talk," Ling Xiaolu loosened his hands, "what the hell are you?"
The GM, who finally regained his freedom, bounced in mid-air, circled twice, and finally turned his head up.
"Didn't I introduce you just now, I was assigned by my superior to be in charge of your exclusive customer service, worker number 92735."
"That's not what I want to ask, what species are you?"
"Huh? Didn't you specifically ask for this? I'm obviously a handsome and handsome wind-breathing pterosaur."
"Thank you for letting me know. If you didn't tell me, I would have thought you were a quadruped."
GM burst into tears: "I always feel that I have a bad errand."
"Well then, Mr. GM Long... I always thought that GMs should be human beings, so is technology already so advanced?"
"I was originally a human, and what you see now is just the mimicry I made to hide my identity."
"Wait," Ling Xiaolu's mind flashed, "Manager Ke said that he would give me a miniature version of the Wind-breathing Wyvern, wouldn't it be you?"
"Congratulations for your answer! In fact, what you saw was just an ordinary non-combat pet dragon, but since I will be responsible for your future game guidance and identity protection, in order not to attract attention, I took the liberty to borrow your pet's shell. Definitely the most appropriate way to disguise, don't you think?"
Ling Xiaoluo was expressionless: "Can I ask you to come out of my pet's body?"
"Of course you can, but then I'll return to my original human form. Would you like to have an adult male 190 tall and 190 weight swim with you on your next game journey? Of course I don't personally. mind."
"I don't mind! The first time I saw you, I felt very pleasing to the eye, please stay inside and don't come out!"
"As you wish. Then how about letting me do an in-game guide for you?"
"Go ahead."
"First of all, "Elf Contract" is a holographic online game that focuses on pet battles. Players can capture and cultivate various pets in the game to assist themselves in boss battles, dungeons, and PK. It can be said that the pet system is the biggest selling point of this game. Of course, None of this has anything to do with you."
Ling Xiaolu stared at him badly.
"Hahaha, of course, except for the pet system, there are still many players in this game, such as production systems, home systems, business systems, and rich interpersonal interaction. characteristic.”
"Be sincere, okay? Don't memorize the manuscript."
The GM turned a somersault: "Then let's get straight to the point. First, I want to teach you the basic operation of this game. Do you see a glowing button in the upper right corner?"
Ling Xiaolu had already seen the flickering virtual button, he reached out and touched it, and a row of menus popped up.
"It should be noted that the interface you are seeing now can only be seen by you, unless you actively choose to share it with others. Have you called up the menu now?"
"I see."
"Please click on the first item, Profile."
Ling Xiaolu clicked the first option, and the character attribute panel was refreshed in the left half of the field of vision. The panel was translucent, and the scene behind could still be seen clearly through it.
"Have you seen yourself?"
Ling Xiaolu looked at the 3D model of himself in the character frame, and when he fiddled with it, it would spin in circles.
"interesting."
"You may have noticed that you don't have a name in your name column yet, that's because you haven't had one. Now you can give your character a fancy name."
With a flick of his tail, the GM turned into a large piece of rice paper from nowhere. The paper was suspended in mid-air. It was lying on the paper comfortably. The dragon claws rudely held a brush, and it was licking the tip of the pen with its tongue. hair.
Ling Xiaolu: ...Does the special effects of this game have to be so exaggerated
Ling Xiaolu was very depressed. He originally wanted to be a great god in the game, but now he had to hide and be a mortal.
The great god is in the mortal world, "Let Shenfan be better."
"OK."
The GM agreed and wrote it crookedly: God is annoying.
"It's mortal!"
"What I wrote is annoying annoying?"
Ling Xiaolu held his forehead: "Forget it, let's use my previous online name Lubi. Xiaolu's deer, Bambi's Bi, don't spell it wrong again!"
"This one sounds good too." GM wiped the previous one with his claws, and re-written the word "Lubi", and the content appeared in Ling Xiaolu's name box synchronously.
"Next, you can also give me a name. Every non-combat pet has an initial chance to change its name. If you want to change your name in the future, you can only use the reset item in the mall, so please be careful when naming it."
Ling Xiaolu didn't even think about it: "Just Ling Goudan."
GM92735:…
"Ah, it's Linglong, right? I see."
"No, it's called Ling Goudan."
"It's a nice name, I like it."
"But I'm talking about Ling Dog Dan."
"Linglong worships the song again at the beginning of the song, who makes you puzzled about the song. Good literary talent, someone who can pick up such a name will be very knowledgeable at a glance."
"You don't understand human language?"
"Okay, the name has been changed. If you have other ideas, please recharge the coupons and go to the mall to buy related items."
"This is a commercial fraud and I'm asking for a complaint."
"If you make a complaint, you must state my job number accurately. Do you still remember my job number?"
"..." Ling Xiaolu, "I don't remember."
"Then let us live in harmony, after all, there is still a long way to go."
"Can I make you some wine?"
"Don't talk about making wine, it's not enough to soak your feet, after all," Ling Long tilted his body, leaning his head lazily on the dragon's claws, "I have no medicinal effect."
Ling Xiaolu decided not to care about it, otherwise God knows how many poses this guy can pose.
"continue."
Ling Long cleared his throat and returned to his serious form: "The next item must also be the one you are most concerned about, which is your appearance in this game. The initial appearance of each player is the real appearance. Of course, if you are interested in your own three-dimensional If you are not satisfied with your appearance, the game also provides cosmetic surgery services."
"If you want to have plastic surgery, you should also buy the props in the mall for a facelift, right?" Ling Xiaolu had already guessed the cheating money in this game, ah no, the charging mode.
"That's true for others, but for you, hiding your real face and not being recognized by acquaintances is obviously extremely beneficial to cover up your pet's identity. So the company has prepared this for you."
After that, it turned into a container similar to a perfume bottle, and the liquid inside was also transparent.
"what is this?"
"This is a high-tech product independently developed by our company - human face atomizer, as long as you use it to spray lightly, your face will be as if you had used Meitu Xiuxiu P, even if your own mother is standing in front of you. I can't recognize it."
Ling Xiaolu frowned: "Is it so amazing? In the eyes of others, am I becoming beautiful or ugly? I don't even have a nose, right?"
"This is the greatest magic of this product. After using the face mist, your face will become nothing in the eyes of others."
"... What do you mean?" Ling Xiaolu shivered with fright as a faceless man appeared in his mind.
"Simply put, others see you as you are now, but people who know you will not connect you with the person they know. People who don't know you will leave the game with the same face in their memory. It's going to get blurry, and they'll remember you as a person, but they can't remember what you looked like anyway."
"Really?" This is the first time Ling Xiaolu has heard that props in the game can tamper with people's memories.
"Of course, at most they will think you are familiar, but they will never remember where they have seen you."
"Well, since that's the case, I'll give it a try."
Linglong raised the atomizer and sprayed it on Ling Xiaolu's face. It was colorless and odorless, and he didn't even feel at all.
"All right."
"That's it?" Ling Xiaolu touched his face, "Is there a mirror?"
Ling Long really turned into a mirror.
Ling Xiaolu looked in the mirror: "I can't see any change."
"It's right if you don't see it, the atomizer won't have any effect on your own memory... Oops, I've started to forget what you look like."
Ling Xiaolu squinted: "Acting skills are really bad."
Ling Long put away the mirror embarrassingly, and whispered in his mouth: "Is that because I am a dragon? If I were a humanoid, I would have taken several for the best actor."
Ling Xiaolu suddenly found that the collar on his neck was gone, and there was an extra bracelet on his left wrist.
"What's going on here?"
"This is a trick to change the game screen. Your wristband is just a decoration. The real peripherals are still on your neck, but they are hidden. However, if someone touches the back of the neck, it will still be strange, so please be sure to protect it. this part."
Ling Xiaolu touched the back of his neck, and sure enough he felt a strange bulge, but it disappeared when he touched it again.
"If the collar is accidentally touched, it will be completely hidden for a short period of time for fifteen minutes. This is the limit that the technicians can do."
Well, it can only be said that little is better than nothing.
"Any more?"
"Also, when other players view your character information, your information will be displayed exactly the same as that of ordinary players, and the bidder will not be able to capture your specific location through the pet radar."
"What is pet radar?"
"Every player here has a radar, and the radar can locate players and pets on the map, but only the radar of the inviter can lock on human pets."
Ling Xiaolu roughly understood.
"There's only so much that needs to be introduced on the character panel for the time being. We can learn about other functions step by step during the game. Touch the X in the upper right corner of the panel, and it will be automatically closed, or you can directly make an X gesture."
Ling Xiaolu crossed his index fingers, and the panel disappeared with a bang.
"This is a shortcut gesture to close the panel. You can also call up the panel through the shortcut gesture. Each panel in the game corresponds to a shortcut gesture."
"How to compare?"
"Take the character panel as an example, just click on the navel with your hand."
Ling Xiaolu touched his belly button according to what it said, and the panel that was closed just now popped up again. He crossed it, clicked it, and crossed it again.
"Other commonly used operations are: click the temple to summon the radar, double-click to open the map, stay for two seconds to enter the navigation system; snap your fingers and end with a heart-to-heart gesture to open the friend interface, and snap your fingers twice in a row is a transaction. Of course, you are in When making gestures, you have to synchronize what you want to do in your brain, otherwise it will be very troublesome to trigger a bunch of panels accidentally.”
"Think thoughtfully." Ling Xiaolu admired the ingenuity of the program.
"Another important point is that if you need to go offline in an emergency, you can disconnect from the terminal by silently reciting 'forced offline' three times. This is for emergency use. There will be data loss, and this feature can only be used once every twenty-four hours."
"Okay, I remember."
"Then now we can experience it in the game, and I will explain to you the problems that I see."
Ling Xiaolu was teleported to a small town. It was said to be a small town. It was not small at all.
"There are a total of 24 main cities in the "Elf Contract". Since the map of the main city is relatively large, if there is no important event, players generally choose to play in the towns around the main city. This is one of the 24 main cities - Jingzhe The most prosperous Yuanting Town on the outskirts of the city, which connects the three major cities, is one of the important transportation hubs in the game and a famous free trade distribution center.”
Ling Xiaolu and it walked on the main road of the town, with shops on both sides, and people often set up stalls on the street.
Outside the door of a pet store, the owner generously placed a hundred pets for sale, which directly filled a small half of the street.
"Wow!" Ling Xiaolu, who had little knowledge, expressed his amazement at the dazzling variety of pets.
"What is this," Ling Long is well-informed, "there are only a few pets that can be placed on the commercial street. When you go to the end of the street, the place where the baby is sold is as big as a parking lot, and you can't see it at a glance. side."
"There are so many? Can they all be sold?"
"Even pets of the same species have differences in value. The best products will be sold for sky-high prices, and the inferior products will generally be packaged and wholesaled to upgrade good pets."
"Are these stores run by players?"
"Every one is, players have to sign a lease with the system first, and then they will get a shop. Like this kind of pet space on a commercial street, it's only for money, not high-quality ones will only lose money. The kind at the end of the street. A large area is cheaper, but it is not something that just any player can rent, it is usually contracted by a professional chamber of commerce or a family.”
"Interesting, can someone like me who can't catch pets open a store?"
"Do you think the owners of these stores are caught by themselves? They just have good acquisition channels, and then they buy and sell. Besides, besides pet stores, there are many other stores here, such as equipment stores and food stores. , pet supplies store, etc. The difficulty of opening a store is not whether you can catch pets, but ... "
Its dragon claws twitched twitchingly.
"what does that mean?"
"money."
"It turns out that your gesture was for some money. I thought it was a cramp."
Linglong: "…"
"There's no money and no pets, what should I do now?"
"I teach you that every time you go to a place, you must first go to its tavern."
"Tavern?"
"The building with the wine barrel sign at the entrance is the one. After you enter the tavern, you can open a teleportation point. In addition, the inn is also a necessary place for players to pass through. A lot of information and gossip flow out from here."
Ling Xiaolu stepped into the tavern, and a strangely dressed man greeted him enthusiastically.
"Please, what would you like to drink?"
Ling Long stuck to his ear: "He's an NPC, talk to him."
Ling Xiaolu: "Open."
"I have written down the name of the distinguished guest. It will be convenient for you to come again next time. You must come often!"
Ling Long: "Find a table and sit at random, and hear if there are any major events recently."
Ling Xiaolu did as he did. He looked around and couldn't tell which was the player and which was the NPC.
"How do you know which one is real?"
"Don't you show your name at the beginning? Some people like the real experience so turn off this feature, but I suggest you turn this feature on before you are familiar with the game."
Ling Xiaolu found the name displayed on the top of his head from the system settings, checked it, and an extra name appeared on the top of each person's head.
"In the game, neutral NPCs with gray names, and NPCs with orange names that can be attacked. Players' names have five colors: the names of friendly targets are displayed in green, the names of hostile targets are displayed in red, and the murderous value is accumulated. At a certain point the name will turn black, the name of the bidder will be gold, and the name of the battle pet will be a pretty pink."
"My God! My name won't be pink!"
"Of course not. In order to disguise your identity, the technical department has changed your name to green, emerald green."
"Oh, that's fine." Ling Xiaolu breathed a sigh of relief, unable to imagine Su Shuang with a pink name on his head.
Ling Xiaolu is a newcomer without any power. For the time being, everyone in the tavern is green.
As Ling Long said, everyone likes to sit in the pub and chat gossip while drinking.
"Hey, have you heard of it? Someone has successfully put on a collar recently."
Ling Xiaolu shuddered, he was here to listen to the gossip, but why was he the protagonist of the gossip? !
"seriously?"
This is big news, and many people in the tavern have been attracted.
"Of course it's true, I heard from my uncle who works in Xinshan, and..." The person who spoke made a big deal out of it.
"And what? Hurry up and say it!" Someone who couldn't hold back already went up to poke him.
"According to my inference, that person is now haunting near Yuanting Town."
Yuanting Town, isn't that the town where he is now
Ling Xiaolu really wanted to strangle Ling Long to death, how about not revealing it? How long has it been since he arrived, how could even passers-by know about it!
"How do you know so well?"
"I don't know, but some people know, don't forget, whenever a humanoid pet first appears in the game, the appointment system will prompt you. I just heard from a friend that several appointments have already set off here. Recently Jingzhe City doesn't have any competitions, so why do you think they gathered together at the same time?"
Ling Xiaolu bowed his head, pretended to lie on the table, and asked Ling Long privately, "Didn't you promise to hide my identity?"
"No! It's not hiding, it's disguising!" Ling Long said eloquently, "We did do some tricks on your information, but that's just superficial. If you want to change all the settings, However, it is a huge workload that cannot be completed in a short period of time, and it will also destroy the order of the game!"
"What?" Ling Xiaolu was heartbroken, "Then what should I do!"
"Three points depend on cover, seven points depend on acting skills, come on!"
"Fake!"
I just heard that the whistleblower was still saying: "... Not only a few of them, it is rumored that even Li Zheng was dispatched this time."
"Dispute?!" There was an exclamation in the tavern, "Is he even here?"
Ling Xiaolu: Who is that!
Fortunately, a newcomer like Ling Xiaolu asked him, "Who is Li Zheng?"
"You don't know Li Zheng, he is the national male god of "Elf Contract"! In the game's annual master competition, Li Zheng was last year's runner-up, but everyone generally believes that his personal strength is still above the championship. ."
"Then why did he lose?"
"If he loses, he loses to the pet. The Wind and Cloud Tournament reaches the quarterfinals, which is almost a duel between the bidders. Those who can squeeze into the quarterfinals are all human favorites, and they can be won with AI battle favorites. The runner-up is only a master like Li Zheng. But unfortunately, artificial intelligence is still no match for real people. In the final, he lost by one point. If it wasn't for the pets falling behind too much, he would have been the champion long ago. already."
"Li Zheng rarely appears in crowded places. If even he came, I really believe that person is near Yuanting Town, and I don't know who will be robbed first this time."
"Uuuuu, my male god, if only I could meet him..."
Ling Xiaolu couldn't listen anymore, he wanted to escape from this ghost place quickly.
"It doesn't matter what I say," Ling Xiaolu complained while running, and unknowingly came to the forest outside the town, "Promise me that I won't be caught as a pet, and now everyone is here, I'm about to be caught in the urn. ."
"It's not entirely the company's fault. The colleagues in the technical department have done their best." Ling Long said aggrieved.
Ling Xiaolu buried his head on his way, and suddenly a strange voice exploded in his ears.
Just at the source of the sound, the powerful sound waves spread rapidly in a concrete form, like a huge wave rushing in all directions, and the vegetation fell on one side wherever the edge went. The sound waves passed through Ling Xiao Road and disappeared into the depths of the forest. Anywhere that can't even be seen.
"Wow," even the experienced Ling Long was taken aback, "Such a powerful airflow wave must be a master. If I guessed correctly, this is the immobilization spell in the sealing skills. The phantom beasts are all immobilized, but I have never seen anyone who can spread the scope so much, it's really amazing."
When he turned his head, he was surprised to find that something was wrong with Ling Xiaolu: "What's wrong with you?"
Ling Xiaolu maintained his previous movements and remained motionless, struggling to spit out the words between his teeth: "I... can't move... anymore..."