Pu Shenqi took off his helmet.
He turned his head and glanced at the stars outside, stayed still for two or three seconds, and then... let out a long howl.
“Ah!!! So cool!!!”
"This is the game I want to play!"
"What the hell is Diablo III? It's so weak!"
Although he only played the game for less than 2 hours and hadn't figured out the game mechanics, the unprecedented experience... beat all the games he had ever played.
"Is this 100% virtual reality? It's really cool..."
After Pu Shenqi sighed for a moment, he immediately opened the small group of three people.
The ghost-faced fox and Lin Tang, who had died before him, had already started chatting.
Ghost-faced Fox: "Lin Tang didn't say anything... It seems I'm the first to die."
"This game is... interesting. It's so interesting... I have to add an adjective to it, very interesting. I haven't seen such an interesting game in a long time."
"It's just that the monsters' numbers are a bit outrageous."
"@African Thin Dog@Lintang, one of you died, come out and talk?"
"Forget it, you guys should just complete the mission. I have a feeling... this mission isn't a bug, but a test from the Sentinels to see if we're eligible for the internal beta test. If we can't complete it... we may not be able to play in the future."
"Come on, you two. I'm going to go get some water!"
Immediately afterwards, Ghost-faced Fox posted a message in the Diablo III forum: "First try of 100% virtual reality game, the effect far exceeded expectations, the interesting thing is... the designer turned out to be the famous resource maximizer in the forum - Sentinel"
A few minutes later, Lin Tang also died.
Lin Tang: "Fuck! This game shocked me for the whole year!"
"Can you believe this? I was torn into pieces by four green monsters! The scene was extremely bloody. Fortunately, the pain in this game is not that strong... It was too scary!"
"Can this pass the trial?"
"Bah! What a crow's mouth! Such a good game must be approved!"
(Lin Tang withdrew a message.)
"I, Lin Tang, will put all my energy into "Apocalypse Online" from today on! Damn Diablo, who wants to make a mod for you!"
Ghost-faced Fox: "Huh? How did you get killed by four predators? I saw you were quite comfortable when you were sneaking past them. Do they have other skills?"
Lin Tang: "Oh! Stop talking. This game is different from ordinary keyboard and mouse games... People will make mistakes. I rely on my own feelings to move more smoothly, but... there are too many influencing factors. Do you know how terrible the accuracy of this game is?"
"The vegetation under my feet has changed, and the friction and feel of my feet are different! It's like running in the wild!"
"Also, this game has a stamina system like survival games. My stamina started to drop as I ran to the back, and then I accidentally tripped and was caught up by the green monsters...hiss~"
"By the way, Fox, how did you die?"
Ghost-faced Fox: "You're pretty miserable then... Xigou and I found the cell where the NPCs were imprisoned below the camp. There was a green-skinned monster guarding the door. We had to defeat it to get through. Xigou and I fought, and then... I came out dead."
"What you said is different from keyboard and mouse games... I feel it too. It's a bit like a high-precision somatosensory game. Your consciousness and intuition will also affect your character's ability. My combat awareness is still stuck in keyboard and mouse operation. I failed many times before I could perform any operations. What a pity."
Lin Tang: "How much health did the gatekeeper monster have when you died?"
Ghost-faced demon fox: "80%"
Lin Tang: “…”
Ghost-faced demon fox: "..."
Having said this, both of them fell silent.
Lin Tang: "Let me try and see if I can still go online."
Ghost-faced Fox: "I just tried it, but it says my character has died, so I can't log in for now... I guess I have to wait for the game planner to give me the permission. I'll wait for Xigou, he'll probably be there soon."
While the two were waiting, they each went to the forum to contact the sentry, but received no reply.
It was not until more than 40 minutes later that Xigou came online.
After reading all the chat records, Xigou roughly collected the information of everyone.
African Greyhound: "@鬼面妖狐@林塘, I'm back!"
Ghost-faced demon fox: "Mission completed?"
African Greyhound: "Smart!"
Ghost-faced Fox: "If I don't die in that situation... the battle underground should have a reversal. Tell me what happened after I died."
Lin Tang: "Tell me quickly, I can't sleep at night!"
Xigou recounted in detail what happened afterwards and the conversation between him and the NPC.
"In the end... I died from radiation damage. Damn! What bad luck! Otherwise I should have completed the mission perfectly!"
Lin Tang grasped the key point: "Merit reward? Did the NPC promise it to all of us or just to you?"
"It should be everyone. He means the soldiers at the Scourge Base."
"That's fine... otherwise I would have been dismembered in vain."
Ghost-faced Fox: "Now... everything is clear. This is a very classic introduction plot, no different in essence from other online games."
Thin Dog: "Oh? What did Fox say?"
Ghost-faced Fox: "This time, the introductory plot is actually to teach us how to play this game through an event..."
“1. The half-hour-long route is actually to let each of us adapt to the operation of the fully immersive virtual reality game. Think about it, did the body movements not work in harmony at the beginning? It will be fine after running along the route for half an hour, right?”
“2. The mission target is too powerful, which tells us the tone of the game... This is not an ordinary pure fighting game, but an open world with various plots. If we encounter an enemy that we cannot defeat for the time being, we can also find a way to outsmart it. At the same time, it shows the AI setting of the monsters in this game.”
“3. In simple battles, we learned how to use the watch to check the map and health, and also to see combat information, so that we have the basic structure of the game.”
"4. The most surprising thing for me is that the planner told us that in this game world... any object you encounter, including the terrain, can be interacted with! Sticks, stones, and even a brick broken from the wall can all be used. It's hard for me to imagine how much money this kind of map costs."
"5. The final gatekeeping battle... Actually, Xigou and I both misunderstood. It's not that the planner designed the wrong numbers, but because this is a guide plot. Monsters are not something we can fight head-on at this stage. Our strategy should be the same as Lintang's, to deal with them! As long as we find a way to defend well, the planned and designed forces will naturally intervene later to help us complete this guide plot. Yes, it's the skeleton that Xigou mentioned. I shouldn't have died... I made a mistake."
"6. After rescuing the NPC... Xigou, you did a great job. You found the prop hidden in the introductory plot, the black box. Although you were killed by radiation,... I am almost certain that the thing you got is definitely useful. It may affect the NPC's evaluation of you, so as to obtain a hidden reward!"
"Finally... the next time we go online, we should start to enter the official content of this game."
Xigou stared at the computer in amazement: "Fox Master, you saw through my plan...!"
The ghost-faced fox took a sip of tea and replied with a smile: "Basic, as long as it is a game, it can't escape these formulas, it's just that this game is packaged a little deeper..."
“The purpose is to increase the players’ sense of immersion and make them think they are in a real world.”
"Unfortunately... it can't fool us old players. We can see the essence of this game at a glance."
Lin Tang: "Bird food... Hahaha!"
The three of them laughed in the group, feeling that they had seen through the plan.
As they chatted, Xigou said, "Let's go to the big group and tell everyone about our gaming experience!"
"This game is so fun, it will definitely be a big hit in the future! Since we are the first to know the news, let's quickly gather a group of capable veteran players and team up to explore the new land together!"