Team Fengse, at the press conference.
The constantly flashing spotlights were dazzling. Qin Mo stood alone on the stage, closed his eyes slightly, picked up the microphone and said in a low voice: "I have decided to formally withdraw from the Fengse Club and the professional league from today onwards. I am sorry for liking me." , Friends who supported me, let you down."
There was obvious choking in the boy's voice, and his face was extraordinarily pale.
When the reporters in the audience heard this, they immediately swarmed up, scrambling to pass the microphone in front of him: "Qin Mo, you chose to retire before you were eighteen, is it because of too much psychological pressure?" Did losing a few games recently make you lose confidence?" "Your master handed over the team to you, and you just left, how can you be worthy of your master's cultivation?" "Should you support you? An explanation from the fans?!"
The sharp questions of the reporters were like sharp knives, piercing the heart unceremoniously, and every sentence was cold to the bone.
Qin Mo took a deep breath and bowed deeply to everyone: "I'm sorry."
Then, he straightened his back, turned around resolutely and walked out of the press conference.
"Qin Mo, what's going on?" Backstage at the press conference, a young man with blond hair and black eyes strode after him, stopped in front of him, and asked suspiciously, "You want to leave Team Fengse? Why?"
"I don't want to be an e-sports player anymore." Qin Mo glanced at him and said softly, "It's still too late to change careers while I'm young."
"Then have you forgotten our agreement?" The young man put his hand on Qin Mo's shoulder and looked into his eyes seriously, "You lost to me this season, and you said that you will definitely win against me next season."
Qin Mo didn't speak, but his face became paler.
The boy couldn't help worrying: "Your face is so ugly, are you sick?" He stretched out his hand to touch the other person's forehead, but the other person avoided it stiffly.
"Xiao Han." Qin Mo raised his head and interrupted him, looked straight into his eyes, and said calmly, "I made this decision, and I have my own reasons, so don't ask any more... hit you hard Let's play, see you later." After saying that, he turned around and walked away quickly, as if he didn't want to stay here for a second.
"I heard that goodbye has another meaning in Chinese—never see you again." Xiao Han turned around and stared at his back, "What do you mean by 'goodbye'? You don't plan to come back ?”
"..." Qin Mo's back stiffened slightly, but he didn't answer the question, and continued to walk forward quickly.
"I will wait for you to come back!" Xiao Han said loudly, "When we meet again one day, you can defeat me with your own hands!"
"That day won't happen." Qin Mo didn't stop, he walked through the long corridor as fast as if he was fleeing.
The golden sunlight in the evening elongated the boy's lonely figure, and his thin back looked thin but proud.
—He only left his proud back to his best friend and opponent when he was young, but he didn't let the other party see the tears in the corner of his eyes.
Xiao Han stood where he was, watching his back disappear into the end of the light.
"There will be that day." Xiao Han said firmly, "I'm waiting for you."
Qin Mo, a talented young man from the Wind Color team, announced his withdrawal from the club due to a rapid decline in his condition, and ended his short e-sports career with a simple apology.
Qin Mo, who once represented the national team in the World Series and won the championship, is a rising star that many people are most optimistic about. Everyone expects that one day he will grow into a new generation of e-sports masters, and become the pillar of the Fengse team like his master .
However, this boy, like a shooting star gliding across the night sky, fell and died before he could really shine.
***
Three years later
"The Conquest Guild is preparing for the Dubu Rivers and Lakes summer vacation new area, and is stationed in Xijiangyue, the first telecom area. Welcome everyone to join!"
"Haoran Guild has settled in Dubujianghu Netcom District 1, welcome brothers who show loyalty to join the guild!"
"..."
The news that "Unique Jianghu" is about to open the public beta immediately exploded the major game forums like a thunderbolt, making the forums that had been silent for a long time suddenly become active.
Different from other domestic online games, "Unique Jianghu" is connected to the latest VR visual system.
The so-called VR is the abbreviation of Virtual Reality, which means "virtual reality". Interactive experience. This technology was initially used in industries such as medical care and tourism. Later, with the development of technology, VR games gradually entered the public's field of vision. However, in recent years, VR game works are all small stand-alone games, and the large-scale online game market is still blank. .
This large-scale online game "Pibu Jianghu" with a real 3D perspective developed by Tianhuan Game Company has attracted widespread attention in the game circle since the project was established. It is said that "Pibu Jianghu" uses the latest VR system to connect the terminal, allowing players to feel the game environment more realistically, and the picture in front of the player's eyes will become vivid, as if they have traveled to the game world in person.
Today is the day when "Unique Jianghu" starts a comprehensive public beta.
The game adopts the time charging mode. Players need to purchase an identity card to register an account and recharge the game time. This identity card is the player's ID card in the game world.
Due to the good publicity effect in the early stage of Dubu Jianghu, it is extremely popular before the public beta, and the identity card on the official website is almost sold out. The courier brother often finds this kind of exquisite carton when delivering goods these days-the four chic and elegant characters of "Unique Jianghu" are printed on the front, and there is a transparent film in the lower left corner, through which you can clearly see There is a card inside.
There are so many couriers like this, even the courier brother knows that this is the identity card of the game "Unique Jianghu".
"Hello, Mr. Qin, I'm delivering a courier, please take the time to pick up your courier at the south gate of the community."
Less than ten minutes after the text message was sent, a young man appeared at the gate of the community.
The young man is about 1.8 meters tall, wearing a white short-sleeved shirt and light brown slim-fit trousers. When walking from a distance, his straight and slender legs are very eye-catching. His hair is neatly trimmed, giving people a particularly refreshing feeling. His facial contours are almost comparable to those of big stars in movies. His facial features are exquisite and beautiful, and his slightly raised peach eyes are impressive. However, although the young man's eyes were beautiful, the gaze in them was extremely cold, and there was no expression on his face, making him seem extremely difficult to approach.
"Hello, I'm here to pick up the courier, and the recipient is Qin Mo." The young man said lightly.
"Oh, is it this?" The courier brother immediately handed him the box.
"That's right." The young man lowered his head to verify the delivery information, took the box and signed and left.
Just looking at his handsome appearance and neat clothes, he looks like a business executive or a fashion model, so why is he so keen on playing games? The courier brother scratched his head in confusion, and watched his thin back quickly disappear into the community with some doubts.
***
After returning home, Qin Mo immediately went to the study to open the game's official website, took out the ID card in the envelope to register and activate, and bought a year's worth of game time to recharge the card.
There is still a period of time before the opening of the new server, Qin Mo carefully checks the settings of this game on the official information site.
Tianhuan Game Company has obviously spent a lot of effort in the production of "Unique Jianghu". The school setting is very novel, and it does not follow the Wudang, Emei, Tangmen and other martial arts schools that are more common in the previous "Wulin", but is completely original. A brand-new sect system was established.
There are currently eight sects listed on the official website, and each sect has two training routes, with very diverse ways of playing.
It was noon in a blink of an eye. Qin Mo went to the kitchen and cooked a bowl of glutinous rice balls to fill his stomach. Then he opened the downloaded game login account and entered the "Xijiangyue" server in the first area of China Telecom.
The realistic game CG is playing in front of your eyes like a movie—two top masters are fighting fiercely in the depths of the bamboo forest. The verdant bamboo forest, the snow-white sword light, the sound of clanging weapons, coupled with the rendering of background music, soon Introduced people into this whole new world of antiquity.
After the opening CG is over, the initial appearance and brief introduction of the eight sects immediately appear in front of you, as well as a prompt window—please choose the sect you want to join.
In his youth, in order to match the lineup of the Fengse team, Qin Mo used the player ID of "Shepherd" to play as a summoner for several years. His master used to be a world-class summoner player. He learned a lot from his master. In addition to the gameplay of summoning, he also has a very deep understanding of the common occupations in the game.
Now that I have changed to a new game, starting from scratch, I can naturally change the gameplay.
Thinking of this, Qin Mo no longer hesitated, and chose a melee swordsman profession that was completely different from the previous summoners - Hanhua Sword School.
Press the confirm button, select male as the gender, and a man wearing a white gown and holding a sharp sword appears immediately in front of you. Qin Mo made some simple adjustments to the character's face, and then pressed to the next step.
—Please enter a character name.
Qin Mo casually tapped an ancient style ID: Mohen.
——Welcome "Mohen" to join the new world of Dubu Jianghu, enter the queue of Xinshou Village, please wait, the number of people in the queue is 1756...
It only took more than ten seconds to create the character just now, and the queue was more than 1,700. It can be seen that there are a lot of players who entered Xijiangyue, the first area of Telecom at the same time.
Qin Mo turned around and made a cup of coffee, drinking it slowly while waiting in line.
He never drinks coffee with sugar, and the slightly bitter taste on the tip of his tongue can make him more awake.
Coming to the game "Unique Jianghu" is a brand new start for him, and it is also a brand new opportunity he gave himself.
Ten minutes later, Qin Mo's little swordsman finally managed to squeeze into Xinshou Village.
The name of this place is Luojia Village. It is dusk at this time. Under the sunlight, the sparkling river seems to be sprinkled with countless golden diamonds. The sky in the distance is rendered into a beautiful golden color by the light of the sunset. The color is red, and the thatched huts arranged neatly from south to north in the village make the whole village look orderly, and you can clearly hear the calls of sheep on the hillside not far away.
Under the effect of the VR system, the scene in front of me looks extremely realistic—the green mountains, green water, rivers, and flocks of sheep, all of which seem to be close at hand, as if I have come to this ancient world in person.
This kind of picture effect is absolutely top-notch in the country. No wonder this game is so popular. The number of followers on the forum has exceeded 10 million, and it has even attracted many wealthy e-sports clubs to settle in.
Qin Mo gave the 3D virtual system a good review, and squinted his eyes to enjoy the immersive view of the village at dusk.
—Please follow the system prompts to set the game buttons.
A soft female voice sounded beside her ear, and a reminder window appeared in front of her at the same time. Qin Mo carefully looked at the prompts that popped up on the screen. As he knew before, this game has two operation modes, one is keyboard and mouse mode (consistent with traditional keyboard online games), and the other is a relatively new one. Light screen touch mode.
The game operator has equipped Dubu Jianghu with a special light-screen touchpad. Players can set custom shortcut keys according to their preferences to release various skills. The forward and backward movement operations and camera switching all use fingers to slide the touchscreen Methods.
In the online game world where the keyboard and mouse are the main modes of operation, light-screen touch control is considered a huge innovation. However, in a high-intensity battle, while sliding the touch screen to control the character's movement, and releasing various skills at the same time, it is easy for people to be in a hurry and lose sight of the other. It is precisely because of this that the sales of the light-screen touchpad connected to Dubu Jianghu are not good, and more than 95% of players are still used to playing this game with a mouse and keyboard.
But at this moment, Qin Mo had a beautifully designed touch screen panel by his hand.
The edge of the liquid crystal panel in the connected state shone with a soft blue luster, and the shining blue light made his fingers very white and slender.
The official setting guide suggests that players should set the touch screen to a 3×3 nine-grid pattern, but Qin Mo set the operation panel to a 4×4 grid, with a total of sixteen keys.
—Compared to the official nine-key setting, there are seven more keys.
A warning immediately popped up in front of him: "There are too many touch screen buttons, which may make the operation too complicated. Are you sure about this setting?"
Qin Mo pressed "Confirm" with a calm expression.
The LCD screen under him was immediately divided into small squares of four by four horizontally and vertically by thin blue lines, and blue light like water ripples began to appear around the technologically designed touch screen panel.
The young man's face looked a little pale under the blue light, but at this moment, a long-lost, bright brilliance suddenly appeared in those black and clear eyes.