novelraw Chapter 3 The Real Game
Chapter 3 The Real Game
Thinking it over, [Blooming Prosperity] clicked "yes", and another line of small text appeared on the official website.
[Click to show serial number]
After copying and forwarding the serial number to IE, Huakai Fugui discovered that IE had already created the small group. There were only four people in the group: IE, Zhukoushangdefeng, Gugugugu, and Huakai Fugui.
The wind and gurgling sounds above the pig's mouth are the same old pig and Sigu that Huakai Fugui mentioned. At this moment, the two are communicating with IE. Like Huakai Fugui, they suspect that IE has joined a fraudulent company.
However, once Ai actually posted the download link, all three of them clicked on it.
The three of them asked in the group chat at the same time, "Why is it only 10MB?!"
Why is it only 10MB?!
It's worth noting that nowadays, any game, even just a launcher or downloader, has a storage size of at least 100MB.
[New technology was used.]
Although the three of them didn't believe Ai Yi's answer at all, they still chose to download it.
It was only 10MB, and it downloaded and installed instantly.
The character "花开富贵" (Huā kāi fù guì), lying in the game pod, instantly enters the game after clicking download.
Please enter the serial number.
[Verification Successful]
Game connection successful;
Character 1# loaded successfully;
The game begins.
There is no character customization interface, and not even a start screen.
The moment the flowers bloomed and wealth arrived, all I felt was a blur before my eyes, and then I felt a solid touch beneath my feet.
They're in already?
A gentle breeze blew across my face, taking away the slight burning sensation on my skin.
The fresh air made him take a deep breath and subconsciously cast his gaze into the distance.
A bright, clear blue sky held a blazing sun slowly rising high above. It wasn't Earth's sun, for that sun was several times larger than the Earth's.
At this moment, Hua Kai Fugui stood in a secluded valley filled with towering trees, with a colossal dragon skeleton, as large as a mountain, lying above his head.
At this moment, Hua Kaifugui's heart is surging with emotions.
real!
Unparalleled realism!
Flawless authenticity!
It's an immersive experience with all five senses.
As a veteran gamer with forty years of experience, having played everything from pixelated graphics to virtual reality, he was momentarily unable to distinguish between a game and reality.
He reached out and pinched his cheek. The pain, weakened by the system, made him realize that he was indeed playing a game.
Playing a truly groundbreaking game masterpiece with 100% realism.
Compared to this game, that so-called groundbreaking masterpiece, "Under the Stars," is utter garbage!
The blooming flowers and the promise of wealth brought tears to his eyes. Wasn't this the kind of game he had pursued all his life?
"Wow, that's amazing! This is 100% realistic! IE wasn't lying!"
Behind the blooming flowers and the promise of wealth, a magnetic voice rang out, causing him to turn around involuntarily.
There stood a human man with long limbs and handsome features. He had deep features, brown hair and brown eyes, wore light armor, had two bone short swords at his waist, and a bone longbow slung across his shoulder, with bright red muscles wrapped around it.
Hua Kai Fugui didn't recognize this guy, but judging from the tone of his voice, he guessed who he was—the wind in the pig's mouth.
"Old Pig, is that you?"
The man, who was excitedly looking around at the world, then noticed someone in front of him and looked at the burly middle-aged man who was as big as a small mountain with suspicion.
The burly man had a chiseled face, wore heavy black armor, and carried a black giant sword with writhing veins on his back.
His entire body stood there like a wall, exuding an imposing aura without being angry.
"Wow, Brother Hua? How come your character is so muscular?!"
"It's random, right? This game doesn't have a character creation system; you just enter the serial code and go straight into the game... I remember before entering the game, the system prompted me to set up character 1, right?"
"Oh, I see! I think I heard something about character setting 2 loading, but the game loads so fast I didn't pay much attention."
"I...I am number three..."
Beside her, a petite girl wearing a black leather robe spoke up timidly.
She had golden hair and blue eyes, and her face was exquisitely beautiful to the point of being almost otherworldly. In her arms, she held a staff made of two sections of white bone, and at the tip of the staff, which resembled a dragon's claw, she grasped a constantly rotating crimson eye.
"Wow, Sigu, your character doesn't seem like a good guy!"
With that weak and submissive tone, it was obvious without even guessing that she was actually babbling away. I subconsciously started teasing her about her character model.
"I... I didn't want to... After entering the game, I became like this..."
Besides, neither you nor Brother Hua seem like good people, do you?
Yes, this game has a problem with its aesthetics!
At this moment, in addition to their handsome appearance, the equipment they were wearing also looked quite striking.
But you can't blame Ai for this!
Why is it that the [Gluttonous Dragon] only has the power of flesh and blood and not the power of elements?
In order to prevent players from appearing naked in the game, Ai Yi could only create weapons and equipment made of flesh and bones!
However, the veteran gamer didn't really care about these questions. It was only after seeing that there was no other movement around that Hua Kai Fugui asked with some doubt.
"How do I play this game? Is there no tutorial?"
The wind on the pig's mouth and Gugu Gugu were also completely confused. There was no opening animation or story introduction. The two of them just lay down in the game pod and found themselves here!
Now they only have three questions about life.
who am I?
where am I?
What am I supposed to do?
Just then, a clean and crisp voice rang in my ears.
"Hey, hey, hey, Brother Hua, Old Pig, Si Gu, can you hear me? If you can, please nod."
The three nodded in unison.
"Here's the thing, I'm using IE. Since it's a game, we'll skip the character creation and naming stages for this closed beta test and start the game test directly with the preset characters."
This closed beta test only tests combat and environmental interaction. I have marked all the test mission points on the map. You can go to the mission points to test or explore freely.
By the way, just silently say "I want to open or close the game panel" in your mind, and you can open or close the game panel. The game map, inventory, quests, etc., are all in the lower right corner of the game panel... Okay, that's about it for the game tutorial. The rest is up to you to explore. Have fun playing!
As soon as the words were spoken, the three of them, Hua Kai Fu Gui, looked at each other in disbelief. This was probably the most perfunctory game tutorial they had ever encountered, if not the most ridiculous.
IE is a terrible game planner!
But you can't blame Ai for this!
He's a third-year chemistry major at a third-tier university. Aside from playing a lot of games, he knows absolutely nothing about game design or planning!
"Brother Hua, what do we do next?"
Looking up at the robust Hua Kai Fu Gui, the pig-headed creature seemed to ask for help, "Sometimes, if a game is too free, players will lose the desire to play."
Hua Kai Fu Gui didn't reply immediately, but silently thought, "Open my game panel."
A minimalist game interface appeared before Hua Kai Fu Gui's eyes. In the upper left corner was a long bar displaying HP/MP/SP, and in the upper right corner was a mini-map. In the lower left corner was an empty world chat, and in the lower right corner were several modules combined together—map, character, quests, and more.
He reached out and clicked the map icon, and a map that looked like a satellite image unfolded in front of him.
The screen above looks like a game from a cannery, densely covered with various icons.
The phrase "When flowers bloom and wealth arrives" only made my liver ache slightly, as if I could see a future where I was spending money on in-game purchases while others were spending their lives.