Chapter 1 The exhausted work party chooses to become an NPC(1/2)
Dear player, you have completed the creation of your character, and the game board of "The Void" is about to be opened for you. Currently, you can choose three entry methods to start writing your legend:
1. The Legend of the Brave from Another World. Choose to become a brave chosen by the gods of the three major camps. Initially, you can choose some of the corresponding gods from the three major camps. The gods will grant the player the right to change classes and specific skills as the agent of the corresponding god.
Possibility of learning. The fixed basic profession is a different-world warrior, a character who receives divine orders and has clear beliefs. His birthplace is random and he has clear mainline (godly orders) tasks. However, his camp and beliefs cannot be changed easily.
Second, the hero legend of adventurers. At the beginning, you can choose the object of your faith or become a nonbeliever, and you can choose your birthplace and the basic occupation corresponding to the area of your birthplace. Depending on the occupation, there are clearer main line tasks of the occupation. With the main line of the occupation
Upgrade to start a series of adventures. The purpose is to improve yourself, challenge different secret realms, and obtain higher rewards. You can change your camp and belief.
3. The role-playing legend of Aboriginal people (NPC). Choose to become any basic functional NPC with a level no higher than level 5 in the first-level town or second-level village where you were born. Have the innate ability to use certain infrastructure or equipment.
Permission, camp and belief are set with the fixed identity of the basic NPC and can be changed later. During the game period, you must perform the fixed periodic duties and tasks of the NPC, otherwise you may lose your career and permissions and bear certain adverse consequences. In addition, there are no main tasks.
You can explore freely. The income from the use of infrastructure belongs to the player, and the favorability of all NPCs in the town or village in the initial birthplace is increased by 500.
Wang He looked at the three options in front of him, raised his chin and fell into deep thought.
The time goes back more than four hours before entering the game.
"Life is like a game, but you often have no choice." Wang He murmured to himself, sitting on his chair in the company, looking at the darkness outside the window.
Suddenly, he lowered his head and slowly stirred the coffee in the cup with a spoon. Looking at the brown ripples, he seemed a little uneasy.
There is no other reason. Today is the open beta day of the most popular virtual reality game "The Void". The open beta opening time is set at 7 p.m.
As the game that Wang He had long wanted to open for public beta testing, he had been mentally prepared and vowed to remove the obstacles that prevented him from entering the game immediately.
He even worked at home all night last night to complete today's scheduled work in advance.
However, plans can never keep up with changes.
Near five o'clock in the afternoon, the company leader called and arranged an urgent work task for him.
If he still wants the job, he must finish his job first.
Wang He is 26 years old this year. After working for several years, he has long been accustomed to working overtime, and working from nine to nine has become the norm.
He sighed heavily, no matter how tired he is, who doesn't want to live?
He is just an ordinary office worker, so where does he have the capital to compete with reality?
At around 11 o'clock in the evening, Wang He said hello to his juniors who were still struggling, gave him tips on how to improve work efficiency, and then left the company.
At half past eleven, Wang He finally arrived home. He quickly took a shower, changed his clothes a little, and then eagerly entered the game connection room dedicated to "Void".
In the middle of the 22nd century, science and technology developed rapidly, virtual reality technology was widely used in various fields, and virtual reality games emerged in endlessly.
But this "Void" is different. Its manufacturer is not a small domestic private enterprise, but a game company with strategic significance jointly invested and established by the governments of major countries.
The manufacturers' overwhelming, money-burning advertising campaigns that have swept the world, as well as the unrealistic game promotional videos, all demonstrate their strong production capabilities and unparalleled gameplay.
In addition to spending about two months' salary to purchase a dedicated game connection warehouse, there is no additional cost, and the manufacturer even made it clear that there are no in-game purchases.
As an old player who has played many virtual reality games, Wang He is keenly aware that the current purpose of this game is simply to attract popularity.
This puzzled him, where is the money-making point of the game?
For a good game to enter a virtuous cycle, it must have enough customers to consume to support its operations.
Putting aside the things he couldn't figure out, Wang He shook his head. The top priority was to enter the game as soon as possible.
After all, there was already a gap of more than 4 hours between him and the first batch of players.
Dive...Dive...Done.
There was nothingness all around, and the only thing that caught Wang He's eyes was a throne that was faintly glowing.
On the throne, a figure wearing dark silver armor, whose face and gender could not be distinguished, suddenly asked him a question.
"Which plane are you from?"
This voice seemed to penetrate his soul, making Wang He not only shocked but also excited.
He was very curious and gave the game 10,000 positive reviews for this unusual experience.
In the past games, they were all hosted by beautiful goddesses, and their selling points were all about selling meat and cuteness, and there were also some lottery draws at the beginning.
The current entrance screen is simple, direct and mysterious. For him who pursues balance and gameplay, it is the best experience ever.
"Your name is?"
Before he could answer the previous question, the voice entered his mind again.
As this question was raised, fire suddenly lit up around him, and Wang He found himself and the throne surrounded in the middle of a sea of fire.
A line of sight fiercely locked onto his whole body, and a feeling of heat and suffocation suddenly hit his heart.
Wang He took a breath and did not look directly at that line of sight. Instead, he recalled the introduction of the game on the official website.
The world of "Void" is divided into three major camps, lawful, neutral, and chaotic, with belief and good and evil value systems.
On the map, it is divided into two major world sectors: the Western Civilized World and the Eastern Civilized World, each with its own different humanistic ecological system and extremely complex mythological system.
In addition, outside the two major civilized world plates, there are still a large number of unexplored areas, commonly known as the wilderness world.
Because it is a global game, the problem of player language is like other international virtual games. It will be translated into an in-game common language that the other party can understand, so there is no problem in communication.
In terms of occupations: it has an extremely huge occupational system, with at least thousands of occupations. Generally speaking, it seems to be similar to the traditional war mage, animal husbandry. However, the specifics vary according to different regions and mythological systems.
To sum up, it combines the characteristics of many games and has its own unique features.
What is special is that in this game, as long as you meet the triggering conditions of the profession, all professions can be obtained. However, there is only one basic profession that can be acquired innately.
And there are no so-called hidden career advantages. As long as you know the conditions and try to meet them, it can be said that everyone can obtain them.
Moreover, all professions are balanced, and each has its advantages and disadvantages.
In Wang He's view, how to effectively and rationally use the characteristics of professions is the core gameplay of the game.
As for more detailed information, he, who is not an internal beta tester, naturally has no idea.
It is said that the internal testers of "Void" have been strictly screened, and the official does not allow any internal tester to publicly disclose in-game information.
This adds a sense of mystery to the game, and Wang He can only make analysis and judgment based on some superficial information.
After thinking for a moment, Wang He replied with the name of the character he wanted to create: "Abel."
He was used to playing martial arts and fairy world games in China and was doing pretty well. This time he decided to experience the gaming style of the Western world.
It seems that he randomly picked up a Western name that seemed pleasing to the eye at first impression, but in fact Wang He had his own considerations.
Since it is a global game, choosing to join the Western civilization world will inevitably lead to more contact with foreigners. In order to carry out tasks more conveniently in the future, it is the best way to do as the locals do.
"Then, let's make a choice."
Following Wang He's answer, that majestic voice sounded again.
At this moment, all the surrounding scenes were wiped out, and in the void, a character exactly like Wang He's real world appeared.
In front of his eyes, a floating translucent panel appeared, and the text displayed inside was some necessary options, settings, and instructions.
The first thing he had to choose was the world where he was born. Wang He did not hesitate and chose the world of Western civilization.
Immediately, a column of text popped up on the screen, regarding the determination of race.
You have selected the Western Civilization world as your birthplace. Next, you can choose from the following basic races:
Humans, elves, half-elves, dwarves, orcs, halflings, vampires, ghosts.
Wang He, who was used to playing with the human race, chose the human race without much thought.
His reason is simple. Human race has the highest universality in any game and is easy to play.
Regarding the introduction of other races, Wang He read through it without leaving any omissions, and silently remembered it in his heart for future reference.
After browsing, Wang He nodded, as expected.
Judging from his browsing experience, there is not much difference between race and traditional Western fantasy games.
After he finished selecting, the panel began to change, showing two types of values.
One type is the freely allocated additional attribute points for characters, the number is 20.
One type is appearance adjustment points, the number is 10.
Regarding the settings of the character's appearance, in addition to gender, height, body shape, appearance, etc. can all be adjusted.
The appearance points, after Wang He's simple test, can be regarded as a quantitative adjustment of a certain degree of a single item.
For example, 10 appearance points means that you can adjust the height within 30 centimeters, the body shape within 30 kilograms, and the appearance of an average person to a handsome guy.
Minor adjustments such as hairstyle, hair color, and eye color will not consume appearance points.
Wang He doesn't care much about his appearance. In his more than 20 years of life, apart from being told comforting words such as "You can still look good after a long time", there is nothing special about him.
To put it bluntly, in reality, he is just an ordinary person.
But as a player, he will think about how to use points rationally and adjust the character to his advantage.
Wang He spent 2 appearance points to adjust his face, which was originally a little stiff and cold due to long-term overtime work, into a slightly gentler one.
He evaluated himself, and he seemed to be a good person and quite trustworthy.
Even if an acquaintance sees it, they can only comment like "it looks a bit like it, but it doesn't feel right." This can perfectly conceal one's true appearance.
To be continued...