Chapter 1 Nonsense, I Don't Play Female Numbers

In City H, a young man in his twenties was staying in his rented house, holding a game helmet in both hands, with a suspicious expression on his face.

And beside him, there was also a young man of similar age, who said to him with a hippie smile:

"Pope, let's play with this, give it a try, it won't hurt anyway."

His real name is of course not Pope, but Diego.

It goes without saying that the surname Di comes from his parents. Those who were not involved in the Tianxiang sect lived in the same town. The marriage of these two childhood sweethearts with the surname Di whose grandparents were brothers and sisters a hundred or two hundred years ago was also quite smooth. Needless to say whose last name.

He didn't know if his ancestors had anything to do with the famous Mr. Di Ge. Neither of his parents had such a thing as a family tree.

as for the name

Diego didn't think it was a good idea to take a word from the two names "Yanan" and "Chongge" and mix them together.

But it's true that it sounds better than "sub-heavy", "heavy Asian", "male-heavy", "heavy male", "Nange", "Ge Nan" or "Geya".

From the name, his nickname of "Pope" should not have much connection.

The nickname related to religion is probably the guy in front of me. I read a little about the history of religion published by a marketing account, and I called him "patriarch" from the homonym "Jacob", "Jesus his ancestor" and other nicknames.

But there is only one person who calls it that.

Because this guy called him "Patriarch" and "Jesus His Ancestor" nicknames, Diego borrowed the Bible and wanted to find out why this guy called him that. This thing was seen by this guy and other friends , After erroneous rumors, the legend that "Diago often goes to church to pray" evolved, and then there was the title of "Pope".

Probably because of this opportunity, he studied a very partial subject—Historical Folklore when he was in college.

Abbreviation——

folklore.

And his main research direction is more partial, the development and changes of religion, myth, legend and epic in folklore.

He would go to study folklore, and it was indeed because of Lu Xiushi at first, but later he felt that the research in this field was really interesting, so he chose it instead of randomly choosing it.

This guy with a hippie smile is Xiushi Lu. Out of revenge for wearing this nickname, he chatted with the other's father, investigated his experience, and wanted to find something embarrassing. The result was quite ordinary, and his name was just "" Only by cultivating one's moral character, regulating one's family and governing one's country can one become a master in the world." In his impression, these sentences were not concatenated together.

Shaking his head, Diego no longer thought about these things, but held the helmet and asked Xiushi Lu with some doubts:

""Witcher Sequence"? Is this a historical game? Is it a fantasy theme?"

Hearing his words, Xiushi Lu, who understood what he meant, couldn't help but slap his forehead:

"You old bastard."

"I'm not old fashioned."

Diego smiled awkwardly:

"I just prefer historical virtual games"

Virtual reality games, for young people in their twenties, not to mention playing more than a dozen, but there are always a few. Diego is not an old antique, although there are relatively few types of virtual reality games he plays, He has played more than 20 games so far. Although it is not as good as Xiushi Lu's record of more than 30 games, he can barely be called a heavy player.

"I know." Xiushi Lu sighed, "I finally came here, what's the matter with you playing with me? Boom~~"

The young man named Xiushi Lu showed a rather disappointed expression.

Even though he knew that his bad friend was just pretending, Diego couldn't help but nodded helplessly: "Okay, okay, don't cry, let's play with you."

Diego's answer made Xiushi Lu chuckle inwardly.

Of course, the relationship between the two is very good, and he will not use this trick to ask Diego to do difficult things. Besides, Diego is not stupid. Before another friend was brainwashed by pyramid schemes, he asked Diego for "help" , Diego decisively called the police and sent the idiot to be detained for fifteen days.

After Xiushi Lu muttered a few words in his heart, he also looked at the helmet and the introduction on the side.

Unlike his name, he prefers various western themes, such as witches, magicians, steampunk, knights and the like.

But the Pope likes all kinds of subjects related to folklore, especially religion, mythology, legends, and his professional direction.

Since the development of virtual reality games, there have been various game themes.

Historical themes, such as the European Middle Ages, the Victorian Era, or the era of the Industrial Revolution, China's Spring and Autumn Period, the Three Kingdoms Era, the American Civil War era, etc., are relatively well-known popular historical themes.

There are also some relatively small themes, such as the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms of China, and the Byzantine era in Europe.

However, after all, the difficulty of studying history in games is much less than that of overhead themes.

This Wizard Sequence is a game that has just opened. Master Lu wanted to play it, but he also heard that although the background in this game is fictional and has nothing to do with reality, it is quite complicated.

Many clues need to be found in the myths, legends, history and even rumors of this game.

This is a headache for Xiushi Lu. The pv teaser and publicity of this game are quite good for him, but he is not good at these.

He can do all kinds of political struggles, conspiracies, and other things that affect people, but he doesn't like this kind of boring research on historical myths.

Therefore, he thought of his best friend.

Very good tool man.

"Pope, Pope, help me this time, next time I will find you interesting games about history, mythology, and religion."

Xiushi Lu, who regarded his best friend as a "tool man", was slightly ashamed for 0.5 seconds before returning to normal.

At this time, Diego picked up the game introduction book on the table and flipped through it:

"When the game starts, players can freely choose any one of the 22 sequences as the initial sequence. What is the sequence?"

After reading an introduction, Diego raised his head and looked at his friend.

"Sequence, in simple terms, is a profession, similar to ranger, mage, warrior, etc." Xiushi Lu replied.

"Oh, I understand." Diego nodded, and then continued to read the introduction, "After collecting, solving puzzles, fighting, taking risks, and trading, you can collect enough and suitable materials, and through suitable methods, let The lowest sequence 9 is the lowest sequence 9? Isn't there 22 sequences?"

"No, there are a total of 22 sequences, that is, 22 occupations, but each sequence starts from sequence '9', and then upgrades upwards, from 9 to 0, a total of ten levels, a bit like upgrading. No, it should Said it was a job change? Nine job changes."

"Oh, that's right." Diego nodded.

After muttering, he continued to browse the introduction book.

At this time, Xiushi Lu suddenly leaned over, and pointed his finger on a hideous demon abstract painting icon:

".Pope, I'm going to choose the 'Devil' sequence, I think this is very cool."

"Devil, then I also choose the demon sequence?" Diago tilted his head.

Although Xiushi Lu didn't say anything, he was very aware of the pissing nature of his bad friend, and the reason for looking for him was presumably to catch a strong man and get him to help.

Since it is to help, if Xiushi Lu wants to choose which demon, then he can also choose the demon sequence.

His gaze moved to the introduction. Speaking of which, the number 22 should have a special meaning, right? Is it the Kabbalah Tree of Life or the Tarot Cards? Or both?

Western-style works related to mystery, magic, and rituals are basically related to the Kabbalah Tree of Life. After all, this thing can be said to be the origin of Western magic culture.

There is more or less a relationship between the Tarot itself and the Kabbalah tree of life system.

Moreover, there is a card in the devil. Tarot card is "the devil".

His gaze flicked over the game introduction. Although the sequence was mentioned above, it didn't mention the description of the sequence, or even the name of the sequence.

At this time, Xiushi Lu also answered Diego's question aloud:

"No, no, let's create a character first. After creating a character, look at the character's settings to choose a sequence. After creating a character, set up attributes and background, then choose. You can try the sequence of 'Gambler'. "

It feels a bit boring for two people to play the same game.

"Create a character? Is it similar to the coc running group? Is it also a running group system game?" Diego looked at the page of creating a character in the manual, talking to himself, then put on the helmet and lay down on the bed.

"That's right." Xiushi Lu also picked up his helmet, put it on, and lay down on the sofa next to him.

[Mercury II virtual reality game helmet, can touch any virtual reality game on the market]

[Note: The maximum pain level of this helmet is 4 levels]

The moment he saw the prompt, the so-called level 4 pain flashed through Diego's mind——

Level 4-6: Unprepared fall from a height of about two meters, hitting tendons on the knee and elbow, gastroenteritis.

Although it is a virtual reality, the transmission of pain will actually cause people's body to respond. Too much pain may even cause various diseases in the body. This is something that has become common sense since the development of virtual reality technology. .

But advanced pain is not something he can think about, it costs too much money.

On the other hand, advanced pain represents the fineness of the senses. Those 18 adult virtual reality games have various advanced touch simulations, and can even specifically adjust the sensory fineness of certain parts.

But more expensive equipment is required.

He has no money.

Ordinary helmets can only be adjusted to level 4 pain.

Moreover, just like the helmet's code name, this helmet is quite low-level. In terms of temperature measurement function, it actually uses an old thing like a mercury thermometer.

Mercury thermometer? How old is this technology

Helmets with various infrared temperature measurement functions are everywhere now, and mercury is still a bit dangerous to say the least.

But the advantages are still some such helmets are cheaper!

It’s almost 1,000 yuan cheaper. Of course, the difference between a mercury thermometer and infrared temperature measurement is not that big, and there are other functions.

Speaking of which, the helmet Xiushi Lu used seems to be the latest one?

A local tyrant is a local tyrant.

But Diego is not envious. Although the upper limit of pain is only level 4, which is not realistic enough, but the same, using this helmet, even if it is the heaviest injury, it will not cause too much pain.

The moment the connection prompt jumped to 100%, a huge mirror appeared in front of his eyes.

At this time, a hazy figure was reflected in the mirror, and no outline of the figure could be seen clearly.

At the same time, a huge, heavy book emerged from the dark background, and a quill appeared on the book, doing writing movements, full of mysterious atmosphere:

[Welcome to the wizard sequence, investigator 0040-0404-4444]

[You will become an investigator, investigate this mysterious world shrouded in mist, explore secrets and history, survive in this world with strength, wisdom and will, and even step to the top]

[Now, record your information to avoid being forgotten by history. 】

【Your gender? 】

Do you even need to think about it? Of course it's a man, and I don't play with women.

Afterwards, Diego began to pinch people.

When his pinching operation came to an end, after communicating with Xiushi Lu and asking what the "Fast" family was but only got an answer that he didn't know, Diego continued to pinch people in the car and opened the Pre-order the special Dlc of the game or the gift pack of pre-order——

[The ancient wizards possessed powerful power, but as time passed, the wizards who possessed powerful power eventually withdrew from history. No one knows the reason for their disappearance, but their powerful secret technique and wizard meditation with mysterious power were integrated by the last wizard into 78 sets of meditation cards, of which 22 sets are the most powerful meditation cards. 】

Wait, more than 22? 78? This is a proper tarot card.

[In each set of meditation cards, they are arranged in sequence in the order of 9 to 0. Mastering the meditation card and obtaining its mysteries will allow you to grow into a powerful wizard. 】

[However, with the passage of time, the wizard who made the meditation card also disappeared inexplicably, and the meditation card was also divided among his apprentices and his descendants. 】

Remember to pay inheritance tax.

[And you, with the help of mysterious power, got a Sequence 9 meditation card. 】

Yes, the mysterious kryptonite power.

【it is? 】

Gambler, when Diego thought for a while and made a choice, the promotion box suddenly fluctuated.

Fluctuations like water splashes emerged on the pages of the book——

【gambler? you sure?】

Sure.

【This is a world full of mystery and danger. If you want to get rid of the status of ants, you need to step into the mystery as soon as possible. 】

At the moment when Diego made a definite choice, with the next prompt appearing, Diego’s body suddenly trembled while lying on the bed, and sparks shot out from the helmet that was tightly connected to his head, making people frightened The electric current exploded from the helmet, and along with a string of sparks burst, it spread to the mercury thermometer and heart rate monitor attached to the chest.

With a soft sound, his body trembled slightly, and then he didn't move anymore.

Blood dripped onto the taupe quilt with the castle pattern, slowly staining the bed red.

Silver-white liquid flowed out of the cracked mercury thermometer.

At the same time, a voice that sounded like the roar of a madman, or the whisper of a dying person sounded in his ear:

"He knows where the gate is. He is the door, He is the key, and He is the gatekeeper."

"He, opened the door."

ps: The related setting frame of "sequence" comes from "Lord of the Mysteries" by Squid Girl, but after magic modification, it is mixed with a lot of private house rules.