Chapter 1072 "Online Basics" (1/2)

I am most afraid of the air suddenly being quiet.

Looking at Ye Shi and Lao Bai, whose expressions were becoming more and more subtle, Chu Guang coughed lightly.

"Just say something, or I'll feel awkward."

You know how to be awkward!!!

Ye Shi roared in his heart, and his toes had already dug out four bedrooms and a living room in his shoes.

This guy is the first NPC to appear since the closed beta server was launched.

He is also the most NPC-like person in the entire game.

Before, they also felt strange, why the operator upgraded the intelligence of all NPCs, but did not upgrade the intelligence of this initial NPC... but never thought that this guy was a real person from the beginning.

Of course, the video released by Dr. Principle later proved that other NPCs were also real people.

Ye Shi coughed lightly, breaking the silence between the three people, and said with a nonchalant expression and a laugh.

"Fortunately, it's not the most embarrassing... I just said some dirty words at most."

Some players will treat this guy as a tree hole and confide some real things.

After all, this guy is the only one who can understand what players say according to the setting, and he is also the manager of the alliance and is far away from everyone's daily life, like a person from another world.

In addition, he has such a high favorability but can't seduce, so he must be useful, right?

There are also "pragmatists" who think of him as a diary.

In short, these guys are probably embarrassed and want to commit suicide now.

If they can't beat this monster, they might have taken ruthless action, right?

Looking at Ye Shi who was forcing a smile, Chu Guang understood what he meant by embarrassment.

In fact, this is exactly why he hasn't shown up in the "closed beta server" these days.

emmm...

What should I say?

It's really not easy to face.

Let's give his cute little players some time to exercise their toe muscles.

"So... you are A Guang? The A Guang in the group?"

Lao Bai's reaction was quite normal. He just talked to him in a very ordinary way, just like an ordinary young man who couldn't let go when a large online game guild met offline for the first time.

"Yes." Chu Guang smiled faintly, looking at him and made a joke to liven up the atmosphere, "Don't be so reserved, we have known each other for so many years, and we used to play PUBG together. By the way, this is a rare opportunity, do you want to form a team together?"

"I have no objection." While saying this, Lao Bai had already sent the team invitation.

The three of them joined the team and switched the voice to the team channel that only teammates could hear.

He thought Chu Guang was going to whisper something to them, but he saw that the latter had an eager expression on his face, as if he really just wanted to play a game happily.

However, Lao Bai was only surprised for a while, and soon he was relieved.

Hiding from all familiar people, carrying the huge mission alone, and gradually understanding everything in the process...

Ye Shi only saw the superficial embarrassment, but he saw the ash-like exhaustion left after the candle burned out.

And this heavy weight is equal to the glory on his shoulders.

He may really be tired.

Lao Bai's Adam's apple moved, and a smile appeared on his face.

"How about the LV5 Leech Cave? I heard that it is more suitable for novices... By the way, what level are you?" Chu Guang laughed. "Me? Haha, I just finished the novice tutorial, of course I am LV3 like you... It seems that Ye Shi has to guide us." Ye Shi couldn't help but complain. "Fuck! You are a dog planner, you can get the level you want with just a flick of your finger." Chu Guang smiled lightly and shook his head. "That's different. It's not impossible for me to upgrade to the maximum level directly, but the game loses its meaning." Ye Shi couldn't help but complain. "What's the meaning of this?" "How can it be meaningless?" Chu Guang smiled and said in a teasing tone, "For example... Did you get together with Xiao Jiang because of psychic power, or because of the things you experienced together during the adventure?" Ye Shi looked aside embarrassedly, not knowing whether he thought of something, and suddenly blushed and couldn't speak. Lao Bai thought seriously for a while, looked at Chu Guang thoughtfully and said. "So... is this also the reason why you selectively keep the truth of Plan 404?"

"Yes," Chu Guang nodded and admitted it straightforwardly, "I not only selectively kept many things from you, but also selectively kept many things from myself."

Ye Shi asked in confusion.

"Why? Wouldn't it be better for everyone to face it together after confessing? Including open cooperation-"

"That's the ideal situation. The reality is 1/776 of failure... I have tried the methods you envisioned, but they did not produce the expected results. As for why, there are many reasons."

Looking at this naive young man, Chu Guang used the most relaxed tone to lightly pass over those imperfect endings.

The most regretful thing he had after watching 776 BEs was that he should never have the idea of ​​"as long as... then..."

Every year in the wasteland era, the survivors living in the wasteland faced unprecedented situations.

Lao Bai said thoughtfully.

"'If I told you what happened, nothing would happen' right?"

"That's right." Chu Guang nodded with a smile, a light of appreciation in his eyes.

"Although I'm a little curious about what the future will be like, it's good to think about it now...I suddenly am not so curious anymore." Lao Bai grinned freely, looked at Chu Guang and said, "But it's really Unexpectedly, you are actually A Guang... so your real name is also Chu Guang? "

Chu Guang thought for a while.

"How should I put it? Strictly speaking, I only know you in the beta universe,"

Ye Shi swallowed, suddenly remembered something, and then said.

"By the way, can you connect to the Internet in this world in that world?"

Chu Guang said with a smile.

"Of course, that kind of thing is not easy. I can even open a small account and meet you offline. How about you, do you want to treat me to dinner?"

Facing this shocking news, Ye Shi felt that his brain was a little confused for a moment, and his hands unconsciously placed on the back of his head.

"I'll think about it...wait, shit...you mean...people from the wasteland can also come here?"

"And you can come and play "Reality OL" as a 'player'. Are you scared?"

Looking at Lao Bai and Ye Shi who were completely stunned, Chu Guang smiled and said softly.

"So you'd better not tell others, so as not to cause unnecessary panic."

He has no interest in forming an immortal army in the beta universe, and then using the technology from the wasteland to conquer the world... If he really did this, Dr. Principle would probably think he was crazy.

Because there is no point in doing so.

For people in the People's Federation era, the concept of "human civilization" has been born in their consciousness.

Especially for people who have experienced the catastrophe at the end of the Prosperity Era, they have a deeper understanding of this concept...after all, that catastrophe destroyed everything they once owned.

These special experiences destined them to be unlikely to ruin the future of human civilization in order to become secular kings.

The same goes for Chu Guang.

However, the beta universe is still in its own historical process after all, and it is impossible to expect contemporary countries to relax their vigilance against the "morphogenic field".

It will take some time for the people living in this universe to understand him and the similar but different human civilization behind the void and about the α universe.

The public beta server of "Wasteland OL" is a good medium.

Before that, it would be better not to make too much publicity that people from the α universe can descend to the β universe as "immortal bodies".

As for guessing, that kind of thing never matters, everyone can come up with their own guesses.

Anyway, there are always people whose guesses are more exaggerated than the truth.

"Doesn't this mean that objects in the wasteland can be brought to reality..." Ye Shi muttered quietly, and his eyes towards Chu Guang gradually became hot, just like a son seeing his adoptive father.

Chu Guang said with a smile.

"Of course it is allowed, as long as you sign a confidentiality agreement...and this is also the reward I leave for you to pass the customs."

Ye Shi: "I'll sign! I'll sign the prostitution agreement! Hey, wait, if I repeatedly jump between the two worlds, doesn't that mean I can live forever?!"

Chu Guang thought for a moment and said in a non-joking tone.

"It's possible, but you'd better consider it carefully. Just borrowing a clone temporarily is another matter. As for complete time travel... I can't guarantee that after you die in this world, you will still be you when you are reborn in another world."

The soul is an abstract thing, after all, it cannot be seen or touched.

Even if spiritual energy is awakened, you cannot truly capture its entity, you can only touch its echo left in a specific place.

Not to mention repeated horizontal jumps.

Even if it only jumps once, it is too heavy for life to bear.

And this is also the reason why many residents of "Vault 404-β" hesitate to go back——

It is possible that they did not travel back in time, but died in this world and then regenerated themselves in another universe.

Like an android uploading its mind to a circuit board.

If it is to save civilization, of course they are willing to pay this high price... After all, they all voluntarily followed the professor to participate in Project 404.

But if it's just to go home...

It seems that there is really no need to "suicide".

After all, there is no longer their home there, and at most they can only find their descendants, or their spiritual continuation.

Rather than saying that they want to return to the α universe and live a good life, it is better to say that they just want to see the world they saved and see the lives of the younger generations in the new era.

Strictly speaking, the beta fissioner who inherited the identity of "Professor" did not solve this problem, but simply left the problem to the residents of "Vault 404-β" to think for themselves.

This is indeed something they should think about themselves.

However, in line with the principle of not leaving anyone with regrets, the kind and kind-hearted Chu Guang still came up with a compromise plan and handed it over to Dr. Principle for implementation.

The program was codenamed "Homecoming."

Researchers stranded in the β universe do not have to die again, but lie in a specially designed life support cabin and travel to the α universe through the morphogenetic field just like the players.

And he goes back as a player.

To be honest, Chu Guang sometimes admires himself.

Although he doesn't understand those complicated technical principles, he can use his wonderful imagination to make these complicated things come true.

In fact, in the middle of the year, he also tried to get researchers from the β universe to jump to the α universe and then jump back using similar technology to get rid of the void bug.

It's just a pity that the operation of this bug was not successful. It seems that the conscious body can only jump once, and cannot continue to fission infinitely in the same universe like a chain reaction.

This may also be the reason why the professor launched beta fissioners into multiple beta universes.

Looking at Ye Shi who fell into silence, Chu Guang continued with a smile.

"If you just want to live longer, there is no need to go to so much trouble. You can just lie down in the cultivation chamber in this world and suspend the body's metabolism in reality."

Ye Shi said in surprise.

"Can something like this be done?"

Chu Guang smiled and nodded.

"Of course it can be done, but it's still too early for you... Let's wait until you send your relatives away and lie in the coffin as old as possible."

Lao Bai looked at him and continued.

"Let's not talk about our affairs...what are your plans in the future?"

Chu Guang smiled and thought for a while.

"Well... maybe I will continue to be my game planner? I don't know. I haven't thought about things that are too far away. Maybe I need to take some time to think about it. In short, I have gradually handed over the affairs of the alliance to the citizens of the alliance. ”

"As for now, I just want to play games quietly."

…

"Wasteland OL" public beta server, the gate of Boulder City.

Punk-looking mercenaries and wastelanders come and go in the ruin-style market.

Traders dressed like humans and dogs stood under a shabby iron shed and shouted. On the scrawled table were weapons, armor, parts, medicines, synthetic materials, and various daily necessities or supplies. The iron cages on the side were different depending on the server. Put different things.

Sometimes it’s people, sometimes it’s mosaics.

Generally speaking, the modeling here is relatively restored. Whether it is the yawning militiamen standing in front of the checkpoint, or the Far Wind Hotel that "comes out of the mud but remains unstained", they are all similar to the real situation in the α world. Carved from the same mold.

The only changes are the scale of the bazaar and slums, and the transaction currency is no longer chips but Y coins that circulate throughout the server.

The generative AI and AI trainers of Ideal City have added a large number of level 10 to 30 tasks to the outer city of Boulder City.

Not knowing this, they also referred to a series of works such as "Boer the Awakened" and connected these massive branch lines on a main axis called "The Revolution in Boulder City", weaving an epic main plot and opening. The branches and leaves are scattered like a huge mission tree in the wasteland.

Players can stand on the side of the changers, gain order points by completing a series of tasks, unlock a series of landmarks including "Survivor Daily Newspaper Office" and "Inner City Ruins", and change the map while promoting changes in Boulder City. As well as the spirit and appearance of the npc.

In addition, players can also stand in the inner city and complete a series of tasks to inhibit the growth of order points and prevent the progress of the expansion pack.

Or maybe the two are not helping each other from the perspective of the wastelanders.

After paying the gold group's reward, Fang Chang went straight to the gate of Boulder City.

Maybe the programmers of Ideal City couldn't imagine why they had to pay money to enter the city. Maybe it was to take care of the players' gaming experience. The classic one-chip city tax was cancelled, and the door was no longer closed after the sun went down. The yawning level 50 militiaman didn't even look at him.

Without spending any more time here, Fang Chang went straight to the Queen of the Night Bar - it was the largest intelligence gathering center outside Boulder City during the Heika rule. It was also the place where he first met Dolly, who was still an intelligence dealer.

It was 8pm and the bar was packed with scantily clad dancers and people looking for fun.

He stretched his neck and looked in front of the bar for a while. His long gaze followed the crowd for a long time, but he didn't see his familiar figure.

Just when he was confused, a waiter walked up to him and asked with a smile.

"Sir, what would you like to order?"

"I'm looking for another lady named Dolly."

"Dolly? We don't have anyone like that here."

"I know, she is not your employee, she is an information dealer here."

As soon as Fang Chang finished speaking, the enthusiasm on his NPC's face cooled down at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Ah... mercenaries? Tsk, this city is full of such things. I sincerely remind you, don't get in the way if you don't order a drink."

Looking at the waiter who turned to leave, Fang Chang was stunned for a long time. After coming back to his senses, he scratched the back of his head in embarrassment.

"The NPCs in this game are so real..."

Perhaps he was too impatient. He subconsciously regarded the NPCs in the game as real NPCs and went straight to the subject to achieve his goal. As a result, all the gaming habits he had developed in the closed beta server were left behind, but the result was that It had the opposite effect.

Think about it too.

Which bar would take a good look at a "bao snoop" hiding in its own bar and snooping around on personal privacy?

It's like a cockroach in the kitchen.

Considering that there is also ecological balance in the shadows, the staff usually just turn a blind eye and ask directly with an unfamiliar face.

At least order a drink and ask the bartender, or buy the dancer here a drink...

Fang Chang took a deep breath to calm down his impetuous mind, then walked to the bar and sat down.

"One glass... no, two glasses of lemonade..."

The bartender glanced at him, deducted 20Y coins from his account with his eyes, and then, as if by magic, he conjured two glasses of lemonade and placed them on the bar.

Fang Chang picked up one of the glasses and took a sip.

And at the same time as he put down the cup, a beautiful emerald green shadow swayed from the corner of his eye, and the fluffy tail of his swaying hair was like the succulent hair in midsummer.

"You're looking for me?"

Her charming eyes were like those of a cat. She was sitting in front of the bar at some point, her fair cheeks leaning against the backs of her metallic hands and arms.

The moment he saw that face, Fang Chang felt his vision blurred, as if he had returned to many years ago.

"Dolly..."

Unable to contain his excitement, he subconsciously stretched out his right hand, wanting to touch her hand.

However, an invisible wall of air stood between the two of them. His index finger was always one centimeter away and could not touch it.

The sudden movement startled Dolly, and the calm expression on her face instantly turned into astonishment, and she jumped off the bar stool like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.

"Hey, hey, hey...what are you doing? I'm an information dealer and I don't do that kind of thing."

The bartender behind the bar continued to clean the glasses, turning a blind eye to the commotion in front of the bar.

The same goes for other NPCs around.

It seems that as background, they did not trigger dialogue and did not participate in the plot.

"Dolly...I...I see, the memory is not real, so it is actually just a mirror image of the clone." The expression on Fang Chang's face kept changing. Sometimes he was heartbroken, and sometimes he seemed relieved, or he murmured something strange to himself. s things.

Startled by this yandere look, Dolly took a few steps back tremblingly.

"Hey... do you understand human speech? A pervert who is interested in the smell of engine oil? Thank you for not hating my mechanical arm, but if you're in heat, it's better to call a girl."

Fang Chang shook his head, looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar face affectionately, and showed a smile that he thought was so handsome that it gave him goosebumps.

"I'm only interested in you. Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Fang Chang, and I am your husband——"

[Warning: Continuous unceremonious sexual contact, NPC "Dolly"'s current favorability is -100, favorability level: disgust]

[Warning: The favorability level is lower than neutral (-10~10), and the task cannot be triggered. 】

When Fang Chang came to his senses, the glass of lemonade he ordered earlier had been splashed on his face.

Blinking in confusion, Fang Chang stared blankly ahead, and the familiar figure had disappeared.

gone……

"...Is this the feeling of falling out of love? Although I am mentally prepared, it is still a bit heartbreaking."

Twisting his wet bangs back, Fang Chang sighed with a sad look on his face, sat down on the bar stool next to him, and said to the bartender behind the bar.

"A glass of the strongest wine."

The bartender nodded silently, and after a fancy operation, he slapped a crystal glass on the table like magic, and at the same time ignited the high-concentration wine with a lit match.

The clear and highly distilled liquor is swaying with light blue foxfire, and the bottom of the cup is filled with spherical ice cubes, like a work of art.

At the same time, the light blue holographic pop-up window that facilitated the public beta players' gaming experience appeared in front of Fang Chang.

[Consumption: 150Y coins]

[Get: Burning Fountain]

[Explanation: The flames falling from the sky conquered the burning steel, respect the true warriors! (Commemorating the Burning Legion’s conquest of the Heart of Iron)]

[Effect: All attributes -50%, duration 10 minutes. 】

[Note: Do not try this in reality. 】

By the way, at this point in time, the Heart of Steel is still floating in Luoxia Province, right?

But whatever.

Fang Chang smiled nostalgically, inserted the iron straw in the tray into the burning fire, and drank the hot flames and clear liquor in one gulp.

It's an amazing feeling.

It was as if what he was drinking was not hot liquor but a warm fire.

"...It's obviously a virtual reality online game, but does it even simulate the feeling of being drunk?"

"The sluggish feeling is the same as the closed beta, but it always feels like something is missing."

Just as Fang Chang was savoring the wonderful feeling, a familiar voice suddenly appeared in front of him.

This person is no one else.

It is the trumpet with a big eye for debt and a small eye for sudden wealth.

"Fang Chang?"

Fang Chang raised his head and glanced at him in surprise.

"Why are you here too?"

Upon hearing this question, "Big Eyes" suddenly showed an embarrassed expression on his face and smiled.

"What do you mean I'm here too? Aren't you asking knowingly... Speaking of nostalgic servers, normal people would think of the Queen of the Night Bar in Boulder City, right?"

Since the collapse of the inner city, this bar has disappeared along with the bustling streets outside.

Looking at the big eyes with a "you know" expression, Fang Chang pressed his eyebrows with a headache.

"No...normal people don't have such details. I think it's better for you to apologize to normal people."

"Okay, okay, stop talking nonsense, I know you are noble," Lidou Dayan put his arm on his shoulders, leaned close to his face and winked his eyebrows, "I said, don't you wonder which one is more realistic, the public beta or the closed beta? ?"

"...Is there any need to be curious?"

"Normal people would be curious!"

"Hurry up and apologize to a normal person!"

Seeing that this guy obviously had too much to drink, he folded his arms and sighed, shaking his head.

"No more nonsense, just drink here, I'm going on an adventure."

"Go on, go on," Fang Chang made a driving movement, then suddenly raised his head as if he thought of something and called out to Big Eyes who was about to walk to the second floor, "By the way, have you turned on the accelerator?"

Big eyes froze for a moment.

"Accelerator? What is that? Can't you play with the helmet on?"

Fang Chang's eyes suddenly changed from disgust to care, and his tone became much softer.

"Nothing, it's okay."

Debt-eyed: "...?"