Chapter 43: The World Has Changed
Although it was many years ago, there are some things that Pan Long still remembers vividly.
For example, a mobile phone tower defense game that has jumped for many years and has been criticized for many years, but after the official operation, it has soared to the sky, and the word-of-mouth income has blossomed.
The game lived on his mobile phone for several years, and even after the game ended, there were still players who made private servers for everyone to communicate and entertain.
It wasn't until many years later that mobile phones were replaced by new communication and entertainment tools, and even computers became history.
Many of the detailed settings of the game, Pan Long doesn't remember much. But many of the character settings and story plots, he still remembers them clearly.
For example, he knew this big guy with a black mask and a horn on his forehead.
The firefighting team leader, the strongest tool man, has low cost, high blocking, high defense and health, although it is a low-level character, it is the most suitable to block the enemy when needed, delaying for a crucial five or six seconds.
The difficulty of tower defense games, in addition to the hard indicator of "our combat power is insufficient", is often that the troops cannot be deployed, so that they cannot completely block the enemy, and the enemy drills into their own stronghold.
And this big guy with a mouth full of "me" is just very suitable for blocking at a critical moment, so that players can breathe a sigh of relief and deploy troops in time.
As for himself...... Anyway, if you are knocked out of the field and you won't really die, what is there to worry about?
(What's the name of that game? It seems to be called "Next Year's Ark"?)
Pan Long guessed so, but he didn't see the character panel appear.
(Looks like I misremembered the name.) Forget it, it doesn't matter, the game's character panel isn't useful anyway. )
Pan Long didn't feel much pity, because he remembered that in that game, character upgrades did not rely on killing monsters or taking risks, but by watching battle videos.
...... Where did he go to find the battle footage to watch? Where did he have the spare time to watch the footage slowly?
If you can't upgrade it, what's the use of a simple panel that doesn't provide any special skills?
The greatest value of the character panel is actually to "grow", improve attributes, learn new skills, and master new abilities...... Everything depends on growth.
If you don't have the conditions to grow, the character panel is just like that.
Letting go of the little regret in his heart, Pan Long suddenly remembered one more thing.
In that game, there didn't seem to be any earthly evil, huh?
He remembered that although there were all kinds of natural disasters in that game, there were meteorites, blizzards, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, etc., and there were absolutely no earth evils or heavenly gangs!
He had a guess when he saw several stars merge into one before he entered this world.
(Could it be...... It's actually a comprehensive world?)
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but frown.
If it's a comprehensive world, it's troublesome!
It's still a trivial thing to not get the character panel, a comprehensive world, God knows what other masters in the works besides these game characters?
If you combine a "Seven Uniques of Qiankun" or "Golden Bell Jar Thirteen Heavenly Pass" or even "Magnetic Field Rotation of 990,000 Horses" and the like, if your small body is involved in a big war, you may be swept away by the aftermath of the attack, and you will be wiped out directly and return to Kyushu naked......
Wait, that doesn't seem like a big deal!
The earth evil has arrived, and Tiangang can go back to the Kyushu world to climb the mountain. If you go back early, you can save some aura.
Thinking of this, Pan Long was relieved.
It's not a big deal, it's all good.
After figuring it out, he quietly withdrew from the ruins of the fortress and returned to the desert.
Of course, he would not disturb others in the middle of the night, so he found a stone to block the wind, wrapped himself in a blanket, and lay down.
After a little sleep, seeing that the sky was about to dawn, and hearing the sound of preparing breakfast and feeding the camels from inside the ruins of the fortress, he got up and cleaned up a little, pretended to be very tired, and walked towards the ruins of the fortress.
Walking to the door of the ruins, he gasped twice and shouted, "Is anyone there?"
Voices echoed through the ruins.
"Is anyone there? I'm the one who lit the fire on the mountain yesterday. Is there anyone here?"
Soon, a hearty voice came out: "Oh my God, you came from over there?"
As he spoke, the one-horned man walked out, and not sleeping in the middle of the night didn't seem to affect him at all, and as soon as he saw Pan Long, a smile appeared in his eyes.
"You haven't slept all night, have you? Come on in and get some rest. We have hot water and breakfast here. ”
He seemed very enthusiastic, but Pan Long couldn't help but wonder a little.
Although from the perspective of the character setting, this "low-level operator" is a warm and cheerful kind-hearted person, but this is also a little too enthusiastic and cheerful, right?
Could it be that he is a stupid white sweet?
Pan Long didn't believe it.
A person who can be an agent, even if he is just a bodyguard, can't be stupid and sweet.
"That...... May I ask who you are?"
"Oh! I screamed...... Ah, you may not understand our ghost dialect, because of the big black horn, everyone calls me big horn, and you just call me that. ”
(Big Horn doesn't seem to call this his impression??Has the world changed since the merger?)
Pan Long wondered slightly in his heart, his face didn't show it at all, he nodded, and said excitedly: "Big Horn Brother, thank you so much! I came here this night, but just for a mouthful of hot soup! These days, I have eaten wild fruits except for chewing tree bark, and I really haven't even eaten a mouthful of hot water!"
A moment later, he was already sitting in the square, holding a metal lunch box, snorting and drinking hot porridge.
"It's so delicious! I've never drunk such fragrant porridge in my life!"
"You're hungry. The short, short, blonde girl, almost as tall as an ordinary person's chest, said in a long voice, even though she had already slept, but her eyes were still hazy, and it seemed that she was going to continue sleeping.
"No, he's not necessarily hungry, I think he's eaten the bark for too long. The young man with pink hair and long droop-eared ears like a rabbit speaks very seriously and rigorously, "but his physique is obviously very good, and even the bark of a tree can be digested smoothly." I just don't know what race he is......"
Pan Long trembled in his heart, and almost missed the lunch box.
What race? Humans, of course.
But are there humans in that game?
He wasn't sure.
The player takes on the role of the main character of the game, the "doctor", who appears to be a human, but all the other characters who appear either have horns or tails, or have animal ears and scales...... Several of them don't seem to have any animal characteristics on the outside.,The background of the character standing painting after the second elitism is also an animal.。
In other words, it was actually an orc world.
Pan Long didn't know, was he, a pure-blooded human, considered an outlier in this world?
"He's a native man, an already scarce race. The tall man with the head of a snake lizard spoke, his voice a little old, obviously not young, "They have great abilities, but it is difficult to continue the bloodline. The old man has lived for so many years, and he can count the natives he sees on one hand. ”
"Primitives?" asked the lop-eared rabbit youth in surprise, "is that the race that the book says has 'absolute psionic resistance'?"
"That's right. The Primitives are the only certain race that will not fall into madness and die or become monsters because of psionic powers. "Besides that, even the Sea Clan can go crazy because of their psionic powers. ”
The lop-eared rabbit youth looked at Pan Long with blazing eyes, and his eyes were full of curiosity. He seemed to want to say something, but held back.
Pan Long thought that he might want to draw some blood for him to test, or even cooperate with him to do a few experiments and become a volunteer.
But he didn't want to!
In order to change the subject, he said: "Ladies and gentlemen, I was swept into the desert by a tornado before, and it took me nine deaths to escape from the desert and settle down on the hillside over there. Why did you come here?"
"You were swept over by a tornado?" the short girl looked at him in shock, and even the sleepiness in her eyes dissipated, "so you're not dead?"
"I was surprised myself. Pan Long smiled bitterly, "Probably luck." ”
"You've lost half your life's luck!" said Bighorn.
"I think so, too. Pan Long replied, "Then, I will be able to meet you and be saved." Probably used up the luck of the rest of my life. ”
The short girl smiled: "Isn't that the only thing that is unlucky in this life?"
"If you can survive, you will admit that you are unlucky. Pan Long said.
Everyone laughed.
These words are obviously very much in line with their hearts, for these people engaged in special work, it is the greatest luck to survive, and compared with life, other bad luck is not worth mentioning.
After laughing, everyone introduced themselves to each other.
The short maiden's name is Turin, which is technically a transliteration of the name of her race, the Dwarves.
The lop-eared rabbit youth is called Anhill, and the race is rabbit people.
The big old lizardman is called Rangier, and his race is naturally lizardmen.
The race of Big Horn is the Ghost Man.
The other two women who didn't talk much, the silver-haired one was called Electric Snake and the Dragonman, and the golden-haired one was named Franke, the Fox Clan.
The six of them are the protagonists of this line. As for those dressed in white robes, they hired guides and assistants from the nearby town of Vaivan, which is a city of lizardmen, and they are all lizardmen.
Of course, because the proto-human race is very rare, the various races often ignore the word "human" when they call each other - the ghost people can be called the ghost race, and the rabbit people can be called the rabbit race, roughly so.
Pan Long naturally introduced himself - a proto-human boy from the "Harvest Town" on the edge of the desert, with blood and names from the far east.
After listening to Pan Long's introduction, Dajiao suddenly remembered something and said, "That...... We are all brave people, so except for Anhill, a scholar, everyone else uses code names. This is not rude, we are in this business, it is really inconvenient to pass on our real names, it may cause trouble to relatives and friends......"
"Understood, understood. I've heard retired mercenaries talk about this, don't worry. ”
Bighorn then explains why they're here - they're going to find a city in the desert called "Skolap", which is said to be one of the first psionic disasters in the world, and someone has been told that the city contains technical information to mitigate psionic infections.
"Is this reliable?" asked Pan Long, pretending to be curious.
Big Horn sighed: "Reliable or unreliable, you have to look for it." Our purpose at Zion is to help and heal the infected. Even if there is only a little hope, it is worth the risk. ”
Pan Long suddenly showed admiration, but this time he was not pretending.
Anyone with the slightest insight understands the dangers of the desert, but the ability of this group of people to help others at the expense of danger, whether they can benefit from it or not, is admirable!
"I think I can help you. "On my way out of the desert, I once passed the ruins of a city. ”
Dajiao and the others suddenly perked up, and the electric snake couldn't wait to ask, "Where is that city?"
Pan Long nodded: "I still have some impressions." ”
"Then let's go, let's go now!"
The electric snake said that he was about to go out, but was pulled by Franca.
"Wait, don't worry. She smiled and said, "The city that has been reduced to ruins is not going to move, and we have enough time." Safety is paramount. ”
Next, they asked for a lot of details about the city.
At their request, Pan Long even drew a few of the more common symbols and words in the city with a pen - Anhill took out a book and compared it, and said with certainty that these symbols and words were indeed Skolap's style.
The electric snake was naturally anxious again, but was pulled by Franke again.
Then, when Pan Long told them that he hadn't had time to go deep into the city, he saw a giant tentacle. Fortunately, he ran fast and picked up a life, and everyone's expressions became solemn.
"How big is that tentacle?" asked Bighorn.
"It's hard to describe......" Pan Long said after looking left and right for a moment, "because it's a long way away—if it's not far enough, you won't be able to see me now, so I really don't know how big it is." But...... Let's put it this way, I don't think this fortress can stand up to it. ”
Big Horn looked around, estimated, and couldn't help but swallow and spat at the mouth.
Turin asked very dryly, "Captain Bighorn, can we retreat?"
"No! at least take a look!" said the electric snake first, "maybe that guy is just a silver gun wax pole head, or ...... Maybe it's gone ......"
Her voice became smaller and smaller, and it was clear that she also felt that this conjecture was not reliable at all.
"I also don't think it's worth the risk. "You can't waste your life on meaningless things." ”
"How can it be considered meaningless!If you can really find information in that city to alleviate psionic infection, you can use it!" said Electric Snake with some excitement.
Franca shook her head and put her hand on her shoulder: "Don't be stupid, don't say if we can win that guy, even if we are lucky enough to win, or if it happens to be not at home, how can you be sure that there must be something we want in the city?"
The electric snake suddenly became very lost, as if the whole person had no strength, and he couldn't speak.
In the silence, Pan Long spoke.
"If you're going to deal with that big guy, count me in. ”
In the astonished eyes of everyone, he plunged his right hand into the ground like a knife, like a sharp blade inserted into tofu, easily piercing the solid stone under his feet, and then dragging it, the stone that was three or four feet long, more than a foot wide, and more than half a foot thick was torn apart, and he took out a piece, and then pinched it into a handful of stone powder.
"I'm a very grudgeful person, that guy wanted to eat me, this revenge, I must revenge!"