"That's right, so compared to some other games that have been running around the same time, GGO seems to have a higher percentage of veteran players. ”

This Levi that Shino said can actually be seen. From entering the game to coming to the presidential palace to sign up for the competition, Levi feels like he has never seen a newcomer like himself, who is obviously new to the game and doesn't know where to go and what to do. To say that it was the long-haired player who came to sign up last with himself and Shinon, Levi happened to pay attention to the surrounding environment when the player filled out the form, and found that the player's action of operating the touch screen to fill out the registration form was not proficient and smooth, and it felt like he should be the first time to see this form like himself, not a veteran like Shino.

But then again, it's certainly impossible for this game to be without newcomers. It's just that no newcomer like Levi who has just entered the game and hasn't figured out how to play it yet, will he come to participate in the largest competition like BOB?

"It's about the same time, we should go to the preliminaries, do you have anything else to do? ”

Levi waved his hand to signal that he would listen to her, and Shino turned and led him deeper into the hall. The two walked to the wall in the deepest part of the hall, where there were several elevators, and Shino reached out and pressed the button to go downstairs.

"The venue for the preliminaries is actually underground here, so you don't have to worry about being too late like just now. ”

As Shino spoke, the elevator doors had already opened, and Levi followed her in and watched her press B20F. The underground part of the building seemed as impressive as the majestic above-ground part, and at least Lévy had never seen a building twenty floors deep into the ground.

It didn't take long to reach the twenty basement floors, and the moment the elevator doors opened, Levy's eyes couldn't help but widen in amazement.

Outside the elevator door is a large dome meeting hall as wide as the lobby on the first floor. The lighting in the venue is very dark, the floor is shiny black copper plates, the pillars are wrapped in crimson like rusty iron mesh, and the tables and chairs placed on the walls also give people a rough and simple feeling, which makes the atmosphere of the whole venue very commensurate with the overall atmosphere of the game GGO, which is a modern but decadent style that is more common in science fiction films.

The curved ceiling has several large holographic display panels. However, there was no other screen on those panels, except for the words "BOB-3-PRELIMINARY" in crimson letters on a black background, and the countdown number with twenty-six minutes remaining.

Fortunately, the metal background music in this venue was not loud, otherwise an 'old' person like Levi would definitely feel a little uncomfortable and uncomfortable, he was no longer the kind of teenager who would listen to deafening music in a dark place.

"Those are the other participants in today's preliminaries?"

After observing the environment of the venue, Lévy first noticed the dark shadows sitting or standing on the other side of the venue. Instead of gathering together like Levi's impression of the players in online games, the people were so quiet that at first glance it almost seemed like they were 'setting up' the NPCs in the background to create an atmosphere.

"Those people? yes, they're all old faces, and most of them have participated in the last BOB competition. ”

Shino casually glanced in the direction Levi had said, but nodded. The girl was clearly accustomed to this kind of scene, which was supposed to be very incompatible with her age, gender, and student status, and Shino looked a little absent-minded compared to Levi, who was looking around curiously but actually looking around seriously.

"They're pretty quiet, and the people in this game are acting a lot different from what I expected. ”

"That's what you're talking about? Well, well, that's a big difference between GGO and some other VRMMORPGs. ”

Shino clapped her hands lightly, and the excitement that only a little girl can have when she talks about something she is interested in comes up again. It's just that compared with other girls, she is still much more 'reserved', and her lively appearance is not the same.

"Most of the popular VRMMOs are mainly PVE, which is the type where players fight monsters in the game. And GGO, although there are also many monsters and missions released by the system, but in essence, this is a PVP, that is, a player-to-player battle-oriented game. ”

Shino paused slightly, glanced at Levi to make sure he understood what he was saying, and then continued: "In those PVE games, there is also a lot of competition between players, such as competing for areas with higher leveling efficiency and rare monsters that drop rare items. But this kind of competition is relatively indirect after all, and the atmosphere between players will naturally be more relaxed, because in general, the player's enemies are still those powerful monsters in the game. In GGO, the competition between players is more direct, and there are frequent conflicts between players over items. For example, in PVE games, it is common for other player groups to ambush and sneak attack when another player group is attacking a powerful monster. And when the player's ammo is exhausted, it is not uncommon to directly block the road and rob when they are even carrying optical weapons against monsters. In such an atmosphere, the relationship between players is certainly not as easy as that of players in PVE games. In particular, the equipment and items in GGO do not just represent a string of code data like other games. ”

"In the end, it's because this game can be exchanged for real money. ”

"That's right, that's it, and in the end it's money. ”

Shinon rubbed his fingers together and made a somewhat mischievous gesture to count the money. It is precisely because of these small details that Levi can see that this girl is different from other players in GGO. She doesn't care about the game's main function of exchanging real money, and is purely playing the game, not a professional gamer who makes money from the game.

"You see a lot of those people are coming to us, because you're a new face, and they're all trying to get your information. After all, it's an unexpected enemy you don't understand. ”

Of course, Lévy had noticed this a long time ago. It's not the real world where you can sense something, and everything about a character in a game is determined by various values. No matter how hard they stared, they couldn't see the values that Lévy could only see on the panel. If there are no special items in the game that provide that function.