Chapter 1: An Inexplicable Eighth Class?
Since December 1, 2022, a world-class virtual reality online game "Doomsday" has entered the game market strongly, announcing the arrival of the era of virtual reality online games. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The publishing company of Doomsday has the same name as the game.
Doomsday Inc., a mysterious company that even the governments of the world can't find out any of the details.
The stand-alone game market has fallen apart due to the emergence of virtual reality technology, and no one cares about it.
Wang Xiao, a lover of stand-alone games, threw himself into the arms of "Doomsday" because of the decline of stand-alone games and the emergence of virtual reality technology.
After the end of the game "Doom", it is natural to enter the new game "Moon Scar" of Doom Corporation.
Until December 1, 2032.
The stand-alone RPG game "Otherworld" released by Doomsday Company awakened Wang Xiao's single-player soul.
The appearance of "Otherworld", which is also a product of virtual reality technology, did not cause any sensation, although "Otherworld" is full of advertisements in "Moonmark".
This is evident in Doom's official purchase history, which has only 36 purchases.
Less than an hour after the payment, Wang Xiao had already obtained the special helmet of "Otherworld" in the hands of the delivery man of Doomsday Company, and also included a game manual.
"What will it be like, is it compared to "Moon Scarre"?" Wang Xiao couldn't wait to put on the special virtual helmet of "Otherworld".
The opening scene is a super cool opening animation, which does not cover the plot content, only cool battles and powerful skills.
It feels more real to Wang Xiao than "Moon Trace".
An hour later, the opening animation ends.
Wang Xiaozhi felt in a trance for a moment, and when he came back to his senses, he had already come to a special scene.
Wang Xiao turned into a soul body, and below was a place similar to a training ground, there were seven people in the training ground, and it was obvious that there were seven classes in this game.
And the cool combat and powerful skills in the opening animation are what they, or rather, they send out after they are powerful.
From left to right:
A man with a double swordsman holding a sword in each hand.
An archer woman with a bow on her back and a bag of arrows around her waist.
On the shoulder stood an eagle with a crossbow on its back and two small daggers pinned to its waist, a hunter woman.
A thief or assassin man with a dagger in each hand, always in the shadows.
A knight woman with a shield in her left hand and a sword in her right hand.
A priest man in a pure white robe holding a prayer war.
The last one is completely shrouded in black robes, unable to distinguish gender, and guessed according to the opening animation, it should be a magician.
Wang Xiao was a little puzzled, why are professions still divided into men and women, can't women be swordsmen, assassins, or priests?
While I was wondering, I suddenly heard the sound of the system's prompt.
"Please select a class, player gender: male, optional class: swordsman, assassin, healer. ”
Why can't a man be an archer, a hunter, a knight, or a magician?
Wang Xiao hesitated for a moment, and did not immediately choose a profession, but withdrew from the game - the thick game manual had not been read, maybe there was any useful information.
"Exit the game and ask the player to close their eyes. ”
may be because of the relationship between closing his eyes, Wang Xiao did not feel in a trance this time.
After a brief movement, he casually opened the "Otherworld" manual.
"1: There is no saving or reading selection in the game, and the in-game time is completely prohibited when you leave the game, and the time starts to move after entering the game. ”
"2: Once a character's class is selected, it cannot be changed, and the game ends when the character dies and the game cannot be restarted. ”
"3: If you don't select a character within 10 minutes after entering the game, random selection will be enabled. Note: Since the player is a soul body, the gender identity of the seven optional characters has been fixed, if the character of the gender is randomly selected, it will be regarded as the start of the game is not established, the game is over, and the game cannot be restarted after the game ends. ”
"4: All NPCs in the game are endowed with artificial intelligence. ”
"5: The player's initial class options are: Male - Swordsman, Assassin, Healer. Female - archer, hunter, knight, magician. ”
"6: Swordsman Class Introduction: ......"
"7: Assassin Profession Introduction: ......"
……
"14: Background: ......"
“15:……”
After reading the manual, I already understand why there are gender restrictions in occupations.
In this regard, Wang Xiao was speechless.
What made Wang Xiao even more speechless was that
The rest of the game doesn't have much information.
To sum it up.
Common races are: Humans, Elves, Orcs.
The territory of mankind is the broadest, and there are many countries.
The most powerful ones are the United Principality of Cangyan and the United Principality of Cold Flame.
The elves occupy the Kasumi Forest.
Orcs occupy the Barrens.
The uncommon manual only mentions dragons, angels, and demons, and nothing else.
The dragons live on the island of the dragon and have a decent relationship with humans.
The angels live in the upper realm and have a normal relationship with humans.
The demons inhabit the Nether and are hostile to humans.
Then there are the monsters that can be seen everywhere in the game, which can be understood as wild monsters.
Finally, there are seven characters to choose from.
They are all people who came to St. Bled College three years to study. (Hint: St. Bryde's College is one of the few places in the Atlas where you can train a complete career)
Now, three years later, they have completed their studies, their respective careers have been decided, and the next step is to take their graduation exams.
It is at this moment that the player enters the game.
Therefore, the graduation exam is the first main quest after the player enters the game.
After that, the situation manual is not introduced at all, and it is obvious that there are no spoilers.
It seems that this manual is not a game guide.
Wang Xiao smiled secretly in his heart, stand-alone games are his forte, and he is embarrassed to find the next stand-alone without 100% completion.
Finding a hidden mission or something was a piece of cake, so I didn't pay attention to it.
There is still more than half of the pages left in the manual.
Behind it are some historical stories, what happened many years ago, and what characters participated.
The end time is a thousand years ago, and the history of the previous one is not recorded in the manual.
Wang Xiao is clear, simply put, it is to have an in-depth understanding of the background of this game, make this game world more realistic, and increase the sense of substitution.
In fact, judging from experience, the hidden mission is likely to be hidden in this seemingly useless information.
So Wang Xiao watched it with relish.
After reading these historical stories, the time has reached twelve o'clock in the middle of the night.
It doesn't matter, although there is no such artifact as a game warehouse.
But since it is a virtual reality game, both online games and stand-alone games must have one thing in common, that is, playing games is equal to sleeping, and there will be no feeling of exhaustion.
So Wang Xiao re-entered the game after lying on the bed.
"Please select a character, there are 8 minutes and 22 seconds left. ”
As soon as I entered the game this time, I heard a system prompt sound in my ears.
Now he is a soul body, since it started with the graduation event, he just wants to choose which character to enter that character's body.
But at this time, Wang Xiao was in trouble again, after all, his specialty was archers, even magicians were involved, but swordsmen, assassins, and priests were rarely played.
Silently recalled the introduction of these three professions, and secretly compared them for a moment, but still felt that assassins and archer hunters had a little in common, after all, they both belonged to very flexible professions, and in short, they all belonged to agile professions.
The swordsman will never choose.,Because I don't like it.,And the healer's words.,Listen to the name of the profession and know it's a nurse.,A stand-alone game chooses a nurse instead of output.,Isn't that looking for abuse......
Just as Wang Xiao controlled the soul body to float down and was about to enter the assassin's body, suddenly a system prompt sounded in his ears.
When the 10-minute timer expires, the player begins to choose a class. ”
At this time, Wang Xiao, the soul body, was still some distance away from the assassin's body.
Suddenly, Wang Xiao's soul body began to be out of his control, and stopped in mid-air, and at the same time, Wang Xiao's perspective began to change back and forth in the seven professions, and after about ten seconds, the perspective locked on the magician woman shrouded in black robes.
Then, without waiting for Wang Xiao to react, he immediately rushed towards the black-robed magician woman with lightning speed.
"Damn! system, you play me, right!"
Wang Xiao wailed in his heart and couldn't help but close his eyes.
At the time of the job introduction, it was clearly reminded that the black-robed magician was a woman, and it was clearly stated in the third article of the manual that if the gender does not match, the game will be forced to end, which means that the stand-alone game of "Otherworld" is just watching a blockbuster for an hour, and you have to say goodbye to it.
But the moment Wang Xiao closed his eyes, the soul body in Wang Xiao's game did not penetrate the body of the black-robed magician woman.
Time seems to have been forbidden.
The black-robed magician, who had not moved, suddenly raised his head, and his deep eyes seemed to see Wang Xiao of the soul body.
The right hand hidden in the robe moved slightly, and a few incantations were muttered in his mouth, and then Wang Xiao's soul body disappeared out of thin air.
It was at this time that a system prompt sounded in Wang Xiao's ears.
"The gender of the character does not match, the selection fails, and the game is over. ”
……
", money is still a trivial matter, system, you give me back the stand-alone game, ah, ah, my Wang Xiao hasn't played a stand-alone game for nearly ten years!!"
Wang Xiao couldn't help but wail in his heart.
But at this moment, Wang Xiao sensed that something was wrong.
Suddenly I felt a light in my closed eyes.
It's impossible, because when you wear a gaming helmet, how can there be a bright light?
Wang Xiao deliberately opened his eyes to see the situation, and then laughed at himself, he was really too stimulated, his helmet was not taken off, and it was useless to open his eyes.
But just as Wang Xiao was about to take off the game helmet, a slightly crisp voice sounded in his ears.
"Wang Xiao, what are you doing when you suddenly close your eyes?
Wang Xiao shuddered, he had lived alone for more than three years, and he had never left anyone else at home to stay overnight, but what was the matter with this voice?
The movements of his hands froze, and he subconsciously opened his eyes and turned his head to look at the place where the sound started.
What appeared in front of Wang Xiao's eyes was.
A man shrouded in black robes.
It seems that this black robe is a little familiar.
Wang Xiao thought about it and was suddenly stunned.
!!!
'Isn't this the mage class I'm going to choose?, and then I'm kicked out of the game for gender inconsistency?'
Wang Xiao rubbed his eyes, thinking that he was hallucinating, but no matter how many times he rubbed it, the person in front of him was still shrouded in a black robe, and he couldn't see his face clearly.
"Wang Xiao, are your eyes in the sand?" At this time, another voice interjected.
Wang Xiao turned his head, his eyes staring - it was the therapist who chose the character interface to speak.
"It doesn't matter, Wang Xiao, aren't we going to complete the graduation mission?" said the archer this time.
Wang Xiao suppressed the surprise in his heart, and quietly followed the reason they gave: "The sand flew into my eyes just now, and now it's all right, let's go." ”
I thought that at the last moment, I had entered the body of a swordsman or an assassin, but after observing it, I found an even more shocking truth.
Swordsman, Assassin, Healer, Archer, Hunter, Knight, and Wizard are all in one class!
Wang Xiao was stunned.
What's going on?
An inexplicably extra eighth class?