In this world, there is a beginning, and there must be an end, and this is true of people, heaven and earth, and the same is true of an online game.

First tested in December 2012, this side-scrolling multi-dimensional fighting game developed by Everbright and carrying countless hopes and dreams attracted wide attention from the gaming industry, and was even considered the first of the ten greatest games of the 21st century.

However, with the merger and acquisition of Everbright by Penguin in 2014, the balance of the game was completely broken, and the once technical online game was soon reduced to a money-burning online game, although by 2015 it had also entered the era of virtual helmet operation, but due to the popularity of plug-ins, serious internal number theft and other reasons, the number of online users has been declining, and even broke through the daily online number of less than 100,000.

With the announcement of the official website of Penguin Inc. in October 2016 to stop all maintenance and updates of "Characters and Talents Online", sensitive players have been aware of the end of this game, so the once incomparably expensive high-level character cards have gradually become a rotten commodity in the auction house, and the glory of the third world is gone forever.

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In the early morning, the sky was just dawning.

The sleepy-eyed Lin Nan got up from the bed, grabbed the half bottle of Coke placed next to the computer desk and poured it into his neck.

As the cold liquid slid down his throat and stomach, Lin Nan was a little more sober, reached out and pressed the power button under the host, put on a virtual helmet, and started the computer.

I'm afraid it's getting closer and closer to the time for "Characters and Talents Online" to be closed, this game that has accompanied Lin Nan for four whole years and made him invest countless efforts and energy, but now it has reached the last moment, so Lin Nan can't help but want to seize the time and appreciate it for a while.

Logging in to the account, password, and entering the brainwave password through the virtual helmet, Lin Nan once again entered the familiar interface, chose the only gorgeously dressed male character on it, and logged in.

Unlike all other online games, Characters & Talents Online can only register one character per account, and the gender of the character is exactly the same as the identity information you fill in when you register, which is also one of the eye-catching highlights of this game.

As the buffer bar slowly read through, Lin Nan's character named "Lin Sanshao" finally appeared in the familiar Third World Lu Realm.

Characters & Talents Online is a multi-faceted side-scrolling fighting game set in reality, based on modern times. And the so-called Third World Realm is actually no different from the real World Realm, and it can even be said that almost all the scenes in the World Realm can be reflected in the Third World Realm, so the too vast map is also considered one of the big failures of "Characters and Talents Online".

However, there are many players who appreciate this, and Lin Nan is one of them.

Walking on Guangliang Avenue in Yanjing City, the capital of the Third Realm, Lin Yi first came to the auction house and took out the seventy-two high-level character cards that he had just won for one gold coin yesterday.

The core content of "Characters & Talents Online" is to obtain various levels of character cards, so as to activate and use the talent attributes of the characters on the cards to strengthen their abilities.

For example, at the peak of "Characters and Talents Online", Lin Nan saved a month's commission to buy a third-level Bruce Lee character card, and then as long as you activate the character card at any time, you can instantly obtain Bruce Lee's natural ability, so this card is also one of the most expensive character cards at the beginning, second only to the piano genius Chopin and the basketball emperor Jordan.

In "People & Talents Online", there are more than 300 character cards in total. There are modern characters, ancient characters, and some legends or fictional characters, but since half of them are cards that can only be purchased and used by female characters, there are only about 150 cards that male characters really need to collect. …,

However, just these one hundred and fifty cards, it is already extremely difficult to collect, Lin Nan has been playing since the internal test, and has only collected less than seventy cards until now, of which there are only ten third-level cards, most of which are first-level and second-level cards.

The level of the card is also divided by the talent attributes of the card characters, for example, such as Jordan, Maradona, Bruce Lee and other characters who have achieved great achievements in their respective fields, all belong to the list of third-level cards. Like many chicken rib characters in history, or small people who are not famous, they all belong to the first and second level cards, but among the first-level cards, there is one card that Lin Nan likes very much, that is, the card of the historical figure Pan An.

Pan An's card talent is affinity, which can make him and all female NPCs reach a full value of 100 points when activated, at this time, as long as you talk to any female NPC in various places, they have a certain chance to express their affection to you, and may even give you some game items.

Of course, the probability of sending game props is very low, I'm afraid it won't even reach one thousandth, otherwise it won't be just a first-level card, but this doesn't affect Lin Nan's love for this card, and there is nothing to tease and tease NPC cuties, which is also a kind of fun for Lin Nan when he is bored.

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One by one, activating the character cards he had just auctioned off, Lin Nan was excited at first, but then a little lost.

If it weren't for the fact that the game was about to be shut down, a civilian player like him who refused to spend a penny would not have been able to collect so many high-level cards for another three or four years.

It wasn't until after activating the last card of the singer Zhang Yusheng that Lin Nan's card book flashed, and then the system prompted in red: "Congratulations on successfully obtaining the title of King of Cards, rewarding experience points of 55,000 and three fatigue elixirs." ”

"Fatigue Elixir?" Lin Nan smiled bitterly and pursed his lips, directly discarded it, and threw the three bottles of fatigue medicine on the road.

The game has reached this point, who still has the heart to brush the map, so seeing Lin Nan throw the precious fatigue medicine on the ground, none of the people passing by stopped.

"Sad." Lin Nan sighed, opened the card book, and looked at the last card one by one.

Ford, the king of automobiles, Stephen Hawking, a genius in physics, and Luo Geng, a genius in mathematics...... Looking at these cards that he had never gotten before, Lin Nan felt a lot of emotions in his heart, but at this time, an ordinary second-level card suddenly attracted Lin Nan's attention, and he saw that it read: King of Memory--- Zhang Song.

"There is even this card...... Lin Nan curiously clicked on the card to introduce, only to see dozens of words written on it: Zhang Song, a Shu strategist during the Three Kingdoms period of my country, has a glance and ten lines, and the ability to never forget, activate this card, you can remember all game events, last for 48 hours, cooling: none.

"No wonder I haven't paid attention to this card before, it turns out that the talent attribute is so chicken, no wonder no one is willing to spend money to buy it." Lin Nan muttered casually, and then turned the previous page of the card book, ready to activate the Pan An card and tease the NPC cuties.

As a result, before he could click on the card, a shrill alarm suddenly sounded in the game, and a line of red letters popped out directly above the screen.

"There is an unknown error on the server, please take all players offline immediately!"

"There is an unknown error on the server, please take all players offline immediately!"

"Damn!" Lin Nan took off his helmet and cursed, reaching out to restart the computer. But suddenly, there was a sudden boom in the sky outside the window, and then, Lin Nan felt a buzz in his mind, and the surrounding scene was also distorted.

"What's the matter, could it be that I had a cerebral hemorrhage in a moment of excitement?" Lin Nan was shocked to feel the changes in front of him, but the next moment, the surrounding scene flew backwards like a rapid slide, and then, his eyes went black and he lost consciousness.