Chapter 44: Logging into the game
It took about three days for General Bai to go through all the information he could gather, which gave him a deeper understanding of the [World Tree]!
The World Tree has a large number of players, with over 2 billion concurrent players at its peak and counting!
Even governments around the world are pushing the game in a big way!
In general, if it is a game promoted by the state, there should be many people who follow the trend to play!
The same can be said for the game, which saw a skyrocketing number of sign-ups and over 3 billion simultaneous players in the first few months of its operation!
As for why it's not as popular as it was when it first started?
This is because this game is so real that many players find the game experience too bad!
So why is a game that is real and can make players immersive, considered by the majority of players to have a poor game experience?
In fact, you can understand it if you think about it!
It's because the game is so real!
As a player who grew up in an era of peace, you have entered a dungeon full of dangerous riots, think about it!
An ordinary person, even in the face of a fierce thug rushing towards you, will instinctively feel scared!
If someone takes out a gun and points it at you, you will definitely be scared and your legs will go limp, and the more timid ones will pee directly!
If you upgrade these things a little more!
If you enter a scene with a terrifying monster rushing towards you, and you've never experienced those scenes, you'll only be stunned except to be scared!
Not to mention asking them to take up arms and rebel!
If the game's graphics are obviously flawed, and people know it's fake at a glance, then the average person can even laugh and wave their fists and rush up to beat it!
But sadly, this game is too real!
It's just once or twice, and maybe someone can't stand it!
About half a year after the service was launched, it ushered in a wave of recession!
As for why it is said that it will be half a year before there will be such an obvious tide of retreat, it is because they are ordinary players, very different from white and black, and in the most open period of time, the enemies in the dungeon are just humans!
When dealing with your own kind, you will feel scared, but you will not panic!
And once they get past the stage of ordinary humans and start to appear non-humans, they can't stand it!
And in that short period of one month, nearly 500 million players quit the game!
Then it started to slow down, and it wasn't until two months ago, when the number of players was almost fixed, that there was a trend of picking up again!
From a gaming point of view, this is not a successful game!
But Bai knows that this is not just a game, it also has a deeper meaning, but what it is, Bai can't answer!
Although he got some inside information, it was impossible for others to tell him everything!
So he himself is half-understood!
In the past few days of Bai querying information, the newcomers in the castle have completed the creation of character cards and the first official copy!
He heard the news while he was eating in the restaurant, while the kids were talking!
They had a lively conversation, completely different from the children who had been sent in before!
Bai saw the vitality in them, and he didn't want to be lifeless like the children who came before!
When I was with them, Bai didn't take the initiative to talk to them, and they also didn't have the idea of getting closer to Bai, forming their own small circle, and it seems that Bai is now divided into three parts!
A boy with a big head, a boy with a mental retardation, and a boy with distorted facial features, the three of them are a small group!
Girls with atrophied legs, girls with distorted facial features, and girls with an extra hand are another group!
The rest of the girl, who looked very normal, was alone, probably because she looked different from them, so she was excluded!
Moreover, this girl is also the only newcomer who will greet Shiro after meeting him!
In this regard, Bai Ye only responded politely, and he would not talk to her because of this!
I had just turned off my computer that had not been turned off for three days, and I was about to take a break, when there was a knock on the door of Shiro's room!
"Come in!" Shiro responded, then turned around and faced the door!
The door opened, and the only girl who looked normal walked in!
Bai had expected this, and he didn't feel much surprised!
"What's the matter?" Looking at the girl who had just walked in, he asked.
Shiro didn't know the girl's name, and she didn't know if she had a name!
Because there have been newcomers who have no name to enter this island before!
"Well, in the game, can I ask my brother to team up with me?" The girl asked, a little embarrassed.
"Why do you think I'm going to play that game?" Bai was silent for a while and said lightly.
"How so? I feel like you're already in that game! As she said this, the girl walked a little closer to Bai, her eyes were slightly bright, and her eyes were full of anticipation!
Bai didn't respond immediately, after Bai heard her words, his eyes narrowed slightly, and after a while, Bai's pupils shrank sharply, as if he saw something!
"Alright! My in-game nickname is 'Xiluo'! Bai agreed to the girl's proposal, and he was also about to try a multiplayer dungeon, just taking advantage of this opportunity!
"Okay! My in-game nickname is 'Bailey'! Because I don't have a name, you can call me that nickname in reality! Seeing that Bai Bai agreed to her proposal, Bailey was very happy, "Then I won't bother Brother Xiluo!" See you in the game! ”
After saying that, Bailey turned around and walked out of the white room, and closed the door with her hand!
Until Bailey disappeared, Shiro's eyes never left her!
"Bailey...... Is it red? Looks like she's lying! Looking at the closed door, Shiro chuckled lowly.
For multiplayer dungeons, Shiro doesn't have much confidence, because he still lacks powerful attack methods!
Now firearms can only be used to harass him, and melee combat is impossible to fight for a long time because of his body, and the newly obtained undead summoning technique, the level is too low, whether it can be successfully summoned is still a question, not to mention whether the summoned things can form combat power!
The only attack method that can be used is the mental impact effect brought by the effect 3 of [Magic Sin], but this effect has a fatal drawback, that is, it attacks indiscriminately, and it also has the same damage to allies!
Unless your allies are an Abyssal Race or an Abyssal Fallen!
As for developing Bailey into an abyssal depraved like himself, he doesn't even have to think about it!
He didn't even know how he had fallen, so how could he let others fall?
In this regard, Bai didn't have much to do, so he didn't think about it anymore, closed his eyes, and began to rest!
About three hours later, Bai Cai logged into the game for the first time in a long time!
Appearing in the personal room, Bai inexplicably felt a little relaxed!
After staying for a while, Bai opened the copy layout, it's okay not to look at it, this time, Bai is blind!
Because all of his options for entering the dungeon are locked, and he can't click on them at all!
However, he soon noticed that among the quest options, a new option appeared - [Special Exploration Dungeon]!
And this option is not locked, that is, only this option can be chosen!
Seeing this, Bai's brows furrowed, and soon he thought of a very interesting news from the previous investigation, about ten days ago, a special exploration dungeon suddenly appeared in the game, which lasted for a month!
But there's no information about other quest options being locked!
You can still enter other dungeons!
The reason for the black household!
This is the only possibility that Shiro can think of!
At this moment, a prompt popped up in the system and interrupted his thoughts!
[Adventurer "Bailey" asks to add you as a friend!] 】
[Do you accept it?] 】
I didn't expect her to move so fast!
Bai didn't hesitate much, and chose to accept!
[You have become friends with the adventurer "Bailey"!] 】
[It has been recorded in the address book, you can go to find it!] 】
After seeing this prompt, Bai immediately opened the address book, and sure enough, there was an extra name on the originally empty page!
None other than Bailey!
The next moment, the system prompt popped up again!
[Your friend "Bailey" has asked to communicate with you!] 】
【Accept it or not!】 】
Of course, Shiro chose to accept!
He also needs to talk to Bailey about teaming up to enter the dungeon, because his other dungeon options are blocked and cannot be entered temporarily, so he needs to negotiate with Bailey about the time to enter the party, so as not to get an embarrassing atmosphere because of the situation here!
Although he doesn't really care about that, it's a basic quality as a person!
"Ahh Brother Xiluo, did you see that special quest? No sooner had Bailey's projection been transmitted than she spoke.
"Yes! See! Bai replied lightly.
"Brother Xiluo, can you discuss something?" After hearing Shiro's response, Bailey immediately clasped her hands together and said with a pleading look on her face.
"I see! Wait until this quest is over and then team up! After seeing Bailey's application, Shiro immediately understood what she wanted to say, so he agreed without even thinking about it, which also happened to resolve the embarrassment that he couldn't enter other dungeons!
"Brother Heluo, are you a god?" Bailey didn't expect that Bai would think of her thoughts so quickly, and her face showed shock, and then turned to surprise, "It's great!" ”
"If nothing else, I'll hang up!" Bai said.
"Okay! Good bye! After Bailey's happy response, the communication was hung up!
"The IQ is not low! Is it a genius type? After turning off the communication, Bai muttered and fell into deep thought slightly.
But he quickly came to his senses and set his sights on the [Special Exploration Dungeon] option!