A thunderbolt fell on the sea, and the fleeting light reflected the dark sea around the pirate ship, and the outline of the enemy ship flashed in Lin Chi's eyes.

Judging from the four ship shadows I saw just now, the Spanish Navy warship that the captain said should be the pirate ship that has surrounded them.

Although he complained about the "overly realistic design" of this VR game, Lin Chi quickly entered the state and asked loudly, "Is there anyone else?" Let's help! ”

Judging by the picture I just saw, the cannon could now hit a Spanish ship on the side, and if I didn't seize this opportunity, I might never have a chance again.

"You guys, get over here!" The captain began to growl.

Several ragged pirates came to Lin Chi's side and began to load several cannons next to him in the torrential rain. Lin Chi also picked up a cannonball again, ready to stuff it behind the barrel, at this moment-

Bang!

A deafening loud bang erupted from the diagonal front of the ship's hull, and the deck under Lin Chi's feet trembled violently, and even with the blessing of the exoskeleton, he almost fell to the ground. An unlucky pirate lost his center of gravity and flew forward, falling into the sea with the cannonball in his hand.

"Steady!"

The captain's roar was drowned out by the noise of the huge waves crashing against the hull, the pirate ship began to capsize rapidly, and the deck, which was originally "flat", directly turned into a slope, Lin Chi also relied on the strength of the exoskeleton to barely stand firm, and the captain next to the mast was not so lucky.

“Fuck……”

The girl who turned into a royal sister cursed very uncharacteristically, her body was like an octopus on the mast, and the pirates on the deck, who were already difficult to stand still, kept howling loudly, and her body slid down the smooth deck in the rain.

"I said, is there any other way?" Lin Chi shouted to the captain.

"Why, it shouldn't be so difficult!" The captain also looked very confused: "You can usually last for a long time, why did you have a situation as soon as you came?" ”

"Don't tell me it's my fault-"

Before Lin Chi's words fell, it was suddenly dark in front of him, and the picture of the VR display disappeared, and a line of red words popped up two seconds later:

GAME-OVER。

He was still in a state of blindness, and felt that the "deck" under his feet began to return to its original state, and the downpour on his body disappeared......

"What's that?"

With the lights lit up around him, he looked at the sprinklers around the play area, and then looked down at the already soaked "deck" beneath his feet. Even if he was protected by waterproof clothing, the "rain" that flowed in from the neckline still made Lin Chi feel the pleasure of being cold.

"How's it going? It seems that there are two players just now, so the difficulty has automatically increased, so it will be easier to play solo! The captain, who had just taken off his headset, said with great interest, reaching out to brush the wet hair that stuck to his forehead like noodles.

"After playing this, I finally understood why the old VR games were eliminated." Lin Chi said with emotion.

- VR games using head-mounted display devices have a limited degree of realism after all, and they require a certain amount of space to play, and if you want to pursue realism, it is easy to become like "Stormy Waves", which is a "real hardcore game" that is difficult for ordinary players to pass.

What's more, a set of equipment for a game like Stormy Waves is not something that ordinary players can afford. Except for the local tyrants in the villa with their own large game area, it is almost impossible to play VR games to this extent.

It is precisely to make it easier and faster for players to play realistic VR games that in-brain imaging games will come into being, replacing old-fashioned VR equipment.

But I have to say that playing this old game once in a while is also a good experience. If his body wasn't wet, Lin Chi would have scored his inner score higher......

"Do you have a hair dryer or something?" Lin Chi touched his instant noodle-like flowing hairstyle.

"It's broken." The captain shook his head: "You go over there and rest, in order to express your apologies, I invite you today, just play!" ”

“……”

Looking at the proud girl, Lin Chi sighed, took off the waterproof suit on his body, sat on the bench in the corner of the game hall, and waited for his hair to "dry naturally", and by the way, he brought the headphones he had just taken off.

"Did you forget to take off your clothes in the shower?" Frankenstein's spit reaches the ears.

"Just playing a game." Lin Chi lowered his head and watched the water droplets on his head fall on the floor at his feet.

Taking a dry towel from the girl, he wiped his hair, and when the water that flowed into the collar was about to be "dried", Lin Chi looked at the drone that was still circling the game hall and asked, "Are you leaving?" ”

This time, Frankenstein didn't answer his question in the headphones, but directly used the megaphone installed on the drone to emit a male voice:

"Wait a minute, I want to play a game."

"You're K23's paralyzed friend, aren't you? Can I play games with a drone? The captain stared curiously at the drone suspended in the air.

"I can control the exoskeleton." Frankenstein said coldly.

"Oh, the inductive exoskeleton, I get it I get it!" The captain slapped his head suddenly, then strode in front of Lin Chi, and stretched out his left hand to the "old salted fish" leaning on the chair:

"Hurry up and take off your clothes, huh?"

"I don't like underage girls." Lin Chi joked casually.

"Your friend is going to play a game with an exoskeleton, hurry up!" The captain said angrily.

"Is there a locker room?" Lin Chi stood up and looked at the doors in the game hall, if he took off his clothes directly in front of this girl and was seen by others, he would probably be imprisoned.

"Over there, let's go!" The girl pointed to a black door behind the counter to the right.

Lin Chi walked into the small locker room, took off some damp clothes on his body, and began to untie the exoskeleton on his body. Due to the small space here, his movements are also a little slow.

Since you're bringing Frankenstein out to play, it's a good idea to let him play games. But now Lin Chi is more concerned about another question:

"Exoskeleton plays games remotely, and that girl might be suspicious." Lin Chi whispered.

In fact, in order to prevent buyers from using this thing to rob banks, civilian exoskeletons do not support remote control operation functions in addition to their own power limitations. If the picture of an exoskeleton playing a game is seen by the media who are worried about the news, it may be crowned with a title such as "Civilian Exoskeleton Hidden Killing Machine".

"It's okay, I can disguise myself as a housekeeping robot." Frankenstein replied.

"That's not what I meant......" Lin Chi said weakly.

As he spoke, he had already taken off the exoskeleton on his body, put the close-fitting "mecha" next to the wall, and then connected the drone and the exoskeleton with a data cable.

Click!

The joints of the exoskeleton made a crisp sound, the headless metal skeleton began to slowly stand up, and the drone connected to the data cable was still floating next to the interface on the back, making the picture look a little weird.

"How does it feel?" Lin Chi asked.

"I have a body." Frankenstein's voice is still calm, but the tone at the end of the sentence seems to reveal a hint of joy.

For this "virus" that has been hiding in the Middle East in the online world, the acquisition of a body is undoubtedly a major event worth celebrating, compared with the usual use of dancing robots and small drones, the degree of restoration of the human body by exoskeletons has reached a new level.

Lin Chi knew that Frankenstein had been working towards the goal of "becoming a human", and this exoskeleton was probably the first step on its path to humanity. But before that, there's one more thing that must be reminded:

"Attention, that girl is a human being, not a machine, if you slap her to death, I will only be able to pick up soap in prison for the rest of my life."

"I know." Frankenstein answered Lin Chi's question with the drone's speaker: "I'm not stupid. ”

While speaking, the exoskeleton has moved, opened the door of the locker room with metal finger bones, and walked out with a steady pace, while the exoskeleton moved, the drone connected to the data cable also flew out, and it was suspended two meters away from the exoskeleton.

"Ah......h

Seeing this scene, the girl who claimed to be the captain couldn't help but widen her eyes: "Is the exoskeleton so advanced now!" ”

"Well, that's new." Lin Chi decisively began to lie.

"I'll play like this when I have time!" The captain hurried over to the exoskeleton and circled Frankenstein, surveying the steel body controlled by his "bed-paralyzed friend".

She usually doesn't have much contact with exoskeletons, but obviously she didn't realize that Lin Chi was lying. Frankenstein also cooperated and pretended to be happy, using the drone's speaker to say, "I'm so happy." ”

"There is no happiness in your tone." Lin Chi teased.

"Shut up."

seems to have gained confidence because of the acquisition of the "body", and Frankenstein's attitude towards Lin Chi seems to have deteriorated slightly. However, Lin Chi didn't care about this kind of thing, but just stood aside with great interest and watched Frankenstein and the captain come to the arcade of "House of the Dead 12" together.

As one of the most famous light-gun shooters in arcades, House of the Dead has always been about shooting zombies, and nothing has changed in this generation. The captain grabbed a light gun and held it in his hand, then turned to look at Frankenstein and asked, "Can you pick it up?" ”

"Of course."

As Frankenstein spoke, he had already pulled out another light gun inserted in front of the machine with his right hand, and his movements were so skillful that it didn't look like an exoskeleton being controlled remotely, and he was already close to a real person.

"I'm going to buy an exoskeleton too!" Stars are about to pop out of the captain's eyes.

"The state stipulates that minors are not allowed to buy and use exoskeletons." Lin Chi on the side reminded.

"Don't spoil the fun, it's really ......" The captain shook his head, "You can't find a girlfriend like this, K23." ”

Regarding this topic, Lin Chi had no interest in continuing at all, just sat on the chair on the right and watched the two prepare to start the game.

In the view of an old salted fish like him, who can't lift his energy all day long, things like marriage events and starting a family are not the only way to go through life, but dispensable. In addition to being extremely focused in the game, Lin Chi in real life is basically always in a state of "eating and waiting for death".

After all, he prefers adventures in the virtual world of the game to boring reality. And......

Bang bang bang!

The sound of gunfire in front of the machine in "House of Death 12" interrupted Lin Chi's thoughts, and several zombies with holographic projections pounced on the exoskeleton controlled by the captain and Frankenstein from both sides.

“Die-die-die！”

Probably because of the sense of competition stimulated in the two-player game, the captain kept shouting slogans in his mouth, and the speed of aiming was also amazingly fast, and the ugly zombies that rushed towards her were shot out of the head one by one.

Spending time in the game hall every day, her proficiency is naturally unmatched. In Lin Chi's opinion, even if he went into battle by himself, he was afraid that he would not be able to reach the captain's shooting accuracy.

But...... The other player who competed with the captain this time was not actually a human.

- The legs of the exoskeleton remain motionless in place, the body is as steady as Mount Tai, but the arms are constantly moving, unlike the captain's high-speed shooting style of pouring bullets, Frankenstein's style of play fully demonstrates the rationality and efficiency of the "professional killer":

Smack, smack, smack!

Frankenstein uses a single-shot shooting mode, where each bullet accurately hits the zombie's head, and if it is not killed, it will instantly reshoot, and the reaction speed is completely inhuman.

Noticing the way the exoskeleton operates, the captain, who has played "House of the Dead 12" countless times next to him, also senses that something is not quite right:

"Hey, you can't be hanging, are you?"

"I've played before." Frankenstein explained coldly, helping the captain take out a few zombies that almost bit her.

"Are you really the speed of a human being?" The captain was still a little unconvinced, and the gap in the scores, which was already behind, became even wider.

Little could she have imagined that someone would suppress herself in the game House of the Dead 12. If the other party uses a physical body, it will be fine, and even the remote-controlled exoskeleton of a patient paralyzed in bed can defeat herself, which is completely unacceptable to her.

A barrage of gunfire shook the entire arcade, and the recovering captain began to try to redeem his disadvantage. It's a pity that Frankenstein is obviously more skilled, not only killed the zombies on his side, but also solved a lot of zombies on the captain's side by the way, and the difference between the two players has doubled in a blink of an eye.

"I won't lose to you!" The captain shouted in exasperation and again increased the rate of fire.

Seeing that the girl looked puffed out, Lin Chi whispered with his throat: "Don't go too far, she's still a child." ”

"You have to give your all to play the game." Frankenstein's tone was serious: "I won't fail again this time." ”

"I think she's about to cry." Lin Chi sighed.

"Take the blame." Frankenstein answers in headphones.

"That's not how this idiom is used......" Lin Chi leaned back in his chair weakly, waiting for the end of this gunpowder-flavored cooperative game.