Chapter 1: Floating Illusion
When I landed in the virtual game warehouse in March, I was nervous.
Mirage is a holographic game that has just come out, and it is said to be able to create different game worlds for different players according to their preferences. Specifically, there is not much official publicity, but the price of game-specific equipment is extremely expensive.
Fortunately, if the user is not satisfied, he can return the product for a refund at any time within three days.
March is a heavy fan of virtual games and is passionate about experiencing all kinds of games. It's just that she has a rather critical eye, and she hasn't encountered a completely satisfying game until now.
Hopefully, this time, Mirage will provide the ideal gaming experience.
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After logging in, she enters an area called the "Overworld", where she is first asked to give herself a name for the game.
In Mirage, each player is assigned a unique ID number based on when the account was created. The name of the game is determined by the player when creating it, and duplicate names are not allowed. The ID number is only visible to the player, and the name of the game is usually hidden, unless the player is in the overworld to team up with others, trade and other activities, the participant will be informed of the name of the game, and there are various leaderboards, and the winning list may be mentioned.
The game name and ID number are the identification of the player, and telling these two pieces of information to other players at the same time means that the other player is given the permission to add friends and view personal information.
The name of the game since March is March. Probably because she landed earlier, this simple name has not been renamed, and it was successfully created.
Next, she followed the system prompts and set her own character image. This avatar can be modified by 20% from the player's actual appearance. March was originally mediocre, she didn't beautify herself, only slightly modified so that relatives and friends in reality couldn't recognize it, and data like her figure, which would affect the sense of immersion in the game, didn't move at all.
After setting up, the system gave her a lot of tags to choose from, the content of the tags is a variety of game elements and types, and also indicates some well-known games that belong to the genre, such as "Xianxia", "Medieval", "RPG", "shooting", "racing", etc., for players to choose. Players can select up to 5 tags at the same time.
March chose the two tags of "suspense puzzle solving" and "role-playing", and after the system confirmed her choice, the tags disappeared, and some text descriptions appeared in front of her, and a looping electronic prompt sounded in her ears: "Generating your own game world ......"
The text description is not long, to the effect that there will be multiple players with the same hobbies in the game world, and these players may have the same mission goals, or they may be completely different or even opposite, so players should choose who to cooperate with. It takes a certain amount of time to generate a world, and at the same time, it also has to wait for a certain number of players to join, and the more tags you choose, the longer you wait. The usual waiting time is around 2 hours, during which the system provides some mini-games for players to pass the time. Due to the fact that important information such as an introduction to the world will be provided when the new world is created, it is not recommended that players wait offline.
In addition, role-playing games take a long time, and if players are not satisfied with the world they have entered, they can apply to the system to leave and regenerate the world within 24 hours. As for his role, it will be filled by AI or newcomers.
After playing Tetris and Pop for more than an hour, March finally received a notification that the world was created and entered the new world with anticipation.
"Welcome to Mirage 6......" plays an electronic sound, combined with cinematic graphics, to introduce players to the general situation of the world.
This is an alternate world, where there is also the myth of Pangu opening the world. Legend has it that Pangu fell into a deep sleep after the creation of the world, and thousands of years later, when Pangu woke up, he was disappointed by the evil and darkness that filled the mortal world, and wanted to bring down the catastrophe and destroy the world and rebuild. When mortals heard the news, they panicked and finally selected ten heroes to go to the Divine Peak of Trials where Pangu was located, and begged Pangu to retract his idea of destroying the world. In the end, they passed the test given by Pangu, who agreed to postpone the destruction of the world for a thousand years, and gave them one final problem: after a thousand years, the descendants of these ten heroes must come to the Divine Peak again to be tested, and if they can successfully complete it, Pangu will cancel the plan to destroy the world.
Now, there is only more than half a year left before the millennium period, and the task that March received is to assist mortals in finding the descendants of these ten heroes and completing the test of Pangu.
With the introduction of the system, March's thoughts fluctuated: since the mission goal clearly said that he wanted to complete the test of Pangu, it means that Pangu is real, and most of the myths are true, this is a world with gods, and it is likely that there will be various immortals, spirits and other creatures.
In addition, since such a mission has been released, it means that the descendants of these ten heroes must all exist, and according to the rules of the game, the system will not release an impossible task to the player.
In the end, this task has been given more than half a year, it seems that it is not easy, it should require the cooperation of multiple players, March can be sure that there will be players in this world with the same goal as her, of course, it is not excluded that there are completely opposite goals, to prevent the existence of mortals from the catastrophe. However, even if there are such players with opposite goals, there must be some limitations, and the number cannot be too large, because the difficulty of the tasks on both sides is not equal. March needs to find ten people, none of them can be wrong, and the other party only needs to confirm the identity of any one of the ten people and kill them, and the world will be cold.
Well, most of the other party's restriction is that they can't kill people directly, they can only deceive them as much as possible and lead their reasoning into misunderstanding...... I don't know what the force value of this world is set for, whether the character played by the player will be killed, and whether it can be resurrected......
As she pondered, the background introduction was over, and after a brief period of darkness and silence, a white light flashed in front of her eyes, and her surroundings changed, and March knew that she had officially entered this world and began to play one of its roles.
It appears to be an abandoned wooden house, with a simple bed with thatch haphazardly laid out in the corner. March was lying on this thatch, wearing only a coarse cloth robe, which was uncomfortable with thatch, and subconsciously wanted to get up, but found that her legs were tied with hemp rope.
It was night, and it was dark, and the only light came from the lantern hanging outside the door.
This seems like a bad start...... Thinking like this, a piece of character information suddenly appeared in her mind, which should have been just instilled by the system.
The character she plays is called Tear and is a doctor who is known in this world as a pharmacist. Tears is a proud disciple of Ji Zixun, who is talented and has learned good medical skills. A year ago, she graduated as a teacher and has since traveled all over the world, saving lives and helping the wounded.
Not long ago, she traveled to Yingzhou Island, which coincided with the island's annual moon sacrifice ceremony.
And then...... It's the unfortunate situation right now......
March sighed in her heart, the information given by the system was too brief, and she didn't say a word about Qi Tears's life experience, before apprenticing and traveling, it seemed that she had to slowly explore it herself. As for the profession of a doctor, it is more suitable for teamwork, and it is a little difficult to go alone...... Fortunately, doctors are a respected profession, and this character practices medicine everywhere and makes good connections, so there should be no enemies.
She sat up and reached for the twine. After sweating, he untied the rope. As for why the person who arrested her was so mentally retarded, only tied her feet and not her hands, it was probably the system's arrangement to take care of the newcomer.
Next...... March's eyes fell on the only door in this room, listening to the movement, there should be someone guarding outside, and if she wanted to get out, she would inevitably face a battle. This is the player's first battle, similar to a beginner's tutorial, used to familiarize her with her skills, and it is certainly not very difficult.
She calmed down and found out the character skills from the information provided by the system:
Observation/Perception: A basic skill that everyone can learn. Qi Tear has been practicing medicine for many years, and he has a keen sense of observation and perception, and knows a variety of medicinal herbs.
Healing: The basic skill of a pharmacist. Tears of Prayer's medical skills are second only to her master Ji Zixun, which is considered the top level in this world.
Light Skill: A necessary skill for walking rivers and lakes, which can increase your movement speed and jump height. In order to save his life, Qi Tear has practiced light exercises since he was a child, and his level is very high.
Transfiguration: A special skill of the pharmacist that can adjust his appearance. Level unknown.
Holy Light: A basic skill for the Apothecary. By channeling, a ball of light is condensed, which can be used to illuminate or attack, and the attack has a blinding effect. Level unknown.
Blessing: A common skill of the Medicine Master, blessing the target by chanting to increase its combat effectiveness. Level unknown.
It seems that this Holy Light Technique is the only attack skill of Tears...... It looks weak...... March shook his head secretly, the low attack power of the nurse's profession is almost a regular setting in the game world. Fortunately, this role has a good light skill, and it is still easy to run if you can't beat it.
Similar to other games, there is no attribute panel, which does not mean that the attribute settings do not exist, it is likely that it is just hidden and left for the player to figure out for themselves. Anyway, the nurse must be low in blood, low in defense, low in strength, out of sight and out of mind.
The only two combat skills, Holy Light and Blessing, require chanting when activated. The guards are not deaf, and most of the chanting will alarm them...... March tiptoed to the door, chanting the Holy Light. This skill didn't take long to chant, about three seconds, and a fist-sized white light condensed in her right hand. At the same time, footsteps were heard outside the door, presumably because the caretaker had heard something unusual and came to investigate. She pushed the door open and smashed the ball of light in the face.
Fortunately, there was only one person at the door, who was knocked to the ground by the ball of light. March observes her surroundings and watches out for the caretaker's reaction, ready to slip away at any moment. Probably because the system takes special care of the newcomer, who falls into a coma and will not wake up for a short time. By the candlelight of the lantern at the door, it could be seen that he was wearing simple clothes made of animal skins, and that he was wearing a wooden mask painted with the totem of the beast on his head, and that his entire face was obscured, revealing only white hair. This white hair does not have the withering feeling that is characteristic of the elderly, but has a shiny glow. It seems that either this world has superb hair dyeing skills and dyes it, or there is some special setting in this world that is innate.
March was struggling with whether to take off the man's mask when footsteps could be heard faintly in the distance, and there was more than one person, most of them the caretaker's companions. She immediately turned around and fled in a safe direction. Due to her light skills, she is as light as a swallow, and she can even easily jump on the roof of a bungalow.
After some time, she vaguely saw a light in the distance, which should be a town. In the role-playing game, the town means a safe area, and she picks up her spirits and sped up to speed towards the town.