INTERVIEWER Are there really anyone who is interested in arcade games these days?

Even though the girl swore that the player was strong, Lin Chi was still skeptical. During the time he frequented the arcade, there were basically no other customers here besides him.

So, will there really be arcade game masters in this city? And is it still the kind of idler who often comes to the game hall to kill time?

"Could it be ......?"

Recalling the information of a certain player mentioned in the records of the Game Administration, Lin Chi, who was still a little skeptical, suddenly began to get serious, and his originally godless eyes seemed to be much brighter.

- The master of the game in this city, is it the true body of the blood blade?

According to his own reasoning, there is a good chance that the Blood Blade is in the city, and if the master the girl is talking about is the Blood Blade, things get interesting......

"When will that man arrive?" Lin Chi asked the girl.

"Well, he said it would be right away." The girl stretched out her index finger and thumb to the shape of a pistol, and smiled, "Lord 'Terminator' will kill you, wait and see!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Lin Chi, who was still looking forward to the master just now, suddenly froze in his body, and slowly opened his mouth to make a voice symbolizing doubts:

"Huh?"

"Scared, aren't you?" The girl laughed triumphantly, turned to look at the entrance of the arcade, and began to wave vigorously:

"Mr. Terminator, I'm here!"

Lin Chi's eyes and Frankenstein's drone lens moved to the door of the game hall at the same time, and then a familiar figure came into view:

"I'm here, where are the 'old enemies' you said?"

A young man with a delicate face wearing a black tracksuit walked in quickly, focusing his eyes on Lin Chi's face, and then, like Lin Chi, also fell into a short period of stiffness:

"See you again......" Lin Chi shook his head in disappointment.

"See you again!" Whether it was in the game hall or in "War Paradise", the young man codenamed Terminator strode forward, shaking Lin Chi's right hand enthusiastically, and looked ecstatic as if he had won the lottery: "I didn't expect you to be here!" ”

"You know?" The girl looked at the two of them in surprise, obviously not expecting things to turn out like this.

"This gentleman is my savior!" The terminator was still shaking Lin Chi's hand vigorously and explained, "If it weren't for him, I would be dead now!" ”

"How could it be you......" Lin Chi sighed weakly.

Now that I think about it, a player who is relatively idle and often runs to the game hall may indeed be a terminator. After all, this player is also in the same city as himself, but since the girl is talking about "master", Lin Chi has directly ruled out the possibility of a terminator in his subconscious.

"Haven't you been playing War Paradise, how did you come to play this?" Lin Chi asked.

"Well, I'm in "War Paradise", and my luck is really a little bad." Speaking of which, the Terminator's mood was a little lower, and he was finally not as overly excited as he was just now: "There was a time when I wanted to play other games, so I found this place through the map. ”

In the face of his benefactor, the terminator also knew everything, and told Lin Chi the reason very honestly. I saw the smile on each other's faces, and the look of anticipation. Lin Chi lowered his head depressedly and said, "Okay......"

- In any case, my original guess has been rejected. The "master" in this game hall is not the Blood Blade, but the Terminator he has seen. In this way, the plan to confront the blood blade face-to-face was immediately declared bankrupt.

However, since Terminator is also an arcade game master, there is still something to be done:

"You still have this kind of relationship...... the "female boss" of the game hall crossed her waist, snorted as if she was very moved, and then stood between the two and said loudly:

"Don't talk about it yet, don't forget that you're here to avenge me, Terminator!"

"Ah, then I have to ask for your opinion first......" When facing Lin Chi, the Terminator even became softer.

The Terminator obviously didn't realize that the man in front of him was not only his savior, but also the "old enemy" who had won his own blood many times in the game. If he found out Lin Chi's true identity, he would probably challenge it immediately without hesitation. Faced with this person's invitation to fight, Lin Chi also readily accepted it.

"My friend can't play today, I'll play with you. Okay beforehand, I'm wearing an exoskeleton right now, are you sure you want to race me? ”

"It's okay." The Terminator tapped his chest with his left fist, making a metallic thumping sound: "Since the last time I was in distress, I have also bought an exoskeleton like you, not only can I defend myself, but I am also a lot more flexible in playing games!" ”

"Then I'll be relieved." Lin Chi smiled.

Since the opponent is also wearing the same "special equipment" as himself, this game will not be crushed. After accepting the other party's challenge, Lin Chi asked the girl standing beside him, "Where is the new machine you are talking about?" ”

"Come with me, this is an out-of-print ...... that my uncle got from Canada," the girl babbled, walking towards the depths of the game hall, Lin Chi and the Terminator immediately followed, and the drone controlled by Frankenstein hovered next to Lin Chi's shoulder.

"Is this your new toy?" The Terminator looked at the drone curiously.

"No, it's my friend who is sick and in bed, and wants to play outside, so he's remotely controlling the drone." Lin Chi skillfully used this set of rhetoric to fool the other party.

"Oh, how are you?" The Terminator waved his hand at the drone's camera: "Nice to meet you!" ”

"I've seen you before." Frankenstein makes an icy sound with a drone speaker.

"Huh?" The Terminator didn't react for a moment: "Have we seen this before?" ”

"He's kidding." Lin Chi hurriedly played a round, and by the way, he used the throat microphone to quietly give an order to Frankenstein:

"Don't reveal your identity to him."

- If the Terminator knows the "true body" of the drone, things will definitely get troublesome. In order to avoid suspicion of the Terminator, it is better to keep a low profile now.

"I'm kidding you." Frankenstein sent a message to the wireless headset in Lin Chi's left ear.

"Now is not the time for jokes." Lin Chi said angrily.

Following the girl past the corner of the game hall, Lin Chi saw a large machine covered with black cloth, displayed in the innermost part of the game hall. Needless to say, that device should be what the girl called a "super powerful" game console.

"Guys, get ready......"

The girl took out her mobile phone and pressed it, and the lights in the game hall suddenly went out, and at the same time, dozens of arcade machines next to it were turned off, leaving only the sunlight shining in from the small window in the corner, so that the place would not be dark.

"This arcade machine, let alone the city, there are less than five in the country." The girl's voice was filled with undisguised pride: "Keep your eyes open and get ready for the legendary arcade machine that was once so popular, but now no one cares about it!" ”

Syllable!

A beam of light fell directly above the arcade machine, illuminating the black-clothed machine. Lin Chi and the Terminator stood in place and waited for a while, but nothing happened.

"Won't you lift the cloth?" Lin Chi asked.

"Ah, wait a minute, I forgot to set the robot's timer." The girl said awkwardly and picked up the phone and operated it a few times, and then the light that had just been turned on went out again.

"Keep your eyes open and get ready for ...... Pick up...... Arcade, no, how do you say that? Wait for me to check the notes......"

"Can you stop these rituals? We're here to play games, not to cut the ribbon. Lin Chi frowned slightly.

"Okay......"

Although the girl was a little unwilling, she turned on all the lights in the game hall again, and the game hall shrouded in darkness became bright again, and the two robots stood on the right side of the arcade, stretched out their mechanical arms to grab the edge of the black cloth, and tore off the cloth covering the game machine.

Then, the arcade machine that was blown by the girl finally appeared in front of everyone's eyes:

Like the last pirate-themed VR game, this game console is also a large-scale VR equipment, with a "stage" of about 50 square meters, and the large screen behind the stage shows the picture of a desolate castle, as well as the title text of the game:

"Evil Ghost Castle, VR Remastered."

"This is what you call a legendary arcade?" Lin Chi narrowed his eyes.

"That's right, this machine can be said to be the last glory of VR somatosensory arcades!" The girl stared at the screen of her mobile phone and read out the information she found on the Internet: "Castle of Evil Spirits was once one of the most successful games in the series, with more than 80 million copies sold in the series. The developer has released dozens of works, adding a rich world view to this otherwise slightly thin subject matter......"

"Stop reading encyclopedias." Lin Chi interrupted the girl's introduction, stopped his eyes on the "stage" of the arcade, and pointed out the key issues:

"And then, how does this thing compete? I remember it was a co-op game. ”

As a veteran player, he naturally knows something about the "Evil Dead Castle" series, which focuses on playing as a human to escape from a hostile environment full of zombies and monsters, rather than having two players fight each other.

Lin Chi picked up his mobile phone and checked the information about this arcade machine, which also mentioned that this arcade machine allows up to three players to play at the same time and escape from the castle through cooperation. The game has no player confrontation at all, and players will not be rated at the end, but will calculate the total score to calculate a comprehensive score.

In addition, this game also has a premise: if a player is killed, the person who is still alive will also be judged as a failure, and if you want to pit your teammates in the game, you can only end up defeated.

"Little girl, I also checked, this doesn't seem to be able to fight......" This time the question was replaced by the terminator.

"Hey, hey, hey, you're so naïve." The girl puffed out her chest proudly: "Do you know why I said that this game console is very powerful?" ”

"Don't sell it." Lin Chi went straight to the point.

"This machine was modified by my uncle, and now it is no longer the original 'Evil Castle', but a new game like no other."

The girl said something that sounded unbelievable: "Now in this game, even if one player dies, the other will not be defeated." And a new setting and a new plot have been added, and the person bitten by the zombie has a chance to mutate into a powerful monster, and then a special plot will be triggered......"

"Wait a minute." Lin Chi stared at the girl: "Who is this uncle of yours?" How else can such a thing be done? ”

- It's very easy to modify the difficulty of the game in the arcade, in order to pit the players' game currency, there were many unscrupulous bosses in the past, and they would secretly increase the difficulty of the game.

However, according to the girl, the game mechanics of this arcade machine have been modified, and even new plots have been added, which is difficult for even a regular game company to do, let alone the owner of the game hall.

The substrate used in VR arcades is not the same as that of a computer game, and in order to avoid being cracked, the game company will also use a special encryption method. It is absolutely difficult to modify this kind of program.

"Haha, scared, right?" The girl grinned happily: "My family is very powerful, my uncle runs a game company, and it will be a piece of cake for them to modify this arcade machine!" ”

"But his behavior is illegal, and the original developer will sue," Lin Chi smiled slightly.

"Whatever, the original developer won't know about it anyway." The girl snorted.

The two robots that had ripped off the black cloth just now moved over and handed over the VR helmet and the metal ray gun to the two of them, since Lin Chi and the Terminator were both wearing exoskeletons, these devices were almost weightless to them.

"Get ready, the decisive battle in the Evil Spirit Castle is about to begin!" The girl stretched out her hand and pointed to the stage that came with the "Evil Dead Castle VR Remake" arcade: "I'll choose a mode for you and explain the rules." I can guarantee that you won't find a more emotional arcade machine than this! ”

"I think the Brain Imaging game is a little more realistic......" Terminator said weakly.

"Don't talk nonsense, didn't you say that you would come to avenge me?" The girl said as she put on another VR headset, and the silver spherical object obscured her little head: "I'll watch the battle from the sidelines, you guys hurry up!" ”

"If the game isn't interesting, I'm not going to pay for it." Lin Chi said seriously.

"It's all said it's free today, hurry up!" The girl urged.

Two "duelists" take to the VR arcade stage, don spherical helmets, and the scene in front of them suddenly turns into darkness. Two seconds later, a flickering candle lit up in front of their eyes.

"Once upon a time, there was a gloomy castle ......"

"Get down to business." Lin Chi interrupted the girl's pretentious introduction again.

Before he could finish speaking, a bolt of lightning suddenly fell, and a fleeting bright light reflected the dusty window.