Looking at the signboard of the Internet café that had become completely obsolete due to the wind and sun, Lu Fan felt a little helpless in his heart.

When he looked up on the "Donghai City Well-known Internet Cafe Collection" before, he was attracted by its name when he first saw this Internet café.

It stands to reason that the appearance of this shop is so shabby, it can't compare with the other Internet cafes in the colorful booklet, and he wouldn't choose this one, but he insisted on coming here after thinking about it.

According to the introduction on the list of Internet cafes, the reason why this shop is famous far and wide is that its customer base is very easy to be rich in all kinds of strange things.

As for how strange these guests are, there are different opinions. But there are many curious people who come to find out, and this store is on the list.

Lu Fan is willing to come to this Internet café, not only because it is equipped with the latest GTX6900 graphics card and VR display headset.

There is an even more important reason - it is very close to the information park where the headquarters of Gentleman Games is located.

The full name of the industrial park is "Donghai Dadi Information Industrial Park", which is located near the Forest Road Station of Donghai Metro Line 9.

It can be said that it has half of the domestic two-dimensional game industry.

Among them, there are not only the developer of "Wonderful World", Gentleman Game Company, but also the developer of "Girl School", Rice Paste Oil Company, the developer of "Green Route", Fat Chicken Game Company, the developer of "Yesterday's Ark", and the developer of "Young Men's Frontline".

Although the names of these companies always make people mistakenly think that they have entered some kind of grain, oil and braised meat food hypermarket......

Because of the formation of an industrial cluster effect, there is not only a frequent flow of talents, but also the core R&D data servers of many game manufacturers.

Lu Fan chose an Internet café so close to the game server to play the game because he had a bold idea when he was browsing the Internet café album......

Of course, now is not the time for him to be blind here.

The open beta of Star Soul God Online has caused the supply of high-end graphics card products on the market to exceed demand, and many electronic product stores have directly sold out graphics cards and VR headsets, which directly leads to the difficulty of finding a card. In the second-hand market, the price of related gaming equipment has also been rising.

Therefore, many players have to go out of the house and look for entertainment places where they can play Star Soul God Domain.

Even in such a dilapidated Internet café in front of him, the number of people gathered at the door increased at a rate visible to the naked eye. If you don't hurry up, I'm afraid you won't even be able to grab this kind of Internet café.

Thinking like this, he quickly pushed open the aluminum alloy door at the door of the Internet café, and the moment he pushed the door, the rattle on the door shook from side to side, as if to remind the arrival of new guests.

As soon as he entered the door, Lu Fan could feel the unique atmosphere of the Internet café:

The smell of leather seats mixed with cigarette smoke is mixed with the smell of cigarettes......

The sound of desperately tapping on the keyboard is mixed with the coughing of young people who are surfing the Internet......

Of course, there are also all kinds of roaring voices that resound throughout the Internet café:

"Damn, you are all TM pit goods, how do you play with one drag four? Are you an SB in that ADC, your family shouted that you went back to fight the man,! ”

"Take a sip of the nurse's milk, T pay attention not to OT, pull it steady, don't don't don't...... Oops, didn't you see the boss going berserk? Greedy for NM's knife! ”

"Give me the second head, I don't have a second head. There's airborne supplies, go lick it! ”

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The only thing that can drown out this cacophony is the loud noise of the air conditioner in the corner, which looks like an old air conditioner that has been used for many years.

Directly opposite the door of the Internet café is the bar, and the owner of the Internet café sits behind the bar computer.

This is a middle-aged man about 40 years old, wearing a gray white T-shirt and a pair of blue plastic slippers on his feet. He was smoking a cigarette and intently playing the game of fighting landlords on the computer screen in front of him.

"Come online? How many people? The boss asked without looking up.

"One." Lu Fan nodded.

"Cheap or high-class? The machine in the cheap area is almost there, and you can smoke and sleep casually. The machine in the premium area is better, and if you want to smoke, there is a special smoking room, but the price is more expensive. ”

"I'm looking for a computer with a GTX6900 graphics card, but it seems that the only way to go is to go to the premium zone?" Lu Fan asked.

The owner of the Internet café finally finished fighting the landlord, he glanced up at Lu Fan, and said with a smile:

"You're here to play Star Soul Divine Domain, right? Count your luck, my Internet café can bring this game of empty machine, only the last one left, the machine in the high-end area 80 seat, 10 yuan an hour, if you do more than 500 yuan stored value card, the Internet fee will give you a 20% discount. ”

Lu Fan nodded, took out 500 soft girl coins from his bag and put them on the bar.

Seeing that he was such a rich and cheerful customer, the attitude of the owner of the Internet café was obviously better, and he took the money with a smile:

"If you're hungry at noon, there's wontons in the shop next door, and draught beer and cola in the kiosk if you're thirsty."

The boss said and handed a magnetic card to Lu Fan.

Lu Fan suddenly realized: It turns out that you are also the same as the science and technology park next to you, engaging in industrial cluster effect!

Turn right from the bar to the cheap area, and the smell that Lu Fan smelled just now came from this area.

The machine configuration in the cheap area is relatively low, the environment is relatively noisy, and the air is filled with the smell of sweat, smoke and all kinds of strange smells, so the price of Internet access is also cheap.

Lu Fan shuttled between the rows of computers in this area, and the people on both sides of the Internet were attentively paying attention to the screen in front of them, and no one seemed to notice Lu Fan.

Only a few people who were lying on their backs on the chair in a daze, occasionally opened their eyes to look at Lu Fan.

The resting men, covered with coats and dark circles on their faces, were on the table in front of them, with a pile of instant noodle bowls and cigarette butts, which looked like they had been all night last night.

Staying up all night is a more cost-effective way to access the Internet. For example, in this cheap area now, the normal price is 3 yuan an hour, but if you stay all night from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m., it will only cost half the price.

After an all-nighter, some of the more tolerant Internet cafes will allow these people to rest in seats that are temporarily unoccupied.

The old walls of the cheap area are plastered with all kinds of old game posters, the earliest posters can even be traced back to the promotional poster of "Demon World" many years ago, and the promotional character printed on it is the blood elf Valeera.

Next to it is a poster of the turn-based online game "Fantasy Journey to the East", which is also gradually fading and peeling. On the poster, the game spokesperson Zhou Jielun posed in a very cool pose, next to which was the game advertising slogan: Everyone plays, it's strange if you don't play!

Lu Fan just admired these posters with a sense of time, and at the same time pushed open the partition door in the middle of the Internet hall and entered the high-end area.

As soon as he entered the senior area, he instantly felt a huge class gap.

The decoration of this area is obviously more luxurious, the space is more spacious and bright, the air is very clean, and you can smell a light fragrance.

The configuration of the computer machine is also more powerful than the previous half-section, and some computers are also equipped with professional VR game headsets.

The hourly price is also more than three times more expensive than in the area just now.

Of course, none of the above is the most important, the reason why Lu Fan feels the class gap is-

In the cheap area that Lu Fan passed by just now, almost all the people who went online were single dogs.

Many of them look unkempt and unkempt. Miscellaneous items such as instant noodle bowls and cigarette butts were piled up next to the mouse, and no one cared about them, and their attention was only focused on the game.

But the boys who surf the Internet in this high-end area look relatively white, dress more decently, and most importantly, there are many young couples sitting in a row in this area.

Couples snuggle together, either team up to play games, or eat popcorn and watch TV series together, and from time to time they make all kinds of flirtatious laughter, which is so sweet.

When Lu Fan, a single dog, entered this area, he immediately felt a little out of place.

After following the number plate to find seat 80, he looked around and found that the entire area was full of machines with VR display helmets.

They have students like Lu Fan, as well as business people in suits and leather shoes, and it seems that they are all occupying the machine and waiting for the two o'clock game in the afternoon.

In order to cooperate with the publicity of the open beta, the walls around this premium area are also plastered with game posters of "Star Soul Art Online".

It's still a while before the open beta starts, so everyone is bored looking at the official website for the latest game information.

Lu Fan also leaned back in his chair, lazily observing the people around him.

After secretly observing for a while, Lu Fan gradually understood why this Internet café was called a strange Internet café.

Because there are really many strange people in it.

For example, the girl who was sitting not far from Lu Fan's left hand.

She looked about the same age as Lu Fan, with smoky visual makeup painted on her face, flaming red lips on her lips, and her clothes were very avant-garde, with all kinds of holes in them, and metal plate pendants were sewn all over them.

The girl's hairstyle is a visual non-mainstream girl who likes to keep an explosive head very much.

At this time, she was frantically typing on the keyboard in front of the computer, and the keyboard made a crisp sound of "pop, pop".

The fierce posture of tapping the keyboard was as if the keyboard had provoked her.

Moreover, this girl's right arm tapping the keyboard is very muscular, and it looks like the tendon meat that is practiced by often hitting the space bar.

Lu Fan turned her gaze to the screen again, and found that she was playing a dance social game, and the interface in it was similar to a dance machine game.

The girl's game character is dancing on the stage, and he sees the nickname above the head of the game female character:

ヅ蒍尓旟丗琾蒍enemy锝小厷主デ (for your little princess who is the enemy of the world)

The following is a Martian signature: づ尒 is still a baby, don't be sensible early, don't (~) think about the old. (Author: I copied it from a QQ friend's signature, and I asked her what she meant when I had time)

Looking at this dazzling Martian text, Lu Fan felt his head grow for a while, and he inexplicably remembered some of the black history of his second illness period......

Even now, when Lu Fan recalls the place of shame, he can't help but want to roll back and forth on the floor.

But then again, although this girl's game nickname is Little Princess, your sturdy posture is a bit of a princess!

The girl knocked and knocked, suddenly slapped the keyboard dissatisfied, raised her strong arm, shook the space bar in her hand, and shouted at the bar:

"Boss, what kind of garbage quality do you have on this broken keyboard, the space bar was knocked out by me again!"

Lu Fan guessed that the space bar should be the key used to card rhythm points in that dancing game, so it is also the key that players hit the most frequently.

"Eh, Woman, you just take the magic power and let go of the poor keyboard." The boss came over with a wry smile,

"The machine with the complete keyboard in the Internet café has been knocked by you, and if it goes on like this, the small store will be knocked bankrupt by you."

Hearing what the boss said, Lu Fan looked down at his keyboard - sure enough, the space bar was reglued with duct tape.

The girl was obviously not satisfied with the boss's statement, and she said:

"Boss, our 'Rain Love Falling Flowers' guild is about to start a team fight with the 'Burial Love Planet' guild, I am the main force of the guild, if the game is delayed, can you afford this responsibility?"