Wind team, press conference scene.

The constantly flickering magnesium lights were dazzling, Qin Mo stood alone on the stage, closed his eyes slightly, picked up the microphone and whispered: "I have decided to officially quit the Fengse Club from today and leave the professional league." I'm sorry for the friends who like me and support me, but let you down. ”

The young man's voice was visibly choked, and his face was unusually pale.

When the reporters in the audience heard this, they immediately flocked to him and rushed to hand the microphone to him: "Qin Mo, you chose to retire before the age of eighteen, because of too much psychological pressure, right?" "Is it that losing a few games recently has made you lose confidence?" "Your master handed over the team to you, and you just left, how can you be worthy of your master's cultivation?" "Shouldn't you give an explanation to the fans who support you?!"

The reporters' sharp questions were like sharp knives, unceremoniously piercing the heart, and every sentence was cold to the bone.

Qin Mo took a deep breath and bowed deeply to everyone: "I'm sorry." ”

Then, he straightened his back and resolutely turned around and walked out of the press conference.

"Qin Mo, what's going on?" Backstage at the press conference, a young man with blond hair and black eyes caught up with him in great strides, stopped in front of him, and asked suspiciously, "You want to leave the Wind Clan?" Why? ”

"I don't want to be an esports player anymore." Qin Mo glanced at him and said softly, "While you're young now, it's still too late to change careers." ”

"Have you forgotten our agreement?" The young man put his hand on Qin Mo's shoulder and looked at his eyes seriously, "You lost to me this season, you said that you will definitely win me next season." ”

Qin Mo didn't speak, but his face became even paler.

The young man couldn't help but worry: "Your face is so ugly, are you sick?" He reached out to probe the other's forehead, but was stiffly avoided by the other.

"Xiao Han." Qin Mo raised his head and interrupted him, looked directly into his gaze, and said calmly, "I made this decision with my own reasons, so don't ask again...... Play your game well, goodbye. With that, he turned and walked away quickly, as if he didn't want to linger here for a second longer.

"I've heard that goodbye has another meaning in Chinese - never again." Xiao Han turned around and stared at his back, "What do you mean by 'goodbye'?" You're not going to come back? ”

"......" Qin Mo's back stiffened slightly, but he didn't answer this question and continued to walk forward quickly.

"I'll wait for you to come back!" Xiao Han said loudly, "When we meet again one day, you can defeat me with your own hands!" ”

"There won't be that day." Qin Mo's footsteps didn't stop, he flew through the long corridor as quickly as he fled.

The golden sunlight of the evening elongated the lonely figure of the young man, and the thin back looked thin but proud.

- He only left his proud back to this best friend and rival of his youth, but did not let the other party see the tears in the corners of his eyes.

Xiao Han stood in place, watching his back disappear into the light.

"There will be a day." Xiao Han said in a firm tone, "I'm waiting for you." ”

Qin Mo, a talented teenager of the Fengse team, announced his withdrawal from the club due to the rapid decline in his state, and ended his short e-sports career with a simple apology.

Qin Mo, who once represented the national team in the World Series and won the championship, is the rising star that many people are most optimistic about, and everyone is looking forward to the day when he can grow into a new generation of e-sports gods and become the pillar of the team like his master.

However, this boy, like a meteor gliding across the night sky, fell and died before he could really shine.

***

Three years later

"The Expedition Guild prepares for the Dubu Jianghu Summer Vacation New Area, and enters Xijiangyue, the first district of Telecom, welcome everyone to join!"

"Haoran Guild is stationed in the first district of Dubu Jianghu Netcom, and welcomes righteous brothers to join the club!"

“……”

The news that "Dubu Jianghu" is about to open for public beta exploded the major game forums like thunder for a while, making the forums that had been silent for a long time suddenly become active.

Different from other online games in China, "Dubu Jianghu" is connected to the latest VR vision system.

The so-called VR, which is the abbreviation of virtualreality, means "virtual reality", which is a high-tech means of using computers to simulate the three-dimensional virtual world, which can allow people to be immersed in the scene and have an instant interactive experience in the virtual world. This technology was initially used in medical, tourism and other industries, and later with the development of science and technology, VR games gradually entered the public's field of vision, but in recent years, VR game works are small stand-alone games, and the large-scale online game market is still blank.

The large-scale online game "Dubu Jianghu" with a real 3D perspective developed by Tianhuan Game Company has attracted wide attention in the game circle since the project was established. It is said that the latest VR system is used to connect the terminal, so that players can feel the environment of the game more realistically, and the picture in front of the player's eyes will become vivid, as if they have traveled to the world of the game themselves.

Today is the day when "Alone in the Rivers and Lakes" starts a full public beta.

The game adopts a time charging model, and players need to purchase an identity card to register an account and top up the game time, which is the player's ID card in the game world.

Due to the good publicity effect in the early stage of Dubu Jianghu, it was extremely popular before the public beta, and the identity card on the official website was almost sold out. The courier brother often finds this kind of delicate carton when delivering these days - the front is printed with four chic and elegant characters of "Dubu Jianghu", and there is a transparent film in the lower left corner, through which you can clearly see that there is a card inside.

This kind of courier is sent a lot, and even the courier brother knows that this is the identity card of the game "Alone in the Rivers and Lakes".

"Hello Mr. Qin, I am a courier, please take the time to pick up your express mail at the south gate of the community."

Less than 10 minutes after the text message was sent, a young man appeared at the door of the community.

The young man is about 1.8 meters tall, wearing a white short-sleeved shirt and light-colored slim trousers, and his straight and slender legs are very eye-catching when he walks from a distance. His hair is neatly trimmed, giving people a particularly refreshing feeling, his facial contours are almost comparable to the big stars in the movie, his facial features are delicate and beautiful, and he has a pair of slightly raised peach blossom eyes that are impressive. It's just that although the young man's eyes are beautiful, the gaze in his eyes is extremely cold, and there is no expression on his face, which looks extremely difficult to approach.

"Hello, I'm here to get the express, and the recipient is Qin Mo." The young man said lightly.

"Oh, isn't it?" The courier brother immediately handed him the box.

"That's right." The young man lowered his head and verified the receipt information, then took the box and signed and left.

Just looking at his delicate appearance and neat clothes, he looks like a business executive or a model in the fashion industry, how can he be so keen on playing games? The courier brother scratched his head in confusion, and watched with some confusion as his thin back quickly disappeared into the community.

***

After Qin Mo went home, he immediately went to the study to open the official website of the game, took out the identity card in the envelope to register and activate, and by the way, bought a year's game time and recharged it to this card.

There is still a period of time before the new area is opened, and Qin Mo carefully checked the settings of this game at the official information station.

Tianhuan Game Company has obviously spent a lot of effort on the production of "Dubu Jianghu", and the school setting is very novel, and it does not follow the martial arts schools such as Wudang, Emei, and Tangmen, which are more common in the previous work "Martial Arts", but completely original a new school system.

There are currently eight sects listed on the official website, and each sect has two cultivation routes, and the gameplay is very diverse.

It was noon in a blink of an eye, Qin Mo went to the kitchen to cook a bowl of rice balls to fill his stomach, and then opened the downloaded game login account and entered the "Xijiangyue" server in the first district of Telecom.

The realistic CG of the game plays like a movie in front of your eyes - two top masters are fighting fiercely in the depths of the bamboo forest, the verdant bamboo forest, the snow-white sword light, the clanging sound of weapons clashing, and the rendering of background music will soon introduce people to this new world of antiquity.

After the opening CG ends, the initial appearance and brief introduction of the eight major schools appear in front of you, as well as a prompt window - please select the school you want to join.

When he was a teenager, in order to match the lineup of the Wind Team, Qin Mo used the player ID of "Shepherd" to play the summoner for several years. His master was a world-class summoner player, and he learned a lot from him, and in addition to the gameplay of summoning streams, he also had a very deep understanding of the classes that are common in the game.

Now that I have changed to a new game, starting from scratch, I can naturally change the way I play.

Thinking of this, Qin Mo no longer hesitated, and chose a melee swordsman class that was completely different from the previous summoners-Hanhua Sword Sect.

Press the confirm button, select the gender as male, and a man wearing a white robe and holding a sword immediately appears in front of him. Qin Mo made some simple adjustments to the character's face, and then pressed to the next step.

――Please enter your character's name.

Qin Mo casually knocked on an ancient style ID: ink marks.

――Welcome "Ink Marks" to join the new world of unique rivers and lakes, enter the novice village queue, please wait, the number of queues is 1756......

It only took more than ten seconds to create the character just now, and the queue exceeded 1,007, which shows that there are a lot of players who enter Xijiangyue in the first district of telecom at the same time.

Qin Mo turned around and went to make a cup of coffee, drinking it slowly while waiting in line.

He never adds sugar to his coffee, and the slightly bitter taste on the tip of his tongue makes him more sober.

Coming to the game "Alone in the Rivers and Lakes" is a new beginning for him, and it is also a new opportunity for him to give himself.

Ten minutes later, Qin Mo's little swordsman finally managed to squeeze into the novice village.

It is called Luojia Village, it is dusk, under the illumination of the setting sun, the sparkling river seems to be sprinkled with countless golden diamonds, the sky in the distance is rendered by the rays of the setting sun into a beautiful golden red, the thatched houses neatly arranged from south to north in the village make the whole village appear orderly, and the sound of sheep on the hillside not far away can be clearly heard in your ears.

Under the effect of the VR system, the scene in front of you looks extremely realistic - green mountains, green water, rivers, and sheep all seem to be close at hand, as if you have come to this ancient world.

It's no wonder that this game is so popular, with more than 10 million forum followers, and even attracted a number of giant e-sports clubs.

Qin Mo gave the 3D virtual system a good review, squinting his eyes and watching the immersive scenery of the village at dusk.

――Please follow the system prompts to set the game buttons.

A soft female voice sounded in her ears, and a prompt window appeared in front of her at the same time. Qin Mo carefully looked at the prompts that popped up on the screen, as he had known before, this game had two operation modes, one was the keyboard and mouse mode (the same as the traditional keyboard online game), and the other was the relatively novel light screen touch mode.

The game operator is equipped with a special light-screen touchpad for Dubu Jianghu, players can set custom shortcut keys according to their preferences to release various skills, and the forward and backward movement operations and camera switching are all used to swipe the touch screen with fingers.

In the online gaming industry, which has always used keyboard and mouse as the main mode of operation, light screen touch control is a huge innovation. However, in high-intensity combat, swiping the touchscreen to control the character's position while unleashing various skills, it is easy to get scrambling and lose sight of one or the other. Because of this, the sales of the optical screen touchpad that is unique to the rivers and lakes are not good, and more than 95% of players are still used to playing this game with a mouse and keyboard.

But at this moment, Qin Mo had a beautifully designed touch screen panel in his hand.

The LCD panel in the connected state, the edges shimmered with a soft blue luster, and the glowing blue light made his fingers very white and slender.

The official setup guide suggests that players should set the touch screen to a horizontal and vertical 3x3 nine-square grid mode keys, however, Qin Mo set the operation panel to a 4x4 square, with a total of sixteen keys.

-- Compared to the official nine-button setting, there are seven more keys.

A warning immediately popped up in front of him: "There are too many touch screen button settings, which may lead to too complicated operation, do you want to confirm the settings?" ”

Qin Mo calmly pressed "Confirm".

The LCD screen under his hand was immediately divided into small squares by horizontal and vertical four-by-four squares by thin blue lines, and the touchscreen panel with a sense of technology began to glow with blue light like water ripples.

The young man's face looked a little pale under the blue light, but in those dark and clear eyes, at this moment, a long-lost and bright brilliance suddenly rose.