Chapter 38: The Contest
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City of the Sky, exit of the D189 flight station.
Thunderbolt walked out of the airport with the bustling crowd. Around him, there are a lot of hurried travelers carrying large bags and small bags in and out, and there are also some people who come to the airport square to greet relatives and friends, and there is a special joy under meeting each other, the airport square is bustling with people, and the lively and prosperous scene does not look much different from the ordinary empty city.
However, if you pay a little attention, you will find that all the people who come and go in this airport are wearing non-combat attire, which is more like the scene of an airport waiting hall in a real-life city. This is by no means the same as an ordinary empty city, you must know that ordinary life players rarely appear in the airport, and most of the people who come and go are combat professional players.
The thunderbolt that appeared in the square was no exception, his thick combat helmet and TK Raph field suit were replaced by a dark gray suit, wearing a white shirt and a blue checkered tie, and carrying a black briefcase.
Loosening his loosely tied tie, he sat down on a lounge chair in the corner of the square, lit a cigarette, and looked around quietly as he thought about his next move.
The city in the sky is 3,500 kilometers from Storm City, and the ship flew for an hour and a half to get here.
This is a very special city, the millions of residents who live and work in the city are all NPCs, and none of the players can settle here, and it is said that these NPCs are given high-level AI by the system, .u. themselves are the same players, these NPCs also follow the laws of human society in the land of birth, old age, sickness and death, work to make money and even get married and have children. Thrive in this virtual world.
There are two more such cities in the entire Second World - the City of the Earth and the City of the Sea.
The reason why Lei Jingtian came here was to complete a special assassination mission he received from the Gunner's Guild.
A beautiful woman in a short shirt and short skirt who was handing out advertisements to passers-by walked towards the thunderous side with a bunch of flyers in her arms, and there were many advertising girls distributing leaflets in the square, and they were like beautiful butterflies shuttling through the crowd, adding a touch of color to the city.
Walking to Lei Jingtian's side, the girl bent down and handed him a colorful print, with a professional smile on her face: "Welcome to Sky City, the North District Pride Bar has been renovated, you can enjoy a 7% discount with this coupon, welcome!" ”
When the girl bends over. The short shirt on the upper body hung down, inadvertently revealing a hint of spring.
Lei Jingtian smiled slightly, and took the flyer, these NPCs are also very dedicated, trying to play their own role in the game, only for tens of millions of gamers, if they really have self-awareness like in science fiction movies. Will this be disgruntled and doomed to revolt?
The girl didn't know that these strange thoughts were in Lei Jingtian's mind, and she seemed to be a little tired from work, so she sat down on the bench by the way, stretched her limbs, and looked tired.
Looking at Lei Jingtian, who was carefully reading the flyer next to her, she smiled and said, "Sir, this is your first time in Sky City, right?" The Grand Bar in the North District is indeed good, it is the largest and most luxurious bar here, and it is the best time to pass the time if you are bored at night! ”
Thunder shook the sky and let out a noncommittal "um". He really can't talk about much communication with a piece of virtual data.
The smile on the girl's face was even sweeter, and her right hand crept into the pile of leaflets in her arms.
Before she could make a move, the next second, a jet-black KT900 pistol. The cold muzzle of the gun pressed against the girl's delicate and white forehead.
The sweet smile suddenly stiffened on the beautiful face, and the 125 pistol of the girl holding the flyer fell to the ground.
"How can you tell I'm a gamer? Am I not dressed up like it enough? After a few seconds, the girl asked unwillingly, she really couldn't think of where she showed her flaws, and the man in front of her found out so quickly.
Lei said lightly: "You are dressed up very well, at first I thought you were just an NPC, but when you handed me a flyer, you exposed your underwear." ”
A malicious smile crossed his face: "That style seems to be exclusive to female players, and it belongs to non-detachable and irreplaceable equipment." I don't know if that's the case with NPCs, but it's enough to make me wary. ”
"Don't wear this short shirt next time!"
A wisp of red clouds floated on the girl's pretty face, and she gritted her teeth and said hatefully: "Pervert! ”
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Better than a dead wolf. Lei said leisurely. The two of them hadn't attracted anyone's attention when they were in the square, so he didn't mind letting the other die a little more clearly: "Also, you shouldn't continue to sit down and test me, the first sentence you will be exposed, although it is the first time for me to do this kind of task, there is still a place in this world called the player forum." Now that you recognize me as a quest player, you should just pull out your gun and shoot, maybe you have a three-point chance to knock me out. ”
"Hey, here the NPC's AI and behavioral logic ability said: "I don't have complete confidence that you are a player, in case the shot is wrong, I can't run away as soon as the City Watch appears, and the experience of this level will be lost in vain." ”
Lei Yin sneered: "Seeing that your skills are so sophisticated, you have killed a lot of task players, right?" Be a human being, don't be too greedy. ”
The girl's face showed a pitiful look, and she begged: "This brother, it's not easy for my sister to level up, just let me go once!" Big deal, can I go back and be your girlfriend in the game? ”
The beauties begged softly, and ordinary men would really waver, and an ambiguous smile appeared on Lei Yin's face: "This is a good idea." ”
As he spoke, he touched the muzzle of the other party's forehead a few centimeters, and the girl was immediately relieved when she saw this.
Bang!
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A crisp gunshot startled the white pigeons that were foraging in the nearby square, and they fluttered up, obscuring the sky.
A huge green damage figure appeared on the top of the girl's head, a bullet hole in the center of her white forehead was gushing blood, and the head vital point could be fatal if it was hit by a pistol at close range without any defense, not to mention that the girl was originally anemic in her profession, and suddenly her HP value fell to the bottom, and she fell into a state of serious injury and weakness and fell on the bench.
"However, I'm really not interested in playing in the game, so I'll leave this opportunity to others!" Lei said lazily, ready to pull the trigger again and send the other party back to his hometown.
"Can you tell me why you pulled out your gun so quickly?" Before she died, the girl asked unwillingly.
Thunder squeezed at her and said, "Because I'm a man." ”
Gunfire rang out again.
Without having time to look through the system prompts that had been swiped in the field of vision, Lei Shocking lifted the black briefcase placed on the bench, hurriedly left the murder scene and blended into the crowd, and soon disappeared without a trace.
He couldn't help but be afraid that there were other quest players in this square, and it felt a little redundant to say a few thunderous words to the girl just now, and being cautious in this dangerous city was the way to save his life.
Thunder Shocking in the gunman will take on a fairly famous fixed assassination mission in the second world, as long as it reaches level 35, players can pick it up once, and they can be reconnected after failure, the choice of the task, the difficulty is different, and the rewards are different, but the core is to require players to assassinate an NPC in the three major NPC cities, and only after receiving the mission can they get a license to fly to the city among the many NPCs.
After the player receives the task, in addition to trying to find a way to kill the target, but also to guard against other players who also receive the task, players are allowed to PK each other in the NPC city, once you kill a player, you can get the task received by the other party, this kind of snatching of the task can be accumulated up to one, if the difficulty of those tasks can, and can be completed all, there is no problem with upgrading the experience to one or two levels.
This reward is very tempting, you must know that after level 35, it is difficult to upgrade to a level, relying on monster farming can simply kill people, and the current highest-level player in the second world is said to be only level 39.
Since this kind of quest can be converted and accumulated, many players have put their ideas on the heads of others, so if you come to NPC City in professional clothes, I am afraid that you will be bombarded to scum as soon as you step out of the airport. If a player misjudges and accidentally kills an NPC that is not the target of the mission, the heavily armed City Watch will appear within a minute and kill the player on the spot, even if the player escapes, the yellow light is the best indicator for other players.
So Lei Jingtian changed his face and changed into a suit, disguised his backpack and gun case as a briefcase (gunman will provide this service), and dressed up as an ordinary NPC to enter Sky City, but he didn't expect to be targeted as soon as he came.
It's just that Thunder Shocking blends in with the crowd, and the greedy female player is on the bench, and the NPCs passing by will not even look at it.
In this city, they will never care about the fight between players.