January 2021 is an unforgettable month for the people of the Celestial Empire, and it seems that since that festival known as New Year's Day, the whole world has begun to change completely, whether it is the release of the unbelievably strange mobile game "Gate of the World", which is said to be officially supported, or the sudden mass media revelations and the spread of cults on January 5, and a series of surreal events that followed, are overwhelming. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

But in reality, the whole world changed much earlier than this day. Starting at five o'clock in the evening on December 12, 2020, the visitors from the other world, or "players", who are now familiar to the people of the whole country, have come to this world one after another, and are evenly distributed in every corner of this world - attention, it is this world.

In other words, although the Celestial Empire did not know anything about this event until 2021, this is only the case of the Celestial Empire, and for the inhabitants of many other parts of the world, the player's invasion was already known in less than two days. If you are a very attentive reader with a particularly good memory, you may remember that you mentioned before that the Celestial Empire completely blocked foreign information.

Although it cannot be generalized, it is true that most countries in the Western world do not have the tradition of such strict control of public opinion as the Celestial Empire -- of course, I am not saying that they ignore these things, but they usually use what we call public opinion guidance and use the media to carry out more covert methods.

Obviously, although hidden, this slow to work method could not come in handy in time, and on the day of the "player" invasion, the sudden appearance of such a mysterious person caused an uproar on the Internet. And although these mysterious people appear and disappear from time to time, and are accompanied by a blinding white light every time, they are not like UFOs or snowmen, which always show up and never be found, leaving only one photograph at most, but appear frequently in people's lives - and most of them seem to be very interested in helping people.

With this in mind, these nations have been on the path of harmony between NPCs and players from the very beginning, at least on the surface. By January 2021, when the Celestial Empire gradually began to allow foreign information to re-enter the country, their good impression of players did affect the people of the Celestial Empire - at least netizens, who had been caught in a flurry of panic and distrust of the upper echelons, but gradually settled down with the relatively friendly and low-key behavior of the players.

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"So--what kind of 'Light of Creation' project of yours has been frustrated since it first began, and now it seems that it is doubtful whether the first step can be successfully completed......" The embarrassing stubble, the vicissitudes of life, and the peculiar voice that is difficult to notice—the silent turtle sat cross-legged in the golden hall, bored playing with stones that came from nowhere on the floor that was as smooth as a jewel, "So, as I said, how safe the plan is for the 'Spark of the Plain'. ”

"Sure, as if you had come up with that plan for my own good. It's just that if my sect comes to the table too soon, you're going to have a hard time finding a chance to pull your little gang, right? Although the fundamental purpose is different, it seems that we are all doing the same thing. Feng Ming sat on the huge seat, frowning and playing with his crutches, and after responding to the turtle's words, he was silent for a while, "Besides, I haven't completely failed yet." ”

"Except for the first few days—not counting the first two days—you did get a decent number of believers, and then you gathered believers—" The turtle said, noticing that Feng Ming suddenly looked at him with some dissatisfaction, and nodded, "Okay, the speed at which you gather comrades is getting slower and slower, and now it's basically the same speed as before all this was exposed, right?" ”

"Speed doesn't matter at all." Feng Ming said this, but his brows furrowed tightly, "Moreover, there are already as many as 100,000 comrades in the Order within the Celestial Empire now. From cleaners to high-ranking officials, from petty clerks to bosses, from scientists to psychopaths, from writers to neuropaths, no matter what kind of people, what kind of positions, what kind of social status, there are our people. ”

As he spoke, Feng Ming's brows loosened slightly, and his expression became a little wistful: "In such a situation, whether we want to expand further or do something else, it will be easy, and our scale itself is not large enough to be taken seriously in this situation, so-"

"Isn't it fun to make a fool of yourself?" The turtle's smile was a little more mocking, interrupting Feng Ming's words, "The truth is exactly the opposite of what you said - in fact, every sentence is the exact opposite, which makes me wonder if you are deliberately saying the opposite." 100,000 people is not enough at all, and your plan needs to have at least 1 million people to meet the requirements in the beginning, right? ”

The turtle's smile was a little strange: "The total number of people in the Celestial Empire is more than one billion, 100,000 people seems to be a lot, but in fact it is less than one in 10,000. As for you saying that you want to expand, it's easy—"

The turtle frowned slightly, and shook his head while laughing: "Although there are still various problems now, society has indeed gradually settled down. Under such conditions, even just to maintain this relatively stable environment, you will be set up as a public enemy to divert the attention of the people and players. What's more, you are an instability factor in society. ”

"Let's face it, your assumptions are completely wrong. The player is not as scary as you think for the NPCs, and the NPCs and the players in most areas have a very harmonious atmosphere - the attitude of the NPCs in the remaining small areas can be said to worship the player, and your plan will not go in this direction at all. The turtle shrugged.

"Tsk......" Feng Ming's expression was very unhappy, and he held the crutches tightly with both hands, as if he felt very annoyed, "That's just the appearance, the vast majority of players' actions are only affected by interests - or rather, they don't put their feelings into the game, so even if it seems to be harmonious now, it only takes time to pass, catalyzed by some inevitable accidents, the relationship between players and NPCs will inevitably crack, and then inevitably embark on the road of rupture." ”

"That's right." The turtle nodded, but the smile remained sarcastic, "But you said it yourself, it takes 'time', but the truth is that you don't have time at all. Like I said, you'll be set up as a public enemy, a lot of missions will be released against you, and even - there's bad news, both the faction system and the faction reputation system will be on the way, and while the exact form is unknown, the value of NPCs as civilians will be greatly enhanced. ”

"Tsk......" Feng Ming smacked his lips with an unhappy face, "In other words, as a 'cult', it is difficult for us to get the support of players anymore?" Are you looking for me to tell me this? Thank you so much. ”

"No, no, no, do you think I'm the kind of person who comes and taunts you at the risk of being killed in a fit of rage, and tells you some bad news without any success?" The turtle's smile turned gentle and friendly again, "The reason why I say this is just to work hard for the good news I have next, and the plans that come with it, to be more valued by you. ”

"You know that, right? Within a month, players will be playing a massive tournament that all players on the server are eligible to participate in. Without such a malicious sneer on his face, the silent turtle seemed to be a gentle, low-key, and most importantly, ordinary person. In fact, he was just a dead house in a shell because of social barriers.

"To know is to know - but what's the use? That's not good news at all, is it? Feng Ming still frowned, "It's better to say that it's more worrying because of that, right?" It is impossible for this kind of game to play chess, cards and racing in a 4D virtual reality, right? Even just to prepare for this game, players will be frantically doing quests to level up and play equipment, and those of us who have become quest bosses may be too busy to deal with real-world things - and even though I didn't think it would happen, we could die. ”

"Uh-yes, if you weren't dead, your life would be too convenient now......" The turtle touched his unshaven chin and thought thoughtfully for a moment, then shook his head, "Let's get down to business first." While your analysis doesn't seem to be wrong, the way this game is played is something special – I don't know if it's a chess game. ”

"The good news I'm about to say is-" the turtle said with a smug expression and a deliberate pause, as if trying to make a sale, "according to reliable sources, registration for the tournament will begin within three days, and registration - will be made in a two-person team of one player and one NPC, and once registered, it can no longer be canceled. ”、

Feng Ming raised his eyebrows, his eyes squinted slightly and stroked his crutches, silent, and then his brows gradually loosened, and the corners of his mouth gradually hooked. "Huh." Feng Ming finally laughed, "I see, in this case, at least for the period before the start of the game, there will be a situation where a player and an NPC are bound to each other. ”

"Although our 100,000 people are only less than 1 in 10,000 compared to NPCs, for capable players, most of them will have a surplus if they are bound one by one." Feng Ming smiled very happily, "Then, at least during this period of time, with the help of this information, we will not be at a disadvantage in the game with the official, at least on the player's side." Having said that, apart from the player's side, we are in a relatively hidden position, and we ourselves will not be in such a disadvantageous position. ”

"If only you understood." The turtle smiled and nodded, "You believe I didn't mean to mock you now, do you?" ”

"......" Feng Ming's expression became a little strange, "Actually, I'm more worried now." Having told me such important and valuable information, what do you want from me? ”

The turtle blinked: "Want to further our friendship and strengthen the alliance between us, that's all." ”

"Really?" "Really." "Really?" "It's really, really." "Really, really, really?"

"Hey! What the hell! Did I confess to you just now? Where did you get your romance lines from! I'm starting to feel sick when I talk about this conversation, hey! ”

“…… The brain circuits of you dead houses are weird—and disgusting. I just don't believe you're telling the truth, romance lines or something -- your imagination is so rich......"

"......" The turtle and Feng Ming looked at each other for a moment, and finally sighed, "Okay, okay, I'll admit it, these are all things I came up with on the fly, in fact, I only wanted to come to you in the first place—"

"You're actually interested in the little boy, you're even more disgusting than that lolicon." Feng Ming snorted in disgust.

"Who's going to be interested in you! Seriously, what dirty thoughts are in your head at such a young age! The turtle roared twice in annoyance, then sat back down and sighed again, "Actually, it's just to run for your life." ”

"Oh - is it a good idea to use the copy to get out of that world and escape from danger?" Feng Ming nodded and laughed, "Even I didn't think of it. So, what's wrong with you? Making justwe at home was discovered by the police uncle, and escaped in time a second before being arrested? ”

"If only it were a policeman...... Also, I've always been a good law-abiding citizen, and I have nothing to do with terrorists. The turtle smiled and tilted his head to the side, "Then again, even if I really shrank at home and pull a group of people to make justwe, I'm afraid the police uncle won't have the spare time to take care of me......"

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Although under the influence of the atmosphere of foreign forums, the broad masses of the people in the Celestial Empire have basically accepted the existence of players, and have been quite tolerant of the above to suppress this matter, that is to say, just like most other times, although everyone is dissatisfied with all kinds of complaints, but in fact there is no special action, just live their lives as usual.

However, this was not the case from the beginning, and even now, it is not everywhere.

At the beginning, it was basically similar to the situation expected by Feng Ming, the personnel of the major media under his control successfully revealed the truth at the same time, and the whole process was broadcast live, even the staff who were specifically responsible for managing a piece failed to react, although the news did not spread all over the streets and alleys in an instant, but two days later, it was still like Feng Ming's plan, which caused a strong sense of dissatisfaction and insecurity among the masses.

The crowd was uneasy about these players, who apparently did not come with good intentions, and some rumors of unknown sources and unknown truths, such as the fact that someone had killed their enemies with the help of players, and that many players had become evil thugs of the underworld, made the masses very worried about what their future would be.

In order to appease the mood of the masses, the authorities tried to suppress the news - which soon turned into a way to explain their own actions, and at the same time had to find the mastermind behind the control of all this.

In fact, these things are not limited to the Celestial Empire. Although the news of the existence of foreign players has long been exposed, with the gradual increase in the level of players, the game experience continues to increase, and more and more magic is mastered, and players can be resurrected freely after the start of the closed beta, and the players are very different from the image that looks similar to the inhabitants of this world at the beginning. Even abroad, unease is spreading, and the government is heartbroken to reassure the masses.

Under such conditions, everyone ignored some very terrible signs, so that when the situation was serious, it was difficult to quickly clean it up.

The self-proclaimed Demon Elder is indifferent, and the GM of the Demon Elder Days once mentioned loading an expansion that can provide players with wild monsters, that is, the strange monsters that appeared before and inexplicably appeared in the world's major mountains, including the Qinling Mountains of the Celestial Empire, were named tentacle monsters and parasitic beasts respectively.

But I don't know if it's because GM thinks this kind of regionally limited jungle setting is meaningless, or because the creatures themselves don't plan to retreat honestly in the mountains, tentacles and parasitic beasts manipulate the wild animals that they have taken over and start approaching the towns near the mountains.

As people busy with other things didn't pay enough attention to it, large numbers of wild animals began to rush out of the mountains in droves, waving strange tentacles sticking out of their bodies or heads. When people tried to take measures to seal them off outside the city, they found that they had already suffered from the enemy - the sparrows, rats, wild cats, wild dogs, etc., who had been living in the city, all rushed from behind waving their tentacles......

Known as the "Beast Plague", this can be said to be a natural disaster is happening all over the world, and the most severely affected Yongping City, almost half of the city has fallen into the hands of these "wild monsters" - maybe it's not accurate to say this, most of them are like the situation near Lin Qing's house, it seems that everything is normal, and there are many people living as usual, but if you don't close the doors and windows, there may be monsters suddenly running in from the outside at any time......

However, this kind of apocalyptic state for local residents, where they can encounter "wild monsters" as soon as they go out, is actually normal for players, and it is also the situation they want......

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It's been a messy week, all kinds of bad luck, all kinds of busy...... Even Saturday was a busy mess...... Desperately wrote a result and didn't save it.,The C disk is still full unconsciously.,There's not even an automatic save...... Ah, why is my face so dark...... Of course, the slow update has something to do with my laziness......

Well, in order to push myself, and in order to give you a more down-to-earth feeling, lest you all think that this book is a eunuch, from today onwards, I will try to maintain the frequency of updating at least one chapter every three days...... Haha, I think I wouldn't chase it if I said it...... All in all, if the future doesn't get as bad as this week, and I rediscover my feelings, the frequency of updates will gradually increase a little bit...... Thank you very much for your support and for your leniency......