Chapter 9: Closed beta login

Time flies, and the one-month special training period of the training camp has passed in a blink of an eye. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 infoAt four o'clock in the morning on this day, it was still dark, and the wake-up bell rang in the camp of the town north of the Sahara Desert. Within minutes, hundreds of well-dressed campers were assembled and marched to the helipad outside the town.

Of the initial 527 volunteers, only 416 remained by the end of the camp. Lu Pingchuan carried his own equipment bag and boarded the cargo helicopter with Li Wenjie and others. Because of the advance notice of today's departure, most of the campers didn't sleep much last night, Lu Pingchuan's eyelids jumped, rubbed his eyes and looked back out the window, the town was completely invisible in the wind and sand set off by the helicopter.

More than 400 people boarded the plane in turn, but it still took some time, and as soon as they got into the cabin, some players began to nap to catch up on sleep. Lu Pingchuan couldn't sleep, and when he opened his eyes and watched the fading twilight outside the window, he was distracted - after that "sparring" incident, his reputation in Class 7 almost fell to the bottom. Except for Wen Jie and a few of them, the rest of the campers who had a good relationship with him almost all bumped into him and pretended not to see it, and Lu Pingchuan was also used to pretending not to hear them whispering behind his back to avoid embarrassment.

However, to everyone's surprise, Elise still cared about Lu Pingchuan in the theory class, and even took the initiative to defend him: "There is not only one criterion for strength and weakness, and there have also been mediocre performers in the training camp in the first three generations of players, and a combat school that has sprung up as soon as it enters the internal test." The company has a strict evaluation process for screening different types of players. ā€

That being said, after Jiang Lan's head-to-head drink, Lu Pingchuan still has an accurate understanding of his own strength. Several times he couldn't help but catch up with Elise after class and ask what the selection criteria for "special recruitment" were, but each time Elise prevaricated on the grounds that it "involves the company's confidentiality clause".

Outside the window, the morning sun was slightly dewed, and Li Wenjie, who was sitting next to him, held his sleeping bag and let out a low snoring sound. Lu Pingchuan turned his head with some emotion and glanced at him with mixed feelings-because the order of shifts was disrupted when he set off, Situ Nan and Zhu Yaoming did not go with him this time. Wen Jie is the only friend who still supports him by his side, and the simple Wen Jie has never changed his attitude towards him even after losing the tobacco and alcohol quota for a whole week. Elise was more convinced than he was to know if it was a good thing or a bad thing.

After more than two hours of flight, the plane finally stopped in the desert. Lu Pingchuan followed the crowd and pressed his hat down the cabin, only to find that the current environment was a little different from the game map he imagined: it was just a desert plain that was more empty than the training camp. As far as the eye can see, there seem to be a few small man-made structures scattered around, only a long black line appears in the distance on the northern horizon - like a city wall or some other long object, but because of the distance, it is really difficult to see the specific situation.

After everyone stepped off the plane, Lu Pingchuan noticed another abnormality: there were only two helicopters parked here, and at most more than sixty players gathered, and the rest of the large army didn't seem to have the intention of rushing to converge - the narrow temporary helipad was only enough to park two helicopters.

An ominous premonition once again crossed Lu Pingchuan's heart. Fortunately, before the players began to talk, a staff member who looked like an administrator got off the helicopter, picked up the electric horn and knocked the sand inside, and explained in Chinese with round words:

"Hello players, first of all, congratulations on graduating from the training camp, and what you will face next is a two-month exciting and thrilling live competitive gaming experience! But before I get your adrenaline pumping, I'd like to give you a little piece of advice on behalf of the many game GMs: from here on, everything you're about to encounter will really test your sweat and hard work in the bootcamp! Please follow all the rules published in the backend, and I wish you all the best of luck going back with those fancy bills, instead of our staff bringing back the remnants of your vultures and jackals! ā€

With the strong and persuasive voice of the commentator, the other staff began to distribute new equipment to the players present - Lu Pingchuan opened the equipment bag he received, which contained an armed harness, a new tactical backpack, a multi-functional waist bag and leg bag, a series of protective gear, a military water bottle, a set of single-ear wireless walkie-talkies, and a rough and strange electronic "watch".

"Ladies and gentlemen, please stop and listen to me explain the purpose of this equipment." The narrator holding the horn held up a "watch" of the same style, paced half a circle and motioned to everyone, "First of all, this 'watch' that looks more gentlemanly than the iwatch - its official name is the in-game beta message platform connector, of course, you can habitually call it the 'system watch face', 'verbose girl' or something like us...... It's more complicated, we'll talk about it later, please open the inside of the box containing it first, there will be an armband and two health tile-like things inside, please take them out first...... Attach the armband with the QR code printed on the side outwards on the outside of your sleeve, and then attach the two 'health tiles' to your neck artery and left chest...... Please do what I say......"

Lu Pingchuan put the armband and "tile" in their rightful place, and the narrator began to explain the purpose of these two pieces of equipment to the player: "These two pieces" The 'Tile' is the transmitter of your vital signs monitoring device, and in this game you may encounter some dangerous situations, these two receivers can transmit your physical condition back to our receiver in the game background through your pulse, and in case you are in danger and the communication equipment fails, we can also find your location in time and transfer you to the treatment site...... The QR code in this armband is your identity information, and when you officially log in to the game system, our background will also be updated synchronously, and you can scan the QR code of other players with the camera that comes with the system dial to immediately get his game name, occupation and level and other player information, and it is also convenient for the background to confirm your location in time...... During the closed beta, all outdoor locations will be covered with cameras and moving camera robots, so don't take off your armband during the game, no matter what happens! If it is damaged, please go to a supply point or repair point to replace it in time, I don't want someone to lose the game and all the winnings because they can't be identified......"

ā€œā€¦ā€¦ Next, let's revisit our 'iwatch'...... Press the start button, put on your walkphone headphones and microphones, and scan your armbands...... Does the watch face show your name and gamercode information? Great, congratulations, you're logged in! Next, follow the prompts on the headset and watch face to select your game class and fill in your game nickname. Please note that player nicknames and classes cannot be changed during the closed beta! Be cautious! ā€

After the player's information was activated, a soft female voice prompt came from the headset, guiding Lu Pingchuan to further identity entry and career selection. Combined with his strengths and weaknesses during the training camp, Lu Pingchuan decisively chose a fighter profession with a more balanced index and a good hand-to-hand attack, and then entered his game nickname in the dial - "Six Reincarnations".

After completing the login, Lu Pingchuan scanned Li Wenjie's armband with the dial with a playful attitude, and in less than a second, Wenjie's headshot and game information were displayed on the dial and in the headphones - Wenjie's game nickname is "How to Train Your Dragon", and his profession is also a fighter. Seeing Lu Pingchuan sweeping him, Wen Jie also retaliated and raised the dial on his wrist...... For a while, you swept me and I swept him in the player team, so it was not lively.

ā€œā€¦ā€¦ It seems that everyone has learned how to use it," the narrator's deep and powerful voice interrupted the noise of the players again, "Next, let me introduce you to the other functions of the system watch face - press the yellow button on the right side of the watch face to go to the channel selection page, and select the channel you need to speak...... Let's take a look at the world channel first, you can choose voice input or watch face input, who will try it first? ā€

One of the players tentatively gave a "hi", and for a moment an electronic female voice prompt came from everyone's headphones: "Player 'Hellfire' says 'hi' to everyone." ā€

"Damn, this is fun!" The nest exploded again in the player group, and for a while, all kinds of game buzzwords blew up the dial and headphones in minutes - "ask for a beautiful woman to team up", "ask a master to pull a hand", "Is there a beautiful cutie to play with?" "Here are 180 muscular men begging for a beautiful medical officer to bind"......

"Alright, everyone, please be quiet." The narrator duly ended the uncontrollable excitement of the players and continued, "The headset can choose to block the world speech, so that the content of the world speech will only be displayed on the system watch face without disturbing your game progress...... In addition, the 24-hour world speech is stored, and you can go back to the search form to find the information you need...... In addition to the world channel, there are also three forms of faction, squad and private chat to choose from, so please be careful not to adjust the wrong channel and leak unnecessary private information when playing the game...... Okay, so let's get down to business where we're today...... On behalf of the game organizers, I would like to release the first game mission to you! ā€